From what I've read, it's the other way around - that is, the Nahuatl people referred to their scrotums/testicles because they resemble avocados (or "ahuacatl" in their language). It's like us referring to testicles/scrotums as "nuts" or "plums".
To lift straight from wikipedia "The first official Hellfire Club was founded in London in 1718, by Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton and a handful of other high-society friends, such as Benjamin Franklin. The most notorious club associated with the name was established in England by Francis Dashwood, and met irregularly from around 1749 to around 1760, and possibly up until 1766. In its later years the Hellfire was closely associated with Brooks's, established in 1764."
Dashwoods club met in caves near West Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. The Caves are open to the public and include chambers named after Sandwich and Franklin. The radical John Wilkes (who John Wilkes Booth was named after) was also a member.
As I've said before, if you don't know English history you won't be able to appreciate the full humour of Blackadder which is brilliant on so many levels cheers guys!!
Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry also starred in the classic TV series "Jeeves and Wooster" for 4 seasons. With Hugh as the upper class buffoon and Fry as his extremely intelligent butler set in the 1920s.
The hellfire club is a real thing. It was inside what we call the hellfire caves in Wycombe, England. It was dug out of a huge chalk hill. The prince regent was well known for attending this secretive and select place where gambling and fornicating took place. It's open to the public (for a fee) and I've been there twice. It's pretty creepy but fascinating. Many of the references in Blackadder are based on real history. ✌️❤️🇬🇧
The 3 'hipsters' are, Keats, Shelley and Byron. The 3 foremost of the 'romance poets' of the early 19th century. Fun fact, Shelley's wife, Mary, wrote, Frankenstein.
We’ve used ‘I shall return interfrastically’ in our house ever since this came out! Also saying ‘sausage, sausage!!’ in disbelief if we’ve forgotten something important.
Hugh Laurie's album Let Them Talk is an amazing listen to be fair. Just his piano intro to the cover of St James' Infirmary gives me literal chills every time!
The Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane played Johnson. He is better known as Hagrid in Harry Potter and Fitz in Cracker. He was in the 80s comedy series “The Comic Strip Presents…” and played a Russian gangster in the Pierce Brosnan James Bond movies. He also starred in “Tutti Frutti” with Emma Thompson.
Scottish actor? Apparently we all just have to be 'British' now and dwell under that unifying umbrella..... or so, many Jocks have told me, when I corrected someone claiming, Robert Shaw was a British actor, to the truth that he was an English actor.
Samuel Johnson published his dictionary in 1755...several years before Prince George was born, and died in 1784 twenty seven years prior to George officially becoming, and therefore gaining the title of, Prince Regent. Thus also Coleridge, Byron and Shelley as acquaintances of Dr. Johnson is similarly anachronistic.
One of my teachers in the 1970s told me: "The dictionary is a good book, as it contains every story ever written in English - just not in the same order." Wise words indeed. 💚🐇🐴💚
This is my favourite series of Blackadder, history and comedy, great combination. Thomas Moore wasn't burned by the way though he was executed. That's an unusual error in the script. The 3 poets were Byron, Coleridge and Keats (or maybe Shelley).
Hugh Laurie's album "Let Them Talk" is awesome. It's best if you have the CD with his "forward" regarding the album, in the liner notes. His version of St. James Infirmary is my favourite...he's an amazing guitarist and keys player. But if you want a true masterpiece, have a look for "A Bit Of Fry and Laurie"....I can't remember but "Kickin' Ass' (is musical wizardry)
Noah Webster, of Websters dictionary, is the reason American spelling is different to English - colour and colour for example. He wanted to make a statement that America was separate from England so he changed the spelling of many words. Most other English speaking countries, such as Australia and New Zealand, still retain the original English spelling of words.
That's not the reason he totally dumbed down the spelling. It was because HE thought the 'u' in 'colour' was superfluous etc.... Funny how though, he left the 'P' in 'Psycho' and 'pneumonia' or the 'r' in 'Prerogative'.
@@rnw2739 Webster aimed to assert American cultural independence from Britain and promote a distinct American identity. He also sought to simplify American English, aligning it more closely with pronunciation; this extended to reducing French influence on spelling, notably by dropping the letter 'u' from certain words.
