Ya wanna feel old?

[NoJo]

Apropos of English actors trying do do American accents:

 

[metal4lace]

Oh, believe me, finding out Hugh Laurie was NOT American shocked the hell out of us.

I always knew Hugh Laurie was British because I remembered him from Blackadder with Rowan Atkinson! He was great in that! Anyone who enjoys his work should Check out Blackadder.

 

[TheRedChamber]

Conversely, if you want to feel young, Scarlett Johanson is only still only 41.

 

[AchtungNight]

Dick van Dyke was also great in Night at the Museum.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

People should watch an even younger Hugh Laurie with Stephen Fry, as Bertie Wooster and Jeeves.

Probably their best performances and made it even more shocking to Brits when the upper-class twit of Wooster and Prince George suddenly became House.

 

[StillStunned]

People should watch an even younger Hugh Laurie with Stephen Fry, as Bertie Wooster and Jeeves.

Probably their best performances and made it even more shocking to Brits when the upper-class twit of Wooster and Prince George suddenly became House.

I thought Blackadder predated Jeeves & Wooster? I remember watching Blackadder the Third in the 1980s, and J&W quite a few years later.

 

[alohadave]

Yeah, same, I'm not old enough to appreciate his show.

Is his particular type of comedy not accessible if you didn't live through it?

It's pretty standard situation comedy with pratfalls.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

I thought Blackadder predated Jeeves & Wooster? I remember watching Blackadder the Third in the 1980s, and J&W quite a few years later.

You're right - Blackadder was 1983-89, which I should know because I watched the final episode live at school, and J&W was 1990 - he just looks more fresh-faced.

 

[Writer61]

Yeah, same, I'm not old enough to appreciate his show.

But his name is GREAT for Lit.

Really, Dyck vs Dike triggered a heated thread recently.

 

[MillieDynamite]

No, I don't want to feel old. I know him mostly from ancient reruns, movies, and TV shows older than me.

How many of use grew up with Dick Van Dyke?

Dude's coming close to 100 in a few months.

Sure hope he makes it.

 

[StillStunned]

You're right - Blackadder was 1983-89, which I should know because I watched the final episode live at school, and J&W was 1990 - he just looks more fresh-faced.

It's also hilarious that Stephen Fry does an excellent impression of an old man as General Melchett.

 

[old_prof]

No, I don't want to feel old. I know him mostly from ancient reruns, movies, and TV shows older than me.

That's because you're still young 'un, Millie. Some of us remember the original Dick Van Dyke show being new. Or seeing Mary Poppins in he theater as a new release.

Someday your child will ask you about something from your youth and you will suddenly realize you're not young anymore. I hope I'm around to laugh then.

 

[SimonDoom]

I'm in my 60s and Dick Van Dyke's peak was before MY time. I only saw his TV show in reruns 10+ years after they first aired. So he's been around for a long time.

I do remember the Columbo episode where he played the photographer who killed his wife, and got caught by being tricked into identifying the camera. That was a classic episode.

 

[MillieDynamite]

One of my favorites as well.

I'm in my 60s and Dick Van Dyke's peak was before MY time. I only saw his TV show in reruns 10+ years after they first aired. So he's been around for a long time.

I do remember the Columbo episode where he played the photographer who killed his wife, and got caught by being tricked into identifying the camera. That was a classic episode.

 

[69Explorer]

A couple of things about the dick Van dyke show.

1) It was created and written by Carl Reiner , Rob Reiners ( R.I.P) father.

2) Carl Reiner played Alan Brady in the show

3) He was always having problems with the network censors as to what words and subjects could be used,
nothing religous, and nothing sexual. It was of course the 60's

An example of which, is the bedroom setting where the network insisted that Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore
are shown on TV sleeping in seperate beds .

There was also strictly controlled wardrobe costumes, when they introduced " Laura" as being pregnant.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Yes, in the good old days, the storks ruled the babies of the world.

A couple of things about the dick Van dyke show.

1) It was created and written by Carl Reiner , Rob Reiners ( R.I.P) father.

2) Carl Reiner played Alan Brady in the show

3) He was always having problems with the network censors as to what words and subjects could be used,
nothing religous, and nothing sexual. It was of course the 60's

An example of which, is the bedroom setting where the network insisted that Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore
are shown on TV sleeping in seperate beds .

There was also strictly controlled wardrobe costumes, when they introduced " Laura" as being pregnant.

 

[Voboy]

Is his particular type of comedy not accessible if you didn't live through it?

It's pretty standard situation comedy with pratfalls.

I dunno. I just know I've watched his show and I didn't find it funny.

FWIW, I don't usually go in for pratfalls. I don't think Jim Carey or Will Ferrell are all that funny, either.

 

[xXxplorher]

Conversely, if you want to feel young, Scarlett Johanson is only still only 41.

Foxiest fuckin bitch...

Be who you wanna be.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Apropos of English actors trying do do American accents:

Australian actors can do American accents, why can't American actors do the reverse? Even the brilliantly clever Meryl Streep botched Lindy Chamberlain in Evil Angels.

 

[M_K_Babalon]

Is his particular type of comedy not accessible if you didn't live through it?

It's pretty standard situation comedy with pratfalls.

I used to watch it on Nick At Night when I was a kid. I don't know how accessable it is now, but back then, one had to have cable and a willingness to watch it.

 

[Belegon]

Young MC is almost 60

I turned sixty last week. I remember Young MC bursting onto the scene in a time where most rap that got noticed was almost always a one hit wonder.

 

[RetroFan]

Kate Winslet turns 50 in October.

The release of the blockbuster 'Titanic' took place in December 1997, and is now closer in time to the 1960s than to the present day.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

I have lived under three flags since birth: 48 stars for five years, then 49 stars for a few days, and then the 50 stars we still have today. I was born under the Eisenhower administration, our last president to be born in the 19th century (1800s).

 

[Writer61]

I have lived under three flags since birth: 48 stars for five years, then 49 stars for a few days, and then the 50 stars we still have today. I was born under the Eisenhower administration, our last president to be born in the 19th century (1800s).

I have lived under five … but not all from the same country.

Then there are the three currency changes.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Dick van Dyke made me laugh as a child.

I really don't need him to make me feel old now; I seems to be managing quite nicely without his assistance.

That said, may he make his century and well beyond!