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One of the bestest things about the Goons is, once you listen to them for any length of time, you start thinking like them. There was a lovely gag in this week's Goon Show on BBC Radio 7: a German spy is marched in to see Maj. Bloodnok, an interview ensues. At the end of it, the Major orders the spy lead back to his quarters. We hear the sentry barking orders, and military-precise footsteps marching into the distance. As the footsteps (finally) die away, the Major muses: "What a fine officer that man is". The spy then quips: "Then what did he leave me behind for?".
I'm sorry, I'm horrible at humour. Perhaps you had to be there?
On TV is a scene with a man and a woman, riding on a cart. The man is driving the horse at breakneck speed, and the poor beast is whinying and snorting. I can just imagine the man suddenly saying: "pardon me, I've caught a cold of some kind" or some such line.
Perhaps you had to be there, too.
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Just saw The Life and Death of Peter Sellers on DVD just now. Good movie? Bad movie? Hard to tell - I roughly agree with a review I saw at the IMDb (which I can't find now, dagnabit), which said that it wasn't that great a movie, but it was competently done and seemed to do a good job of bringing Mr. Sellers to life.
But, oh man. Oh the loneliness. You end up feeling all the wretchedness and sadness and ... tinyness, I guess, maybe. One of the cunning tricks the movie - and I do wish (as usual) that they'd left the deleted scenes in! - played was by simply not letting you care about anybody other than Peter. The narcissism - and the sincere inability to deal with others - is palpable.
Listening to the Goons also gives you a bit more perspective on the lines: there's a scene where Peter is standing at the top of a staircase at the premiere of The Revenge of the Pink Panther (I think?), and he says something like "Thank you for coming, everybody" - as Bluebottle!
But I also agree that a movie about Peter Sellers' life ought to have been a bit funnier. Ah well, ah well - after long chats with several (i.e. more than one) friends online, I'm feeling a bit more prepped on life. So: do I admit it's getting better? Not unless my war-mongering skills on Civilization 4 don't improve!
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"A beach house," he said, "doesn't even have to be on the beach. Though the best ones are. We all like to congregate," he went on, "at boundary conditions". "Really?" said Arthur. "Where land meets water. Where earth meets air. Where body meets mind. Where space meets time. We like to be on one side, and look at the other."