TV & VIDEO - Feb. 26, 1990
Crocodile Dundee Calls It a G’Day: Paul Hogan has thrown his last shrimp on the barbie. The Australian star of the “ ‘Crocodile’ Dundee” films has decided he’s tired of saying “G’day” to the world and inviting tourists to visit Down Under for a bit of outdoor seafood dining. The Australian Tourist Commission said Friday the former Sydney Harbor Bridge riggerhad quit the television commercials shown all over the world. The Hogan commercials lured an estimated 250,000 Americans to Australia since they began in 1984. They’ll be withdrawn from American television screens on March 13.
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