'If only they had Dropbox'. Ada Lovelace is often cited as the first computer programmer. She worked with Charles Babbage who invented the first mechanical calculating machine. Ada was the first to realise his machine had applications beyond pure calculation. Without her we may never have had Dropbox. She was also the daughter of the poet Lord Byron, who features in this episode as one of the over-dramatic poets.
Worth noting that even though mathematics wasn’t considered a proper pursuit for females at the time that Ada’s mother encouraged her interest to ensure she didn’t go into poetry and turn out as crazy as her very absent father (he left when Ada was 1 month old). Ada was still keen on her father and when she died at the early age of 36 was buried next to him. Bryon also died at 36.
As for his (Hugh Laurie) he's a very good blues singer and player - there is a a video on you tube of him playing - I think he was on the Graham Norton show.
There is loads of footage of him playing and if I remember correctly he has a full blues album. His cover of St James' Infirmary is outstanding. He had regular musical segments in 'a bit of Fry and Laurie' including one scene where he also played guitar. Incredibly talented
Hugh Laurie is a fantastic piano player. He often played towards the end of each episode of "A Bit of Fry & Laurie" (with his then comedy partner Stephen Fry) - a very surreal sketch show!
The Hellfire Club started in the 1700s (18th century), it was a club for the top brass of the time (they were into some really weird stuff). The one in the 1980s would be named after it because each of them being part of the top of their industries of media, but the programme isn't referring to this/that one.
This episode might have been inspired by the historical fact that John Stuart Mill's maid accidently burnt an early manuscript copy of Thomas Carlyle's history of the French Revolution.
Yeah, I watched it as a kid and found it hilarious, even without understanding the politics or the history. I think maybe they are trying to read too much into it, rather than just seeing it as a cunning guy and his idiots trying to get out of an awkward situation 😂
Yeah, like, don't get distracted by the floridity, it's just the icing on the cake. A cake that's appointed itself professor of cake at Cake University! @@Louise-ri7wg
Hugh Laurie is quite a well known blues musician with one album to my knowledge. He is as much a musician as an actor. you can see he is having so much fun playing the electric guitar in House.
After seeing this episode for the first time as a teenager I remember making up my own word, 'Flindleburst' - which I was quite proud of at the time....haha! I guess the volume fluctuations is one of the ways you avoid copyright infringements, but just for future reference, the volume a bit too low at times even with both UA-cam and my laptop's volume set to maximum. Many of your earlier vids didn't seem to suffer this problem.
I love BlackAdder!!!! I really enjoy your reactions -- yall have great senses of humor. And its true about Hugh being a great blues artist, his sketch comedy., A Bit of Fry and Laurie showcases his talent -- he's an amazing guitarist, pianist and singer! Also writes some hilarious songs on that show, I recommend checking them out !!
The other episode was political because of the subject matter. This is probably my favourite episode, though many of the others are just as good. It's not historically accurate but still you get a great feel for the time.
Venture into the Buckinghamshire chalk caves that held the notorious Hellfire Club, founded by Sir Francis Dashwood in the 18th century. Excavated by Sir Francis Dashwood in the 1750s, these extraordinary caves were reputed to have hosted the Hellfire Club.
I had to give up with this. Blackadder had a rollercoaster novel, and you had a rollercoaster of sound, up and down, but mostly down, and could hardly hear it..
One of the twists is that Blackadder's string of imaginary words includes a real one; "compunctious". Used in the right place, too, because he's expressing his compunction or regret at the time. I wondre how many people spot that one.
All the words Blackadder seems to make up are real words in the dictionary. The first one, Contrafibularities, which Blackadder offers Dr. Johndon on the completion of his book, means; false congratulations.
I love your channel, nice to see you together. Must watch your of Hell Fire Club tunnels as true place linked to Chappel? If wrong apologies yet seen many ghost adventurers visiting and staying overnight. Running out? 🇬🇧🤔
Guys .... If you want your BRITISH audience to watch, can I request that you post stuff that DOES'NT have COPYRIGHT plastered ALL OVER the clip. Please 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
It helps to know a little about English history. Prince George (son of mad king George) had a bit of a reputation of not being not too clever so they are really playing up on that. The Blackadder series’ are actually (albeit very very very loosely) based on true events and characters of the time.
