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Tão ruim quanto a própria peste: "O Derradeiro Julgamento" (The reckoning, 2020)

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Preview- Worzel Gummidge: The Combined Harvest Edition (Bluray)

WORZELESE: Every word of three letters or less ends with “dip” and words of four letters or more end in “zel”. Throw in a “wor” after every letter and you can speak the language like a native. Thanks to Fabulous Films you can revisit Jon Pertwee in his favourite role as Worzel Gummidge, alongside Una Stubbs, Geoffrey Bayldon, Jeremy Austin, Charlotte Coleman, Mike Berry, Norman Bird, Megs Jenkins…

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The actor Ian Lavender, who has died aged 77, played the awkward, impulsive Private Frank Pike in the long-running BBC comedy Dad’s Army, and was the last surviving member of the cast who portrayed Captain Mainwaring’s Home Guard platoon.

Most of the part-time soldiers depicted in the series, which ran from 1968 to 1977, were exempted from call-up to the army during the second world war because of advanced age. Pike, their junior in most cases by several decades, had been excused because of his weak chest, and always wore the scarf insisted upon by his widowed mum, Mavis.

In spite of their foibles and foolishness, Mainwaring’s pomposity and the frequent slapstick sequences, the heroes of Dad’s Army were courageous men prepared to give their lives to protect their country, and it was this innate nobility that lifted the series, written by David Croft and Jimmy Perry, to greatness. At its peak it had more than 18 million weekly viewers, and is still regularly rerun.

There were many catchphrases – Lance Corporal Jones’s “Don’t panic!”, Private Frazer’s “We’re doomed!” and Sergeant Wilson’s languid “Do you think that’s wise, sir?” – and the best-remembered belongs to the gangster movie-fixated Pike, though he did not utter it himself: Mainwaring’s weary “You stupid boy!”

Pike was also involved in Dad’s Army’s most frequently quoted joke. “What is your name?” snarls the German U-boat commander who has been captured by the platoon. “Don’t tell him, Pike,” shouts Mainwaring. There was often great subtlety in the inter-platoon relationships, best exemplified by that of Pike and Wilson (John Le Mesurier). Wilson, whom Pike calls Uncle Arthur, is Mrs Pike’s lodger, and is forever fussing around the boy, making sure his scarf is on tight and gently steering him away from danger. It was not until the end of the final series that Lavender asked Croft if “Uncle Arthur” was actually Pike’s father. “Of course,” replied Croft.

Born in Birmingham, Ian was the son of Edward, a policeman, and Kathleen (nee Johnson), a housewife; his mother often took him to see pantomimes, variety shows and Saturday morning cinema, which gave him his first ambitions to become an actor. After performing in many school drama productions at Bournville boys’ technical school he was accepted, with the help of a grant from the city of Birmingham, by the Bristol Old Vic acting school. Clearly far from being a stupid boy, he passed 12 O-levels and four A-levels. “The only reason I don’t have a degree is because I went to drama school,” he said years later.

He made his first television appearance soon after he graduated from Bristol in 1968, playing an aspiring writer whose family want him to get a proper job, in Ted Allan’s play for the Half Hour Story series, Flowers at My Feet, with Angela Baddeley and Jane Hylton.

In the same year, he was cast as Pike, joining the seasoned veterans of comedy and the classics Le Mesurier, Arthur Lowe (Mainwaring), Clive Dunn (Jones), John Laurie (Frazer), James Beck (Private Walker), Arnold Ridley (Private Godfrey) and Bill Pertwee as Air Raid Warden Hodges. Janet Davies played Mrs Pike.

While Dad’s Army catapulted Lavender to national fame at the age of 22, the role of Pike haunted him for the rest of his long career. Not that he had any complaints.

Asked in 2014 if he got fed up with a lifetime of having “stupid boy” called out to him in the street, he replied: “I’m very proud of Dad’s Army. If you asked me ‘Would you like to be in a sitcom that was watched by 18 million people, was on screen for 10 years, and will create lots of work for you and provide not just for you but for your children for the next 40-odd years?’ – which is what happened – I’d be a fool to say ‘Bugger off.’ I’d be a fool to have regrets.”

After Dad’s Army, Lavender made further television appearances, including Mr Big (1977), with Peter Jones and Prunella Scales, and in 1983 he revived Pike for the BBC radio sitcom It Sticks Out Half a Mile, a sequel to Dad’s Army, but it was not a success and lasted only one series. In contrast, the original series, with most of the regular cast, had been rerecorded for radio from 1974 to 1976 and proved very popular.

