Sir Les Patterson - The Don Lane Show appearance - Late Feb 1983 

How to be as offensive as possible whilst ingenuously being inoffensive. The best comedian in the world.

Possibly the greatest comic character ever created.

Over here in England this man is a legend. Highly intelligent, extremely funny, and educated...rest in peace Bazza.

Barry easily owns any interview he's involved in . Amazing comic genius.

Sir Les is one of the greatest Comedy characters ever created. Barry Humphries is an absolute Legend. 'Ya with me!!!' 😂✌

Rest in peace Sir Les Patterson

22 April 2023, comedy club lights around the world are dimmed momentarily to acknowledge the passing of a great comedy genius. A slice of Tasmanian cheddar or New Zealand Camembert washed down with warm Chardonnay to toast a great man. RIP

“Sometimes your in a bit of a mood for the North and sometimes for the South. Are you with me fellas?” Absolute Gold!

Sir les is a bloody true icon and enjoys a beer like all of us

Probably the most talented and clever comedian of all time. Barry was at his best with his Les Patterson character.

Barry Humphrey’s has to be Australia’s best ever comedian. The way he ad lib’s is unbelievable. A very funny man. Victor from Australia.

Sir Les Patterson is a shinning example of Australia's diplomatic service in action

Went to see this guy in Southampton with my mum and dad before my mum passed away. He was fantastic, it was a great show..so funny!

well, there goes another whole universe of talent 😭

Don Lane really knew how to ‘interview’ a comedian. He shows great respect and keeps it all moving along but provides Barry with as many opportunities as possible to get the laughs. Both real pros.

Sir Les come back! We need you now more than ever!!!

"My son Craig, who’s at St Kevin’s and looking forward to a job in the taxation department… Mind you, if he passes his exams I don’t know where he’ll work."

Makes me feel warm inside when Sir Les mentions little old NZ, even when he’s making fun of us, genius comedian is Barry

Loved the Don Lane show, great memories of staying up ' late '😅.

I would trust Sir Les more than the current pack of self servers we have now .

Sir Les, was,and always will be a living legend! An absolute comedic genius

In my opinion my favorite comedian of all time. The best

Sir Les Paterson is political corrections nightmare and we love him for it.

Looks so easy, but he was a consummate professional in every respect, God Bless Ya Les

A jewel of a comedian. I can’t stop laughing from the second I see him

Miss him already. Love to Barry and his family.

Sir Les is a genius, everytime I watch him at work I need oxygen.

It’s amazing that les Edna and Barry died on the same day

In the 90's as a young pre-teen I used to laugh my head off with my mom when we saw him on TV.

Barry Humphries-Rest in Peace❤1934 - 2023

Barry Humphries is an absolute treasure, and such a lovely man. When he talked about his alcohol allergy, so had to give it up, he was straight up and honest about that struggle. (Recorded on the Parkinson Show). Love him, always, always will. 🤣💥🤣💕

With out a doubt, top of the class on comedians

They were the days, when the men were men and the sheep were nervous.

Teeth like a burnt out fuse box ....what a gifted. ,brilliantly funny man . Barry Humphries RIP .

Brilliant 🤩 My gran thought he was a real person She’s been gone years but I always laugh a little more when Sir Les appears on YT

Always cheered me up watching Les 😅😁😄

RIP Sir Les, the cheeseboard will never be the same without you.

You don't have to plug it, it's sold out Don. Bloody brilliant 😂

You were one of a kind, Barry...we will miss you... RIP

Barry Humphries - priceless. what a talent!!

Barry was brilliant. Great characters, and he knew the legs of Sam would receive attention.

I remember the first time I saw him, at the Palais Theatre in Melbourne. He would walk around the edge of the stage, accidentally (deliberately) spitting he's whiskey over the first few rows of the audience.

Now that's talent.

Years ago I had a conversation with an Australian lady (think Hyacinth Bucket) who bemoaned the fact that Australia was represented to the world by the likes of Humphries/Everage/Patterson. "when there are so many DECENT performers, such as Barry Crocker." I took a gentle pleasure in informing her that Barry Crocker played the lead role in "The Adventures of Barry Mackenzie". Created by ....Barry Humphries. 'Course, the world has moved on...just as well she didn't mention Rolf Harris as a beacon of nicety !

This is absolute GOLD. Thank you for publishing this as we are on the eve of a Federal Election. Cast your mind back to 1983 ... "It's a choice between a farmer with lock jaw or a dry drunk!" I vividly remember going to see the Show Barry was promoting here, and on the evening I attended, it was the very day that Prince Charles and Princess Diana had landed in Darwin with the infant Prince William. Well, the phone rang on stage, and Dame Edna answered, and Priness Diana was on the line ..... "You've arrived .... you're at the Motel ... what? ..... you've sacked the Nanny ..... Oh, a local woman? Yes, I have heard of Mrs Chaimberlain, I hear she has a way with kiddies!" Oh, 1983. Fond memories.