Stating that the Prince Regent is German is wrong. Both he and his dad George III were born in England. George III was the first Hanovarian monarch to be born in England.
Can you do something about the sound? The video is barely audible! Seems to get worse with every new upload. Subtitles are ok but it spoils the overall effect.
Gotta be very hard to understand this series as an American? so many British historical references- for a moment I didn’t think you’d get the poets ( I think most Americans wouldn’t have ? ) 👍👍🇬🇧.
Is there something wrong with the volume? Can hear you two well enough but what you're watching was intermittent, especially at the beginning? Longish periods of near silence!
With the race for presidency going on in the states, I reckon you should soon start reacting to 'The statesman ' political comedy , very funny. You can compare our dirty politics to yours,many a true word said in jest..
By the way, Doctor Johnson was played by Robbie Coltrane who later played Hagrid in the Harry Potter movies
Spencer won’t know Harry Potter movies 😂
His best part was in Cracker where he played a criminal psychologist. Very intense.
I liked the series Cracker where he was a criminal psychologist.
oh **** it is... I never noticed before!
Why refer to a tiny inconsequential character, he played Fitz, the forensic psychologist in a well known series!!
Avocado 🥑 isn’t a English word but in its native language means “testicle like” 😂😂 RIP to the late greats Robbie Coltrane and Rik Mayall
From what I've read, it's the other way around - that is, the Nahuatl people referred to their scrotums/testicles because they resemble avocados (or "ahuacatl" in their language). It's like us referring to testicles/scrotums as "nuts" or "plums".
To lift straight from wikipedia "The first official Hellfire Club was founded in London in 1718, by Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton and a handful of other high-society friends, such as Benjamin Franklin. The most notorious club associated with the name was established in England by Francis Dashwood, and met irregularly from around 1749 to around 1760, and possibly up until 1766. In its later years the Hellfire was closely associated with Brooks's, established in 1764."
I won’t repeat what other have said but the Hellfire Club not the one your talking about 😮
@@louisemiller3784 The first rule of Hellfire Club is you don't talk about Hellfire Club.
Dashwoods club met in caves near West Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. The Caves are open to the public and include chambers named after Sandwich and Franklin. The radical John Wilkes (who John Wilkes Booth was named after) was also a member.
As I've said before, if you don't know English history you won't be able to appreciate the full humour of Blackadder which is brilliant on so many levels cheers guys!!
7:10 is genius. The way Blackadder starts making up words to annoy Johnson...Brilliant
Those words are all real, they're just mostly archaic.
To this day, my friends and siblings all still use "interfrastically", on a regular basis.
"I'm as happy as a Frenchman who has just invented a pair of self-removing trousers." is probably one of my favourite lines in any TV show.
Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry also starred in the classic TV series "Jeeves and Wooster" for 4 seasons. With Hugh as the upper class buffoon and Fry as his extremely intelligent butler set in the 1920s.
As a bonus, Hugh Laurie plays piano at times.
The late great Robbie Coltrane as Dr. Johnston a national treasure in Britain known only to our American cousins as Hagrid.
... he also plays the Spirit of Christmas in Blackadder's Christmas Carol, looking forward to when they do that one.
Dr Johnson was played by robbie coltrane who played hagrid in harry potter movies
Hugh Laurie is not just a blues Musician. He is an EXCELLENT blues musician. Definitely worth a listen
The hellfire club is a real thing. It was inside what we call the hellfire caves in Wycombe, England.
It was dug out of a huge chalk hill. The prince regent was well known for attending this secretive and select place where gambling and fornicating took place.
It's open to the public (for a fee) and I've been there twice.
It's pretty creepy but fascinating.
Many of the references in Blackadder are based on real history.
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did you do any fornication?
The 3 'hipsters' are, Keats, Shelley and Byron. The 3 foremost of the 'romance poets' of the early 19th century. Fun fact, Shelley's wife, Mary, wrote, Frankenstein.
RIP Robbie Coltrane
We’ve used ‘I shall return interfrastically’ in our house ever since this came out! Also saying ‘sausage, sausage!!’ in disbelief if we’ve forgotten something important.
