Dame Edna in 1st US appearance on Joan Rivers talk show

[@barney1963]

Joan Rivers totally gets the humour and can't stop laughing whilst Joan and George are like carboard cutouts! fab!!!

[@jemmajames6719]

barney1963 Too worried she will start on them!

[@margaretholland1816]

Horrorclips

[@oldtimer7635]

Well, they are too "important" to let go. Maybe they understand that Humphries is mocking people exactly like them ; )

[@mofo1739]

Might be because their faces can't move

[@barney1963]

@@mofo1739 very true 😀

[@lonelyqueen86]

It's amazing how effortlessly Barry Humphries captures an audience. Even surrounded with legends he commands attention. Truly one of the great performers of all time.

[@DaveFisher1]

PolishViking "Typically English brilliance". Except that Humphries is Australian.

[@Kimllg88]

hes a genius!

[@marilyntape9050]

deku scribe I saw one of his shows in Sydney and it was fantastic 😃🌈💜🇦🇺👍

[@brian8616]

He out shines million dollar show hosts and the best in the business rendering them all speechless

[@rcole6679]

We see Dame Edna live a few years back in SF. Having front row seats, by wife was called on stage...she embarrassed the Hell out of my poor wife! But, what a laugh we all had.

[@wilfredofigueroa66]

I just can't get enough of Dame Edna. I particularly love the way Joan cracks up. Let's face it, if you don't laugh at his incredible wit you have no funny bone. Thank you Barry Humphries for your generous gift of making us laugh. R.I.P.

[@1978TVP]

Joan seems numb and completely unaware of what's going on. Another cameo, or is she simply too intellectually devious to handle the cunning Barry?

[@blueyonder1233]

@@1978TVP Way out of her intellectual depth.

[@wesstkilda]

I believe Joan Rivers was the person to bring Dame Edna to the USA. Barry and Joan are comedy royalty. You can see Joan appreciates just how good Barry is and allows Edna to just do her thing!

[@soundactivationmeditations259]

Love the connection between Joan rivers and dame Edna The timing and stage presence of dame Edna is unbelievable Genius 🤩🤩🤩 Hello from Australia

[@jslasher1]

Dame Edna is one of our greatest exports; she's certainly the funniest.

[@westaussie965]

*he

[@jefolson6989]

Dame Edna is a brilliant creation. Even though I know it's Barry Humphreys, I ALWAYS FORGET. DAME Edna is REAL!

[@Me-hs4jj]

@@westaussie965 Barry Humphries is a man (or a *he, as you put it). The fictional character of Dame Edna is a woman/female, just like Minnie Mouse and Miss Piggy. Bart Simpson is a fictional character but voiced by a woman, yet the character of Bart is male, just as ‘Dame’ Edna is a female.

[@RedLP5000S]

Joan is so beautiful here. Enjoying the moment, so radiant and full of life. I miss her. 💙🥰

[@pashaj92]

He is hilarious as Dame Edna, keeps pushing and pulling at the boundaries of innuendo and decency. Brilliant.

[@crystalheart9]

Dame Edna is brilliant and it is so nice to see Joan Rivers allowing her to do what she does best.

[@alsunpilsut]

I love that she has Joan Rivers in stitches 😂. If you can make the amazing Joan Rivers laugh like that, you must be f*cking hilarious 😄.

[@johncarlisle2755]

I get the impression that Joan Rivers was the only one that got most of it.

[@777jones]

Joan Rivers was an absolute class act, a very talented lady.

[@Gods2ndFavoriteBassPlyr]

Insanely funny - and Joan Rivers, ever the class act, just lets Dame Edna run with it. Have never seen the Dame when she didn't just suck all the oxygen out of the room and leave people just gasping. What a brilliant performer. Rest in Peace Dear Joan Rivers.. you left us FAR too soon.

[@rjkral]

Gods2ndFavoriteBassPlyr well said!!

[@sav7568]

Joan rivers was too smart to try to upstage Edna. It was always far smarter and safer to just let Edna go where she will.

[@midwestkatie4]

The only time I saw Dame Edna lose control of her own show was with Robin Williams.

[@lynseybeswick1225]

@@midwestkatie4 That was only because he was literally shouting so loud for attention and Dame Edna said that to make him feel special, lol. She doesn’t need to raise her voice to command an audience.

[@DA90027]

I saw this the night it aired and laughed my ass off thanks for the trip down memory lane

[@VictoriasFolly]

OMG - my husband & I laughed at this skit to the point of weeping in our pants. Classic Dame Edna humour!

