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James Bond writer recalls Queen’s ‘funny’ helicopter request for Olympic skit – Mirror Online

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The Queen left Balmoral for the last time this morning as the first stage of her final journey begins. The longest reigning monarch’s coffin is travelling by hearse from Aberdeenshire to Edinburgh on a slow six-hour route, where the grieving public are lining the streets to pay their respects. Among those in her funeral cortege is the Queen’ s only daughter, Princess Anne, who is expected to travel with her mother onwards to London.

In the three days since the Queen’s passing at Balmoral on Thursday afternoon, people from across the world have been sharing tributes to the beloved monarch, who touched the lives of so many. Among the many wonderful memories, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, the writer behind the Queen’s incredible James Bond skit from the 2012 opening ceremony of the Olympics, has shared his own interesting tale.

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Boyce has often spoken about the brilliant moment when the Queen volunteered herself to be part of the Bond special – rejecting the idea of a stand-in actor doing the job and even writing her own lines.

The original plan was to get a Queen lookalike to play a part in the sketch, so Boyce’s team asked someone to go and take photos of the clothing that the late monarch would be wearing for the Olympics ceremony – for continuity.

Instead, the Queen’s dresser insisted that Her Majesty would want to take part in the sketch herself, and when asked, she was reportedly amused and very keen for the role.

Today on BBC 5 Live radio, Boyce revealed yet another element of the script that the Queen had a hand in, as she wanted to help choose the helicopter that she would ‘jump out’ of.

Opening up about the special moment for the first time, Boyce said: “We took the storyboards in to show her and she had comments to make about what kind of helicopter should be used”.

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Owing to the Queen’s extensive military knowledge, Boyce added that “she knew what kind of helicopters could feasibly fly under the Tower Bridge, which is really funny”.

The writer continued to explain that he hadn’t written lines for the Queen, insisting that she carved her own part on the day.

“I didn’t give her a line, partly because I didn’t know how to type ‘the Queen says'”, he explained.

“On the day she asked for a line, she said to Danny [Boyle] “I think I should have a line’ so she built her own part – she really wanted to do it”.

According to the production manager on set, the Queen kept her part hidden from her family until the big day.

Earlier this year, Sam Hunter said: “The Queen never told her family she was doing it. That was one of the stipulations when she agreed to be part of it.”

Alongside the notorious Bond skit, Boyce also wrote the Paddington film which saw the Queen share a magical moment with the much-loved fictional bear.

* This weekend, the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror celebrate the life of Her Majesty the Queen with a commemorative special filled with all the key moments from Britain’s longest reigning monarch. Be sure to pick up your copy of the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror to get poth pullouts.

You can leave your tributes to Queen Elizabeth II here.

Cedric the Entertainer Blasts Herschel Walker in New Ad, ‘We Don’t Need to Add No More Crazy to That Mix’

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Cedric the Entertainer has always been so entertaining because he has a sharp observational eye. Comedians rarely get credit for it, but there are no dumb successful comedians. One has to understand people at a fundamental level to get both what is happening “out there” and how it impacts people “in here.” Think of Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, George Carlin, and many others. Brilliant.

Cedric the Entertainer, is on that list. Look at the name. It’s genius marketing! Cedric has some things to say about Herschel Walker and Walker’s bid for the U.S. Senate. It is a given that a black man has more freedom to call out a black man as not qualified, and Cedric uses it brilliantly. We will get out of the way.

“We got big election stuff coming up right now. I need everybody to get involved,” Cedric says in the spot. “We got to stop; we got to fight against the ignorance that’s going on out there, especially in the state of Georgia. Lord, you know they said life is like a box of chocolates? Well, Hershey’s Walker is one of these chocolates that you don’t want. You know the ones where you get a box of chocolates and you, like, [gagging]? That’s him. I mean, the man is ridiculous, dog.”

Walker has said some of the most ridiculous things in this election season, “these judges with no cash bails…”

“I mean, some of the stuff he is saying — we just got to be very concerned about the educational system, one. Two: We already got senators that’s, like, you know, Marjorie Taylor, that’s crazier than a mug. We don’t need to add no more crazy to that mix, you hear me? Especially not this, not with the haircut and the extra muscles. I think he on creatine. I think he still from back in the day when they was shooting stuff up and trying to put in their muscles. Something going on where it turned off a switch.”

No comment on Walker’s health. We will note that Congress doesn’t need more crazy from the MAGA right.

“I mean, the man talking about ‘If humans are from apes, why do we still got apes?’ What, Herschel Walker? Come on, man. ‘You know, our bad air floated over to China and mixed with they good air and turned in — it was a recycling air situation.’ What, bruh? I don’t know what this man talking about! Guys, we got to defeat him, got to beat him — we got to stop him! Y’all know what it is. Let’s go! Let’s get involved.

Calling out a fundamental creationist argument that is beyond stupid. “If we came from apes, why are there still apes!” Branches, people, branches. It is like an ape saying, “If we came from the same thing as humans, why are there still humans!”

Humor as political commentary. It has been there from the beginning. Indeed it needs to be there, or it’s not funny. Cedric is up there and just proved why.

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jmiciak@yahoo.com, @JasonMiciak, with Nicole Hickman

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Queen Elizabeth death: Daniel Craig recalls ‘very funny’ joke royal made at his expense | The Independent

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Daniel Craig recalled a “very funny” joke that the Queen once made to him in private.

On Thursday (8 September), the Royal Family announced that the Queen died peacefully at Balmoral, aged 96.

The James Bond star was one of the first celebrities to pay tribute to the late royal. Elton John, Janet Jackson, and Victoria Beckham are among the others to have remembered the Queen following news of her death.

During an appearance on The Late Show, the actor said that the 95-year-old is “very funny, wants to crack a joke, and crack a joke about me”.

Craig added: “We were having our photograph taken, and she just went, ‘Oh no, he’s the one that doesn’t smile.’”

Host Stephen Colbert asked Craig what the Queen’s pet corgis were like.

“I was rolling around on the floor with them most of the time,” said the actor. “I mean, they’re just there. I think they have their own footmen. They’re very friendly.”

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In December 2021, Craig was awarded the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George in the New Year’s Honours List, an honour typically given to diplomats and spies.

It is the same honour given to his character James Bond, whom he played since 2006 until last year’s No Time to Die.

The honour bestowed on Craig recognises service in a foreign country, or in relation to foreign and Commonwealth affairs, such as the work of diplomats overseas.

The fictional spy has a CMG in Ian Fleming’s books as well as their film adaptations.

You can follow along with live updates regarding the Queen’s death here.

Artist Turns Relatable Situations into Funny Comics – everydaymonkey.com

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Aren’t cute, funny, and relatable comics the absolute best? Perhaps that’s why a French artist named Juliette is followed by more than 101,000 Instagrammers. In her comics, she depicts a girl going through life and its struggles while living with her cat and boyfriend.

Juliette has been into art since she was a little girl. She remembers doodling at a very young age and always being creative. Now, she’s a 30-year-old freelance webcomic artist, although for the last eight years she has been working as a graphics designer as well.

When creating her masterpieces, Juliette says that her favorite part of art is coloring, while the hardest part is to “set the draft for it to be funny and more important, for it to be funny in English and French.”

Juliette, just like her character, lives with her boyfriend and a snuggly cat. However, she explains that her comics are not representations of her personal life. She depicts things that many of us have experienced, spicing it up to be more dramatic.

The artist is currently living in Paris, and her commissions are closed for now. Have fun while reading her comics! And don’t forget to follow her on Instagram or become a Patreon if you enjoy it.