Me too ! In 2023. His sharp wit was side-splitting. He used to do gentle, naughty pranks on buses and trains before he became famous. I'd loved to have seen that. I adore him. 🤣💘💥
I was privileged to spend an evening with Dame Edna during her Final Farewell Tour at the Los Angeles Ahmanson Theatre in 2015. It was blissful evening with the brilliant and magnificent treasure, Barry Humphries and his beyond-delightful persona, Dame Edna... truly a night I have and will never forget. He was an absolute one of a kind and a gift to us all. RIP, you funny man.
I was there at the Ahmanson Theater for her Farewell tour. I love Dame Edna Everage. I saw her several times through the years and Dame Edna will really be missed. Barry Humphries was a genius.
40 years old and I'm still young enough to only appreciate him JUST now. I never revised my view of Barry from a youth in the 80's and 90's. No wonder the hype, I mean... wow. I get it now.
Barry Humphries is of course an intellectual Giant, who is incredibly insightful and intelligent. But not only that, he looks at people in a compassionate, as well as a critical way. More than anything, he can cut down overinflated egos with humour, and that makes him so special. I think Barry Humphries is first and foremost, a very kind person, and I love him.
" I think Barry Humphries is first and foremost, a very kind person," what a perceptive ,insightful comment .you really nailed him . just on that about being compassionate and looking after his guests and playing with them .this interview with nana Mouskouri in 87.czcams.com/video/bBGdaaiJFdU/video.html ,shows how he contributed to nana being able to have a wonderful relaxed play around .you see nana's inner child come out . it was great .
Hear, hear! Well said. Rest in peace Barry Humphries! And thank you. Dame Edna Quote - (read in in Edna's caring voice): "Death is just a door. And behind that door is either nothingness or eternal happiness. Or a really angry cat. It's hard to say for sure."
👏... Well said OP/Christas'.. Bless the genius who also always showed empathy & if critical it came from the heart ❤. Utterly unique Human being & hope up there smiling down the legend.
He is the most amazing performer Australia has ever produced. His talent transcends boundaries. I get a little teary watching him perform in between the laughs. I know I am being informed - that's what Mr. Humphries does.
As an oldie and huge fan, I remember all these characters. I’m so sad he’s gone but he’s left us with present laughter. Catharsis is right. We DID leave those live shows feeling like new refreshed people. This was a splendid programme. Thank you!
I remember the first time I saw Edna on British TV, and I had no idea who she was. We were laughing hysterically, and so we're the people she was insulting. It was clear that they enjoyed her attention. What a brilliant character.
Stopped watching BH but now he's gone I renew my interest and see again his fantastic fun and skill. Genius yes but intelligence is the stand out quality - and rebellion. Good Man. RIP.
I laugh & laugh & laugh as much the 30th time I watch him as I did the first time. Clever, sharp, quick witted comedy that covers everything faced by people in societies throughout history. It will never age because the same situations will always exist in the future. I believe his body of work should be restored digitally so the generations ahead can see how a true comic genius magnificently applied his art. Brilliant stuff, thanks for posting :-0
I would say Dame Edna is in the Top Ten funniest comedians / comic characters ever. Incredible performance, over decades, with razor sharp wit of the sharpest order...RIP xxx
As a personal note, a mate and I many years ago went to a London theatre to see her and dreaded that she would pick on us in the third row. Fortunately, she chose a woman in the audience and asked her to describe her bathroom. Well, it was a sublime performance by Edna, only matched - indeed, was quite surpassing - when we went to see her a few years on. I have to say that I laughed so hard I felt on the edge of wanting to throw up. Pure genius. RobertK.
Listening to what Barry had to say about alcohol and AA in a fantastic interview with David Walliams and Matt Lucas really helped me realize I was fucking up very badly. It took some time but I'm now sober 18 months and for that I'm eternally grateful to Barry for steering me in the right direction. If anyone reading this is having problems with alcohol or addiction and you really want to stop, there is help out there, you've just got to go. Don't be afraid and go to an AA or NA meeting, they are not cults no matter what your addiction is telling you. They are the start of the journey to beat your disease. Everyone there has been through what you have been through and a whole lot more, you'll be very surprised at the people you meet, their stories and how they are now in recovery and if you want to stop going, you will never be harassed, the door will always be open for your return.
Unlike other comic genius’s like Peter Cook and Spike Milligan who had their ups and downs, Barry Humphries was consistently the consummate performer throughout.
