How to Make a Sandwich in Space - Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield

I don't know if you're aware but one our own, Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield has become an awesome ambassador not just for Canada but for NASA. Not only is he a pretty cool guy but he's hooked into social media like no other astronaut before. He's tweeted pictures of the earth, held an AMA on Reddit, even helped compose and perform the first song in space. Here he's going to show you how to make a sandwich in space and explain why they use the ingredients they do. Enjoy!

Paperman

This beautiful short from Pixar speaks for itself. Enjoy!

C (299,792 km/s)

I found this amazing video several days ago and had to share. This description is from their website which I find pretty impressive:

"To build the future, we looked to the past. No CGI or greenscreen was used in the making of the film; all our sets and props were built by hand and filmed in-camera. Combining new advances in digital camera technology with traditional special effects, we sought to create a unique look through lighting design, camera tricks, miniature photography, split-screen, and stop-animation. We believe that this approach allowed us greater creative possibilities on a low-budget science-fiction film."

It's amazing that they did all of this without a greenscreen. I love how old school they went but how very retro-modern it looks. The colours are great, the story is great, if a bit short and I loved all of the information going on in the background. Pay attention to the computers. If you want the best experience, open this into full screen mode.

Canada Eliminates the Penny!

This weekend marked the last time the Canadian Mint would print and distribute Canadian pennies. They are still legal tender but will not be handed back as change when you purchase items with cash. This is expected to save the Canadian government $11 million a year and should eventually make the penny a collector's items as they will eventually be melted down and the copper reclaimed by the Mint. The process by which businesses process transactions now is a bit confusing. Any purchases made with cash that end in a .01 or a .02 will be rounded down to the nearest dollar. Any purchases that end in a .03 or .04 will be rounded up to .05 and so on. Purchases made with a card will not be rounded in any way.

This means that businesses will most likely be off several cents every day until the penny is completely eliminated from circulation due to rounding. As well, this changes the concept of 99 cent stores. Will people eventually cease to say "penny for your thoughts" or "that's my two cents" as there will now be generations of people who grow up without the penny?

I never thought about how integrated something like the penny was in our lives but this is history happening before our eyes. Just as when the dollar bill was eliminated or the toonie was introduced, it's something people have to wrap their heads around. I for one, love that we're here at this crossroads, small as it may be. It forces people to think, to adapt and to possibly change. Change like this keeps up moving forward and doesn't allow us to stagnate.

If you want a more concise delivery, check out this video by Canadian YouTuber, CGPGrey.

King Richard III's body found!

Photo courtesy University of Leicester

I’ve always been a bit obsessed by history so identifying a skeleton as a murdered King of England who happens to have been rediscovered under a parking lot in Leicester is rather fascinating. It was strange to think that someone I’ve only ever heard stories about, some most likely untrue, has a physical presence in this world again. It brings history to life and forces one to focus on the mortality of life. Here is a man, dead for more than 500 years and lost to history, has been brought back from ‘the grave’. There’s renewed interest in him as a person and in his story. Even the information about how he was found and his identification reads like a fairytale.






Artist unknown, late 15th c

At first the archaeologists who were looking for him weren’t even sure they were digging in the right place. Originally he’d been buried in a church called Greyfriars. Unfortunately after the dissolution of the monasteries in 1536, the Greyfriars’ church was torn down and eventually lost to time. Several centuries later it was determined that the remains of the church and possibly Richard might be located under a parking lot used by the Leicester City Council.

They started to dig and immediately found the remains of the church and then eventually human remains. It was reported that they had found two skeletons, one male, one female. The male skeleton was found to have various injuries and a SPINAL ABNORMALITY! This was exciting because Richard was rumoured to have been a hunchback. While some historians thought this rumour may have just been slander from Tudor successors, the skeleton on the parking had a curved spine, probably from scoliosis, causing one shoulder to be higher than another and possibly leading to stories about Richard being a hunchback.

Photo courtesy University of Leicester

The plan was to do a DNA analysis on the remains and to compare to DNA from a descendant of Richard’s sister. This descendant happens to be CANADIAN and one member of the family literally lives less than 6 hours away from me! Unfortunately we would have to wait six long, agonizing months to find out the results of this test, meaning we would have to wait until after the New Year.


