Q&A 2012- Episode 17 

R.I.P. Barry Humpfries, Les Patterson and Dame Edna. You brought laughter, colour and fun into our lives. You will be greatly missed. Thank you.

I'm re-watching this programme in 2022 because Barry and Miriam are too delightful to resist.

I love Miriam and Barry..the opportunity to see these two in conversation is a treasure

I could sit and listen to BH all day. He was a clever, astute and very very funny man

Barry/Edna is such a polymath and appreciator of the English language in all aspects..enviable.Totally totally ' listenable'- never get bored by him

As a person who just recently discovered Dame Edna, I say that Barry Humphries has one of the sharpest, wittiest minds that I have ever seen. He is remarkable at playing with the language and making it seem effortless to get a point across in double-entendre' very quickly. His vocabulary is vast and his book knowledge is remarkable. Quite a man.

That “I just thought you were badly lit” line by Barry was comedy gold. Perfect timing.

You may as well just have Barry and Miriam answering questions... this is the best. Let's bring them back.

Vale Barry. You were loved

Barry can say anything and everyone cracks up

Great show. I can watch this over and over.

You must watch this. Barry is as always Brilliant.

whatever programme barry humphries is on either as himself, les or edna he commands the show, quick, clever, observational and damn right bloody funny

Rest easy Barry.

Thank you Barry

RIP Barry Humphries. A very liberal and engaging q @ a.

This is the funniest Qanda ever! Though I've watched it several times I wanted to thank you for sharing.

RIP Barry you will always be the funniest person in the room

I feel such a sense of sadness and gratitude whenever I see Barry Humphreys now...we were all lucky to have him in the public eye

Loved every minute of this discussion. Makes me wish I'd moved to aussie after all!

I absolutely LOVE and adore Barry Humphries and Miriam Margolyes - they are wonderfully entertaining. It makes my day listening to them. LOL =D

A time when Q and A was interesting and balanced to watch

Barry Humphries, despite Sir Les and Edna was a gentle genius.

I miss Barry already get rest my hero.

One of the best. In fact. THE best Q & A ever.

49:53 - Brilliant was Barry's comment in response to that silly woman's suggestion to have Dicken's literature struck from the syllabus. Very good argument from Barry when he asked "should we also struck Beethoven and Mozart in favour of the Didgeridoo?"

Wow . What a find in May 2023. RIP Dear Barry. And Miriam is an Australian citizen. She is currently recovering from heart surgery at The Royal Brompton Hospital in London. A great panel.

Vale Barry 🌹

An absolute classic Q&A…and Barry Humphries, what a genius 🤣

The best ever Q and A with a wonderful panel. Life was different before COVID-19 and a show like this will never be allowed. What a privilege to watch again, even if it is 4.00am in morning !

Mr Barry Humphries is spot on!

watching in 2023 .sadly Barry just passed away .what a delightful show

33:05 someone in the audience really like what she had to say

Love you Barry.

I love this Q&A because Barry was his real self nothing fake or put on just being his always humorous self, and I just love Miriam for always being her true self and just saying it how she sees it. My mother taught me to do that and she always said while people are thinking or saying bad things about you at least they are leaving some other bugger alone, but more importantly people know where they stand with you. But unfortunately we are still bad regarding sexual orientation, colour, race and creed.

This hasn't aged too well. How times have changed!

Please put more of these up...brilliant...thank you.

What a bloody funny Q&A. Each member was a gem, and Tony at his witty best. Barry was so Edna + Les + Sandy + Barry all rolled up ... so sarcastic, subtle, snakey. David, the serious little insect he is. Miriam dropping anti-PC bombs on everything. Hewson is a most engaging and honest person. Jackie's got a lifetime of Aussie experience.

Best hour of tv I've seen in a while.

After 30 years of watching this lady act something just occurred to me. She's a artist genius. She's up there with the best In the world. This is one very smart lady. I've loved her since I saw They're Playing Our Song but familiarity can blind you to the brilliance sometimes.

Back in 2012, a lefty like Marr had no problem referring to a woman as a tart; no way that would happen now.

My favourite line, her whole goes on forever

It's the best Q&A ever.

Great episode. Q&A at it's best.

"If you come along to my already sold out show..." Awesome.

Hands down my favorite Q and A.

