Fannish things

[thisbluespirit]

1. Yuletide sign-ups are still open for anyone thinking of taking part. (I believe they close on the 9th, but check the link.)


2. For those of you in the UK who don't mind a bit of old telly, I checked the Drama channel, and guess what their next run of ancient TV on Saturdays is? It's the BBC's 1976-77 historical (Edwardian) drama The Duchess of Duke Street! It has a very slow start (even for ancient telly), but Gemma Jones is so fabulous throughout, and I recommend it. The bit where Julian Fellowes turns up and swipes the plot for use in Downton is also entertaining, and S2 has bonus Lalla Ward. (And then write me Louisa/Mary, because I never could manage it, though I tried.)

(And when I say Saturday, I mean tomorrow.)


3. Fall Equinox went live the other day. Lots of lovely fanvids! (The theme this time was 'based on books.')

Comments

[persiflage_1]

(And when I say Saturday, I mean today. I meant to make this post earlier. *handwaves grandly*)

It's Friday today, though... o_O

[thisbluespirit]

... oh.

I have washed my hair on the wrong day!

I knew it was Thursday yesterday, but I seem to have lost a day in the night somewhere. Whoops!

I shall edit the post!

[persiflage_1]

LOL Okay...

[thisbluespirit]

*puts head back on the right way*

I know where I am now! And I was meant to wash my hair, anyway. I'm not sure how I managed that, but it's just as well you were around. :-)

[persiflage_1]

You're welcome!

[flowsoffire]

Lalla Waaaard! ♥

[thisbluespirit]

Indeed! :-)

[dimity_blue]

Julian Fellowes also swiped the basic idea from Upstairs, Downstairs (but they did it better).

[thisbluespirit]

He also took the flower show plot from Mrs Miniver! It's pretty funny, really. I wonder whjat else got dragged in?

[justice_turtle]

One thing I did really like about The Lady Vanishes, to jump onto a completely unrelated post, is the way everybody was lying about Miss Froy without being in on the plot. They all had their own different reasons, none of which (except the cricket-fellows') were immediately obvious; I thought that was very clever. :-)

[thisbluespirit]

Yes, that's a good point! (I am still amused about the cricket pair going on forever the same in other films and their own series and radio. They must have wound up missing an awful lot of matches...)