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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with today’s Behind the Scenes Pic!
Mary Poppins, will you marry me? I don’t mean Julie Andrews, but Mary Poppins. My first cinematic crush! That’s not to say I wouldn’t marry Julie Andrews, even today. She’s still a classy beauty! Did you see her cursing like a sailor with Colbert recently?!? GILF! Okay, I apologize for the GILF stuff, that was rude and uncalled for.
Anyway, here’s a nice shot of Ms. Andrews presumably taken as a make up test for her Step-In-Time sequence on the rooftops. This sequence always creeped me out. I didn’t like she made a staircase out of smoke and as a kid I was anxious as Bert, Mary, Jane and Michael climbed up them because I just knew they were going to fall through. I mean, it’s smoke!
But they didn’t because Mary Poppins is awesome… or as she says, practically perfect in every way. Yes, ma’am, you are.
Thanks to Pat Barnett for the pic! Enjoy!
If you have a behind the scenes shot you’d like to submit to this column, you can email me at quint@aintitcool.com.
Tomorrow’s pic might just be a pod person.
-Eric Vespe
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How many of articles of these do you have backlogged. People have been sending you BTS pics for a while now.
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Missed the recent cursing, though. Well, there is "S.O.B.". Regardless, being a 50 year-old here, the woman is the goddess of my youth, albeit as a toddler. First "Poppins", then "Music." We thought that she ruled the world. Catch the original cut of "Star," sometime. I know that people hate her in "Torn Curtain," but I feel that she "worked" in it.
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Total '60's-era hottie.
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May 8, 2012, 5:41 p.m. CST
QUICK POLL: Worst British accent ever = Dick van Dyke, Keanu Reeves, or Kevin Costner?
by obijuanmartinez
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At this point... in the thousands. Of those thousands, the amount of really great shots... maybe 100? But new ones come in every day!
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where she shows her breasts?
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Classy lady who I wouldn't mind giving a good rodgering, eh old, chap?
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Tastes pretty bad, don't eat it.
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Hollywood always looks behind the scenes. All of the doors, ladders, and other hardware look like a) they were uber-cheap to begin with and b) they haven't been replaced in 100 years.
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so naughty!
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May 8, 2012, 6:05 p.m. CST
Dick Van Dyke became the benchmark for terrible cockney accents
by DonLogan
Charlie Hunnam did a worse one in Green Street/Hooligans. And he's English.
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At least Van Duke was consistent (consistently bad, but consistent). Leanueas a board as usual, and you can't blame a board for a bad accent. Costner's though, was just the worst.
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...goes to Don Cheadle in OCEAN'S ELEVEN.
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During one of the re-relases in the 70s. My Mom took me to see it. Strangely enough, I was watching it the other day with my 16 year old sister in law and her comment was "I think the people who made this were on drugs". Do kids today just not appreciate general silliness? Must everything be serious or if silly, full of vulgar jokes? Just curious.
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Maybe had a bad accent, but he was so darn sincere and seemed to be having a ball in whatever he was in that I feel it more than makes up for it. Plus he plays like five different people in this movie if I remember correctly(someone correct me I'm not going to go look it up)
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Is it a quick lighting check to show contrast? Just wondering
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I wasn't even aware Costner TRIED to do an English accent in Prince Of Thieves. Don Cheadle's cockney accent always seemed tongue-in-cheek to me. Johnny Depp & Heather Graham were pretty bad in From Hell. Depp's done a few bad ones to be honest. Remember Forest Whittaker in The Crying Game? Jesus! As bad as Dick Van Dykes was, he gets a pass. Charlie Hunnam has no excuses.
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Everyone focuses on Julie Andrews or Van Dyke - what about some love for David Tomlinson??? His performance MAKES that move!! He also makes me cry everytime! Wonderful actor, and yeah, I'm a pussy.
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May 8, 2012, 6:46 p.m. CST
Best accent in a movie? Brad Pitt as Mickey O'Neil in Snatch
by Obi Wanna Cannoli
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I think they're using the bottom of the tissue box as a bounce, to reflect the sunlight up on Andrews' face so they can tell if it'd hold up on the day.
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...we don't all grumble like house.
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my favorite segment for some reason....that little old bird woman still brings a tear to my eye http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHrRxQVUFN4
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May 8, 2012, 7:23 p.m. CST
British actors actually do great Southern American accents.
by Orbots Commander
For one reason or another; it might just be a slight tweak in the twang and 'Pow'! As far as Costner's accent in Prince of Thieves, I think it was fairly obvious that he played it more like 'Kevin of California' than 'Robin of Locksley'. He did a bland, neutral, Ameri-Brit accent. That said, that movie version of Robin Hood was very enjoyable, an underrated swashbuckler and was leagues better than the Ridley Scott/Russell Crowe version.
