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A beautiful mind. the story of john nash who suffered with schizophrenia and his wife who stood by him through everything.
An Idiot Abroad 2 (2011)
In the first series of Karl Pilkington's hit comedy travelogue An Idiot Abroad, the bald Manc twonk was sent around the world against his will by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant to visit the new Seven Wonders.
In this second series, Karl was again sent around the world against his will by his two best pals but, this time, it was to carry out activities that he chose from a bucket list of 100 things to do before you die (a bucket list that Ricky and Steve, not Karl, wrote!).
In this episode, Karl went to Africa to visit mountain gorillas in their natural habitat in Uganda. However, along the way he embarks on a hilarious adventure in which he helps a charity rebuild a hut in a shanty town; teaches a class of children at a school - and finds himself on the end of a bungee between two cooling towers. Will the terrified Karl jump?
Watch it here:
In the first series of Karl Pilkington's hit comedy travelogue An Idiot Abroad, the bald Manc twonk was sent around the world against his will by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant to visit the new Seven Wonders.
In this second series, Karl was again sent around the world against his will by his two best pals but, this time, it was to carry out activities that he chose from a bucket list of 100 things to do before you die (a bucket list that Ricky and Steve, not Karl, wrote!).
In this episode, Karl went to Africa to visit mountain gorillas in their natural habitat in Uganda. However, along the way he embarks on a hilarious adventure in which he helps a charity rebuild a hut in a shanty town; teaches a class of children at a school - and finds himself on the end of a bungee between two cooling towers. Will the terrified Karl jump?
Watch it here:
this week marks the beginning of the college lacrosse season - I have watched three games online already with many more to come as the season progresses
how I love that sport!
how I love that sport!
An Idiot Abroad
In this first series of his hit comedy travelogue, Karl travels the world to look at the new Seven Wonders.
In this episode, Karl goes to Brazil to visit Rio's famous Christ the Redeemer statue. However, before actually visiting it, he embarks on a Brazilian adventure.
His visit coincides with the Rio Carnival - or the "gay parade" as Karl calls it - which he finds noisy and stressful. However, he is forced to dress in a costume and take part in it!
He also meets Celso, who takes him for a Brazilian wax and assists him in shopping for ultra-tight Brazilian beachwear before taking him to a beach - which Karl discovers, to his sheer horror, is a gay beach. However, that's not the only surprise that Celso has in stall for Karl.
Watch it here: An.Idiot.Abroad.S01E06.WS.PDTV.XviD-aAF - Video Dailymotion
In this first series of his hit comedy travelogue, Karl travels the world to look at the new Seven Wonders.
In this episode, Karl goes to Brazil to visit Rio's famous Christ the Redeemer statue. However, before actually visiting it, he embarks on a Brazilian adventure.
His visit coincides with the Rio Carnival - or the "gay parade" as Karl calls it - which he finds noisy and stressful. However, he is forced to dress in a costume and take part in it!
He also meets Celso, who takes him for a Brazilian wax and assists him in shopping for ultra-tight Brazilian beachwear before taking him to a beach - which Karl discovers, to his sheer horror, is a gay beach. However, that's not the only surprise that Celso has in stall for Karl.
Watch it here: An.Idiot.Abroad.S01E06.WS.PDTV.XviD-aAF - Video Dailymotion
You aren't watching that. You are just expressing your man crush on the little bald guy.
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Cinderella Man. ~ The story of heavyweight boxing champion James J Braddock who weathered the depression with his family until his chance came at the title and when he did get back on his feet, he payed back every penny of state assistance he received . When interviewed on what he was fighting for against the great Max Baer Braddock replied, "milk". Have to have been poor to be able to understand what he meant there.
Renee Zellwegger (sp) plays his wife who sticks with him through all of his hardships and failures and takes in sewing and does all she can do to help especially when he has to try and work on the docks with a broken right hand. Russell Crowe gives a good performance as Braddock his expressions when he has to reach the point of begging to feed his children are priceless. May be one of my favorite movies . I guess the moral of this story must be , for me anyway, the strength a man can draw from, when he has a woman who loves him unconditionally.
With the winnings from the Maxx Baer fight, Jim and Mae Braddock bought a house in New Jersey where they raised their family and lived for the rest of their lives. Cinderella man. In one year went from standing in a bread line to the heavy weight boxing champion of the world.
Renee Zellwegger (sp) plays his wife who sticks with him through all of his hardships and failures and takes in sewing and does all she can do to help especially when he has to try and work on the docks with a broken right hand. Russell Crowe gives a good performance as Braddock his expressions when he has to reach the point of begging to feed his children are priceless. May be one of my favorite movies . I guess the moral of this story must be , for me anyway, the strength a man can draw from, when he has a woman who loves him unconditionally.
