A life time fan and Prisonerologist of the 1960's series 'the Prisoner', a leading authority on the subject, a short story writer, and now Prisoner novelist.
Monday, 14 January 2013
Teabreak Teaser
Why does the Butler follow the chess matches on his own chessboard?
"Ha! Ha! Said the clown, has the king lost his crown Is the night being tight on romance Ha! Ha! Said the clown, is it bringing you down That you've lost your chance" (Manfred Mann)
Perhaps there should be a clown in town. As colourful and eerily charming as the Village is. Was it Lon Chaney who once said that there could nothing more frightful than a clown in the moonshine. Oh, there is the jester, poor Roland Walter Dutton. As it happens, in your film "Village Day" there is a real clown unveiling the bust. How did that come about? - BCNU!
An intersting comment indeed. Yes clowns are supposed to be amusing and funny characters, but Lon Chaney was quite right about there being nothing more frightful than a clown in the moonlight. There is something dark about a clown, and tragic, remember the tears of a clown by Smokey Robinson!
You asked about the clown who unveiled the bust in 'Village Day.' That was actually the idea of my original director of the film Stephen Mason. I suppose really, if we were to have emulated the original series, it should have been the Butler who should have unveiled the bust, as the Butler unveils the Appreciation day monument in 'It's Your Funeral.' But there's more to the clown than first meets the eye. The clown and the woman asking about the Prisoner in the final scene of the film, are one and the same person, and it is she who is driving the Prisoner to the Village at the end of the film. It's the vicious circle syndrome. The clown costume was a disguise really, to hide the woman's identity from No.6.
As the Court Jester, I like the way Dutton has learmed to tame Rover, which he dangles on the end of his stick!
Hi David,
ReplyDeleteI like this question..
My guess: The little man enjoys the game, and enjoys to be on the move. But on the other hand he is only doing what he is told to do. In this case.
Kind regards,
Jana
Hello Jana,
DeleteThe Butler enjoys to be on the "move" I like it, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, {laughing out loud in the voice of Leo McKern}.
Kind regards
David
BCNU
"Ha! Ha! Said the clown, has the king lost his crown
ReplyDeleteIs the night being tight on romance
Ha! Ha! Said the clown, is it bringing you down
That you've lost your chance" (Manfred Mann)
Perhaps there should be a clown in town. As colourful and eerily charming as the Village is. Was it Lon Chaney who once said that there could nothing more frightful than a clown in the moonshine. Oh, there is the jester, poor Roland Walter Dutton. As it happens, in your film "Village Day" there is a real clown unveiling the bust. How did that come about? - BCNU!
Hallo Arno,
DeleteAn intersting comment indeed. Yes clowns are supposed to be amusing and funny characters, but Lon Chaney was quite right about there being nothing more frightful than a clown in the moonlight. There is something dark about a clown, and tragic, remember the tears of a clown by Smokey Robinson!
You asked about the clown who unveiled the bust in 'Village Day.' That was actually the idea of my original director of the film Stephen Mason. I suppose really, if we were to have emulated the original series, it should have been the Butler who should have unveiled the bust, as the Butler unveils the Appreciation day monument in 'It's Your Funeral.' But there's more to the clown than first meets the eye. The clown and the woman asking about the Prisoner in the final scene of the film, are one and the same person, and it is she who is driving the Prisoner to the Village at the end of the film. It's the vicious circle syndrome. The clown costume was a disguise really, to hide the woman's identity from No.6.
As the Court Jester, I like the way Dutton has learmed to tame Rover, which he dangles on the end of his stick!
Kind regards
David
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