No! DiCapo did not do Follies, did they? That must have been quite a night in the theatre.
Now that I think of it, though, I would pay top dollar to see Dame Edna take on the Yvonne DeCarlo/Ann Miller role. Imagine her Carlotta belting out "I'm Still Here (Possums)"!
Good times and bum times, I've seen them all And, possums, I’m still here
Plush velvet sometimes Sometimes just Foster's - it's beer, but I’m here
I've glued the rhinestones on my specs Strewn gladioli, turned down sex Seen Selma H. disappear but I’m here
I've hawked some makeup, shilled for a company called MAC, but I’m here Vanity Fair breakup take your advice column back, but I’m here
Vegemite sandwiches in Moonie Ponds Watched while Madge Alsop sold war bonds In the depression was I depressed? Nowhere near, I bagged Sir Norman Everage And I'm here
I've been through Valmai, Clifford and Kenny's affair, and I'm here Dear Bruce 'n' Joylene, Lois, wisteria hair, and I'm here
I got through Mel G's drunken blow, Bridesmaid Madge Alsop, Russell Crowe Had heebie-jeebies for dear Kylie Minogue I got through Cruise and Kidman, and I’m here
I've gotten through Norman's testicular murmur Gee, that was fun and a half When you've been through someone's testicular murmur Anything else is a laugh
Been through Barry Humphries, I’ve been through Beverly Hills, and I’m here Kookaburras and gum trees, rest cures, religion and pills, and I’m here
Been called an Outback Aussie Fool, got through it out back by my pool I should've opened an acting school, …and a bar Still someone said, "GigaStar", so I'm here
Purple mink one day, Just can’t resist its allure, but I'm here Top billing Monday, out on the Dame’s Royal Tour, but I'm here
First you're an Aussie housewife name, Then Kenny's mother, then The Dame Then you career from career to career I’ll write my gorgeous memoirs, and I'm here
I've gotten through, "Hey, Edna, aren't you spooky? Wow, what a looker you are!" Or better yet, "Sorry, it's just kind of spooky To meet such a huge GigaStar!"
Good times and bum times, I've seen 'em all And, possums, I'm still here
Plush velvet sometimes Sometimes just Foster's - it's beer, but I'm here
I've run the gamut, ‘cause I care Three cheers and quick sticks, Where is Cher? I got through all of last year, and I'm here
Possums, at least I was there, and I'm here Look who's here, I'm still here!
Dame Edna Everage, philanthropist, mentor, author, entrepreneur, pioneering feminist theorist, diva, and international sex bomb;
Mrs. Norman Everage, at home in Moonee Ponds, 1955. Spooky, isn't it, where time and destiny can take one, possums?
I have rarely laughed as hard as I did at one of the Dame's shows on Broadway some years ago.
ReplyDelete...although the intermission at a jaw-droppingly amateur (and truly tragic) performance of Follies at the Dicapo Opera Theatre comes close.
No! DiCapo did not do Follies, did they? That must have been quite a night in the theatre.
ReplyDeleteNow that I think of it, though, I would pay top dollar to see Dame Edna take on the Yvonne DeCarlo/Ann Miller role. Imagine her Carlotta belting out "I'm Still Here (Possums)"!
Good times and bum times,
ReplyDeleteI've seen them all
And, possums,
I’m still here
Plush velvet sometimes
Sometimes just Foster's - it's beer,
but I’m here
I've glued the rhinestones on my specs
Strewn gladioli, turned down sex
Seen Selma H. disappear
but I’m here
I've hawked some makeup,
shilled for a company called MAC,
but I’m here
Vanity Fair breakup
take your advice column back,
but I’m here
Vegemite sandwiches in Moonie Ponds
Watched while Madge Alsop sold war bonds
In the depression was I depressed?
Nowhere near,
I bagged Sir Norman Everage
And I'm here
I've been through Valmai,
Clifford and Kenny's affair,
and I'm here
Dear Bruce 'n' Joylene,
Lois, wisteria hair,
and I'm here
I got through Mel G's drunken blow,
Bridesmaid Madge Alsop,
Russell Crowe
Had heebie-jeebies for dear Kylie Minogue
I got through Cruise and Kidman,
and I’m here
I've gotten through Norman's testicular murmur
Gee, that was fun and a half
When you've been through someone's testicular murmur
Anything else is a laugh
Been through Barry Humphries,
I’ve been through Beverly Hills,
and I’m here
Kookaburras and gum trees,
rest cures, religion and pills,
and I’m here
Been called an Outback Aussie Fool,
got through it out back by my pool
I should've opened an acting school,
…and a bar
Still someone said, "GigaStar",
so I'm here
Purple mink one day,
Just can’t resist its allure,
but I'm here
Top billing Monday,
out on the Dame’s Royal Tour,
but I'm here
First you're an Aussie housewife name,
Then Kenny's mother,
then The Dame
Then you career from career to career
I’ll write my gorgeous memoirs,
and I'm here
I've gotten through, "Hey, Edna, aren't you spooky?
Wow, what a looker you are!"
Or better yet, "Sorry, it's just kind of spooky
To meet such a huge GigaStar!"
Good times and bum times,
I've seen 'em all
And, possums,
I'm still here
Plush velvet sometimes
Sometimes just Foster's - it's beer,
but I'm here
I've run the gamut, ‘cause I care
Three cheers and quick sticks,
Where is Cher?
I got through all of last year,
and I'm here
Possums, at least I was there,
and I'm here
Look who's here,
I'm still here!