Barry Humphries "Sandy Comes Home" - Single Voices Monologue

Barry Humphries is best known for his alter ego, Dame Edna Everage, Housewife and Superstar, as well as Sir Les Paterson, the Australian Cultural Attache to the Court of St. James in London. Another of Barry's characters is Sandy Stone, a now deceased elderly gent who used to live in the Melbourne suburbs. In this 'Single Voices' TV monologue from 1990, Sandy the ghost finds himself back in the home he used to live in when he was alive and reminiscing about the good old days. This video is being published on Barry Humphries' 86th birthday (b. 17 February 1934) by way of a tribute to an outstanding comedian, actor, satirist, artist and author.
Don't forget to see Barry in is most famous role as Dame Edna in this chat-show clip with Richard Gere and Lauren Bacall ... Hilarious! ...
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[@James-kv6kb]

Rest in peace Barry .

[@helensalter5067]

Sandy was always my favourite alter ego of Barry's - he was Barry's too. Sheer genius. Bless you Barry, such wonderful memories, but to quote Sandy I will find it very difficult to "Never go back!" to those memories, even if they are now tinged with sadness. Rest In Peace, dear Barry.

[@mortalclown3812]

Rest in paradise, possums. ❤

[@thehoodooqueen777]

❤

[@AJ-tp9bk]

How strange, now, to hear him say "I'm glad I never had a fall."

[@gideon_uk9754]

This is such poingnant stuff that would give Alan Bennett a run for his money. Humphries was a genuine comedy genius...it's not hyperbolic to say this. Much of his success was forged in Britain and many like me in the UK would like to claim him as our own. Truth is he was always a patriotic Australian and it is probably presumptuous for me to claim him. Why the Australians didn't knight him I do not know. He made no secret of the fact he would have liked that. For that matter...in the absence of an Aussie knighthood I don't know why the British didn't knight him....I mean they gave him the CBE which is the usual precursor to a KBE. So going to miss the Barry's talent for lifting our moods. If Dame Edna was going to be a guest on a talk show you always knew it would be worth watching...even if you knew her routine lines by heart... somehow it never got old.

[@adam28xx]

If you haven't yet seen it, here's Dame Edna in a chat show with Lauren Bacall and Richard Gere, who didn't quite know what hit him, poor guy! ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJaleGCce6ugbZo

[@edmundcarew7235]

Hilarious, although 'non-Australians' may find some of the jokes hard to understand. A wonderful solo effort by this talented man.

[@douglasfairmeadow]

"The Cultural Cringe is the assumption that whatever you do in the field of writing, painting, sculpture, architecture, film, dance, or theater is of unknown value until it is judged by people outside your own society." - Robert Hughes.

[@joehiggs100]

Many thanks for posting. Mr Humphries' most endearing character, I re-read the book at least once a year.

[@lesliegautieri4295]

That was so true and touching. I've seen so many elderly forgotten and discarded and their things that meant so much to them thrown away like it was nothing as well. This performance really moved me. Thank you Mr. Humphries.

[@stephenasbridge878]

For all his faults, I cannot help liking Sandy. Barry Humphries walks a fine line between affectionate mockery and harsh satire every time he writes something for him. Australian people of Sandy’s generation were so like my grandparents (I’m British) and it’s uncanny to see their ideas, habits etc pretty much replicated in a country on the other side of the planet.

[@warrenreddaway5734]

Absolutely brilliant.. The voice of our Grandparents.. Great Auntie's and Uncles.. That sacrificed so much...and gained a bit.. Australia 2023 has so many parasites.. Abusing the Australian way of life for there own gain..with no regard to our aged..Introduced by our own parliament..." To make Australia.. fill jobs..." To comply to foreign policy. God Bless those who work in aged care..And who care for those who gave so much. The new, young Australians... Seduction of the innocent... Tik Tok.. Tik Tok...

[@k.y.6148]

Absolute genius! My first time ever seeing Sandy. Can never see Dame Edna the same way again. Don't go back! So true.

[@k.y.6148]

I watched this again, the day after Barry died. Even sadder now.

[@Londonfogey]

I saw this when it was first broadcast in the 80s. I still remember some of the lines: 'a little smiling Chinaman...' 'she thinks she's a budgie!'...'A beatnik girl with green spikey hair...'

[@stevenewenson5595]

From the opening street scenes to the end line, totally engaging. Captures the period perfectly.

[@jameshollyelsa]

My favourite Barry Humphries character and one of our best story tellers

[@robinsings]

I wonder if that was off the cuff or scripted.. love him.

[@JohanHerrenberg]

Thanks! Great fan of this genius.

[@Michael.Chapman]

Love Sandy and all Barry’s characters. So sad that future generations don’t understand the beauty, elegance and simplicity of older homes. Especially now, they have to rip em apart, destroy charming features, tastelessly. I feel for Sandy as I’ve seen pristine antique homes destroyed by new “owners “ who think they know better.

[@macjuk]

I'm sure the owners of Georgian Victorian and Edwardian homes felt the same about "tasteless" art deco.

[@robinsings]

You know what I'm learning.. We need to be open that not all people are the same. If we learned anything from mister humphrey's performances it is that. I'm amazed by his genius These are the type of people that You watch and feel that they transcend the veil, as it were, a little bit more than the rest.. And you want to know them again and again...And that's something I relate to. When you can like the whole of a person that is when you start living. In some way I think all of those characters have taught us that.. Thank you

[@gerontius3]

Thanks for this. Your classic Brexit voter here....

[@dickmiles6639]

WONDERFUL