I noticed on the Sydney Morning Herald Online the other day that American comedian Bill Maher has outraged Steve Irwin fans by attending Halloween parties dressed as the late croc hunter, with a fake stingray barb protruding from his blood-stained khaki shirt.
Elsewhere, the guys from South Park have been accused of being grossly insensitive in their latest Halloween episode that had Steve turning up at Satan’s Halloween Party, dressed the same way.
Now I don’t want to get caught up in a debate about whether it’s too soon to have a laugh about the tragedy. Or even one about what’s tasteless or not. I just wanted to show you something I picked up at Australia Zoo when I was out there a couple of weeks ago.
A Steve Irwin scuba diving action figure.
There was a whole wall of them next to the ‘Steve Lives’ range of surfwear.
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That’s a bit ironic isn’t it? I would have thought they might stop selling those figures, especially at Australia Zoo, well the scuba diving ones at least.
On a side note – I would have had to buy one (like you obviously did Peter) as they will become collectors item before long.
RIP Steveo – your a legend.
In all fairness though, it was kind of an ironic joke on the South Park episode. At the halloween party Satan says of the costume, “Whoa dude, that’s just not cool. It’s too soon.” But then Irwin says, “Hey, it’s really me Satan–the crocodile hunter!” So then Satan kicks him out of the party because he’s not wearing a costume.
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