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[gnomi]

Mostly for damasquine

King Roderick: The Duke. What did the Duke do?
Hubert Hawkins: Eh... the Duke do?
King Roderick: Yes. And what about the Doge?
Hubert Hawkins: Oh, the Doge!
King Roderick: Eh. Well what did the Doge do?
Hubert Hawkins: The Doge do?
King Roderick: Yes, the Doge do.
Hubert Hawkins: Well, uh, the Doge did what the Doge does. Eh, uh, when the Doge does his duty to the Duke, that is.
King Roderick: What? What's that?
Hubert Hawkins: Oh, it's very simple, sire. When the Doge did his duty and the Duke didn't, that's when the Duchess did the dirt to the Duke with the Doge.
King Roderick: Who did what to what?
Hubert Hawkins: Oh, they all did, sire. There they were in the dark; the Duke with his dagger, the Doge with his dart, Duchess with her dirk.
King Roderick: Duchess with her dirk?
Hubert Hawkins: Yes! The Duchess dove at the Duke just when the Duke dove at the Doge. Now the Duke ducked, the Doge dodged, and the Duchess didn't. So the Duke got the Duchess, the Duchess got the Doge, and the Doge got the Duke!
King Roderick: Curious. I... I... hm? What? What's that? All I heard was that the Duchess had a siege of rheumatism. She's 83, you know.

Comments

[magid.livejournal.com]

Hee!

And all I keep thinking is "... the vessel with the pestle..."

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Yup. Wonderful, wonderful movie. We should've asked you on Saturday night when we were trying to recall what the Doge had (we knew the Duke with his dagger and the Duchess with her dirk).

[magid.livejournal.com]

I've only seen it once, alas. I remember being enormously surprised to see who the 'babe' was played by... I'd not seen her in anything other than Murder, She Wrote at that point.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

It's a great film for rewatching. And beside Angela Lansbury, it's got Glynis Johns and Basil Rathbone.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Wanna host a movie night? (asks the TV-, VCR-, and DVD-disabled one)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

At some point. Right now, we're not so set up for it. But hopefully come spring-ish.

[saxikath]

My favorite movie of all time!

"Get it?"
'Got it.'
"Good."

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

It's such a wonderful film. Not only does it have wonderful lines, but it's got such a powerhouse of actors in it, too.

[cicirossi.livejournal.com]

oh god I love the court jester... and I love the bit with the flagon with the dragon too

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

It's one of my favorite movies. I make people who have never seen it go out and rent it.

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

The beginning of this reminds me of the children's game "Wanna Buy a Duck?"

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

A What? :-)

Aha! We forgot the dart!

[damascene.livejournal.com]

Yay you! I probably ought to copy this to a note in my gadget, so next time we both lose track I'll have it in the external memory.

Got it. Good.

Re: Aha! We forgot the dart!

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

I think it says something about us that you want to have it in memory for when we lose track of it and need it again.

What it says about us, however, I leave unresolved. :-)

[gem225.livejournal.com]

I love this. What it is from, please?

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

It's from the movie "The Court Jester," starring Danny Kaye. This scene came up over the weekend in conversation, so I went hunting for it.

[gem225.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Now to see if I've already taped it and not watched it, and if not, to see about taping it. :-)

Court Jester!!

[sharonaf.livejournal.com]

"Ask the girl if she's seen a group in the forest."
"Eh, what's--what's that?"
"If she's seen a group in the forest!"
"No need to shout, I hear very well indeed... Did you see a group in the forest?"

Several seconds filled with energetic hand movements pass.

"Well, what did she say?"
"She said, No."
"Well, what took her so long?!"
"Stutters."

LOVE that movie. :-D

Re: Court Jester!!

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

It's so, so wonderful. I love it so much I can't pick a favorite scene, though I do have a fondness for the double-speed knighting of poor Hawkins.