[@JohnnyGNV]

I remember this, and I remember thinking that Joan Collins and George Hamilton are sooo totally into themselves, or at least appear to be, that the humor of Dame Edna was really only appreciated by Joan Rivers -

[@1trschaefer78]

Agreed! They seem boring & self absorbed.

[@nerd_in_norway]

George Hamilton guested Dame Edna's own show a few years later. Hamilton always had humour and loves flamboyant silliness like this.

[@southwest3671]

........I sensed half the jokes went over their heads.

[@gaskellr44]

I don't think so, they were laughing enough but just going along with it as they probably felt they had to show some decorum but J R being a comedy genius would appreciate every nu once of the humour so would naturally react more to the ribs/jokes. But they were all watching a master at work.

[@Isaiah54V7]

George seemed to lighten up by the end

[@stephenireland3816]

Joan Rivers had a great sense of humour, even able to laugh at herself!

[@Plethorality]

That's the only way a sense of humour can truly develop.

[@tonystone1016]

Loved the Dame! RIP Barry.

[@artistjoh]

This needs a warning that the final joke may cause you to die from laughing. Dame Edna always was, and still is an extraordinary talent. As she does here, she can sit down with 3 great talents and within seconds she fills them with a mixture of laughter and bewilderment. In any group of stars, it is Dame Edna who is the superstar.

[@tillypoozies6799]

Joan Rivers trying to hold it together is priceless. I love her. The other two have no idea. Dame Edna is one of the funniest characters we've ever seen.

[@pattigee1]

Love Joan Rivers' laugh - glad to hear it.

[@antoniojones4139]

It was contagious!

[@Nebrox]

A master at work.

[@thatsmisterrobert2u]

LOLOLOL... I saw this the very first time it aired back in 1986, and then taped it when it repeated about a month later. Classic. Seeing it again makes me realize how many lines I've stolen from that appearance and how I'm still using some of them to this day.

[@crystalheart9]

I love, love, love Dame Edna!!!

[@graham4006]

Dame Edna Everage is just brilliant absolutely anywhere on earth...!

[@hlywdplayer]

I had the best time when i saw Dame Edna live on stage , she really knows how to make the most of her shows , my friends and i had seats in the mezzanine and Dame Edna spent the entire show acknowledging everyone in the theater , not just the first rows, orchestra sections, that was special , we did not feel left out , Classy and Professional lady from down under !!!

[@iggyblitz8739]

Rest In Peace Barry Humphries, what a legend !

[@thealeximinkoshow6388]

Oh Joan! Please make the angels laugh! You will be missed!

[@johnhastie5730]

Love seeing her laugh like that. 'Is your bridesmaid still alive?' LOL

[@luisferr2001]

thanx so much for uploading this video, loved it! made me laugh so hard. dame edna is the best.

[@ronanrogers4127]

Joan Collins always had such a high opinion of herself and her modest ability. I remember seeing her seethe during an interview once when she was referred to as having been in B Grade movies prior to appearing on Dynasty.

[@junecoleman9030]

Hit the nail on its head !

[@ATLcentury334]

“George, and Joan, and Joan” always loved how Edna used the host and guests names nonstop, and would throw in a “little” once every so often.

[@cavalier9915]

Dame Edna: "Cosmetic surgery...never consider it, Joan!" Oops!! LOL

[@mikebudzinski3879]

prophetic

[@toddoetken4092]

I love Dame Edna and truly miss Joan Rivers.

[@juliemitchell3794]

Dame Edna is a great combination of Mrs. Slocombe & Hyacinth Bucket 😂😂😂😂😂

[@mariahwhitneycelinejanetmadona]

lol

[@Plethorality]

Ha!!!

[@bluespig1]

Been around long before Hyacinth, lady of the house.

[@Plethorality]

@@bluespig1 true... And Mrs Slocumbe. Edna is oldddd!! And she started off quite shy, and in black and white.

[@paulashe7460]

Before both from 1965

[@chanctonbury63]

Humphries, you`re a genius.

[@bluecent]

“I love your bone structure , a nose in the middle with an eye either side”.

[@samluvr1537]

"My husband has a rumbling prostate...the neighbors complain...it's a Cinderella organ.."

[@loririley1278]

2 of my favorite ppl in one room- Joan Collins and Joan Rivers!

[@darylheasman1]

Dame Edna, brilliantly funny and quick witted, and can put any celeb in their place with her humorous but harmless put downs, could watch Dame Edna for hours on end.

[@DistantCousin]

"is your bridesmaid still alive, Joan?" LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@grantgraham5201]

Amazingly great comedy...I've got tears in my eyes..

[@raymonddaubney3612]

The best comic Australia has produced.

