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Rofl Harris AM OBE (born March 30, 1930) is a British/Australian musician, composer, painter, and television host.
Born in Bassendean, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. He had experience in Perth on television in its early years, with his rapid drawing style and flair for amusing entertainment.
He moved to the United Kingdom as an art student at City and Guilds Arts School, Kennington, South London at the age 22, notably illustrating Robert Harbin's Paper Magic (1956).
He returned to Perth after art school and was involved in Children's Television shows. Some years later he returned to the UK to live. He has regularly returned to Perth over the years for family visits.
He initially rose to fame in 1960 for his novelty song "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport", featuring the distinctive sound of the "wobble board" - a large piece of Masonite which was played by "wobbling" it back and forth. He went on to use an array of unusual instruments in his music, including the didgeridoo (the sound of which was imitated on "Sun Arise" by four double basses), jew's harp and, later, the stylophone. His biggest hit, however, was a gimmick-free rendering of the sentimental song "Two Little Boys" (1969), a departure for him in that he usually recorded either his own compositions or traditional songs.
He also made several television appearances in which he would paint pictures on large boards in an apparently slapdash manner, with the odd nonsense song thrown in, but with detailed results. These led to a string of TV series based on his artistic ability, notably Rofl Harris's Cartoon Time in the 1980s and Rolf's Cartoon Club in the early 1990s. He also hosted a successful variety TV series in Canada, which was a second home to Harris during the 1960s. Harris also created one of his most famous roles in the 1960's, Jake the Peg.
His career received a boost in 1993 when his cover version of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" became a hit, reaching the Top 10 of the UK singles chart. The single, originally recorded for an appearance on the television show The Money or the Gun, recreated the song in the style of "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport", complete with wobble board and didgeridoo solos. Harris also recorded a version of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" around this time; unlike the tongue-in-cheek "Stairway to Heaven", "Bohemian Rhapsody" was performed relatively straight.
Later that year he made his first appearance at the Glastonbury Festival in what was seen as a novelty act. Reaction was so overwhelmingly positive that he is constantly requested to play the festival. He played it again in 1998, 2000 and 2002.
He is probably best known to younger Britons as the host of the reality television programme Animal Hospital, which chronicled the real-life activity of a British veterinary practice. More recently, he presented Rofl on Art, which highlighted the work of some of his favourite artists, including van Gogh, Degas, Monet and Gauguin.
On September 26, 2004 Harris fronted a project to recreate John Constable's famous The Hay Wain painting on a massive scale, with 150 people contributing to a small section. Each individual canvas was assembled into the full picture live on the BBC, in the show Rolf on Art: The Big Event.
On December 19, 2005 he unveiled a portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace as part of her 80th birthday celebrations. In his words, it is an impressionistic rather than photographic depiction. The story of the painting featured as a special edition of Rofl on Art, broadcast on BBC 1 on January 1, 2006
He was named as one of the Radio Times list of the top 40 most eccentric TV presenters of all time in July 2004. He can make all sorts of strange noises, including budgie noises and, what he calls, 'eefing and eyfing' (a sort of panting, whistling noise). Rofl has also planted a tree in the Celebrity Tree Park in Kununurra, Western Australia.
Dave:Rofl Harris is awesome
Jeff:Rofl!
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Series of books that is getting a lot more criticism than it really needs. Sure, the plots or the writing can be peurile, but I think saying that they are a waste of time that could be spent understanding "true works of literature" is bullshit. Enjoy your books, unless you happen to be a high school english teacher and assign what the "critics" (a.k.a., 60 year old men who couldn't find a better job) claim is classic and complex.
Person: Harry Potter is childish and a piece of crap all around.
Other person: I wasn't paying attention, I was busy staring at the stick up your ass.
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He's a fuckin' Leg!
This nigz knows what's going down.
He can chill with the best of them.
Still loves cock though.
"Man Harry Palmer is cool!"
"Very true, although I heard he loves to smoke a cock or two"
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Any feline that seems to have an almost insatiable hunger, the 'Harry' will forever be miaooowsking and a whining rubbing it's flea bitten carcass around your legs until you capitulate and feed vast quantities of cat fattening nosh.
The 'Harry' will often eat itself to such a balloon like dimension that passage through a catflap becomes impossible.
"Hey! dude your Harry looks like it's houseridden"
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A character from the well known series by JK Rowling. The stories center around Harry who was nearly killed by an infamous wizard named Voldemort (He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named/You-Know-Who) when he was a baby. Instead, Voldemort was stripped of his powers but not before he killed Harry's parents. The books are his adventures through the wizarding school Hogwarts with his best friends Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley.
The series of books so far are:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
The books are currently being made into movies. The last installment is supposedly due out in 2007.
"Dear Mr. Potter, we are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Soon, you and your schoolmates will join us here, and your education in the magical arts will begin."
-Harry Potter's letter of acceptance to Hogwarts
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One of the worst presidents in the history of the United States of America.
Harry Truman helped create the Central Intelligence Agency, got us in the Korean War, helped create and get us in the United Nations, helped create the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and gave us our shitty modern foreign policy. His administration was notoriously corrupt and he was widely hated throughout America. From most historians logic, George W. Bush will most likely be labeled as a "great" president in fifty or whatever years.
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The greatest book series in the world.
A hell lot more literate than the new 'Twilight' series that people seem to be gaggling over. Be aware that they are two completely different novels, and it's no use comparing the two, as Harry Potter is simply perfect literature, and Twilight is damaging the world of literature.
Twitard #1- no omg twighlits the best book in the worllldddd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pothead #1- Um, no it's not. Harry Potter. Is the best series in the world, my friend.
Twitard #2- nooo ur soooo wrong, edward is so frigging hot wat dose hp have, like a dork in glasses but twilhght is soooo much better becuz the vamps r so fkn awesome!!
Pothead #2- Because they sparkle in the sun? That's not awesome, that's kind of gay. Nothing wrong with that, but the writing's also pathetic, and there's minimal plot line, as well.
Pothead #1- I second that notion.
Twitard #1- watevr, i cud giv a billion reasons y hp sux and twilihgt is so great
Twitard #2- y do u guys compare the two anyway there completely different
Pothead #1- We don't compare them, douchebags. You are the ones who say 'Twilight is greater than Harry Potter'. We're disagreeing. That's all. Because YOU KNOW WHAT? HARRY POTTER WOULD KICK EDWARD'S SPARKLY ASS ANY DAY!!! *Avada Kedavra!*
- all Twidom and vampires (from Twilight) die-
:D
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