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Eric - 2006-06-12 23:54:43
Wrong Trousers is probably my favorite, with Close Shave coming in close second. A Grand Day Out I don't really remember very well. It's been a while since I've seen them. . .
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Chris - 2006-06-13 06:38:10
I agree on wrong trousers. Just to many wonderful details to mention (the carnival music from the room, the flimsy chicken desguise, etc). If you get a chance watch Creature Comforts, a TV series done by Aardmore that is on BBC America.
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Greg - 2006-06-13 07:00:07
Favorite thing about my job: Some days is my least favorite, and that's the constant flow of news and information. Some days it's exhilarating and then others--most fun recent news: A division of V2 has bought the entire Fania catalog and they're remastering, repackaging and re-releasing EVERYTHING, including classic salsa that's been out of print for 20 years--all original tracks and album art. And I'm looking forward to the release of the Hector Lavoe film, even though I know it will outshmaltz any biopic ever made.
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Erich K - 2006-06-13 11:26:46
The Wrong Trousers sounds vaguely obscene. I always thought "trousers" was kind of a winky British obscenity term. But then again, I once saw something nasty in the woodshed.
I watched the Kierra K version of Pride and Prejudice over the weekend, now THAT'S a movie, by gosh and by golly.
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Paula - 2006-06-13 11:30:19
"Trousers" is just such a great word. And yet, as we have discussed in this forum before, so is "pants," for different reasons. I see the first as being very British--proper and kinda naughty at the same time. "Pants" is so American.
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Greg - 2006-06-13 12:24:38
It's funny... Granny MacGregor always told us that men wear trousers and women wear pants, so I've always referred to my "lower attire" as trousers, and my brothers and I always snickered when men spoke of putting on pants.
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Paula - 2006-06-13 14:44:09
I want to hear more Granny MacGregor lore!
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Greg - 2006-06-13 14:53:57
Granny MacGregor really deserves her own anthropological study. A joke from Granny (funnier in a heavy Scottish brogue)Q: Why do bagpipers march while they play? A: To get away from the eff'in sound.
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iwombat - 2006-06-13 15:29:31
well, I believe that pants in merry olde etc. is underpants, so that's the winky one... I once heard a british commentator going on about the real deal in some context or other, and he ended, having said what the real deal was, by saying " everything else is just pants" I thought it well said.
Yes, "creature comforts" best Nick Park ever.
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Greg - 2006-06-13 15:36:01
It's impossible to say the word "panties" without coming off as just a little bit cheeky.
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Flasshe - 2006-06-14 11:40:37
Favorite thing about my job: When someone brings me a bizarre problem to figure out/solve. Assuming I can actually solve the problem. If not, then it's the least favorite part of my job. I do love the troubleshooting.
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