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Just posting a short clip of this Daily Show intro from this week


"I don't want to brag, but I often think of numbers mathematically"

And T-rump wants everyone to believe he came up with the word equalizing.
 
Roy and HG interview Paul Keating 1996


Keating was our then Prime Minister heading into an election and shows beautifully how we aussies treat our politicians. Rest of the world could learn a thing or two. They deserve nothing more than anyone else.
 
Vanessa_Agogo said:
Roy and HG interview Paul Keating 1996


Keating was our then Prime Minister heading into an election and shows beautifully how we aussies treat our politicians. Rest of the world could learn a thing or two. They deserve nothing more than anyone else.
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As I recall, Mr. Keating didn't fare too well, oh well. The funniest line from a politician that year had to have been our Mr. Clinton saying "The era of big government is over" - lol. But we have gotten much better at it...

 
Several years back I worked with a team that lived in Ireland and another team from India. Of course, they knew the USA had a bunch of states but were rightly unfamiliar with all the names. Our products had different regulations in the various states and I remember reading through the requirements docs they had prepared and all the rules for Oklahoma had been moved to the general case... they had read the state abbv "OK" as meaning those rules were okay to apply everywhere. Anyway, in their honor:

 
Playtime - Jacques Tati


The French master of observation and satire of the modern world. With little to no meaningful dialogue, he allowed the visual juxtaposition and incongruity of his world to speak loudly.
 
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MuchAdo said:
Thanks for this discovery (well, new to me anyway) - I'll have to seek out more of his work.
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I couldn't recommend a better pursuit. For my two cents worth ($8.50 adjusted for inflation and duties), it would be semi useful to see the 'Hulot' films (his wonderful everyman character) in order: "Monsieur Hulot's Holiday", "Mon Oncle" and then "Playtime". There's no particular need per some story arc, more just for seeing the evolution of his character (which by Playtime he wanted to retire) and the scope of his vision in reaction to the modern societal structures emerging post war. "Jour de Fête" isn't a Hulot film, but is a wonderful view of the bucolic ideal Tati grew from and so sorely missed. If you can for that one, see if you can track down a copy that has hand drawn colourisation of parts of the film, most notably the fair and its participants. Another small detail, but its all those small details that made his movies just such a delight.

Beyond those films, the rest (all post Playtime) are if and when you can sadly. While a critical and audience success it sank him financially as he funded it so as to keep control. All the city locations were built sets and he shot it in 65mm (70mm refers to the release print size, the same but with 5mm for the stereo optical soundtrack), it wasn't cheap by a very long shot. At the time it was the single most expensive film in French cinema history.

One last observation (though I do have one particular insight I'll dm you with), he was in life very much as he appears in film, gentle, caring and ever wishing to bring his beloved Paris and surrounds back to being a place for people to be individuals, not just defined cogs in an undefined machine.
 
Australian Bruces - Monty Python's Flying Circus


Cringe worthy as such a view of life in Oz is we still love this sketch. One point though, we would never drink Fosters beer as its shite, that's why we send it all overseas.

"This here's the wattle
The emblem of our land,
You can stick it in a bottle
Or you can hold it in your hand.
Amen"
Amen.
 
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Bruces' Philosophers Song - Monty Python


As someone who has read a fair bit of classical philosophy I do so enjoy singing along to this. Though my personal fave Plotinus didn't get a mention. ¶:•(
 
Laundry (excerpt) - The Young Ones


One of the heirs to the great British tradition of absurdist and physical comedy who turned the experience of shared households into a bizarre and all too often relatable series. Even had a guest band just popping up in their lounge room each episode,
 
Up Pompeii - Frankie Howard


The king of 'saucey' humour with his distinct form of innuendo. He made the fourth wall totally redundant.
 
The Odd Couple (Great Moments In Sports excerpt) - Tony Randall & Jack Klugman


Growing up in Australia we had very little American tv shows, the main bulk of external productions were from England. This one did make it to our screens and so glad it did.
 
Norman Gunston Interviews Frank Zappa (1976) - Gary MacDonald


Towering mightily over all who would dare to ask questions of people who were of some sort of importance (apparently not just to themselves), was the great aussie bleeder Norman Gunston. A spinoff from the "Aunty Jack Show", Norman was the essence of everything the then Australian male wasn't, supposedly. Witty, intelligent and able to adlib his way through near anything and anyone (Kieth Moon from The Who did cause some grief), Gary MacDonald (the actor and creator of Norman) would present him as is without providing background to the subject of the interview, causing immense havoc particularly at press conferences. Something Sacha Baron Cohen has made extensive use of in his career.
 
What's On In Wollongong (Lemming Lamington Cliff Dive excerpt) - The Aunty Jack Show


A short view of the origin of the Norman Gunston character where he reported on local events in the Wollongong (an actual city south of Sydney) area as part of The Aunty Jack Show. This was another program that was produced by the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), our national broadcaster.
 
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