tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post2336057338267498640..comments2023-09-06T01:53:41.634-07:00Comments on doug's Site: Goodbye Summer: "La Mer" - from "Mr. Bean's Holiday" (2007) Doug's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09219952832674415239noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-87910324694588138392012-09-07T20:37:04.000-07:002012-09-07T20:37:04.000-07:00Thats is a funny thing now that you mention it, AA...Thats is a funny thing now that you mention it, AA; I've a few friends who are seasoned European travellers and only one friend had any problem in France--and that was in Paris itself, right after Reagan bombed Libya in '86, so really it's not fair to judge too harshly there. Had he known my friends politics I imagine they would have been more amiable. <br /><br />Jerry Lewis is--apart from a charity telethon he used to host--not really worth examining except for film buffs like myself who wonder how a slip-shod filmmaker could be popular. I now know I grossly underestimated how adolescent the standards of film comedy can sometimes get. <br /><br />As a kid, I disliked Lewis because I thought his "act" was making of people that were considered "retarded". I now realize he was, as you say, just playing an idiot and likely bore no malice but simply had no artistic integrity. <br /><br />It's sad times for the Labour Party, but good news for those Mr. Bean fans out there that his doppleganger now heads the party. Personally I think "The Black Adder" may be a better man for the job. <br /><br />Thanks for the link. :-)doug noakeshttp://dnoakes.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-73092411102814353422012-09-07T15:20:11.000-07:002012-09-07T15:20:11.000-07:00LOL Qu'est-ce qu'ils sont des bâtards Doug...LOL Qu'est-ce qu'ils sont des bâtards Doug.....how could they be so unkind?They just detest us of course......or so the story goes, but actually I've never really noticed any sign of it in France itself......but lets not let facts get in the way of our justified gripes vis-a-vis the accumulated misdeeds of the French nation Doug. <br /><br />I'm not that familiar with Jerry Lewis he never really made any impact on me I just have a vague impression of an idiot, but nothing more than that to tell the truth.<br /><br />So far as Mr Bean is concerned I think it was a bad idea to elect him to the leadership of the British Labour Party, but there you are Doug, they'll do anything to avoid winning a general election at the present time, so that explains everything I suppose.<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://amomentofmilibean.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/a-moment-of-mil/">http://amomentofmilibean.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/a-moment-of-mil/</a>Aaran Aardvarkhttp://aaranaardvark.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-34766599291361967572012-09-07T10:35:08.000-07:002012-09-07T10:35:08.000-07:00That's all anyone can ask for when dealing wit...That's all anyone can ask for when dealing with "Jerry", AA. He's, to me at least, America's most embarrassing major mid-century film comedian but also, oddly, one of the most popular in the 1950 and early 60s. Even as a relative child I was baffled by his success and was certain his erstwhile partner Dean Martin was funnier as his straight man.<br /><br /><br /> I believe that is why so many French critics like his work... Lewis gave them the big screen persona of the American as many Francophones imagine most of us are... dufuses who couldn't manage a two-car funeral without losing the hearse.doug noakeshttp://dnoakes.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-67167664818408156232012-09-07T02:42:29.000-07:002012-09-07T02:42:29.000-07:00LOL ....thanks Doug, but if you feel the urge to p...LOL ....thanks Doug, but if you feel the urge to post Mr Bean, don't let my teeth stop you. I didn't know of your feelings about Jerry Lewis, but will keep it in mind if I am ever tempted to post a clip of his.Aaran Aardvarkhttp://aaranaardvark.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-70266594269440436712012-09-06T20:14:23.000-07:002012-09-06T20:14:23.000-07:00Sorry about that, AA. I gather you feel about him...Sorry about that, AA. I gather you feel about him the way I felt about the films of Jerry Lewis. <br /><br /><br />No more Mr. Bean on this blog. All any friend has to do is type the magic phrase "sets my teeth on edge" and that takes care of that. :-)doug noakeshttp://dnoakes.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503771624520315711.post-42459796371959515482012-09-06T11:07:07.000-07:002012-09-06T11:07:07.000-07:00Mr Bean sets my teeth on edge Doug lolMr Bean sets my teeth on edge Doug lolAaran Aardvarkhttp://aaranaardvark.multiply.comnoreply@blogger.com