Amreican reacts to Sir Les Patterson (Barry Humphries) 1982

Thanks for watching me, a humble American, react to Sir Les Patterson (Barry Humphries) 1982. This threw me for a loop and was fun to watch!
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[@jamied8678]

I don't know what's more hilarious Les Patterson or an American trying to work him out 🤣

[@davidbarlow6860]

The look of confusion on his face is priceless. If he watches Les on Mike Willisees show he may never recover.

[@jamied8678]

@@davidbarlow6860 Absolutely . And that was a current affair lol

[@ravenfeader]

His confusion was hilarious .

[@kevincoleman8569]

Despite making so many videos about Australia he honestly has no clue as to our culture or our unusual humor. It just confirms what he himself says "Americans are so unaware of any other countries". He even thinks Barry Humphries is for real!!!!

[@ravenfeader]

@@kevincoleman8569 In his defence Barry was a Grand Master of pulling the wool over the worlds eyes and I don't think there's much leg pulling in America which is a shame . We are legendary pis takers after all .

[@Paul-lx2pc]

You have to remember this show was televised in 1982. Things were more risque back then compared to what we have to endure these days. Barry Humphries is a comedy genius.

[@normdouglas]

I think that’s your best reaction yet to anything Australian. Even the younger folks of today in Australia would have no idea about Sir Les.

[@zybch]

Its sad. And given the rabid activist perpetually-offended-at-everything purple-haired types coming out of the US, it won't be too long before Sir Les and the like are not only scrubbed from living memory, but from archives as well.

[@Philipk65]

Absolutely not

[@domdouse3575]

Sad but true- Ur average teenager would have no idea of the joy of dame Edna or Sir Les - absolutely classic and utterly brilliant stuff

[@123elvislives]

We will miss Sir Les Patterson who passed away today man what a classic thumbs up from Australia 🇦🇺👍🏼🙋🏼‍♂️🇦🇺

[@kevin_g1164]

We have lost yet another icon. Barry Humphries and his unique characters gone but never forgotten.

[@kevinkeane335]

I love watching Sir Les Patterson. I would claim him as my Uncle if I thought I could make people believe me! What a character 🤣

[@airbrushken5339]

I was so sick that those pompous Jerks in Melbourne left him out of the Comedy Awards... you folks should hang your head in shame... that man opened the world to Australia along with Paul Hogan (Dundee)

[@suezeezwart8460]

😂

[@janinebaldwin4482]

He is so funny but Grose..😅

[@samanthafairweather9186]

I was laugh - crying at this! Rest in peace Barry Humphries, you bloody legend!! You will be sadly missed. ❤️😂😘🇦🇺

[@dingodancer]

Can't believe you can't instantly see this as comedy. The man is a legend.

[@carokat1111]

Maybe because Les isn't particularly funny. I just find him repulsive.

[@xaj1543]

dingodancer This guy would have trouble seeing anything, especially when he stops or talks over the video constantly with his dumb comments. He has to be the most annoying and stupid person to have attempted this format on youtube.

[@TheRoswellCode]

He could have been a real freak like Tiny Tim :)

[@dingodancer]

@@TheRoswellCode tiny Tim was far from a freak. Bloody hell.

[@dingodancer]

@@carokat1111 that's your right. Those that arnt repulsed by him find him funny. Such is the way of the world

[@wingchun-simplekungfu7584]

I remember watching this in 1982. God bless the comedy Barry Humphries gave us.

[@ladymanners618]

Dame Edna Everidge hosted a weekly TV variety show for a while too. She was also one of the most regularly invited Queen's Royal Variety Performers. The word that you are searching for is "poofter", old English. Michael Parkinson is one of the most celebrated interviewers ever. He interviewed the very best celebrities in the 1970-90s on BBC & his interviews with Mohammed Ali (and others) are fabulous.

[@Jane_under_a_tree_with_a_book]

Les is that uncle that always turns up at family get-togethers. He's the one who knocks back all available grog, pisses on the lemon tree at the end of the garden, and who throws up on someone's shoes.

[@anEyePhil]

The “guy” you see at 5:35 is Barry Humphries in normal clothes and character. Les Patterson is one of the many “characters” that he played so successfully. KZbin his more serious videos. He was an alcoholic in the late 1960s and nearly died from the addiction. He survived through self discipline and has spent a lot of time helping alcoholics deal with their situations. He was an erudite, intelligent, creative comedy legend. We Aussies miss him forever. Sadly, we lost him in 2023, aged 89.

