Thursday, March 12, 2020 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

[Linear Gnome]

Derp. Somehow I had the Magna Carta in 1315. It's slipups like that that worry me.

Do you watch Better Call Saul? The year of the Magna Carta was a plot point.

[davey]

Was I imagining things or was there laughter from the audience as the show returned from commercial for FJ?

Sounds like laughter to me.

[da Doctah]

Since I've got a lot of British friends and acquaintances, Dick Van Dyke's atrocious Cockney accent in "Mary Poppins" has long been a topic of conversation. Strangely, though, nobody ever calls him to task for the accent of the other character he played in the film, the elder Mr Banks. In the recent sequel, he plays the younger Mr Banks (a role played in the original by an actual Englishman, Arthur Malet, who died about a year before "Mary Poppins Returns" started filming).

Van Dyke couldn't play the older character in the sequel; Mr Banks Sr died off-screen the night before the final scene of the first film.

[Jeopardy_fan]

Mr. Banks is the children's father, you mean Mr. Dawes the bank director.

[Robert K S]

I can't say that when I saw Jessica's name on the Contestant Zone website on Monday I wasn't praying Alex wouldn't make the slip that he did.

Triple negative. You can do better.

I can't not say I wasn't not hoping Alex wouldn't not get Jessica's name wrong.

[Robert K S]

Since I've got a lot of British friends and acquaintances, Dick Van Dyke's atrocious Cockney accent in "Mary Poppins" has long been a topic of conversation. Strangely, though, nobody ever calls him to task for the accent of the other character he played in the film, the elder Mr [Dawes]. In the recent sequel, he plays the younger Mr [Dawes] (a role played in the original by an actual Englishman, Arthur Malet, who died about a year before "Mary Poppins Returns" started filming).

That was supposed to be the same character? That makes so little sense.

Why did Michael age 30 years and Dawes age 50 years?

[da Doctah]

Mr. Banks is the children's father, you mean Mr. Dawes the bank director.

Yes. I brainpooted when I typed the message.

[trainman]

That was supposed to be the same character? That makes so little sense.

Why did Michael age 30 years and Dawes age 50 years?

Either banking ages you more quickly, or having a magical nanny ages you more slowly.

[Robert K S]

Derp. Somehow I had the Magna Carta in 1315. It's slipups like that that worry me.

Do you watch Better Call Saul? The year of the Magna Carta was a plot point.

"I remember thinking, '1216 Rosella Drive... that's just one year after 1215, the year the Magna Carta was signed.'"