#Keith MacDonald

[riilsports]

League to honor 23 individuals at May 8th RIIL Awards Breakfast

(Updated May 2, 2024)

April 19, 2024

WARWICK, RI – The Rhode Island Interscholastic League will honor 23 individuals, including 16 student-athletes, for their exemplary achievements and contributions over the past year at its 12th annual RIIL Awards Breakfast, to be held Wednesday, May 8, 2024 from 9-11:15 a.m. at the Quonset “O” Club, 200 Lt. James Brown Rd., North Kingstown. (Registration from 8:30-9 a.m.). In addition, the RIIL will present Brady Toner of Rogers High School with the 2024 Local 51 Scholarship.

Tickets, which cost $26 per person, may be purchased online at https://gofan.co/app/school/RIIL  by May 3rd. For more information, contact Susana Borges via email at susana.borges@riil.org or by phone at the League Office at 401-272-9844. No tickets will be sold at the door. The honorees:

RIIL Student-Athlete of the Year Awards

Presented by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of RI

Wayne McNamara, Lincoln High School

Leila W.X. Hopkins, Classical High School

RIIL Leadership & Service Awards

Presented by Bank Rhode Island

Maura Pendergast, Scituate High School

Adeline Areson, Toll Gate High School

Nolan Rogalski, Cumberland High School

Adam Beaudry, Woonsocket High School

RIIL Distinguished Achievement Award

Emily Ballard, Chariho High School

Griffin Crain, Bishop Hendricken High School

Alexia DiLorenzo, Johnston High School

Chukwuemeka Ezeama, Smithfield High School

Alexandra Stoehr, Westerly High School

Peter Vachon, Cranston West High School

Samantha Vernancio, Cranston High School East

Arden Katherine Wilkes, Mt. Hope High School

RIIL Unified Sports Award

Brady Cullen, Ponaganset High School Athlete

Luke Daponte, Ponaganset High School Partner

RIIL Spirit of Sport Award

Keith MacDonald, Portsmouth High School Football Coach

RIIL Distinguished Service Award:

John Abbate, Burrillville Athletic Director

Susan Chandler, Exeter/West Greenwich H.S. Principal

Elaine Lyden, Gymnastics Official

Emma Ofner, La Salle Academy Athletic Trainer

Jamey Vetelino, Westerly Athletic Director

Rhode Island College Athletic Department

2024 Local 51 Scholarship Recipient

Brady Toner, Rogers High School

[bisexualdawnsummers]

James Allodi & Callum Keith Rennie in "Wilby Wonderful" (2004)

[mortmere]

Ray Kowalski's parents Damian and Barbara Kowalski, for @ds30below character week!

I collected some pictures from the actors' younger years, so we can imagine what Ray's family looked like when he was growing up. Clare Coulter's black-and-white pictures are from 1977 and the color ones are from the movie By Design (1981, available on YouTube). Dan MacDonald's pictures are from the television series Strange Paradise (1969-1970, available on YT) and from the movie The Neptune Factor (1973, available on YT). Dan MacDonald died last year, age 89. Clare Coulter, 82, is still acting.

I like to think Ray's parents were both born circa 1938, so they'd have been in their early twenties when Ray was born, and 86ish today (if fic writers let them live!).

And then, of course, here's their boy, from teen to 21.

According to the official Due South website, Ray has an "extremely succesful brother". I'm glad that's all we ever heard of him in any official context.

[robbersinaforeignlanguage]

// Keith Urban talking about the 1975 //

[kenpiercemedia]

Big Apple Comic Con Releases Artist And Special Guest Rundown for Holiday Event

The Press Release: Big Apple Comic Convention, NYC’s original comic con now in our 28th year, is proud to announce our 4th Annual Holiday Con, a party convention with loads of gifts, prizes, and special events to open and celebrate the Holiday Season, and NYC’s all season love affair with the world of comics and pop culture collectibles with our fans. The BACC Holiday Con features over 100…

[themnmovieman]

MSPIFF 2024 Volume 4

Get ready for Volume 4 of reviews from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival!!

