Showing posts with label satire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label satire. Show all posts
Monday, November 12, 2012
Strangest Downton Adaptation yet - TURKISH DOWNTON ABBEY (SEASON FINALE)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iOzM3PTszg&feature=em-share_video_user
The Poke
Is this real? Or is it Turkish Satire? Or is it really Turkish Dr. Who????
Thank you Spirit and Mind for sending this on to me - MILKY PAKA!!!
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Harry Potter: Off Broadway sensation - POTTED POTTER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73GmyK8OwNo&feature=player_embedded
NEW YORK, July 2 (UPI) -- British actors Dan Clarkson and Jeff Turner, the stars of "Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience -- A Parody by Dan and Jeff," say they are thrilled by how warmly their Harry Potter stage comedy has been embraced by critics and audiences in New York. "It's been unbelievable," Clarkson told United Press International in a recent phone interview.
"When we were in the United Kingdom, when we first went to the West End, there was the fear, 'Will everyone get this?' And then when we went to Toronto, I remember that fear came back and then when we came to New York, there was the fear that they were just going to look at us and say, 'Who are these two British guys on stage and what are they doing?' So, it's been overwhelming," Clarkson explained.
"The audiences, the way people react in New York is brilliant. Just the urge to shout out and if they want to say something, to just go for it, and the applause and the cheering. In Britain, we're very polite and very reserved, so this is amazing." Preview performances of "Potted Potter" began in May at Manhattan's Little Shubert Theater and it officially opened June 3. This is the production's U.S. premiere after successful runs in Toronto, London, Edinburgh, Australia and New Zealand.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Hugh Bonneville, Star of the Olympics Comedy ‘Twenty Twelve’ By KATHRYN SHATTUCK Published: June 22, 2012 (NEW YORK TIMES)
TWO years ago Hugh Bonneville was just another hard-working British actor whose plummy vowels and cherubic cheeks lent themselves to characters good (Bernie, the stockbroker who never gets the girl in “Notting Hill”) and not so good (Henleigh Grandcourt, the aristocrat who sends the girl fleeing in “Daniel Deronda”).
Then he crisped his consonants and stiffened his upper lip to portray Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, the lord of the manor in “Downton Abbey,” the “Masterpiece” megahit on PBS. And hearts around the world swooned.
In “Twenty Twelve,” to have its United States premiere on BBC America on Thursday at 9 p.m., Mr. Bonneville trades his Savile Row tailcoat and red spencer jacket for spandex gym shorts and slept-in trousers — all while keeping a straight face — to play Ian Fletcher, the beleaguered head of the Olympic Deliverance Commission. The mockumentary series won the 2011 British Comedy Award for best TV sitcom.
In a recent phone interview from London, Mr. Bonneville spoke with Kathryn Shattuck about the convergence of fiction and reality, and becoming an international sensation at 48. These are excerpts from their conversation:
READ THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERVIEW HERE:http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/arts/television/hugh-bonneville-star-of-the-olympics-comedy-twenty-twelve.html?_r=1
Friday, June 22, 2012
SUMMER OF LONDON: ‘DOWNTON’ STAR HUGH BONNEVILLE ON HIS BBC AMERICA COMEDY, ‘TWENTY TWELVE’ By Kevin Wicks | Posted on Thursday, June 21st, 2012 (BBC AMERICA)
Could Hugh Bonneville be the Lord of Laughs? The Downton Abbey star shakes off the starched collars and waistcoasts of Edwardian England for a stab at comedy in Twenty Twelve, BBC America’s new mockumentary that looks at the bumbling fictional organizers of this year’s London Games. Bonneville gave us a preview of what we can expect:
READ MORE: http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/06/summer-of-london-downton-star-hugh-bonneville-on-his-bbc-america-comedy-twenty-twelve/
Gary Oldman takes a shot at acting athletes in hilarious spoof PSA (MAIL ON -LINE)
It's fair to say a thespian like Gary Oldman has spent a number of years fine-tuning his craft. So it's understandable the actor may have a few choice words for stars - more specifically, athletes - not taking his work so seriously. The Oscar-nominee, 54, in a hilarious spoof public service announcement, makes a simple request of sports stars dabbling in movies: 'Stop f****** acting!' Scroll down for video
READ MORE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2163004/Gary-Oldman-rages-spoof-PSA-Actors-Against-Acting-Athletes.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Thursday, March 29, 2012
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