Between Seasons Conversations

Is this surreal or what?  Rest in Peace, Carrie & Debbie!

When the topic of the fad dance, the Macarena came up on another thread I thought of another "dance of the day". The Bird Dance also called the Chic. ken Dance. Anyone remember it? Around 1982 any party you attended featured that dance. It originated, I believe, in Germany (brother?) and or The Netherlands. But in 1982 a local Edmonton band, The Emeralds recorded it and it became a massive hit. It was fun to do like the Macarena.

[size=32]Breaking: Rolling Stones Guitarist Keith Richards Found Still Alive

August 4, 2016
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WESTON – In a startling development for the Rock n Roll community, world famous Rolling Stones guitarist and songwriter Keith Richards was found alive on Wednesday. Crew members said they found his animated body sitting beside an amp, picking at a guitar and murmuring some incomprehensible melody. Shocked but elated, the roadies took Richards back to the dressing rooms and covered his old broken body with designer scarves and skull rings.
“It’s astounding” said longtime Rolling Stones roadie Steve Kruger, “to find him in this state is…well, it’s unexpected to say the least.” Richards, the grizzly-faced guitarist long thought to be the most likely person on the planet to next kick the bucket, was noodling on a 5-string fender when he was found miraculously still conscious. “At first I thought it was some 200-year old giant turtle that crawled in here, or a wrinkly sack of potatoes with somebody inside,” recalled Kruger. “But no! There he was, strumming away on a few opening chords to ‘Start Me Up.’ What I was seeing looked awful, but unmistakable. When I realized it was Keith, I thought it might be one of those holograms like they created for Michael Jackson and 2Pac at Bonnaroo music fest a few years back. But then I touched him and he screamed ‘what the hell do you want!?’, and I knew.”
Figuring that they might as well use him, the Stones management has decided to continue taking him on the road. “People still want to see him perform,” said Kruger. “And they’ll pay good money to see their favorite corpse up onstage, especially if he’s moving around and kind of sort of acting like it’s all still fresh and sexy. So now it’s kind of like we’re touring with some old museum piece, or your grandma’s music box, handed down from generation to generation, still spitting out a tune,” said Kruger. “And I’ll tell ya, Keith still makes a good noise.”

I read about a man who started a funding campaign to offer his services and not let 2016 get ahold of Betty White who is currently 94.  The campaign has since gone viral.  A rep for Betty says that she is quite fine right now.  The campaign was not a serious one, and the man does plan to donate the money to a local theater group.  It was more an illustration of how some people are looking at 2016 as an entity who has been causing concern and havoc this year and is taking away great icons.  Twitter has since taken up the cause of warning 2016 to stay away from Betty.

Humour that appeals to Canadians.


The primary characteristics of Canadian humour are irony, parody, and satire.^[2] Various trends can be noted in Canadian comedy. One thread is the portrayal of a "typical" Canadian family in an ongoing radio or television series. Examples include La famille Plouffe, with its mix of drama, humour, politics and religion and sitcoms such as King of Kensingtonand La Petite Vie. Another major thread tends to be political and cultural satire: television shows such as CODCO, Royal Canadian Air Farce, La Fin du monde est à 7 heures and This Hour Has 22 Minutes, monologuists such as Yvon Deschamps and Rick Mercer and writers, including Michel Tremblay, Will Ferguson and Eric Nicol draw their inspiration from Canadian and Québécois society and politics. Another trend revels in absurdity, demonstrated by television series like The Kids in the Hall and The Frantics, and musician-comedians such as The Arrogant Worms, Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie and Bowser and Blue. Satire is arguably the primary characteristic of Canadian humour, evident in each of these threads, and uniting various genres and regional cultural differences.

British humour.


[size=42]British humour
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British humour is shaped by the relative stability of British society and carries a strong element of satire aimed at "the absurdity of everyday life". Themes include the class systemand sexual taboos; common techniques include puns, innuendo and intellectual jokes.^[size=12][1]
A strong theme of sarcasm and self-deprecation, often with deadpan delivery, runs throughout British humour.^[2] Humour may be used to bury emotions in a way that seems insensitive to other cultures.^[3] Jokes are told about everything and almost no subject is taboo, though often a lack of subtlety when discussing controversial issues is considered crass.^[4] Many UK comedy TV shows typical of British humour have been internationally popular, and have been an important channel for the export and representation of British culture to the international audience.[/size]

Lesallee wrote:It's satire, sis, that's all. I do think it's funny but satire is a form of humour appreciated far more by Canadians than Americans. For sure old Keef won't give a hoot as he counts his money. In Canada our funniest TV shows are satire and it's no holds barred.

      I can appreciate satire, and think it can be funny. I just didn't find this funny, that's all