Barry Humphries Is No More

[Slim]

Dead at 89. Always one of my favourite comedians.

I did hear that he was ill a few days ago so I did wonder if his time was up. An absolutely brilliant man.

I well remember the first time I ever saw Dame Edna on television. Must have been about 1978. She offered her guests a suggestive dish composed mainly of an upright banana accompanied by two cherries, and later sang a song about British spunk. "Spunk, spunk, spunk, you're so full of British spunk", it went.

My dad was convinced she was a woman in real life; an actual dame no less.

But Sir Les Patterson was his greatest achievement.

[David L]

According to a report I've just read, 'complications' due to hip surgery

[Thenop]

According to a report I've just read, 'complications' due to hip surgery

Yeah, that's a grandma's way to go indeed.

[pxr5]

Very, very funny man. A sad loss indeed.

[R6GYY]

My dad was convinced she was a woman in real life; an actual dame no less.

He wasn't the only one. My step-father believed that too.

[Slim]

Thinking tangentially from this my favourite off the cuff quip from a similarly polished performer was one of Terry Wogan's. When escorting the Queen on a visit to Broadcasting House the Queen enquired, "how many people work here Mr Wogan?" Quick as a flash he responded, "about half of them ma'am!" Yes, there are some serious gaps beginning to appear in the world of showbiz.

That's a very old joke.



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