The largest annual celebration of international cinema in the region MSPIFF43 Volume 4 Writing about film for more than ten years has allowed me to cover movies from blockbusters to indies. It’s also given me the privilege of attending major events like TIFF in Toronto and Sundance in Utah.  While traveling around the country is nice, it’s the ultimate thrill to be on my home turf, proudly…

[normmacdonald]

The Rolling Stones reunited for a twenty-fifth anniversary tour last week. Keith Richards said that he's happy to continue doing what he's been doing for the past twenty-five years: cheating death.

Norm Macdonald

[70smarauderz]

my 1970/80s celebrities face claims for the marauders era characters

James Potter

listen this one is gonna sound hilarious but HEAR ME OUT THO jfk jr. like look at the hair and tell me u don’t see it even a little bit, i do kinda have a fc for a desi!james but it’s 100% based on me falling in love with an actors smile and im not sold on the hair (look up young akshay kumar if you’re curious)

Sirius Black

there are a few choices Steve Tyler, Mick Jagger or Keith Richards and while i do love all of them and have a soft spot for mick jagger i have been leaning towards Steve Winwood lately

Remus Lupin

i love thinking about the bowie vibes remus gave off but LISTEN: IAN CURTIS

Peter Pettigrew

i don’t have much to say about this one i just looked at paul young and it felt right peter 100% would style his hair like that idk what to tell u

Lily Evans

jane seymour u are lily to me, u don’t understand that’s how i picture lily i don’t care that her hair is not reallyyyy red that’s literally the lily i saw in my head when i read the books

Marlene Mckinnon

this one was just too easy marlene mckinnon u just are debbie harry to me

Dorcas Meadowes

if marlene was the easiest dorcas was the hardest NO ONE looks like dorcas to me, the only person who comes close is chaka khan because of her smile

Mary MacDonald

i wanted put diahann carroll as mary so bad (because im a little bit obsessed with her) but i already feel like im cheating putting ppl born in the 40s lol, this is brenda sykes and i thing she has the same something in her eyes idk that young diahann has that reminds me of mary

Emmeline Vance

much like jane seymour is lily evans, rekha just is emmeline vance to me idk what to tell you

Frank Longbottom

i don’t even think frank smoked or had a cool look but this specific picture of Joe Strummer grabbed me by the neck and said i am frank longbottom and i had no choice but to agree

you know how i said Dorcas was the hardest? i lied, i have no idea who Alice, Snape or Regulus would be/look like

[marcmarcmomarc]

Kingdom Hearts IV predictions: Radiator Springs/Dinoco Rust-eze Racing Center/Fireball Beach/Thunder Hollow/Thomasville/Florida International Speedway (Cars)

Takes place after Cars 3.

Is visited by Sora, who enters the world as a 2017 Nissan 370Z before visits to Luigi’s Casa Della Tires and Ramone’s House of Body Art end with him modified into a next-gen race car sponsored by Dinoco (with Tex’s blessing) and with Cruz’s number.

It isn’t combat based. Missions include keeping up with McQueen’s top speed by racing down Radiator Springs’ main street, learning how to turn right to go left at Willy’s Butte, driving backwards with Mater, keeping up with Cruz’s top speed on Fireball Beach, avoiding pushy competitors with the Thunder Hollow challengers, and practicing with Cruz at Thomasville, culminating in the Piston Cup race at Florida International Speedway, where the objective is to win against Jackson Storm.

It’s set during Cruz’s first Piston Cup racing season, so McQueen still has Doc’s colors and spends the Florida race as Sora’s crew chief. Also, Ramone wears his “Saludos Amigos” body paint from the epilogue of Cars 3.

As Sora finishes his story, Mater is certainly unhappy with Xehanort’s actions forcing Sora’s hand. “That dad-gum Xehanort”, he says angrily. Extra points if Sora doesn’t get to the part where Xehanort is dead, then Sarge gets in his face and demands him to teach Xehanort a lesson when he gets back in a militaristic manner. “Is that understood,” Sarge yells. Then Sora tries to correct him, but gets cut off and asked again, “Is that understood,” and has to respond, “Sir, yes, sir!”

