Brilliant! Another astounding performance by this great man, completely ad-lib and in character. For me, his guest shots on other people's chat shows were generally funnier than his own, semi-scripted shows.
I love Vicki .. but she did not know her guest well enough .. to know that you don't have a 'conversation with' the Great Dame. But rather, become, at best, a 'straight man', and just let her roll! (Face to face with the prostate - L M A O!)
I love Dame Edna but i have yet to see an interviewer a witty as she is... she's so good that most of them are lagging behind only thinking of the next question they're gonna ask
Ughhh Vicki dropped the ball here. Read a room and let Dame Edna just roll. In my opinion a good talk show host or hostess gives the floor and guides the guest not manipulate the hour.
I dunno. I’ve seen a few interview clips with Dame Edna recently, and I think this is just how it was. The point was to let her ‘wing it’ and for the host to appear to try and ‘keep up’. Meaning, it looks like Vicki is interrupting, but it’s just part of the gig.
Exactly, that's the whole Dane Edna experience, it's the host laughing and enjoying the fantasy, just sitting back and raking in the ratings for free, lol!🌈💲💲💲😂🤑🤑🤑🤑
Vicki Lawrence the comedienne didn't have this talk show for long. I was surprised, the WKBD 50 advertisement means this was originally recorded in the Detroit, Michigan USA area.
Vicki wasn't cancelled. Her show being taken from her and given to 'guest' hosts tanked the ratings and then was morphed into the Marilu Henner show which was cancelled. Vicki's show was awesome and is better than all the subsequent daytime talk shows put together. No wonder people say you have no taste.
@@BrunetteOnTheCouch Woah! Calm the heck down Karen! There's absolutely no reason for insults. In fact, I admire an old gal like you who obviously has thus far outrun the ravages of alzheimers.
You would think Vicki coming from comedy would play a long more. Maybe she's better at scripted characters rather than improv? British got her more, but Joan got the act.
Vicki is not a comedian. She’s a comedic actress like Lucy. She wouldn’t get comedy 🎭 she just memorized lines and can conjure up a character magnificently. That’s all
So many people were so unsettled by Dame Edna that they really couldn't see the humour. Particularly in the USA, a man in women's clothing shook them to the core. It's better nowadays, but Dame Edna was the ultimate piss-take, especially of the British establishment.
This Vicki person, is trying so hard to be funny, imitating Dame Edna, but it doesn't work at all, because Dame Edna is always guided by intellectually superior humour, and nobody can surpass the way she can cut down every self obsessed ego to size.
"This Vicki person"? How old are you? 3? 4? "This Vicki person" has been around T.V. probably longer than your parents have been alive and is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated actress (for "The Carol Burnett Show"). "This Vicki person" also had a #1 hit in the 1970s with "The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia". That's how "This Vicki person" managed to land guests like Dame Edna. Now... tell us about *your* little talk show.
I think some of the people in the audience do not realize that Dame Edna is a character. They talk to her as if she's a real person! They do not get the point of Dame Edna at all! It is completely lost on them. Could there have ever been such a naive and innocent time? The gynecologist jokes got no response at all!
God this is painful. Every time Dame works up to a joke she gets interrupted by uninteresting boring stuff. They don’t share the room with her. They cut her off like when people don’t like someone. I dont think Vicki wanted her on the show or something. Maybe she has some prejudices? I hope not. I love Mamas Family
Brilliant! Another astounding performance by this great man, completely ad-lib and in character. For me, his guest shots on other people's chat shows were generally funnier than his own, semi-scripted shows.
Nobody stands a chance if Dame Edna's on the set!
Edna is a Genius;; hard to find Comedians like the Dame
Okie the dinner party segment ahaha vicki and Edna are like kids pissing off the teacher it’s brilliant 😅😅😅😅
Those commercials ... feel like yesterday ... How weren't they yesterday? Oh, my heart. So nostalgic.
I love Vicki .. but she did not know her guest well enough .. to know that you don't have a 'conversation with' the Great Dame. But rather, become, at best, a 'straight man', and just let her roll! (Face to face with the prostate - L M A O!)
Marjabell is the ultimate straight man. The audience had no idea.
Ohh! Dame Edna... at the table... etiquette host... terrific as well. But EDNA! Bravo
Dame Edna, Barry Humphrey, probably had plenty of etiquette training in the home he grew up in.
Too many interruptions. The Dame is wasted on these lot🤔
I love Dame Edna but i have yet to see an interviewer a witty as she is... she's so good that most of them are lagging behind only thinking of the next question they're gonna ask
Joan Rivers is good with Dame Edna
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She is but being totally outshone and upstaged by Dame Edna!
Marjobel wasn't in on the joke.
Ughhh Vicki dropped the ball here. Read a room and let Dame Edna just roll. In my opinion a good talk show host or hostess gives the floor and guides the guest not manipulate the hour.
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Exactly. She was nothing more than an oxygen thief here!
“Friends of the Prostate”….so funny
Imagine having Margobelle as your mother-in-law.....
What a blast that would be! 😂😊😂😊
How could Vicki not know Edna was Australian? Especially having been there!
I don't think you get sarcasm
Edna: I’m from Australia dear. Vicki 2 minutes later: Dame Edna, do they have food like this in the UK?
So much talent ... they could have taken the dining scene much further!
For real expertise on etiquette they'd better had sir Les Patterson invited!
One NEVER shovels peas with a fork. How crude.
It's annoying how this Vicki constantly interrupts.
