Barry Humphries - Doctor Of The University Occasional Speech (1994)

Digital copy of Doctor Of The University Occasional (Acceptance) Speech delivered by Barry Humphries - author, artist and the actor behind Dame Edna Everage. This speech forms part of the Griffith Archive (Griffith University) Collection.

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  • @elvirastokes1335
    @elvirastokes133511 ай бұрын

    I miss Dame Edna already , I will keep watchingKZread 😢❤❤❤

  • @petercampbell8694
    @petercampbell869411 ай бұрын

    A legend amongst men - such a refined, well spoke, intelligent, cultural man - The world has truly lost a wonderful human 😔😔😔

  • @paulfitzpatrick6536

    @paulfitzpatrick6536

    9 ай бұрын

    Great post

  • @petercampbell8694

    @petercampbell8694

    9 ай бұрын

    @@paulfitzpatrick6536Never met Mr Humphries but feel I lost a good friend when the news broke he passed away - He will be sorely missed

  • @Dallas-Nyberg
    @Dallas-Nyberg11 ай бұрын

    Now, sadly, that brilliant mind has left us... However, he leaves behind a treasure trove of recorded brilliance for us and future listeners, who will soon become ardent fans. RIP Barry... you will be missed.

  • @paulfaigl8329
    @paulfaigl832911 ай бұрын

    Most wonderful man and actor. And the most brilliant Dame Edna.🙏💥🙏

  • @sillyoldbastard3280
    @sillyoldbastard328011 ай бұрын

    As a fella who worked hard for my master degree and who has little time for honorary degrees.... I will take exception for this amazing fella. An Aussie legend. RIP Barry, you were clever, wise and hilariously funny and much loved

  • @jaffay131
    @jaffay13111 ай бұрын

    What a gift to the world this brillant and fearless soul was.

  • @maggie5020
    @maggie502010 ай бұрын

    Brilliant man 😢

  • @faithmapstone9982
    @faithmapstone998211 ай бұрын

    One word.....Genius ⭐️ I met Barry last year & how incredibly grateful I was & am ⭐️ Rip Barry & thankyou Doctor for all the Joy ❤ Very best wishes & love Faith ⭐️🍾

  • @cinemaipswich4636
    @cinemaipswich463611 ай бұрын

    Wait for the wonderful monologue that Barry performs in the second half of this video. It is poetry unforgiven, and a true delight. This wonderful rendition of Barry Humphries' life gives us a history of not only his life, but of all the comedy institutions that he created. He is a true genius of acting, satire, pathos and comedy. We are blessed by his works. He is now gone, but never forgotten. Thank you Barry.

  • @pag1413
    @pag14138 ай бұрын

    As classy as you get! The Melbourne bloke is going places! Made me laugh as usual! ❤ from Liverpool!

  • @evangiles4403
    @evangiles4403 Жыл бұрын

    I had the pleasure of taking this gentleman from his hotel in Sydney to an engagement at Rushcutter's Bay he was always colourful in his dress to say the least - Thoroughly polite through out the journey - He was one of many Australian personalities I got to briefly meet while driving the taxi's in Sydney He is and will always remain one of our greatest living treasures

  • @susiejames9748
    @susiejames97487 жыл бұрын

    He deserved the honour. He is very clever and perceptive, and has made a lot of people laugh. Well done Barry.

  • @carbine5378
    @carbine5378 Жыл бұрын

    Oh my .. what a poem! He has a brilliant mind.

  • @anjou6497
    @anjou6497 Жыл бұрын

    His speech was very moving. He meant every word. 🧡🌿

  • @lorincowell6944
    @lorincowell6944 Жыл бұрын

    So disappointed Dame Edna has never moderated the U.S. Presidential Debates. She'd be perfect!

  • @annfarnell1642
    @annfarnell1642 Жыл бұрын

    Such wit! Love him/her!

  • @jessiejames7492
    @jessiejames74923 жыл бұрын

    I could listen to barry humphries anytime.

  • @ivancarlson953
    @ivancarlson9533 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful gown by son Kenny

  • @hairyscotman

    @hairyscotman

    3 жыл бұрын

    that has "KENNY" written all over it!

  • @hisheroship

    @hisheroship

    Жыл бұрын

    I haven’t heard much of Kenny since he had his little shop in Hong Kong before it was resumed by China. What is happened to him?

