Bindi Irwin takes after dad

Started by Lise, Jan 12 07 09:58

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Lise

Jan 12 07 09:58
Ah. Isn't that sweet? She's trying to follow her daddy's shoes. Big shoes to fill indeed. I hope the media will give her space to grow into her own person though. As much as this is desirable, I would prefer for Bindi to develop her own personality and her own way of presenting, not just a copy of Steve Irwin.

     [DIV class=topPhoto][img height=120 alt="Bindi Irwin, daughter of Australian environmentalist and television personality Steve Irwin reads out her speech for her father at a memorial service for her father at Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Australia, in this Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006 file photo. (AP / Steve Holland) " src="vny!://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20070112/160_ap_croc_070112.jpg" width=160 border=0]  Bindi Irwin, [FONT size=1]daughter of Australian environmentalist and television personality Steve Irwin reads out her speech for her father at a memorial service for her father at Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Australia, in this Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006 file photo. (AP / Steve Holland)[/FONT]

 [H3]Croc hunter's daughter makes TV debut [/H3] [P class=timeStamp]Updated Fri. Jan. 12 2007 7:25 AM ET

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 [!-- dateline --]BURBANK, Calif.s[!-- /dateline --] -- Bindi Irwin, the 8-year-old daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, followed in her dad's footsteps Thursday, using her American television debut to talk about animals.

 

 The khaki-clad girl skipped across the stage holding a blue-tongued lizard as she greeted audiences of the "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."

 

 "This is Spanky. He's 10 years old," Bindi told DeGeneres as she prodded the lizard to lick her face in an attempt to show its tongue.

 

 "I just love animals. My dad really brought it out in me," Bindi said. "He's the one that made me."

 

 Her father, animal lover and conservationist Steve Irwin, died Sept. 4 from the poisonous jab of a stingray. Along with Bindi, he left behind his wife, Terri, and 2-year-old son, Bob.

 

 Like her father, Bindi said she loves "all animals, great or small."

 

 She will star in a wildlife series to air on the Discovery Kids network early next year.

 

 "I want to be like my dad," she said. "I want him to be proud of me."

 

 

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P.C.

#1
Jan 12 07 11:43
I was really impressed with her social skills when I watched her on Larry King last night.  She is very gracious and polite for such a wee thing.  

  *I'm curious as to why they would call that her television debut......I've seen her on TV at least a dozen times, and I don't even watch that much TV.
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

kingy

#2
Jan 12 07 01:14
american tv debut. perhaps you've seen her on a show from aussieland tv??
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P.C.

#3
Jan 12 07 01:21
Definitely American TV.  
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Ally

#4
Jan 12 07 03:39
Heart-wrenching.  The world needs more people like Steve Irwin.
"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." (Sign hanging in Einstein's office at Princeton)

Lise

#5
Jan 12 07 03:42
True enough, Ally though I don't always agree with the way he handles animals. Think of it this way, you're deadly, you move about your business and this jolly Aussie comes in and snatches you, parades you in front of the camera like there's no care in the world. Hmmmm.....

  Had I said this in Australia, I would have been stoned on the spot. Nobody will hear anything bad about Stevo.
Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.
Bill Cosby.

Ally

#6
Jan 12 07 03:46
Yeah I agree with you Lise.

  He had a great energy about him though.  

  I used to do a great Steve Irwin impersonation.  "look at this croc, look at his teeth, watch me stick my head in his mouth"  

  I don't do it anymore.
"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." (Sign hanging in Einstein's office at Princeton)

kingy

#7
Jan 13 07 10:32
ive never watched his movie nor have i ever seen his tv show. i really dont understand the fascination with him.
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P.C.

#8
Jan 13 07 10:54
I've never understood the fascination myself.  I never understood the great compassion for animals either, when so much of his schtick was annoying the heck out of the poor things.  

Of course I feel badly that his life has ended and how his life was ended......far too young.

  As for Bindy, who's a little doll, I hope she will be able to be who and what she wants of her own choice and not feel some sense of 'obligation' to be 'just like my daddy'.  It can happen subtly and unintentionally.
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Sportsdude

#9
Jan 13 07 10:58
I love nature shows love them to death especially when they deal with North American animals but I don't like these new types of shows that was started basically by Irwin.  I want to watch a Croc in action doing something I don't like how these people now go after these animals pick them up and do all sorts of stuff with them.

To me it trivializes teh wild and makes it look like anyone can do what these people do.  Call me old fashion but then again the old professional way of doing things do not get the ratings the Irwin type shows do.
 
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