Robin Hood Men in Tights (directed by Mel Brooks) is one of the best Robin Hood tales ever.
It has:
1: This song.
2: Cary Elwes plays Robin Hood as if he were playing Westley playing Robin Hood, in an over-the-top snarky fashion. His pride and self-assurance are impressive, almost as much as the fact that “unlike other Robin Hoods, I can speak in an English accent.”
3: Dave Chappelle as Ahchoo, son of Ahsneeze (a prisoner who helped Robin escape jail in the Holy Land) who went to England to study, and Robin promised to keep an eye out for. The only person in the film snarkier than Robin, who never takes off his Air Jordans and does a flawless Malcom X parody to convince the peaceful villagers to join the Merry Men.
4: Instead of Friar Tuck, we have Rabbi Tuckman, purveyor of sacramental wine. And circumcisions. Played by Mel Brooks, and clearly having way too much fun with it.
5: More anachronisms than you can shake a stick at. Ahchoo’s Air Jordans and baseball cap styled hat are only the tip of the iceburg, it gets so much better.
6: Prince John is so done with everything. He clearly doesn’t want to be here (in a good way).
7: The jail-keeper in the Holy Land is a parody of a hotel
maître d
and is just so happy to be doing what he’s doing. I love him so much.
8: Parodying how ridiculous “the chop” is as a sportsfan thing by having a whole bleacher full of people in medieval garb do it to cheer Robin on for no explained reason other than someone thought of it.
9: An extended “Godfather” parody
10: Ahchoo: “Let’s get out of this ladies’ clothing and get into our tights!”
It also features Sir Patrick Stewart in a cameo as King Richard the Lionheart (parodying Sean Connery’s cameo as King Richard).
This is literally one of my favourite movies ever.
Today a lady came into my work asking for a copy of some of her documents. I ran them through the printer and handed it back and she gave me a dirty look and asked why the papers were upside down
I took the papers back and slowly turned them right side up
You can turn your suitcase into
your own face. Head Case is a
protective sleeve that stretches over
your luggage so that nobody else grabs
it at the baggage claim. It’s also
removable, so you don’t have to roll
into the hotel with your bag staring
down everyone in the lobby –
unless you want to. SourceSource 2
Today the Department of Awesomely Good Deeds salutes a Seattle resident who stood under the ledge of his office building and carefully caught a brood of ducklings as they jumped off the ledge, one by one, in order to follow their mother who’d flew down first. But the good deed didn’t end there. The benevolent duck catcher then led the entire family safely through a street parade to a nearby river where they happily swam away.
If all this isn’t heartwarming enough, check out this video tally by writer Aaron Vallely of how many adorable baby ducks were saved.