Then, on February 4 they made the big announcement, holding a press conference with all of the involved parties. About an hour in, after explaining that they were able to retrieve viable DNA from the skeleton and describing all the various wounds on the skeleton, including the ones that slice off parts of his skull, they confirmed that the skeleton had been positively identified as RICHARD III! I heard about this over the radio could not stop from punching the air! It was so very cool to have something like this all come together so easily and so well. There are plans to rebury him in Leicester Cathedral at the end of August 2014.


Thanks to a facial reconstruction here is most likely what he looked like:

Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

It’s events like this that make history more than just a dusty old story you’re told about in school. All of the people who’ve come before that you’ve never met did actually live. All those dates and years you had to memorize, all those events did actually happen, even if they sometimes appear little more than a memory. People tend to forget how much has happened in the history of man and that’s just the information that’s been preserved and written down. It boggles the mind how much has been lost, forgotten or destroyed.

I would hightly suggest checking out The History Blog if you want a more detailed description of the discovery. This site is how I first found out about the dig and the hunt for Richard's body. It has daily updates and always has something interesting to read.

Sea foam covers Oswald, Australia

This is absolutely nuts but Australia's been having a weird couple of months. What do you think?

Pride and Prejudice is 200 Years Old!

200 hundred years ago today "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen was published. This is not her first published book but it is her best known and most popular. It's been directly adapted for film 10 times with countless pop culture references as well as several loose adaptations, theatre productions books focusing on everything from Darcy's point of view to sequels of the original.

I first read this book on a long car ride and couldn't put it down. It was my first Austen book and helped to open up this whole world of Regency England and classic literature. Instead of rambling on about how great the book is I've put together a list of Pride and Prejudice related material that you should check out. Besides, I actually like "Persuasion" better.






One half of Vlogbrothers has produced this lovely vlog version of the story called the Lizzie Bennet Diaries. They've made some minor changes and updates for this century but I've been enthralled since episode one. This is fresh and doesn't feel weighed down by the plethora of material that has come before it.


"Lost in Austen" is a slight twist on the original story where Lizzie Bennet travels to the real world, trapping an Austen fanatic in the fictional world of the book. Her presence manages to mess up the story, causing Jane to marry Mr. Collins! All must be set right before she can come home.


And if you're looking for a movie version I suggest the 1940s version. There are some detractors I admit as the costumes are the wrong period and more suited to the 1830s style than the Regency Period and our main characters are older than their counterparts are meant to be and some don't appreciate movies in black and white. But it is by far a better version in my mind than the 2005 version with Keira Knightley and Matthew McFadyen. I never warmed to that version despite the beautiful sets. The leads never seemed to fully embody the characters. The 1940 version has Laurence Olivier as Darcy and Greer Garson as Lizzie, both perfect choices in my mind. Olivier brings that snooty privileged air while Greer has this strong self-satisfied attitude.

And there's the ever-awesome Kate Beaton, a Canadian web comic artist who can be found here. She does regular comics about Canadian history, historical figures and literature with a comic twist. Here's Austen being bothered by a fan.

The Coolest Desk You Will Never Own!

This site I occasionally frequent called Messy Nessy Chic and I found this awesome video!

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, is holding an exhibit called "Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens" and it showcases a lot of pieces created by the Roentgens who were apparently geniuses who made gorgeous pieces with all sort of hidden compartments.

This is an 18th century desk with all sorts of secret compartments. If you know me you know I love these sorts of things so I thought I would share these amazing pieces! I love how intricate and delicate they are, despite being these massive, hulking pieces of furniture.

Poonikins the Magic Warrior Princess

And now for your daily allotted dose of derpyness!

I found this before the new year and have been busting to share. It is the weirdest and funniest thing I've come across in a while. I had a good laugh and I hope you do too. The best bit is definitely the part with the motorcycle.

"Star Trek: Into Darkness" Trailer

I watched this several hours after it was posted, hungry for any footage of the new film. I have high hopes for this film so fingers crossed everyone!

I love Benedict Cumberbatch and he's one of the main reasons that I will watch this movie. I'm glad that he's getting his due but it also means he's super busy and that previous commitments get pushed back (Sherlock Season 3!) to accommodate his ever-expanding schedule. I hope that he's a well-written villain and that this film makes more sense.

