Author: DOuG pRATt

A Year-Round April Fool

The self-proclaimed master deal maker, who has failed to negotiate a deal with Iran, unlike the Obama administration, will address the nation tonight. After what I hope will be a successful launch of the Artemis II Moon mission.

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/01/live-artemis-ii-launch-day-updates/

An additional thought. America is great because it’s a Secular Democracy. Trump and fanatical right-wing Christians want America to be like Iran. Trump, because Iran is run by an authoritarian regime, and Christians because Iranian society is ruled by religious laws.

A Movie About Two Men and a Girl

Forty years ago, when The Third Man, one of the truly great films, was not quite forty years old, British TV had this parody. Robbie Coltrane, best remembered as Harry Potter’s Hagrid, plays Orson Welles. Also featured is the delightful Miranda Richardson, who is hilarious as Queen Elizabeth I in Blackadder II.

There’s a reference to “page 3.” I’ll let you look up “Page 3 Girl” if you don’t know what that is. I saw them everywhere on my business trips to England long ago.

Anticipating April

A couple of my friends have birthdays coming up in April. One of them is Prue, who by now should be relocated in France. I’m waiting for her reply to a message I sent.

Here’s Prue’s first husband in an offbeat episode of Danger Man, reprising his croupier role from A Hard Day’s Night. If only Prue had been cast as the lovely lady with Patrick McGoohan. Note the presence of Desmond Llewelyn, the original Q in the James Bond films.