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Hanging with Hoges is a 2014 one-hour documentary about Paul Hogan hosted by Shane Jacobson. He talks about his success with Crocodile Dundee , his family life, and his battles with the Australian Tax Office. It also shows excerpts from this live stage show. [1]
Hogan agreed to make it because of his relationship with Jacobson and producer/director Dean Murphy; the three men had made Charlie and Boots together. [2]
It aired on the ABC in December 2014. [3]
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Paul Hogan is an Australian actor and comedian. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance as outback adventurer Michael "Crocodile" Dundee in Crocodile Dundee (1986), the first in the Crocodile Dundee film series.
The Paul Hogan Show was a popular Australian comedy show which aired on Australian television from 1973 until 1984 for a total of 12 seasons and 60 episodes. It made a star of Paul Hogan, who later appeared in Crocodile Dundee. Hogan's friend John Cornell also appeared in the show, playing Hogan's dim flatmate Strop.
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Charlie & Boots is a 2009 Australian film starring Paul Hogan and Shane Jacobson. It had the best opening weekend for any Australian film in 2009 when it was released on Father's Day. The film features many small towns in country Australia. It also has a cameo by Reg Evans, who died in the 2009 Victorian bushfires before the film was released, and the film is dedicated to the victims of the fires.
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