[@spacecadet35]

That is actually a high complement when you consider that Australia also produced Norman Gunston.

[@michelegraham9044]

spacecadet35 id love them both to have a sit down with Meghan Markle, particularly Dame Edna, being such a good friend of the Royal family.

[@letsgosurfing416]

God I love him. Still touring & making people laugh at nearly 80, when most consider retiring at 64.

[@TheWorldTeacher]

I thought he retired last year? I shed more than a couple of tears while laughing to this ;-)

[@BornofaJackal]

Reverend Eslam Somehow, I had never heard of Dame Edna until recently. She/he is my new comedic hero. And I've been a fanatic of Mink Stole, Edith Massey, Mary Vivian Pearce and Divine forever. I now must dig up every video I can possibly find of the Grand Dame.

[@howardjdownes]

Jim Adams Do seek out Lily Savage, Dr Evadne Hinge and another great Dame, the late Hilda Bracket, and Cissie and Ada, two working class northern English housewives. The British comics known as The Two Ronnies, and even Danny la Rue, and way back in the 30s and 40s there's always been acts in the mould of Edna, who whilst known in Oz truly became a star in Britain as her act too is inspired by the great British tradition of panto (where best boys are women and the women called "pantomime dames") is so much a part of our culture however I feel it won't be long before the UK provides the world with another great act. It's not drag, it's wholly unique. It's talented comedians, actors, musicians and singers in frocks. O - you must see the late great Kenny Everett's Cunning Stunt from the 70s and early 80s (that is her name !) Sadly, it's only tranny shite now like the awful Ru Paul and female impersonation has been overtaken by the transgender agenda.

[@spacecadet35]

Mrs Brown's Boys is a male performer playing the role of a woman.

[@bryantross572]

@@howardjdownes The Puritans and Radical Relgious right were horrified at they called the debauchery of the theater. They rose up in open rebellion to it. They exposed the most evil, wicked, vile man of perdition, none other than the monster himself William Shakespeare. They picketed, rioted and successfully shut down his house of corruption his Theater.

[@jeffj2495]

Stellar, just stellar. Joan Rivers was great here too - she totally got the humor.

[@christinevmiles2019]

Joan & Dame Edna together=Priceless Icon Legendary Royalty Gold👑💎

[@48tilt]

" Joan Collins is a personal friend of mine. She loves her perfume. You will never guess what she puts behind her ears to attract the men folk"' Long pause "Her Ankles" Classic

[@wotan10950]

I remember watching this way back when Joan first had her own chat show. She pretty much introduced Dame Edna to American audiences. My first reaction upon seeing Dame Edna was WTF?? Then I quickly caught on to the wickedly sophisticated humor. I, too, have suffered from organ rejection.

[@johnwoodford8275]

Never forget, the 80's were brilliant.

[@RIXRADvidz]

Rivers can harldy keep it together, and Joan Collins almost gave away George Hamilton's ''secret''....Dame Edna You RULE!!!!!!

[@dojufitz]

Barry totally dominates these Hollywood celebs....lol....

[@ninjapuffins8203]

Love Barry and Joan Rivers 😂

[@MotorcycleMadness-r1y]

Barrie Humphries. What a legend. He had that American audience in the palm of his hand. They loved his Dame Edna. Joan Rivers, also a legend. Hope they’re making each other laugh where ever they may be.

[@margaretphillips3264]

If I was sitting next to Dame Edna, I would be as terrified as Joan Collins was. You would never know what was coming next. 😂

[@brionity]

Joan clearly adores Edna. Her humour is so far off base from the norm. Joan was a consummate comedian and when encountering people who can wing it like that she is in sheer admiration. A great trait of hers. At 3:30 when Edna busts the cosmetic surgery line Joan laughter is beyond. The loss of a great great star and funny lady.

[@argieav]

But she revealed herself as a racist at the end in a stupid rant about Gaza.

[@Zebradeen]

Erm...neither are dead! 2018! Where is the loss?

[@Zebradeen]

Sorry RIP Joan Rivers of course.

[@MountTheodore72]

Joan gets it. She understands the creative craft of humor. Thas what makes it funny.

[@scotnick59]

which Joan?

[@DistantCousin]

I laughed all the way through this!!

[@koln1996]

A smorgasboard of maturity!!! LOL!!!

[@tigerfeet2813]

Quote of the year. Lol

[@grai]

Joan Collins was NOT happy when Dame Edna started talking about plastic surgery!! For some reason she suddenly became very uncomfortable 🤣🤣🤣

[@kingy002]

Correct.

