Word: queene
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...could hardly be better equipped, or more doted on by a loving government. The film, which spans just one-day--the 500th anniversary of the hospital--encompasses the dedication of the fabulously expensive Millar Center for Advanced Surgical Procedure, and the pomp-filled visit of Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother. But as Anderson makes abundantly clear, all the money in Arabia couldn't sweeten this tittle health facility...
After a brisk set change and excellent overture from the fine orchestra conducted by Roger Grodsky, the scene unfolds aboard the deck of the ship HMS Planfore. The audience stands and sings "God Bless the Queen"--even an anti-British revolutionary would momentarily shed hostility towards the English monarchy...
...joke about Heidi can stay in, but one off-color comment about the Queen has to go. Rivers accepts quickly and that night is all fizz and sparkle, giving not a hint that she has traveled the same ground many times before...
Assume then that she laughs when she makes a joke about Queen Elizabeth's taste in clothes, something like, "I put a doily under the Kitty Litter. She was very impressed. She took it home for a hat." Supply giggles also when she takes on Nancy Reagan: "She's a great lady. She never swears. She told me to go and reproduce myself." And realize as well that Rivers is smiling when she tosses darts at her favorite target, Elizabeth Taylor: "She pierced her ears and gravy came out" or "Mosquitos see her and scream 'Buffet...
First, she tells him, she will talk about the Queen, who has just completed a visit to California, and runs through her jokes about the Queen's clothes ("Gowns by Helen Keller"). Then she suggests that if Carson wants to interrupt her-the Tonight show is only slightly less spontaneous than a shuttle launch-he might ask her if she saw Nancy Reagan during the Queen's visit. "I'll say: 'She was at my house for lunch! Do you know why people turn off on Nancy Reagan? She's too pretty. They expect...