Author of Bardfilm: The Shakespeare and Film Blog: http://bardfilm.blogspot.com/https://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3muyvytkmus24Today's the anniversary of the first broadcast of Star Trek! https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-8/star-trek-premieres Why not celebrate by finding all the Shakespeare in the show? http://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2009/06/shakespeare-and-star-trek-complete.html08 Sep 2026 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyvytkmus24https://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3muptoqxa7c2pThey told us to think outside the box. Our elevator took them literally.04 Sep 2026 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3muptoqxa7c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3mttdgl4tck2hNow at Bardfilm: Four Words from Macbeth in an Episode of Deep Space Nine—Mark II https://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2026/08/four-words-from-macbeth-in-episode-of.html24 Aug 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttdgl4tck2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3mto2wogfl224It's the anniversary of Act V, scene v of Shakespeare's _Richard III_: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-22/battle-of-bosworth-field22 Aug 2026 10:29 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mto2wogfl224https://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3mtglrhws4c2tI saw the latest film version of The Odyssey, and I want to discuss a lot of the interesting decisions the film makes. Some of them are terrible decisions, but I'm eager to talk about them with my Epic Literature class (or with, you know, y'all).19 Aug 2026 11:09 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtglrhws4c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3mtbp3isuls2wCan anyone help explain why you would link pinky fingers with someone who has just said the same word at the same time as you and say "Shakespeare"? It happens in the first Lord Peter Wimsey film. Read more (and then comment, please) at Bardfilm: https://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2026/08/inexplicable-or-at-least-unexplained.html17 Aug 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbp3isuls2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3msiuqy5whs2eI loved the latest from @waywordradio.org . . . but I'm constitutionally obligated to point out that the reason we still say that our gorge rises at something is because of a relatively-well-known author named William Shakespeare. Hamlet says it while looking at Yorick's skull!07 Aug 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiuqy5whs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3mrsg3cmllk2uNow at Bardfilm: A Final, Subtle Use of Shakespeare in The Dick Van Dyke Show. https://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2026/07/a-final-subtle-use-of-shakespeare-in.html29 Jul 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsg3cmllk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3mr4k7e77rk2jHere’s a question for those of you who saw the first ever halftime show at a World Cup final: Is Dr. Teeth pursuing a solo career now? If so, will the Electric Mayhem ever be the same?21 Jul 2026 00:24 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4k7e77rk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3mq4y2d2bkc2wNow at Bardfilm: We Circle Back to Ritchie as Hamlet in The Dick Van Dyke Show. https://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2026/07/we-circle-back-to-ritchie-as-hamlet-in.html08 Jul 2026 11:06 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4y2d2bkc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3mpxxohokos2gNow at Bardfilm: Lady Macbeth and Porky Pig in The Dick Van Dyke Show. https://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2026/07/lady-macbeth-and-porky-pig-in-dick-van.html06 Jul 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxxohokos2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3mpqghkwao226Now at Bardfilm: The Dick Van Dyke Show Offers One Possible Way of Performing "To Be or Not To Be" in Charades. https://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-dick-van-dyke-show-offers-one.html03 Jul 2026 11:20 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqghkwao226https://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3mplf6gej5c2vNow at Bardfilm: As You Like It-ish Line in The Dick Van Dyke Show. https://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2026/07/as-you-like-it-ish-line-in-dick-van.html01 Jul 2026 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplf6gej5c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3mpgfloyu522eNow at Bardfilm: Alan Brady Might Play Hamlet Next in The Dick Van Dyke Show. https://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2026/06/alan-brady-might-play-hamlet-next-in.html29 Jun 2026 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgfloyu522ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3mpgfkmp2as2eAlas! Poor Globe! https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/june-29/the-globe-theater-burns-down29 Jun 2026 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgfkmp2as2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3mp6t3yfx7k2xNow at Bardfilm: “Shakespeare” in Prison in The Dick Van Dyke Show. https://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2026/06/shakespeare-in-prison-in-dick-van-dyke.html26 Jun 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6t3yfx7k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3mozutyh4xc2cNow at Bardfilm: Hopeful Allusions to Juliet and Romeo and Cleopatra and Caesar in The Dick Van Dyke Show. [Also contains some avant-garde theatre and a digression into Allan Sherman territory.] https://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2026/06/hopeful-allusions-to-juliet-and-romeo.html24 Jun 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozutyh4xc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3mouqfyhhus2eNow at Bardfilm: Allusions to Two Female Romantic Leads for the Price of One in The Dick Van Dyke Show. https://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2026/06/allusions-to-two-female-romantic-leads.html22 Jun 2026 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mouqfyhhus2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3monlhljtf22rNow at Bardfilm: The Quality of Mercy in The Dick Van Dyke Show. https://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-quality-of-mercy-in-dick-van-dyke.html19 Jun 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3monlhljtf22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3mnz5xoe23k2eNow at Bardfilm: An Intimation and Implication from Romeo and Juliet in The Dick Van Dyke Show. https://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2026/06/an-intimation-and-implication-from.html11 Jun 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnz5xoe23k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3mnhpxme5ws2bI admire the work of @tomgauld.bsky.social enormously—but it's sometimes a bit dark. I've rectified one instance of this by providing a sequel to his "Short Story" comic. Enjoy!04 Jun 2026 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhpxme5ws2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3mnahbautpk2tI'm very fond of the latest [rebroadcast] episode from @waywordradio.org . . . but I was perplexed (and maybe a little disappointed?) that the discussion of The Sound of Music—and the word Flibbertigibbet—didn't mention Shakespeare! Let's work on that, M & G! https://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2013/12/shakespeare-in-sound-of-music.html01 Jun 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnahbautpk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3mmyjzkflls2lNow at Bardfilm: A Casual Allusion to Gertrude's Speech in Hamlet in The Dick Van Dyke Show. https://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-casual-allusion-to-gertrudes-speech.html29 May 2026 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmyjzkflls2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3mmyjt3ys3c2lSeen at the Julia Child exhibit at the Minnesota History Center. I had no idea she played King Lear in 1964.29 May 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmyjt3ys3c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3mmubcano5k24Now at Bardfilm: Double Twelfth Night Quotes in The Dick Van Dyke Show. https://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2026/06/double-twelfth-night-quotes-in-dick-van.html27 May 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmubcano5k24https://bsky.app/profile/bardfilm.bsky.social/post/3mm7c5pwqm22a^head! Egad, where's the edit function for posts with embarrassing typos? [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 May 2026 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:p25fhrj7ls7edfkxqdhe7a4e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7c5pwqm22a