Of course, during the top speed races, Luigi is the one to signal the race to begin. In the Radiator Springs race, Sora’s top speed is tracked by Sheriff’s speed radar, and on Fireball Beach, it’s via Cruz’s personal assistant, Hamilton.

If you fail the “Turn Right to go Left” mission, Sora goes flying into the bed of cacti, and Mater fishes him out.

“I don’t like to toot my own horn, but…” (HONKS TWICE) “Toot my own horn. That’s funny right there.” - Sir Tow Mater, beginning his backwards driving lesson, 2017

Cars 2 elements will be here. Heck, maybe Mater can’t be present most for the training because he’s busy with Finn and Holley. After all, does he still owe Holley a first date?

I wanted the player character in this world to be Kairi just so Storm can feel the embarrassment of losing to not one, but two “costume girls”.

The Piston Cup race is announced as a 500-lap race, but no game developer is that malicious to force the player to race 500 laps around an oval, so they’d take after the first Cars game and make it twelve laps with the sun slowly lowering throughout the race.

Starring the voices of:

Lightning McQueen: Keith Ferguson

Cruz Ramirez: Cristela Alonzo

Tow Mater: Larry the Cable Guy

Smokey: Chris Cooper

Sally Carrera: Bonnie Hunt

Luigi: Tony Shalhoub

Guido: Guido Quaroni

Mack: John Ratzenberger

Fillmore: Lloyd Sherr

Sarge: Paul Dooley

Ramone: Cheech Marin

Flo: Jenifer Lewis

Sheriff: Michael Wallis

Lizzie: Laraine Newman

Red: Jerome Ranft

Jackson Storm: A.J. Hamilton

Natalie Certain: Kerry Washington

Finn McMissile: Martin Jarvis

Holley Shiftwell: Emily Mortimer

Sterling: Nathan Fillion

Louise “Barnstormer” Nash: Wendie Malick

River Scott: Kevin Michael Richardson

Junior “Midnight” Moon: Jason Douglas

Mater’s Computer: Teresa Gallagher

Chick Hicks: Bob Peterson

Miss Fritter: Lea DeLaria

Tex Dinoco: Humpy Wheeler

Hamilton: Lewis Hamilton

Bob Cutlass: Bob Costas

Darrell Cartrip: Darrell Waltrip

Strip “The King” Weathers: Richard Petty

Ray Reverham: Ray Evernham

Maddy McGear: Madeleine McGraw

Shannon Spokes: Shannon Spake

Cal Weathers: Kyle Petty

Doc Hudson: Corey Burton & Paul Newman

McQueen’s Biggest Fan: A.J. Riebli III

Tractors: Steve Purcell

Millie: Lori Alan

Tomber: Michel Michelis

Siddeley: Jason Isaacs

The Queen: Vanessa Redgrave

Stephenson: Joe MacDonald

Prince Wheeliam: Christopher Sabat

Sweet Tea: Andra Day

Bobby Swift: Angel Oquendo

Brick Yardley: Will Collyer

Crazy Eight Commentator: John DeMita

Arvy Motorhome: Jeremy Maxwell

Dr. Damage: Bob Peterson

Roscoe: Will Collyer

Mr. Drippy: Peter Sohn

Taco: Patrick Rodriguez

Jimbo: Anthony Sardinha

T-Bone: Andrew Stanton

APB: Jessie James Grelle

Blind Spot: Jessica Nigri

Pushover: Kaiji Tang

Tailgate: Jen Taylor

Cigalert: Barbara Dunkelman

Fishtail: Dustin Matthews

Broadside: Kyle Phillips

Patty: Maggie Tominey

Bill: Tyler Coe

Pileup: Brendan Blaber

High Impact: Lindsay Jones

Faregame: Jason Pace

Airborne: Tiana Camacho

Superfly: Django Craig

Jambalaya Chimichanga: Jen Brown

Liability: Samantha Ireland

Hit: Gus Sorola