[@CissyBrazil]

I absolutely loved Joan when she hosted her own show!

[@piustwelfth]

I've watched this innumerable times. HILARIOUS!

[@Hugatree1]

I remember watching this with my mom, we laughed our asses off! Joan Collins and tan man never seemed to get the joke.

[@Michael.Chapman]

Dame Edna non-stop owns the segment and Joan Rivers adores her :-)

[@PDXGregor]

The doctors have said that there's some possibility that my husband's organ might be rejected. *pause* He ought to be used to that by now... 😄🤣

[@MattDollMusic]

Joan Rivers is having so much fun enjoying Edna :)

[@lol365]

For everyone slating Joan Collins, keep in mind...she and Barry Humphries are now very good friends...she seemed very nervous, likely meeting 'Dame Edna' in person for the first time.

[@TheBarbraStreisand1]

lol365 well said. JC is great fun. Terrified here with two comedy titans.

[@michelegraham9044]

I’ve read all the comments & was surprised. The Poms loved DE. Maybe she’d been living in the US too long back then. I would have thought they were great mates.

[@piustwelfth]

George Hamilton got a kick out of her last joke!

[@2dasimmons]

Dame Edna is FUNNY. Wow. Joan Rivers is just cracking up.

[@Plethorality]

Ah. Der.

[@msuarez8629]

ive never seen anyone make joan laugh so much

[@Annastesia1988]

She loved Kenneth Williams too

[@michelegraham9044]

And that wasn’t even the best of Dame Edna. Quite a weak one. Check him out on Micheal Parkinson & interviews like that.

[@Plethorality]

@@Annastesia1988 me too...

[@billdenbrough501]

Joan Collins sense of humour is testament to the fact that a persons personality can make them unattractive. Every single joke went straight over her head.

[@1978TVP]

simply she is stupid

[@anthonypoole6417]

Arrogant, dame edna put her in the shade, humourless.

[@SuzLa1]

I didn't understand what he meant by Cinderella organ

[@SuzLa1]

I didn't understand what Edna meant by Cinderella organ, but when Edna explained to Joan she laughed

[@sheenagray2324]

Can't stand Joan zero sencecof humour and up hervown arse

[@trudyfox938]

Vale Barry Humphries. We will greatly miss your talent. He passed tonight age 89.

[@kennethjackson3394]

Joan Rivers God rest her soul was AWESOME!

[@bradsmack1]

Wow! So much AquaNet employed here! I'd-a loved to have had the hairspray concession for this show! And, that's just George Hamilton!

[@gayle2020]

OH WHEN TV WAS SOOOO GOOD!!!!!

[@DunhillX1]

3 Fabulous women on stage together....just wonderful.

[@wpeters4361]

I went to 2 Dame Edna shows many years back (NYC & London)...so funny.

[@2bitrasputin793]

That was so great!

[@kenlapham5693]

11 years ago. Joan Rivers and Joan Collins look great for 2010!!!!

[@piustwelfth]

This show was taped in the early 1990's (or late '80s).

[@michaelweaver5036]

Joan Joan Joan.......we love you! (and need you now). You were/are the BEST.

[@indigo0151]

Joan is seething that Edna is takin the limelight off her

[@anthonypoole6417]

Isn't she just.

[@TheKonga88]

😁😁😁😁She is plotting Dame Edna's death. 🐍🐍🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃

[@Annastesia1988]

Yes!

[@TheKonga88]

@@Annastesia1988 I like that band too.. 🐙🐙🏃🏃🐍

[@michelegraham9044]

And it looked like they were going to an ad break but let her run.

[@__seeker__]

Unsurprisingly, Dame Edna was lost on this audience for the most part

[@bobbymkd457]

Poor Joan Collins, this seems slightly above her head 😂

[@seaglass22]

One of the rudest people I have ever had the misfortune to meet socially (more than once).

[@Strontyum]

No not above her head, but to close to the quick!

[@fredalwatkins4506]

I met her sister Jackie and she was other than nice

[@kingy002]

@@Strontyum An excellent summation!

[@wendettavaughnwanner3150]

Oh my goodness, this is hysterical, She has purple hair both Joans have big hair, and George is terminally tan, What a ride the 80s were !!!

[@francohilton532]

This makes me Laugh Out Loud which I never do..I guess I "get" Joan and Edna's humor. JOAN you make me laugh always...

[@StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLY]

What's 'er name on the sofa trying to have a go at Dame Edna and failing miserably. Love it!