The trailer looks cool but trailers can be deceiving. My initial thoughts are mixed. I thought the 2009 reboot was an injection of fresh blood into the old series and it was exciting to watch. At the same time though there were some severe problems with that movie. Let's list them shall we?

- Lens flare(s)

- An ineffective villain who wasn't scary but just looked silly and so did his ship

- Time travel plot holes big enough to drive a semi convoy

- Furthermore, if everyone knows what happens to Romulus why not just plan to stop it, therefore, cancelling the villain's reason for traveling back in time, keeping Pike from leaving and Kirk from assuming the captain's chair and Spock's mother dying and the ENTIRE PLOT FOR THIS MOVIE! *gargleblargleflargle*

- Dumping Kirk conveniently on the same planet as Old Spock oh and Scotty's there too

- What is the Enterprise doing on Earth? What happened to the Mars shipyards?

- Does Sulu carry that sword everywhere or just on away missions?

- If one drop of Red Matter is enough to implode planets why have that giant possibly catastrophe-causing ball? Why not bring back one drop?

- Continuity/physics issues

- Did the changes made thanks to time travel completely destroy the old timeline of TOS, TNG, DSN, STV and Enterprise?

- Spock & Uhura?! What?

- Let's forget about everything I've just written and say that it feels as if JJ Abrams didn't know enough about Star Trek or his scriptwriters didn't or no one cared if this movie fit with series canon. It was a new Star Trek for a new generation so let's just forget about most of what's come before and cannibalize what we want. Argh! My issue is that this is the same guy associated with "Lost", a convoluted, confusing mish-mash of terribly plotting (because they were making it up as they went) and random macguffins and deus ex machinas.

John Lewis Christmas Advert 2012

I'll admit that I've become somewhat of an Anglophile in the past few years. I can't help it!

For the past few years I've eagerly awaited the John Lewis Christmas commercial. For those of you who don't know, John Lewis is a department store which is owned by a trust on behalf of the employees.

They always have very cute and sometimes sappy Christmas commercials but they always make me smile. This year's commercial has just come out so I thought I'd share. Enjoy!

"Amadeus" (1984)

"On the page it looked nothing. The beginning simple, almost comic. Just a pulse - bassoons and basset horns - like a rusty squeezebox. Then suddenly - high above it - an oboe, a single note, hanging there unwavering, till a clarinet took over and sweetened it into a phrase of such delight! This was no composition by a performing monkey! This was a music I'd never heard. Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing, it had me trembling. It seemed to me that I was hearing the very voice of God."

Composer Antonio Salieri is caught trying to kill himself and is sent to a mental institution, confessing to killing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. A priest hears his confession and as Salieri speaks, we are taken back in time to when he was court composer to Emperor Joseph II. All his life, he had wanted to compose and all is going well until Mozart comes to town. Salieri imagines Mozart in his mind but is confronted by the real man, a vulgar, highly-sexed man-child with a strange laugh who speaks with the voice of God through his music. Salieri becomes bitter and jealous that God should choose to bestow such magnificent musical genius on an undeserving man while Salieri, a chaste and charitable man, finds his talent lacking. As his hatred grows he decides he must destroy God's chosen composer, through whatever means possible.

One of the best parts about this movie is the music. We both get to see and hear Mozart's music and at one point even go inside his head as he's composing. My favourite scene from the movie shows Salieri and Mozart working together on a piece of music. It's absolutely amazing to see Mozart at work and to watch Salieri's realization that he's unable to follow the man's ability.

We also see how different their childhoods were and their resulting musicianship. It's somewhat sad to see how unequal the talents are between the two. For example, Salieri composes a welcome march for Mozart when he visits the emperor. We actually see him working on it and Mozart, upon hearing it once, plays it back by ear and then improves upon it, seemingly with no effort at all. This accidental mocking eventually flowers into full blown purposeful degradation at a party, further driving a wedge of one-sided jealousy between the two.

Both men are interesting characters. Salieri has had a desire to create his entire life but only passing fair talent to pull it off. He went against his father's wishes and became a composer. He is seemingly adored by the Emperor and other men in his musical court but when Mozart appears, Salieri is instantly filled with hatred for this little man who makes masterpieces. Only Salieri can see the music for what it really is while everyone else finds Mozart an unorthodox upstart. He challenges current tradition and questions everyone's musical taste. Salieri, obsessed with his hatred for Mozart, attends every one of his musical performances while actively working to get them cancelled.

