Alan Alda is such a brilliant guest! Such a good sport, laughing just as hard at Edna's little jibes at him as her jokes about Norms prostate trouble. Lovely to see such a big and well established star as him, not up himself and clearly enjoying every minute of the interview.
Alan Alda is truly a delightful guest, totally relaxed and with a great sense of humor. How happily he laughs when Dame Edna says she never cared for MASH! 🤣 Dame Edna hilarious as always.
Shows how old the show is, when the show opens introducing Boris Johnson as everybody’s favourite politician and MySpace is the social media form of choice
Dame Edna predicted back then that this man was going to be prime minister one day. Scary, she must have seen it in her crystal ball ! ! I wonder what else she is able to predict ! !
Edna: "Now we know you - of course - from M.A.S.H. but you've heard enough about that. You must be a little bit sick of hearing about old M.A.S.H." Alan Alda: "No, do go on." Edna: "No, no, I'm not going to actually. I was never a fan. I was not. No - but I saw its merits." Alan Alda: "Yes. Yes." Edna: "The final episode of M.A.S.H. was watched, possums, by 123 millions viewers. Can you imagine that? Except me!"
Yeah, this culture of repeating in text what they and everyone just heard on RU-vid is quite bizarre and alarming behaviour to me. Redundant would possibly be the best word to describe it.
Yes, I have ear drums, and in between is a mass that receives tiny signals that are processed for recognition once translated. This mass even stores the processed signals received for recollection so I don't need to rely on silly people on silly mediums.
@@ian1856 No, dumbass. I typed it out to indicate that I found this part particularly funny. A lot of people do this. Most people understand the process. Some don't. I won't even hint at how they don't.
@@arconeagain Get in line with Ian1856; he too doesn't understand the convention of sharing a part one found especially good. It's quite simple really (and most people don't need it explaining to them).
Ha ha Dame Edna as well as being witty she is a visionary woman,,, Boris Johnson is prime minister today under the pandemic of covid 19, from looking at this clip right now God save us!
It's just so great when the guests really enjoy it and appreciate the Dame's brilliant humor and timing. (Unlike Helen Mirren who seemed put off by the whole experience.)
So funny! Alan looks like he has not heard these questions before, they do rehearse the show don't they? he is a good sport and makes it fun. Some of the guests Dame Edna has on don't play along for some reason.
As I understand it, what they usually do with comedy shows is do a run through with the guest with the comedian prepping the guest e.g. 'I'll greet you and welcome you to the chair. I'll open with a gag about your last show then I'll ask you how you started in showbusiness. Don't worry, I'll set you up. You just go along with it.' With showbiz celebs they know how this works and wait for the cues that the comedian gives them. The comedian checks with the guest that he's got his basic research facts correct e.g. in the interview with Alan he (Dame Edna) raises the subject of Alan's father's pet pig (to set up the gag about his fictional daughter being 'pig' ugly). At around 14:09 Edna relies on an autocue. This also helps him keep track of the running time of the show which has to include advertisement breaks. The reason why these shows often appear to be totally unrehearsed is most usually apparent with guests who aren't so familier with the technique and don't always pick up on the comedian's cues. This can be risky and has been known to cause the comedian to 'die' horribly but Barry Humphries is experienced enough to work through these moments. He can rely on that funny expression of Edna's with his mouth if he needs to force a laugh at something the guest says that doesn't work. He can also turn to his off-stage assistant (he often uses Madge but here he has his 'daughter') and call for something e.g. a glass of water for the guest who 'seems a bit tongue-tied', or whatever. This method of priming the guest also allows the comedian to come out with a totally unexpected, perhaps risque or insulting gag that the guest, because they were set up, genuinely does not expect. With the old pros, they know to roar with laughter and roll with the punches but guests who aren't so experienced can end up giving priceless reactions because they are genuinely shocked or offended and left dumbfounded. The comedian has usually given the guest some idea of the tone of their humour to try to ensure the guest doesn't punch them in the eye or strom off the stage but such things have been known to happen. The Bee Gees on the Clive Anderson's show is one that springs to my mind. The comedian can always adjust the routine if he detects that the guest isn't working well or even cut it short with a quick, 'Ladies and Gentlemen, Alan Alda!' that signals the interview has come to an end. At that point it might be, 'Roll commercials' and run!
Dame Edna did an interview on someone else's show and managed to offend the singer Mika. He kinda snapped back at her, even though Edna just said the usual fodder that we all know & expect. (Edna basically complemented him a lot then said he hadn't heard of him) Mika was sarcastic back a little later, saying straight back at Edna's face If only you had heard of me, in a not nice way. Edna touched his arm and said really quietly, I meant no offence, and carried on in a loud voice some more jokes. It was really sweet and touching, he quickly calms the fire if someone gets insulted. Idk what was up with Mika, Edna has made that joke for years!
After the dishwater dull, "I'm a serious artist demeanor of Americans Susan Sarandon and Alec Baldwin, Alda Alda was a perfectly delightful patient. The Americans take themselves sooooo seriously, but Alda was loose and spontaneous and obviously enjoying the Dame Edna wit and "treatment."
that girl singer looks like a young Michelle Pfeiffer. And it cracked me up that the one male dancer had on a University of Michigan tank top. I live not far from there. How the heck did they get their hands on that???