He was also in the BBC TV series Come Back Mrs Noah (1977-78), co-written by Croft; and played Ron in a new version of The Glums (1979) for London Weekend Television, adapted from Frank Muir and Denis Norden’s original radio scripts of the 1950s. There were more smallish television parts in the 80s, such as two episodes of Yes, Minister, and bits in Keeping Up Appearances, Goodnight Sweetheart, Rising Damp and Casualty. He starred in the unsuccessful BBC series The Hello Goodbye Man in 1984 and provided the lead voice in the children’s cartoon series PC Pinkerton in 1988.

He was also in various quiz shows, including Cluedo (1990). On Celebrity Mastermind, broadcast on BBC1 on New Year’s Day 2009, when the presenter John Humphrys asked him to state his name, a fellow contestant, Rick Wakeman, shouted: “Don’t tell him, Pike!”

In addition to co-starring in the first film version of Dad’s Army (1971), he appeared in various low-level British sex farces of the 1970s, including Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975), Carry on Behind (1975), Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976) and Adventures of a Private Eye (1976). He also starred in the thriller 31 North 62 East (2009). “I was close to getting two very big movies in the 70s,” he said without rancour in 2014, “but in the end they said: ‘We can’t get past Private Pike.’”

Lavender’s second best-known role was his delicate and sympathetic portrayal of Derek Harkinson, Pauline Fowler’s gay friend, in the BBC soap EastEnders from 2001 to 2005, and again in 2016-17.

In addition to various live Dad’s Army productions, his stage work included the Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Merchant of Venice, directed by Peter Hall and with Dustin Hoffman as Shylock in 1989, touring as the Narrator in The Rocky Horror Show in 2005, Monsignor Howard in the London Palladium production of the musical Sister Act in 2009, The Shawshank Redemption at the Edinburgh fringe in 2013, and his own one-man show of reminiscences, Don’t Tell Him, Pike.

Lavender had a great admiration for Buster Keaton, and was an expert on the silent comedian’s career. In 2011 he introduced Keaton’s Sherlock Jr (1924) at the Slapstick silent comedy festival in Bristol, and commented that finding Keaton’s grave in the Fountain Lawns cemetery in Hollywood had been one of his life’s special moments.

In 2016 a new cinema version of Dad’s Army was released, with Toby Jones as Mainwaring and Bill Nighy as Wilson. Private Pike was played by Blake Harrison, and Lavender was promoted to play Brigadier Pritchard. In a touching in-joke, his younger face was also seen on an advertisement poster in a street scene.

Lavender is survived by his second wife, Miki Hardy, whom he married in 1993; by his sons, Sam and Daniel, from his first marriage, to the actor Suzanne Kershiss, which ended in divorce; and by two granddaughters.

🔔 Arthur Ian Lavender, actor, born 16 February 1946; died 2 February 2024

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Since my kids have gotten into Doctor Who recently I've re-watched a lot of episodes and I will leave the following remarks.

I am for sure all about Bill but I already knew that.

The Agatha Christie episode was better than I remembered.

Genesis of the Daleks is such a damn good episode from Baker's run.

I was a little surprised that my kids could hang with the old who

The very first ep from 1963 is better than I remembered too but still kinda boring.

Pertwee has always been my fav of the classic era but the kids don't seem to vibe with him much yet

My son got real into "the doctor's daughter", "fires of Pompeii", "smile" and "the end of earth"

Eccleston so good

Basically every actor is my favorite when they're the one on screen but I really think Ncuti will cement a place as one of the best to ever do it

[incomingalbatross]

Doctor Who fancast of LotR, current draft:

Bilbo: Patrick Troughton <3

Gandalf: Peter Capaldi (this is only partly on account of his eyebrows)

Frodo: Paul McGann. I'm VERY committed to this

Sam: ???

Merry: Ian Marter. He's a posh lad, our Merry

Pippin: Frazer Hines (who otherwise would be a shoo-in for Sam)

Lobelia: ?? Don't know but she deserves the best in terms of casting. Considering SJA-era Liz Sladen

Gildor, Farmer Maggot, Fatty: All ?? (Farmer Maggot MIGHT be John Levene. Might be Sylvester McCoy.)

Tom Bombadil: Colin Baker. Listen, I was very torn here because OBVIOUSLY Tom Baker has the correct energy, but Colin does too and I think he would have more fun with the little songs. Also I want to save Tom Baker's voice for someone else

Goldberry: Lalla Ward (...unfortunately another point for Tom as Tom)

Butterbur: ...I feel like there's an obvious choice but I don't have him

Aragorn: Nicholas Courtney, YES my Brigadier bias is showing through, but you know he could handle "running herd on the hobbits"

Glorfindel: Peter Davison

Elrond: Matt Smith. Listen I like this choice so much. Old and wise and the last of his kind!!

