#orbituary

Rest in peace Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, Princess of York 🥀

HM QUEEN ELIZABETH II

21 April 1926 - 8 September 2022

"We may hold different points of view but it is in times of stress and difficulty that we most need to remember that we have much more in common than there is dividing us." (on difficult tines, 1974)

"There are many serious and threatening problems in this country and in the world but they will never be solved until there is peace in our homes and love in our hearts." (on peace, 1986)

"Everyone is our neighbour, no matter what race, creed or colour." (on togetherness, 2004)

“In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides [Germany and UK], we recognize how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.” (on the Second World War, 2004)

"It is a source of great pride to me that the leading role my husband played in encouraging people to protect our fragile planet, lives on through the work of our eldest son Charles and his eldest son William. I could not be more proud of them." (on the Climate Change and her family, 2021)

At last, we have narrowed down one of the ones that's on my list that only has one episode! Orbituary is the story of what really happened on the USS Prometheus. It's a Frankenstein retelling that I am drooling over, for obvious gothic horror appreciator reasons. Tragically, the creator said the project was too much for them and had to postpone the project until time and money permitted, but I'm going to stay subscribed just in case, and the first ep really is worth the listen.

Kenneth Williams and Bernard Cribbins performing in CARRY ON JACK (release date: 23 February 1964) and during a break on the set of CARRY ON SPYING (release date: 29 July 1964).

We went to see Carry On Jack at the Victoria. [...] I was astonished at the excellence of Charlie Hawtrey. He was superb. So was Cribbins - the best droll I've seen in years. But really good.

The Kenneth Williams Diaries - 28 February 1964

In memoriam of Bernard Joseph Cribbins OBE

"Do your best and be grateful for every single job."

29 December 1928 - 28 July 2022 🥀

"He was unique, typifying the best of his generation, and will be greatly missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing and working with him." - Gavin Barker Associates

So I’ve been busy with bad podcast cover requests over on twitter too

"A lot of people lose a sense of reality when they achieve success. That's a terrible danger because you have to remember who you were and who you are basically and that you're still a person and all that out there is a kind of magic - what people see out there is magic, it's media magic. It's not very real and it's very glamorous, but you have to keep a sense of you through it all."

OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

26 September 1948 - 8 August 2022 🥀

... may she rest in peace ✨️

photo: Olivia in London on 11 October 1971

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

21 April 1926 - 8 September 2022

Prince Philip once observed that his wife was idolised in her youth and then inspired less interest in her middle age. As she grew old, he predicted, she would be deeply loved. So it proved.

Why? Because the Queen did what she promised, for more than 70 years.

She was perhaps the most faithful person ever to be placed at the head of a nation – faithful in thought, word and deed, and in daily prayer. She never asked for thanks. As a result, she received them. She ended where she began. She was the same from that first broadcast in 1940 to her appointment of her last prime minister: she was very good and our hearts went out to her.

Christopher Plummer, ca. 1965

The Sound of Music (1965), adapted from the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical about the real-life singing Von Trapp family, Christopher Plummer was originally reluctant to take on the role, and he was “furious” when he found out his singing voice was going to be dubbed. “I’d worked on my singing for so long, but in those days, they’d have someone trained who would sing through dubbing. I said: "The only reason I did this bloody thing was so I could do a musical on stage on film!" His well-known distaste for the film mellowed over time: “I’ve made my peace with it,” he added. “It annoyed the hell out of me at first. I thought: ‘Don’t these people ever see another movie? Is this the only one they’ve ever seen?’ … But I’m grateful to the film, and to Robert Wise, who’s a great director and a gentleman, and to Julie Andrews, who’s remained a terrific friend.”

taken from the "The Guardian's" obituary

CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER

13 December 1929 - 5 February 2021

"I think anger does fuel a successful acting career. To play the great roles, you have to learn how to blaze."