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Couldn't agree more. David Tomlinson is amazing in this movie. And I definitely cry every time I watch Mary Poppins. The shot of him walking through the park on his way to get fired is one of the most beautiful things I've ver seen. Yes, I am a pussy as well.
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Watched this constantly on vhs back in the day. Thinking about watching it now. I idolized Burt, heck I'd say I act a lot like him today because of this movie. He's man but still a child at heart. Just a brilliant film on all fronts; damn we haven't had a live action disney film like it since although I admit I've never seen enchanted.
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I can forgive Costner's on the grounds that his accent is actually probably closer to an 11th century English accent than is a modern English accent, or at least no further away. England used to have rhotic vowels overwhelmingly until a few hundred years ago. When Olivier gives his speech as Henry V, for instance, you can pretty much guarantee that he sounds fuck all like how Henry himself would have spoken. Even in Shakespeare's day the well-spoken would have said 'West-moRRRR-land' rather than 'West-maw-land'. Dick van Dyke's is pretty horrible. It sounds like some weird drunken South African. Americans are generally not very adept at using other accents. They have very little experience with it, because so much of North America features accents that are not very far apart in state space despite the vast geographical differences. Even a Texas accent isn't really all that far from a North Dakota in the grand scheme of things. The North Americans who CAN do decent British accents (e.g. Gwyneth Paltrow) tend to do rather old-fashioned ones, as though living in middle-class suburbs in the late 1950s.
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....the laughing, floating old uncle in Mary Poppins, didn't he? I could swear that was him.
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Ummm...no. Generally, no. Hugh Laurie's accent is good. Damien Lewis's is good. Jason Isaacs' is excellent. Idris Elba, Daniel Day-Lewis, Kate Winslet, Gary Oldman...all solid. There are some bad US accents by British actors, though. Clive Owen's is rubbish, as is Ewan McGregor's.
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...that the slight rubbishness of Van Dyke's accent doesn't really matter in Mary Poppins. He's still great in the role.
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May 8, 2012, 7:44 p.m. CST
The only thing as good as this film is The Simpsons' parody of it.
by Christian Sylvain
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Yeah, that's him. He plays numerous roles in the film.
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May 8, 2012, 8:13 p.m. CST
Blake Edwards once said that Julie "has lilacs for pubic hair".
by TheyPeedOnYourFuckingRug
And that works for me.
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She also has a magic pussy. A magic pussy.
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And I'm not being inflammatory. Seriously, she's not even ironically nasty. I don't know why those kids enjoy her company.
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Van Dyke plays the really old banker.
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Known to my generation as the voice of the Song of Ice and Fire audiobooks and now as the Pyromancer.
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May 8, 2012, 8:35 p.m. CST
My first film was "Poppins" or "Music" - and I sat enthralled
by MisterManReturns
Can't imagined a two or three-year-old doing that today.
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I remember my parents being VERY disappointed in "Chitty..." - everybody was expecting another "Poppins". I loved it, though. And I saw that one in an INCREDIBLE theater in Miami. Vintage 60s, with a tiled mosaic in the lobby, and two themed auditoriums. Orange and aqua - rocking chairs. The Sunny Isles Twin. I'm old enough to remember the opening and closing curtains between previews, and feature. God, I miss those days.
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May 8, 2012, 8:42 p.m. CST
And people shut TF up during the movie, regardless...
by MisterManReturns
...of what some period films indicate. I went to a million Disney films in the 60s/70s, and kids were NOT throwing popcorn, or acting like shitheads. Well, not where I went, anyway.
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I agree with Bah. She was a bitch. And an asexual one at that. Don't get the love for her vag on this site. She was an uppty snippy drag and the only thing worse then Mary Poppins is the fucking Sound Of Music! OR Victor Victoria. Can't stand Julia!!!! UGH! Love to stuff her head first down that chiminy and then shove that umbrella right up her uptight ring hole!
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May 8, 2012, 8:44 p.m. CST
AND, movies played for months...and YEARS...back then
by MisterManReturns
"Music" played for a few years. Hell, even "Star Wars" played over a year.
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May 8, 2012, 8:47 p.m. CST
Hell, we saw "Music" seven times in one year, and I saw "Star Wars"....
by MisterManReturns
23 times in 1977.
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And don't call her "Julia", you trailer trash bitch.
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I only meant the character of Mary Poppins is a bitch. And I challenge anyone to convince me otherwise. But I have nothing but love for the beautiful and talented Julie.
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May 8, 2012, 8:55 p.m. CST
Also, I sat next to Andrews at a restaurant once, and she was....
by MisterManReturns
....INCREDIBLY gracious to every moronic fawner who circled her table. In addition, her history as a performer is pretty amazing - she was basically a child prodigy, with "Star" being somewhat autobiographical.....
