The footage dates from the 1970s, in Brisbane. The gentleman in question, Paul Dozsa, did for 40 years go from restaurant to restaurant and hotel to hotel etc paying with bad checks and otherwise avoiding the tab. He did so so frequently that he claimed to be the world record holder in it.
Paul Dozsa - chef, news celebrity, lover of fine food and French champagne, restaurant authority (world record claimer but Pal's website doesn't go there), Australian Over 60 Chess Champion 2002 and by self-admission, hapless long term research subject for Warsaw Pact mind control implant experiments. Postcript: Sadly Paul passed away in Oct 2003. Often in newspapers, in 1989 Paul claimed the Guiness world record for an infamous 40 years plus career of serial freeloading on restaurants, hotels, railways etc and served countless prison sentences, typically defending himself eloquently but not often successfully before the courts. Paul will be remembered for his dignified (even in the face of the facts), friendly and charmingly convincing manner..
