... and this is what a buisness man would do.
"You know the logic we were told always to follow:
Analyze the prospective market and choose segments with the highest potential return.
Develop and optimize a plan for success.
Calculate the costs of achieving it.
Proceed down the most efficient path possible.
While it makes enormous sense in a predictable setting—say a booming economy—it doesn’t in the face of the unknown because you simply don’t know what could happen. If you use this logic there all you end up doing is making projections…on assumptions… that are contingent on guesses.
That’s just silly.
So, what do you do?
Use the model of Act. Learn. Build. Repeat." (Taken from Forbes webpage)
- And what are you gonna do?
- I dunno, I dunno
- Tell a tale, make a business plan, do a comic, make a dream come true,
- I don't have a plan, I got studies, that is learning and that is taking time whatever I got no time for this shite. - Let's find a man and get done with it, thats a plan... - O er, no time for that dream on babe
11 august 2014 Robin Williams
He was something else in Good Will Hunting(1997), the psychiatrist role that gave him that Oscar award. I saw some of the comic genious that was mr Williams as he was interviewed in Inside the Actors studio by James Lipton. The actor was a funny man being inteviewed. He was actor in One hour photo(2002) and making all sorts of voices as the Genie in Disney's Aladdin(1992). The first film that I reckon have seen him in though is Good morning Vietnam(1987), he owned the part as a fast talking radio reporter.
It was sad news to hear about him passing today because he has given me as well as many others some laughs through the years. Crying from laughter and now as the tragedy sinks in there are prayer for those who have hard times, believe that there comes sunshine. I will.
My top 3 Robin Williams films:
1989 - Dead poet's society
- I am appalled by the GMO its gene manipulated organisms everywhere in front my eyes because I am studying it as a subject for now. Did you know that most of the corn and cotton and farmers in the US of A is making GMO crops?
- No thats old news they've done it for years.
- But now it has been shown the effect on the habitat around, the more pesticides and the GMO spreads into the wild and the bugs, insects evolve and its all a nature chaos caused by humans again. Thought we were doing good with richer food by manipulating it but it has a effect of giving blood diseases. It is no good.
- Tomorrow it will be forgotten
- Well at least I can read about it here later on.
-You think so? Never go back my friend. Never look back.
- Only look forward to that world going to the inevitable doomsday? Like the Vikings called it Ragnarök. or in english Rag-na-roek. If there was a way to you know to do something.
Have you ever heard of such a thing? uplifting news? There was once a band called Bad news.
A cameraman has filmed Rik Behind the scenes during the shooting of Murder
Mysteries: The White knight Stratagem (2001) Rik has a smoke and speak to the cameraman after a girl has fixed his hair.
Rik - What you fuckin do?
Cameraman - Dunno
Rik - You don't know. Viewers. You don't know who
the cameraman is.
Cameraman - Noone..
Rik - You dont know why you are being made to see
these things? Nor do I. You're seeing me, I can't even see
you. I may be dead By
the time you watch this, very possible are, you dont know who's the man who's
making things he wants you to see. Destroy your television set now. You must
listen to no orders. That's all I
can tell you at this point of humanity.
Believe me
Girl - ..there
Rik - Did that sound pretentious?
Girl - Really quite
Cameraman - I
didn't really understand it.
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When the comedy giant Rik Mayall passed away 9 june 2014 I saw it as a duty to find out who s that man? Why does he get so much attention? Now that he is dead. And surely enough I soon found out that its the pass of a great actor and history changer, a part of comedy history in Brittain mostly. The Alan B'stard character thaught me that Rik was playing with the politics through being an utter bastard. At the time Margaret Thatcher was in power of the UK and she did badly so to have this Alan B'stard character shine a light upon the schemes that are happening behind the curtains of parliament was a groundbreaker for brittish public. A mean bastard wouldn't go far in the swedish comedy - we love the happy faces, the really queer things. But Sweden is a small town compared to Brittain.
