And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
In the far LH corner is Oompah Loompah Angelo Muscat. Do you remember him? Do you remember Patrick McGoohan, Number Six in The Prisoner? Angelo was the butler for Number Two. Poor fellow died penniless, getting by making handcrafted bird cages.
I said GOOD DAY, sir!
ReplyDeleteThe only true Willy Wonka.
ReplyDeleteHis pairings with Richard Pryor are some of my favorites.
ReplyDeleteWhen actors didn't take themselves too seriously, and were actually funny.
ReplyDeleteIn my mind Gene will be remembered by just 2 words: "What Knockers"!
ReplyDeleteYoung Frankenstein is a classic! "What knockers", indeed.
ReplyDeleteYoung Frankenstein - "Pardon me boy. Is this the Transylvania Station?"
DeleteBoy - "Yeah, Track 29!"
Millennials would NEVER, EVER get that joke. ')
In the far LH corner is Oompah Loompah Angelo Muscat. Do you remember him? Do you remember Patrick McGoohan, Number Six in The Prisoner? Angelo was the butler for Number Two. Poor fellow died penniless, getting by making handcrafted bird cages.
ReplyDelete"Who are you?"
Delete"The new Number Two."
"Who is Number One?"
"You are Number Six."
"I am not a number! I am a free man!"
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
"These Are People Of The Land. The Common Clay Of The New West. You Know… Morons'"
ReplyDelete" Look Ma I'm Dancin' "
ReplyDelete- Stir Crazy
Wilder's meltdown in " The Producers " is classic
Guy in upper right corner looks like china joe biden.
ReplyDeleteI made the same observation. If it's true, gonna need some "splainin.
DeleteThe woke obsession with people "of colour" apparently started early . . .
ReplyDeleteCaption Winner:
ReplyDelete"Oompa Loompas break 50-year silence, accuse Gene Wilder of taking inappropriate "liberties". #MeToompaLoompa"
Runner Up:
"Orange Lives Matter"
#MeToompaLoompa - need to make that trend online so some talking head on a news show has to mention it.
DeleteJim--Oh boys, lookee what I got heyuh.
ReplyDeleteBart-Hey,where the white women at?
Willy enslaver of dark little people. (but Gene's okay)
ReplyDeleteThe Prisoner...the best!!!
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