Pepi Longsocks

Pepi Longsocks

Watching old SCTV episodes are a past time of mine.   SCTV is a Canadian show from the mid 1970s to early 1980s.  It is brilliantly funny, and I recommend this show wholeheartedly.  

I wanted to analyze and give a constructive review of one of the episodes of SCTV, titled Pepi Longsocks, here is a short link of a YouTube episode below:

https://youtu.be/epLq_DAeex4

Watching Pepi when I was a kid, I did not get the reference to other cultures.  But watching this and other episodes of SCTV now, I actually think that the references are bang-on and done very good, especially with this one.  

Here are a few points I want to make:

1, in this episode, it is supposedly Bulgaria, and me born around the Balkans, I remember watching old Turkish movies (still watching them now I must add), many of the older films are out of sink with the picture and the sound, and one learns to just accept this while watching, but in this episode/video, it is wickedly funny, done purposely,

2, outfits were nailed bang on; I have actually been to Sofya in 1988 (Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria) and they actually dressed almost like this in the country side of the capital city,

3, the name Pepi; don't know if Bulgarians have this name in use, most of the ones I know are either named Dimitri or Constantin, but only a minor issue here,

3, John Candy was in my opinion the most under-rated actor in Hollywood, watching him here brings to me nice memories of my simple childhood, he does this to me as I like him and admire him greatly.   I have nothing but good to say about him, may he rest in peace.  

Thank you for visiting, 

Ben

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The Plot of Ensalvement

The Plot of Enslavement

          JFK

Did you read the smaller print at the bottom of the great mans quote? I will restate it below again.  It reads:

7 days before his assassination

He stated the brilliant and honest quote 7 days before he was shot mercilessly by the Elite group of men, who where, in my opinion, who gave the order for the 'kill'. 

I have a strong and well researched opinion who these 'Elite men' were, the question I pose is, do you know who they are?

Sincerely now, 

Ben

The 2006 BBC version of Dracula

The 2006 BBC version of Dracula 

The 2006 BBC version of Dracula is loosely based on Bram Stoker’s novel.  I watched this movie over the weekend, and I must state, I was thrilled with this 'different' adaptation of the famous novel. 

I was truly entertained and was fascinated that the movie deviates from the original Bram Stoker storyline, and concentrates on tangents of its own, which obviously changes the characters and their motivations significantly. 

          Lord Arthur Holmwood

The movie brings with it the 'new' idea of 'Syphilis' and how the character Lord Arthur Holmwood can cure his 'deathly' condition by bringing a mysterious man, a Count Dracula, from Transylvania, to London.  

I was very much interested at the 'good' acting from all the characters, plus, I liked seeing 'new' and 'fresh' faces on these 'old' characters.  

          Dr Steward

In summary, I would recommend to everyone to make time to watch this version of Dracula.  There are memorable events and scenes in this production; plus the performances are all generally good; however the below actors especially were entertaining to watch:

Marc Warren - Count Dracula

Dan Stevens - Lord Arthur Holmwood

Tom Burke - Dr. John Seward

Thank you for reading,

Ben

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And Enslave a Nation

And Enslave a Nation

I wanted to support a few of my previous writings, titled, 'Interest on Loan', 'Creation of Money', and 'Illegitimate and Absurd', with today's post.  

Therefore, I am trying to bring further attention on our failing 'monetary system', please find these writings in the web-pages of:

http://goodread10.blogspot.com/

or

http://onlythebrave10.blogspot.com/

and please read them.  

Now today's post:

Think about this quote for a minute, what do you think? True or not. 

Sincerely now, 

Ben

Creation of Money

Creation of Money

"The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled" - John Kenneth Galbraith, Economist

Thank you for visiting, 

Ben