Arwen: ?? This just feels like a game of "which dark-haired DW actress do I declare the Most Beautiful," except they also need the correct Elvish Vibes. For the vibes especially, I'm considering Carole Ann Ford. But then there's Mary Tamm, who is properly Tall. idk.

Boromir: ???

Legolas: Peter Purves?? I can't even tell you why he just kinda seems to fit and that's the best I got.

Gimli: Michael Craze??? See above.

Galadriel: ?? Again, this should be easier. DW has so many good actresses. But I can't think of anyone who's quite right. Mary Tamm in a blonde wig? Jacqueline Hill ditto? Lalla Ward would be great if she were just taller, but I don't regret giving her Goldberry either.

Celeborn: ??

Eomer: David Tennant. Eomer has a good range of Big Emotions, which I feel is important when casting David Tennant. (And yes I'm waiving the hair color here too.)

Treebeard: Tom Baker. THIS is what I was saving his voice for. You get it right??

Quickbeam: ??

Theoden: William Hartnell. <3 This one is very important to me.

Eowyn: Karen Gillian. Listen. She could DO it. (Also this makes both siblings Scottish, which amuses me.)

Grima: ??

Saruman: Jon Pertwee. I wanted him for Denethor too, but if I have to choose... Saruman.

Gollum: ?? Casting anyone as Gollum just feels mean.

Faramir: Hnggggh... I am considering both William Russell (Ian bias) and Arthur Darvill (to be opposite Karen Gillian but also he likes cool parts with gravitas). I don't know.

Denethor: ?? All wizard-adjacent characters should be played by Doctors but I've used all the applicable Doctors. ...Anthony Ainley?

Beregond: ?? He FEELS like a John Levene character but John Levene also feels like he really should be a hobbit. I am considering Duggan's actor on the grounds that he's also an everyman

Bergil: ?? I don't have any child actors on hand

Halbrand: ??

Elladan and Elrohir: ??

Prince of Dol Amroth: Okay actually THIS is William Russell

Ioreth: Catherine Tate I think

The Master of the Houses of Healing: pick any half-decent Time Lord, they'll fit the bill :P

Farmer Cotton: ??

Rosie Cotton: Either Anneke Wills or Katy Manning, probably. Or maybe Jenna Coleman.

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Birthdays 7.7

Beer Birthdays

Alice Brookston (2004)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Bill Campbell; actor (1959)

George Cukor; film director (1899)

Jim Gaffigan; comedian (1966)

Robert A. Heinlein; writer (1907)

Ringo Starr; rock drummer (1940)

Famous Birthdays

Simone Beck; French chef, cookbook writer (1904)

Pierre Cardin; fashion designer (1922)

Marc Chagall; French artist (1887)

Mo Collins; actor (1965)

Vittorio De Sica; Italian film director (1901)

Shelley Duvall; actor (1949)

David Eddings; writer (1931)

William Entner; pop singer, guitarist (1944)

Jessica Hahn; model (1959)

Joseph Jacquard; loom inventor (1752)

Michelle Kwan; figure skater (1980)

Charlie Louvin; country singer (1927)

Gustav Mahler; Austrian composer (1860)

Gian Carlo Menotti; Italian composer (1911)

Hank Mobley; jazz saxophonist, composer (1930)

Bill Oddie; British comedian, actor, ornithologist (1941)

Satchel Paige; Negro Leagues, Cleveland Indians P (1906)

Jon Pertwee; actor, "Dr. Who" (1919)

Doc Severinsen; trumpet player, bandleader (1927)

Vonda Shepard; pop singer (1963)

Joe Spano; actor (1946)

Joe Zawinul; jazz keyboardist, composer (1932)

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Just to prove I truly am older than the average Tumblr user - I have a walker on order from Amazon lol - here is a collection of opening credits and other stuff from TV shows that aired during the 1973-74 TV season in the US - 50 years ago. All these particular shows were cancelled after only one season, but I post it because 1973 was when I became old enough to actively watch and be engaged with TV shows - before then it was just background noise. I would have been 4 years old. Not included in this survey is the fact the 1973-74 season also saw the debut of The Six Million Dollar Man - my first childhood hero - along with Happy Days, a show that (coupled with a November 1973 appearance on a Canadian music TV show) introduced me to the music of Bill Haley, who I have been a fan of (and, since the 2000s, recognized expert in) ever since. And in the UK (the anniversary is coming up in a couple of months) Jon Pertwee made his final regular appearance as the Third Doctor in June 1974, though I was still about 13 years away from first properly watching Doctor Who myself at this point.

