A fiend of Humphrey B Bear is now a top New Zealand diplomat in the UK. And he can sing the theme song to Here's Humphrey to prove it. Picture: Bob Barker Source: News Limited
IT'S not everyday you get to hear the Here's Humphrey theme song sung at a diplomatic function, but then it's not everyday a former star of a popular children's show gets appointed to high office.
At the New Zealand High Commission in London today, newly appointed Kiwi high commissioner to the UK Dr Lockwood Smith broke into song as he recounted his background as a former star of the hit Australian children's show.
Dr Lockwood has had a stellar career in politics as a long serving MP and Speaker of the New Zealand Parliament but said his many years in Australia as a children's entertainer was what had set him up for life.
Dr Lockwood was a struggling PhD student in Adelaide when he auditioned and got the role on TV as a Humphrey B. Bear host and said while starring alongside a bear wearing only a waistcoat in the mid to late 1970s may have been disconcerting, it prepared him for public life.
The acclaimed politician then surprised but delighted guests by singing a full rendition of the popular Here's Humphrey children's show theme song.
The impromptu performance was met with resounding applause particularly by those who could remember the iconic television program and character.
Dr Lockwood hosted other TV shows particularly on Channel 9 and later in NZ on quiz shows, before he entered politics in the 1980s.
He had a noted successful career leading the trade bloc APEC and was one of the first western leaders to have an open trade agreement with China.
Dr Lockwood begins his role as NZ high commissioner to London this month.
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