Everything Edna has done is just wonderful, but Sir Les is my hero. One of the times I saw him on British tv he said he had really invented the Australian film industry {that was very big at that time} but never been given the credit for it, he said he had suggested a movie called "Piss up at hanging rock" I fell of the sofa laughing Bless you Barry
This is excellent. I saw Dame Edna at the Rooty Hill RSL a few years ago. She was bang up to date with all the latest nonsense and skewered all of it. In the most appropriate venue.
Stratford, "A half-timbered car"...... That line has stuck in some rusty old filing cabinet deep in my lizard-brain..... I may have been nine or ten, but that beautifully comic observation has lain there for decades...... Thank you Barry x.
G ELGAR, snap!! I was about 12 or 13 when I saw that, and thought that line was the funniest thing I'd ever heard, especially as that was our family car at the time. And I still found it hilarious hearing it again on this video, so many years later, but not forgotten.
Barry actually comes from the affluent suburb of Camberwell, and was the son of an architect. He love the name Moonee Ponds (an actual suburb) and ran with it
Talking of Barry's studies. He came to Finland - as Edna - just to deliver the unforgettable line: "I am Minna Canth" Just genius. The place went crazy. It was on YLE TV.
This great artist once again left me with "pain in my stomach with laughter" what a wonderful awakening of Dadaism man has been subjected to by geniuses like him. Thank you Berry Humpfries, I miss you so much. Rest in peace, and i see you later.❤❤❤
"I'm a hard act to follow" says it all about Barry Humphries. I've loved him forever, and I'm going to see him- Dame Edna- April 10th in Toronto as part of his Farewell Tour.
I was taken by ex partner to see Edna /Les et al in Aberdeen Scotland some 30 yrs ago I almost had a trouser accident when Les Patterson was on stage Unbelievably funny Barry was a complicated but amazing human.... never will be forgotten 😅😅😅😅😅
Sir Barry Humphries is a man , who is a part of the punk wave evolution, the world can not be without him. Its not only about pulling faces, in an intelectual twisted way, this is a revolution in comedy history.
My French wife and I were married in a restaurant in Moonee Ponds (Melbourne suburb) - something I have paraded for forty years now to people who still think it is an imaginary place.
Awe, this legend was utterly unique showing humour in a range of styles that always came from the heart even giving self-worth to many after ridiculing them. Used to turn the negatives to positives in such a humours way & an amazing character throughout. Felt privileged witnessing the legend @ play + a tear came to the eye during old episode = 'an audience with Dame Edna Everage' recently. GREAT stuff & whattah singer too eh... Awe, bless Barry..😢❤
Always thought that Joan Bakewell was pretty - she still is and she's now 112! - but didn't realise just how extraordinarily pretty she was when younger. She even puts the likes of Jane Seymour and Natalie Wood in the shade.
Without doubt one of the funniest comedy act ever, he never needs to use bad language during his act, innuendo is his weapon and it's fantastic, sadly I doubt we will see any more of Les Patterson as an act with all the spitting and saliva during this pandemic wouldn't be seen as funny although he could wear a visor and give us a laught
Is this available on DVD? I'd kill to add this to my collection - certainly the best doc about Mr. Humphries I've ever seen. Thank you so much for posting this - it really is a brilliant film about the man, his characters and his comedy.
Download and burn to disc mate. I use nero burning pro because I am a fully qualified video editor. You might need something easier like Windows ISO format.
The world's a duller place without Barry. RIP
So glad I stumbled down memory lane here. What a legend.
Me too ! In 2023. His sharp wit was side-splitting. He used to do gentle, naughty pranks on buses and trains before he became famous. I'd loved to have seen that. I adore him. 🤣💘💥
A towering comedic genius! He is sadly missed. ❤🌸
RIP, Barry! Thanks for all the laughs! ❤
Dame Edna aka Barry Humphries is a living legend, one of the greatest comedic talents ever to grace our TV screens.
What a man, what a legacy. Pure genius. ❤❤
Vale Barry Humphries, and thank you.
Thanks also to the people responsible for this fillum
I was privileged to spend an evening with Dame Edna during her Final Farewell Tour at the Los Angeles Ahmanson Theatre in 2015. It was blissful evening with the brilliant and magnificent treasure, Barry Humphries and his beyond-delightful persona, Dame Edna... truly a night I have and will never forget. He was an absolute one of a kind and a gift to us all. RIP, you funny man.
I was there at the Ahmanson Theater for her Farewell tour. I love Dame Edna Everage. I saw her several times through the years and Dame Edna will really be missed. Barry Humphries was a genius.
Barry Humphries a man.of great talent & Australia’s living treasure.
