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Gay in the UK video blog (Ep. 8): Seven inches can't slow down LGBT History Month
Tim and Ryan may still be digging themselves out from the huge blizzard that hit London (what ... did you think I meant something else?), but it's not stopping them from giving us all we need to know about LGBT History Month, the BBC's Christian Bale boo-boo, and much more. Plus, there's theater news, the continuing trials of Amy Winehouse, and of course lots of crisply-accented fun. Enjoy! Submitted by on Tue, 2009-02-10 17:36. |
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I have never used twitter and don't get the big deal over it. i dont even know how it works. it just seems like people use their phones and update randomly about things. oh, maybe that's it. eh, it all seems over-rated to me.
heh, i forgot that it even snowed where ya guys are, so the 7 inches thing had me muttering 'what the...?' to myself.
OMG you guys are so cute !
OMG you guys are so cute !
I really enjoy your vlog, it's so entertaining and fun to watch.
And I looove Stephen Fry ! And I might even check out that twitter thing now...
glisten
Even in the dark, you boys shine. Put a spot light on you and -look out world!
As the Queen Mother once said:
Am I blushing?
That made me laugh
Seven Days off Work?
You managed to get a whole week off work because of the snow? Damn, you're good. Monday was understandable in London, and there were problems on Tuesday that if you sounded pathetic and stretched the truth a bit to your boss (OK, I did both) you could work from home. But if you weren't in work on Wednesday, Boris Johnson [mayor of London] himself would have come round and bitten off your kneecaps!
Loved the theatre section - but would like to have heard more about the off-West End and fringe stuff available (yes, I could have looked in Time Out, but - let's face it - you're both more fun and cuter than the Time Out theatre reviewers). Apart from that, great vlog - no idea why [*spoiler alert*] someone falling off a bed should be so funny but I did the snorting Blue Nun out of my nostrils thing when it happened. Thanks lads, really enjoyed it.
How Cute
Here's a question: How many bottles of red wine would we have to send you to get you to act out Christian Bale's favorite word for us in a future vlog?
I bet your fans here at AfterElton would be only too willing to take up a collection. ;Þ
I can't stop LMAO
I just love this Vlog - amazing!
hehe i love the fact we get 7 inches of snow & we come to a standstill. A good excuse not to go to college/work & to stay in do nothing at all :)
John Paul McQueen - Have you ever heard of a gay sandwich before?!
still funny
thanks u two guys, even when i am depressed i can laugh in watching ur vlog!
already wondering ur next episode!
Theatre etiquette
I went to see a performance of "La Cage" at the Playhouse on New Year's Eve. I bought the tickets about a month in advance. The matinee I attended was deadly dull, and I was wondering what was wrong when, during the interlude, I spotted a handbill announcing that certain of the leads were not appearing in the show. I read the list, and it included the entire cast! No Denis Lawson, no Douglas Hodge--nada. Well, that explained why it was so uninspired, but it didn't explain why no one had warned me of this. I mean, they must have known that the ENTIRE cast would be taking the day off. In forty years of frequenting the London theatre, this had only happened to me once before (I did see the David Tenant Hamlet without David Tenant, but that was announced well in advance of the show), and that was in 1984, when I went to see a production of "the Aspern Papers" and Wendy Hiller was unable to appear because she was ill. Well, I certainly understood that, and I felt amply compensated by the fact that the other stars, Vanessa Redgrave and (the late) Christopher Reeve, were both in fighting trim and had reported for duty. Isn't there some kind of Theatre etiquette that says at least ONE of the principal actors must appear in the cast for there to be a performance? I didn't pay to see Robert Maskell and Duncan Smith, whoever they are; I paid to see Denis Lawson and Douglas Hodge! I think I should have at least been given a pass to another performance. What do you think?
"The mountain has wings."
A theater story
Years ago, I went to see a touring revival of Bye Bye Birdie starring Tommy Tune and Annette O'Toole. Miss O'Toole, however, was out sick that night...and so was her understudy! The audience didn't find out about the understudy being out until the curtain call, when Mr. Tune stopped the applause to point out that the actress who played Rosie that night was a local theater veteran who had been called THAT morning to play the role, had rehearsed all day and gave a knockout performance. I wish I could recall the actress's name, she was amazing.
Tim and Ryan, you guys are adorable! I had a smile on my face throughout the show! Oh, and 7 inches of snow and London falls apart? Wimps! I used to walk 12 blocks to the train station in 2 feet of snow and 0 degree weather to get to work in Chicago!
Fantastic!
Absolutely brilliant you two! Your general silliness topped off with Ryan falling off the bed had me in stitches.
Well if you really want to reignite the "fizzy drink debacle" you could always segway into the old standby of British pronunciation versus American. "Al-u-min-ee-um" versus "Ah-loom-i-nim" etc.
Forget the 7" of snow, how do you think London transport is going to fare during the 2012 Olympics? (Might just as well call in a "duvet week" right now).
Did either of you go out and play in the snow or did you stay huddled round the heaters? I read that a few London parks were closed due to officials "worried about the possibilty of children getting hurt on the paths". That sounds so... American :(
And you are totally right, Mr. Fry is far more important than the news. He might convert all of us to Twitter solely for that reason.
Not just pronunciation
Well if you really want to reignite the "fizzy drink debacle" you could always segway into the old standby of British pronunciation versus American. "Al-u-min-ee-um" versus "Ah-loom-i-nim" etc.
In this instance that's not just different pronunciation, it's different spelling, to: aluminium vs aluminum.
