Posted on 04/24/2018 8:21:11 AM PDT by snarkpup
Complete with quotes from old "Not the Nine'O'Clock News" scripts, comedian Rowan Atkinson explains why he supports Reform Section 5. (Full speech.)
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This speech sounds like it was made today about the mass censorship and banning of English people who do not want to be Islamized; but it's actually from several years ago. E.g., at 8:14 and it sounds like something that would have been said yesterday about the specifics of the Count Dankula affair.
Is this the fellow who plays Mr. Bean?
Yes.
Also, Black Adder.
The ending of “Black Adder Goes Forth” was IMHO, the greatest scene in television history.
Bump for later.
It had me in tears.
Bkmrk.
Brilliant.
This is a good example of the reasoned and articulate arguments which the Left is determined to shout down.
And Johnny English.
Sad he mentions Obama’s comments towards the end. Obama was for free speech, but only from those who said things he agreed with. I like Rowan Atkinson, and had always enjoyed his comedy films. Over the past two years he’s made several movies for British TV. He portrays Chief Inspector Jules Maigret of the Paris Police. Maigret is the main character in a series of detective novels by Georges Simenon. I’ve managed to watch them by downloading them from British torrent sites, and so far they’re not available on Netflix, but if they ever become available, I highly recommend them. Atkinson is wonderful in them. It was the first time I’d ever seen him in a serious role. He’s also got a new movie titled “Johnny English Strikes Again” coming out this year.
Black Adder is excellent. Tony Robinson who played Baldrick moved on to producer and presenter in several historical documentary series. The longest series was Time Team, where he presented and participated in archaeological digs all across Britain. It lasted for 20 years. Presently in Britain, his newest series titled “Britain’s Great Cathedrals is airing.” It’s a shame that more British programs like this never make it to the U.S. The only way you can get them is to download them from torrent sites.
Youtube has a lot of them also.
Ah hah! Whenever "Time Team" was on I knew I recognized him but couldn't place where.
By the way, as a history buff I loved the premise of Time Team but it seemed that ever one I watched they had like one day to dig and were always "this close" to finding something important but ran out of daylight. "We did, however, find this button. It appears to be from a period 400 years later than we were seeking but isn't it interesting how things developed here?" Always left me a little disappointed.
They only had three days to do each dig, but I think that local archaeologists, and volunteers would continue with the digs, finish them up, do the official reports, and then turn over the finds to whatever museum/archives should get them.
I’ve got the 20 years worth of them all burned to disc, and have watched each and every one. Hope I can live long enough to watch them again. I also bought all the publicly released DVD’s even though they’re in Region 1 format. I bought a small DVD player that plays all regions so I could watch them. I’ve got a few of the books they published as well.
There's a somewhat analagous US show called "Destination Unknown" hosted by some guy named Josh Gates. It serves to show the differences in US TV versus UK I suppose. In "Destination Unknown", like "Time Team", they create some premise ("the holy grail might still be out there!") but ulike Time Team, which breaks out shovels and spoons and crawlis in the mud for three days, Gates goes to different exotic spots in the world and pretends to explore unexplored areas (I say pretend because they are almost always in an area where there is a real archaeological dig and I doubt they just said "no, we've never been in there. Why don't you take your cameras and tell us what you find?") But it's interesting for the historical context segments as well as the "Indiana Jones" style hyped up explorer drama.
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Sadly, quotes Obama as his champion...
I don't know about greatest, but it was very moving.
“Ooh, there’s a nasty splinter on that ladder, sir! A bloke could hurt himself on that.”
I just searched to see if there was a report for the dig he conducted, and found this .pdf document:
The Search For Francis Marion Continues
I got to know Steve when I was researching the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantries. I had found his name in a publication for a dig that had been conducted on the bodies that had been found on Folly Island, S.C. That end of the island had been Union headquarters during the Civil War, and it turned out that the bodies were of black soldiers who had served in the 55th Mass, and another U.S.C.T. unit. They were removed and eventually reinterred at the National Cemetery at Beaufort, S.C. in 1989. The publication I'd found hadn't cited any of the first source material that I'd found during my research, and I wondered if he even knew about it. I called him at the college, introduced myself, and told him of my research material. He had never seen any of it, so I shared everything I had with him, met him in person a few times, and he used a lot of my material to publish another report on a dig that he had conducted at the other end of Folly Island where the Union Fort Green had been located, and manned by the 55th. He gave me an acknowledgement in the new publication, and sent me a copy of it. I haven't talked or written to him in ages as I've moved on in my interest in the Civil War, so I don't even know if he is still with USC or not. I gave all my boxes of research material to the National Guard Museum and Archives in Concord, Mass. several years ago as I didn't want it to end up in a dumpster when I died.
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