Iconic Character Fred Dagg.

 

Fred Dagg is a fictional character from New Zealand created and acted on stage, film and television by satirist John Clarke. Clarke appeared on New Zealand TV screens as Dagg during the mid to late 1970s, "taking the piss" out of the post-pioneering Kiwi "blokes" and "blokesses". The sense of the name "Dagg" is associated with the slang term dag. The Fred Dagg character is a stereotypical farmer and New Zealand bloke: clad in a black singlet and gumboots, hailing from the isolated rural town of Taihape, and attended by numerous associates (or sons) all named "Trev". One memorable expression was uttered whenever there was a knock at the door: "That'll be the door." When Clarke first unveiled the character of Fred Dagg in recordings and on New Zealand TV in 1975, he became a national star. He also recorded a series of records and cassettes as Dagg,^[1] as well as publishing several books.

In 1977, Clarke moved from New Zealand to Australia, where he went on to establish himself as a top script writer and personality.

He appeared regularly on Australian television delivering political satire sketches with actor comedian Bryan Dawe until his death in April 2017.

Like so many families in NZ we grew up with Fred Dagg.

This is my version of Fred Dagg, after seeing a documentary about John Clark!

Fred is my own design, and made from doll velour, with a wire armature to make his stand alone.

His floppy hat and ripped shorts are made from broadcloth.  His red band gumboots are painted on.

Freds hair is wefted wool.

You can see here his undies are showing under the rip in his pants.

This is 'Dog'!  Fred's devoted friend .  Dog is also my design, made from black calico, with the body stitched on the bias to give it the curve.  The white to indicate he is a Border Collie, is painted on. Hes a little bit small for the figure, so next time, I'll enlarge him a bit!