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We begin with apologies to Irving Berlin.
The prince that I marry will have to be
The owner of epic charcuterie
The prince I call my own
Will wear snug fitting knickers
And wave a big bone…
This little ditty was inspired by the new Disney film Cinderella, in which Richard Madden (better known as Robb Stark from Game of Thrones) plays Prince Charming. It seems that Mr. Madden showed up on set with a rather alarming bulge in his trousers, which he habitually referred to as “Puppy.”
Richard Madden as Prince Charming.
Director Kenneth Branagh immediately set to work devising a way to minimize Puppy’s appearance. This was, after all, a Disney film. Meanwhile Madden was surprised at the commotion. “What’s the fuss about?” he asked. “It’s not like Puppy’s dangerous. He doesn’t bite, you know.” A variety of jock straps was put to the test, but Madden complained that Puppy was being made uncomfortable by the constraints. “Puppy’s used to his freedom,” he said. “Though I keep him close to me at all times. We’re inseparable.”
Puppy under wraps.
Indeed, Madden’s agent had managed to insert a clause into his contract calling for a very costly double indemnity in case of injury of any kind to Puppy. Branagh was thus forced to abandon his plans to put Madden in a pair of Spanx.
Finally, when all were at their wits’ end, Puppy himself saved the day by coming out to play.
Look what just came out of my pants!
NB: For the real-life circumstances which inspired this silly post, see Madden’s hilarious interview with Jimmy Kimmel.
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Glad you liked it 🙂
I must definitely check my season 1 DVDs of Game of Thrones 🙂
Yes, Richard was the heart-throb of GoT for a while. Then Kit Harington took over that role. It seems to be a guarantee of an early death for the character!
absolutely! 🙂 i knew Bean wouldn’t last long (more my kind of thing than these kids 😉 )
Sean Bean is wonderful. I would like to see more of him. Heh-heh.
recently watched a documentary with him on the history channel about Waterloo, fascinating! And he had a very human and open perspective on things, they filmed him while he was actually experiencing the sights rather than presenting them. He must certainly be an expert on screen deaths 😉
Too right! I bet he was surprised when Game of Thrones killed him off. That character was supposed to be the hero who becomes king at the end, and then zapp! He’s gone. A sad waste of talent if you ask me.
my opinion too, but it just set things in motion for more killings. I’m not getting attached to any more characters 😉
“Epic charcuterie.” I must admit this made me cringe, but only because I’ve made my own charcuterie. Sounded painful. 🙂
LOL. I wasn’t thinking about that aspect! But I have to admit that I cackled when I came up with the rhyme. I wanted to use “salumi” but it didn’t quite work.
Oh, salumi. Sliced paper-thin. Eek.
Now he is my idea of a Prince Charming. 😬
Well, he is definitely easy on the eyes. I guess Prince Charming can’t be all craggy and brawny and grizzled 🙂 Too bad!
he he…It was the codpiece that caught my attention, I have to admit I did not gaze verily upon his face as mayhaps I should have?
And that was after the minimization process!
Another winning post, Linnet, that makes me adore your site more with each visit. You do have such a flair with wordplay.
And I had no idea about this prized bit of storytelling. I’ve not seen either film or tv series, although I keep promising to read the series. I just need to have a sick day – or maybe a sick month to put myself in bed so I can catch up on some much-missed pop culture.
And I do think I will enjoy being ill, knowing what’s in store.
Wonderful.
Woof.
I’ve not seen them either (I wrote this post by request!) but now I can hardly wait to see the film 🙂 It has Derek Jacobi–probably as “King Charming.”
I’ve seen it and liked it , i’ll never be too old to watch fairy tales 🙂 Didn’t think about charcuterie at all i have to say 🙂 But you did make me think of Toulouse sausage and a good cassulet and i’m hungry now!
I’m afraid i watch too much ballet to notice things under wraps any longer 🙂
Cassoulet! LOL. I thought Richard’s outfit made him look a bit like a ballet dancer. I wonder if that was intended? I mean, what actual prince ever wore pants like that?
well they would have, wouldn’t they, in the middle ages.. but the cod pieces would have been much more obvious things. http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a418_codpiece.jpg
But i can see why an authentic period cod piece would be disturbing in a childrens film LOL. They actually had to make the ones in Wolf Hall a bit less authentic because the message was the original wouldn’t pass muster for the US showings, go figure…
Hilarious! I would have loved it if Wolf Hall was rigorously authentic 🙂
yes, what a loss, no? actors were mildly disappointed too as they have experienced authentic costumes before 😉
he’s Scottish! ohhhhh :-)))) he’s just got so much more interesting when he opened his mouth 😉
Oh yes 🙂