Dame Edna Everage in an interview with Michael Parkinson after she adressed her christmas message... Lenny Henry is the other talking guest and he can't stop laughing... One of the greatest interviews ever.. Enjoy... ;-)
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@suehead109 Жыл бұрын
Dame Edna giving Lenny Henry a lesson on what it is to be funny.
@louiseanderson1505 Жыл бұрын
👍😊
@stevebutler7006 Жыл бұрын
Watching Edna today. The day she passed in 2023. She will be sadly missed.
@cannonlamont482 Жыл бұрын
I was privileged to spend an evening with Dame Edna during her Final Farewell Tour at the Los Angeles Ahmanson Theatre in 2015. It was blissful evening with the brilliant and magnificent treasure, Barry Humphries and his beyond-delightful persona, Dame Edna... truly a night I have and will never forget. He was an absolute one of a kind and a gift to us all. RIP, you funny man.
@annstar4306 Жыл бұрын
Oh how lucky , what a great thing to have done ❤️. Love the Dame 😀😀😀😀❤️❤️❤️❤️
@robertSharp-s3s7 ай бұрын
Hi from Australia. Beautifully said.
@rodman505 ай бұрын
I saw Dame Edna in Pittsburgh, PA. One of the best experiences I've ever had. The Dame probably has Heaven in stitches!
@keiththompson77853 ай бұрын
I took my six-year-old son to see Dame Edna in San Francisco many years ago, not telling him what he was in for except that it would be quite fun. When she came out on stage and said hello possums, my insightful son leaned into me and said ‘dad, that’s really a man.’ I said ‘I know, that’s what makes it funny’ and we both laughed all the way through.
@yortsemloh11562 жыл бұрын
When he totally snatches the Kunta-kentae joke from Lenny it proves his unrivaled comedic genius.
@neilgutteridge64053 жыл бұрын
Lenny Henry totally outgunned by a superior level of genius.
@robertcomer27672 жыл бұрын
He still would be.
@alextelford51762 жыл бұрын
He has no talent and has earned a living being a pro black a race hustler, he is as funny as tooth ache
@WWAWHTR2 жыл бұрын
Try to upstage Barry H at your peril.
@Glamrock012 жыл бұрын
@@alextelford5176 I've always thought that...
@Muzzy68 Жыл бұрын
Lenny Henry is so not funny. I’m amazed he’s got where he’s got
@yortsemloh11563 жыл бұрын
I love to see Dame Edna among other comedians because you can sense they are intimidated and she never fails to crush them with her unrivaled wit and timing.
@seanaustin6093 жыл бұрын
i would love to have seen her against john cleese.
@nespressoman Жыл бұрын
She shows just how unfunny Lenny Henry is.
@vova47 Жыл бұрын
Never gets old however many times you watch!
@darraghgregory1269 Жыл бұрын
Rest in peace ❤ to an absolute icon 🙏 thanks Dame Edna for the laughs 😅
@berniemcguire2782 Жыл бұрын
Possums. Watching this today - April 22nd, 2023 - with news Dame Edna has passed away aged 89. I've got tears in my eyes, uncontrollably laughing and also with much sadness
@RHP9898 Жыл бұрын
She can say whatever she likes and gets away with it. Bless her!
@mojo_guru4448 Жыл бұрын
Edna was always several steps in front and knew how to set up the joke before the receiving end had any clue what was coming. Genius!
@manichairdo63464 жыл бұрын
Dame Edna is INSANE. These days she would be tarred and feathered for some of what she said. BRILLIANT. Her wit is so sharp I have to watch her twice because I lol till tears roll down my face. Funny, funny lady.
@lapalad3 жыл бұрын
There was a comedy award in Australia named after Barry Humphries but the snowflakes got it changed because of some jokes about gay people he told 20 years ago.
