Well hello possums, it's me, Dame Edna Everage, the larger-than-life, gorgeous and talented megastar of stage and screen. Now, if we were to ask some of BCG's oldest contributors what's the best thing ever to come out of Australia, some of them might say Foster's Lager or Skippy the bush kangaroo, but darlings, they'd be absolutely wrong on both counts. Foster's isn't even Australian, and as delightful as Skippy might have been in her heyday, her popularity hasn't endured, mainly because there hasn't been nearly as much bush around since the 1980s as there was c.1970 when she was a TV superstar.
But, drum roll please, the best thing ever to come out of Australia is the one and only Barry Humphries, a comedian and satirist who's been entertaining audiences since the mid-1950s and who will still be entertaining them in 2023, health permitting. However, we have a bit of a problem, my loves. Poor old Barry isn't in the best condition these days, having taken a bit of a tumble at home and broken his hip some time ago. And, if that weren't bad enough, he's now suffering from complications and is in hospital in Australia, where the medical professionals are doing their very best to put him right. Let's all send him our very best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Are you with me, darlings?