Mozart, shoved into the role of composer by his father, finds the job easy and his talent only thwarted by those who can't comprehend his abilities. He also has some serious daddy issues as his father seems to haunt his every step, judging and condemning. Mozart is also arrogant but still looks for approval and appears upset when no overwhelming praise is forthcoming, possibly an effect of his father's influence. Mozart is very childish and childlike. He laughs like a child, delights in the smallest of things and acts unprofessionally at times. He takes such joy in life that it makes me wonder if he didn't do all his living at the beginning of his life. As the film continues we see Mozart physically deteriorate, Salieri's influence made manifest. Mozart's demeanor, his hair and his clothing change as does his relationship with his wife and the appearance of his house. Every aspect of his life is tied into his music which Salieri is trying to drive into the ground. Mozart, unaware of this, continues to work and we see the toll it takes on him. At one point he tells his wife that the Requiem Mass he's writing is killing him.

Apart from the music the sets and the costumes are perfect. I'm a sucker for costumes films but this one gives you a real sense of the era. The ostentation practically overflows from the film. And the hats! Look out for the ridiculously big hats.

This movie also goes the extra mile when it comes to authenticity. When they show the opera Don Giovanni, the building they shot the scene in is where the actual opera was first performed. More than 200 years later that building is still standing. Also, the actor who played Mozart, Tom Hulce, practiced four hours a day to make it look like he was actually playing the piano.

I knew basically nothing about Mozart before this film, apart from he was supposed to be some musical genius. While the film isn't an entirely accurate portrayal of his life, his music plays throughout which is what interested me. I'm far more intrigued by the man and his music now and plan to make a concerted effort to pick up a biography or at least listen to a variety of his works.

Rating: You own this film and rewatch it often, it's that good. Yes it contains classical music and is a biopic but the story is amazing. The film runs long at three hours but the time is needed to create that one-sided rivalry and introduce us to these men and their music. It's no wonder that this film won Best Picture in 1984.

Anna Karenina Movie & Adaptations

I saw the trailer for a new adapatation of "Anna Karenina" the other day and am very intrigued. I tried to read the book once before and failed miserably. I'd like to watch the movie but as a rule, I read the book before I watch the adaptation. The same will go for "The Great Gatsby" which comes out later this year.

The Karenina translation recommended to me was the Pevear-Volokhonsky version. The translators are a husband and wife team who've translated Russian classics like Tolstoy, Chekov, Pasternak, Gogol and Dostoyevsky.

The movie looks interesting but I'm worried it's going to be more artsy than adaptationy. The look reminds me of "Russian Ark" a very good, one take film about the history of Russia. I'm not that excited by the casting so we'll see what happens. I'll probably also end up checking out the 1935 Garbo version and the 1948 Vivien Leigh version as well.

What do you think of adaptations in movies? I have mixed feelings about them.

There are going to be at least three giant adaptations this year alone with "Anna Karenina", "Les Miserables" and "The Great Gatsby". I do like that Hollywood appears to be moving away from sequels, remakes and reboots and looking to adaptations for movies. But again, adaptations of these films have been made before and may possibly retread familiar territory without bringing anything new to the screen, which questions the validity of making such movies.

I worry that adaptations are being made simply because it's been awhile since the last version was made and film makers assume the public is ready for the film to be remade. There have been 12 previous attempts to adapt "Anna Karenina" to the screen, the last one only seven years ago. So you may ask, why remake it again? I don't have the answer though it will be interesting to see what kind of adaptation it is. It appears to be faithful to the time period but without viewing the movie it's impossible to say if any other changes have been made.

