docwebster ([personal profile] docwebster) wrote2002-06-13 07:50 am

Oh my goodness...

I just watched part of the "Party At The Palace", and two things had me in awe:

Lenny Henry's pure brass cheek, cracking wise about a black guardsman outside the palace: "A black guy with a gun outside the queen's house and he didn't get arrested."

The absolutely divine Dame Shirley Bassey doing, of course, "Goldfinger" with full orchestral backing. You go, girl.

[identity profile] bunyip.livejournal.com 2002-06-13 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
That's pure Lenny Henry all right... that's one thing I miss with the comedy here in recent times... you don't have the "nothing is sacred" attitude of some Australian and British commedians. It's almost like it's now considered that things have to be sacred or something... American comedy isn't what it used to be. Yes, I am more used to the British style of humour, but I haven't found many US commediens that appeal to me ... It astounds me that a talentless hack like Carrot Top is considered a commedien.

[identity profile] johno.livejournal.com 2002-06-13 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
Which "Party at the Palace" did you see?

The VH1 version was mostly rock singers.

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[identity profile] docwebster.livejournal.com 2002-06-13 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
The uncut version from British tv.

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[identity profile] johno.livejournal.com 2002-06-13 07:58 am (UTC)(link)
*Grump*

Thought so, we missed the BBCAmerica broadcast. Hopefully they will re-air thier coverage.

[identity profile] docwebster.livejournal.com 2002-06-13 08:24 am (UTC)(link)
John, me old son, the version I saw was in mpeg form. You have a DVD player, hmmmm? ;)

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[identity profile] johno.livejournal.com 2002-06-13 08:40 am (UTC)(link)
Alas it's an old cheap one that doesn't do VCDs, but my home computer displays MPEGS in a very nice vewable format.

[identity profile] docwebster.livejournal.com 2002-06-13 08:49 am (UTC)(link)
Welllllll, then. ;)

Email me at rhis@NOSPAM.YOU.GITS.vampireradio.com and I'll see about getting you the CDs out. I'm sure you can figure out which bits of the email addy to remove. ;)