3 posts tagged “tv”
Arrange at least four people in height order (shortest to tallest)
and snap a picture
I know it's only three people, and I didn't take it, but it's a fantastic sketch and I couldn't resist posting it.
Unfortunately I couldn't find a clip, but I'm sure those of you who know the sketch will enjoy the visual prompt as a reminder.
The sketch features John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett
talking about the relationships between classes by saying "I look up to
him [Barker looks at Cleese] because he is upper class. But I look down
on him [looks at Corbett] because he is lower class". Well...it's not
quite as funny as if you see it.
I'm currently reading a book someone lent me about Monty Python, and I've just got past The Frost Report period. It's an interesting book [amazon.co.uk], and I'd recommend it to anyone who likes the Pythons.
What song or lyrics are stuck in your head at the moment? What album is it from?
Submitted by Lox Ly.
I currently have "She's a primadona, primadona. She's a diva from back in the day", which is from Ookla the Mok's [otmfan.com] P.M. Prima Donna [otmfan.com]. I tend to get alot of Ookla the Mok stuck in my head of late, their tunes are just too damned catchy. For a while I had the lyrics from Mr. Worf [otmfan.com], "I’ve got two dead wives and a son named Alexander" [otmfan.com], except I keep getting it the wrong way round, getting instead "I’ve got two dead sons and a wife named Alexander". I don't watch Star Trek enough to know the Klingon's opinions on homosexuality, but I don't think I would have an gonads left if I made that mistake to his face.
(I realise that he doesn't actualy exist. Also, to pre-empt, the female version is Alexandra, not Alexander)
What was the first movie you remember seeing in a movie theater?
Question submitted by mainmor.
I don't remember what the first film I went to see was, but the earliest I remember is Star Wars: Episode 1. I went up to the now closed down cinema in Sidcup ("The cinema was closed in 2000 and finally demolished in 2003, having been deemed commercially unviable by new owners Odeon." - Wikipedia) with my then friend James Knapp (we have lost touch now unfortunately).
We made the big mistake of buying our drink from the cinema instead of the McDonalds over the road, so it cost us alot more than it ought to. We then proceeded to saturate it with sherbert to create a flat sherbert flavoured coke, mmmmm delicious ¬_¬.
When buying our tickets, we were asked if we wanted to see Star Wars, or Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Being only 11 at the time we thought it fantastically naughty to see a film rated 15, but decided to stick with Star Wars.
Once inside the cinema was pretty much empty (it being near the end of the films run) so we chose carefully the exact middle seat and sat in it. I don't really remember much about the film itself though, but I do know I have enjoyed it since.
Since then I have been to a fair few showings at empty cinemas. Perhaps my favourite was Without a Paddle which, whilst not only being a fantastic film, was shown in an empty cinema. Empty, that is, except for about 10 minutes when an elderly couple walked in near the end, sat down for a while, presumably realised it was the wrong film and prompty left.
I also vividly remember some more fun had in an empty cinema when me and my friend James Barry went to see (for some unknown reason) Cat In The Cat. The film was okay, but we had great fun at the end; after waiting until the end only to realise that there was no bonus footage and everyone else had left we ran up and down the isles jumping and generaly having a good blokish laugh.
