Deke

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It's a grrreat time to be British!!!!

Wednesday, 25. February 2009, 00:19:46

obe, oscars, jolly good show, awards ...

The news was full of it (Especially on C5, I mean, really full of it...), it seems that something amazing happened at the Oscars, to whit, a British actress won one, and a Bollywood movie sponsored by Britain's very own C4 and directed by one of our very own citizens won quite a few of them.

They'll both be in line for OBEs at least then.

How can we get this excited about something so pointless? Amongst the hundreds of little Oscars that get handed out, two Brits won a couple, and a movie made with British money won half a dozen too. Somehow it doesn't quite match up with a cure for cancer.

Then again, I'm not so sure that finding a cure for cancer would get you an OBE...

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Oscar, my part in his downfall.

Friday, 23. February 2007, 12:51:07

movies, oscars, humour, queen ...

So, as usual Oscar fever is upon us, awards are going to be handed out, people are going to cry in front of thousands of other people while millions more watch them on TV.

And I find myself with a question.

Since the ancestors of the present day citizens of the USA went to so much trouble to rid themselves of the yolk of British rule, why are they so danged fascinated by our royal family? They come over here and queue up to watch the changing of the guard, wait in line for a quick glimpse at the crown jewels, go and stand in front of Buckingham Palace, take the tour of Windsor, and then go home and give out awards to people who play British royalty in the movies.

Look, there's pretty much no one in England who can't do an impression of either the queen, the prince of Wales, or that gangly Greek guy that the queen's married to. The odds on Helen Mirren winning an Oscar for her portrayal of the queen have just got so rubbish that bookies are refusing to take any more bets on her. Why? She's playing the queen, it's not that difficult.

We've got a couple of guys over here who can do almost perfect renditions of Dubya, but we're not giving them awards for it.

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