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Sunday, August 24, 2008
“Me? I was a lousy king.”
An interesting slice of history that took place in 1920, when the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy baseball teams played each other in London. King George V, grandfather of the current Queen Elizabeth, has trouble following the sport, then meets the players and an umpire, who he recognizes as a fellow autocrat (says the cheeky title card). For some reason, the camera man neglected to film any of the action on the field, but no matter, it’s enough to see the people who were there that day. One of them is Sir Thomas Lipton, son of Glasgow who founded the Lipton Tea dynasty and challenged for the America’s Cup five times. He and the others in his party seem most amused at being filmed, which was a novelty back then. The Great War had only been over for two years, so diversions such as this were probably very welcome for Londoners.
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1. rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar Posted: August 24, 2008 at 02:48 PM (#2914530)Yep George and his brood had suffered so much letting 'commoners' fight the Hun and destroy his inbred relatives empires on the mainland.
Spare us. That quote implied nothing of the kind.
I blame Fox Sports.
Haha I've seen that one before. Conan is a legend. Here's to hoping they don't ruin his style when he's on the Tonight Show.
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