Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for January 08, 2024
January 05, 2024
January 10, 2024
Transcript:
ricahrd's poor almanack by richard thompson cut & play shakespeare festival! stage your own shakespeare plays right at home! cut fold richard iii - charming power-crazed sociopath. give that man a horse! lady macbeth - her first name was "gruoch." maybe that's gaelic for "pushy bi-otch." puck - magical fairy fun-ster, oberon's go-fer, and a creepy little add jerk. optional funny hat yorrick - deceased clown, hamlet's imaginary friend & the original prop comic. michael kahn - brilliant yet "demanding" director. a shakespeare super-genius. typing monkey - get enough of these and they'll type a new play!
Cpeckbourlioux 8 months ago
Gruocho. Yep, probably gaelic spelling. Or, a seldom seen spelling mistake?
SteveHL 8 months ago
So Gallagher was a direct descendant of Yorick? (Not “Yorrick” – sorry, Mr. Thompson, but you lose points for the misspelling.)
Teto85 Premium Member 8 months ago
Right next to Reality Check.
RabbitDad 8 months ago
Infinite primates and infinite typewriters will write Shakespeare. Evolutionary theory suggests this has happened.
plaidley 8 months ago
I’ll wait for the Kenneth Branagh version.
Sisyphos 8 months ago
Don’t need no Michael Kahn! I’ve seen a lot of excellent Shakespeare that he couldn’t touch. Richard’s wife knows where much of it was….