🎬🎬🎬. July 2021 Greetings from Sydney
40 years old and I'm still young enough to only appreciate him JUST now. I never revised my view of Barry from a youth in the 80's and 90's. No wonder the hype, I mean... wow. I get it now.
Barry Humphries is of course an intellectual Giant, who is incredibly insightful and intelligent. But not only that, he looks at people in a compassionate, as well as a critical way. More than anything, he can cut down overinflated egos with humour, and that makes him so special. I think Barry Humphries is first and foremost, a very kind person, and I love him.
" I think Barry Humphries is first and foremost, a very kind person," what a perceptive ,insightful comment .you really nailed him .
just on that about being compassionate and looking after his guests and playing with them .this interview with nana Mouskouri in 87.czcams.com/video/bBGdaaiJFdU/video.html ,shows how he contributed to nana being able to have a wonderful relaxed play around .you see nana's inner child come out . it was great .
Agree my dear ...so sad that we have lost him to heaven ...one of a kind ...truly amazing . Bless his soul always .x x 😢x
Hear, hear! Well said.
Rest in peace Barry Humphries! And thank you.
Dame Edna Quote - (read in in Edna's caring voice): "Death is just a door. And behind that door is either nothingness or eternal happiness. Or a really angry cat. It's hard to say for sure."
Barry humphreys aka dame edna was a legend so sharp witted funny and kind RIP sadly missed
👏... Well said OP/Christas'.. Bless the genius who also always showed empathy & if critical it came from the heart ❤. Utterly unique Human being & hope up there smiling down the legend.
Barry's amazing ability to ad lib. He is never at a loss for words, whatever anyone says to Edna, he replies so naturally. Every line is a gem.
World is much sadder without Barry's genius comedy & observations. Funny, intelligent, humble. RIP 😔💐
Barry Humphrey’s 😂 your comedy was pure brilliance 😂we will never have anyone else who could come close to you, you had always left us wanting more 🎉😂
Dame Edna feels so much like a real person, hard to imagine she isn't, funny and amazing actor.
Hands down the greatest Australian entertainer. Brilliant wit.
Thank you for the laughs Barry RIP
The believability of Dame Edna surpasses any thoughts other than this person really is Dame Edna which makes her so outrageously funny.
He said, rightly, Spike’s humour was sublime - and so was Barry’s. Majestic too. And happily he’s still with us.
He is the most amazing performer Australia has ever produced. His talent transcends boundaries. I get a little teary watching him perform in between the laughs. I know I am being informed - that's what Mr. Humphries does.
Australia unintentionally does produce diamonds
Ditto! No one has ever shined so bloody brightly! ⭐️
One of the greatest comedians ever. The best whit ever. Sad we can't say what we want these days even for comedy. RIP BARRY
So true
Barry Humphries is a GENIUS....an amazing man. Love you to bits.
Lovely to see this again, thinking of Barrys family and how a legend beyond compare has passed today ❤💐❤💐❤
RIP Barry you'll be sorely missed
As an oldie and huge fan, I remember all these characters. I’m so sad he’s gone but he’s left us with present laughter. Catharsis is right. We DID leave those live shows feeling like new refreshed people. This was a splendid programme. Thank you!
One of the greatest comedians of all time.
I remember the first time I saw Edna on British TV, and I had no idea who she was. We were laughing hysterically, and so we're the people she was insulting. It was clear that they enjoyed her attention. What a brilliant character.
Such a loss of a wonderfully talented man ! Another Icon gone.
Stopped watching BH but now he's gone I renew my interest and see again his fantastic fun and skill. Genius yes but intelligence is the stand out quality - and rebellion. Good Man. RIP.
I adore the faces he pulls!
There were only two people on Earth that could make me laugh. Robin is gone, but we still have Dame Edna. ♥️
Yeah, I love Dame Edna! And who's Robin, another great Australian comic?
Simply wonderful. Barry Humphries is an absolute genius. Edna's a jewel.
How wonderful to get to see this performer after he is gone.
This man is a genuis.
I laugh & laugh & laugh as much the 30th time I watch him as I did the first time. Clever, sharp, quick witted comedy that covers everything faced by people in societies throughout history. It will never age because the same situations will always exist in the future. I believe his body of work should be restored digitally so the generations ahead can see how a true comic genius magnificently applied his art. Brilliant stuff, thanks for posting :-0
Yeah, s/he was fenomenal! I bet everyone's having a great laugh with Barry upstairs..! 😆🧡💥
Even the comic genius Peter Cook was in awe of Barry.
