# Jake the Peg

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-the-peg/521010>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 12, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-the-peg/521010 "2009-12-12T19:28:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-the-peg/521010/1 "2009-12-12T19:28:57Z")

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This always makes me laugh.

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS-itkO9ia8)

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**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-the-peg/521010/2 "2009-12-12T20:17:45Z")

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That’s the guy who did 'Tie Me Kangaroo Down."

He apparently did the routine at the Royal Albert Hall sometime recently.

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJleJbn9G6Y)

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-the-peg/521010/3 "2009-12-12T20:43:55Z")

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Hey, this reminds me – does anyone know where I can find video of Geoff Hoyle doing his three-legged act? I think he was with Pickle Family Circus when he started it, and kept doing it when he moved on.

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**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jake-the-peg/521010/4 "2009-12-13T04:20:34Z")

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Rolf Harris is a very talented guy - take a look at him producing a [painting](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-BN8pcP5fo&feature=PlayList&p=596291118F35CC75&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=20)in just 2 or 3 minutes using a large house-painting brush.