Why does Brian Blessed ....

[SirGawain]

.... do so many tenth rate tv adds for so many tenth rate products? He can't need the money!

Did you know that Brian Blessed happened across a poor lady giving birth in a London park and bit through the umbilical cord with his teeth? The man is a legend!

Yes, allegedly punched a bear in the face as well, I think it was a polar bear but not sure. Not on the same occasion!

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THIS is a funny thread for Classics.

Not all those farting threads.

FOOOOOOOOOG!

He bit through an umbilical cord in a London park??

Indeed..delivered the baby, bit through the umbilical cord, comforted the mother, licked the babies face..and didn't even break into a sweat. Huzzah!

I seem to remember with the baby story that it came out that was some severe embellishment.

WHY? He is BRI AN BLESS ED one of our most beloved AC TORS. Long may he reign.

Better him than that blonde one with the nose who bleats on about work and Shakespeare on sofas.

He has a Cubist nose.

Talking of noses, Nicole What's-her-face with the yogurt on her nose gets on my nerves.

Could you imagine Brian Blessed doing the Go Compare ads?

Could you imagine Brian Blessed doing the Go Compare ads?

or Cillit BANG

His autobiography is a great read. The Audiobook is even better, as he reads it himself. It's very loud.

(Bit of a suggestion he had an affair with Katharine Hepburn - who knew!)

Cant abide the sofa guy and the yogurt woman. Away with both. BB doing CILIT BANG!!! Perfect.

He also has lots of rescue animals to look after, very expensive!!

If any of you know TV tropes... Well... let's just say you can lose HOURS on that site!

Anyway - BRIAN BLESSED gets his own page. More than that, he now gets 7-8 pages! Also - he is never Brian Blessed - he is always BRIAN BLESSED!! An absolutely brilliant set of pages, well worth the read.

Below the link to BRIAN BLESSED AWESOME!! :-)

tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Awesome/BRIANBLESSED

Brian Blessed spends everything he earns on running his animal Sanctuary. Brian Blessed is an absolute hero.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/brian-blessed-turns-up-volume-on-a-life-on-the-wild-side-1-8835831

Because he’s poured all his money first into incredible adventures - he’s the oldest person ever to reach the North Pole on foot, he’s only just missed out on summiting on Everest 3 times without oxygen, and he trekked across Venezuela after surviving a plane crash - and now into caring for animals in need.

Ah that's better. Thanks for the links. Cheered me up immensely.

It's all a bit too much and try hard for me. He can be very funny - more so when he was younger and less trying to be a cartoon version of himself.

Alot of these stories the only source is himself. I don't think the umbilical cord story has ever been verified by an indepedent source - and you'd think the woman might remember. IMO it's far more likely he just helped a woman deliver and the umbilical cord biting is exaggeration to make a legendary story. I mean even tribes in Papua
new guinea use a shell to cut it, not biting.

Whenever I see him now shouting at the top of his voice always, I wonder what he is like at home. I've met people who have worked with him but I'm not talking about that. I mean at home off duty with his daughter and wife. Whether he is so ingrained into that shouty look at me persona that he does it at home too. Or whether he can actually say "thanks, I'd love a cup of tea" in a normal voice.

He's amazing and my god he loves to talk. I met him once, had a photoshoot with him, he talked all the way through it. The man's getting paid to talk, he's doing what he loves and getting paid lol.

Do you know what? I don't actually care too much if the umbilical cord story is true or a self penned urban legend. For me the world is a brighter, better place for that story and if it could be true of anyone who would be a better candidate than Brian Blessed?

Because he's booming Brian Blessed with The Best Voice On Telly™.

He's so wonderfully over the top and obviously having a whale of a time doing so - you can't really begrudge him that!

On the subject of "will do voice overs everywhere constantly" - Stephen Fry's the one that always springs to mind for me.

For fans ...

RH: "...Marcus Brigstocke -"
BB "OH HE'S A COMPLETE TOSSER"

Also has the baby anecdote. And shitting. On the French.

My point was that he is a good actor so why does he need to take rubbish work. Michael Parkinson is another one with Sun Life adverts. They have even begun to self-parody them using two unbelievable neighbours recommending taking out a policy.

I feel like I need more Brian Blessed in my life

Isn't there a mumsnetter who has bathed naked in his fountain (literally, not a a euphemism for I'm not sure what but it sounds weird), or am I making this up?