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DVD Review: Nina Conti – Dolly Mixtures Live

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Last week was a tough week. I needed cheering up, so head to my local supermarket and bought Nina Conti’s live show – Dolly Mixtures, along with some popcorn and a multipack of Curly Wurly’s.

Superb Ventriloquist Nina Conti presents her live show Dolly Mixtures on DVD, filmed in Leeds. The hilarious comedy show is a laugh-a-second and cheered me up no end. It’s part scripted and part improv, with Nina making herself the butt of many of her own jokes.

Nina starts the show with her long-standing puppet Monkey. Monkey presents a lateral thinking puzzle:
A crowd is covered in strange lumps of foam, on the floor empty suitcases, an old mans clothes and a paint brush. What happened?

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Then Nina introduces her six new puppets:

  • Nina’s Daughter and Inner Child who sings ‘My Face Hurts When I Play Guitar.’
  • Killer the Camp Dog who tells his story of how he raided Claire’s Accessories during the riots.
  • Stefan the Builder who is a step-in puppet that requires some audience participation.
  • Granny the Clairvoyant who shows off her clairvoyance.
  • The Human Puppets with Talking Mouths, which leads to more audience participation.
  • Granddad John the Painter who leads to a bizarre but extremely funny show’s ending.

Throughout the show, there’s plenty of good natured audience participation with the themes being: good fun & humour.

Nina is fantastically funny and by the end of the show my sides hurt because I’d laughed so much. The show ends by showing the lateral thinking puzzle, that even God couldn’t solve! LOL.

I’ve watched Nina Conti’s live show – Dolly Mixtures several times since I bought it and never failed to lose myself in laughter. If I star rated DVDs, it would be five out of five star.

Here’s a clip from Nina Conti’s live show – Dolly Mixtures:

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Review soon,

Antony



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7 Things That Remind Me It’s Christmas

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7. Holidays are coming! Coca Cola advert.

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6. The scent of a cinnamon candle.
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The Finished Product: Of course I had to light my trial jar to test the scent throw. As it happens it’s awesome and smells amazing (2).

5. Watching The Muppets Christmas Carol.
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4. Celebrating Yule.
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See related blog posts:
Christmas Tree, Cookies, Yule & Cats
Yuletide Preparations
Pagan Festivals
3. Spending hours wrapping presents.
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The Presents for Others Wrapped

See related blog posts:
Christmas – Over Too Quickly
Getting Into The Festive Spirit:
Manchester Christmas Market

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2. Spending Time with Friends and Family.

1. Visiting Grandparents.

Write soon,

Antony

Updated 01/12/18: Changed Youtube video as old video removed from Youtube. Changed images for cinnamon candle and Muppet’s Christmas Carol.

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Films I can’t wait to Watch at the Cinema

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Here’s some films I can’t wait to watch at the cinema:

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

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UK Release Date: Out Now!

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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UK Release Date: 17th December 2014

Jurassic World

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UK Release Date: 12th June 2015

Minions

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UK Release Date: Summer 2015

Pan

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UK Release Date: Summer 2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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UK Release Date: 18th December 2015

Blog soon,

Antony

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London Trip, Part 2: The Making of Harry Potter Studio Tour

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Last Sunday mum and I went to The Making of Harry Potter Studio Tour. We were lucky as it was all Hogwarts in the Snow ready for Christmas. It’s a place that’s better shown than described, so here’s ample photos:

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Left to Right: Entrance outside; Entrance Inside with Christmas Tree; Gift shop; Collection of Wands in Gift shop; J.K. Rowling Quote; Cupboard Under The Stairs.

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Left to Right: The Great Hall Entrance; Inside The Great Hall; Gryffindor uniforms; costumes for Hagrid and Flich; costumes for Mcgonagall, Dumbledoor and Snape; Sedway, Moody and Trelawny.

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Left to Right: Cloke of Invisibility; Yule Ball costumes; Ron’s Yule Ball costume; More costumes; Harry Potter’s costumes; a flaming Christmas pudding.

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Left to Right: Gryffindor door common room (top two); Gryffindor dormitories (bottom two).

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Left to Right: clock; Wizard’s Chest piece; Wall of Decrees and long ladder; Various magical props; stairwell; Mirror of Erised.

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Snape’s (and Later Slughorn’s) Potion class set.

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Left: Portraits. Right: Animal Actors.

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Dumbledoor’s Office.

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Various Doors.

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Left to Right: Quidditch display; Horcrux display; Room of Requirement Deatheater prop; Moody’s chest; Remus Suitcase.

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Showing how the special effects were made.

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Top: The Burrow (two photos). Bottom: Malfoy Manor and Umbridge’s Office.

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Top: Might is Magic Statue and Ministry Entrance. Bottom: Ministry interior and Prophecy ball props.

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Left to Right (Outside): Me in a Waterproof poncho; Potters’ Cottage; Hogwarts Bridge; The Night Bus.

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Left to Right: Various Goblin heads; Fawkes the Phoenix (two photos); Greyback’s face; Werewolve; various props (including Dobby’s head).

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Various Magical Creatures.

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To scale Actor/Actress Models.

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Diagon Alley 1.

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Diagon Alley 2: The Weasley’s.

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The level of detail for the films was incredible. Design sketches, paper models, product design – everything designed from scratch based on the books.

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The Finale – Hogwarts Castle with Snow and a Quote from J.K. Rowling.

We had a great time with The Making of Harry Potter Studio Tour exceeding expectations. If you’re a fan of the films, I recommended you go. It shows you how the films were made, but somehow doesn’t mean that they loose their magic.

Blog soon,

Antony

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