With the winnings from the Maxx Baer fight, Jim and Mae Braddock bought a house in New Jersey where they raised their family and lived for the rest of their lives. Cinderella man. In one year went from standing in a bread line to the heavy weight boxing champion of the world.
I've watched "Trolljegeren" ("Troll Hunter"), a brilliant 2010 Norwegian "found footage" mockumentary film about those great figures from Norwegian mythology (or are they real?!?!?!) - trolls.
A group of university college students, Thomas (Glenn Erland Tosterud), Johanna (Johanna Mørck) and their cameraman Kalle (Tomas Alf Larsen), set out to make a documentary about a suspected bear poacher, Hans (Otto Jespersen).
At the site of an illegally slain bear they interview local hunters, who comment that the bear tracks look odd, and don't actually resemble bear tracks.
When the filmmakers track down Hans and accompany him on his "bear" hunts, filming him as they go, it turns out it's not bears that he's hunting...
I'm a great fan of Karl's. I've watched all his shows and read all his hilarious books umpteen times each.
Night John. ~ The movie about a slave who after escaping to his freedom up north, goes back to the south to teach other slaves how to read which was illegal then.
Was watching a few memorable scenes with Spencer Tracy on the Youtube. From the movies Inherit the Wind, Guess who's coming to Dinner and The Nuremburg Trials.
Between 2001 and 2005, three comic geniuses - Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington - made a weekly broadcast called The Ricky Gervais Show on the radio station Xfm (originally, Karl was merely the show's producer but, when Ricky and Steve realised how hilarious he is, started to invite him onto the show to make the odd comment) in which they had a series of unscripted and hilarious chats about a wide range of topics.
In November 2005, Guardian Unlimited offered the show as a podcast series of 12 shows. Throughout January and February 2006, the podcast was consistently ranked the number one podcast in the world; it appeared in the 2007 Guinness World Record for the world's most downloaded podcast, having gained an average of 261,670 downloads per episode during its first month. According to the BBC, by September 2006, the podcasts of the series had been downloaded nearly 18 million times. As of March 2011, the podcast has been downloaded over 300 million times.
Eventually, American TV channel HBO animated the podcasts and turned them into the TV series The Ricky Gervais Show. Despite being named after Gervais, it mostly revolves around the life and ideas of Pilkington.
Series 1
Episode 9
The Jockey
In "Questions for Karl," the anointed pundit discusses time travel and adult diapers with his two best friends. Stephen reads entries from Karl's hilarious diary, which entertain Ricky immensely. In Monkey News: A 1950s gangster was duped into using a monkey as jockey in an important race.
Watch it here:
Series 1
Episode 13
Freaks
Karl has something of a fascination with "freaky people" and in this episode he tells us his Top 5 Freaks - including the Pig-Faced Woman of Manchester Square and the Elephant Man. And more excerpts are read from Karl's diary.
Watch it here:
In November 2005, Guardian Unlimited offered the show as a podcast series of 12 shows. Throughout January and February 2006, the podcast was consistently ranked the number one podcast in the world; it appeared in the 2007 Guinness World Record for the world's most downloaded podcast, having gained an average of 261,670 downloads per episode during its first month. According to the BBC, by September 2006, the podcasts of the series had been downloaded nearly 18 million times. As of March 2011, the podcast has been downloaded over 300 million times.
Eventually, American TV channel HBO animated the podcasts and turned them into the TV series The Ricky Gervais Show. Despite being named after Gervais, it mostly revolves around the life and ideas of Pilkington.
Series 1
Episode 9
The Jockey
In "Questions for Karl," the anointed pundit discusses time travel and adult diapers with his two best friends. Stephen reads entries from Karl's hilarious diary, which entertain Ricky immensely. In Monkey News: A 1950s gangster was duped into using a monkey as jockey in an important race.
Watch it here:
Series 1
Episode 13
Freaks
Karl has something of a fascination with "freaky people" and in this episode he tells us his Top 5 Freaks - including the Pig-Faced Woman of Manchester Square and the Elephant Man. And more excerpts are read from Karl's diary.
Watch it here:
Gervais trys too hard to be funny. You want a good british comedian it's benny the fookin hill.
I find I am warming a bit to Rona. Her speech in defense of Canada keeping the jets in was very spirited. I am watching this simply because I want to hear Justin actually admit that our 'trainers' will be on the front lines, they will see battle if it is thrust upon them or their trainees.........thus this is a combat role and even more of our men and women are in danger. He keeps dancing around the plain truth and it is really start to wear on me.
I am with the Conservatives on this though with a majority, the Libs will easily get the motion passed.
As Heinlein said "An 'advisor' who's been dead for three days in the jungle smells just the same as a real soldier."
The NDP really need to get a grip and find a leader with some dynamism. Tom is a good man but he is so pedantic...........listening to him during the debate was almost painful.