PS: A warning: though not a TV show, the video includes the legitimately disturbing infamous Smokey the Bear PSA where Joanna Cassidy takes her face off to reveal Smokey underneath - this gave a generation of kids nightmares in 1973 and it's no less potent today. So much so I actually get a little flashback when I see her in Blade Runner. LOL

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Thinking about the poll about which doctor fucked Hudini and you know what? I think they should add in past Doctor exes bc he’s been gay this whole time. Ncuti mentioned Pertwees style, Eccleston flirts with dudes, Capaldi said to Bill that he crushed on the master when he thinks he was a dude AND that Time Lords are too advanced for all the human weirdness about gender and sexuality. Not one of the Doctors were straight bc Time Lords just don’t care about all that when they can regenerate into anything and so can their partners

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The Birb is doing their impression of ARP Warden Hodges from Dad's Army (played by the brilliant Bill Pertwee) shouting "PUT THAT LIGHT OUT!"

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July 21 Zodiac - Full Horoscope Personality

A piece vain, with a marvelous disposition: they are protectors of nature and provincial life. They are keen on horticulture and appreciate the excellence of nature in the entirety of its structures. Unequivocal and patient, they are individuals with political propensities and public person. They are extremely delicate to a wide range of impacts, thusly they can't feel cheerful except if they are in an agreeable climate. Patient, serene: dependable in their feelings and connections, fit for forfeiting themselves for their friends and family and goals. Respectable, profound thought, alluringly powerful over others. They will make progress according to land, houses, land, as well as water, ocean and route. Your marriage doesn't guarantee bliss, despite the fact that it could bring some material addition. The deficiencies of this birthday incorporate being genuinely and erotically degenerate, inefficiency, and shortcoming of will, making them untrustworthy. They will have a few errors with their folks. They can get past life deftly, despite the fact that they need to get cash only for it, so they could risk becoming tightfisted. Their wellbeing is very sensitive: they are misused areas of strength for with, awful news, worry for their friends and family or monetary challenges. There is an inclination to stress and over the top distortion. Fretfulness, disappointment, and accomplishments made in a negative way adversely impact processing. Treating these individuals' sicknesses ought to likewise incorporate focusing on their creative mind, which continues to track down new explanations behind concern.

