dˈʊɹɹɪŋ hɪz ɐpˈɪɹəns ɔnðə tənˈaɪt ʃˈoʊ wɪð dʒˈeɪ lˈiːnoʊ ɪn mˈeɪ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɪks, ˈæktɚ pˈɔːl hˈoʊɡən kɹˈɑːkədˌaɪl dˈʌndiː spˈɛnt mˈʌtʃ ʌvðɪ ˈɪntɚvjˌuː wɪð lˈiːnoʊ tˈɔːkɪŋ ɐbˌaʊt fˈɛɹɪtlˈɛɡɪŋ, wˌɪtʃ hiː aɪdˈɛntᵻfˌaɪd æz "ɐ nˈuː ɔːstɹˈeɪliən əlˈɪmpɪks ᵻvˈɛnt."
During his appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in May 1996, actor Paul Hogan (Crocodile Dundee) spent much of the interview with Leno talking about ferret-legging, which he identified as "a new Australian Olympics event."