  • @thefantasyreview8709

    @thefantasyreview8709

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm pretty sure Kenny is the sone of one of the actors he manages, Dame Edna Everage.

  • @janel342

    @janel342

    Жыл бұрын

    It takes a rare talent and a way too overlong speech to make Brilliant unique Barry Humphries seem boring

  • @farshimelt
    @farshimelt Жыл бұрын

    He is scathing and a lot of it went right over the heads of the presenters, and most of the audience. His hat doffing is hilarious. I lived in Australia from the end of '63 to the end of '68 and he nailed it.

  • @banjopete

    @banjopete

    Жыл бұрын

    5 years?……..an expert.

  • @robynconway1286
    @robynconway1286 Жыл бұрын

    I read a book of his in the 80s. It was a wonderful read.

  • @tonylakis6107
    @tonylakis6107 Жыл бұрын

    He is awesome, so good

  • @robertmchugh9024
    @robertmchugh9024 Жыл бұрын

    Australia’s greatest comedian!!

  • @jamesl9371

    @jamesl9371

    Жыл бұрын

    The best in the world 🌎

  • @kapple654

    @kapple654

    Жыл бұрын

    one of the best in Britain too (and the best of the british agree!)

  • @lindarowley4219

    @lindarowley4219

    Жыл бұрын

    😮hub for yyou is a good yyyy for y and y

  • @richardhaughton4303
    @richardhaughton4303 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely brilliant

  • @kerrymiriambrotherwood1628
    @kerrymiriambrotherwood162811 ай бұрын

    Great poem about growing up to have an amazing life!

  • @frankdooley6451
    @frankdooley6451 Жыл бұрын

    What a talent.

  • @perperson199
    @perperson1994 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant

  • @lapislazuli7876
    @lapislazuli787611 ай бұрын

    I absolutely adore how he puts Melbourne in its place. No one else has done that in the whole nation in the way Barry did right until the end. That was 1994 but even in 2023 he put the Melbourne state government back in its place by refusing their disingenuous state Funeral offer. His family - on his orders - refused it. He was always so right about Melbournian self-righteousness and completely inane self-image. They don’t call it Melboring for nothing!

  • @anthonyleddin8055

    @anthonyleddin8055

    11 ай бұрын

    The old steak and kidney envy …are ya with me.?

  • @lapislazuli7876

    @lapislazuli7876

    8 ай бұрын

    @@anthonyleddin8055 not envious at all!! Humphries was from Melbrourne and his estimation speaks louder than your own projections onto me. I’ve never lived in Melboring, nor would I want to, so this isn’t about ME- but-BORING-ol-you my little Melboringer!

  • @glennplumb2313
    @glennplumb2313 Жыл бұрын

    The world needs Entertainers & Barry is 4 of the best, Edna is a global superstar and while posh people are disgusted by Sir Les Edna is having lunch at Buckingham palace making The Queen wet herself she lifts people who play along and destroys people who don’t 😂

  • @chriswhalen1397
    @chriswhalen1397 Жыл бұрын

    That was brilliant

  • @julaingallimore7152
    @julaingallimore71522 жыл бұрын

    We love her in circles of London.

  • @EZEKIELAIA
    @EZEKIELAIA Жыл бұрын

    Adorable little Mite! He is!!

  • @Elitist20
    @Elitist20 Жыл бұрын

    15:13 - 'Obsessed with lifestyle, football, food and money, We could forget...Australia is funny.'

  • @yurilemming4130
    @yurilemming41302 жыл бұрын

    Barry is spitting image of his mother.

  • @jc-d6179
    @jc-d617911 ай бұрын

    A diamond.

  • @andyharpist2938
    @andyharpist2938 Жыл бұрын

    Gosh . How nervous he seemed!

  • @juliekemp419
    @juliekemp4193 жыл бұрын

    Dear Barry is all i can say except for Hooray!

  • @bobwright2692
    @bobwright2692 Жыл бұрын

    It’s the same old, employed comedy needed by any University, this speak’ is for the graduates and parents. Actor’ness. Wake up folks. It is the way, given to famous people, but some are deserved.....

  • @FrankieParadiso4evah
    @FrankieParadiso4evah3 жыл бұрын

    Quite a brilliant speech contrasting starkly with the lame introduction..lay-dah, lay-dah.

