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Originally Posted by montsnmags
I'm not sure, and I'll look tomorrow, but it's possible Norman Gunston and Aunty Jack are recognised, and they're silly, Aunty Jack particularly so. There is Barry Humphries too, and he does have a CBE and OA, though whether one considers his satirical characters silly enough, I don't know.
Cheers,
Marc
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I think I have heard of Mr. Humphries. Isn't he "Dame Edna"? The other gents I have not heard of, but will remedy that as soon as possible.
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Originally Posted by pshrynk
Gulliver's Travels makes all sort of top 100 lists. Pure political satire, that.
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And parts of it are extremely silly.
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Originally Posted by Sparrow
Wallace & Gromit won a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Televisual Arts) award. |
Passionately love Wallace and Grommit. I got to meet Nick Parks the night before he won his first Oscar. That was too cool for words.
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Originally Posted by Wetdogeared
*drats* I had a whole montage ready to post, and hit the x and closed the session and wiped it out; so not many linkies and extras included this time. I hate when that happens. 
Anyway, we all know his movies.
He also has been given the Order of Canada in 2002.
These lines alone should qualify him:
In the film Airplane, when asked "Surely you can't be serious?", he responds with a curt, "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley."
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Order of Canada .... most excellent. And, he well deserves it.
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Originally Posted by Sparrow
From the world of politics; how about Canada's world famous Rhinocerous Party?
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World famous? I'm out of the loop then. What sort of recognition have they gotten ... and what do they do exactly??