@scswp69453 жыл бұрын
@@lapalad Ridiculous that they changed it! It was part of a tongue-in-cheek act for goodness sake. There was no malice in it as far as I can see. Her appearances with Matt Lucas and Will Young (the latter on the Rob Brydon show) had such leanings and they were hilarious - and I’m a gay man! There’s a difference between comedy and homophobia. Dame Edna, I believe, was not guilty of the latter.
@christophertucker80313 жыл бұрын
Just checking... You know her real name is Barry.
@Cloudberry462 жыл бұрын
We're now in a sad place where miserable wokeism is trying to eradicate comedic geniuses like Dame Edna.
@libertyordeaf Жыл бұрын
The jokes about gays in San Francisco or Lenny Henry being West Indian wouldn't fly for most comedians. But Humphries was always able to get away with that because as brilliant as Edna is, he's also not afraid of sometimes making her look naive or backward. It's an amazing character.
@SuperStargazer6668 жыл бұрын
Comedy gold. Dame Edna could arguably be the funniest 'Lady' ever in TV history. We salute you dear Barry Humphries!!
@tjcint Жыл бұрын
Most definitely ...
@oddforestcritter4 жыл бұрын
His mind is so fast and sharp. Nobody ad libs like Barry Humphries
@christianeerwin48376 жыл бұрын
Barry Humphries was 76 years old back then.......and not a bit old -so full of life !Amazing !
@warrenreddaway5734 Жыл бұрын
What a quick wit... You'd be hard pressed not to succumb to a healthy belly laugh. Brilliance supreme as seen here. RIP.
@No_mans_flies Жыл бұрын
Barry was so good off the cuff, what a fucking legend.
@colleenwiedemann6521 Жыл бұрын
I’m still laughing!! & it’s 2023!! Hooray 🥰
@yortsemloh11564 жыл бұрын
This is one of Dame Edna’s best. Barry’s wit and timing is unparalleled.
@blueskye63723 жыл бұрын
So agree. 💜👍🎥📺🎬😆
@delailama7363 жыл бұрын
I remember an interview with David Walliams from Little Britain and he was having breakfast in a restaurant with Barry Humphries. A waiter approached the table and asked "fresh orange juice?" and Barry said "have you got any that's a few days old and on the turn?"
@JavenarchX Жыл бұрын
Astounding comic Troy
@lapislazuli7876 Жыл бұрын
@@blueskye6372Lenny Bruce is out of his league here. Can’t keep up with the Dame. Just pulls comic faces because he doesn’t have a come back or know what to say.
@nespressoman Жыл бұрын
@@lapislazuli7876 Lenny Bruce?
@garygrimmett7945 Жыл бұрын
Parky just goes along with it 😂brilliant 👏 hilarious 😁 r.i.p...barry...❤
@jonc62503 жыл бұрын
Her timing is outstanding. Such a comic genius
@peterd788 Жыл бұрын
Parky always got on very well with Dame Edna and her friends.
@markwhitman95423 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Michael Parkinson & Lenny Henry play along fantastically with the great Dame's rapier wit. Great show!!
@billyf5591 Жыл бұрын
Dame Edna and Sir Led Patterson are two of the greatest persona's created by this genius of a man. A true comic legend. And then their is Sir, Lenny Henry. 🙈
@genramsey Жыл бұрын
Thank you for identifying the gentleman guest. I had no idea who he was. BTW, I has always adored Dame Edna 💖😊
@magzsara98926 жыл бұрын
I never realised Michael Parkinson was so very good . He really brings out the brilliance in the Dame..
@paulhenshall22215 жыл бұрын
He knows how to be a good feed and then step back.
@photo1614 жыл бұрын
Parky is a superb straight man!...none better...
@roseofsharon2156 Жыл бұрын
I have a gladioli pressed. Before you became a Dame. Countless hours of laughter. Barry the comic genius. Thank you ❤❤❤
@hismajestysmen3 жыл бұрын
Kunta Kinte. “Ooh I’m glad you didn’t abbreviate it, Leonard.” Spit-out-the-tea moment!
