#Bert Williams

[citizenscreen]

Bert Williams (November 12, 1874 – March 4, 1922)

[perfectnonfreedom]

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Still from The Nest of the Cuckoo Birds (Bert Williams, 1965)

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Bert Williams (1874-1922) was a key figure in the development of African-American entertainment. In an age when racial inequality and stereotyping were commonplace, he became the first black American to take a lead role on the Broadway stage, and did much to push back racial barriers during his long career. Fellow vaudevillian W.C. Fields, who appeared in productions with Williams, described him as "the funniest man I ever saw – and the saddest man I ever knew.

How high is the light above Is everybody thinking 'bout a thing called love My, my there's a light ahead Is everybody waiting 'till the thing turns red Hey, hey we've a while to go Is everybody ready 'cause the thing must roll My life ain't no ball and chain It's a summer of forgiveness And the fall of pain And the money's O.K. And the money's O.K.

Hey, hey you and I agree They burned our rivers And they burned our trees My, my we've a while to go Is everybody willing 'cause the thing must roll My life ain't no ball and chain It's a summer for existence and the fall again My life ain't no given up It's a never ending story 'bout a thing called love And the money's O.K. And the money's O.K.

Did you ever wonder in your life, What then? Were you ever hit by lightning twice or ten times thinking All we do is live and die

If all we do is life and die Then tell me about the birds that fly Tell me about the summer rain And evenings whispering your name If all we did is die and live Will springtime be there to forgive Son of laughter, son of pain Somewhere over bows of rain

I loved you more - more than anything I loved you more - than the driving rain I loved you more - more than words can say

If all we did is life and die Then tell me about the birds up high Tell me about the summer rain And evenings whispering your secret name If all we did is die and live Will springtime be there to forgive Son of laughter, son of pain Somewhere over bows of rain

I loved you more - more than anything I loved you more - than the driving rain I loved you more - more than words can say

Did you ever wonder in your life, What then? Were you ever hit by lightning twice or ten times thinking All we do is live and die

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This song brings balance to my soul.

[emiko-matsui]

sometimes a family isn't a mom, dad, and kid. sometimes it's a lady detective, a deceivingly badass catholic, a butler named mr. butler, two inseparable commie taxi drivers, a ruggedly handsome divorcee, a himbo, a lesbian doctor, a 14 year old kleptomaniac, and aunt prudence

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horrid henry cuz ive been rewatching this series while working and im having quite a lot of fun with it :]]

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Oh my god these kids are British 😔

Horrid Henry fans pspspsps come out

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King Dinosaur (1955)

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he is such a little shit

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Purple Hand Polycule

[snivyz]

I did this in class and my classmates and teacher found it very pleasing

Its based off an image I found on insta XD i just dont really know where it came from originally

[citizenscreen]

Pioneer of the Stage and preeminent entertainer Bert Williams was born on November 12, 1874. #botd

Of Williams W. C. Fields said, he was “the funniest man I ever saw and the saddest.”

[perfectnonfreedom]

[tiger-balm]

a hat trick for his birthday and a curse is lifted <3 | leafs @ avs | feb 24th 2024

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It has long been a dream of mine to make a compilation of the hysterical stylings of Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes. History relates that the BBC actually received letters of complaint regarding this Laugh-with-a-capital-L, and such outbursts of amusement were tragically kept to a minimum after the first series.

The first short interview clip is from ep. 202 of the I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere podcast. The following, in airdate order, are from BBC Radio 4's Sherlock Holmes (1989-98) dramatised mainly by Bert Coules, with the exception of the final clip from the last episode of the extracanonical Further Adventures, which aired in 2010.

[release-the-mccracken]

We're only getting older, baby. And I been thinking about it lately. Does it ever drive you crazy just how fast the night changes?