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John Cleese To Write Next Aardman Film
Anonymous Coward writes "The BBC has news from the Cannes Film Festival. First, the previously announced Curse of the Were-Rabbit Wallace and Gromit short is due in Autumn, and a Trailer is available. Second, John Cleese is currently writing a pre-historic comedy for Aardman Entertainment. From the article: 'It will be great comedy adventure about a pre-historic culture clash between two tribes, one comparatively evolved tribe, and one un-evolved tribe...Some might consider one tribe might be the English, and some might consider that the other to be the French, the Gauls...Let's just say it's the start of the Entente Cordial and it explains why the English Channel is there.'"
It's the best video to watch on a first-second date. It's only 25 min (I usually watch "The Wrong Trousers") and she'll love it and laugh. Score big points :)
As a Brit I am confused where this belief comes from, I have been drink beer in England for over forty years and it has never in all that time been served to me warm.
Can anyone enlighten me? perhaps they drank warm beer 100 years ago and it has just stuck, but it is highly inaccurate today.
As a UK subject - can I just say that's pretty damm funny (and spot on) although I'm not sure you've really understood about the French, or cars (e.g. it's not about the cupholders) :P ...and well, er.. oh alright then, let's get the ball rolling - I apologise on behalf of my country for the teletubbies - god knows it gave me nightmares, you have to wonder what it does to kids... now if the teletubbies isn't an argument for the right to bear arms, I don't know what is...
But while we're all saying sorry - isn't there something you want to say about Knight Rider? Murder, she wrote? and Titanic?
> we have decided to continue our tradition as the longest running democratic republic
Interesting tradition, considering that Rome maintained its "republic" status for about twice as long as the US has been around. If you're talking about democracies that are still around, you should consider the Iroquois Confederacy, going on ~800 years. (Consider also that Iroquois were present when the Continental Congress was meeting in the summer of 1776.)
American and Canadian accents are the exact same.. half my family is American and they've said the same (apart from certain areas of the US) they're pretty identical.
As for culture, erm, what language do you speak?
As for sport, you don't even have any, "american football" where it's 10% man 80% padding, and 10% patting eachother on the asses.
The UK created almost all of the most popular world sports, football, rugby, tennis, cricket, the list really does go on..
As for food, what has the US produced, McDonalds? Er.. Burger King.. did I miss one?
As for the monarchy, you show your complete ignorance, the monarchy, believe it or not, helps to protect democracy. Seeing as the UK holds the longest democratic governments IN HISTORY, you can take the republican shit out. The UK had democracy almost 1,000 years before America existed.
As for language, English is defined by, erm, the English, who live in, er, England. Otherwise it's like French Canadians correcting a Frenchman on how to speak "proper French".
And for the Euro 2000 thing, you do realize the US was famously in the easiest group in the entire tournament, right? Oh, and if memory serves correct, England only lost 1 game - to Brazil - who are the world champions. Only losing to the world champions is as good as second place.
Don't try lecture on football, when you continue to refer to it as "soccer".
P.S: Regarding your existance, You're Welcome.
The longest running republic still is iceland with way over thousand years, it might be topped by some tribes which are unknown by today.
English Beer... unlike american beer isn't refined yak piss, and thus doesn't need to be served at sub-zero tempratures to taste good.
. . . not a "short."