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Silence Is Golden…Opportunity for Laughing
Remember when Rowan Atkinson Mr. Bean was featured in the London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony?
Of course, you do! Here’s a refresher because, well, it’s Mr. Bean…
(Click Play, then Watch this video on YouTube)
In the era of social media and 24-hour news, Rowan Atkinson’s famously muted character provides a wonderful lesson in the value–in certain situations–of expressing ourselves with just facial expressions and physical movements, and not saying
Happy Monday!
Ladies and gentlemen, the following scene from ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’…
is Monday in less than a minute.
Wildly optimistic expectations colliding with stone-cold reality–a winning formula for Lary David’s ornery TV character of the same name–is what defines Mondays.
It just is.
We’re all coming off the high (metaphorical) of the exciting weekend. The day after Sunday and before Tuesday is not fun yet it has to happen.
It just does.
And Larry David the character is here to provide us with laughs as Larry David the writer continues to showcase what life would be like if it were Monday every day of the week.
He (they?) just always will.
Have a Better Week Than Last Week.
RIP Stan Lee
Stan Lee died yesterday at the towering age of 95.
Before he became the most famous cameo in Marvel’s superhero films–as well as the ‘Big Bang Theory’–Stan Lee was regarded inside the comic book universe as the endless creator of spectacular superheroes and a builder of, well, universes for said superheroes. And like many pop culture icons, Mr. Lee had a surreal impact on countless people’s childhoods.
Along with the adulthoods that grew from those imaginative childhoods.
His blockbuster credits (full and partial) include Spider-Man, the X-Men (Wolverine, Magneto, Professor X, Cyclops, Mystique, Rogue, to name a few), the Avengers (the Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Loki, to name a few), and Fantastic Four (Dr. Doom, Thing, Susan Storm, Mister Fantastic, Human Torch).
Interestingly, Mr. Lee had a naming quirk regarding his superheroes. Raj pointed this out extensively in an episode of ‘The Big Bang Theory.’
Raj has a point.
More to the point is a simple truth that Stan Lee positively changed lives with his art and boundless creativity fueled by childlike wonder. The following cameo in ‘Spider-Man 3’ sums his legacy up perfectly.
However, a more perfect summary to remember Stan Lee would simply be Excelsior.
When Life Is Framed Correctly
Life is funny.
This is especially true when a comedian is involved.
However, there are the occasional wild moments in life that are completely unexpected that can forever change a particular experience of ours or the trajectory of a seemingly planned-out path. It can happen when we’re least expecting it. And that “it” can be practically anything.
Like an audition for the ages.
I’m guessing that camera assistant pulled off some pretty cool angles and zooms.
Jimmy's Daily Planet 