Run: Christopher Guerrero

Todd: Alex Mai

Danny Swervez: Daniel Suárez

Ryan “Inside” Laney: Ryan Blaney

Bubba Wheelhouse: Bubba Wallace

Chase Racelott: Chase Elliott

Tim Treadless: Kerry Shawcross

Rich Mixon: Corey Krueger

Cam Spinner: Zeno Robinson

H.J. Hollis: Alejandro Saab

Ed Truncan: Adam Ellis

Herb Curbler: Burnie Burns

Aaron Clocker: Miles Luna

Harvey Rodcap: Garrett Hunter

J.D. McPillar: Michael Jones

Flip Dover: Yuri Lowenthal

Barry DePedal: Kyle Taylor

Steve LaPage: Blaine Gibson

Conrad Camber: Aaron Marquis

Sheldon Shifter: Gavin Free

Paul Conrev: Flynt Flossy

Michael Rotor: Travis Willingham

Richie Gunzit: Ben Schwartz

Eric Braker: Nick Landis

Spikey Fillups: Neath Oum

Chris Roamin’: Connor Pickens

Dan Carcia: Clifford Chapin

Jonas Carvers: Scott Frerichs

Jim Reverick: Howard Wang

George New-Win: Dustin Matthews

Noah Gocek: Eric Baudour

Will Rusch: Aaron Dismuke

M Fast Fong: Todd Womack

Nick Shift: Mick Lauer

J.P. Drive: Richard Norman

Tom W.: Christopher Wehkamp

Sudeep: Aaron Dismuke

Krzysztof: Grant George

Shriram: Bryce Papenbrook

Kurt: Django Craig

Ronald: Alec Willows

Junyi: Todd Haberkorn

Gabriel: Levi Nuñez

Aiden: Angel Oquendo

Jae: Michael Malconian

Ernesto: Robbie Daymond

Melissa Bernabrake: Cia Court

Pat Traxson: Jason Rose

Laura Spinwell: Kara Eberle

Gale Beaufort: Anairis Quiñones

[goalhofer]

2024-25 Florida Panthers famous relations

#16 Aleksandr Barkov: Son of M.H.K. Spartak Moscow head coach Alexander Barkov. #34 Adam Boqvist: Brother of panthers C Jesper Boqvist. #70 Jesper Boqvist: Brother of panthers D Adam Boqvist. #12 Jonah Gadjovich: Nephew of former Innsbrucker E.V. RW Blair MacDonald & former Sudbury Wolves senior advisor Tony MacDonald, brother-in-law of Carolina Hurricanes G Spencer Martin and cousin of former Bakersfield Condors director of hockey operations Kevin MacDonald. #13 Sam Reinhart: Son of former Vancouver Canucks D Paul Reinhart and brother of former Belleville Senators C Max Reinhart & former Belfast Giants D Griffin Reinhart. #25 Matthew Samoskevich: Brother of Quinnipiac University women's hockey director of player development Melissa Samoskevich. #19 Matthew Tkachuk: Son of former St. Louis Blues LW Keith Tkachuk, brother of Ottawa Senators LW Braeden Tkachuk, cousin of New Jersey Devils director of hockey operations/GM Tom Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh Penguins C Kevin Hayes & former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins RW the late Jimmy Hayes and 2nd cousin of Hartford Wolf Pack D Casey Fitzgerald & former Utica Comets LW Ryan Fitzgerald.

[vintagetvstars]

Hot Vintage TV Ladies Bracket - Round 1

Round 1 (All polls)

Bea Arthur Vs. Bea Benaderet

Barbara Eden Vs. Kathryn Leigh Scott

Kellye Nakahara Vs. Janine Turner

Betty White Vs. Gracie Allen

Joely Richardson Vs. Miranda Richardson

Holland Taylor Vs. Joan Collins

Joan Chen Vs. Rachel Bilson

Lucille Ball Vs. Suzanne Pleshette

Angela Lansbury Vs. Eartha Kitt

Alex Kingston Vs. Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Gina Torres Vs. Sherilyn Fenn