When I was in college and working in the library, I came across a copy of Dr Johnson's dictionary. It didn't have Aardvark. 😂
Can I suggest Jeeves and Wooster with Hugh Lawrie and Stephen Fry. British humour at its most British.
Hugh Laurie is indeed a very talented musician and vocalist.
Hugh Laurie's album Let Them Talk is an amazing listen to be fair. Just his piano intro to the cover of St James' Infirmary gives me literal chills every time!
Same page. Missed your comment before...the piano solo at the beginning...
"Embrace the Suck"
Perfectly cromulent words around my part of the country.
The Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane played Johnson. He is better known as Hagrid in Harry Potter and Fitz in Cracker. He was in the 80s comedy series “The Comic Strip Presents…” and played a Russian gangster in the Pierce Brosnan James Bond movies. He also starred in “Tutti Frutti” with Emma Thompson.
Scottish actor? Apparently we all just have to be 'British' now and dwell under that unifying umbrella..... or so, many Jocks have told me, when I corrected someone claiming, Robert Shaw was a British actor, to the truth that he was an English actor.
Samuel Johnson published his dictionary in 1755...several years before Prince George was born, and died in 1784 twenty seven years prior to George officially becoming, and therefore gaining the title of, Prince Regent. Thus also Coleridge, Byron and Shelley as acquaintances of Dr. Johnson is similarly anachronistic.
Ok, clever clogs. 🤣
Great episode. Shame about the sound. Seems you accidentally changed the levels during the edit 😬
One of my teachers in the 1970s told me: "The dictionary is a good book, as it contains every story ever written in English - just not in the same order."
Wise words indeed.
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All the titles in season 3 are a play on Jane Austin novels. Sense and sensibility, pride and and prejudice
This is my favourite series of Blackadder, history and comedy, great combination. Thomas Moore wasn't burned by the way though he was executed. That's an unusual error in the script. The 3 poets were Byron, Coleridge and Keats (or maybe Shelley).
yup, mine too
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Another awesome video guys. Howard Goodall is a music legend who wrote music for so many shows in the 90’s
Hugh Laurie's album "Let Them Talk" is awesome. It's best if you have the CD with his "forward" regarding the album, in the liner notes. His version of St. James Infirmary is my favourite...he's an amazing guitarist and keys player.
But if you want a true masterpiece, have a look for "A Bit Of Fry and Laurie"....I can't remember but "Kickin' Ass' (is musical wizardry)
Noah Webster, of Websters dictionary, is the reason American spelling is different to English - colour and colour for example. He wanted to make a statement that America was separate from England so he changed the spelling of many words. Most other English speaking countries, such as Australia and New Zealand, still retain the original English spelling of words.
That's not the reason he totally dumbed down the spelling. It was because HE thought the 'u' in 'colour' was superfluous etc....
Funny how though, he left the 'P' in 'Psycho' and 'pneumonia' or the 'r' in 'Prerogative'.
@@rnw2739 Webster aimed to assert American cultural independence from Britain and promote a distinct American identity. He also sought to simplify American English, aligning it more closely with pronunciation; this extended to reducing French influence on spelling, notably by dropping the letter 'u' from certain words.
More trivia: Hugh Laurie also rowed in the boat race in 1980 for Cambridge. They lost.
One of the best comedy scripts ever written.
Yes that's hagrid/ Robby Coltrane.
'If only they had Dropbox'. Ada Lovelace is often cited as the first computer programmer. She worked with Charles Babbage who invented the first mechanical calculating machine. Ada was the first to realise his machine had applications beyond pure calculation. Without her we may never have had Dropbox. She was also the daughter of the poet Lord Byron, who features in this episode as one of the over-dramatic poets.
not to be confused with Linda
Worth noting that even though mathematics wasn’t considered a proper pursuit for females at the time that Ada’s mother encouraged her interest to ensure she didn’t go into poetry and turn out as crazy as her very absent father (he left when Ada was 1 month old).
Ada was still keen on her father and when she died at the early age of 36 was buried next to him. Bryon also died at 36.