  • @simprove

    @simprove

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh yes, crediting Lionel Bart's "Maggie Way" and Spike Milligan's "Red Sitting Room". He was reading it out from notes too. Maybe someone sabotaged them. For those of tender years, they were actually "Maggie May" and "The Bedsitting Room" respectively.

  • @coreycox2345
    @coreycox2345 Жыл бұрын

    Also, wow. Friends with the great Spike Milligan.

  • @moaningpheromones

    @moaningpheromones

    Жыл бұрын

    that grovelling little bastard . . .

  • @dereksbuilds8289
    @dereksbuilds8289 Жыл бұрын

    No mention of Sir Les Patterson

  • @christopherhill2786

    @christopherhill2786

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, there was mention of Sir Les' weapon!

  • @davidmartin1015

    @davidmartin1015

    Жыл бұрын

    Listen again!

  • @rogerrussell5155

    @rogerrussell5155

    Жыл бұрын

    Bazza starts 8 minutes in

  • @lthrtim

    @lthrtim

    Жыл бұрын

    At 14m59s

  • @banjopete

    @banjopete

    Жыл бұрын

    The twelve inches of Les?……..ears painted on?

  • @andrewst9797
    @andrewst9797 Жыл бұрын

    😃

  • @NSBarnett
    @NSBarnett Жыл бұрын

    Doesn't bloody well start until eight minutes in!

  • @oldrikky
    @oldrikky Жыл бұрын

    eloquent man..

  • @andrewhotston983
    @andrewhotston98311 ай бұрын

    Interesting that Australian politics was already turning authoritarian in 1994. Covid was just an opportunity - never let a good crisis go to waste.

  • @thesceptic1018
    @thesceptic1018 Жыл бұрын

    Love the man - terrible poem

  • @carbine5378

    @carbine5378

    Жыл бұрын

    The poem was wonderful

  • @admiralbenbow5083
    @admiralbenbow5083 Жыл бұрын

    Only the very faintest OZ accent.

  • @robertwalker3369
    @robertwalker3369 Жыл бұрын

    Ridiculous giving these honourary titles

  • @michaelchester4419
    @michaelchester441911 ай бұрын

    ss

  • @DaveFisher1
    @DaveFisher15 жыл бұрын

    He likes to draw attention to himself.

  • @redstrat1234

    @redstrat1234

    3 жыл бұрын

    Given he's been on TV, in film, and on stage, doing comedy in front of audiences for 60+ years - yeah, he's been drawing attention to himself - that's what performers do, has no one told you ? - performers like people watching them perform, yeah, I know it sounds crazy, but there you are...

  • @Elitist20

    @Elitist20

    Жыл бұрын

    @@redstrat1234 I think that was the joke - it was the sort of thing his parents would say.

  • @kenlane6655
    @kenlane6655 Жыл бұрын

    shame about the intro guy....garbage read...

  • @zapkvr
    @zapkvr Жыл бұрын

    A sneering crank.

  • @tiggero6690

    @tiggero6690

    Жыл бұрын

    Why come on here to talk about yourself?

  • @stephenreeds3632

    @stephenreeds3632

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tiggero6690 He saw Australia as it was and, as far as I know, still is. Stiflingly conformist.

  • @keithmitchell3282
    @keithmitchell3282 Жыл бұрын

    i am sure a little of Spike Milligan's brilliance rubbed off on many of todays brilliant comedians ,Spike taught us that a little insanity is wonderful

  • @thomaselliott573
    @thomaselliott573 Жыл бұрын

    There is always something a little too perverse about Bazza, but he managed to develop a talent from truth rarely so well held.

  • @davidthomas2124
    @davidthomas2124 Жыл бұрын

    Wtf ???

  • @andrewst9797

    @andrewst9797

    Жыл бұрын

    Once upon a time.. it was another country!

  • @kingy002

    @kingy002

    Жыл бұрын

    What's your problem? Are you one of the dull ones that he was talking about?

  • @peterpanbigdick.
    @peterpanbigdick. Жыл бұрын

    Marvelous man the message never changes laughter love are the things to cherish not power and control that make people geluse. To care to love to honor to mend to bring joy and sumtimes offend these are the important things in life. NOT war NOT violence NOT sexual abuse.

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