Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for January 28, 2015
January 27, 2015
January 29, 2015
Transcript:
richard's poor amanac presents- shakespeare's birthday by richard thompson fun page! 1. 2. 3. 4. who wrote it? for centuries scholars, experts & plain everyday folk have argued about who really wrote shakespeare's works. do you know? is it 1. shakespeare, 2. christopher marlowe, 3. francis bacon or 4. barky the wonder elizabethan-play-writing dog? help hamlet avenge his father's murder! hurry! time's-a wastin'! go. oops! you dithered too long! your uncle got away! plus, ophelia drowned herself. find six things wrong with this staging of shakeseare's "a midsummer night's dream" 1, it's daytime. 2, inappropriate gory murder. 3, hermia is poorly-cast. 4, alligator should be a donkey. 5, set left over from "death of a salesman.: 6, the theater-goer sitting behind you keeps coughing down your neck.
emjaycee over 9 years ago
6A) – The theatre-goer behind you with the cough spends twenty minutes trying to open a cough-drop or lozenge very slowly, yet each “CRINKLE” is minimum of five on both the Richter and Fujita scales (earthquake and tornado, respectively), prolonging the aural agony. Hence, I have a resealable bag of pre-unwrapped lozenges for my use in a theatre – no zip- opening sounds, no wrapping crinkles, and less coughing/near immediate relief: learned this from a theatre prof in college.
puddlesplatt over 9 years ago
or worse yet, clapping before it’s over.
MysteryCat over 9 years ago
Is this a placemat at Alice’s favorite restaurant? — the one with the plastic swords piercing the sandwiches?
kas300 over 9 years ago
I love reading these, they are evergreen classics! Thank you, Richard!
Sisyphos over 9 years ago
Happy birthday, whoever you really are!