"Oh, Mr Byron. Don't be such a big girl's _BLOUSE!"_
Classic. A wonderful bit of irreverence. 😉😉
As for his (Hugh Laurie) he's a very good blues singer and player - there is a a video on you tube of him playing - I think he was on the Graham Norton show.
There is loads of footage of him playing and if I remember correctly he has a full blues album. His cover of St James' Infirmary is outstanding. He had regular musical segments in 'a bit of Fry and Laurie' including one scene where he also played guitar. Incredibly talented
My fav episode of this series
My favourite episode of any series.
The Hellfire club was a very real historical organisation/secret society founded in the 1700s
Hugh Laurie is a fantastic piano player. He often played towards the end of each episode of "A Bit of Fry & Laurie" (with his then comedy partner Stephen Fry) - a very surreal sketch show!
Still say the scene with Edmund making up words to befuddle Johnson is one of British sitcoms finest moments
I still say 'SAUSAGE!!!'
The Hellfire Club started in the 1700s (18th century), it was a club for the top brass of the time (they were into some really weird stuff). The one in the 1980s would be named after it because each of them being part of the top of their industries of media, but the programme isn't referring to this/that one.
This episode might have been inspired by the historical fact that John Stuart Mill's maid accidently burnt an early manuscript copy of Thomas Carlyle's history of the French Revolution.
Not sure Blackadder is 'cerebral' but it does have old-timey wordplay and bonus history lessons!
Yeah, I watched it as a kid and found it hilarious, even without understanding the politics or the history. I think maybe they are trying to read too much into it, rather than just seeing it as a cunning guy and his idiots trying to get out of an awkward situation 😂
Yeah, like, don't get distracted by the floridity, it's just the icing on the cake. A cake that's appointed itself professor of cake at Cake University! @@Louise-ri7wg
"I would be so pissed" a strange reaction to lost work, you get drunk
Hugh is a brilliant pianist, well worth a look.
Brilliant episode, my favorite series out of all 4
Preemptive like, one of my favourite episodes.
Hugh Laurie is quite a well known blues musician with one album to my knowledge. He is as much a musician as an actor. you can see he is having so much fun playing the electric guitar in House.
Every word in this script is a real word and is in the dictionary.
I have been using "frasmotic" and "contrafibularities" for decades
The ending theme song was done in the style of Paul Simon’s Graceland which was very popular at the time (not time period, of course) of this series.
After seeing this episode for the first time as a teenager I remember making up my own word, 'Flindleburst' - which I was quite proud of at the time....haha!
I guess the volume fluctuations is one of the ways you avoid copyright infringements, but just for future reference, the volume a bit too low at times even with both UA-cam and my laptop's volume set to maximum. Many of your earlier vids didn't seem to suffer this problem.
I love BlackAdder!!!! I really enjoy your reactions -- yall have great senses of humor. And its true about Hugh being a great blues artist, his sketch comedy., A Bit of Fry and Laurie showcases his talent -- he's an amazing guitarist, pianist and singer! Also writes some hilarious songs on that show, I recommend checking them out !!
Hugh Lorie also wrote a novel: The gun seller. Great book, and off course very funny.
classic episode this lol 'your definition of cat is' - 'not a dog' lol
This is probably my fave episode.
The other episode was political because of the subject matter. This is probably my favourite episode, though many of the others are just as good. It's not historically accurate but still you get a great feel for the time.
Dr Johnson is played by Robbie Coltrane (RIP), who also played Hagrid in Harry Potter.
Venture into the Buckinghamshire chalk caves that held the notorious Hellfire Club, founded by Sir Francis Dashwood in the 18th century.
Excavated by Sir Francis Dashwood in the 1750s, these extraordinary caves were reputed to have hosted the Hellfire Club.
Laurie's blues piano tie-in with Tom Jones might be worth a listen.
The first Hellfire Club started in 1718 , wow, I did not know.
The man with the white hair that wrote that dictionary also played Hagrid in Harry Potter. The late great Robbie Coltrane
I had to give up with this. Blackadder had a rollercoaster novel, and you had a rollercoaster of sound, up and down, but mostly down, and could hardly hear it..