Snow Days
About 25 years ago I was in D.C. when they had a snow storm. A rare "blizzard" of like 1" of snow; it shut the whole of the city down! The local news channels flashed to the "snow control center"; It was two dudes: one in an old station wagon out on the streets with a camera on a tripod reporting what we all could see out our windows and another in the office with a push-pin bulletin board map of the city; I hope they had other duties. It was a once a decade experience if that. Why would you prepare for it? They have escalators from the subways leading to the out doors, for gosh sakes and nobody had even heard of snow-tires for their cars.
In Minneapolis the goal is to be able to clear 2 feet of snow from over 5 square miles of city streets in two days. people get pissed if their street isn't cleared within that time. There is a fleet of trucks, we call them plows, with shovels, first plowing the "emergency" routes, then everything else. The drivers are on call like firemen. We have to have that and it costs a lot of money which equates to the higher taxes we are famous for. The city still gets shut down once or twice a season, that's to be expected in any condition because otherwise it might be over planned.
"What don't you ****ing understand" - Christian Bale
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Search: "Christian Bale Revolucian"
It's very funny. Even Barbara Streisand makes a guest appearance
Where to start....
Thanks for your kind comments, well, so much to come back on...
Days off – well we wish, but actually Ryan and I both work from home, so the fact that there was no transport made no difference. I did, however, take a few hours off to go into my local park and create the worlds best snow sculpture of a fertility Goddess with my housemate.
RYAN did NOT fall off the bed – I pushed him.
I’d like to cover more Fringe theatre, if the vacuous celebrities will make way, but I wasn’t sure if the foreigners would be interested in something they’ll probably never see?
Alas, no swearing on GITUK, but if you’d like to send red wine anyway, it shall be gratefully received.
Theatre etiquette (stand-ins) Usual etiquette, when I’ve been, is for them to give you the choice of stand-ins or refund. I remember watching Taming of the Shrew at the Globe a few years ago, and the marvellous Kathryn Hunter collapsed backstage. Mark Rylance walked on to explain, and also that the understudy was off! But they asked if we wanted them to carry on regardless, script in hand and filling in parts as when it was needed. We all cheered, the show must go on, stiff upper lip and all that British stuff. It was one of the best shows I saw, and nobody wanted a refund. As an actor, I do feel for understudies that aren’t wanted, poor them, I even used to see the special understudy performances when I worked at the Old Vic.
2012 – I doubt it will snow mid Summer, but sometimes the trains stop because it’s too hot!!! You just can’t win.
Pronunciation – I think it’s essential we pronounce things differently, otherwise I’d be American.....just kidding – love you x
Tim
Two cheers for democracy
afhickman
Thanks for your reply to my comment on theatre etiquette. I hope it wasn't you who dissed me with the three star-comment rating--way harsh, dude! I am only seeking enlightenment. But you and Joseph are so right--more often than not stand-ins are more than adequate. This has certainly been my experience in the past. But nobody in the program was onstage the night I went to La Cage. There were stand-ins for Jean-Michel, Jacob, and Francis as well. I don't think even the chorus girls were the originals! The good news is that I may use this as an excuse to go back and see Graham Norton. He'd damn well better be there!
"The mountain has wings."
No!
Bit of a random question...
...but, where did you get your jumper from Ryan?
Great vlog guys (as always). Fair point on the snow, we're just not used to it over here..a few inches and we shut down! We didn't get as much here up north but it was still bad enough; 20 minutes to de-ice/snow my car to only get sent home after 2 hours at work! Still I suppose I shouldn't complain, freed up the afternoon for some intense sledging which made me feel like a 8yr old. Good times.
Alex :o)
Lee's Christian Bale Remix
Christian Bale is so musical and rants at exactly 125 beats per minute!
Here was my entry in the Christian Bale remix video competition. :D
Anger Management, or I'm the Godd*mn Batman!
Obviously, it's NSFW.
theAngryPuppy.com
Woah...add half an inch!
Anything more we should answer - Christ I've only been away from this site on a couple of dates this week and you guys go mental - it was the 7 inches that Brian put right?
Well add an extra half inch and you're with me ;-)
Tim answered the questions well - so no point me adding more. for those who aint realised yet - I do pop, showbiz and general celeb and Tim does the serious clever theatre and TV stuff...so never expect a knowledgeable answer from me.
Also - that jumper - it's a retro. A little place in a town called Greenwich where world time resides! Quite a few of my clothes are vintage or retro style - I don't like buying from the same stores as everyone else in the country - I'm a snob!!!
thanks for watching - I can't wait to do this week's episode.
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Snowy day
It even snowed here in this city, which doesn't happen very often! We only get rain in winter...
It actually snowed quite a lot too!
Harvey Milk: You gotta give 'em hope.
snow!
You only got 7"? I live in Surrey and we woke up to 13-15", a bit under a foot 1/2. That gave me 3 days off so I was happy :) theres still piles of it around though which is getting quite annoying...
Love the vlog, I wish afterellen would do a UK-based one like this
AfterELLEN
Snow
I live in Connecticut and we've had tons of snow this winter. But the university where I work never closes even when it snows. So I find it hard to believe that a big city like London would shut down.
Thanks for mentioning Kate Winslet. There's backlash against The Reader over here but I still think she's going to win the Oscar this year. i want her to cry at the Oscars if she wins--I don't care if the British press doesn't approve.
So I expect you to review Milk in your next video.
More cross-Atlantic wingnuts!
"Followers of the Rev. Fred Phelps say they plan to demonstrate a production of the play “The Laramie Project” at a British college this week - the first foray by the Topeka Kansas church into the UK....
The local Member of Parliament, Maria Miller (C), said that she has contacted the Home Secretary to see what action the Government may be considering. Under British law, hate groups may be banned from entering the country."
Yay for PM Miller!
http://www.365gay.com/news/phelps-clan-threatens-uk-college/