Barry Humphries
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Sep 11, 2026
Matty OHOST
The word chunder is such an Aussie word.
Colin HayGUEST
Yeah, thanks, courtesy of Barry Humphries.
Colin HayGUEST
When Barry McKenzie was doing his thing with the paper in England, I mean, I'm sure lots of people used it before Humphries, but he made it pretty famous.
Matty OHOST
Would you call it a homecoming with this Red Hot Summer tour that you were doing and also your standalone shows? The line-up alongside the likes of Australian Crawl, Birds of Tokyo, Eskimo Joe, Vicar and Linda Bull, Boom Crash Opera, artists that...
Rob BrydonGUEST
You know, being someone they, "Oh, yeah, great," you know, as opposed to, "Oh, wow!"
Chris EvansHOST
Did you know Barry Humphries?
Rob BrydonGUEST
Yes.
Chris EvansHOST
Oh, my gosh.
Chris EvansHOST
Do you know what I mean?
Rob BrydonGUEST
Yes.
Chris EvansHOST
Whereas Barry Humphries was still-
Rob BrydonGUEST
Oh
Rob BrydonGUEST
I always had a very wide taste in comedy, so from the very popular, popular stuff like Bruce Forsyth, watching what he did, and then the slightly more, uh, trendy stuff like Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.
Rob BrydonGUEST
Barry Humphries has always been a, a huge sort of hero of mine.
Rob BrydonGUEST
Um, but loads, loads of comedians.
Rob BrydonGUEST
It's harder for me to find a comedian I don't like than ones I do like.
Joel JacksonGUEST
Well, not voc- but, like, you know, the music director on that show and, like, just hilarious guy.
Joel JacksonGUEST
Played piano and was musical director for Barry Humphries and incredible artist.
Joel JacksonGUEST
And him and I, 'cause I can't play the piano, sat down next to each other, and he played and I sung the first verse and chorus of Boy Next Door-
Sarah RobertsHOST
Mm
Mark RawlinsGUEST
Um, who's that one that played, um, Dame Edna?
Joe FordHOST
Oh, Barry Humphries.
Mark RawlinsGUEST
Barry Humphries-
Joe FordHOST
[laughs]
Mark RawlinsGUEST
... as that manager guy.
TwiggyHOST
I used to talk to, you know, I used to dress up as a woman.
TwiggyHOST
Barry...
TwiggyHOST
Danny Leroux? No, no.
TwiggyHOST
Oh, well, yeah, I worked with him as well.
TwiggyHOST
I'll think of it.
TwiggyHOST
It'll come to me.
TwiggyHOST
Barry Humphreys? Yeah, Barry Humphreys.
TwiggyHOST
And we were in the dressing room together.
James CurranGUEST
And Paul Keating is saying, Australia needs to be independent in ways that we've never been.
James CurranGUEST
You know, bear in mind that this debate over who Australia is, what it should stand for, had been interminable in the 70s and 80s, such that the comedian Barry Humphries could say, this country is endlessly coming of age.
James CurranGUEST
And I think as Prime Minister Paul Keating said, right, we need to be more definitive about this.
James CurranGUEST
We need to answer beyond doubt this question of who we are and what we stand for.
Tony McManusHOST
It may have been used in...
Tony McManusHOST
the more adventures of Barry McKenzie's going back with Barry Humphreys.
Tony McManusHOST
He created that national character, of course, the fictional character, Barry McKenzie.
Tony McManusHOST
But I wonder whether because it was through that, but anybody else know the expression, ugly as a hat full of a-holes.
Tony MoclairHOST
Cookie, thank you.
Tony MoclairHOST
Of course, the Barry Humphreys prank, puffs in boots, which he did at Melbourne Uni many years ago.
Tony MoclairHOST
Peter, good afternoon.
speaker_6AUDIENCE
Oh, good afternoon.
Davey DamageGUEST
Surely I'm going to do research.
Davey DamageGUEST
The last time a compendium of Australian culture that celebrates this kind of stuff was released was written by Barry Humphries, AKA Dame Edna and released in 1980.
Davey DamageGUEST
Yeah.
Davey DamageGUEST
So our entire childhoods basically haven't been celebrated the way that this book is.
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