'Monty Python is mocking, but there are those that are not laughing’
This morning when I switched on, the Inbox contained scans of my appearance in Vikend, a Slovenian publication with a circulation of 232,000 which is part of both Delo* and Slovenske novice. They gave me a spread, which I find a rather bizarre.
It certainly presents something of an odd sight. For a start, there I am on the blue bridge, hair flowing and looking mildly aggressive in one of Nicola’s publicity shots from last summer. Below me are photos of a Masonic handshake and the reverse of the Great Seals of the United States as seen on a one-dollar bill.
My Slovenian is restricted to ordering beers and a bit of swearing, but it appears a vague translation of the headline running across two pages is: 'Monty Python is mocking, but there are those that are not laughing’. Dosjeji zarot gets name-checked and if Mladinska knjiga had any decency they would owe me a favour for the mention they get.
There is also another of Nicola’s pictures – me sitting on the steps of a barge – used on the index page. This leads to nice coincidence of me in an eyepatch and wearing a black Captain America T-shirt positioned next to a shot of Toby Maguire in the black Spiderman costume. It looks like a piece of skilled Marvel product placement.
The email that accompanied the scans contained the line: ‘Sorry I could not get you on the cover, Spiderman is a tough one to beat!’ As if I would mind not getting a cover when Spidey in black is around. They certainly know how to tickle a meejah hor in Ljubljana.
*This reminds me of the old saying from the former Yugsalvia that in terms of the leading papers the Slovenes prefer work (Delo), Serbs politics (Politika) and Montenegrins warfare (Pobjeda – victory).
It certainly presents something of an odd sight. For a start, there I am on the blue bridge, hair flowing and looking mildly aggressive in one of Nicola’s publicity shots from last summer. Below me are photos of a Masonic handshake and the reverse of the Great Seals of the United States as seen on a one-dollar bill.
My Slovenian is restricted to ordering beers and a bit of swearing, but it appears a vague translation of the headline running across two pages is: 'Monty Python is mocking, but there are those that are not laughing’. Dosjeji zarot gets name-checked and if Mladinska knjiga had any decency they would owe me a favour for the mention they get.
There is also another of Nicola’s pictures – me sitting on the steps of a barge – used on the index page. This leads to nice coincidence of me in an eyepatch and wearing a black Captain America T-shirt positioned next to a shot of Toby Maguire in the black Spiderman costume. It looks like a piece of skilled Marvel product placement.
The email that accompanied the scans contained the line: ‘Sorry I could not get you on the cover, Spiderman is a tough one to beat!’ As if I would mind not getting a cover when Spidey in black is around. They certainly know how to tickle a meejah hor in Ljubljana.
*This reminds me of the old saying from the former Yugsalvia that in terms of the leading papers the Slovenes prefer work (Delo), Serbs politics (Politika) and Montenegrins warfare (Pobjeda – victory).
Labels: Dosjeji Zarot, Meejah hor, Spiderman
posted by David at 9:28 AM
4 Comments:
If Lennon was strung up for saying the Beatles were bigger than Jesus, imagine what would happen if you said you were bigger than Spidey.. Then you'd really be in trouble.. ;-)
Nice going... That's cool!
(And when oh when, will us Brits ever be free of the Legacy that is Monty Python?? I get asked to quote python for random Americans frequently, like my 'good dog' circus trick, and it always leaves me mildly annoyed and bemused. I really can't quote more than 2 lines of Python, much as I love it.)
I would be in trouble if I said half of the things I said for Vikend for an English paper.
My two Python lines are: 'He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy' and 'Nudge, nudge. Wink, wink.' No one should expect more than two lines per English person.
Moc Dobry! Vybornia, even :)
I hope they're going to send you a copy :)
As a Yank, i think it an honor to be mentioned in the same breath as MP. I think we are more enamored of that group than you Brits.
Very cool, though, that spread. Is it online?
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