@orbs10624 жыл бұрын
"In the cemetery, buffing my husband's obelisk." Oh holy hell.... Thought I'd never catch my breath! GENIUS. ABSOLUTELY GENIUS!
@paylmoffat34094 жыл бұрын
He used to like me doing that when he was still alive”!!!
@MrBenHaynes3 жыл бұрын
@@paylmoffat3409 Subtle as a sledgehammer the Ol' Dame, for those who didn't get it the first time. 😂
@ANGELANGEL-ch7wh3 жыл бұрын
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
@roseofsharon2156 Жыл бұрын
In my life you have been the humour that keeps me laughing. Thank you so much Barry.
@divox9pqr3 жыл бұрын
LOL…I’m in tears laughing with the Dame as she goes about “ buffering up her husbands obelisk”. …Comedic Gold I tell you..So good!
@rosabuzzai87414 жыл бұрын
Best thing to come out of Australia! Legend!
@stephenpike3147 Жыл бұрын
Priceless and timeless.
@MrsSonyaKS5 жыл бұрын
Dame Edna is quite naughty and absolutely brilliant. What a gem💜
@xchimino24 жыл бұрын
I'm in love with Dame Edna... Been binge watching her videos since yesterday
@simonrussell1944 Жыл бұрын
i have lauged more thru that short appearance...with actual tears running down my face, than I have done thru lenny henry's entire career !
@stephennagy66756 жыл бұрын
Love watching Michael, he always looses it when Dame Edna is on
@michaelbehan33862 жыл бұрын
He knows that once she is on, the show is not Parkinson, but Edna Live!
@Baskerville22 Жыл бұрын
LOSES it
@peterlawrence6815 Жыл бұрын
Lenny is really funny too😂
@crystalheart96 жыл бұрын
Love seeing Dame Edna with Michael Parkinson, they are magic together!
@stephennagy66756 жыл бұрын
crystalheart9 so true
@DiHandley5 жыл бұрын
Amazing as this might sound but Dame Edna ad libs pretty much everything you hear. Just brilliant. So quick!
@nathelondon3719 Жыл бұрын
If Lenny Henry lives to be 100 he’ll never even approach Dame Edna wit.
@StMeadMary17 күн бұрын
Awww but Lenny is so funny and when I was a kid I loved his characters on Saturday morning tv. 🎉
@lekkki17 жыл бұрын
She is so, SO funny. Sometimes I have to watch her stuff 2x to catch all of her asides and witticisms. Thank you for years of laughter Edna, thank you. I am one of her American possums, have loved her for years. She has become a very big deal out here, we need her now more than ever.
@johnnyb92185 жыл бұрын
Same here. Sometimes she's so quick its almost hard to believe Barry Humphries is 85.
@kokoeteantigha3893 жыл бұрын
Like the one about not abbreviating Kunta Kinte. That one flew right over everyone's head.
@algoyo13 жыл бұрын
Dame Edna is simply incredible. Nobody gets out alive. She's like some fantastic, relentless demon!
@ixopo67154 жыл бұрын
But a very nice demon as it’s all done with such wit.
@spizzenergi22922 жыл бұрын
The only person that made Micheal Parkinson laugh out loud
@supersonicsid59302 жыл бұрын
@@spizzenergi2292 Dame Edna is the cream when it comes to comedians unfortunately Lenny Henry isn’t
@spizzenergi22922 жыл бұрын
@@supersonicsid5930 he never has and never will.
@binkwillans51382 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful faithful woman, buffing up her husband's obelisk.
@barbararyan4084 Жыл бұрын
A true genuis!! Thank you for the laughs!! 🤣RIP
@tomitstube Жыл бұрын
barry's dame never fails to crack me up, such a brilliant conversationalist.
@JimBobH132 жыл бұрын
OMG. "I'm glad you didn't abbreviate it, Leonard."
