Thread: Oz got Oprah . . . Kiwis get 'the Hoff'

David Hasselhoff heads to New Zealand
NZPA Last updated 08:04 29/12/2010

ON PATROL: David Hasselhoff will fly into New Zealand to promote a new icecream.

Knight Rider and Baywatch star David Hasselhoff is coming to New Zealand next week to promote a new ice-cream.

The international celebrity who inspired the saying "don't hassle the Hoff" is heading to Mount Maunganui's main beach on January 6 to promote a new Streets ice-block.

The Bay of Plenty Times reports the Mount Maunganui Surf Life Saving Club has been paid a fee to host Hasselhoff, and will offer uniformed lifeguards as security. The club plans to take advantage of the 3000-strong crowd expected by fundraising with a bucket collection.

Hasselhoff, who played lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the 1990s phenomenon Baywatch, has a cult following in Germany for his pop career, and has appeared in pantomimes in London.

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Poor NZ, always on such a budget

opportunity here for a Baywatch reminder



and Knightrider

Look forward to the post Hasselhoff male sheep bothering frenzy.

Oz got Oprah . . . Kiwis get 'the Hoff'

"Don't hassle The Hoff!" was David Hasselhoff's message for fans when he arrived on Bondi beach this afternoon.

After arriving last night, his Bondi visit marks the first in a series of PR engagements for the star, culminating in a VIP party tomorrow evening.

Aided by a troop of models in red bikinis – the Knight Rider actor threw out the ice blocks to awestruck beach-goers, most of which did not know about his appearance on the iconic strip.

When quizzed about his favourite thing about Australia, the perennial ladies man quipped, "The two things that are walking next to me" referring to the swimsuit-clad models next to him.

And when questioned about the origins of his now infamous nickname, 'The Hoff', the TV icon was quick to cite Australia - in fact The Daily Telegraph - as the source of his now ubiquitous title

Speaking exclusively to Confidential, he said: "The Hoff action stared here and now, wherever I go, I'm no longer David Hasselhoff, I'm 'The Hoff'. So my message is - don't hassle The Hoff!"

Two people, as far as the Daily Telegraph could see on the ground, waited with Baywatch DVD box sets to get autographs.

The Hoff happily obliged, while grooving the show’s theme song , I’ll Be Ready.

Hasselhoff is in Sydney as part of a lucrative sponsorship contract to promote Splice ice lollies.


Read more: David Hasselhoff AKA The Hoff makes his first Sydney appearance at Bondi beach | News.com.au

Originally Posted by genghis61

Poor NZ, always on such a budget

With Oprah as an alternative I'd take the Hoff...

Originally Posted by graym

Originally Posted by genghis61

Poor NZ, always on such a budget

With Oprah as an alternative I'd take the Hoff...

'The Hoff' makes surprise appearance at SCG

DAVID "The Hoff" Hasselhoff made a surprise appearance at the cricket in Sydney today, even facing up to retired Australian leg-spinning great Shane Warne. A day after the former "Baywatch" star pulled on his famous red swimming shorts to stride among beautiful women in figure-hugging swimsuits at Bondi Beach, Hasselhoff was batting against Warne at the Sydney Cricket Ground, and even got a couple big shots away.
"That's about the first time I've ever hit. I tried it once in London but I couldn't do it all," Hasselhoff told Warne in an interview for the Nine Network during the broadcast of the fifth Ashes Test between Australia and England.

The Hoff makes a brief appearance in Swanny's Ashes Video Diary...

Is the Hoff running out of money or something?
Anyway, next time tell him he got off the plane at the wrong stop.
Babewatch- the Hoff and Pamela Anderson. Paris Hilton was too young.
And we wonder why the US is in crisis.

"The Hoff", who is in New Zealand as part of a brief promotional visit for a new ice cream.

Things must be tough.

Originally Posted by Dug

"The Hoff", who is in New Zealand as part of a brief promotional visit for a new ice cream.

Things must be tough.

desperate; I'd have thought he'd be ok financially from Baywatch re-runs on cable tv etc