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May 8, 2012, 8:59 p.m. CST
Folks, you do realize that the industry standard, E! aside,...
by MisterManReturns
...is to refer by an actor by his/her LAST name. Believe me, they HATE it when people run up to them screeching their first name. I've been a production person for thirty years, and it's always interesting to watch them visibly squirm when people get over-familiar. Take me word for it, the best way to approach a celebrity? Smile, nod, and walk on. They'll love you for it.
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"My word"
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May 8, 2012, 9:04 p.m. CST
I have had a lifelong crush on Julie Andrews. Started with Mary Poppins, but Sound of Music is my fave.
by adeceasedfan
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May 8, 2012, 9:05 p.m. CST
I actually was amused by Bea Arthur, as she could be such a bitch....
by MisterManReturns
...to fawning fans. I worked an episode of "The Golden Girls," and some some idiot extra ran up to her, and said, "OH!!!!! My name is Bea, too!" Arthur just gave her the look from Hell, and said, "Do I give a shit?" Andrews, she was not.
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Did I miss where someone mentioned this ?
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....the oldtimers always eat with the crew - no "trailer" shit. My fondest memory is hearing Celeste Holm discuss "All About Eve" - she is such a class act. Not doing well these days at 95. It amazes me what assholes that some actors can be, with the crew.
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May 8, 2012, 9:45 p.m. CST
CHIM CHIMINEY CHIM CHIMENY CHIM CHIM CHEROBBIT
by where_are_quints_hobbit_set_reports
Please post your reports from the set of The Hobbit
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...is hot.
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Me too, exactly. I think that was the first time a movie evoked a genuine emotional response from me. Devastating sequence. Just devastating.
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I'm sure he'll get to them as soon as they're done.
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How the author hated the movie version but Walt had final day. Tom Hanks is supposed to play Walt in a movie about it.
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...I used to work for the Big Apple Circus as a spot operator and an electrician and we used to get all kinds of celebs coming to the show with their families. One of the most memorable was Rachel Weiss and family. The show is finished and her and her family are taken backstage to see the animals, meet the performers and so forth. A ton of people are there to meet her, get an autograph, hob knob, etc. oh and she is stunning in person. However what I found hilarious is that her husband, the incredible director Darren Afronsky was there and basically no one knew who he was. Now mind you this is years after he made Pi, Requiem for A Dream, the Fountain, etc. So he is a fairly well known and respected director but I guess not a common name, let alone a common face. So there is Darren with their kids basically standing off to the side while Rachel literally has a crowd around her or at least waiting to meet/see her. I basically walked up to Darren myself and gave him a big smile and shook his hand and said,"I know who you are and I absolutely love your movies!" He gave me a pretty big fucking grin not because he was mad or anything about not being noticed or fawned over but simply because I was straight forward and not a weirdo over him. Really nice guy btw, then again I guess he would have to be with the kids. I also met a ton of other celebs there, Jon Bon Jovi came with his entire family but didnt tell a soul at the circus and they blew up his spot at intermission. They left immediately after that. Also Paul Giamatti came one time... by himself and sat in one of the crappy seats and watched the entire show without a soul noticing who he was. A few of us walked by and unless he was the greatest Giamatti impersonator ever on his day off, there was no one else it could have been. Also one of the founders noticed and tried to shake his hand after the show, Giamatti blew him off.
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When you watch Mary Poppins, you are seeing Walt at the top of his powers. What a shame he left this world so shortly thereafter. Ah, but he left it a better place, so he did. And that particular type of pixie dust still exits in the company today. Yes, yes, it's true that today's Disney Company is being run by thickheaded CEO's who are much more acquainted with marketing than magic - Eisner, Iger, they were both Mr. Banks Squared - but such was Walt's power that nobody who's ever had a glimpse of it ever forgets it, and wants more of the same, and that's why they hunt for it in the theme parks and the Disney motion picture. That's why there is so much bellyaching and mockery of the company today - people remember or know what it once was. Will it ever revive, or must it forever be a memory?
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First of all, you are an a**hole. Secondly, you should see the book version of Poppins. Read the book and you'll know what "overbearing" "vain" "difficult" "ornery" "insufferable" and "cranky" really mean. Uncle Walt sweetened Poppins considerably - but also left a bit of spice in her. She's both the sugar AND the medicine - as a proper nanny should be.
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What's up, Quint? I know you've been a busy guy, but I'll bet those reports are massively popular and the last one was months ago. Radagast's beard compels you!
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That Poppins is fucking Bert and all his chimney sweep friends senseless.
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Never heard one! English? Yup. Welsh? Mmhmm! Scottish? For sure. British? Nope. That's like saying a European accent. Horse shit.
