John Cornell
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Farewell Strop, the hapless sidekick to Paul Hogan’s unworldly larrikin
Together, Paul Hogan and John Cornell’s humour harked back to, not so much a more innocent time, but one where there was still an inherent decency.
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As the hapless Strop, John Cornell was the walking definition of mateship
On television, Paul Hogan played with matches and Cornell’s gentle fool always tried to extinguish the flames.
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