Yay!! I love you guys!

Another Danny Kaye quote from the same movie that I thought was a brilliant piece of one-off, snappy writing.

Kaye is pretending to be a famous court Jester called Giaccomo, and he turns up at a castle looking for work. Someone comments that he seems quite intelligent (or something to that effect) and his reply is "Yes - an unemployed jester is nobody's fool!"

Boom boom!

(You see - NVAJD hit Hollywood five years before I was even born!)

Sorry mate,

I think that’s nothing more than a case of temporal displacement.

Temporal displacement? That sounds horribly surgical to me!

MCCOY: Good God, Spock, don't you realise this man's got a serious temporal displacement? I can't cure that with the medecine available here in the 21st Century! I'm a doctor, not a damn butcher you green blooded Vulcan!

SPOCK: Do not distress yourself so doctor - it will be your undoing. I'll have the ship beam down the psychosensortropicphenotricorder.

BLEEP-BE-BEEP

UHURA: Enterprise.

SPOCK: Spock here. Please send down a psychosensortropicphenotricorder.

UHURA: Mr Spock, is doctor McCoy with you? the replicators have been malfunctioning and we have a bad case of salmonella up here.

SPOCK: Then send that down too, Lieutenant. Scotty will drink anything.

SCOTTY: Aye, that'll do nicely Mr Spock.

MCCOY: Just two fingers for me Scotty.

SCOTTY: Och, are you trying to be funny man? (If you don't get that gag, Google "Scotty fingers".)

SPOCK: No, doctor, on second thoughts, I shall drink the whole bottle myself. Have no fear; my Vulcan metabolism means that I shall survive. All I shall need is more than four headache tablets in the following six hours.

SCOTTY: You canna be serious Mr Spock! I cannae allow that - it says on the bottle that you shouldn't take that many.

MCCOY: You mean...

SCOTTY: Aye - I canna change the laws of Phensic Mr Spock!

I think I've had too much sun...

Someone keep this man away from the cider on sunny days... Please!!!!

Yeah? You and whose navy?!

Thanks Adman! Amazing how these things stick in our heads! God, I used to love Danny Kaye. I suppose Jim Carrey's his equivalent nowadays...in fact, I remember hearing YEARS ago that Jim Carrey was going to star in a remake of 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'. Sounds good...but no sign of the movie.....!

"The film is currently being remade and will be out in either late 2006, or 2007. At first, in 2004, producer-directors Ron Howard and Steven Spielberg, with a host of screenwriters, and Jim Carrey as Mitty, were going to re-do the film, but it has fallen through. Now over at Paramount Studios, producers Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., his brother John Goldwyn, and Richard Vane, with director Mark Waters and Owen Wilson cast as Mitty are working on the remake of the 1947 film with a screenplay by Richard LaGravenese. This new script is based more on the 1939 short story than the 1947 film and is being made without the singing." (Wikipedia).

Looking in from the US ofA on the 4th of JULY.

Lewes is right - If Phil is not NP why has he not been Barred by the PT !!!!!!!

Playfull

Here we go again!

If Phil IS NP, why have the posts in which he claims to be him been removed after query by members of this Forum?

If Phil IS NP, why have his posts offering information on TPTT process been removed?

If Phil IS NP, why has he not had that fact verified by the PT?

I'm with Jay; it would be interesting if it were him. But if someone is going to offer me Neil Pearson's insights into TPTT - which is what he claimed to be here to do - I'd simply like some confirmation of his bone fides before I blindly accept it!

Is that too much to ask?

Sorry - afterthought - hope you're having a good holiday!

quote:

Originally posted by TheAdMan:
Another Danny Kaye quote from the same movie that I thought was a brilliant piece of one-off, snappy writing.

Kaye is pretending to be a famous court Jester called Giaccomo, and he turns up at a castle looking for work. Someone comments that he seems quite intelligent (or something to that effect) and his reply is "Yes - an unemployed jester is nobody's fool!"

Boom boom!

(You see - NVAJD hit Hollywood five years before I was even born!)

Actually, Sylvia Fine, Danny Kaye's wife and lyricist penned that line which Kaye sang. The song is called the Maladusted Jester and ends with:

For a Jester's chief employment
Is to kill himself for your enjoyment
And a jester unemployed
Is nobody's fool.

