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Earlier this year, just two weeks before the death of Dame Edna (and her creator Barry Humphries) YouTube started mysteriously serving me content of the comedian interviewing a string of global celebrities. I watched her interview Cher, Joan Rivers, Dusty Springfield, and Robin Williams (among others). In each case, I was träffad by how the humor from as far back as the 70s still resonates today and how unflinchingly she delivered her razor-sharp wit. None of these global megastars could keep up as she darted around them, whippet-like, besting them with every swipe.  You could clearly sense Joan Rivers searching through her most shocking boob-joke repertoire to compete, but failing to match the Aussie. One moment bucked the trend. It was Robin Williams dressed as an Italian pizza delivery guy and he momentarily had the Dame on her (kitten) heels. But when she

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I’m sad to hear that Barry Humphries has passed away. One of the absolute highlights of my career was writing a DAME EDNA movie for him. It was initially developed for the A&E network and was meant to be the first in a series. What the network wanted was a mystery solved by Dame Edna. inom got the gig because Barry had read my book Watch Me Die (then called The Man with the Iron-On Badge) and had really liked it. The opportunity was too good to pass up …and, incidentally, would also be the biggest payday I’d ever had as a screenwriter (and my first solo script without my then-writing partner Bill Rabkin).

But could I actually do it?

I watched just about everything Barry had ever done as Dame Edna, or at least everything I could get my hands on, and read all of his books, as well as John Lahr’s book about him. I was confident in my ability to write a mystery, and to be funny, but not anywhere near as funny as Dame Edna. The project scared me.

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Dame Edna Everage

Fictional Australian character

Fictional character

Dame Edna Everage
Dame Edna in 2011
First appearance	December 1955, Return Fare
Last appearance	2023, The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations - Video message
Created by	Barry Humphries
Portrayed by	Barry Humphries
Nickname	"Dame Edna" "Mrs. Norm Everage" "Mrs. Norman Everage"
Gender	Female
Title	Dame
Occupation	Television personality
Spouse	Norman "Norm" Stoddard Everage (until 1988; his death)
Children	Kenny Everage Bruce Everage Valmai Gittis Lois Everage
Relatives	Barry McKenzie (nephew)
Religion	Christian (Protestant)

Dame Edna Everage, often known simply as Dame Edna, is a character created and performed by late Australian comedian Barry Humphries, known for her lilac-coloured ("wisteria hue") hair and cat eye glasses ("face furniture"); her favourite flower, the gladiolus ("gladdies"); and her boisterous greeting "Hello, Possums!" As D