For those of you unfamiliar with this film, here is a quick plot summary: A member of the British House of Lords dies during a round of auto-erotic asphyxiation, leaving the seat to his insane son who believes, among other things, that he is Jesus Christ. Hilarity ensues! Naturally other members of the household covet the title and try to wrest it from the crazy son, played by Peter O’Toole. Say what you want about the man, he plays an excellent crazy person in many films. This was the role of a lifetime and he played it to perfection. I hope you enjoy it! This is one of the highest-rated films I have shown, normally I am content to bring you gems from the trash can.
This just seemed like such an appropriate film for the times. Biden is old, our storied elite are trying to push him out and replace him with – Who? Not one viable person is left on the roster. Might as well let the guy who thinks he’s Jesus take a shot at the nomination.
One last thing, we are fortunate in that we are watching the Criterion version of this film tonight, uncut, six minutes restored if you are counting them from the American edition some of us grew up watching.
So watch! Or Don’t! Everything is voluntary until some crazy asshat takes over the government! Oh wait, that already happened. Next week, I continue my celebration of dysfunctional governments with Bananas, a Woody Allen Classic that could really use a re-viewing.
Help! Tubi is the Devil and I Can’t Watch the Movie!
Lucky for you, you can find this on Plex, and even on YouTube. Famous old movies are easy to get online. Should none of these work for you, our crack team of Glib technical assistants is standing by to help you. BY HELP MEAN….
“Say what you want about the man, he plays an excellent crazy person in many films.”
Probably one of the many things in life where being a drunk helps.
Criterion is great, but last I checked their prices were nuts.
I need to look and see. I remember them being $60 a few years ago.
So, the DVD prices are way down, this particular one in the American region is $26. For the region-free though, it is $76, because B.S.
There is no Blu-Ray to compare to, but the Risky Business Blu-Ray is a mere $19.
“For the region-free though, it is $76, because B.S.”
Yes, DVD regions are total bullshit. Too bad Oppo stopped making players.
“There is no Blu-Ray to compare to, but the Risky Business Blu-Ray is a mere $19.”
I’m not paying twenty bucks to see Tom Cruise in his underwear, but that’s a normal price.
How about Rebecca DeMornay without hers?
“How about Rebecca DeMornay without hers?”
Same as downtown?
High quality video for Tubi.
I saw this 6-9 months ago, thinking it was something else. Still, I watched and enjoyed.
The top secret short this week is a nice new cartoon about people staring at their phones. That can be your consolation prize. Or you can discuss gardening. There are no rules on Thursdays.
*pushes play*
*sips beverage*
I forgot tonight was movie night. I’ll queue this up for later viewing. Thanks RJ!
For those of you unfamiliar with this film, here is a quick plot summary: A member of the British House of Lords dies during a round of auto-erotic asphyxiation, leaving the seat to his insane son who believes, among other things, that he is Jesus Christ.
Wait a minute…. someone made a biopic about a Glib?
This is a very Glib film.
I also forgot it was movie night, I was making Ramen with pork belly.
Yum!
Whoa! Was watching Tampopo.
No subtitles, so having a bit a trouble understanding these British people.
They do talk funny.
VelociPastor is on Tubi!
Oooo! That shall be shown, right after the Third Anniversary Show in mid-August.
Awesome! I bought the DVD years ago. For some reason it’s gaining popularity now. It was mentioned on Pop Culture Crisis, but I don’t remember why. I download PCC and leave it on when I’m falling asleep.
Hmm… Ten dollar Vegas Rockabilly shirts…
https://www.amazon.com/Hawaiian-Vacation-Tropical-T-Shirt-X-Large/dp/B0D7MHW6V5/ref=sr_1_29?sr=8-29
Alert Nephilium.
Silence.
Not a bird chirping, not a coffin creaking, not a trash can rattling. The Glibs have gone to ground.
I am in medical transcription hell right now. It’s not that she’s Indian with a thick accent. It’s that she wants me to copy from previous notes, which sounds fine until she says, “Copy from here to there,” over and over and over again in different tiny little sections. It would have taken her less time to read it for me to type fresh.
It’s a good fucking thing I’m getting paid hourly because I would be so done with this bullshit.
Ugh.
finished watching France demolish the USMNT: I didn’t expect otherwise, of course, but I keep notes and maybe some of these guys will matter on future teams (I doubt it)
now NewWife is watching Alone, a show about highly trained back-country survival experts routinely making mistakes we’ve all known better than since Cub Scouts
I saw an ad for Alone, that does sound like a good description.
“…highly trained back-country survival experts routinely making mistakes we’ve all known better than since Cub Scouts.”
Or since we read Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”.