July 21 Zodiac - Full Horoscope Personality 

 In the event that your birthday is July 21, your zodiac sign is Malignant growth

July 21 - character and character character: perfect, diligent, autonomous, hateful, severe, brutal calling: dressmaker, janitor, engine driver tones: pink, brown, red stone: coral creature: starfish plant: poplar fortunate numbers: 4,18,19,31,41,55 very fortunate number: 21 Occasions and Observances - July 21 Venezuela: Public Veterinary Specialist Day. Bolivia: Day of the saints of the Public Upset. Guam: Freedom Day. Belgium: Public day. July 21 Superstar Birthday. Who was conceived that very day as you? 1903: Silvina Ocampo, Argentine essayist, brief tale author and writer (f. 1993) 1905: Miguel Mihura, Spanish essayist, visual artist and comedian (f. 1977). 1911: Marshall McLuhan, Canadian writer (d. 1980). 1917: Emilio Romero Gდ³mez, Spanish columnist. 1919: Nuto Revelli, Italian essayist. 1920: Constance Dowling, American entertainer. 1920: Zelmar Guenol, Argentine entertainer and jokester (d. 1985). 1920: Steady Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (d. 2005). 1920: Isaac Harsh, Ukrainian musician. 1922: Juana Ginzo, Spanish radio entertainer. 1923: Rudolph Marcus, American physicist, 1992 Nobel Prize in Science. 1924: Wear Knotts, American entertainer (d. 2006). 1925: Osiris Rodrდ­guez Castillos, Uruguayan writer and author. 1926: Norman Jewison, Canadian producer. 1926: Bill Pertwee, English comic entertainer (d. 2013). 1930: Javier Escrivდ¡, Spanish entertainer. 1934: Anatoli Geleskul, Russian interpreter (d. 2011). 1935: Juan Pablo Izquierdo, performer, Chilean guide, Public Award of Melodic Crafts of Chile. 1936: Julio Valdeდ³n Baruque, Spanish antiquarian. 1938: Janet Reno, previous US head legal officer. 1939: Chacho Echenique, Argentine folkloric creator and author, of the Salteno Pair. 1939: John Negroponte, American ambassador. 1940: Alcy Cheuiche, Brazilian essayist. 1941: Tina Serrano, Argentine entertainer. 1943: Edward Herrmann, American entertainer (d. 2014). 1943: Lucrecia Mდ©ndez de Penedo, Guatemalan teacher, abstract pundit and writer. 1944: John Evans Atta Plants, Ghanaian president (d. 2012). 1944: Tony Scott, English producer (d. 2012). 1946: Domingo Felipe Cavallo, Argentine business analyst. 1948: Beppe Grillo, Italian joke artist, entertainer and government official. 1948: Feline Stevens (Yusuf Islam), English artist. 1948: Litto Nebbia, Argentine artist. 1948: Guillermo Ortiz Martდ­nez, Mexican business analyst. 1949: Franco Simone, Italian artist musician. 1949: Oscar Osqui Amante, Argentine guitarist and artist, of the band Oveja Negra (f. 2014). 1950: Ubaldo Fillol, Argentine soccer player. 1951: Robin Williams, American entertainer (d. 2014). 1955: Marcelo Bielsa, Argentine soccer player and mentor. 1955: Joaquდ­n Galდ¡n, Argentine artist musician, of the Pimpinela team. 1955: Andrდ©s Palma, Chilean business analyst. 1957: Jon Lovitz, American entertainer and joke artist. 1958: Liliana Bodoc, Argentine essayist. 1958? Giulia Tamayo Leდ³n, Peruvian legal counselor, protector of ladies' privileges (f. 2014). 1960: Fritz Walter, German footballer. 1961: Jim Martin, American guitarist, of the band Confidence No More. 1962: Lee Aaron, Canadian artist. 1964: Gustavo Bermდºdez, Argentine entertainer. 1965: Javier Calamaro, Argentine artist. 1966: Gabriel Schultz, Argentine radio and TV host and columnist. 1967: Dmitri Kholodov, Russian columnist (d. 1994). 1968: Brandi Chastain, American footballer. 1969: Klaus Graf, German motorsport driver. 1970: Michael Fitzpatrick, American artist of the band Fitz and The Fits of rage 1971: Charlotte Gainsbourg, French entertainer and vocalist. 1973: Fey, Mexican artist. 1974: Jordi დ‰vole, Spanish comedian. 1978: Josh Hartnett, American entertainer. 1978: Justin Bartha, American entertainer. 1978: Damian Marley, Jamaican artist. 1979: Tania Llasera, Spanish entertainer and moderator. 1981: Paloma Confidence, English artist and entertainer. 1981: Joaquდ­n Sდ¡nchez, Spanish footballer. 1981: Stefan Schumacher, German cyclist. 1981: Romeo Santos, American artist musician. 1983: Eivor Pდ¡lsdდ³ttir, Faroese artist musician. 1985: Wei-Yin Chen, Taiwanese baseball player. 1985: Von Wafer, American ball player. 1986: Fernando Tielve, Spanish entertainer. 1986: Anthony Annan, Ghanaian footballer. 1986: Rebecca Ferguson, English artist. 1986: Livia Brito, Cuban entertainer 1988: DeAndre Jordan, American ball player. 1989: Rory Culkin, American entertainer. 1989: Jamie Waylett, English entertainer. 1989: Marco Fabiდ¡n, Mexican soccer player.

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The Warrior Before Time

The Warrior Before Time Roger Moore starred in five different series in the early, pre-Bond years of his career (good on you if you can name them all without a reference).  The first of these was ‘Ivanhoe’ from 1958-59.  A one-and-done show set of 39 (!) half-hours that got Moore started.  While the show was a co-production with an American company, the show, as it should have been, was British through and through, and that extended to the army of character actors, many also just starting their careers, which populated shows of that era. In episode 35 of 39, ‘The Swindler,’ Jon Pertwee pops up as Peter the Peddler, the titular swindler.  And he’s in fine form here as a fast-talking agent of chaos, conning Robert Brown’s character out of money, which sets Ivanhoe against him, but it turns out Ivanhoe can use his skills to outwit another nobleman who is also against Ivanhoe.  Got all that? Like most half-hours of this time, Ivanhoe is proto-TV which is evolving before your very eyes, but is also contrained by format in terms of character development and plotting.  Still it’s a fun ride, and Pertwee is a delight in a glimpse of his earlier roles. In Doctor Who terms one can’t help but think of The Time Warrior in terms of being a (pseudo) historical look at dress and attitude.  Of course the time periods don’t match, but you won’t bedrudge an easy, if strained comparison, will you?  Also the ‘Ivanhoe’ episode  was written by Bill Strutton, who also had a Doctor Who connection.  He wrote The Web Planet. See how it all ties together?  Never mind. Tags and categories: Tangential Tardis, Jon Pertwee, The Web Planet, The Tiime Warrior via WordPress https://ift.tt/zmsUj6f May 19, 2023 at 08:00AM