[@corringhamdepot4434]

"Done an Erica" - Erica Roe became famous for doing a topless streak across the pitch during an England vs. Australia rugby union match on 2 January 1982.

[@Alan_Clark]

You can find it on KZbin. She was a fine figure of a woman!

[@stevewiles7132]

I was told by my wife, that his early rendition of Edna Everage, was based on his families house keeper, who was my wife's Grandmother, having seen a photo of her Grandmother, I can believe it.

[@sigmaoctantis1892]

You were puzzled by the name Chips Rafferty. He was an actor, the stereotypical Aussie in the 1940s and 50s. The last movie he was in, "Wake in Fright" (1971) is well worth a look. It is a realistic look at the darker side of Australian life at that time. If you watch the movie, that is real beer that Chips is drinking (in every take of the scene).

[@TattooedAussieChick]

I love that movie!!!!

[@petrichor3947]

One of Australia’s greats films.

[@theghost6412]

I always like the aussie movie Fortress (1985) *not to be mixed up with the Christopher Lambert movie*. The true story of the school children that were kidnapped and ransomed in the rural school house. That particular Santa mask still gets around and gives me a fright from time to time when i see it unexpectedly.

[@planetdisco4821]

I thought it was “look back in anger”

[@sigmaoctantis1892]

@@planetdisco4821 "Look Back in Anger (1959)" Filmed in UK. Chips wasn't in that movie. He was, however, in, "They're a Weird Mob (1966)" A classic piece of Australiana.

[@billyawombat]

One thing you have to remember this was comedy back in early 80's and Tv only had 4 or 5 channels back them and then went screen dead at 11pm until 6am in the morning.... This was the best comedy back in the day!

[@awhisperinthewind4253]

and wouldn't be allowed by the woke today

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

I'm English and love the Aussies,(except when it's The Ashes!) Sir Les and Dame Edna were hilarious!

[@andrewvaughan2911]

Barry Humphries is an Australian comedian who did most of his comedy through his personas of Dame Edna Everidge and Sir Les Patterson. Both are parodies. He was the most invited guest on Parkinson as well as Billy Connelly.

[@davidmclauchlan8261]

Been watching him for years and he still hilarious and to see your reaction was gold !

[@bernadettelanders7306]

Rest in peace Barry Humphries He was born in Melbourne - aka Sir Les and Dame Edna In real life he was a very well spoken and well educated Australian.

[@andrewsyd]

“Ok I’m looking that word up” 😂😂

[@troycunningham8645]

I was thinking you don't wanna do that

[@professornuke7562]

"That guy in the audience" is Barry Humphries himself, clearly being edited into the segment. I met the bloke (as Barry Humphries) years ago and he is REALLY TALL. Dame Edna must be terrifying up close.

[@TheZodiacz]

All the info says he's only 5'10" so you're either a dwarf, often inebriated, short-sighted or met Humphry Barry the 7 foot and one half inch ruckman from Upper Currawong. I pass no judgement on you no matter your failings.

[@professornuke7562]

@@TheZodiacz Mate, you're hilarious. Fuck off

[@barnowl5774]

@@TheZodiacz You are a scream! Boom Boom!

[@airbrushken5339]

Barry Humphries was one of Australia's greatest comedians known AROUND the world....I'm an American who lives in Australia after 9 years US Army and I have seen him do the "Sandy Stone" one man show in Sydney back in the late 80's (look it up) and his accent is Austrian, not "Pommy"... Wow I love the young folks who have such a limited knowledge of the world.... I'm sure (I hope) you have seen Dame Edna.....One of his famous stage personalities... "poofter" an Australian slang of a Gay person... "Hanging Rock" was a famous Aussie Story and Movie... a piss-up is a slang for party with a ton of booze.... You need to call your older relatives who served in the Vietnam war and ask them about Australia...a great R&R stop for American GI's... good luck....LOL

[@judynewey7798]

Barry Humphrey's was an Aussie comedian. His characters were Dame EdnaEverage, Sir Les Patterson (cultural attache), Sandy Stone (a bewildered elderly gentleman, whose wife Beryl had passed on.), and the union leader who was president of the A.C.U.N.T, . HE was most famous as Dame Edna.

[@nickhanlon9331]

He's from Camberwell, the same suburb that I grew up in. i was friends with his sister who is completely different from Barry. I met Barry who is a nice bloke but you also know that he's a big star when you meet him.