Katee Sackhoff Vs. Geraldine James

Barbara Feldon Vs. Carol Cleveland

Amanda Tapping Vs. Nana Visitor

Amanda Randolph Vs. Barbara Mullen

Kate Jackson Vs. Kim Cattrall

Emma Thompson Vs. Penelope Keith

Rue McClanahan Vs. Barbara Stanwyck

Thalía Vs. Sheila Kuehl

Joan Bennett Vs. Grayson Hall

Julie Newmar Vs. Lalla Ward

Farrah Fawcett Vs. Catherine Bach

Diahann Carroll Vs. Siân Phillips

Mary Tyler Moore Vs. Jan Smithers

Nichelle Nichols Vs. Yvonne Craig

Carolyn Jones Vs. Lara Parker

Janet Hubert Vs. Marcia Strassman

Jackée Harry Vs. Dawn French

Tina Louise Vs. Linda Cristal

Eva Gabor Vs. Anne Francis

Lynda Carter Vs. Peggy Lipton

Courteney Cox Vs. Mädchen Amick

Vivica A Fox Vs. Julia Duffy

Valerie Harper Vs. Jaclyn Smith

Doris Day Vs. Dawn Wells

Debbie Allen Vs. Elizabeth Montgomery

Karyn Parsons Vs. Katy Manning

Deidre Hall Vs. Phyllis Logan

Jeri Ryan Vs. Mira Furlan

Lucy Lawless Vs. Claudia Black

Morena Baccarin Vs. Shannen Doherty

Jonelle Allen Vs. Francesca Annis

Jane Seymour Vs. Annette Crosbie

Diana Rigg Vs. Joanna Lumley

Melissa Joan Hart Vs. Lisa Robin Kelly

Lisa Bonet / Lilakoi Moon Vs. Lisa Hartman

Eliza Dushku Vs. Chloe Annett

Fran Drescher Vs. Mariska Hargitay

Lauren Graham Vs. Charisma Carpenter

Marlo Thomas Vs. Lily Tomlin

Connie Booth Vs. Barbara Billingsley

Gillian Anderson Vs. Alexandra Paul

Penny Johnson Jerald Vs. Mag Ruffman

Sarah Jessica Parker Vs. Judy Parfitt

Cicely Tyson Vs. Aimi MacDonald

Anna May Wong Vs. Peggy Ashcroft

Carol Burnett Vs. Elisabeth Sladen

Sarah Michelle Gellar Vs. Hattie Hayridge

Pamela Anderson Vs. Loretta Swit

Itatí Cantoral Vs. Audrey Meadows

Jane Krakowski Vs. Jennifer Aniston

Terry Farrell Vs. Nicole de Boer

Carole André Vs. Melissa Leo Vs. Sabrina Lloyd

Eve Arden Vs. Dorothy Provine Vs. Vivian Vance

[bisexualdawnsummers]

"Wilby Wonderful" (2004)

[scotianostra]

On June 24th 1314 the Battle of Bannockburn was concluded.

The painting by the late Andrew Hillhouse compresses all the main events of the second day of the battle.

The Scots’ forces first appeared to the English along the low ridge, at the upper left of the painting, where the knelt to pray. Seeing them kneel, the English King, Edward II, called out “Ha! They kneel for mercy!” misunderstanding their intent. The Scots then stood up and marched in their schiltrons down the hill, straight towards the massing English knights, under cover from their own archers. The English archers reacted swiftly, however, and quickly drove the few Scots archers from the field. They must have been buoyed by this and lulled into believing they could vanquish the Scots.

However beneath this ridge is the line of casualties where the two armies first clashed. The well drilled Scottish lines held at the impact of the poorly organised English cavalry, they then began driving back the Auld Enemy in a relentless, murderous, crushing slog. The lines were packed so closely together that English support from their archers quickly became impossible.

In the lower left of the image, two Scottish soldiers can be seen holding aloft the standard of the English Earl of Gloucester, taunting the English lines. Gloucester had been stung by accusations of cowardice from his own king the day before. Subsequently, upon seeing the Scots’ advance, he hastily formed up the vanguard of the English cavalry and charged without even pausing to don his own surcoat. With great bravery, he charged the Scottish lines but went down under the spears of Edward Bruce’s men. Without his surcoat, he was not recognised as a potentially valuable hostage and was killed by the rampaging Scots. Behind these two characters, Scottish foot soldiers take English knights hostage.

