The following interview is taken from the best of Andrew Denton's award-winning Enough Rope series, ranking among the most penetrating discussions from the 2000s with celebrities, larger-than-life personalities and average Joes. Wendy Harmer is one of Australia?s best-known humourists. She has enjoyed a highly successful thirty-year career in journalism, radio, television and stand-up comedy.?She has written for newspapers, been a regular columnist for magazines and is the author of five books for adults, two plays, three one-woman stage shows and a libretto for the Australian Opera. Her bestselling children?s book series ?Pearlie in the Park? has been translated into ten languages and is the subject of an animated television series.