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May 9, 2012, 5:33 a.m. CST
"Yes, those are nice, Mary Poppins, but it really doesn't answer my question."
by tangcameo
One of the best Family Guy sidejokes ever.
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She is appalling. And that's coming from a "Brit".
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She bore my first knuckle children if I remember correctly.
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Hayley Mills, though.
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May 9, 2012, 6:47 a.m. CST
Agree with the Poppins love - but the very worst fake accent prize goes to ...
by veteran_of_mu
James Cockburn in The Great Escape. At first I thought it was the worst English accent I'd ever heard. And then - lord love a duck - I realised he was actually trying to do an aussie accent. Dick Van Dyke sounds like John Cleese compared with that.
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One of my favourite scenes in one of my favourite movies. I remember wondering where the old lady went, what sort of a place she called home? And it's been years now that I tend to carry a small bag of grain around such that, should I run into a host of sparrows in a park or somewhere, I'll have something for them to munch on. The scene was a big part of the inspiration for this.
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Of course his 'accent' sounds strange. Wouldn't yours sound off, too, after years of inhaling all that chimney smoke?
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I thought they were towel babies. Different strokes I guess.
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Mary Poppins was on a few months ago and my four year old was totally enthralled. He was even singing parts of '' feed the birds'' for the next couple of days. It's good to be able to watch movies from my youth with my kids.
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so tragic about her voice, though.
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I love showing my nephews TV shows and movies from my youth, and watching their faces light up. (YES. that includes "Gilligan's Island".) Dear God, who would have thought that show would seem like PBS one day, when compared to the horrible, horrible Disney Channel. Walt Disney would not be happy with that network, I'm guessing. Every show appears to be a shrieking mess, with rude kids, and idiotic dialogue.
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A manipulative little song that will make entire families cry. I personally love "Let's Go Fly a Kite" - heartfelt, without being so obvious. EVERYTHING is so obvious, now. With people's "heart going out" and "getting teary-eyed". Yuck. Compared to today's cloying sentiments, "Feed the Birds" actually feels subtle. (And I will take this moment to say. PLEASE, stop with the "RIP" shit. WHEN THE FUCK did this become a common phrase. When I was growing up, only toothless hillbillies murmured this in idiotic somberness. Yes, I saw it on tombstones at Disney World, and it was a hit in 1890. But, REALLY?)
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I imagine that you do. And that's not a compliment.
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he was one of those guys who, every time you saw him, he had found another lucrative job opportunity. If you recall, he held about 4 jobs during the course of the film.
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Clearly the best part of this movie is GLYNIS JOHNS!!! I'd love to go back in time and marry her.
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Now run along and play with your action figures. Wank.
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May 9, 2012, 12:33 p.m. CST
"In case of a plane crash in the ocean, Mary Poppins can be used as a floatation device"
by Mark Williams
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May 9, 2012, 12:43 p.m. CST
From that angle it looks like she's putting up with some guy lifting her blouse off.
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
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May 9, 2012, 12:54 p.m. CST
The question is whether we have Sutherland's Invasion of the Body Snatchers tommorrow, or the original.
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Both are good, but the original wins. That dog man is messed up though.
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I complimented her singing and Ms. Andrews humbly said "And the songwriting is wonderful too!" Classy lady. What makes Poppins intriguing is that she acts all prim & proper, but in her free time she'll get all footloose and sooty, then denies it later.
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So? He still was at least a part time sweep and this means being around a lot of smoke and soot and other things which can get in your lungs/throat and cause speaking problems.
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Little known fact: Van Dyke's agent convinced him to legally change his name to "Dick Van Dyke" Apparently his birth name, Penis Van Lesbian, was considered off-putting.
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May 9, 2012, 3:04 p.m. CST
WTH does cursing "suddenly" make Julie Andrews hot? I mean, sure it gave Betty White a comeback career ...
by Vince Ricardo
... but no one ever wanted to jump on her! Julie Andrews has always been hot ... despite her less than impressive breasts, ala Victor/Victoria. So stupid: She curses, I gotta have her! Bah. Incidentally, what the hell does anyone outside of Britain (Great or not) know what a "proper" Cockney accent is supposed to sound like? We don't. As far as we're concerned, Dick Van Dyke's was as good as Audrey Heburn's (I wonder if SHE ever cursed? That's so hot!!).
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not.
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you dont develop bad cockney accents from sweeping chimneys for 5 weeks.
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Twat.
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God. Yeah, kinda like MGM, RKO, United Artists...
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the cockney accent has pretty much gone. I've lived in the east end of london all my life and whilst it was more prevalent in the 60's mass immigration has turned cockney into a mishmash of everything. Its more mockney ala jamie oliver then anything else.
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