11 Facts About Rod Quantock

Rodney Edward Quantock was born on 1948 and is an Australian stand-up comedian and writer.

Rod Quantock's father worked in Fitzroy in a metal polishing factory and as a tram conductor.

Rod Quantock became more involved in television in the early 80s and the 90s, working on the series Ratbags, Australia You're Standing In It, Fast Forward, Denton, BackBerner and was a regular on The Big Gig and Good News Week.

Rod Quantock was a founding member on the Melbourne International Comedy Festival board, a consultant to the Melbourne Moomba Festival and a member of the Arts Committee of the Bicentennial BHP Awards For Excellence.

Rod Quantock starred in a series of television advertisements for bed retailer Capt'n Snooze from the '80s to the late '90s.

Rod Quantock conducted various evening bus tours of Melbourne and other parts of Victoria since the early '80s, a concept called Bus, Son of Tram or just Bus, where a group of people would travel on a bus with him to a surprise location to meet other people who had no idea of their coming.

Rod Quantock saw it as a way of seeing how frightened people have become:.

The audience members were all given Groucho Marx masks and Rod Quantock carried a rubber chicken on a stick, named Trevor.

Rod Quantock gave a speech at 17 January 2010 rally at the closure of The Tote Hotel.

Rod Quantock was MC at a number of rallies and public meetings in the campaign to stop the East-West Link.

In 2014, Rod Quantock became a research associate at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne, working on the presentation of climate change impacts and resource crises.