@andreavelardi9995 Жыл бұрын
I dont catch the joke in this line.... Could you explain me? Thanks
@glensilvademelo48563 жыл бұрын
Never gets old so very funny, always cheers me up when feeling sad she is the best
@tomtalker20007 жыл бұрын
She is absolutely fantastic...!!! Quick witted and just born for this role. God bless Dame Edna...!!!
@geekay13494 жыл бұрын
We could use Edna's wisdom-laden humour these days. Time for an encore.
@beaconterraoneonline2 жыл бұрын
It’s astonishing how good Barry Humphries is doing Dame Edna as he does. Incredibly entertaining & brilliantly funny.
@younowhythatis6381 Жыл бұрын
Lenny Henry......as funny as watching an orphanage burn down.sitting next to a damn genius.........
@jaysahota32754 жыл бұрын
Me too! Comedy genius - no equal, even today!
@rael19993 ай бұрын
He was so incredibly sharp and witty off the cuff...It's one thing having a prepared routine, but to be able to come back to questioning like that and be so funny. Absolute legend ! Is there anyone around now who is as funny as this off the cuff ? There was no filter with Dame Edna and yes sometimes, especially looking back there would have been an inappropriate bullet being fired off every now and then, but without that freedom you don't get that natural comeback and the flow of all the great lines live like this. People these days stop and think before they wise crack in case they upset someone and as such it's all become rather sterile. I literally cried laughing at some of those comebacks and stories. Humour is such a tonic to difficult times.
@geoffheaney51143 жыл бұрын
She is always at her comedic genius best on Parkinson ☺☺He just lets her take over the show ☺☺Good on Parky 🙂☺
@areyoustupid.....3 жыл бұрын
Yes. Freddie star was the same!
@jennyiedema6803 жыл бұрын
Luv the double entendre... There I was rubbing my husband's obelisk..... With a mind so razor sharp it can cut anyone down in an instant. What a wit.... He should be on every schools curriculum.
@gailmarks3472 Жыл бұрын
Love Edna with the Australians and British, majority of Americans just don’t have the same sense of humour….as the Dame said ‘they’re too serious’.
@etiennecfourie7775 жыл бұрын
The irrepressible and brilliant Barry Humphries! Oh what a laugh!
@davedaveson54953 жыл бұрын
Could watch Dame Edna all the time. Brilliant wit, timing and use if the character. You can sense that those around her are very wary about what they say. The character is so quick witted and cutting, no-one stands a chance.
@MajellaRS10 жыл бұрын
How fast is she...hear's "Kunte Kinte"...and quicker than lightning, upstages Lenny in a heartbeat. I loved Lenny's "frozen" look...he's a great sport and knows not to try and upstage her...notice she said straight after that comeback "Leonard"...you can't beat that quick wit...NOBODY CAN!
@turnedaround49546 жыл бұрын
Flawless!!
@martinplatt59285 жыл бұрын
100% agree
@MAZ7325 жыл бұрын
You do realise that dame Edna is really a man called Barry Humphrey’s. talking like he is a she! Gimmick ! Masterclass at wit 👍
@jasonhurd43795 жыл бұрын
@@MAZ732 No!! Really? A man in woman's clothing? Really truly so? Imagine that! Good heavens! I never would have suspected! She's so dainty and feminine! I can't credit it! Honestly, I am shocked and bewildered to learn that Dame Edna is ACTUALLY A MAN! More shocking revelations: - Cancer can be FATAL! - Water is WET! - Blood is RED! - Birds can FLY! Thank you so much.
@MAZ7325 жыл бұрын
Jason Hurd my comments wasn’t aimed at you so dick head
@mikecathy38754 жыл бұрын
“I’ve helped this show how many times ? “ 😂😂😂
@tryan73 жыл бұрын
If you can call it a show. 😂😉😂
@everettfuqua11412 жыл бұрын
Absolutely hysterical! One of Dame Edna's funniest interviews.
@fionaadams52104 жыл бұрын
Michael Parkinson is an amazing interviewer. With Dame Edna!! Wow. She is just wonderful. Just fantastic from the 3 of them. So clever and so entertaing. Love it.