In the far distance, to the right hand side, men can be seen running from horses. The English had redeployed their now redundant archers across the Pelstream Burn, on the Scots’ left flank, where they wreaked total havoc amongst the Scotsmen under the command of the Black Douglas and Walter the Steward. But the Bruce had foreseen just such a development and deployed the Scots light cavalry under Sir Robert Keith in a circuitous movement to dispatch them. Unseen by the English, they tracked swiftly through the concealing countryside to take the English archers by surprise and drove them from the field.

In the centre of the painting can be seen the huge Lion Rampant, the position of King Robert. It was at this point that the Bruce deployed his own schiltron, with support from Angus Og MacDonald and his highlanders, who he had previously held in reserve. As they smashed into the thick of the battle, the English began to lose heart. They were being driven back mercilessly and yet most had been unable to reach the front line to strike a blow. They could not manoeuvre effectively in the tight confines and on such broken terrain. Many fell beneath the crush, never to rise again and panic began to surge through their ranks.

English King Edward was persuaded to leave the field by his advisers as order in the English ranks collapsed and he fled for nearby Stirling castle with his escort. Upon seeing the Royal Standard, three golden leopards on a scarlet background, leaving the field, the English collapse became inevitable as depicted in the right hand side of the painting. The Scottish archers returned to the field to wreak havoc upon the fleeing English.

The “small folk” abandoned their reserve position by Coxet Hill and took to the field. It is unlikely that Robert the Bruce ordered this charge, but its effect was devastating upon the already retreating English forces. Seeing these hundreds of figures rush into battle carrying workmen’s tools as weapons and waving homemade banners, the English mistook them as another Scottish reserve force entering the fray. Subsequently, they totally disintegrated and fled the field, pursued in every direction by vengeful Scots.

The rout was complete. King Edward eventually reached English occupied Stirling Castle but was refused entry by the castle commander, Sir Philip Moubray, as this would only have resulted in the King’s ultimate capture. He and his retinue were pursued relentlessly south and east to Dunbar by the Black Douglas.

[buffskeleton]

oh man this is Exactly what i keep saying and trying to explain to other adults we don't give teenagers any space to exist in society and then we complain when they start acting out in public or shut themselves away in their rooms. they literally can't win

[consanguinitatum]

David Tennant's Obscure TV Appearances: 1989's Biting The Hands

I'm back from my visit with my family and ready to dive straight into my latest find - I'm excited to share I've finally obtained access to David's 3rd earliest TV performance! His first two performances were in 1988: his anti-smoking ad, and in Dramarama: The Secret Of Croftmore. And in 1989 he did a Play On One called Biting The Hands. And I've FINALLY got it! Biting The Hands has been one of the most elusive pieces of work David did in his early years. First, it wasn't a sitcom or an ad but a one-off play, and it was broadcast in the late 1980s, limiting its exposure to those who might be recording on beta or VHS. It was part of the second series of the prime-time contemporary single TV play series, The Play On One (which was itself a re-tooling of an older series called The Play For Today.) Biting The Hands was directed by Carol Wilks and produced by Norman McCandlish. It was 75 mins in length, and was broadcast at 9:30 pm on 11 Apr 1989. Here's the play's synopsis: "Linda and Gail are Hell's Belles - an alternative comedy double act. When success begins to beckon, they must decide whether to change their act or keep doing what they believe in. Are their principles justified, or are they just 'biting the hand that feeds them'?"

The writer of Biting The Hands, Rona Munro, was born in Aberdeen in 1959 and is an award-winning Scottish playwright. She started writing professionally in 1981 and has written for film, television, stage and radio. Biting The Hands was Munro's first play for BBC-TV. Given today's excitement about the Doctor Who 60th Anniversary trailer, it might interest Whovians to know Munro wrote the classic DW story Survival as well as the New Who story The Eaters of Light, making her the first (and only!) writer to do both Classic and New Who!

But Munro has yet ANOTHER connection with our dear DT! For their production of Scotland Matters in 1992, the 7:84 Scottish People's Theatre asked established Scottish writers to consider aspects of life in Scotland and write playlets about them. Munro was one of these writers! She wrote a playlet called 'The Fence' for Scotland Matters which concerned the interrogation of a Gulf War peace protester. In a turn around of questioning technique, we are told the story through the security police and not via the protester. David played the protester Keith!

