Barbra Streisand Sends Off Australian TV Reporter in Style

Michael Usher exits 60 Minutes with a bang.

After 25 years with Sydney, Australia TV station Network Nine, where Michael Usher earned the nickname “Musher,” the veteran reporter revealed this month that he was headed to cross-town operation Channel 7. Which meant that an interview aired Sunday Aug. 28 on 60 Minutes Australia would be his last for that show.

The proper pronunciation of guest Barbra Streisand’s last name, which was also a recent topic of discussion on The Tonight Show, framed the great promo clip above and earned Usher some saucy coverage Down Under.

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