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Birthdays 7.7

Beer Birthdays

Alice Brookston (2004)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Bill Campbell; actor (1959)

George Cukor; film director (1899)

Jim Gaffigan; comedian (1966)

Robert A. Heinlein; writer (1907)

Ringo Starr; rock drummer (1940)

Famous Birthdays

Simone Beck; French chef, cookbook writer (1904)

Pierre Cardin; fashion designer (1922)

Marc Chagall; French artist (1887)

Mo Collins; actor (1965)

Vittorio De Sica; Italian film director (1901)

Shelley Duvall; actor (1949)

David Eddings; writer (1931)

William Entner; pop singer, guitarist (1944)

Jessica Hahn; model (1959)

Joseph Jacquard; loom inventor (1752)

Michelle Kwan; figure skater (1980)

Charlie Louvin; country singer (1927)

Gustav Mahler; Austrian composer (1860)

Gian Carlo Menotti; Italian composer (1911)

Hank Mobley; jazz saxophonist, composer (1930)

Bill Oddie; British comedian, actor, ornithologist (1941)

Satchel Paige; Negro Leagues, Cleveland Indians P (1906)

Jon Pertwee; actor, "Dr. Who" (1919)

Doc Severinsen; trumpet player, bandleader (1927)

Vonda Shepard; pop singer (1963)

Joe Spano; actor (1946)

Joe Zawinul; jazz keyboardist, composer (1932)

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Exchange student modern au jon pertwee x reader: Studying abroad

Notes: reader is a student from the netherlands she's 20 years old (jon is 24) and goes to england to studdy. She goes to frensham heights school and meets there jon pertwee as her asigned student for the year. It may not all be acurate but please enjoy reading jon lives in rowledge (this is an au and probably not completly acurate)

Words : 2488

Warnings : bullying, cursing

Y/n was working on her degree in (prefred feeld). Her year of studying concidered also of studying one year abroad, she was extremly exited about it

"Do you have everything dear?"

"I think i do don't worry mom everything will be alright"

"Alright just wanted to make sure, here is your ticket for the train"

"Thanks mom" She hugged her " once i arive i'll call alright

"Alright, take care my dear "

"Take care mom" y/n ran to the train while waving "bye!"

"Bye sweetheart!!"

The wissel went off and a few seconds later the train started to move she kept waving at her mom, once she was out sight y/n sat down it was going to be a long ride.

She had to get from the netherlands to belgium to France and then to London england but she had brought some stuff to sketch a bit the ride was about 7 u 47 min.

Y/n drew the landscape around her sketching with difrent kind of colors

Finaly after almost 8 hours the train had finaly arived, packing everything back up y/n grabed all her things and got out

She had to wait for an other train to frensham cause there was the school she had to go to

Once the train had arived to bring her to frensham y/n sat down again it was going to be about an other 2 hours oh wel she thought its better than biking everywhere.

Late that afternoon y/n finaly arived at frensham heights school the princable greated her " Ah you must be y/n y/l/n" he shook her hand

"Yes thats me" she smiled

"I hope the ride went wel here"

"Oh yes it did everything went alright and the trains were on time"

"Good, you will be staying at a room for one night and tomorow you wil go back home with one of the students he has already been informed of your stay"

"Alright great" she picked up her suit case "please show me the way" about 30 minuts later y/n was seteled in the room, she wasn't going to pack out everything also because of tomorow. She grabed her phone and dialed her mothers number

"Hey mom"

"Hey sweetheart have you arived?"

"Yes i got here about 30 minuts ago and im now in my room where i stay for the night"

"Oh for the night? I thought you would stay there for the whole year"

"I do but they informed me that i would stay with a student for the year"

"Do you know who it is?"