[@haydnwood-y8w]

I love how Joan Rivers is loving Dame Edna

[@64downtown]

this was very funny--this is at least 25 years old-closer to 30--thanx for posting

[@___David___Savian]

They say that Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, George Carlin, Andy Kaufman, Louis CK, Joan Rivers, Lucille Ball, Jackie Gleason, Charlie Chaplin, Cantinflas, Sarah Silverman, Will Ferrell, Robin Williams and Russell Peters are the funniest comedians ever. But, I've always told everyone the funniest comedian ever is Dame Edna....... hands down !

[@rnw2739]

Russell Peters?!!! Sarah Silverman?!!!! Who's saying that? They clearly don't know what they're talking about.

[@___David___Savian]

@@rnw2739 Possum, go wash your ass and leave me to rule the comment sections in peace. Ta Ta.....

[@chevydude658]

Joan Collins seems to be uncomfortable, like her sense of humor is nonexistent. Dame Edna is so non threatening. What a comedic genius.

[@bobdownes162]

I find it almost impossible to take looking at this Poser, J/Collins even for one second. Obnoxious !

[@bar10ml44]

ChevyDude65 Joan Collins is being upstaged that’s why she’s uncomfortable

[@JohanHerrenberg]

@@bar10ml44 Joan Collins is being upstaged by a man who plays a diva... That must be galling.

[@michelegraham9044]

Dame Edna could be absolutely caustic. A good friend to the Royals I’d love to see her with Meghan Markle. They could probably do with a dose of the Dame about now.

[@markgable101]

Gosh George Hamilton is one slick dude.

[@markgable101]

Elegant...

[@MrDaiseymay]

HIS HEAD WAS MADE OF MOHOGANY

[@DistantCousin]

Interesting. Good for him!

[@markpalmer8083]

Sick dude?

[@davidhardiman9603]

Yes, Rivers reacts brilliantly!

[@leebee2348]

Watched it with the volume down and subtitles on and I’m absolutely lost!

[@AtlantaGymFan]

Dame Edna put on a terrific show in Atlanta!

[@anneshaw9681]

Sir Les said that Joan wears a lot of perfume."Guess what she puts behind her ear to attract the men?" Her ankles

[@TheKonga88]

She sprays them with ant pheromones 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜👸👑🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐸🐸🏃🐍🐍🐒🏃🏃🏃🏃🐒

[@essendondons]

Hilarious ! Dame Edna - I dips me lid ! I've never seen the (sometimes) vicious Joan Rivers' laugh so hard and be stumped for a response.

[@gtifeld]

This is great. Thanks for posting. For the record, though, this was not Dame Edna's first U.S. appearence. She actually appeared on SNL with Madeline Kahn in the mid-70s.

[@piustwelfth]

This show was originally broadcast in 1986.

[@TheKonga88]

It was actually broadcast in 1783 but it was considered to be too graphic at the time so they archived it until 1986 🐍🐍🐸🐸🏃🏃🏃🐒🐒👽👽👽👽👽👽🐝🐝📹📹📹📹🐻🐙

[@WhitePoppy1]

I had no idea Joan Collins had no sense of humor.

[@WhitePoppy1]

zacthecatty35 You don't think she seems slightly baffled by Dame Edna?

[@AB-bt9eb]

I thought she had a great sense of humor here.

[@WhitePoppy1]

I didn't. :)

[@sarskiamodel]

joan collins is another word for cosmetic surgery

[@jasonhurd4379]

I don't think JC is so much baffled by Dame Edna as she is irritated that the attention is no longer on herself.

[@B3ll3vill3]

I love this so much.

[@MsOzywood]

I remember seeing this interview and laughing at Joan squirming in sheer fright that this was one encounter her sexuality was not going to get her out of.......the Dame was going to trump her for sheer wit.....and she did! George had more appreciation of it and was able to laugh at himself.....the Dynasty dame, not so much. Onya Edna!!

[@TheVestini]

MsOzywood Groan Collins.....poor Dahling....

[@rahan9886]

Joan Collins?

[@gustaaf1892]

Practically a monologue. Who needs other guests when you have the one and only Dame Edna on?

[@ShelleySorenson]

I loved Joan Rivers.

[@Canerican.]

He knows he’s annoying the other guests and keeps leaning over to talk to them-he was such a riot!

[@michelegraham9044]

How wonderful to come across Dame Edna again. The Poms always loved her especially the Royal Family. I wonder how she’d handle M Markle right now. #Yankeewally. I’d love to have seen Norman Gunston interview her too.

[@Plethorality]

I don't know who you are, bit having read your comment, I really like you !

[@michelegraham9044]

lisa sommerlad why thank you. Just an Aussie who respects the Queen, despises MM for what she’d done to the RF & loves Dame Edna.