But back to Biting The Hands - which was produced three years before Scotland Matters and filmed when David was still in drama school. Let's take a look at what the play was about, and go more in depth about its stars: Judith Sweeney (Linda) and Louise Beattie (Gail).

Judith Sweeney (Linda McKay) attended David's alma mater - the RSAMD, now the Royal Conservatoire - and graduated in 1977. She played the role of Sally Shaw on the Scottish soap opera Take The High Road. Louise Beattie (Gail Graham) later went on to star in Emmerdale.

Here are a few more articles on "Biting The Hands" from the time of its broadcast:

Beattie's older sister Maureen has ALSO starred with DT many times! Among these are For One Night Only (an evening of theatrical prose, poetry, and gossip at the Swan Theatre for the 1998 RSC Fringe Festival) and a 2001 staged reading of Medea at the Cottesloe Theatre. More recently, Maureen has played David’s mother in Deadwater Fell, and Kelly MacDonald's mother in The Decoy Bride!

Now we've been introduced to the stars of the play, and we know what it's about, let's get to David's part! His part begins about 47 minutes into the play, and it's a role which makes up a total of about 20 whole seconds. He plays one of three squaddies (low-ranking military) and is in a group of soldiers who travel on the train the main characters Linda and Gail board in Edinburgh to go to London - but he's not seen in this particular scene. After the ladies board the return train back home to Edinburgh, by coincidence these same squaddies happen to be traveling on their train. David's character is the only one of the squaddies to speak, and his words entail wolf-whistles at the two women and calling them "Pet"! Here are some screenshots:

In a later scene, Linda and Gail happen to bump into another friend on the train, and the three open a bottle of liquor and sing and drink. David's character sings and drinks with them. Here are a few screenshots of that short scene:

You may notice in the first set of screenshots David is clean shaven & in the second, he sports a mustache. These scenes all supposedly occur on the same train from London to Edinburgh so it seems there's a continuity error here. Perhaps these scenes were shot at different times?

These short scenes are the only times David appears in the play. He's given credit in the end titles. Of significance, though, is he is NOT credited as the "Third Squaddie" (a designation I've seen all over the Internet for close to a decade). He's just the third squaddie listed.

The BFI (British Film Institute) holds a VHS video recording of Biting The Hands. The copy is in "pending" status, which means it's unlikely the copy can be viewed.

Before I close this post on Biting The Hands, two more little benefits: here are its opening sequence, and its title frame!

[thessalian]

Found this in the Guardian awhile ago, and figured it should be shared.

I have this thing about the tendency to demonise things like phones and video games. Because everything else that kids might want to do gets demonised too. Kids aren't allowed to "loiter" - that is what we used to call "hanging out" back in the day. Even in the few remaining places where they can more or less "loiter", they get the stink-eye from adults who seem to think they're going to make trouble just by breathing. And while parents bitch about kids always being on their phones, let a kid leave one behind when their parents have an app tracking their kid's phone and watch how fast they change their tune. "You have to keep your phone on you at all times! NO! NOT LIKE THAT!" For fuck's sake.

"Kids are addicted to this stuff!" Okay, that's how you're phrasing it, we'll work with that - what are you providing them as an alternative? I ask this of ... basically everyone. Parents. Teachers and school superintendants. Civic planners and government. If you want to keep kids away from online bullying and predatory monetisation and ... honestly, that's the only thing really wrong with video games, since they're mostly just a more active version of reading or watching TV ... give them something else to do! Give them parks! Skate parks and regular parks with benches and gazebos and maybe a little botanical garden segment! Give them libraries (or, more to the point, stop taking away their libraries)! Stop giving them the stink-eye if they sit around the mall food court, nursing a single beverage for an hour because they can't afford anything else!

Fuck's sake. I know kids and teens can be annoying sometimes, but they need and frankly deserve a place where they're free to be as annoying as they want. (And they should also be allowed to play video games because if you take out the bullshit monetisation and multiplayer lobbies full of assholes, video games are good.)