So I'm trying to piece together details on these two linked events. The play by Schiller is great as a dramatic text and playing with archetypes, but like most plays of that time it funnels everything through the lens of the monarch.
I'd really like to know more about the trial itself and the politics at play during that time.
Anything is appreciated.
My Rating: 5/5 stars
Plot
Two ancient Britons, Hengist and Horsa (Jim Dale and Kenneth Connor), are captured by invading Romans led by Julius Caesar (Kenneth Williams) and Mark Antony (Sid James). The Romans get wind of a plot by Cleopatra and head home after three years away with the enslaved Britons taken with them.
Caesar's wife Calpurnia (Joan Sims) gives him grief and his seer Seneca (Charles Hawtrey) isn't much use.
The two Brits escape and hide out with the Vestal Virgins and they save Caesar from an assassination attempt by Bilius (I know some you might have done the play at school but I never did so I don't know how it goes. And seeing as only schoolkids read Shakespeare and only then because they have to, I feel I have to let you know what happens in the bard's play). Hengist gets "promoted" to Caesar's bodyguard.
Mark Antony meets Cleopatra (Amanda Barrie) and they plot against Caesar and the man himself travels to Egypt to meet her. Horsa is on the ship as a galley slave and he escapes. A soothsayer worries Caesar with his foretelling. Horsa gets roped in to impersonate Caesar and kill Cleopatra.
Caesar returns home but it doesn't end well for him. Hengis and Horsa also return home and things are better for them.
Verdict
I loved this after not watching it for ages, if at all. The writing is great and the regulars are all on top form. Jokes fly past at great speed and they are all brilliant and the team are now finely tuned and the timing and delivery of the jokes is perfect.
This was a DVD find from the charity shop and I wish I'd found it sooner. This'll be going on my rewatch schedule and I think it'll be my post-Christmas Day lunch film this year.
The incessant rain in England was a nice touch.
Amanda Barrie was an OK guest star in her second Carry On film.
My favourite running gag was everyone prompting Caesar with "Countrymen" every time he did the speech.
The infamy joke is rightly revered but "Miserable Pleader" is my favourite gag in the film.
I missed the joke of "They're lovely" in this exchange:
> Soothsayer: ...Oh Isis, sweet Isis
> Hengist Pod: They're lovely. I'm very sorry sir, it's an old saying we have back in Britain
Anyone help me out?
My Favourite Character
Caesar, played by Kenneth Williams. He really dives into the role and it's his best Carry On role
The Trivia Section aka What I Found on Wikipedia
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... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
but then I remembered it was ground this morning.
Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale
Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments
They’re on standbi
A play on words.
Pilot on me!!
My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Or would that be too forward thinking?
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
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Where ever you left it 🤷♀️🤭
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
You take away their little brooms
It was about a weak back.
