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Barry Humphries

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edited April 2023 in Tributes
Wonderful comedian.  I saw him in London in the late 1980s - managed to be unbelievably rude without offending anyone.  One of the funniest people ever.  Les Patterson was a creation of genius.

RIP.
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  • DrCorneliusDrCornelius Frets: 6476
    Great innings but still a shame we’ve lost him . Very clever guy - you summed it up in that he was very rude without getting nasty or personal with it 
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  • TanninTannin Frets: 4394
    A very funny man. RIP.
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  • TanninTannin Frets: 4394
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-22/barry-humphries-comedian-behind-dame-edna-everage-dies/6962192
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  • guitartangoguitartango Frets: 954
    Les Patterson Saves the World ! RIP
    “Ken sent me.”
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  • DiscoStuDiscoStu Frets: 5260
    A comedy giant. RIP 
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  • OffsetOffset Frets: 9212
    Sir Les's book 'The Traveller's Tool' is absolutely side-splitting but utterly politically incorrect.  And all the funnier for being so.
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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 15603
    Strangely enough I was watching the Andertons interview with Geoff Whitehorn yesterday and Geoff was talking about playing guitar on a Dame Edna party album and what a lovely guy Barry was. 
    Barry/Edna/Les huge figures in comedy for a long time, always on the edge of chaos and the Dame Edna character was brilliant for pricking pomposity. 

    RIP. 
    I’ll handle this Violet, you take your three hour break. 
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  • KittyfriskKittyfrisk Frets: 16332
    Genuinely a giant of comedy. Witty, thoughtful, sharp, barbed, subtly offensively hilarious but without actually causing genuine offence.
    RIP Barry, you genius. You'll be missed.
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  • CoffeeAndTVCoffeeAndTV Frets: 378
    RIP Barry.  He was so funny.
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  • KilgoreKilgore Frets: 8107
    A truly great comedian. As others have said shockingly rude without being nasty. RIP.
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  • DominicDominic Frets: 15285
    Hello Possums
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  • LastMantraLastMantra Frets: 3819
    Harry Bumphries

    I would have sworn he had already passed away. I feel I even remember people talking about it.

    Anyway, RIP. 
    MYMUSIC
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  • boogiemanboogieman Frets: 11742
    Aww jeez, I saw a thing on social media earlier that said he was poorly but still with us, I hadn’t realised he’d actually passed on. 

    Wonderfully funny bloke, in all his various guises. RIP possum. 
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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    one word

    genius


    RIP
    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 10838
    One of the funniest people in the history of the world.

    "when I first had hair I could sit on" still makes me laugh. 
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  • exocetexocet Frets: 1865
    What a great innings he had. Looking back at my childhood "Dame Edna" was on UK TV in the 70s. I was too young to get the humour then. I then remember Sir Les appearing on "The Tube" with "12 inches of Les" . Barry Humphries would have been in his 50's then..such a cultured clever person that defied the personas played. 
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  • axisusaxisus Frets: 27656
    He was amazing at conjuring entertainment out of nothing, so quick witted and intelligent. One of those giants of comedy the like of which we don’t see any more. 
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  • robertyroberty Frets: 10231
    bertie said:
    one word

    genius


    RIP
    Agreed

    Here is is more recently, sharp as a tack

    https://youtu.be/j05aITNM4qo

    RIP old fella
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  • rlwrlw Frets: 4314
    I shall never forget Dame Edna saying to oh so posh Joan Bakewell - maybe on Parkinson, maybe not - that she looked as if she needed something warm inside her.    Cue the show falling apart.
    Save a cow.  Eat a vegetarian.
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  • boogiemanboogieman Frets: 11742
    Some of my favourites from BH in various guises. 

    “He was a really generous bloke. He’d give you his arsehole and shit through his ribs”

    As Dame Edna, to Jayne Seymour
    ”ah dear Jayne, you’re so lovely. Tell us the secret of a successful marriage darling. After all you’ve been successfully married 4 times”. 

    And as Edna to Jilly Goulden, the wine expert. 
    “I don’t understand much about the etiquette of wine tasting. So tell us Jilly, do you spit or swallow?”
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  • westwest Frets: 974
    The wiff of mauve vein cheese dissipates as we speak .... rip
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