On Thursday, December 01, 2011 7:58 AM, "Bob W" <p...@web-options.com> wrote:
> > On Wednesday, November 30, 2011 9:54 PM, "Christine Aguila" > > <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > > > That's great! I saw Dame Edna live here in Chicago years ago at the > > > Schubert Theater. I laughed so hard, my cheeks ached for the whole > > > second half of the show. What great fun the show was. I'll never > > forget > > > it. Cheers, Christine > > > > Never seen 'her' live but 'she' pops up on TV so often here that I > > don't > > need to... > > > > Before she became a truly global megastar she satirised a certain type of > Melbourne housewife of the late 1950s - which is precisely when my family > lived in Melbourne (indeed, when & where I was born, so I guess I'm the > pommy love-child of Edna and Norm). My parents couldn't stand the > real-life > version so when Dame Edna started to appear on TV over here she made > their > teeth grate so much they couldn't bear to watch her! Les Patterson on the > other hand... I think Sir Les is more popular in the UK than in Australia because he depicts what Brits think Australians are really like. It's not true, of course.... Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