[@stuartmcquade3407]

my neck of the woods I live just down the Road from Camberwell and on a Side note Kylie Minogue attended Camberwell Grammar

[@nickhanlon9331]

@@stuartmcquade3407 Camberwell Primary and Camberwell High. I had a mate who went there with her. My brother was mates with her brother.

[@stuartmcquade3407]

@@nickhanlon9331 yes that's it 👍

[@peaceful3250]

Ryan when you asked who the man in the audience is, he was the genius who did the Sir Les Patterson character. His name Barry Humphries. Sadly died last week.

[@continental_drift]

It has been many years since I went to a Barry Humphries show, one thing to remember is, do not be late.

[@mjames4709]

Absolutely!

[@sharischwing-austen4011]

Or go to the toilet!

[@Aquarium-Downunder]

Sir Les Patterson is a character of what the English thought Australians were like at the time

[@zwieseler]

Actually, humphries has said he hatched the character of Sir Les after attending events where he observed the behaviour of Australian politicians, diplomats and upper echelon public servants.

[@chrisgeorge4288]

It's 23/04/23 and with a heavy heart can tell you Barry Humphries passed away last night aged 89

[@notamoron2246]

It was a simpler time.... You could make jokes and nobody tried to "cancel" you. Everyone laughed along in the knowledge that it was satire.

[@jimlofts5433]

No pronouns then

[@andhewonders]

I'm glad l grew up watching this, life was never anal.

[@deborahcurtis1385]

Not everyone realised it was satire. Now we're more sophisticated which is better overall. I'm not nostalgic for the supposedly 'good old days'. If you look now we have Aboriginal people with their own comedy shows and you get to see their take on humour and how they see society and us. They can make jokes at their own expense but it's better if we don't make them for reasons that I shouldn't have to spell out to you. So, nah.

[@andhewonders]

@@deborahcurtis1385 Everyone in Australia knew it was satire, the issue is, people judging it that weren't there, and people making assumptions on what Aboriginals believe, they're individuals you know.

[@foxx2990]

Before too many allowed the cultural Marxists in the Woke brigade to take over.

[@tylercass2584]

Sir Les’ classic line was in an interview with Mike Willisee when he asked if Mike knew what Joan Collins put behind her ears to attract men. The answer from Sir Les was: “Her ankles.”

[@steelcrown7130]

The embarrassed man at 5:34 is the actor/comedian (Barry Humphries) who is actually *playing* Les Patterson in the interview. He's a very refined man who spent the sixties, seventies and eighties lampooning Australian pretensions to The Yartz (the Arts) and Kulcha (Culture). Sir Les is a caricature of a slobbering, disgusting, sexist, grubby man who has risen to a position of influence in the Australian Arts establishment. Les (pronounced Lezz, short for "Leslie") is Barry Humphries' direct attack on a part of the Australian "cultural elite" who thought they were better than the rest of us. He is showing them they are no better, and in fact are just pretentious snobs with a high opinion of themselves while actually being disgustingly vulgar. The dribbling, the yellow nicotine-stained fingers, the sly scratching of his crotch (that you missed) are all part of the schtick. What very few people know is that Barry Humphries actually invented a lot of modern Australian slang - especially some disgusting bits. For example ‘to syphon the python’ and ‘to point Percy at the porcelain’ are both terms for urinating, and "technicolor yawn" is a Barry Humphries expression for vomit.

[@madmick3794]

I love hearing this coming from Barry, a wild and funny cross dresser.

[@j9andphoenix]

You can also check out Edna Everidge - Barry Humphries is one of a kind and so talented. He has a number of characters -

[@simono.sniper3214]

Watching your reaction to comedy genius you don't understand is priceless.

[@peteroneill404]

Ryan, only just this video. Barry Humphries created many characters like Sir Les, grotesque caricatures of us or people we know. If think this Parkinson show was good, his live shows were much much much funnier. If you deliberately came in late, or tried to heckle him, or interacted in any way he would weave you into the show and refer you to throughout his performance. He would usually pick on between six and ten people in the audience, juggling them along his script, he was very mentally sharp to pull that off. He is just a legend.

[@richardthomson4693]

Watch Norman Gunston interviewing Sally Struthers, one of the funniest interviews I have seen on TV

[@michaelpudney]

He's magnifying the 'cultural cringe' element in Australia we all felt back then.

[@Paul197A]

Politic needs more people like Sir Les. 😊 btw…Proofer is no long political correct. Young Australians probably have never heard the word.

[@pamelabaars6896]

He’s brilliant the guy in the audience is the comedian Sir Les and Dame Edna same person.