Spencer got his Squires mixed up. Chris Squire was in Yes, John Squire was the guitarist in the Stone Roses
Patron, noun: One who countenances, supports or protects. Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery.
One of the twists is that Blackadder's string of imaginary words includes a real one; "compunctious". Used in the right place, too, because he's expressing his compunction or regret at the time. I wondre how many people spot that one.
Definitely check out Hugh Laurie's music and some of his comedy music... His blues stuff is great...
Hugh Laurie is playing King George 3rd. The king who sent our armies to fight in the war of Independence.
No, he's playing George IV. He was regent when his father George III was having mental health issues.
another great reaction :) looking forward to next one
Hi Spencer and Daniel.
From a cold North Tyneside, England.
And Teesside England. 👋
And Sussex. So cold.🥶
@@Roz-y2d North Tyneside-3 and -9 with the windchill factor 🥶
Check Hugh out doing St James infirmary, down in New Orleans with some local legends. It is most excellent.
Er no the hellfire club was a club that upper class people belonged to in which they had orgies parties etc in the late 1700s and early 1800s
John Squire was in the Stone roses.
CHRIS squire was in yes
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The original Hellfire Club created by the Philip, 1st Duke of Wharton in England in 1719
The poets in the coffee shop were the poets: the effeminate Shelley, the brusque Lord Byron & the opium addict Coleridge
All the words Blackadder seems to make up are real words in the dictionary. The first one, Contrafibularities, which Blackadder offers Dr. Johndon on the completion of his book, means; false congratulations.
Hugh Laurie is one of the best blues piano players ever.
Lord Nelson was famously having an affair with Lady Hamilton with her husband's approval and lost an eye and an arm in battle.
I love your channel, nice to see you together. Must watch your of Hell Fire Club tunnels as true place linked to Chappel? If wrong apologies yet seen many ghost adventurers visiting and staying overnight. Running out? 🇬🇧🤔
I have a dictionary from 1911, some of the words in it are not used anymore, and for good reason..
St James Infirmary is a nice song by Hugh’s band
It is good, though I prefer the White Stripes version
Can’t wait for Buck to make amends…
Of course he included 'lit' - it is the past tense of the verb to light.
Guys .... If you want your BRITISH audience to watch, can I request that you post stuff that DOES'NT have COPYRIGHT plastered ALL OVER the clip. Please 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Err.... They have to do that or UA-cam blocks it
Give your heads a wobble ffs
Then there is ZERO point in uploading it
@@dougiehowe802 simple... don't watch this channel
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😂😂😂😂😂 SMH
It helps to know a little about English history. Prince George (son of mad king George) had a bit of a reputation of not being not too clever so they are really playing up on that. The Blackadder series’ are actually (albeit very very very loosely) based on true events and characters of the time.
Yes check out his music.
Dr. Johnson was a real person. He did a tour of the highlands, where I'm from. He was highly regarded in his time, despite talking total bollocks.
Webster is the guy that gave you USA-ian "english" a messed up version of actual English.
Would love to see your reactions to hugh lauries music.
Stating that the Prince Regent is German is wrong. Both he and his dad George III were born in England. George III was the first Hanovarian monarch to be born in England.
It was George 1 who was German, so no .3 would have German ancestry.
Can you do something about the sound? The video is barely audible! Seems to get worse with every new upload. Subtitles are ok but it spoils the overall effect.
Gotta be very hard to understand this series as an American? so many British historical references- for a moment I didn’t think you’d get the poets ( I think most Americans wouldn’t have ? ) 👍👍🇬🇧.
Do you recognise Robbie Coltrane who plays Samuel johnson, also played hagrid in Harry potter.
Cheers Chaps ! Enjoy
You didn't notice Dr Johnston is Hagrid
Volume a little low
Is there something wrong with the volume? Can hear you two well enough but what you're watching was intermittent, especially at the beginning? Longish periods of near silence!
I had to run it through a video volume booster in order to hear it.
I was waiting for you to recognise Hagrid - no?
It doesn’t have TikTok in it? It was created until recently!!
With the race for presidency going on in the states, I reckon you should soon start reacting to 'The statesman ' political comedy , very funny. You can compare our dirty politics to yours,many a true word said in jest..