I'm also not wild about the casting of Kiera Knightly. People are already starting to talk about this as her 'Oscar' role. Gods people! The movie hasn't even come out yet and already you're speculating. I've only ever really like her in her first role "Bend it like Beckham". I just don't think much of her acting. It's not that her acting is bad but I've never been wowed by a performance. This is perhaps an unfair judgement as I haven't seen all of her movies but then again, I don't know that I'm interested enough in Knightly as an actor to objectively look at her career and then pass judgement on her acting. There are other actors whose filmographies I'm far more excited by to spend time on Knightly. I can say that I saw "Pride and Prejudice" and wasn't impressed. I loved the set but I just didn't buy the two leads. Macfadyen seemed mumbly and wasn't snobbish enough for my tastes and Knightly wasn't nearly subtle or snarky enough. Again this is the problem with adaptations. Each director has their own vision which may not jive completely with the book. Who knows though, she may suprise me, as I'm sure Ledger did everybody in "The Dark Knight"



I do think that the ostentatious atmosphere of the 1920s may lend itself to the way Baz Luhrman films movies. "The Great Gatsby" may even benefit from his style though I demand substance as well. 'Pretty' movies are a dime a dozen and make for boring watching which the viewer soon forgets about afterwards. Again, this is another book I'm going to have to pick up before the film comes out but honestly, I can't wait. I love adaptations because they usually draw from great source material and hopefully it gives the book some much deserved attention. As well, it's the opportunity to see a story realised in the flesh. We get a visual representation of the words on the page. And haven't there been times when you wish there was a visual to accompany a situation or character?



"Les Miserables" is going to follow in the tradition of the Broadway musical and have singing. *Big sigh* Movies with singing aren't always strong on story as they spend so much time on the music. This film has Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean who it's been proven, can sing. Russell Crowe also stars and while I'm not sure he can sing, I believe he'll more than be able to carry his acting role. My concern is Anne Hathaway. She plays Fantine and while I've heard her sing previously in "Enchanted" I wonder if her singing ability is up to the numbers in the movie. There are some very powerful pieces in the film that I would hate to not be fully realized. Hathaway sings in the trailer but it's not as I would expect for the role. I want a full bodied, powerful and passionate voice for all of Fantine's songs. I supposed I've been spoiled by Lea Salonga's Fantine on Broadway but just listen to the power behind her voice.

I've posted a video of one of her performances with the same song from the movie trailer so that you compare the two and make your own judgement. I know Hathaway's primarily an actor but she's sung at Carnegie Hall so she has experience singing. She definitely infuses the song from the trailer with emotion and Salonga's version is more of a performance but with a musical there has to be some suspension of belief. I thought it would be more interesting to see this film as a straight drama but as it's a musical, the film maker's know that they better have some damn good singers as their leads. A good musical can fizzle without them. For example, 2004's "Phantom of the Opera" was a musical, like the Andrew Lloyd Webber Broadway version. The leads were actors first and singers second and I felt the movie suffered for this. If you're making a musical, you can't take yourself seriously and should go full boar on the songs which is where I feel Phantom fell down. It was too busy trying to be pretty and dramatic without the gravitas of some amazing voices to anchor the performances.

In any case, I'm looking forward to all of these movies. Primarily because I love both books and movies and when you can combine the two, it can create something amazing.





So tell me, are you planning on seeing any of these films? How do you feel about adaptations?

Summer Movies!

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This summer is when movie studios bring out the big guns (apart from Oscar season) and some of the best movies of the year come out.















These are the movies I'm looking forward to:

Snow White and the Huntsman

When I heard that there were two directors making live action versions of Snow White, I was not impressed. Then I saw the trailers and they may have slightly changed my mind. The two interpretations have been very different and the huntsman version makes Snow White into a bad ass! Doesn't that bark creature look cute?



The Amazing Spiderman

I thought that rebooting/remaking, whatever it is they're doing with this character was stupid. The Maguire version isn't even a decade old and it just felt like a money grab. But at the same time, Andrew Garfield's character looks and seems far more suited to the Peter Parker role than Tobey Maguire who looked like a 30 year old (which he is) trying to play a teenager when he was in the role. It will be interesting to see how this film differs from the 'original'.



The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight was an amazing film and I have no idea if Nolan can actually top it. The trailer is amazing-looking though so we'll see. I have serious doubts about Catwoman so let's hope Hathaway proves me wrong just like Ledger did. I can't wait!



Frankenstein

Why is it that the Brits are always making awesome stuff all the time? Johnny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch star in this theatre production, streamed live with them switching roles between Dr. Frankenstein and the monster every other night!