My late parents laughed their backsides off at this comedian.

Les is brilliant...."you know Don…behind this veneer of sophistication I'm rough diamond"

This Pom loves Sir Les

Rest in peace Barry, you legend 💖

You don’t have to plug it,it’s sold out, Don ! Les Patterson, Aussie icon ! Rip don

With a durrie in his mouth and a drink in his hand being escorted by Sam. Outstanding.👏😂

Sir Les is my absolute favourite of all Barry Humphries' comic characters.

"Are you with me fellas?" He was so good. RIP.

Sheer class. God bless him.

Pretty much sums up Australian man perfectly.... to this day.

Les is a tad cleaner than the average politician.

At 85 years of age, Dame Edna has announced a comeback in her hometown.

Barry Humphries is a comic genius.👍👍👍👍🤣🤣👍

A truly great comedian.

A truly fluid performer, never does BH lose control of the environment he creates. Sorely missed.

That cheeseboard gag is classic. Those little flags get up your arse 😂

Australian politics a choice between a farmer with lock jaw and a dry drunk (Fraser and Hawke)

Absolute genius. No, it's not true that everyone can be replaced.... This is unique.

Loved it, loved it, loved it! Thanks for posting :-)

Old school oz humour, loved the flashback

Quite brilliant, Barry Humphries, A pure comic genius, The world misses this kind of humor. Very sad.

RIP SIR LES PATTERSON.

very rare clip and the best les paterson appearance..well done posting..

Sir Les for P.M. .... Ya with me, no worries...

Sir Les reminds me of Barnaby Joyce and his young female assistant .

Pure comedic genius. Barry Humphries didn’t play Les Patterson, Les Patterson played Barry Humphries

Humphreys fell into the hide, spirit and corporeal shell of his characters - genius.

Such talent RIP.

Very very clever man..

ONE OF THE FUNNIEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD 😂 RIP BARRY !!!!❤ 1?

Great find and post, a first, well done.

Only just realised that Sir Les looks like the Australian version of the Joker!! 🤣🤣🤣

Thank for posting MrDangermouse.

I never tire of watching Barry Humphries, hope he gets better soon.

One of the finest diplomats in Australias short history , if this gent would have taken Chamberlains place in 1938 ol Adolf would never have bothered ..we shall never see his like again , worse luck 😂😂😂

Just brilliant.

Extremely intelligent and razor sharp to ad lib like that.

Just brilliant

and who's gunna vote for Bob..? He'll only give everyone a job...and who wants a job..? Well he won that election, thank christ...and I wish he were here now. Miss you Bob...RIP

would have been an excellent JOKER in the batman films

Always loved Les' quiet way of setting up the punchline...kills me lol just kinda of rolling along like a politician would than whammo lol got a real leg up too right😉😆

Those legs were worth a show of their own, not being creepy but rather distracting when watching one of the best comedians ever, not just for Australia, but the whole planet, RIP Barry Humphries.

To scared he'll give them a job, brilliant.... Les wasn't on TV nowhere near enough...

I was 15 when Gough was sacked and Les was based on the politicians of that era. A bit like the Royal Family, they were strangely protected by the media that also exposed them when it suited. These days with internet social media, anything embarrassing would be leaked. Back then, deals were done. Nice legs too!

Don Lane is so beloved to Australians. He came over from America to teach our TV industry about late night talk shows. But he is best remembered for inveterate rumours, so beloved of our national culture, of paying working girls to perform scatalogical feats too weird to describe here. And how citizens of all ages and classes loved to share these stories with loved ones and strangers alike, easing many a conversational interlude. He was only replaced in his position by the once lovely Jennifer Khyte who visited ER with proctological novelties. Everyone knows what I mean, and bless you blissfully ignorant foreigners, who must only be guessing about our wonderful culture of always giving the benefit of the doubt to strangers.

HE really should have been Governor General, that was a missed opportunity.

Awesome Lez. What a classic. The hired helps got a nice set of pegs too

My role model for over thirty years !!

we loved him in the UK

Imagine the Cancel Mob with Sir Les........2021

I used to love the Don Lane show and the Tommy Leonetti Shows💜💜

Not being from there I really only knew of his "Dame" persona which in itself is genius. I had no idea he was such a multi talented man. R.I.P. 🙏 Thanks for ALL the laughs. 😘

R.I.P Sir Les Patterson, Dame Edna Everage and Barry Humphries.

A 'snowflake's' worst imagining. I would make Sir Les the next Director General of the BBC! Just imagine the reaction from all those grossly over-paid middle class liberals at the BBC. They would be outraged but not one would resign from their cushy number.

Sir Les would be a Covid19 SUPERSPREADER