Dame Edna in 1st US appearance on Joan Rivers talk show

[YasminMusicFan16]

Hilarious! Dame Edna what a jem! U can tell this is from years ago Edna is sooo thin & Joan Ruvers looks like a different person xxx

[HKfan94]

joan should've taken her "cosmetic advice" LOL

[visceralguy]

So Joan gave Edna her big break here in the U.S.? Hmmmmm... it figures it'd be a woman doing it cause a man host never would've, I'm sure.  Great for them both!

[EMPERORMIKI]

scathing scathing what a master master troll

[dekekyo]

rippah!!

[ufo914]

absolutely freakin' hysterical!!  that was a moment in time that can never be repeated. thank you for posting this gem of a clip!

[64downtown]

this was very funny--this is at least 25 years old-closer to 30--thanx for posting

[jojonono4u]

What year ???

[peterreedman]

Dame Edna is a credit to Australia

[theoryg]

Dame Edna is pure talent- no wonder why her and Rupaul havent quite done a show togethor maybe Madea is a better rival.

[PearlGrimes]

I always find Joan Collins pointless, here the only thing she can do is flirt with George and roll her eyes whenever something funny is said, pretentious, talentless old fart.

[SuperRickyRocket]

Joan Collins is really Quite Funny

[JohnnyGNV]

I remember this, and I remember thinking that Joan Collins and George Hamilton are sooo totally into themselves, or at least appear to be, that the humor of Dame Edna was really only appreciated by Joan

Rivers -

[GenerationWhyMe]

OMG she looks so young.

[burg3ssssss]

this clip has more layers than a onion

love the dame and sir les

fuck LA right up the arse with no lube

[us3rname101]

Joan C is extremely intelligent and sharp but she just isn't amused by this style of humor. Nothing wrong with that. As we all know there are diff comedic styles and deliveries, & calling Joan C humorless is absolutely ridiculous.

[trythinkingnow]

"Never consider cosmetic surgery Joan' HA HA HA HA

[essendondons]

Hilarious ! Dame Edna - I dips me lid ! I've never seen the (sometimes) vicious Joan Rivers' laugh so hard and be stumped for a response.

[baddawg987]

Joan Collins is a consummate loser!

[alacranyt]

collins is so dull...no sense of humor

[emphaticapathy]

Dame edna seems to have the least ridiculous hair.

[hnoss13]

I thought Joan River's face was gonna crack, she was laughing so hard.

[Mariocesar]

Joan Collins is pathetic.

[DistantCousin]

I laughed all the way through this!!

[194jms]

This is Edna at her very best. This is what she does best, this kind of hilarious stand-up routine that's not conventional stand-up because she's interacting with the other celebrities (when they can get a word in). Edna's in complete control the entire time, and the other celebs become her supporting cast. It's cute the way Joan Rivers laughs hysterically through so much of this clip.

[007esq]

How boring Joan Collins was? No sense of humour!!

[alSation81]

Joan Rivers looked like a completely different person .... Dame Edna still looks the same

[LimitedNewsCorp]

I'm from little Australia,and what you have to realize is that Dame Edna is ignorant.

She has nothing against foreigners,but thinks there should be foreign countries to keep them in.She doesn't vote..."Because it only encourages them."

That said Edna is a mascot for Australia, a sort of stuffed Koala,like the sender.

[steventhevirgin39]

I AM A VIRGIN

[thatsmisterrobert2u]

LOLOLOL... I saw this the very first time it aired back in 1986, and then taped it when it repeated about a month later. Classic. Seeing it again makes me realize how many lines I've stolen from that appearance and how I'm still using some of them to this day.

[plypayj3]

not sure if all the jokes translate, I thought it was hilarious myself, but i am an Australian and have seen a lot of dame Edna's comedy before

[katiesweeney00]

I travel with my bridesmaid, is your bridesmaid still alive Joan?  Ha ha fucking ha

[nessie96]

Joan Collins is such a bitch....can't take a joke. 

[CT2507]

@nessie96 its not that she is a bitch... she is just not intelligent enough to get Dame Ednas subtle humour.

[nessie96]

@CT2507 I think you are right...she just isn't getting any of it.