Prometheus

I still haven't seen any of the movies in the Aliens series but this looks interesting! I love sci-fi movies if they're done well and Ridley Scott has a good track record. So I may have to cave and watch those creepy Alien movies. Ah darn it!



And for a bonus, the teaser for Skyfall, the new James Bond movie just came out and I couldn't resist adding it! Quantum of Solace was seriously disappointing so here's hoping the new film meet expectations.



The Great Gatsby

Okay just one more. This isn't out until Christmas but I love me some Art Deco and the whole feel of the 20s. I can't wait to see this. I only hope that it's good as adaptations have more baggage than regular films.



Are there any summer movies you're looking forward to?

Macbeth Progress

The first time I read "Macbeth" I was in high school where I basically skimmed the play, racing to the end.

I remember the gist of the story through osmosis of pop culture and literature but I really wanted to re-read this, partly for personal reasons and partly because of the Reading Shakespeare project from Breadcrumb Reads. I currently happen to be four months behind but I'm doing things at my own pace.

The play is taking forever to get through, mainly because I have to check on the definition and use of every second word. But reading this way I feel that I get more out of the story and I'm understanding everything rather than skipping over what I don't.

Does anyone else find Lady Macbeth scary? She's murderously ambitious and very pushy when it comes to Macbeth. But she does have some great lines!

"The raven himself is hoarse
That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan
Under my battlements. Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,
And fill me from the crown to the toe, top-full
Of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood,
Stop up th'access and passage to remorse,
That no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between
Th'effect and it. Come to my woman's breasts
And take my milk for gall, you murd'ring ministers,
Wherever, in your sightless substances,
You wait on nature's mischief. Come, thick night,
And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of Hell,
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes,
Nor Heaven peep through the blanket of the dark
To cry, 'Hold, hold'."

Shakespeare consistently leaves me speechless.

Looking through adaptations, people really seem to like making the play into a movie. Also, when looking at some of the actors who've played the title role I'm a bit blown away:

Ian McKellan
Orson Welles
Patrick Stewart

I'm excited to try and watch some of the films though and see how they've decided to shoot the story.

For the moment though, please enjoy these clips!

Blackadder



Orson Welles - Macbeth intro



Animaniacs



Patrick Stewart

New Pixar Movie!

Who's excited! I'M EXCITED! Okay, maybe a bit exuberant but still I have good reason. Pixar makes great movies with interesting characters , a great plot and amazing visuals. You can depend on them to deliver a a satisfying movie. This summer's Pixar is extra spcial though. Let's check why.

New Pixar movie: Awesome!

Bears: heh heh, bears.

Archery: Hell yes!

Set in medieval times: Count me in!

New Pixar movie set in Scotland: Very cool

New Pixar movie starring their first female protagonist: Super Duper Awesome!

Are you looking forward to "Brave"?

Rediscovering 3rd Rock from the Sun

Thanks to the power of YouTube and my errant wandering, I rediscovered "3rd Rock from the Sun". I used to watch this show when it was on the air but I did not remember it being this funny. This is some of the funniest tv I've seen. John Lithgow is a genius. Pair this with the fact that he went on to star as a bad guy in "Dexter" and you will know that I'm right.

In celebration of this rediscovery I've put together some choice clips for your delectation;

Galapagos Tortoise Species not Extinct!

I found this amazing article today that suggests a type of Galapagos tortoise may not be extinct after all. They may have just moved house and found comfort with another Galapagos species.

BBC Story

USA Today Story

And that made me remember this clip from the UK Gameshow QI (Quite Interesting), hosted by Stephen Fry. This is my favourite gameshow because it has the best of all worlds. Comedians, Stephen Fry, humour, knowledge and total weirdness. Below is a clip about Galapagos Tortoises and why they are so awesome, possibly to their detriment.

If you've never watched QI this clip is only a small portion of the mindblowingness that is this program and I highly recommend it. On a sidenote, why do the British make all the best tv shows? Sherlock, Downton Abbey, Misfits, Doctor Who, that Mitchell and Webb Look, Miss Marple, Monty Python, Rosemary and Thyme, etc.

Magic Trick fools Penn & Teller

I love magic even though I don't like how I can never figure out how they do it. But this is hilarious!

Mitchell and Webb: Scooby Doo

Ha ha!