Eighteenth Century Buff Prints

A Macaroni in 1772

'Sire, your new fortress was fine for your nephew's fifth, but I fear it is set for a sterner test.'

1599: Shakespeare's Agent knew what the public wanted

Swiss army hospital...'scalpel...'

Knight Golfing

Theorbo

There were originally four musketeers. He said that the pen is mightier than the sword.

Missing You.

"Where do you think we are in the food chain right now?"

"Our focus group will butcher your focus group."

"Got any bathtub gin?"

"Tonight we are going out to plunder, lads!"

May your Christmas be full of harmony

Are you the guy who ate my brother?

"To begin with, I would like to express my sincere thanks and deep appreciation for the opportunity to meet with you. While there are still profound differences between us, I think the very fact of my presence here today is a major breakthrough."

If the Brontë sisters wrote science fiction

"Say! While I'm off in the Holy Land, why don't you find a little crusade of some kind that interests you?"

"Hendrickje, I feel another self-portrait coming on. Bring in the funny hats."

Knights of the Square Table.

'You can't recuse yourself from a war!'

Verbal Orders

"You fools! That's not the boiling oil, that's my beef casserole!"

"Never gonna give thou up -- Never gonna let thou down -- Never gonna run around and desert thouuuuuu."

"Tractors, Sir - thousands of 'em!"

The crew can no longer tolerate Captain Bligh's ruthless splitting of infinitives."

"And now, Bach's Brandenburg Concerto, Number One, first movement."

Charles Dickens

'I hate to tell you this, but there was a hole in my pocket, and I lost the budget surplus.'

"One of you go see who's at the door."

"This is the first time you've ever planned a moat, I'm guessing?"

"IS this an unauthorised social gathering?"

"With a little luck he'll be a benevolent teenager."

In the eighties, Americans knew how to be Americans. Big cars. Big radios. Big hair. Everything was big. Unfortunately, I was so buff that all my huge stuff looked tiny in comparison. So I would loan my stuff to the skinniest, wimpiest kid I could find. Hold this. Let me reminisce vicariously through you. (Sigh.) Those were the days. Is it working?

Kit makes an appointment

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for Music ofnthe Baroque