tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post6673576808909429178..comments2023-08-17T11:47:11.821+01:00Comments on James and the Blue Cat: Escapius PodulusJames Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-8469017073036066132008-04-18T17:11:00.000+01:002008-04-18T17:11:00.000+01:00Get some Kenneth Williams references in a Dalek ep...Get some Kenneth Williams references in a Dalek episode, Moran, THEN I'll be impressed.James Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-56152240247236079342008-04-18T13:02:00.000+01:002008-04-18T13:02:00.000+01:00Thanks, OtherJames, and your lovely Irish ladyfrie...Thanks, OtherJames, and your lovely Irish ladyfriend Patr O'Clus, and everyone else.<BR/><BR/>As for Frankie Howerd, there were about 5 Up Pompeii gags in most of the early drafts, but I was having far too much silly fun with them, so I took them all out. Was desperate to have someone say "titter ye not", but couldn't justify it to myself...James Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11949906302217025023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-46973866301930075042008-04-18T11:16:00.000+01:002008-04-18T11:16:00.000+01:00What, the Outpost Gallifrey online chat rooms?(boo...What, the Outpost Gallifrey online chat rooms?<BR/><BR/>(boom boom)Bozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065257907482952779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-14904302557819761532008-04-17T20:40:00.000+01:002008-04-17T20:40:00.000+01:00He was on his way to the Forum.He was on his way to the Forum.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-53972808704919816582008-04-17T20:34:00.000+01:002008-04-17T20:34:00.000+01:00Lurking.Lurking.James Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-15281605619427493042008-04-17T20:19:00.000+01:002008-04-17T20:19:00.000+01:00Where was Frankie Howerd though?Where was Frankie Howerd though?cellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17061833787120469657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-26671916711117804302008-04-17T19:09:00.000+01:002008-04-17T19:09:00.000+01:00We had some old, old, old Latin textbook (1960s at...We had some old, old, old Latin textbook (1960s at the latest!) but I managed to get the in-jokes that weren't specific to the textbooks. Petrus dextrus indeed. Loved the Celtic/"there's lovely" jokes whenever they spoke Latin (or rather spoke church Latin)llewtrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06056744147599140057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-54832256775545368552008-04-14T21:56:00.000+01:002008-04-14T21:56:00.000+01:00I haven't seen this episode yet but Ecce Romani! W...I haven't seen this episode yet but Ecce Romani! What memories!<BR/>I particularly remember finding the fact that Sextus was a "puer superbus" hilariously funny.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842622672253226570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-38326796551953196402008-04-14T21:55:00.000+01:002008-04-14T21:55:00.000+01:00I did like the watergun.I did like the watergun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-15379051503046243662008-04-14T17:29:00.000+01:002008-04-14T17:29:00.000+01:00I'm happy to report that I first started learning ...I'm happy to report that I first started learning Latin at my local comprehensive in the north of Scotland in the early 80s.<BR/><BR/>It was Ecce Romani, though, not Caecilius et al.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-49521249796944647752008-04-14T15:40:00.000+01:002008-04-14T15:40:00.000+01:00I'm celebrating the fact that for the first time i...I'm celebrating the fact that for the first time in my life my compulsory Latin came in handy! My school wasn't private, but it was a grammar, so I guess not so normal...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-30520291013217038642008-04-14T15:19:00.000+01:002008-04-14T15:19:00.000+01:00'Barcelona' had me snorting extremely unattractive...'Barcelona' had me snorting <I>extremely</I> unattractively!Mangonelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674752753786940378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-8390252278559123012008-04-14T12:11:00.000+01:002008-04-14T12:11:00.000+01:00My mother was on the phone to deconstruct the lati...My mother was on the phone to deconstruct the latin references before the end credits had rolled.<BR/><BR/>Some of us went to normal schools and can barely scrape by in French.<BR/><BR/>Damn good fun though. At this time I can either confirm or deny the possibility of welling-up slightly at the end.Bozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065257907482952779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-84263164465715066592008-04-14T11:08:00.000+01:002008-04-14T11:08:00.000+01:00All that cambridge latin stuff completely passed m...All that cambridge latin stuff completely passed me by, having never learnt it, but I did appreciate the reference back to the first Doctor serial The Romans.<BR/><BR/>And good use of his pockets as well. :PMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195594486054295194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-27180716523394097602008-04-14T09:00:00.000+01:002008-04-14T09:00:00.000+01:00I wanted them to go into the kitchens to see if th...I wanted them to go into the kitchens to see if the cook was Grumio...Cambridge Latin Course rules!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-44396302778517218682008-04-13T18:20:00.000+01:002008-04-13T18:20:00.000+01:00Yes, Small Boo spotted the Cambridge Latin Course ...Yes, Small Boo spotted the Cambridge Latin Course thing. Passed me by entirely.<BR/><BR/>I liked the Welsh jokes. Easily pleased.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-58890685421140351522008-04-13T17:37:00.000+01:002008-04-13T17:37:00.000+01:00I thought Peter Capaldi was great ("look you" heh)...I thought Peter Capaldi was great (<I>"look you"</I> heh) and the Spartacus bit made me giggle quite a lot. <BR/><BR/>Did they film on the set of Rome? I kept expecting James Purefoy to pop up!Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09821105000840199542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-28514552375193352512008-04-13T10:26:00.000+01:002008-04-13T10:26:00.000+01:00Caecilius in horto non erat, ho ho ho.I'm wonderin...Caecilius in horto non erat, ho ho ho.<BR/><BR/>I'm wondering if other James had to settle for the Cambridge Latin Course because Josh Schwartz already had the rights to <I>Ecce Romani</I> for The O.C.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.com