Mon 7th - Daily Tabloid - Emu becomes a Lion

Rod Hull & Emu in the 70s, last night

Hull (63) is known the world over for his madcap antics, physically assaulting the great and good of the showbiz world via his bedraggled under-armed antipodean puppet. However, from now on both Hull and Emu have put all that behind them as they concentrate on their new task at hand, cheering on the Lions.

We spoke to Hull’s manager, Danny Frottage, to find out why the comedy ‘duo’ has decided to follow Livi. “Well since ever since Rod died in 1999 falling off his roof, times have been hard” he said, “and poor Emu has been out of work, gathering dust on a shelf. So it was time to get them both back in the public eye as I still get letters from fans all over the world asking when Rod & Emu will be back.”

“We’ve received 5 letters a week, every week, from a young man in Livingston called David Charles begging Rod and Emu to come back, so what better way to make the lad’s dream come true than have them support his own team?”

We were slightly puzzled as to how Hull would be able to regularly attend matches at Almondvale considering his house is in Kent and he’s dead, but Frottage provided an unexpected answer. “Pierce Brosnan, the club’s new owner, also writes at least one letter a week to Emu, so he was delighted to offer 2 courtesy season tickets for life. Rod’s will probably have to remain empty, but Emu will be there! We’ll just have to prop him up with a stick or something.”

So Livi fans will have to watch out from now on, as the next time they feel a tap on the shoulder at Almondvale, it could very well be a mischievous Emu ready to pounce. Maybe.