In Memoriam

[soc123_au]

Dame Edna’s skewering of suburbanite life - esp in the 70s - was perfect. S/he got away with sooooo much with the wit, innuendo and double entendres. Funnily it didn’t date either whereas Benny Hill, Some Mother’s Do Ave Em, type comedy did. Edna became not only an institution, a cultural and national icon but almost part of the family.
I knew a fair few older blokes of my grandfathers era (born in the 1920s) who wouldn’t have a bar of flamboyance, loved Dame Edna. Lol.

This sums it up nicely. Her interviews with various celebs, actors etc over the years are genius. The way she could tell a story on the fly was a gift. I reckon some of the celebs would have been almost convinced by the end that Dame Edna was actually responsible for their success.

RIP Barry, Barry, Sir Les & The Dame.

 

[horrie hastings]

Whether you are a royalist or not this is hilarious.

 

[horrie hastings]

Civil rights activist , actor and singer Harry Belafonte has passed away aged 96.

'Best balladeer in the land': Artist and activist Harry Belafonte dead at 96

www.9news.com.au

'King of Calypso' Harry Belafonte dies aged 96

Harry Belafonte was a prominent entertainer who broke racial boundaries in the United States in film and music, and later in the civil rights movement.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Generalzod]

Jerry Springer 79 funny show made fun of red neck America lol

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Still so witty even from beyond the grave.

 

[soc123_au]

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Still so witty even from beyond the grave.

That is awesome.

 

[Nuke]

That's the best way to go out. Absolutely brilliant.

 

[Frederick]

Jock Zonfrillo (MasterChef Judge), 46

 

[Coastbloke]

Jock Zonfrillo (MasterChef Judge), 46

that is batshit crazy. I know it’s real but how out of the blue was it fmd. MasterChef’s new season was to air tonight but they have now delayed it for a week. RIP Jock..

 

[Yorrick Hunt]

RIP Broderick Smith. Passed away on 30 April aged 75. Lead singer of Carson, The Dingoes and Broderick Smith's Big Combo.

This is his legendary performance of Ocean Deep from the Andrew Durant memorial concert.

 

[Parra]

RIP Gordon Lightfoot

 

[horrie hastings]

RIP Gordon Lightfoot

I didn't realise he passed away until seeing this , very sad, we are losing the artists we grew up with just about every day now

 

[Parra]

I didn't realise he passed away until seeing this , very sad, we are losing the artists we grew up with just about every day now

It is sad. Love his music.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Andy Rourke
The Smiths bassist.
Pancreatic cancer.

 

[Frederick]

Ray Stevenson, 58

 

[Generalzod]

Rest in Shit Rolf Harris

 

[Shaun Hewitt]

Never known a man to have gone so universally loved, to being so (rightfully) hated.
He ruined his legacy. He's now remembered more for his crime, than being an entertainer.

 

[Generalzod]

Never known a man to have gone so universally loved, to being so (rightfully) hated.
He ruined his legacy. He's now remembered more for his crime, than being an entertainer.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Never known a man to have gone so universally loved, to being so (rightfully) hated.
He ruined his legacy. He's now remembered more for his crime, than being an entertainer.

His music was annoying novelty shite that aged badly anyway. And let’s not forget the racist verse that got later removed from “Tie me Kangaroo Down” (“aborigine” has been changed fro the shorter, more offensive form by the word filter):

“Let me aboriginals go loose, Bruce,
Let me aboriginals go loose:
They're of no further use, Bruce
So let me aboriginals go loose.”

 

[soc123_au]

Tina Turner. Gone too soon.