Henry 8.0

December 2, 2009 4:49 PM

The Book of Faces
posted by vronsky (27 comments total)

More here but the bbc player is acting very wonky for me :(
posted by vronsky at 4:50 PM on December 2, 2009

is that Henry VIII doing his best Brian Blessed impersonation I spy?
posted by nangua at 4:52 PM on December 2, 2009 [1 favorite]

I see Henry failed to Ponder though well equipped with a beard.
posted by bearwife at 5:00 PM on December 2, 2009 [4 favorites]

I love that the volume on the BBC player goes to eleven.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 5:02 PM on December 2, 2009 [5 favorites]

It is indeed the blessed Brian.
posted by vronsky at 5:02 PM on December 2, 2009

Bloody hell, that was supposed to be

I love that the volume on the BBC player goes to eleven.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 5:04 PM on December 2, 2009

Don't you mean eleven?
posted by kanewai at 5:13 PM on December 2, 2009

I feel as though that could have been much funnier.
posted by Corduroy at 5:18 PM on December 2, 2009

That was terribly unfunny.
posted by empath at 5:26 PM on December 2, 2009

yeah, not so impressed
posted by nathancaswell at 5:36 PM on December 2, 2009

I give it a thumb up, plus I enjoy the associated live-journa
posted by Think_Long at 5:55 PM on December 2, 2009

Did you accidentally leave off the last L, or is that the live-journal account of candle ja
posted by filthy light thief at 6:12 PM on December 2, 2009

I don't WANT a bloody rice cake! they don't fill me up... it's like eating crunchy AIR!

king of england... boss of Naboo.. he can/does do everything.
posted by infinite intimation at 6:16 PM on December 2, 2009 [1 favorite]

Does Brian Blessed only play big guys with beards? (He was pure genius in The Black Adder.)
posted by dunkadunc at 6:18 PM on December 2, 2009

He doesn't have a beard in "I Claudius."
posted by grumblebee at 6:19 PM on December 2, 2009

filthy light thief: I most certainly did not accidentally leave off the last L. I chose to leave off the last L. Nothing I do is without purpose.
posted by Think_Long at 6:34 PM on December 2, 2009

He doesn't have a beard in "I Claudius."

And yet he projects one, somehow. I heart that guy.
posted by Countess Elena at 6:46 PM on December 2, 2009 [2 favorites]

Oh god Brian Blessed is just the greatest. Super sense of humour, and he is kind to animals, plus great actor. Why don't they give him a role where he can really show his chops, like in I Claudius?
posted by Henry C. Mabuse at 7:34 PM on December 2, 2009

Is there a video of Brian Blessed reading the phone book? Because I would totally favorite that.

Also, I want his voice screaming out directions on my GPS.
posted by PlusDistance at 7:38 PM on December 2, 2009 [2 favorites]

He doesn't have a beard in "I Claudius."
Or in The Avengers - The Superlative Seven and only a mo in The Morning After.
posted by tellurian at 7:49 PM on December 2, 2009

Does Brian Blessed only play big guys with beards?

His options are probably limited ever so slightly by the fact that he is a big guy with a beard.
posted by Sys Rq at 8:22 PM on December 2, 2009

Why don't they give him a role where he can really show his chops, like in I Claudius?

They did. It was called I Claudius.
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 8:38 PM on December 2, 2009

BRIAN BLESSED!!
posted by Zangal at 8:42 PM on December 2, 2009

Oh, haha, rice cakes really are like "eating crunch air" amirite
posted by Joseph Gurl at 8:55 PM on December 2, 2009

Let us not forget the Blssed Brian in the best most awesome movie ever made, Hawkman.
posted by WolfDaddy at 4:29 AM on December 3, 2009

Does Brian Blessed only play big guys with beards? (He was pure genius in The Black Adder.)

Not always, dunkadunc. His (admittedly rarely televised) portrayal of Anne Frank, in the BBC production "Diary of Anne Frank" (1989), won critical acclaim, and was one of his earlier successes.

Lately, however, he seems to be typecast, playing characters that he somewhat resembles. It's blatant genotypism, but what can one do?
posted by IAmBroom at 10:23 AM on December 3, 2009 [2 favorites]

Is there a video of Brian Blessed reading the phone book? Because I would totally favorite that.

Would you settle for snooker commentary?
posted by Billegible at 8:50 PM on December 4, 2009