“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.”
– Mark Twain
G U A R A N T E D T O M A K E Y O U L A F F….
A man went into the pet shop, “I am playing Long John Silver in the local amateur dramatic societies version of Treasure Island and need a parrot to sit on my shoulder,” he said. “I don’t have any parrots at the moment, but you wouldn’t want a real parrot for that. It would squawk in all the wrong places, poop on your shoulder and generally be a nuisance. What you need is a stuffed parrot. Just as realistic and easily controlled.” “I’m not sure a stuffed parrot would be okay,” said the customer. “I do want this performance to be as realistic as possible.” “I am sure a stuffed parrot would be fine,” said the pet shop owner. “I have one at home. I’ll bring it in and if you come back on Thursday you can have it.” “Sorry,” said the customer, “I can’t make it on Thursday. That’s the day I’m having my leg cut off.”
Tuesday’s Movie Trivia of the day!‘ How much movie trivia can you answer?
What movie is this quote from??? “Is that a desert country?” “No. A fat country. Fat people.” “You are not fat?”
“No. I’m different.”
Answer: Lawrence of Arabia! In this scene during World War I, eccentric British Lieutenant T.E. Lawrence (a.k.a. Lawrence of Arabia, played by Peter O’Toole) is describing Great Britain to the Arab man Tafas (Zia Mohyeddin), who is guiding Lawrence through the desert to the camp of Prince Feisal (Alec Guinness). Mr. Dryden of the British Arab Bureau (Claude Rains) has convinced British General Murray (Donald Wolfit) to let Lawrence observe Prince Feisal’s armed forces. Lawrence would later unite the various small desert Arab tribes into one big army to fight against the Turks, an ally of Germany in WWI. An interesting piece of movie trivia: Marlon Brando, Anthony Perkins and Albert Finney were all considered for the role of T.E. Lawrence, so it was quite a coup for relatively-unknown actor Peter O’Toole to get such a major part. Actress Katharine Hepburn is credited with urging producer Sam Spiegel to cast Peter O’Toole (Hepburn and O’Toole would later star together in the 1968 movie “The Lion in Winter”).
In the 1963 Academy Awards, “Lawrence of Arabia” won seven Oscars, including Best Picture. David Lean won an Oscar for Best Director. Both Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif were nominated for acting Oscars, but neither won. Director David Lean has either won or been nominated for the Best Director Oscar seven times, including for “A Passage to India” (1985), “Dr. Zhivago” (1966), “Lawrence of Arabia” (1963), and “The Bridge on the River Kwai” (1958). This is one of those movies that should be seen on a wide screen with a good sound system to be fully appreciated. The desert vistas are stunningly beautiful and the majestic theme music is pretty impressive.
Wednesday’s Movie Trivia of the day! ‘How much movie trivia can you answer?
What movie is this quote from??? “I have never worked with somebody so unprofessional in my life! I mean, have you ever even acted before?” “Well, I’m learning. But let me tell you something, blondie, you’re not exactly Audrey Hepburn!”
Tuesday’s Quizzler is……….
Each group of words has one four letter prefix that fits in front of them to form another word or phrase. Can you figure out which word it is for each group?
1. Nail, man, out, ten 2. Sick, work, room, plate 3. Do, up, shift, believe 4. Range, shot, horn, bow 5. Back, baked, way, hour
6. Dress, band, ache, rest 7. Chair, jump, light, rise 8. Note, print, ball, step 9. Arm, fly, works, sale
ANSWER: 1. Hang 2. Home 3. Make 4. Long 5. Half 6. Head 7. High 8. Foot 9. Fire
Wednesday’s Quizzlers is……….
For each of the pairs of words below, insert a word in the blank space between them to form two separate words such that the inserted word finishes the first word and begins the second. For example, given “MAN ____ ON”, you would insert the word “GO” to form “MANGO” and “GOON”. The hint gives the number of letters in each of the words that must be inserted.
BOW ____ AGE
GENE ____ KING
LAND ____ GOAT
DIG ____ SELF
PAR ____ ATE