One of my first authentic Australian ‘cultural’ experiences, years before I made it my home, was Barry Humphries’ good mate Sir Les Patterson. Much to my pleasant surprise, Sir Les ‘crashed’ Bill Leak’s book launch last week – a “deplorable interruption” Barry said of it today.
But there I was in the same room with two of my favourite humourists, one of whom, Bill, I was just beginning to get to know as a friend.
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