Billy West
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Graham Cyril Kennedy AOwas an Australian entertainer, comedian and variety performer, as well as a personality and star of radio, theatre, television and film. He often performed in the style of vaudevillian and radio comedy star Roy Rene and was often called “Gra Gra” (pronounced “gray-gray”).
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About the Graham Kennedy
Graham Cyril Kennedy AOwas an Australian entertainer, comedian and variety performer, as well as a personality and star of radio, theatre, television and film. He often performed in the style of vaudevillian and radio comedy star Roy Rene and was often called “Gra Gra” (pronounced “gray-gray”).
Honoured as an officer of the Order of Australia, he was a six-time recipient of the Gold Logie, including the Logie Hall of Fame award, and won the Star of the Year Award in 1959. He is the most awarded star of Australian television. He was often referred to as “The King” or the “King of Australian television”.
He was known for his television collaboration with Bert Newton on In Melbourne Tonight and The Graham Kennedy Show.
10 Quotes by Graham Kennedy
- 1.
Don’t get too close, it hurts.
Graham KennedyAustralian entertainer (1934-2005)
- 2.
There are no limits, love, there are no limits.
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- 3.
I terminated the interview when I didn’t know what he was talking about and went upstairs to lunch.
Graham KennedyAustralian entertainer (1934-2005)
- 4.
Many people think I’m a television personality. I never have been! Just someone who acts it.
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- 5.
I never, absolutely never, keep people waiting.
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- 6.
I emphasise the following: don’t, whatever happens, be anyone but yourself. Don’t act anyone else-that would be fatal.
Graham KennedyAustralian entertainer (1934-2005)
- 7.
You didn’t want to laugh, did you? It wasn’t very funny, was it?
Graham KennedyAustralian entertainer (1934-2005)
- 8.
You know this old style of American family series? Well, I sit there and cry.
Graham KennedyAustralian entertainer (1934-2005)
- 9.
I’d rather you didn’t talk, but it’s up to you.
Graham KennedyAustralian entertainer (1934-2005)
- 10.
When my mother died, I had to go on air that night and do jokes.
Graham KennedyAustralian entertainer (1934-2005)