Yahoo Serious
Yahoo Serious ( born July 27, 1953 in Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia) is the stage name ( and since 1980 documented name change, the real name ) of the Australian entertainer Greg Pead, who in his home a well-known comedian, actor, director, producer and screenwriter is.
Pead grew up near Newcastle and attended after school an art high school, from which he was referenced but after a short time. At 27, he slept with the stage name " Yahoo Serious " and tried on the film and television market to gain a foothold. He began his career in the 1980s with self-made documentaries. At the same time his comic and artistic abilities with which he quickly rose to become a TV star developed. 1988 Serious celebrated its biggest and only previous success. As a director, producer and actor, he turned the comedy Junior Einstein, which became at the box office both in Australia and in other parts of the world to the surprise hit of the year. Then he turned even the resident also in comedy films range Robin Hood Junior ( Reckless Kelly, 1993) and Mr. Accident ( 2000), but which failed to match the success of his first work. In 1996 he received from the University of Newcastle (Australia ), the University, where he was originally failed, the honorary doctorate.
Yahoo vs. Yahoo
In 2000 Serious redid headlines when he sued the Internet search engine Yahoo! for damages. He lost the case because he could not properly prove that disadvantages of the same name it had incurred, or a likelihood of confusion existed.