[LivingMindfully1975]

It's funny Dame Edna talking to Joan about plastic surgery! hahaha She should have that talk with her now! hahahaha

[britcomic]

Brilliant as always

[Trexanh60]

She is soooooo funny Dame Edna so quick & wicked first time I have seen this thank you for posting

[jslasher1]

Dame Edna is one of our greatest exports; she's certainly the funniest.

[ThatGypsyBoy]

Joan Collins , Dam Edna and Joan Rivers? LOL thats like a holy trinity of camp glamour!

[kevinherbert]

I can't get SOUND>>>>>>>>>>>>

[brotmann86]

btway, anyone can tell me who george is? :)

[lapislazuli7]

@brotmann86 Actor George Hamilton.

[chanctonbury63]

Humphries, you`re a genius.

[gtifeld]

This is great. Thanks for posting. For the record, though, this was not Dame Edna's first U.S. appearence. She actually appeared on SNL with Madeline Kahn in the mid-70s.

[pk33617]

1984-1985 I'm guessing?

[dnorby100]

Joan rivers frkin rocks! Came her for the brilliant dame Edna but the negative comments on Joan - duh stupid - she's amazing! Love them both!

[joeymod135]

@dnorby100 She knew the score from the start , Joan has always been proper good at taking a joke for comedy..

[clintontbell]

Dame Edna as utterly mesmerising and achingly funny as always

[jtaellio11]

Dame Edna's retort was a killer, alluding to the Swedish Peter Holmes.

[toddles9]

Joan Collins is a stuck up bitch. You can hear the distaste for Dame Edna in her voice and you can sense it in her body language throughout the clip.

[orawal]

is it me or does joan rivers look like either a dragon or a rat?! lol

[chatanoogaz]

1:22 "He's got a smorgasbord of maturity here, hasn't he?" followed by a stony silence from the two Joans. Haha, humorless b*tches.

[toddles9]

@chatanoogaz Exactly what I was thinking. Joan Collins ruined that joke with her own distracting little 'private joke' at 1:25.

[zeze40video]

@chatanoogaz She's lost on most. That's what makes her so awesome. Can u imagine being as obtuse as they are?  Glad u and I are so superior.

[jslasher1]

@zeze40video The Yanks [except the gays and Lesbians] don't get the Aussie humour. Everyone else does.

[SuspiciouslyDLicious]

@jslasher1 - Please don't let this Puritanical streak of my fellow countrymen onto your amazing continent! Stick it on Christmas Island where it belongs! Dame Edna is genius!

[MsSusanmary]

@chatanoogaz i SOOO agree with you --- BUT add Dame Edna has a brain, which instantky excludes at least two others sitting on stage right of Dame Edna 

[7t8h4z]

Quick! Let me get the tissues to wipe away the tears of laughter! Dame Edna cracks my funny bone more than any other person in show business. I simply adore her! The comment about the prostate organ being the Cinderella organ took her to a new level of hillilarity! Thank you Aussies for send out your best export!

[dannybex]

@7t8h4z time for your meds.

[7t8h4z]

@dannybex Thank you darling for reminding me!  I do get a bit delusional when writing about Dame Edna.

[rockytheyorky]

Sad but true I said what I did as I met her about 10 times when she appeared on The Mike Douglas Show,for which my Aunt was Mike,s leaison for 25 years,every time i met joan she was nasty and rude to people around her,even her own staff did not like her,so I said what i did out of direct one on one meeting with her.Sorry you dont like to hear the truth,but joan is a horrible person in every way,thats why her own daughter did not talk to her for almost 8 years.

[rockytheyorky]

Joan Rivers is so ugly,she slapped Johnny Carson in the face and did not even give him a heads up when she was getting her own show,then her husband committed suicide and she was most likely the cause.

[bilkomax]

Its a pity Joan Rivers didnt listen to Dame Edna's advice

[EmoDeathStar121]

Strange combo of people lol Imagine Dame Edna doing a Cameo on Dynasty what would the fans do

[jslasher1]

Vintage Dame Edna. She's got everyone wrapped around her little finger.

[ja2cookiedough]

"They've even got you, Joan, but I mean, that's six months in hospital." Haha!

[Tigertail1717]

hillarious!