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Christian the Lion owners! John Rendall Anthony 'Ace' Bourke 35 years later! Today Show
interview begins @ 2:02
John Rendall and Anthony 'Ace' Bourke interview aired 7/30/08 on the Today Show.
35 years later...
watch the full music video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU6AjvibF50
Christian the Lion recorded from today show in NYC
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/25928755#25928755
Please visit http://www.wildlifenow.com/
"It is pretty extraordinary footage and quite humbling. But it is sort of very beautiful, the response," Bourke told Vieira. "I suppose, 35 years later, to find that people are so fascinated by it and have so enjoyed it, is slightly overwhelming ... and all the comments on the YouTube site, they're so positive. It is marvelous that so many people are getting so much enjoyment out of it."
They retold the story of going to London's Harrods department store in 1969 out of curiosity. A friend had told them she had asked the manager of the exotic animal department if she could buy a camel, and with classic British aplomb, he had dryly asked, "Would that be one hump or two, ma'am?" The two young men, who had grown up in Australia and recently graduated from college, were keen to see such a place.
At the store, they spotted a 35-pound lion cub in a little cage. Like kids enthralled by a puppy in a pet store window, they had to have him.
"It was an irresistible sight," Rendall said. "We were rather shocked when we saw this cub in Harrods in a department store in a very small cage. Not only was he totally entrancing, we must be able to do something better for him. He can't stay in a cage this size," he remembers thinking.
They named him Christian and took him home to their pad in the Kings Road, the hippest address in the hippest part of London — Chelsea.
"We had such a beautiful relationship with him," Bourke said. "There was such trust between
Christian's former owners had been told the lion wouldn't recognize them. But the video shows the lion's obvious joy at being reunited with the two men. He ran toward us with such love and excitement in his eyes, and we felt exactly the same way. We were just so excited to see him, looking so big and healthy. The story had just turned out so beautifully, when it could have had a very different ending."
Rendall referred to the film in describing the reunion. "You can see in that clip his body language," he said. "When he first starts seeing us, he's looking, looking. Is it us? Is it us? And then suddenly, he says, 'Right, this is them.' And down he comes. And there wasn't a moment that we ever doubted that it was going to be a wonderful greeting ... we never doubted it."
Bourke and Rendall saw Christian a final time in 1974, by which time he had doubled in size and was now king of the jungle, with a pride of lionesses and a batch of cubs.
"He still recognized us," Rendall said. "He was with wild lionesses. He had a litter of cubs and his genes had been passed on back into the wild. After that time we saw him, he was never seen again. It was like a final farewell ... he was completely integrated back into the wild."
The experience moved Rendall, who lives in London, to devote his life to conservation; today he is a trustee of the Adamson Trust. Bourke, who became a dealer in Aboriginal art in his native Australia, is also a supporter of preserving wildlife.
Both hope that the millions of people who have been so moved by the clip contribute to the cause.
"We're just hoping that people who have enjoyed this clip — it's a phenomenal number — if they would want to contact the George Adamson Trust through www.wildlifenow.com and support us and support conservation, it would be wonderful to contribute to George's memory," Rendall said.
Length: 534
Rating: 4.90 (185 ratings)
Tags: Christian the lion interview John Rendall Anthony 'Ace' Bourke
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Christian the Lion- Interview with John Rendall & Ace Berg
I was recording the TV with my digital camera so the quality is really really bad, my apologies.
*Interview is with Access Hollywood.
*I do not own the rights to this video.
Length: 104
Rating: 4.00 (4 ratings)
Tags: christian the lion access hollywood john rendall ace berg anthony bourke
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Ollie Rendall - Dancing Through Life from Wicked
This is Ollie singing 'Dancing Through Life' from the incredible Musical, 'Wicked'. Some Wicked fans may notice some lyric changes in this song - this is due to Copyright reasons as when this show was performed, Wicked had just opened in London and PRS were only allowing certain arrangements of songs. Glinda is played by Lucy Barker, and you can see her version of popular on her YouTube account 'lucymaybarker'. Ollie was 16 when this was recorded and performed this at the Drill Hall in Lincoln.