I come from little Sweden
so it was to my delight to see the Rik Mayall in a video short with the swedish
comedy elite in an ABBA spoof video during the Eurovsion 2004. As foreigners
you don't recognize Robert Gustafsson as Rik’s assistant. Sissela
Kyle(legendary swedish comedy woman) as the telephonista. You might recognize
Mikael (who has reached global famousity for being in the Millenium trilogy)
sitting in the sofa next to Cecilia Frode(wonderful swedish comedy woman). As
swedes we laugh at just seeing Robert Gustafsson because he has always pulled
faces through his long fruitful career(mind you he is Swedens today greatest
comedy man). The Loa Falkman(royal opera singer) also joins in the ABBA tribute
as coach for the puppetshow. I saw The ABBA tribute video feauturing Rik Mayall and then because of that Rik Mayall presents Dancing Queen(1993),
he did with Helena Bonham Carter amongst other chums. Followed by the tv-program of Rik Mayall presents Micky Love(1993) the depraved the alcoholic the horrible nothing at all like that sweet character Neil in Dancing Queen. 1995 there was also Rik Mayall presents Briefest Encounter,
I love the Rik Mayall presents films its a great body of work and the man has gotten the opportunity to play very different personas or some what versions of himself. Thats what actors do. They do versions of oneself. You cant obliterate yourself ever. You got yourself to live with until the day you die.
Through his
career Rik Mayall have openly in his plays talked about death a great deal. It’s
all fine because he's not dead at the time then at the Bottom Live 4 “An arse Oddity” tour
when they bury the parrot its all so funny.
The young ones(1982-1984) But as he was
the poet Rich he did have the speech of if he did pass away the kids would say
the poets dead but how can he be dead when we still have his poems? As a matter
of fact deeply human feelings gets touched upon with light heart twinkle in the
eye becase you have to have a laugh in life whatever there is to it?
I love the Comic strip films also. Fistful of travellers cheques(1984) is this example, its like a spoof of Good, bad and Ugly or any Clint Eastwood western. Rik plays a western film lover in cosplay throughout on holiday.
The Comic strip gang have done a number of films through the year, mostly of them half films, but some long films as well. Each film holding its own theme, whether it'd be War(1983) with some american accents, The Beat generation(1983) in black and white or Summer school(1983) crazy caveman style
The kids stories he did as well. Grim tales at the same time as he was The new statesman(1987-94). Storytelling of childrens books
he was great at. Must have, could have practiced that with his own kiddies or
was he such a characterdriven person private too? He did have a quiet side.
Like we all do. Who in the heck would be so energetic always? One thing I don’t
like about him is the smoking. I just dont care for smokers. Otherwise he
seemed great. Read in the news today that Michael Douglas tries to get his wife
Catherine Zeta jones to give up smoking. That is brave. Smoking is hard to get
rid of as it gets to become a part of you but people can stop, its just to
stop by making the decision to do so. Decide for yourself what you want to do.
Now I come to the very odd conclusion that I cannot appreciate smokers body of
work because of the fact that they smoke? Then I would have to say goodbye to
all the greats I liked before Leslie Howard, Bobby Darin, heck that Babe ms
Henrietta. Bette Davis I meant she was in bondage film long time ago with
Leslie Howard, what about Olivia? what about her name was I see her so clearly
being interviewed by Dave Letterman or Johnny Carson? Long time no seen. She(Bette Davis) did a great impact on me. and the way she talked about the different time and
age that she was a virgin when she got married and to get married is not for
that. its for the companionship. it is for the family values. I like that Rik
did not become a sell out. He held his private life private. That is important
to decide upon in the beginning of a career. The public gets nothing of me but only
my character. And then the interviewers try to get the personal out there. The
juice is all they want.
All I want is
the comedy. More shows. More of the performer. It does not matter what he does
on a everyday basis but the performance yes sir. Give me another show. Give me
another year. Give me another laugh. Give me. What can I give to you?
transcript of part of Rik Mayalls speech getting a doctorate at University of Exeter in 2008
“Failed to go
to drama exams. One 11+ 3 O levels and a doctorate. No wait, unbelivable. Imagination and charity. Now my young friends it is Time to start enjoy your
life. Start celebrating ur success. In the real nasty sexy world out there. In
return five mantras to carry with you through your lifes What helped me to
survive be happy. Not only to survive but to be happy. All men are equal
therefore noone can ever be your genuine superior. 2 it is your future it is
yours to create. your future is as bright as you make it. 3 Change is a
constant of life so you must never ever loose your wisdom your wisdom that you
nurtured and enriched here at Exeter university 4 If you want to live a full
and complete human life you have to be free. Freedom is paramount 5 Love is the
answer. So my friends there's my present to you, you just make sure you always
got those five things Equality, Opportunity, Wisdom, Freedom and Love, yeah?