This was also the title of the definitive Kaye biography - Nobody's Fool.

The Court Jester is an absolutely brilliant movie - Basil Rathbone, Angelt LAnsbury, witches, sword fights, troups of acrobatic dwarves. It really doesn't get any better.

As ever, I stand corrected. But it wasn't bad bearing in mind I saw the film when I was about 10!

Only 11 years ago, I know, but...

(...who am I trying to kid?)

BTW - I also recall another amazingly funny line which was entirely unintentional. I was on holiday in Ireland many, many years ago, and I heard a radio DJ say something which was (as close as I can recall);

"Now we have a letter from a Mr MacNamara, who would like us to play anything by The Beach Boys for his wife, Mary, who is 111. My word, Mary, that's a fine old age, you must be the oldest lady in - no, hang on a minute, I've read that wrong. It's for his wife Mary who is ill!"

Laugh? I nearly bought a round!

Adman, I was mighty impressed that you knew his character's name was Giacamo and the general plot. The 111 story is priceless.

When I first read that excerpt Swann, I thought it sounded like it was from The Princess Bride. (Obviously I know it's not cause I know the damn script off by heart) But that alone makes me want to see this film - sounds utterly delightful.

Answering your earlier question - my writing ranges pretty vastly from plays about Fairytale characters, to drama students, to witches, to dating games, to ghosts, to kidnapping and to suicidal teenagers. So pretty broad, I'd say. The only consistent thing in the things I write is that they all have some sense of comedy about them.

is sharman mcdonald any good? read "after juliet" a bit in drama, 'twas ok, but i kept thinking:"no-one can try and copy the bard!!" he would be my greatest-ever, except he's dead lol

Mrs Rachie

You are wrong about Lewes.

Adman

Your coming to Lewes defence 'slightly' was disapointing.

Playfull - hope the holiday is/was a good 'un!

I defended the allegation of Lewes' as aggressive - which I don't think he is - whilst not actually defending some of what he said. And I think the 'lynch mob' comment was uncalled for!

But, hey, as both Lewes and I said in different ways - it's only a Forum!

quote:

Mrs Rachie

You are wrong about Lewes.

Playfull,

12 months ago I would have agreed with you. Now...

Nope!

Lewes fell to a track that made him feel that his view was the only one that one could trust. Hence, 'PS' had to be NP, coz it's what he wanted to believe.

I 'wanted' Lewes to be a 'good mate'. In reality, he just wanted people to feel sorry for him and then agree with what he said. Sorry 'internet mate' but I will not play that game. He was wrong (IMHO), would not respect any other members HO, therefore he is no loss to the forum...

You may have guessed that I don't care that much anymore... Other than what makes good theatre and how we can protect 'true' prospective playwrights.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by playfull:
Mrs Rachie

You are wrong about Lewes.
QUOTE]

Well, that's me told!

Although I presume I was right when I said it was a shame he left the forum and that he knew his stuff too?

No personal offence intended Mrs Rachie - i still hold you and your opinions in high regard - not least for saving me my pointless trip to London to see the unannounced cancelled performance of the Jesus/Elvis Play.

I really don't know what has happened in my two week absence to pit Lewes against the Adman/Jays axis but i do have my opinions of everyone here, formed over the course of months not just one single argument.

regards

playfull

Playfull,

I too have opinons. I state them. And guess what... I don't stop anyone else from stating thiers...

But it doesn't mean that I have to aggree with them.

And to call AdMan and I an axis... Hell, just because we're the only members of this forum that bothered to meet each other face to face to see if we really did agree on the aspects we had discussed here.

Oh hell! We must be an axis of evil! We've actually written a play together! Not a 10 min job, not a one acter, but a full-lenght two act play. Damn, set G W Bush after us for actually bothering to write!

ROTF LMAO!

Jay ?


I did not realise i was that good a writer! Did i really say that much with 'axis'.

Please substitute 'pairing', 'partnership' or 'team' into the offending post. Re-read it and see if i really deserved your response.

What I find really funny, Playfull, is that you don't know what's happened but you've decided there's an 'axis' for Lewes to be pitted against!

Actually, no. Substitute 'pathetic' for 'funny'! I'm only still here just to see who'll be the last skittle!