Talk:Barry Humphries

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Barry Humphries article.
Please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes (~~~~). Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic. New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Ask questions, get answers. This is not a forum for general discussion about the article's subject.	Be polite Assume good faith No personal attacks Be welcoming	Article policies No original research Neutral point of view Verifiability

This article must adhere to the policy on biographies of living persons. Controversial material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted or if there are other concerns relative to this policy, report it on the living persons biographies noticeboard.

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page.	Biography Portal
B	This article has been rated as B-Class on the project's quality scale. [FAQ]
	This article is supported by the Arts and Entertainment work group.

It is requested that a picture or pictures of this person be included in this article to improve its quality. Note: Wikipedia's non-free content use policy almost never permits the use of non-free images (such as promotional photos, press photos, screenshots, book covers and similar) to merely show what a living person looks like. Efforts should be made to take a free licensed photo during a public appearance, or obtaining a free content release of an existing photo instead.

Portal	Barry Humphries is within the scope of WikiProject Australia, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the project page.
B	This article has been rated as B-class on the quality scale.
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the importance scale.
Assessment comments This article has been rated for quality and/or importance but has no comments yet. If appropriate, please review the article and then leave comments here to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article and what work it will need.

Contents 1 Fourth Wife? 2 earlier comments 3 the "Pus in Boots" incident 4 another prank 5 "Transgender" 6 External links

[edit] Fourth Wife?

The text says he was married four times but only three wives are listed. Unless I missed it, there doesn't seem ot be any reference to his first wife, only his second, third and fourth marriages.

Rrose Selavy (talk)

[edit] earlier comments

Removed from article:

His character, Dame Edna, was inspired by a character from his earlier film The Adventures of Barry Mackenzie, in which he is sent by his aunt, Edna, around Europe to finish his education. This included a lovely scene where Mackenzie (Barry Humphries) finds out that curry is an aphrodisiac and so preparing for his first sexual encounter pours a tin of curry down his trousers - magic.

Aunt Edna in The Adventures of Barry Mackenzie was based on Edna Everage - who by that point had been around for years - not the other way around, and Humphries played Aunt Edna, not Barry (who was played by Barry Crocker). The bit about the curry might be true - it wouldn't surprise me - but given the number of other errors, I'm not prepared to take the contributor's word for it. --Paul A 09:15, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)

• Shouldn't there be an actual picture of Barry Humphries, rather than of Dame Edna? - Matthew238 22:55, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Yes. I don't know where to find one. All the ones I know of are copyright.Fnarf999 02:47, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] the "Pus in Boots" incident

the "Pus in Boots" incident is mentioned in two successive paragraphs, one implying that it took place before he entered college, one implying after. Can we resolve this? -- Antaeus Feldspar 17:04, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] another prank

Unfortunately i can't find a good citation for this, but i heard froma reliable source that on one particular day at Melbourne University, BH rang the public transport authority to report that there were students at the Melbourne University Tram Stop impersonating police, and then rang the police to report that there were students impersonating public transport officials. BH then sat on a chair and watched the caos unfold!

[edit] "Transgender"

Currently Humphries is listed in the List of transgendered people - this is clearly inappropriate. I have proposed deleting him from that list. --ukexpat 14:52, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Proposed? thats a bit slow being BLP and an obvious error it should have gone SatuSuro 01:01, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] External links

Need to be checked for relevance on the BLP issue - are they really connected to the person in a relvant notable manner? hmmm SatuSuro 01:01, 11 April 2008 (UTC)