From 2010: Dame Edna, Australian "giga-star"
Australian comedian Barry Humphries, whose alter-ego, the self-aggrandizing Dame Edna Everage, died Saturday, April 22 at age 89. In this "Sunday Morning" profile that originally aired April 4, 2010, Dame Edna talks with Russ Mitchell about her celebrity (which is bigger than anyone else's), her Broadway appearances, and her "manager" (Humphries), who "resents the fact that I'm so popular." Humphries, meanwhile, discusses the rather non-PC Edna who, he reflects, is "not very nice really."
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The heavens welcomed another genius of comedy. Rest in peace and love always to you, Dame Eda ❤❤❤
@kendallevans4079
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Most civilized, educated countries passed up a man in drag as comedy decades ago. Apparently Australia and the Uk didn't get the memo!!!
@mf568
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@@kendallevans4079 This was always done in Europe or UK owned countries. American's like to act like they're open minded until someone [albeit] ignorant they respect; then they are willing to be just as ignorant and show lack an open mind.
@mf568
Жыл бұрын
Amen!
My mum loved Dame Edna, she rarely laugh at the things shes watching on tv, but she always laughed when Dame Edna was on tv. Barry was just perfect as Dame Edna, no one could do that figure better than Barry. Rest in peace Barry ❤
She left behind 8 billion possums 😥 What an achievement in life to have touched so so many people's hearts around the globe. You really can't be mad at anyone for leaving when a cucumber costs more than a hamburger. Times are wild. Rest in peace, Barry.
@corneliuswhite5139
Жыл бұрын
Well Said!
Goodbye Dame Edna, the world will miss you! Rest in peace Barry, thank you for the decades of laughter.😢😢
Barry had to mention Dame Edna’s name to get a good seat in a restaurant. She always got the last word. ❤
Thank you Mr. Humphries for all those laughs when I was kid, you always came on TV when I began to feel hopeless 😢
What a star, RIP Barry Humphries.
What a talent. You will be missed
Rip. Mr. Humphries was a comedy genius and a lovely person.❤❤
RIP, Barry Humphries. Dame Edna gave the world so much love and laughter 🥰 The "whispering prostate" bit made me laugh til I cried!
dame edna you were outrageous so funny your sharp wit was so marvelous we will miss you🙂🙂🙂
Nothing But Love❤ For "Dame Edna" We'll Miss You‼️❤️👑💯
I was able to see Dame Edna at one of her shows in San Francisco. It was such an entertaining night. I laughed so hard. She brought people up on stage to take part in a skit. She joked and teased about American culture. It was a great experience.
@willchristie2650
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I also saw her in San Francisco. I sat in the front row "reserved for friends of Kenny", using hilarious innuendo regarding her son's orientation and his many "friends" around the world. A delightful show that was much more funny than anything I've seen her do on TV. Sadly, most Americans just did not get her and she never really caught on with the people we now call MAGA Trumpers. As a San Franciscan, I enjoyed her helping us locally celebrate New Years Eve 1 year. She attempted a TV show in the USA but it flopped. The humor was much too subtle for Americans, which really tells you something about Americans since even Australians adored her.
@ZZMJo
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@@willchristie2650 Not only Australians! We had the possibilities to watch her shows on TV decades ago. It was a must!
I am now and will always be a possum. RIP Barry.
I wish I'd seen him perform in person. May his passing have been peaceful!
After decades of heading late husband's Prostate Movement,Dame Edna joins her beloved husband,Norm in eternal bliss. Along the way, the Dame wittingly recruited billions of English speaking possums to her fun club. The Dame will greatly be missed ❤ Goodbye Barry Humphries ❤
*We will miss you Dame Edna* ❤
Rest in Peace dear Dame Edna. We are born speaking our mind.
heaven got more beautiful. Rest in peace, to the very talented Barry Humphries. Who brought the very fun And funny Dame Enda to life. Thank you, so much for all the Talent and love you shared from your heart!!
I so enjoyed watching Dame Edna. Incredibly funny.
R I p Edna you be miss my mom pass away yesterday also
@carrieheffernan1685
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My condolences. So sorry for your loss.
Love, Love, Love the "Dame". Gonna miss you.
Rest in peace Possum
I loved her snarky naughty comedy!! ❤❤❤
Edna’s jewels belong in a museum!
Barry Humphries created many hilarious characters! 💜Dame Edna Everage is ETERNAL💜R.I.P.
Rest in peace dear Dame Edna! Flying gladiolus at half mast tonight!
A genius .RIP.
