Initial Reaction - April 2022

[BarbaraK]

...danced! DANCED! COME ON face the music and DANCE!

Had I not been a whinamus hinamus, I would have solved much sooner.

What were you trying to make work?

[Joe Ross]

...danced! DANCED! COME ON face the music and DANCE!

Had I not been a whinamus hinamus, I would have solved much sooner.

What were you trying to make work?

Nothing puzzle-related. This puzzle hit me at a brief, bad time in 'normal life,' which kept me from giving it its due attention. Me hiney got whiny. Self-absorbtion: BLEH!

[Abide]

@Joe Ross Had to Google that. My first thought was Glengarry Joe Ross

Joe Ross: You laughing now? You got reveals, Muller & Matt paid good money, so get their names to sell them! You can’t appreciate the reveals you’re given?! If you can’t appreciate sh*t, then you are sh*t! Hit the bricks pal and beat it because you are going OUT!

Abide: The reveals…are weak.

Joe: The reveals are weak?! F***ing reveals are weak?! You’re weak!

[HunterX]

@Abide: Uh, well, consider the reveals, then.

EDDIE: What reveals?

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ARTHUR: He says the reveals are scrounging.

Definitely one of my favorite movies. The graffiti correction scene alone justified the six years of Latin I took.Wouldn't have know how correct it was otherwise.

Monty Python was good about including real language, facts, etc. Though I once showed the skit "Hungarian Dictionary" to my father-in-law who left Hungary in 1956 when the border went down for a short period. He not only didn't seem amused, he said the Hungarian was not any he'd heard. Guess they couldn't get them all correct.

[Joe Ross]

I've stood before that wall with a bucket of red paint... I mean, before that chalkboard, being corrected. John Cleese's cadence, threats, and disdain are delivered in perfect measures.

I like to claim some years of Latin, too, and will, but I also appreciate the complete immaturity of the introduction of the emperor's best friend (and best friend's wife!) and can't hold back the pure joy and minutes & minutes of giggling it induces, every time.

[HunterX]

I've stood before that wall with a bucket of red paint... I mean, before that chalkboard, being corrected. John Cleese's cadence, threats, and disdain are delivered in perfect measures.

I like to claim some years of Latin, too, and will, but I also appreciate the complete immaturity of the introduction of the emperor's best friend (and best friend's wife!) and can't hold back the pure joy and minutes & minutes of giggling it induces, every time.

I recall hearing or reading that even the cast had a hard time keeping a straight face during that scene. And I don't mean the gladiators.

That scene is also followed by the most wonderful non-sequitur in Biblical movie history--when Brian crawls away, runs up the tower, and falls into a passing space ship which then gets shot down in a space battle. Haven't looked up that scene's history, but I'd be willing to bet it was a Gilliam contribution.

[DrTom]

Did not notice the last names crossed until I saw this uber-artistic reveal

Typo at HILDALGO/SNOGS

Peter, are you suggesting Joe created this reveal while being ferried about in a ride share automobile?? I mean that could explain the lack of usual precision and artistic bent.