Song Copyright Credits:
Music - Stephen Schwartz
Lyrics - Stephen Schwartz
Book - Winnie Holzman
Length: 185
Rating: 4.20 (109 ratings)
Tags: Ollie Oliver Rendall Dancing Through Life Wicked ollierendall
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Mark Rendall in 30 Days of Night! Part One
We`re sorry for the voice, but we`ve had some problems with this video :( Next part should be in better quality than this :)
Length: 192
Rating: 4.60 (14 ratings)
Tags: mark rendall 30 days of night silk charlie bartlett
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Rendall Jan 17th 2002 "Looking for a razor..." Pt. 2/5
Kendall sneaks into Ryan's room at the Pine Cone. He wakes up and catches her lifting his wallet. She lies, claiming that she was looking for a razor... .Rendall clips from DOTE. http://p203.ezboard.com/bdancingontheedge
Length: 208
Rating: 4.80 (15 ratings)
Tags: AMC 2002 Rendall Ryan Kendall Cameron Mathison Alicia Minshew
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Mark Rendall in ReGenesis (s01e07) part 2 thx Zoltan!
Mark Rendall in ReGenesis! Special for markrendall.zoomshare.com! Uploaded has Rogi, and Rogi has downloaded it from Zoltan! Thx Zoltan!
Length: 201
Rating: 4.90 (16 ratings)
Tags: mark rendall regenesis childstar charlie bartlett silk
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Suddenly Seymour - LSOH (Lucy Barker & Ollie Rendall)
This is Ollie and me singing 'Suddenly Seymour' from 'Little Shop of Horrors'. This was performed as our School's Musical in December 2007 and was performed at the Terry O'Toole Theatre, Lucy playing Audrey and Ollie playing Seymour. I'm 15 in this video, and Ollie is 17. You can find more of Ollie's performances as Seymour, and others, at http://www.youtube.com/ollierendall
Please feel free to comment and rate, I love to hear people's opinions on my work and constructive critisism is really appreciated!
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Honours:
#13 - Most Discussed (Today) - Music - United Kingdom
#16 - Top Rated (Today) - Music - United Kingdom
#56 - Most Discussed (This Week) - Music - United Kingdom
#57 - Top Rated (This Week) - Music - United Kingdom
#92 - Most Discussed (Today) - United Kingdom
Song Copyright Credits:
Music - Alan Menken
Lyrics - Howard Ashman
Book - Howard Ashman
Length: 203
Rating: 4.70 (112 ratings)
Tags: Lucy Barker Ollie Rendall lucymaybarker ollierendall Suddenly Seymour Little Shop of Horrors Broadway Live Singing
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Ollie Rendall - Any Dream Will Do from Joseph
This is Ollie singing 'Any Dream Will Do' from the recently revived Musical, 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat'. Ollie was 17 when this was recorded and this was performed at the Lincoln Drill Hall.
Song Copyright Credits:
Music - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics - Tim Rice
Length: 227
Rating: 4.60 (33 ratings)
Tags: Ollie Oliver Rendall Any Dream Will Do Joseph ollierendall
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Sominex/Audrey's Death - LSOH (Lucy Barker & Ollie Rendall)
This Ollie and me (playing Seymour and Audrey) in the scene of Audrey's Death, containing the musical interludes of 'Suppertime/Sominex' and 'Somewhere that's Green: Reprise'. You can find more of Ollie at http://www.youtube.com/ollierendall
Please feel free to comment and rate, I love to hear people's opinions on my work and constructive critisism is really appreciated!
If you enjoyed this, click below to subscribe, it's quick and easy, and I'd really appreciate the support!
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Honours:
#55 - Top Rated (Today) - Music - United Kingdom
Song Copyright Credits:
Music - Alan Menken
Lyrics - Howard Ashman
Book - Howard Ashman
Length: 282
Rating: 4.60 (56 ratings)
Tags: Lucy Barker Ollie Rendall lucymaybarker ollierendall Suppertime Sominex Little Shop of Horrors Broadway Live Singing
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