Mudcat Café message #906311

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Thread #57592 Message #906311
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
10-Mar-03 - 04:13 AM
Thread Name: BS: Does Humour Cross the Ocean Well?
Subject: RE: BS: Does Humour Cross the Ocean Well?

GuestQ: "From North America (US to Canada)- but I watch the British comedies on PBS.
Whatever happened to Dame Edna? And Benny Hill? Sometimes funny.
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Benny Hill: died April 1992 (lonely and ignored); But great as the 'dirty old man' (Prof.Simon Peach) in "The Italian Job"

Dame Edna Everage: Actually an Australian comedian/ comedienne?, Barry Humphreys. BH is best known for Dame Edna (Melbourne housewife/ Superstar) and Sir Les Patterson (Australian cultural attache)

Nigel