Costume, Moomba court jester c1992

Summary

The court jester costume was made for the renowned Melbourne comedian, Rod Quantock. In his own words… I was offered the Moomba King role and turned it down but suggested a Moomba jester. I was jester to Keith Dunstan [1992], Marina Prior [1993] and the Awesome Foursome [1996]. I did commentary for 7's Moomba coverage and was part of a documentary by the Discovery Channel on Melbourne & Moomba. All else is forgotten. Email to Collection Manager, Eddie Butler-Bowdon, 20 June 2008 And… There is something comfortable and predictable about Moomba. It has all the relevance of a medieval town festival. I don’t think that it has the cultural significance of the Melbourne International [Arts] Festival or even the Grand Prix. But to me, it is a festival in the great tradition of festivals, a great chance to sit down and watch the daggiest people from all over Melbourne gathering at the carnival. Rod Quantock in Padraic Murphy and Melissa Fyfe, 'Moomba Chooses a Face to Front the Festival', Age, 11 February 1998.