@jkjerken8 жыл бұрын
How great a talent is this Dame?
@Mania283 жыл бұрын
Really quick witted and an answered for everything.
@ausplus7 жыл бұрын
Don't take her on...she always wins!
@martinweier5057 жыл бұрын
Barry Humphries the epitome of Aussie humour, Subversive, silly and laughing at yourself
@JudyFord-fm6juАй бұрын
Dame Edna in Adelaide half a lifetime ago and she brought Sir Les and Sandy with her. What a great show that was and such a happy one. As usual she threw Gladies into the audience and I saw one heading toward me so I put my hand up to protect my face and caught it much to the annoyance of the person behind me who was hoping to catch it! How I treasured that flower and I dried it to look back on and remember that wonderful evening. Thanks to You Tube for keeping all those memories alive. I have watched those shows over and over again and they are so uplifting, every time. Thank you Barry / Dame Edna for your clever wit and happiness you gave us. Alas no more. 😢. R.I.P.
@anthonytino510311 ай бұрын
Nick Tino.. Almost 10 minutes is worth it.. Still one of my all time faves! 🙏🤣🤣
@philipjacobs70446 жыл бұрын
The best entertainer ever!
@waynemattimore77114 жыл бұрын
Good old Parky, Edna on form as usual and great to see Lenny Henry as well. Shame we don't see Edna on tv as much these days but still great to see these old clips.
@sarahholland13755 жыл бұрын
"Buffing up my husband's obelisk" . I died. For genuinely spit your tea out, "she sad what?" filth & quick witted unrehearsed one liners (the Kunte Kinte one especially) , Dame Edna is Queen...!
@torchyswinson72644 жыл бұрын
Sarah holland absolutely love her!
@rjkral4 жыл бұрын
Sarah holland haha Yes, she is simultaneously completely clean and absolutely filthy at the very same time. Genius!
@davedaveson54953 жыл бұрын
True. Lenny Henry thought he'd made the joke only to be upstaged and outwitted by Dame Edna. Brilliant.
@frankhendricks5918 Жыл бұрын
Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face....
@diedrapayne62024 жыл бұрын
I listen and watch and am never ready for the laughter...simply delicious!
@paulcafferkey865 Жыл бұрын
Stunning artist 😊❤
@ts.elliot587013 күн бұрын
Love the Dame! She just takes over and brings the house down.
@Othmane5898 жыл бұрын
"I'm glad you didn't abbreviate it" brilliant !
@barbarafitzgeraldd58556 жыл бұрын
Facebook's
@johnwilsonwsws4 жыл бұрын
I think there is only one person in the world who could have come up with that joke on the spot and, thankfully, she was sitting right there. Comic genius.
@xchimino24 жыл бұрын
I'm not a native English speaker so I completely missed the joke... could someone explain it to me? Thank you!
@philipkuttner79454 жыл бұрын
@@xchimino2 The first four letters of Kunte sound like the English word for coño--only it's a much more vulgar word in English than in Spanish; you could never say it on television.
@andreavelardi9995 Жыл бұрын
Could you explain me foreign the joke you catch in thus line? K*** Is pronounced in another way than Kunta in Kunta Kinte.....
@bobbydazzler3303 жыл бұрын
Lennie is about as funny as scratching your hemorrhoids with a chainsaw
@fredflintstone85693 жыл бұрын
I'd forgotten Lenny Henry is a comedy vacuum.
@adrianmercuri89563 жыл бұрын
What a self aggrandising tone deaf non entity he is!
@rnw27393 жыл бұрын
@@adrianmercuri8956 What a succinct and superbly accurate description!! Bravo!
@americarsqueensland16675 жыл бұрын
Barry is so superb and witty as Edna and Sir Les too.
@lindawitherspoon4462 жыл бұрын
I do love Dame Edna. What a character.
@zorkwork38413 жыл бұрын
I live Dame Edna...such wit...and gets away with saying things while being so charming and silly.