I would say Dame Edna is in the Top Ten funniest comedians / comic characters ever. Incredible performance, over decades, with razor sharp wit of the sharpest order...RIP xxx
A Very funny man and a sublime wordsmith . Thank you Aussies !
As a personal note, a mate and I many years ago went to a London theatre to see her and dreaded that she would pick on us in the third row. Fortunately, she chose a woman in the audience and asked her to describe her bathroom. Well, it was a sublime performance by Edna, only matched - indeed, was quite surpassing - when we went to see her a few years on. I have to say that I laughed so hard I felt on the edge of wanting to throw up. Pure genius. RobertK.
What an amazing man. Thanks for putting this up.
A Renaissance man - one of the few true geniusses of our days.
Put Edna on the money. On the stamps.
Barry was a comedic genius.
Listening to what Barry had to say about alcohol and AA in a fantastic interview with David Walliams and Matt Lucas really helped me realize I was fucking up very badly. It took some time but I'm now sober 18 months and for that I'm eternally grateful to Barry for steering me in the right direction.
If anyone reading this is having problems with alcohol or addiction and you really want to stop, there is help out there, you've just got to go. Don't be afraid and go to an AA or NA meeting, they are not cults no matter what your addiction is telling you. They are the start of the journey to beat your disease. Everyone there has been through what you have been through and a whole lot more, you'll be very surprised at the people you meet, their stories and how they are now in recovery and if you want to stop going, you will never be harassed, the door will always be open for your return.
You poor bastard!
@@bigbearfuzzums7027 why?Nobody forced him to be a drunk,one has to know his limitations as a man.
@@Pfirtzer you have no idea. I hope you continue to be able to exist in your bubble.
Could you post a link to that interview please or at least supply some more searchable detail please?
@@EricBrettJones watch the above show. Just spend and hour and 15 minutes. I mean, even Joan Rivers is lauding the guy.
Unlike other comic genius’s like Peter Cook and Spike Milligan who had their ups and downs, Barry Humphries was consistently the consummate performer throughout.
Barry Humphries is pure genius. For me Dame Edna was the funniest and best comedy ever
Everything Edna has done is just wonderful, but Sir Les is my hero. One of the times I saw him on British tv he said he had really invented the Australian film industry {that was very big at that time} but never been given the credit for it, he said he had suggested a movie called "Piss up at hanging rock" I fell of the sofa laughing Bless you Barry
This is excellent. I saw Dame Edna at the Rooty Hill RSL a few years ago. She was bang up to date with all the latest nonsense and skewered all of it. In the most appropriate venue.
God bless you Barry 👌👌👌
Barry Humfries along with Peter Cook must be the greatest satirist of this century
Sex ppp0pp0p0p0p30 my e0
Peter Cook died in 1995.
agreed 100%
Stratford, "A half-timbered car"......
That line has stuck in some rusty old filing cabinet deep in my lizard-brain.....
I may have been nine or ten, but that beautifully comic observation has lain there for decades......
Thank you Barry x.
It's a Morris Traveller and yes it is timbered
That’s such a coincidence, because that line has stuck in my mind over the decades too.
G ELGAR, snap!! I was about 12 or 13 when I saw that, and thought that line was the funniest thing I'd ever heard, especially as that was our family car at the time. And I still found it hilarious hearing it again on this video, so many years later, but not forgotten.
Just abosutely brilliant. The genius of Moonee Ponds.
Barry actually comes from the affluent suburb of Camberwell, and was the son of an architect. He love the name Moonee Ponds (an actual suburb) and ran with it
Absolutely brilliant. The man is an undeniable genius. Thanks for putting that up
I love you Edna!
Note in this programme Edna talks like SStone, amazing character.
very intelligent , brilliant mind
Dame Edna should be on our Aussie currency; e.g. $50 note. A true icon.
But is a $50 note worthy of her?
@@paulstewart1182 We should have a $500 note and put Edna on that!
Agree what a dynamite bloke
A comedic genius in my opinion. Incredible sharp wit unmatched
~Miss you already Barry....enjoy all your work.
One of history's greatest artists!
This man is a genius!
Oh no I just can't imagine Dame Edna as anyone else. Dame Edna is real to me possums!
Awwww the cute bridesmaid Madge! Bless her shes lovely.
Absolutely adorable 💞
After all the analysis , it's just taking the piss . Beautifully
A master. A legend. A gift to our world. He truly is amazing. ❤
Absolutely terrific
Les is my favourite
Talking of Barry's studies.
