The title of this blog comes from a Gaelic expression -"putting on the poor mouth"-which means to exaggerate the direness of one's situation in order to gain time or favour from creditors.
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27 December 2009
The Black Adder - Hell is fun!
The first inacarnation of Edmund Blackadder as Archbishop of Canterbury - Features a suprisingly shouty Brian Blessed!
I love Brian Blessed. When I read your comment about how his voice is surprisingly shouty it made me think of Have I got News for You when he said he couldn't be in the movie 300 because he would have scared all the Spartan nancy boys.
Ah. Our cable packages mean we get a lot iof US imports than we used to. Not a bad thing,. The standard of the best of US tv is excellent I love/loved:
The Wire, Six Feet Under, Dexter, Madmen, Weeds, Modern Family, Breaking Bad, Battlestar Galactica.
I love Brian Blessed. When I read your comment about how his voice is surprisingly shouty it made me think of Have I got News for You when he said he couldn't be in the movie 300 because he would have scared all the Spartan nancy boys.
ReplyDeleteAh you see Have I got News for you? BBC World?
ReplyDeleteNo, I just see YouTube. I have basic cable TV.
ReplyDeleteAh. Our cable packages mean we get a lot iof US imports than we used to. Not a bad thing,. The standard of the best of US tv is excellent
ReplyDeleteI love/loved:
The Wire, Six Feet Under, Dexter, Madmen, Weeds, Modern Family, Breaking Bad, Battlestar Galactica.