[@andresinnett4319]

Australians used to be crass and proud , bless les, no one took them selves serious back in the day , and everyone knew life was short , we Australians use to have a sense of humor , even the cops use to laugh 😙😙😙😙

[@chookinathunderstorm3446]

Barry Humphreys does many voice-overs too. He was Bruce the shark in Nemo. He is actually a very well spoken, educated man with an incisive and broad ( also lewd) sense of wit. He is the man in the audience near the start looking absolutely appalled by Sir Les Patterson's behaviour. Of course it's a trick of camera and time.

[@fayesouthall6604]

Smart and funny 😂

[@bek38241]

And played the Great Goblin in The Hobbit! Love that one.

[@carolthorson7854]

This sketch would be pulled in today's PC world. I still laughed as hard as the first time I saw it.

[@marionockenden3729]

interesting to see an americans reaction back then we were free the express ourselves people would laugh at themselves it was all taken in good spirit. This saddly is lost.

[@peterdubois65]

Now you need to react to Australia's greatest interview..... Norman Gunston

[@TheZodiacz]

and Aunty Jack

[@merribell]

I can never handle watching physically gross characters, so could never watch Sir Les, but was always a big fan of Barry Humphries' more famous alter-ego, Dame Edna Everidge. Dame Edna is so quick-witted and clever.

[@nigelmansfield3011]

I shall miss Sir Les and Dame Edna. RIP Barry!

[@kenlyneham4105]

BTW, did you know, that Barry Humphries, AKA Dame Edna Everage, had his/her own show on American TV? It was called, 'Dame Edna's Hollywood', and had people like, Robin Williams, Ringo Starr, Mel Gibson and a whole lot more?

[@jimbo3207]

Mate when this was filmed Australia was a very different place the percentage born overseas was just below 17% it's now just below 28% in fact half of Australians now have at least one parent born overseas. If I was to talk to a modern Australian the way I talked back then it's very likely they'd struggle to understand me, we've retained most of the accent but about three quarters of the slang has gone I only notice it when I watch an old Australian movie with my overseas born wife who's only lived here thirty years! I end up having to translate some of the dialogue into modern Australian English.

[@gamergirl5317]

lol yeah I'm always laughing when i see Americans trying to understand our humor and they don't understand when I say we love to make fun of ourselves, it's just the way we are

[@jasyamaha]

That was 1970's Australian TV. I grew up with this and Sir Les was one of my favourites along with Norman Gunston. They are 2 of our greatest comedians of yesteryear. Please look up some Norman Gunston, brilliant stuff.

[@stuwhiteman3810]

This man just got a state funeral, Sir Les is just one of his characters very well respected in this country and around the world.

[@nurse580]

I am 72 years old and can tell you my father was identical to ‘Sir’ Les and so were a lot of the Australian men of that era especially in the country so it is hilarious to me It was funny to see just how lost you were trying to understand this!! This man is brilliant. He has 3 identities, himself, ‘Sir’ Les Patterson and ‘Dame Edna Everidge’ He ‘takes off’ the Australian male of years ago in Sir Les and the Melbourne housewife of the 50’s -60’s with Dame Edna By the way Dame Edna was a really big hit in the USA a few years ago but probably before your time Please look up more to get the basics then maybe search out ‘Dame Edna’ By the way all Australians called gay men ‘poofters’ until only about 3 decades ago

[@medmon3476]

Funny story - several years ago I joined a social group of gay men (about 20 or so) on a day trip to the country and we stopped off at a roadside restaurant and there was a 'Les Patterson ' type there with his long suffering wife next to him.He looked up and said to.his wife 'I think that bloke's a poofter' then after a few minutes he realized he was surrounded and said with a look of shock/horror/bewilderment on his face 'I think they're all poofters'. I don't know what else to say except Barry Humphreys was mirroring back to us Australians aspects of ourselves that were exaggerated but had enough elements of truth to make us squirm in our seats. Genius indeed.

[@blueycarlton]

Sandy Stone was another of Barry's characters.

[@Mia_Louiise]

Aussie here & I laughed at your reaction more then him 😂

[@davidcampbell3642]

Sir Les is my role model and hero.

[@harpermcalpineblack8573]

Barry Humphries was a comic genius. Amazing what he got away with. No one satirized Australian crassness like Humphries.

[@eurekaelephant2714]

Lol! He was a famous comedian, and this was one of his characters. You rarely hear the term poofter anymore, it was like derogatory slang. So its good its gone. Picnic at hanging rock was an aussie film, hence Les's reference Pissing at hanging rock.