He came to Finland - as Edna - just to deliver the unforgettable line:
"I am Minna Canth"
Just genius. The place went crazy. It was on YLE TV.
What a fantastic show of appreciation for the many years Dame Edna gave us of entertainment, her picture on a stamp. How amazing would that be. 👍👏
Amazing! I'm enjoying all of his videos if it takes me forever.
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This great artist once again left me with "pain in my stomach with laughter" what a wonderful awakening of Dadaism man has been subjected to by geniuses like him. Thank you Berry Humpfries, I miss you so much. Rest in peace, and i see you later.❤❤❤
Pure genius.
Comedy Genius. 🇦🇺🇬🇧
"I'm a hard act to follow" says it all about Barry Humphries. I've loved him forever, and I'm going to see him- Dame Edna- April 10th in Toronto as part of his Farewell Tour.
You will absolutely LOVE it! Saw the show last week--the energy Barry has is simply amazing!
I saw Dame Edna is coming to Toronto...
Lucky you:)
I was taken by ex partner to see Edna /Les et al in Aberdeen Scotland some 30 yrs ago
I almost had a trouser accident when Les Patterson was on stage
Unbelievably funny
Barry was a complicated but amazing human.... never will be forgotten 😅😅😅😅😅
Classic when Barry told the Melbourne art community to go fts. Good onya Barry.
Les Patterson, what are you doing in my son's outlet? 🤣🤣😂😂
Sir Barry Humphries is a man , who is a part of the punk wave evolution, the world can not be without him. Its not only about pulling faces, in an intelectual twisted way, this is a revolution in comedy history.
Hasn't been knighted.
Dame Edna ... the most brilliant comedy drag act in the world of show biz! 😄👍
His gift to us is his ability to make us forget our troubles for a while.
If there is another great comedic genius out there like him please do tell
Only 2 others who can ad lib like him, but both now dead: Peter Cook and Robin Williams. Kevin Bridges is the funniest stand up today.
Barry's on record calling Chris Lilley the g word.
I thank Barry for for such great pleasure he has given to us with his talent
Best known for Dame Edna, his true greatest creation is Sir Les Patterson, Australia's most endearingly repulsive diplomat.
This is the Australia I miss. Great memories, great times and real humor.
My French wife and I were married in a restaurant in Moonee Ponds (Melbourne suburb) - something I have paraded for forty years now to people who still think it is an imaginary place.
So brilliant.❤
I remember when I saw Dame Edna when i was a kid. I always thought she was a real woman. I love Dame Edna
dame edna is so established that she pretty much is a real women
Me too
Me too LOL
She sounds like a older lady too, what an amazing actor as she feels so real.
That truck and undies sketch was gold😂
a perfect example of the lost art of the sketch
Haha 😹
Watching this reveals how much Mike Myers stole from him for Austin Powers.
And from Benny Hill.
Sacha Baron Cohen as well (Ali G); Mrs. Merton?
Awe, this legend was utterly unique showing humour in a range of styles that always came from the heart even giving self-worth to many after ridiculing them. Used to turn the negatives to positives in such a humours way & an amazing character throughout. Felt privileged witnessing the legend @ play + a tear came to the eye during old episode = 'an audience with Dame Edna Everage' recently. GREAT stuff & whattah singer too eh... Awe, bless Barry..😢❤
Undeniably the Zeus in the comic pantheon !!
Always thought that Joan Bakewell was pretty - she still is and she's now 112! - but didn't realise just how extraordinarily pretty she was when younger. She even puts the likes of Jane Seymour and Natalie Wood in the shade.
Great comedian.
The perfect woman is a man. And the greatest camp queen is straight.
Without doubt one of the funniest comedy act ever, he never needs to use bad language during his act, innuendo is his weapon and it's fantastic, sadly I doubt we will see any more of Les Patterson as an act with all the spitting and saliva during this pandemic wouldn't be seen as funny although he could wear a visor and give us a laught
Absolutely great stuff ... :-) :-) :-)
No ever has been more talented & funnier!
Thanks for posting
Rest In Peace, Thanks for the laughs!!!!
Is this available on DVD? I'd kill to add this to my collection - certainly the best doc about Mr. Humphries I've ever seen. Thank you so much for posting this - it really is a brilliant film about the man, his characters and his comedy.
Unfortunately there is no sign of a DVD release.
Download and burn to disc mate. I use nero burning pro because I am a fully qualified video editor. You might need something easier like Windows ISO format.
Excellent😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
I didn't know Barry Humphries, but i knew Dame Edna.
She's hilarious and as a man quite handsome