"Not yet they will tell me tomorow"

"Alright wel i don't have to worry about you your 20 years old dear"

"I know mom its fine really, Anyway i should be going i have class at 9 tomorow"

"Alright sweetheart sleep wel"

"Night mom" She hang up And placed the phone on the bedsite table "wel Its time to sleep" she grabed her pyjama out her lugage and put it on, then she went under the blankets and went to sleep

*time skip to 8 o'clock next morning*

Y/n got out of bed and started to dress her self breakfast was waiting then she left her room to eat

"Good morning sir"

"Ah good morning y/n did you sleep wel?"

"Oh yes i did "

"Good im glad to hear that, breakfast is waiting for you it might be difrent from what you normaly eat"

"Oh thats alright im not making a big hassle out of it as long as it is bread its fine"

"Alright then once school starts you will be inform who you wil stay with"

"Thank you, see you later sir"

*skip to 9 o'clock*

Everyone had sit down for class and y/n walked in with the teacher

"Good morning everyone we got a new class mate she is an Exchange student from the netherlands please introduce yourself" the teacher stept aside

"Hi im y/n y/l/n and i hope we will have a Nice year with echoter im really looking forward to it"

"Good miss y/l/n do you know yet who you are going to stay with this year?

"not yet im suposed to get the info today"

"Alright the student you wil be paired with is mr pertwee" the teacher pointed at a guy with big grayish blue eyes dark brown wavy hair and he was wearing a school uniform "you can sit right next to him "

"Alright thank you sir" y/n sat next to mr pertwee

"Hi my name is jon its Nice to meet you y/n "

"Like wise"

"Please grab your english books and turn to page 45"

The day went by fast

"Oh now i don't know who im going to stay with this whole year"

"Y/n You are staying with us"

"Oh... we i guese that we should get my stuff then "

"Good idea, please lead the way" jon grined

"Here is everything"

"Three suitcases and a bag i have seen girls who brought more"

"Oh wel that doesn't really mater i only brought things that i would need, and i got my school uniform today"

"Ah i see, we should go i bet my aunt is waiting for us"

"Alright lets go" They grabed everything and went out

Once they arived home they went up the stairs jon opend the door

"This will be your room for the upcoming year"

"Oh its absolutly wonderfull" she looked around on the otherside of the room stood a desk and a big closet

"The bathroom is down the hall first door on the left, i leave you be so that you can settle your stuff"

"Alright thanks jon i'll be down in an hour"

Finaly an hour later y/n was done with packing out and placing everything in the right place , then there was a knok at the door

"Yes?"

"Hey y/n I just came to tell you that dinner is ready "

"Oh thanks jon im coming with you" she stood up and followed him

Y/n sat next to him at the table "jon i have a question, um where are your parents? "

"They devorced and they don't want anything to do with me anymore so i moved in with my aunt"

"Im so sorry jon i din't know"

"Its fine y/n don't worry" he smiled softly

"Hello everybody!" Came a voice from the front door

"Hi bill, y/n This is bill my cousin"

"Nice to meet you" she shook his hand

"Like whise"

After dinner Everyone went to bed early to get a good night of sleep, the next day was going to be a long day

*time skip to four months later because im to lazy *

"What lessons do we have today ?"

"Um english, biolgy, art , music, history and french

" and Tomorow ?"

Mathematics, science, sport and geography

"Alright noted"

Once they arived at school they went to their class room

"You go in jon i need to check something"

"Alright"

"Well wel wel if it isnt the Exchange student" y/n turned around and looked at a girl and there where two more behind her , y/n knew her of course she had been there already for four months

"what do you want erica" (Im sorry if it is your name you can change it if you want)

"Oh don't try to be all smart and stuff you know what i want and don't think you get a chance with jon, he's one of the best looking boys in the school and he will be mine"

"Honestly i don't mind i only stay at his place, in 6 months i'll be going back home"

"Good because he wil never like a whore like you, now bye" she fliped her long blond hair over her shoulder and walked away while her friends followed while snikering

Y/n signed and looked down "he's just a Friend Anyway" she mumbled while walking back to class

Once she was back in class she sat down next to him "what took you so long" he wispered

"Sorry i could't find my book" it was a lie of course, y/n doesn't want to talk about the struggels she's having with erica, and stuppid enough she's in the same class as her so she always has to look at that dumb face

Y/n Her thought were stoped by what the teacher was saying "as we all know we have a ball at the end of the year and because its you guys last year here you get to decided the theme of the party"

Erica raised her hand "Oh what about a party with lots of alcohol" she grined

"No erica alcohol will not be tolareated" said the teacher

"Whats the fun then if there is no alcohol tsjk" she scold

"Sir what about an all decade event everybody can dress up from the 40s thill now, difrent food will be served and all kinds of music will be played"

"Thats a Nice idea miss y/l/n" People around the room agreed with her idea

"Tsk sounds boring" erica said and her friends agreed

Y/n got angry but calmed her self down "wel if you think its boring please come with a better idea im curious to hear it" she said with a smile, erica went quiet and turned away

"Alright then its setteled this will be the theme of our ball it will be held 6 months from now"

*skip to the end of the day*

*sigh* "im glad this day is over" y/n sat down on the coutch

"Me to" there was a pauze between them "you know y/n Im really proud of you how you handeld yourself in class

"Thanks jon"

"Are you ok?"