[@richardbonn3882]

YES There was a time , when, We had freedom of speech , and good humour , and we Could laugh at anything , we chose for comedy ! It was great and still is !

[@markhill3858]

Picnic at Hanging Rock is a highly regarded old aussie film .. so Sir Les made a film Pissup at Hanging Rock which could only be the opposite of Picnic :)

[@twilighttime952]

The yartz and the poofter element. Christ! The cut away was to Barry Humphries himself, the actor who plays Sir Les.

[@thomasrussell4674]

Argh I'm so happy to see an AMERICAN of all ppl watching the hilarious ridiculous sir less character. That's the guy who does dame edna. Next up watch Norman Gunston and Sally Struthers.

[@roger4mac]

One of his most famous characters was "Dame Edna Everage" You'll pee your pants laughing.

[@suerossi4693]

Barry Humphreys was highly intelligent, his mastery of the English language is unbelievable. So sad he is gone.

[@joanokeefe6316]

Loved Dame Edna. Can’t cope with Les. Both are characters of Barry Humphries.

[@dranzacspartan8002]

Barry Humphries is an Australian comedian who portrays many characters. One character of his is Sir Les Patterson.

[@movingloz]

Hahaha 🤣. He is the late Barry Humphries. He also played Dame Edna Everedge.

[@williamevans9426]

The performer portraying 'Sir Les Patterson' was the late, great Barry Humphries. The core to the portrayal was that 'Sir Les' was supposed to be the Australian 'Cultural Attache to The Court of St James' in London, when it's hard to imagine anyone less 'cultured'. Not only is his appearance scruffy in the extreme (with drooling too) but he has absolutely no social graces either. Humphries also played 'housewife superstar' Dame Edna Everage. As you might guess, Humphries was himself highly cultured and well-read. (The man shown 'in the audience' at 5:14 is Humphries as he really was.) Both 'Sir Les' and 'Dame Edna' were frequent guests on Michael Parkinson's Saturday-night interview show, alongside showbiz and famous actors of the day. The film reference at 8:40 deliberately plays on 'Picnic at Hanging Rock', a successful and critically acclaimed Australian film.

[@Leonardo555ZZZ]

Saw him and the other characters live in the early 80's,,,so funny , Dame Edna Everidge my favourite

[@m8harry]

Gotta love Sir Les

[@lupcokotevski2907]

His Dame Edna character was a big hit the USA - they got 'her'.

[@tonycasey3183]

It REALLY helps the flow of the comedy when you pause the gags every three seconds to ask stupid and irrelevant questions.

[@harrison6143]

6:31 That's not his trousers all bunched up, it's a savaloy sausage or similar to make it look like he's enormously hung! There's another clip where he walks on and the audience see it immediately and there's uproar. He sits next to a young Australian actress and she doesn't know where to look! Other references - doing an Erica refers to a famous rugby union streaker of the time called Erica Roe. Barry Humphries himself, the man who played Sir Les, is the face you see in the audience. Lew Grade was a famous British media mogul.

[@hugeroastpotato]

Here in England, when 2 or more are gathered, they are referred to as pooves.

[@alexozanne2295]

Barry Humphries is a great Australian comedian also very popular in the UK. Aussies find him hilarious 😂

[@lennierobson8672]

Yes he is a comedian! The real person is Barry Humphries who also plays Dame Edna Everidge. Barry Humphries played two or three different characters, but Dame Edna became the most lucrative for him.

[@ladymanners618]

Barry was a fantastic comedian. King Charles was a friend and rang him on the day before his death in Sydney. He was given a State Funeral a few months ago. The word that you're looking up is "poofter" an old fashioned word for effeminate. His most famous character was Dame Edna Everidge. This humour was prior to the woke era. Barry also had a variety show out of LA with many US guests.

[@christosbarralifeandotherc3728]

Find the stand up show which has the beef curtain bit , late 80’s . That will blow your mind .

[@CBuxton-EX.HKt.D]

He was one of the Queens closets Friends ,Barry Humphries ,,or Dame Edna .

[@davidbroadfoot1864]

The main character that he was famous for was Dame Edna Everidge. Look it up. In real life, he was a very cultured person.

[@Chrissybelle]

I only discovered just Ryan Was and saw him watching Les Patterson. Has he discovered Dame Edna yet? I’d love to see his reaction to her.