I dunno. I’ve seen a few interview clips with Dame Edna recently, and I think this is just how it was. The point was to let her ‘wing it’ and for the host to appear to try and ‘keep up’. Meaning, it looks like Vicki is interrupting, but it’s just part of the gig.
I agree, it's like she thinks it's her show.
I wonder if the woman in the centre realised that Dane Edna's alter ego is a male, Barry Humphreys? I think the subtleties were lost on her!
Vicki is controlling the situation. She should let Dame Edna after all she invited her, share the floor VICKI, youre killjoy.
Exactly, that's the whole Dane Edna experience, it's the host laughing and enjoying the fantasy, just sitting back and raking in the ratings for free, lol!🌈💲💲💲😂🤑🤑🤑🤑
@@michaelgarcia2024 Exactly. Vicki just wasn't up to Dame Edna's level, but then who ever was?
She just doesn’t get Australia and England are different countries 😂
I believe Dame Edna did live in the UK for many years, so maybe that's what Vicki was referring to?
Riddle: what masquerades as etiquette but smells like a fresh pile? Answer: this here vid! I'm sorry the Dame has to be there. She is great as always.
this is just .... SPOOKY :-))
Vicki Lawrence the comedienne didn't have this talk show for long. I was surprised, the WKBD 50 advertisement means this was originally recorded in the Detroit, Michigan USA area.
Ironic that Barry’s wig was at least 10 times more realistic than Burt’s. Christ, why bother?
That Marjobel is no joke.
What a wonderful woman!!!!!!
This audience really was really wack. Another proper audience would've had the place rolling along with Edna.
May I suggest rigorous contact tracing to find this random congregation of non believers to tell them to never sin again by getting together?
It's amazing to me. It seems as if Vicky has completely lost her sense of humor...!
it goes to show Vicky is a great comedian with a script but not spontaneous
Vicki Lawrence stinks. Dame Edna.....................GREAT!
No wonder Vicki was cancelled.
Vicki wasn't cancelled. Her show being taken from her and given to 'guest' hosts tanked the ratings and then was morphed into the Marilu Henner show which was cancelled. Vicki's show was awesome and is better than all the subsequent daytime talk shows put together. No wonder people say you have no taste.
@@BrunetteOnTheCouch Woah! Calm the heck down Karen! There's absolutely no reason for insults. In fact, I admire an old gal like you who obviously has thus far outrun the ravages of alzheimers.
American audiences totally did not get her. SHE'S KIDDING PEOPLE !!
You would think Vicki coming from comedy would play a long more. Maybe she's better at scripted characters rather than improv? British got her more, but Joan got the act.
You mean housewives in the nineties didn't get her humor. Vicki would have been fine if she weren't restricted by the daytime network.
American (mainstream) humour is just so OBVIOUS and ridiculously telegraphed. They just don't get anything more complex
@@DistantCousin 😂😂😂😂
Well said Vikki about breastfeeding and people who have a problem with this need to grow up cheers from down under
Vicki is not a comedian. She’s a comedic actress like Lucy. She wouldn’t get comedy 🎭 she just memorized lines and can conjure up a character magnificently. That’s all
That Vicki doesnt seem to get at all the humor of Dame Edna. Very weird....
And she kept not knowing where she is from. Agreed. Something off. I think maybe she was against the idea or something 🤷🏻
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So many people were so unsettled by Dame Edna that they really couldn't see the humour. Particularly in the USA, a man in women's clothing shook them to the core. It's better nowadays, but Dame Edna was the ultimate piss-take, especially of the British establishment.
Let's not forget Jeradyne Jones played by Flip Wilson🎬
@@chitasworld7391 And Milton Berle. I don't think many people were shaken to the core,
Way too many ads!
This Vicki person, is trying so hard to be funny, imitating Dame Edna, but it doesn't work at all, because Dame Edna is always guided by intellectually superior humour, and nobody can surpass the way she can cut down every self obsessed ego to size.
"This Vicki person"? How old are you? 3? 4? "This Vicki person" has been around T.V. probably longer than your parents have been alive and is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated actress (for "The Carol Burnett Show"). "This Vicki person" also had a #1 hit in the 1970s with "The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia". That's how "This Vicki person" managed to land guests like Dame Edna. Now... tell us about *your* little talk show.
@@davidfritz1331 tell that somebody who gives a shit.
@@davidfritz1331 Err, I can almost guaranteed you she is a complete nobody outside of the US.
@@davidfritz1331 never heard of her
I think some of the people in the audience do not realize that Dame Edna is a character. They talk to her as if she's a real person! They do not get the point of Dame Edna at all! It is completely lost on them. Could there have ever been such a naive and innocent time? The gynecologist jokes got no response at all!
Yes I am so glad that Vicki stepped in and said In this modern world it's ok to breast feed in public.
Nothing but commercials and other garbage before 2:30.
Barry Humphries/Dame Edna was brilliant. It's too bad Vicki and the audience didn't get the humor at all.
Thats why i never like fine dining. I cannot enjoy the food well not unless youre on a diet
Vicki Lawrence is terrible!!!
Everybody is only interested in the dame and she makes people jealous.
There is no " continental style" of using a knofe and fork. This is the proper way to use a knife and fork unless your America.
God this is painful. Every time Dame works up to a joke she gets interrupted by uninteresting boring stuff. They don’t share the room with her. They cut her off like when people don’t like someone. I dont think Vicki wanted her on the show or something. Maybe she has some prejudices? I hope not. I love Mamas Family