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Barry Humphries - RIP

ShootersHillGuru
ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,678
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Extraordinary comedy talent. RIP 
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  • Afternoon Delight
    Afternoon Delight Posts: 935
    Very funny man.

    RIP
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,903
    A funny, if slightly vulgar, man.  RIP Bruce!
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,678
    edited April 2023
    Sir Les Patterson was a work of genius.
  • Redmidland
    Redmidland Posts: 44,700
    Sad news. His Australian Sir Les Paterson always made me laugh. RiP Barry, thanks for the laughs, God bless you Sir!
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,823
    RIP
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,301
    Very sad. Extraordinarily talented man.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,678
    He was perfectly balanced on the tightrope of being Vulgar, smutty and crude without offending. No easy feat.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,352
    Sad news - I once got hit in the eye by a gladiola Dame Edna threw into the audience... RIP Barry.  
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,465
    A clip of him being interviewed on Parkinson as Dame Edna came up on my Twitter timeline yesterday. Brilliantly funny.

    RIP
  • Wellred
    Wellred Posts: 1,118
    Rest easy Barry 

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  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,752
    RIP, very funny man.
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,187
    Tragic news and one of the few RIP threads on this forum where I feel a real sense of loss.

    Saw Dame Edna in concert many years ago but I think my favourite was probably, Sir Les Patterson. Can’t remember if he made an appearance on the same show.

    R I P Sir Les, you will be deeply missed.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,665
    edited April 2023

    Remember seeing a clip of Sir Les Patterson come out on stage and just stand there sniffing his finger for the fIrst few minutes of the set. One of the funniest, simplest things I've ever seen. You definitely had to be there, but it was very funny. 

    RIP
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,514
    Truly funny man who didn't take himself or his country of birth too seriously.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Very funny bloke.
    He once ate a tin of sweetcorn out of an aeroplane sick bag and freaked everybody out.
    RIP.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,493
    Comic and satirist genius .. R I P
  • NornIrishAddick
    NornIrishAddick Posts: 9,630
    An amazingly funny man, with a marvellously gentle yet excoriating sense of humour.

    We'll miss him.
  • Valleyfan2
    Valleyfan2 Posts: 230
    Loved Sir Les Patterson, brilliant! RIP Barry
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,302
    Had the pleasure of seeing Dame Edna and Sir Les live too many years ago now. Came out of the theatre in physical pain from laughing so much. One of a kind.

    RIP Barry. 
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,678
    Algarveaddick said:
    Sad news - I once got hit in the eye by a gladiola Dame Edna threw into the audience... RIP Barry.  
    Wanted to LOL this so I have. I’m sure Barry wouldn’t mind.

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  • magic1999
    magic1999 Posts: 469
    Old school comedy genius RIP
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Brilliant comedian.

    RIP.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 27,092
    As a kid, I would watch the boring talk shows my mum and dad would watch if he was on them. 

    RIP 
  • TimAddick
    TimAddick Posts: 216
    I loved his humour. Saw him live in Melbourne in early 70s doing a tv show.
    RIP
    Interesting link
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,859
    A comedy genius. RIP, and thanks for all the laughs. 
  • johnny73
    johnny73 Posts: 4,567
    RIP.
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,932
    RiP to a true comedy genius. Loved Dame Edna but Sir Les was always my favourite. His interview with the late Australian journalist Mike Willesee always has me laughing out loud.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,266
    I have no idea when I saw his show in London but it was sheer genius. Sir Les Paterson had hardly been seen on TV and one of the funniest shows I have been too.
    Dame Edna was a great creation.

    RIP Barry
  • Slartibartfast
    Slartibartfast Posts: 1,128
    soapboxsam said:
    I have no idea when I saw his show in London but it was sheer genius. Sir Les Paterson had hardly been seen on TV and one of the funniest shows I have been too.
    Dame Edna was a great creation.

    RIP Barry
    Ditto
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,264
    Great comedian and a good artist. Once saw him in Waitrose in Finchley Road. Larger than life and unmissable man. RIP

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