[@KB-Da-bourbonpirate]

Ryan another iconic Aussie that was in the same era as Barry Humphrey's in the late 70's early 80's was the character called Barry MacKenzie who did a couple of moves the adventures of Barry Mackenzie. You will get a classic perspective of the Aussie Larricken. have a look see at that character, just asking

[@rossburnell7048]

Aussies just can't help pulling the piss out of ourselves, Barry Humphries is a classic example. "Pulling the piss" is making fun of ourselves

[@ashleycallaghan4419]

An older Aussie interviewer is Norman Gunston. Might be interested in that one.

[@grahamnancledra7036]

It's wonderful seeing you lost and at times disgusted by what we in the UK and Australia find absolutely hilarious.

[@andymcneil7085]

Erica Row once streaked at a big rugby match.

[@kwakagreg]

well his first comment was spot on....

[@David-ic8mm]

The guy at 5.36 is Barry Humphries (not dressed up in character). Most of Barry's characters make fun of upper class socialites and politicians people pretending to be upper class.

[@samb1123]

You should check out his other creation Dame Edna Everage. He is better known for Dame Edna outside Australia. This guys accent is classic Australian.

[@darneyoung537]

Hi Ryan I can’t stand that character Les Patterson, but I love him as Dame Edna from Moodie Ponds a suburb of Melbourne. Barry Humphries was born in Melbourne he was a comedian and he was world renown. You need to watch an audience with Dame Edna

[@slim7647]

the man in the audience is Barry Humphries!

[@grumnut1]

Yes, Barry Humphries has just died. His neighbour and best friend in London was Kathy Lette who wrote Puberty Blues with Gabrielle Carey who died just yesterday. It was an incredibly controversial book that was turned into both a film and TV series. It is largely autobiographical and describes two 13 year olds and their sexual experiences growing up in a surf culture. The film had to set them as 16-year-olds to get an M rating. Otherwise, it would have earned an R which is stronger than your R. NC17's tend to earn an R here. Both the film and TV series were superb. Also (and you may need a vpn to watch it) is a 2 part series called blue murder, which is regarded as our best tv series. It was banned from viewing in NSW as a court case was open there for Detective Roger Rogerson (what a name). People there were requesting videotapes from other states. Roger Rogerson has since been convicted of murder for Jamie Gao. It seems it was easier to shoot a drug supplier than pay him. I still have the book this was based on. It's incredibly depressing as basically there is a new murder on each page. The pub fight was basically real. Several of the actors suffered bruises and even broken ribs. The BBQ scene was actually set in Roger Rogerson's actual house while he was in prison for perjury.

[@annettewebster9678]

He is Dame Eda as well. Yes he plays several characters

[@samrad1745]

I was asked by a friend in the states,, teach me some Aussie stuff, I said Well we like to take the "Micky" out of everyone and everything,, We use humor to make fun of people and our selves in an unkind way! a week later we met up again and I asked him how his Aussies stuff was going?, Ye man, it's been a blast! I've been putting the Micky into everyone!! No Mate,, it's Take the Micky out!! That about sums up the differences . This is the same guy I gave some Aussie slang to,, I told him,, back when I was kid, we uses to say,, Wanna Dink on my Pushy? That's,, Do you want to hop on my bike?, I'll peddle!! he told his family that he just learned some Aussie slang, and proceeded to ask his wife,, You Wanna Dink on my Pushy? but his American twang got in the way and it came out like,, To their Horror! ,,,,,," it sounded more like,,,,, Wanna Di#k on my Puss%. I guess I showed him, how to take the Micky out of someone!!

[@chrisnewman7281]

Americans come from an entirely different universe of humour. When you have to spell it out to them you know that you’re talking a different language.

[@ssaannddrro]

He's from Melbourne. Born and bred there.

[@Qween_EJ]

RIP Barry Humphries

[@sophitsa79]

There are so many jokes in there that he didn't get at all! Partly his age and partly being American

[@bentstrings5962]

Jesus. Sooo many cultural ticks went past this fella. He misses so much.

[@Rob-fc9wg]

He always does.

[@nancinyols8015]

Sir Les was ahead of his time and an obvious inspiration to Boris Johnson.

[@robert9407]

This was from the 80’s. Different times.

[@addictiveaussie]

You need to understand how Aussies view themselves. Nobody can take the piss out of Aussies better than an Aussie and Barry Humphries is the King. BTW, if you found it offensive he succeeded.

[@PaulMitchell-uj1uu]

The drooling was part of it. People knew not to get seats in the front row in the theatre.

[@Daventhemermaid]

Sir Les. The minister of the yarts. Disgustingly hilarious. 😅😅