Adelaide Fringe 'pantsless penguin' leaves Today hosts blushing
There are only four more days left to catch the Adelaide Fringe Festival and word is, they're saving the best acts for last.
Today Adelaide reporter, Tom Rehn, got to enjoy one such act this morning, meeting local man Gary Star - a quirky fellow who identifies as a real-life penguin.
"I don't believe I'm a penguin, I am a penguin," Gary told Today.
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Gary Star (R) is a real-life penguin. Today
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"I'm descended from penguins, so I'm allowed to dress like this - it's not cultural appropriation because I'm part penguin."
In Gary's show - located at the Fringe's Garden of Unerathly Delights, he brings to life Penguin Publishing literary masterpieces like Moby Dick, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and numerous others.
And it wasn't just his zany personality which caught the Today team's attention.
He did a performative jump over Tom Rehn, with no pants on. Today
'I don't know where to look!'. Today
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Gary was sporting only a top hat, formal coat, a pair of tighty whity underwear, and big red flippers, which he took off to leap over a seated Tom Rehn, in a physical representation of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
His antics had the hosts in hysterics, even if their faces were bright red.
"He's doubled down - I don't know where to look," sport's presenter, Danika Mason blushed.
See more of Tommy Rehn with the Adelaide Fringe's pantsless penguin in the video above
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