Last night I watched two episodes of the 2014 BBC remake of Mapp and Lucia, which cannot hold a candle to the wonderful 1985 BBC series of the high-camp E.F. Benson novels. Anna Chancellor, whom I loved as the pathetically ridiculous Miss Bingley in the 1995 BBC version of Pride & Prejudice, lacks the beauty or comic timing of Geraldine McEwen, and poor Miranda Richardson, whom I generally love, seems to be attempting - and failing at - a Prunella Scales impersonation. Scales' characterizations of Mapp and Mrs Fawlty of Fawlty Towers are two of the great BBC harridans.
There’s a movie called The Great Rupert. It features this bizarre musical number. Complete with ocarina. https://youtu.be/C0f33Lj1SvY?si=2YtZ7pkb12uBfCKR
George, I really was fascinated by the Forward-slash vs. Back-slash implications. I almost never actually type either; they usually come along in things I cut-and-paste.
The President is expected to rename the San Andreas Fault to "Joe Biden's Fault."
Does anyone else remember seeing a movie titled THIS HAPPY FEELING with Debbie Reynolds, Curt Jergens, John Saxon, and Alexis Smith + Troy Donahue.Produced by Ross Hunter and released in 1958 by U-I. I like it a lot. I had the VHS but I don't think it has been released on DVD. I shall have to investigate.According to this reviewer, it is available on DVD - but she didn't like it at all.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXmg0TkTLVM
DR John, nine years ago today we were freezing in Austin.
I am still eating salad.
