The most miserable time of the year.

[Magpie Jane]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrAwK9juhhY&gl=US[/youtube]

[David]

Ah, Kirsty and the Pogues - always a seasonal pleasure. Good at any time of year, of course, but there's an extra frisson at Christmas. And the boys of the NYPD Choir were singing Galway Bay ...

[David]

Just heard this again for the first time in years. I'd forgotten how good it is.

[Antcliff]

Jane...happy new year.

David..Thin Lizzy? Bit of tight troos rock.

[twoleftfeet]

Tight troos rock?

My favourite Laurel and Hardy short:

[David]

L&H - colourised? Or actually filmed in colour?

[twoleftfeet]

L&H - colourised? Or actually filmed in colour?

IMdb says it was filmed in b&w, David.

[David]

L&H - colourised? Or actually filmed in colour?

IMdb says it was filmed in b&w, David.

You can see it, actually. There are sometimes whole areas that are still black and white. Why do they do this colourising thing?

[David]

Anyway, here's another old cheerer-upper ...

[Oskar]

Weimar decadence anyone?

[Oskar]

[Antcliff]

I didn't know Nick Lowe's dad was so good. This must be Nick Lowe senior.

Whatever happened to Nick Lowe?

Seth

[Oskar]

Whatever happened to Nick Lowe?

I believe he's being kept against his will in a lock-up, somewhere just outside Welwyn Garden City. I think his dad is pretty good.

Here's another one from the old imposter -

[nash]

I started this thread 13 years ago, I wonder if anyone will still be up for it. A lot has changed in the world since then and, I think, the internet has become an angrier place.

Anyway, here's the original remit:

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Well, we're getting close to the most miserable time of the year so who's up for spreading a bit of joy and stuff?

How about posting things that make you happy? I know that as poets you're all a bunch of cynical sods, so I don't want anything that's cool or clever, just fun. And none of that nasty old schadenfreude business.

Anything at all, film clips, music, pictures, even a poem or two if that takes your fancy.

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I'l restart this with the same as I originally started it, a clip which, since I was a kid, has always made me laugh with delight:

[jisbell00]

Wonderful. Here's one I love:



I should add: "Can't sing. Can't act. Slightly bald. Can dance a bit."

[nash]

Wow! What an incredible mash-up. Really shines a new light on Astaire's moves.

[jisbell00]

And Rita Hayworth! Their chemistry is lovely, isn't it? They are so joyous. I love the moment Jackie says "I put my arms around you" and Rita flumps her arms around Fred.

Cheers,
John

This is quite nice as well:

[jisbell00]

Oh! I'm not sure you've run into this (my last one):

[nash]

Great stuff, John.

How about a bit of Spike? I remember my dad crying with laughter at the Q series. This particular bit is a favourite of Mrs Nash too (and Spike Milligan does look a lot like her late Nan in this clip)

[jisbell00]

That is splendid and Spike's expression is priceless.

Here are the Marx brothers doing the mirror scene in Duck Soup, 1933:

[Macavity]

[jisbell00]

[Macavity]

[jisbell00]

[David]

I started this thread 13 years ago, I wonder if anyone will still be up for it. A lot has changed in the world since then and, I think, the internet has become an angrier place.

Anyway, here's the original remit:

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Well, we're getting close to the most miserable time of the year so who's up for spreading a bit of joy and stuff?

How about posting things that make you happy? I know that as poets you're all a bunch of cynical sods, so I don't want anything that's cool or clever, just fun. And none of that nasty old schadenfreude business.

Anything at all, film clips, music, pictures, even a poem or two if that takes your fancy.

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I'l restart this with the same as I originally started it, a clip which, since I was a kid, has always made me laugh with delight:

How wonderful to see this thread resurrected. I remembered you as its great progenitor, John. And I remembered what your opening gambit was too.

This was all pre-Facebook, as I remember (more remembering!), but you came up with a damn fine - in fact a much better - forerunner to it here. Things were better then. (Discuss.)

God bless us every one.

David

P.S. I see that the last post before your one, now, was by Oskar - Dec 31, 2013. Where is Oskar now? I miss him too. (Are you out there, old chap?)