@infinitysearcher88583 жыл бұрын
In the days when we could laugh.
@michaelmurphy11272 жыл бұрын
Makes you realise what a lightweight Lenny Henry was.
@newtonwhatevs2 жыл бұрын
I had completely forgotten there was such a thing as Lenny Henry.
@Kinopanorama17 жыл бұрын
Priceless. Dame Edna rules.
@peterskye51583 жыл бұрын
As I've said elsewhere, Humphries is a true legend. The current 'cancel culture' may have something to say, but his comic genius cannot be denied.
@martinosborne28422 жыл бұрын
Agree!!
@ritadegenova76102 жыл бұрын
I agree 👍
@margaretcaine42193 жыл бұрын
Barry Humphrey is unbelievably talented.He can also write. I really enjoyed reading his memoir of growing up in Melbourne, and a more serious supposed novel called Women in the Background.
@paulcafferkey86511 ай бұрын
Michael Parkstone and Dame are amazing
@simonherts3 жыл бұрын
Lovely to see how sensitive Lenny Henry is, his paper thin vanity shrivelling under Dane Edna.
@suemcdermott34823 жыл бұрын
Micheal Parkinson loves her and l love the way he just can't help himself and piss him self with laughter lol
@kimberlyloranger83213 жыл бұрын
"It wouldn't surprise me if Martians didn't adore me." Made me think of a bustling population of aliens on Mars, all wearing wavy purple wigs and glittery cat glasses.
@paulwilliams8623 жыл бұрын
This is a rare grammatical error. “It wouldn’t surprise me if Martians adored me” is the correct version. Other than that I consider BH to be a master of the English language.
@robertwilliams060 Жыл бұрын
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
@jhas8886 жыл бұрын
So quick. Humphries walked into lunch at Tasmania's Launceston Hotel around 1970. Saw red flock wallpaper, red table-cloths, red upholstery ... and said instantly ... ''One feels like a tick in an abattoir''. Lunch for two. Such a privilege
@roberttelarket49343 жыл бұрын
If only Dame Edna could live forever not just in recorded videos with new hysterical material!
@captainamericaamerica80903 жыл бұрын
Did him dead? Now?🙎🙎
@kimthetruthofit69653 жыл бұрын
Dame Edna wouldn't get away with her cheekiness in 2021.
@winstonsmith101 Жыл бұрын
RIP Dame Edna
@joannlamonica80676 жыл бұрын
I LOVE HOW MICHAEL REACTS TO DAME EDNA😜😜😜😜😜😜😜. HE CANT STOP LAUGHING AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY ARE GOOD FRIENDS. SO SO FUNNY!!!!! JOANN LAMONICA ONEONTA NEW YORK
@katycheeseburger5 жыл бұрын
JoAnn Lamonica ❤️
@tewilliams10492 жыл бұрын
Maybe not PC but oh, so very, very funny. Just what i need today!
@robertSharp-s3s7 ай бұрын
A comedic Genius. Michael Parkinson was always an amazing partner during these segments. Both enhanced one another so Naturally. Both very generous. Both now moved on. Two more stars in heaven which is now Richer with their presence. Thank you Barry and Michael for sharing with us. Gods speed..
@carmeldelaney1086 Жыл бұрын
Barry Is a Genius and he gets Better and Better!
@sebastiansaville20433 жыл бұрын
Kunte Kinte. I'm glad you didn't abbreviate it. That was so quick. Barry Humphries would have to be one of the best exponents of improvisation in the world.
@hammy2033 жыл бұрын
I didnt get that joke, can you explaon pls?
@timothyblake92133 жыл бұрын
@@hammy203 If you abbreviated it you would get something which sounds like cunt which is probably the rudest word in the English language (slang for vagina - female sex organ)
@tigerfeet28132 жыл бұрын
It's the facial expressions too..😆
@allysonfoster95326 ай бұрын
I love her! I saw her in concert, and she was amazing ❤️