Available without Tubi:
The first debate between Trump and Harris:
https://youtu.be/-ZJVo5AkBj0?si=WVsI0fng3CZUJzeC
I book marked that one. I can listen tomorrow night. Yes, that busy. Life is crazy.
Too on point.
4-8 years of congested nagging whine…. kill me now.
“To make it true, you have to laugh about it. That’s what I’ve learned.”
Estee Palti is a national treasure.
A tale of two candidates, by freedom toons:
https://youtu.be/1idzeKHM39A?si=Lp4qjGmcCoNuP6xN
There’s still time to First out with your cock out.
Please do. I missed you around here.
I was on a crappy game show when I was 11 years old and found the episode on Tubi so I’m not sure if I love Tubi now or hate it. But I definitely wish that I still had the same hairline (but not the same haircut).
Morning, Glibs.
*waves*
How goes?
*shrug*
It goes. Zoom, zoom. No, wait that’s a Mazda thing…
Having fun behind enemy lines?
No.
I need a vacation.
Top of the morning to you people!
☺🌄💵
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=prrwSME_QEc
🎶🎶
Obama has finally backed CommaLa, because fuck the voters.
It was all a matter of biding his time until the right quid pro quo was offered anyway.
Good morning, Sean, U, Stinky, and Ted’S.!
How goes?
So far, so good. I’m off today, but it’s not all fun & games. TT has a med appt. Other than that though, should be nice.
How about you?
Two days in a row I’ve eaten one meal per 24 hours, sleeping through my normal dinner time, and when awake in the wee hours going “it’s too late to eat anything, I should wait for breakfast.” I don’t know what caused it, but I also wasn’t hungry during those wee hours. It’s not lack of food, I have four good meals worth of fresh meat in the fridge. The night before this started I actually had a very good (for me) night’s sleep from ~10pm to ~5am, so the random switch to sleeping in the afternoon and being up in the wee hours was unexpected.
That IS odd! But you’d best use that meat before it goes bad! 🥩🍗🥩🍗
Oooo, a Peter O’Toole joint where he plays a wealthy crazy person? I say! Was he acting WACKY (I like O’Toole but the wacky British movies of the day are often too wacky)?
Oh goody:
Sabotage by arson hits French TGV lines
Muh Trains?
With the far left in France empowered and essentially untouchable after the last election it’s not surprising in the least that the pace of foolishness like this would pick up.
I’m expecting (much) worse, eventually.
France is not the same as it was in the ’60s. ‘Course I’m not either.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ahbE6bcVf8
Those were the days.
And you knew who you were then….
Good morning Glibs.
Here is a wake me up song. As I need one.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-ue3shSThUw
Good morning, ‘loosey!
Another wake you up song
That really put a boom boom into my heart. Thanks Ted
Anyone see anything about the flag at the White House being lowered to half staff recently?
Could be for anybody.
Dollars to doughnuts it would have been for Sheila Jackson Lee. I don’t know the precise law for flying the flag at half staff for US House members who die in office.
It’s half-staff at the Capitol for Sheila Jackson Lee. Someone mixing up their DC landmarks maybe?
Yeah; it’s obnoxious how so many people immediately want to jump to absurd and easily debunked conspiracy theories.
And of course, such people are useful for the Establishment who can point to them and tell the normies, “Look how stupid those people are.”
When I saw the countermeasure first thing I thought of was Dune as well.
Ukraine Uses Science Fiction Technology To Neutralize Russia’s Nastiest Mine
1. Forbes is a huge Ukraine cheerleader
2. It’s a Russian design from the 70s. Does the operation actually match the design? Does it really work as well as it claims?
Soviet Engineering fell into one of two extremes – Absurdly indestructable, or Completely useless. It could be either.
Exactly. It sounds difficult to do with 70s era tech.
That kind of sensing and thinking would be done now with DSPs.
I can’t load the article from work (proxy blocking) but you’d be surprised what 70s tech could do.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2024/07/26/ukraine-uses-science-fiction-technology-to-neutralize-russias-nastiest-mine/
If you block js you can read it.
Yes, that is within the ability of 70’s tech.
I spend way too much time studying retro computing. It’s almost certainly the sort of “always analog” signal processing that trims out signals too high and too low for it’s target. Which would then be foolable with a thumper.
Keep in mind cost and reliability. Some uneducated half drunk worker was slamming that together on an assembly line and making thousands.
And some of them will work.
I wouldn’t want to find out.
And a morning ray of sunshine.[OC] A police SUV cutting around traffic hits a scooter that was illegally crossing on a red light
Parody is getting harder
I believe that made one of the links.
I wasn’t here for it… 🙁