A characterization so perfect, the fact that its a man is not even part of the equation. After a few minutes, its simply Dame Edna- a real human being. True genius.
Great comedy brain, Barry kept on evolving the characters an boosted the best ones, adapting over decades.. Exploited pompousness and condensending an did it so well ! Many tried to get him but everyone folds an goes with it ..one exception (Robin Williams) Dame was left almost speechless and then a regained control on a sentence! Blunt, exceptional timing and brilliant !
I just love her...every flaunt of the hand, curl of the lip, and raising of an eyebrow...just brilliant. It’s 2021... I’m an Aussie in Texas. I just bought some gladiolus and put them in a vase ...in thanks for all the wonderful laughs. I love you Dame Edna!
These three LWT 'Audience with...' specials are arguably the start of the 'mega-star' era of Edna, everything else lead up to this and everything else followed from this. It can't possibly have been the long term plan, comedy and entertainment just isn't like that, but everything about these specials is just perfection. The tour de force being the third, every single word uttered and song sang is comedy perfection. We're still laughing Barry, thank you possum. Xx
Your Ladyship, PLEASE come back to Toronto. Just once more! You bring such a reviving breath of satirical fresh air to our spirits! Our gladdies, wilted and worn, are withering without your wit and all that you have to offer, to help keep them aloft. Spring is the ideal time to welcome you to our beautiful city. We wait with bated breath ❤
Really fascinating to see "early" Dame Edna. The characterization really mellowed - profitably - as the years passed, without lessening any of the satirical sting, and Humphries honed his comic timing to a peak of perfection. Incidentally, during the opening riff here, I swear I thought I was listening to an unaired segment of Patricia Routledge's great turn as Kitty (written by Victoria Wood): some of the pacing, especially of the throwaway "tags," were uncannily similar. :-)
If your just being exposed to Dame Edna your in for a treat 😂🤣😝❗️ Her quick wit & satirical quips make you feel your fencing 🤺 with your own desires to let loose and poke fun at anything,anytime,& anywhere. God bless you possums ✨🙏😜
Dame Edna lives on in her unrivalled, wicked, witty sense of humour… guaranteed to bring on a chortle anytime. Hosting a talk show, I recall how she’d invite newly crowned beauty queens to her show, get them rambling on on some subject she couldn’t have been less interested in while glaring disconcertingly into their eyes in a rather unsettling manner. Eventually she’d break their discomfort with, “You are absolutely gorgeous, just such stunning beauty! You know, I used to look just like you once; which should give you a rough idea of what you’re going to look like in a few years!” Perfected Parody Personified! Thank you, Dame Edna 🙏🏽
Thank you that there is still humour, wit and satire in this world God help us if the wokerati stop playing with Netflix etc and come into old school technology .
she looked less like a youngish guy doing a crossdressing thing, and more like a genuine mad old woman ("housewife, millionairesse, and megastar"), also the voice was better sounding older..
American here. I had no idea that the lovely Dame Edna had been dazzling audiences with her talents long before she graced Yankee television screens. Thank you, Australia, for sharing hour beloved Dame Everage with us! We adore her, too!
Sheldon - Are you very young? Joanna Lumley Melvin Bragg Lord Bath of Longleat Lord Longford, anti-porn campaigner Nigel Dempster, gossip columnist Marjorie Proops, agony aunt Rula Lenska, actress Frank Ifield Russell Ted Moult Ned Sherrin and many more... I did double check some of them BTW. Some I don't remember...
I was tres surprised Dame didn't make a kiwi joke or a dig, would have been a moment in history for me. Dame Edna and Richard O, two so very talented and charming people.
Too bad the woman in front of the lovely woman who asked Edna a question at around 42:16 couldn't get the stick out of her bum long enough to crack (no pun intended) a smile-- GEEZ-- it says a lot about a person if they can't have a healthy belly laugh... what a droob!
Hilarious! Joanna Lumley Lord Longford Lord Bath Simon Dee Melvin Bragg Russell Harty Nigel Dempster Rula Lenska Richard O'Brien Frank Ifield Madge Dog Collar man? Marjorie Proops Ted Moult Ned Sherrin
to get the full list of the "famous" people sitting in the audience, go to imdb and search for "An Audience with Dame Edna", select "1980 TV Special" and then go to "full cast and crew"
This was alright until the part where Barry came out as a blue-dyed version of Whoopi Goldberg. The awkwardness was so thick in the air...like a layer of goo.
I didn't like the reference to John Conteh as a "tinted person". Expected better of Barry Humphries. If it was to get a cheap laugh, it wasn't worth it, because he's so funny anyway.
if you can't laugh at yourself you're not truly fully developed as a person... what is the ultimate trajectory of sensitivity and political correctness-- it is that in the end EVERYTHING will insult us and we will be a world of self-pitying, blubbering babies.... someone will call me gay - which I am-- and I will dissolve into tears and slit my wrists--OR we can have laughter-- I wonder which way is healthier?
