BBC's "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" was the best depiction of Henry that I can think of. "Elizabeth R" was less memorable, but still very well-acted. (As a side note, one of my favorite goofy songs is the Kingston Trio's "With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm," about one of the wives haunting "the Bloody Tower.")
And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Kathy A - Nov 10, 2005 2:04:00 pm PST #8615 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
DavidS - Nov 10, 2005 2:07:45 pm PST #8616 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
about one of the wives
Anne Boleyn was the subject of that song. I have an earlier version by Rudy Vallee which is up at Buffistarawk if you want to nab it. Part of my Halloween mix.
Vonnie K - Nov 10, 2005 2:09:13 pm PST #8617 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Right, right. I remember now. It's tough to keep all the beheadings straight. These people always seem to be losing their heads one way or another.
Poor Mary. She gets so maligned in films. So she was fond of a spot of torture and burning the Protestants at stake and had a pathetic crush on her Spaniard husband who didn't like her very much, but which other British monarch has a popular drink named after him/her?
Mr. Broom - Nov 10, 2005 2:11:27 pm PST #8618 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
"Now I'm going to marry my first wife, then I'm going to divorce her. Now, I know what you're going to say but wait, my story gets better! I'm going to marry my second wife, then I'm going to kill her! Cut her head off! Ahhh, you weren't expecting that, were you? Third wife, going to shoot her! Fourth wife, put her in a bag! Fifth wife, into outer space! Sixth wife on a rotissimat! Seventh wife will be made out of jam..."
DavidS - Nov 10, 2005 2:22:29 pm PST #8619 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
but which other British monarch has a popular drink named after him/her?
The Raving George
Sloe Comforable Bess On The Beach
William the Screwdriver
James & Coke
Kathy A - Nov 10, 2005 2:23:36 pm PST #8620 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Henry the Eighth
To six wives was wedded.
One died, one survived,
Two divorced, two beheaded.
(Thank you, Louisa May Alcott!)
Kathy A - Nov 10, 2005 2:25:36 pm PST #8621 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Cereal:
Hec, what is this "Buffistarawk"?
DavidS - Nov 10, 2005 2:44:50 pm PST #8622 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hec, what is this "Buffistarawk"?
Insent to your profile addy.
Volans - Nov 11, 2005 5:20:56 am PST #8623 of 10002
move out and draw fire
So, what comes between Elizabethan and Georgian?
James became king after Elizabeth, right? Mary, Queen of Scots' son. So Elizabeth was the last of the Tudors, and he was part of the Stuart family. He was king of Scotland before he inherited the English throne.
Otherwise known in fashion as the Queer Eye for the Scots Guy era.
I do not know this "Collide," but setting a period movie's trailer to non-period music smacks of A Knight's Tale.
ETA: I just went and listened to Collide, and yeah, I've heard that but relegated it to unmemorable. Weird weird weird choice.
sumi - Nov 11, 2005 5:34:15 am PST #8624 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
David, would you send me the buffistarawk stuff too?