Saturday Herald Sun Columnist Steve Price says it is “disgraceful” the way the Melbourne Comedy Festival behaved to the late comedian Barry Humphries.
This comes as the Melbourne Comedy Festival previously changed the name of an award that was in honour of Mr Humphries and refused to pay tribute in his passing.
“He was the one who got that comedy festival up and running,” Mr Price told Sky News host Sharri Markson.
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