(repeat) and you'll be alright, with that and a little bit of good luck. so good
luck, congratulations and good luck my young friends, you go out there and have
yourself a fucking good life. Bon voyage my young friends. Bon voyage.”
I am writing about the swedish POV
This morning on the television a panel of entertainment talked about the results of the vote, that it is a rememberable front page of the evening newspaper that shows a photograph of the FI party with a yes on the left side and a photograph of the SD party with a No! on the right side. FI stands for human rights you may say and is all for gender equality and will fight for the female paychecks to rise up to the mens paycheck. SD stands for nationality and they have accountants that do counting on the travellers into the country and I think SD also wants to have more borders to the nation so the nation can take care of itself. The evening newspaper said Yes to that FI party of humanity got places into the EU as well as a big No to that SD, the nationalist party got places into the EU. I would have voted FI of course. Because I am worried about these nationalists that come through because it is mostly angry young men and have they really thought it through?
I see a lack of humanity. It all goes so fast and you want things now, now now. If we all got what we wanted now, what else is there to wish for?
The panel on the morning television talk about the lack of an entertainment parti in the EU - European Union - like, I wonder does any country/ United States have an entertaiment guided parti? There are the right and the left and the ones in between. An entertainment party would get many voters because the theatre, books, litterature, films, music, tv is a part of everyones life. Wouldn´t that be great?
But the politics is all about the money. I wish the capitalists would come to their senses and realize that there is more to life than money.
There is food and environment. What will one extra coin in your pocket do for you when the food you eat is poisoned by antibiotics or that bees died so the food production stopped because we can not get any grains if not nature pollinates and if it not rains in the right place. Where are the clouds? Where do they come from? It is said that they forms over the rainforest. part of them does. Save the rainforest then.
- It´s a New Age thing.
- No, it isn't, its as old as time itself.
- I disagree it is flower power stuff
- Are you kidding me?
- Well isn't it?
- Meditation is to be aware of the present, now, be kind to yourself and others. It has ethics that you should follow too
- Yeah that sounds like flower power oohh meditate hear the bell ring
- Will you shut your face, if you are to misbehave I will not speak to you. (did I say that out loud?)
- Feisty, here take a joint.
- I don't smoke, it is mere toxic... I think I feel about smoking the same way you feel about meditation dear. The opposite attract - attend - attention - attraherar? (translation needed)
Meditation is a new age thing like flower power is it not?
No it's an old way from before our time counting to become aware, to reach the enligthenment and Nirvana
Guilty pleasures - there are a couple of good talkshows nowadays too. I did not live to see Johnny Carson, but I have seen David Letterman as a youngster as well as Oprah. She rule the world of talkshow hosting, to bad of her retirement, but there are reruns too see or join the book club just for getting some education. As I am now past my University age I have found the Late late show of Craig Ferguson to entertain those dreadful days, it is sure an old school telly host ´cause he treats the audience a different a way friendly some odd way. A shining star in the night time television sky, although it's a different timeslot in my region of Scandinavia. It look so easy to be a talkshow host, but is it?
Fun. What is funny haha? Yes comedy gold is mr Brian Blessed methinks. One of many funny men.Them you recognize yourself in, some phrase that is yes I too feel I shouldn´t be here. How odd to hear another express just that but in a place where I would have enjoyed to be part of the audience just perhaps. well here it is the compilation Blessed. What amaze me is how some personas just don't get embarrassed. I'm an ultra shy girl - woman. The opposite, a loud streetsmart talking is what I find very likeable. Yes, I liked Flash Gordon the movie as I so adored Timothy Dalton and the original soundtrack of Queen made it a great film but thats another story.
Cheers!
