Story: Clarke, John Morrison

Clarke in print

John Clarke, dressed as Fred Dagg in a black singlet and floppy hat, sits at a table with a pile of copies of the book Fred Dagg’s year in front of him. His arm is inside a gumboot.

John Clarke published his first books during the Fred Dagg craze of the mid-1970s. Books and journalism remained a central outlet for his comedy for the rest of his career.

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Ian Pryor. 'Clarke, John Morrison', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2024. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/6c13/clarke-john-morrison (accessed 12 May 2024)