"Oh yes i am, im just tired" she stood up

"What Are you going to do? "

"I have to call my mom to sent some of my stuff over for the party"

"Alright im going to make dinner"

Y/n went upstairs and called her mom "hi mom"

"Hi sweetheart Hows everything going ?"

"Everything is fine ..... mom i was wondering if you could sent some stuff over here"

"Sure thing what do you need?"

Could you pack my hair curler some of my make up, my black evening dress with glitters, my 1930s evening coat, the silver high heels i bought with the dress a and the ear rings and necklace i got from grandma ?"

"Sure thing i will sent it in a big box anything ells?"

"Oh yes my trolley i have to take my stuff back home as wel so thats the best idea i guese"

"Alright i noted it i will look everything up And sent it to you"

"Thanks mom love you got to go now"

"Love you to sweetheart speek to you later"

"Bye" she hang up And went back downstairs to eat.

About a month later everything had arived that she would need to dress up

*time skip to 4 months and 20 days later*

The bulying got worse and worse, y/n had been atacked, spit on and called names but never had she imagined that jon would go to the dance with erica.

She had done her hair but stoped with everything els it just wasn't worth it she would rather stay here at home, jon already left a bit sad by the news y/n don't want to atend

*knok knok* the door opend "hey y/n?"

"Oh hi bill"

"Whats wrong"

"Jon has gone out with somone wich i din't expect him to go with"

"Who?"

"That stuppid bitch Erica"

"Really with her? Goodness i expected better from him"

"Me to" she sniffed

"Hey don't give up now there is still a chance come on get dressed chop chop"

"Are you sure I mean..."

"Yes 100% sure you are way more pretty than her come on "

"Alright if you say so.... but how am i going to get there?"

"I have a car"

"Alright give me 30 minuts" y/n started to get dressed put on her necklace, ear rings and shoes she then did her make up, she grabed her long coat and walked out.

She opend the door and heared a car horn

"Hey y/n over here" it was bill he sat in a old black vintage car "here is your ride my lady"

"Why thank you kind sir, lets go" she steped in and sat down

Bill started the car up And drove away

"Thank you so mutch for the help i really need that"

"Its nothig everything for a friend, now come on lets go i also have a date"

Everything was nicely decorated and music was playing, people were dressed up in all Difrent kind of dresses and suits, a table stood against the wall where there wer all Difrent kinds of food it looked all So good

"Look there is jon"

"Alright thanks bill" she hugged him and walked to jon who was dancing with erica, people looked at her as she walked acros the dance floor she tapped his shoulder "hey jon"

He turned around " hey y/n I thought you were going to stay home "

"Bill convinced me to go anyway so here i am" the was caught of guard by a cough from behind her

"Im sorry but jon is my date so shove it you whore"

"Excuse me what did you say?"

"You heared me"

"You know what fuck you its a wonder jon would even want to dance with you, do you even know how miserabel you made me feel this past year, you are also 19 years old you really should be more mature" She was caught of guard when erica shoved her " I get it now you are jelouse of me for staying with jon get a grip, come on jon lets dance" she took his hand and walked to a chair and placed her coat on it, then her beautyfull evening gown got revealed

People stared at her "y/n you look absolutly gorgeous"

"Thank you" she blushed

"May i have this dance "

"Of course jon"

Jon leaded y/n to the dance floor and they both started to do the walz

"Y/n i have to tell you something"

"Tell me jon what is it"

"Well i really enjoyed this year with you staying and i wish you could stay longer, but y/n Im really realy in love with you and i wish i had told you ealyer "

"I love you to jon i really do"

"May i give you a kiss?"

"Sure" she smiled softly at him, He leaned in and gave her a kiss

"Perhaps i can stay a little longer but i need to inform my parents first"

"Thats all fine with me"

"Lets hope they don't mind"

"So do i" he said smiling

And both danced the night away

The end

I hope you enjoyed reading 😊

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Man About the House | John Robins | 1974