FridayVideoslikeBaseballandShakespeare

by SB Sarah Friday, May 30, 2008 at 03:33 AM

Karen McCullough sent in a video link that so amused me, I watched it twice, sent it to Hubby, and am debating about unleashing it on the entire 12 member manager roster of my rotisserie baseball league (yes, confirmed, I am a dork). Nothing is better than mixing Canadians, baseball, and Shakespeare.

“‘Tis a tale told by an umpire, fill of sound and fury, signifying one-nothing.”

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Picture of Nathalie Nathalie said on...
05.30.08 at 05:12 AM |

TV or no TV, that is not the question!!!

Ahhhhaahhaha!!!

Man, I needed that. :)

Picture of Darlene Marshall Darlene Marshall said on...
05.30.08 at 05:23 AM |

Perfect summer fun!  Thanks for sharing.

Picture of Gennita Low Gennita Low said on...
05.30.08 at 05:57 AM |

That was just excellent!  I’m going to share it with my biz partner who has to read Shakespeare in class.  He moans about missing baseball all the time.

Picture of Suze Suze said on...
05.30.08 at 06:22 AM |

Ah, Wayne & Shuster! Sunday night TV through the 70’s. So campy. And so much fun!

out36!

Picture of Tinkerbon Tinkerbon said on...
05.30.08 at 07:26 AM |

CLAS-SIK Canadian comedy, thank you very much!

I grew up on (Johnny) Wayne & (Frank) Schuster, and their very literate and ahead-of-it’s-time brand of comedy. Sadly they have both now gone on to that great Yuk-Yuk Club in the sky. I used to pray that my family wouldn’t go to church on Sunday evenings, just so I could watch Disney and W&S!!

Picture of Sandra D Sandra D said on...
05.30.08 at 07:29 AM |

Oh man, where was that when I was in high school and we had to go to Stratford every spring. I was too young to appreciate Shakespeare then but THIS I would have enjoyed lol.

spaminator: indeed14, no I think I was indeed16 the first time I went.

Picture of Robyn Robyn said on...
05.30.08 at 07:53 AM |

Fabulous. I wish they were still around.

Picture of miaserene miaserene said on...
05.30.08 at 08:21 AM |

I was in this in high school. Well, a very low-budget student adaptation of this, anyway.

I’d completely forgotten about it.  I think I was a last minute stand-in for...MacDuff.

Speaking of classic sketches, it occurs to me a Shakespeare-recast of Who’s on First might work....

Picture of Anj Anj said on...
05.30.08 at 09:34 AM |

Get thee to an optomitrist!

amazing. That is so funny.

thank you. so. much.

Picture of Eileen Dreyer Eileen Dreyer said on...
05.30.08 at 09:44 AM |

I wish I’d been able to see them. This was freakin’ brilliant.

Picture of MS Jones MS Jones said on...
05.30.08 at 10:48 AM |

I think my favorite line is “Alas, poor Durocher, I knew him. A man of infinite lip.”

Thanks for sharing this.

Picture of Susan/DC Susan/DC said on...
05.30.08 at 02:54 PM |

Having seen two Shakespeare plays in the past week, I actually recognized the source of some of the lines—which only made this funnier.  Thanks so much for posting.

Spam filter is work85—no, I didn’t go to work today but helped build a house with Habitat for Humanity (anything to get out of the office on a beautiful day).

Picture of Mary Lynn Mary Lynn said on...
05.30.08 at 02:58 PM |

Hmmmm… an acquired taste methinks!

Picture of Arsie Arsie said on...
05.30.08 at 08:32 PM |

Yay for Wayne and Schuster!

They’re awesome.

Picture of Jools Jools said on...
05.31.08 at 07:40 AM |

absolutely brilliant.  Thanks for sharing.  I have a friend who is crazy about baseball and Shakespeare.  He’s going to so love this!

Picture of LDH LDH said on...
05.31.08 at 08:22 PM |

Hahaha!!!

That’s AMAZING! I think that the Macbeth bits at the end were my favorite just because I had to memorize the “Tomorrow and Tomorrow” soliloquy. It’s all pretty wonderful, though.

I’m glad I’m in theater, because it means that I have so many people to send this to.

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