My most favourite thing about Sunday mornings is watching Miss Marple played by Joan Hickson. This morning it was ‘The Mirror Crack’d’. This was the last one in which Hickson played the part. She was 86 years old. The last line said by her is, “More tea, Vicar”.
Brilliant!
She is absolutely the definitive Jane Marple for me.
Margaret Rutherford played her with too much humour. Although, as Madame Arcarte she was perfect.
Angela Lansbury had a go and was totally crap. Helen Hayes was too cute and Geraldine McEwan just wasn’t her.
Another Agatha Christie character I love is Hercule Poirot but I adore Peter Ustinov’s portrayal him. My friend Ingrid, insists that David Suchet is the definitive Poirot and I’m inclined to agree. Christie herself didn’t think Ustinov was right for the part. I have a thing for logical minds!
(Schnee, engage sports filter.)
The other great thing about Sunday, is the afternoon football match. Although, today two of the clubs I hate the most were playing. Arsenal and Chelsea. (Disengage)
At this point, I have to admit to tucking in to one of the bottles I bought yesterday. There was never much hope for them anyway and I could be dead in the morning. I’d get really bitter and twisted if some other fucker were drinking my wine.
I must remember not to brush my teeth just before drinking wine. Not only does the wine taste shitty, the toothpaste tastes bad as well. No happy medium.
It’s like that, ‘eat parsley if you have garlic breath’ one. You end up with lots of green bits in your teeth. I’d definitely go with the garlic breath for a first impression over green teeth.
It might do it for Popeye, huge turn off for me.
I do like nice teeth though. I find them extremely sexy. My first ‘tooth’ based crush was on the dark one from Abba. Mmmm… Yummy.. Shame her Dad was a Nazi officer. I didn’t know that when I was eight, so I think she still counts.
Yeah! Zara Phillips is BBC Sports Personality Of The Year! Go Girl!
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Oh Sleepy, that poor lady from Abba - she was the subject of one of those Discovery Channel documentaries. I think she is really Norwegian and the Nazi party had an actual breeding programme with Norwegian women (another occupied territory) because they have the purest Aryan blood there. The children were kind of genetically engineered, but when the German were defeated and withdrew, the women and their children were treated like pariahs. It was awful. So it was totally cool to have a crush on her.
Yeah, the green teeth bit is kinda horrible. I always wondered about that bloke who used to work at Mayhem but went to Milton X or some other and who used to turn up to social things. Nice guy, but he had a completely green tooth. What the hell was going on with that?
I saw that documentary. I don't think she was Lebensborn though.
I remember that guy! His hair was as rank as you like! Science department.
The grils from Abba - totally cool. The video of 'The day before you came' was total class. They were simply themselves and more than enuf. I raise my mug of tea to them both.
There was something about the dark one!
I was to young to understand what I wanted to do with her, but I knew I wanted to do something!
Joan Hickson.
What can you say. Awesome.
Like Alec Guiness in Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy, they both define and embody characters that speak for a generation and for a sense of values.
And Alistair Sim dressed as a woman as the headteacher of Saint Trinians....not quite the same, but....you know....classic
I worship at the altar of ABBA.
- Karen
Alistair Sim was just too good in that role!
I'm never sure whether i like Alec Guiness or not.
Abba are still quality! Although the dark one has lost some of her allure.
Alistair Sim! Classic film too...one of my favourites as a child.
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