I love Dame Edna!!!😊😁😂💞
Oh I loved her TV specials , so talented. She would be appalled with what's happening today with female impersonators .....this is just showing how loved some female impersonators have been, and are 🌞💜
@briandelaney9710
Жыл бұрын
Dame Edna was not a drag Queen. She was a comic character of Barry Humphries who also did male comic characters like Sir Les Patterson
@1mourningdove54
Жыл бұрын
@@briandelaney9710 I bet Ron DeSantis would argue with you about that, but he argues with Mickey Mouse too, so we'll take that with a grain of salt. 😆
Rest in Love Dame Edna. 💝
Legend! Both of them!
Even in nz. We loved dame edna. We grew up with her.
Truly Devastated he has gone RIP
Rest in peace, you'll be dearly missed Dame Edna and Barry ❤
RIP Barry & Dame Edna 🙏 you wonderful human ❤
The queen joins another great Queen, Freddy Mercury&Berry in rainbow Heaven.
last few days started watching again videos of hers as like I felt something!! Watched her show as a child in Israel!! R.i p!!!🙏🙏🙏🏆🇮🇱🕎✡️❤
RIP to the Dame. Drag performers bring joy, don’t let anyone tell you different
"Possums, am i over-dressed ?" Rest in Peace Barry. ⚘️💖👠👛👚👒
Rest in peace, Dame Edna. Thank you for the smiles and the laughs! Also, thank you for a funny duet you did with Loudon Wainwright III, I Remember Sex.
RIP dame edna
Rest in peace 🕊️🙏 Dame Edna 😢
Awww. Rest in Peace Dame Edna
❤Condolences to Family and Friends. Forever In Our Hearts ❤
RIP,Dame Edna.Your laughs will continue for many years.
OH NO!!! I LOVE DAME EDNA! Rest well, sweet lady.
Rest in peace Dame Ed.
R.I.P lovely Dame
She/He will be missed RIP
RIP Edna. You'd be arrested in Florida now y'know.
@Jinka1950
Жыл бұрын
Hog wash. Calm down.
I think we saw him on Broadway...some things starting to go.
excellent
A true classic
Hopefully the Dame will be alive forever on KZread!
How amazing that America has to have Dams Edna and Barry Humphries explained to them
Didn't see that Dame Edna has passed away..😱😥..so sad!!!😖
😥❤️🙏🌹
First Lilly Savage, now Dame Edna?! Ugh 😢
RIP. SHE WAS AMAZING!
Funniest man to ever walk the plant...and he's gone! It's hard to accept! RIP.
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Australians have a unique take on the world and no one represented that quite like Barry RIP 🇦🇺
Her poor husband “Norm” will forever be remembered as the one and only sufferer of a “prostate murmur”. Brilliant Barry…just brilliant
Looks like the best thing she did when she moved to London 40 years living in the UK. Give her the world's stage from the BBC She loved living in the UK.
Dame Edna and Mrs Slocombe of Are You Being Served should have had their own show as dueling sisters.
Tennessee Florida and Texas Repugnicans would've banned her
@yvonneplant9434
Жыл бұрын
Well now they would.
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I hope they can give Dame Edna enough wardrobe space in Heaven. RIP, Mr Humphries.
A pioneering transvestite! An icon! She will be missed ❤
Her Christmas special from 1987 is hilarious and available on DVD. Brilliant humor. As impromptu as it seems, every second was scripted for a seamless comedy masterpiece. She sang a wonderful Christmas tune called "It's Spooky" which she rhymed with "Matthew, Mark and Lukey!". Bear in mind that DeSantis would have her banned from Florida. Isn't it remarkable in 2023 that the GOP thinks it is OK for ONE MAN to declare what the rest of us can see and do?
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Wow wow
❤🌹🙏🏽🕯👠👓
Good-bye, dear Possum😌
Brilliant subject; stodgy interviewer.
I wonder what the GOP thinks about her.
@prestonnorris9822
Жыл бұрын
Exactly ....and look how loved she was her whole life ? 🌞💙💜💙
@ryanthomas4078
Жыл бұрын
They would love him because he was transphobic and shat all over transgender people
@yvonneplant9434
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They don't get that this is partially what drag is about. It's acting. They would ban Shakespeare.
The one thing Dame Edna never managed was sit like a lady…. No lady would have the back of her heel scratching the floor.. it’s the small things that gives it away 😏
😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉😮😮😊😊❤😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😢😂😂😮😊😊❤l❤❤❤❤
Hej 0payl❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
But..but...conservatives say that her act could be corrupting to impressionable children.
@MsLeenite
Жыл бұрын
Oh, gee, I hope so! 😄
Do American conservatives "get" that Dame Edna is a drag character?
Oh, oh, DeSantis Gazpacho Police, lunch time?
@riah8600
Жыл бұрын
What ?
This isn't funny. RIP