So Barry and his guest !!! :) Just wonderful.....

The most entertaining episode - brilliant!

Best television of 2012, right here.

Humphreys: "it's power , and I don't like people who are interested in power" Everyone there: .

Is Barry's comment about the audience member being badly lit the funniest thing ever said on a talk show ever?

I love it when Miriam says, "I know what it's like to be fat and ugly, and having lots of money helps, I'm sure. LOL =D

what a crackingley great Q&A

Wish we could have a panel show like this in America, where the moderator just moderates and let the panelists take center stage.

Best Q &A ever

"Clive Palmer is the re-incarnation of Les Patterson...." so true, and I'm sure Clive would agree.

"I love Tanya Plibersek and Penny Wong"...says it all really!

Loved watching 😂❤

RIP Barry.

The wonderful thing about Australia is that it never changes at all… haha. Wonderful, sometimes disappointing, but true.

Not gonna lie, I almost wet myself laughing at the "Gina's hole" comment from Barry!

Watching a few minutes, I did not get what the general theme was. I would strongly suggest anyone putting up these videos to shortly describe what is being debated!!!!

Sublime. Just what a shivering expat in London needs on a cold day.

i absolutely loathe the phrase UnAustralian, it a pathetic way to argue against someone without providing any subtance, just frighten them into your point of view

How delightful

WHAT A GREAT GROUP!!! XOXOXOXO

Jacki Weaver is spot on here, and I quote " The best haters are the worst spellers, with no grasp of grammar."

Brilliant

This version of BBCQT seems much less confrontational. Less whipping the audience up to jeer.

Barry is a tremendously talented individual but he is still what he is as a person. Jacki is lovely with a good heart. However I do not think there is a single individual on the panel or the audience who could speak for any Australian outside a very narrow band. Whether through talent, hard work or just plain luck, they have attained a position where none of them are ever likely to know what it is to struggle. They will never be hungry, homeless, be fearful for their jobs or any of the myriad of problems facing those less fortunate as themselves. This is an ABC production and the ABC like so much of bureaucracy is little more than a sheltered workshop for the inept yet politically correct. It takes many, many generations to build a culture and have someone from a another culture come here and deem themselves fit to lecture on what is Australia and what it should be is hypocritical, insulting and opportunistic. The best description of a politician.

Sir Les Patterson was a a legend, politically incorrect and therefore funny.

Barry always supremely elegant almost a dandy We love yer mare.

I don't think I've seen a more clear-headed (from both sides of the panel) discussion in this format. It beats anything I've seen in Europe and certainly in the USA. Bright, open, intelligent, capable of irony, and very little bombast.

You bet we will control who comes into this country.

Can someone explain the "common" joke that Barry Humphries said? Thank you

Missing BH infinitely RIP great funny man 🙏no one comes close to you for wit & intelligence 💜

It’s no BBC Question Time

Gina'sa hole ..Classic Sir Les ?

Europe is EVERYTHING for culture !!!!- Mattia Pascal

Wow. Just wow.

People listen to every word Barry says

I can’t stand Q&A, however, Barry Humphries on Q&A was outstanding. It was very hard to have a leftist point of view with a comedian that can destroy their worldview.

Once you have a social contract, freedom for anyone to enter a country must be constrained.

52:16 An attractive looking woman with a distinct pixie look or is it a Peter Pan look?

That's the very nature of the show champ. The public ask the questions. If panelists don't have a lot to say about the questions....they don't say much.Barry did take over with hilarity but if you watch the show regularly it's far from bias.

How?

33:05 - I'll have what they're having! (Turn volume up) - 33:05

"it`s like Giina`s hole" Only in Australia.

everybody already gives a lot back from what we get..TAXES!

A good presenter. Easy going.

The richest woman in the world is HM QEII

The applause at the beginning of this video sounds like they are frying eggs. I swear !!!

was tony jones trying to be like kevin rudd. his hair , specs...

Never heard Miriam Margolyes speak without her saying the words "jewish lesbian" .

This was back before Ita Buttroast ran the ABC into the ground

I love Jackie.

What’s the problem about gina rinehart ,isn’t minimal wages in Australia?

Sir Les Patterson

At 33:00 someone was moaning so that even the panel especially hewson even noticed but pushed ahead. It was disconcerting.

0:36 Gorgeously creative