The Gentleman’s 100th article

Hello there,

Today is a momentous day in the history of The Gentleman Blog. No it’s not Talk Like William Shatner Day or some such; it is in fact the 100th anniversary of the birth of The Gentleman Blog (if you measure time in posts by The Gentleman Blog. I know we do. Obviously, in our gentleman units, 1 The Gentleman Blog post = 1 gentleman’s year). So to commemorate our Mahogany jubilee (a milestone only ever reached by The Gentleman), both Griffith and Brixley will be collaborating to take you through a typical day in the life here at The Gentleman.

Morning ablution

A gentleman gets up at precisely 7:24am every morning. This is because 7:24am is the exact time that the morning broadsheet is delivered. After a quick perusal of global affairs, a gentleman will prepare himself for the day to come.

After our separate morning routines (Brixley at Castle Brixley and Griffith at Griffith Manor), we meet at Sean Connery’s residence. Sean is, as always, running behind schedule (due to the immense amount of body hair he must trim and his claim that he works on ‘Scottish time’).

Sean Connery must let his chest hair dry before donning a starched white shirt. Notice his "half nelson" shaving technique.

The mid-morning round of golf

Following breakfast (which consisted of three fingers of Islay Malt and the best part of a smoked kipper), Sean inevitably suggests a round of golf. We were hesitant at first because he’d had a temper the past few days, but relented. Today was like any other, but we’ve learned to laugh.

Sean takes this triple bogey in his stride.

Morning Tea

After our tranquil round of golf we receive an invitation for morning tea at William Shatner’s beachfront acting academy.  We take Brixley’s old Ford Model-T while Griffith gives directions and Sean straightens out his sand wedge in the back seat (see above).

After morning tea Shanter performs his avante garde take on Hamlet. It goes for 37 seconds.

Lunch with Bogart.

From here we leave Shatner and Connery to their devices whilst we touch base with our old friend Humphrey Bogart.  He hasn’t been feeling well recently and so Brixley and Griffith take time out of their busy schedule to check up on him.  He served us up some fricasseed wild boar followed by wild boar pudding.

Bogart has so much time on his hands he can't decide which pastime to win more trophies in; boar hunting, tennis, golf, miniature yachting, archery, fishing, polo, smoking a pipe whilst gazing at self portraits or boar hunting.

We told him to take his dog for a walk as it seemed rather restless.

Digestifs by the pool

From Bogart’s we rendezvous with Cary Grant and Marilyn Monroe at the local pool to relax and enjoy a selection of single malt scotch followed by some single malt scotch.

Grant can't believe how pale Monroe is. Although due to Cary Grant's jet-setting he has spent 237 hours in direct sunlight during the last two days.

Afternoon tea

From the pool we take the street car to 10 Downing Street London where we have been invited by Winston Churchill for some afternoon tea.  Afternoon tea for Churchill consists of two Churchill sized cigars and an never-ending glass of scotch.  This is precisely what the doctor ordered after our swim (in fact Churchill’s personal chef is a doctor and therefore this statement is to be taken literally).

During our mid-afternoon stroll, Churchill receives an important call on his iPhone from F.D. Roosevelt (Roosevelt believed Churchill to have cheated at Words with Friends)

Dinner

We bid Churchill adieu and took the short steam-engine ride to New York where JFK and we were honourary speakers at a roast for Jimmy Stewart.

Here we see JFK telling a particularly risque tale about Stewart during the filming of Rear Window. Little did JFK know that Stewart would be roasting him not 3 months later. Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones (this is particularly applicable to JFK since his house was indeed made entirely of glass).

After Dinner

From New York we ferried to Las Vegas to catch a midnight Sinatra show at the Sands.  Afterward throwing some craps with Sinatra we made a brief stop (via underground mafia tunnel) to his house for a nightcap.

Sinatra not only knew how to throw craps, he could also scoop up the four of diamonds with a long shovel whilst interrupting this poker tournament.

After tucking Sinatra into bed Brixley and Griffith make their way via flying machine back to their respective abodes for some well earned rest, ready for another day of cross-continental engagements with dead celebrities.

So there you have it, until next time.

G.O. Brixley and H.L. Griffith

The Gentleman’s conspiracy theories: volume 1

Hello there,

Being the gentlemen that we are, we know a thing or two about conspiracy theories.  Mostly because we are the architects behind them, being in places of high authority and influence.  Therefore I thought it only fair that I let you in on the truth about some of the biggest coverups in gentlemanly history.

Paul is Dead

The first theory is that Paul McCartney died in 1966 in a an automobile accident and was replaced by a lookalike so that The Beatles could keep on making money…or albums.

The 'real' Paul McCartney was one of the more dapper members of The Beatles before the 'accident'.

This is hideously incorrect.  The real Paul McCartney isn’t dead, however he did have to leave The Beatles after an horrific cow attack.  The replacement was a porn star and part time country and western singer by the name of Leroy ‘Spanky’ Johnson, who had to be vigorously gentlemanlified by Griffith and myself to make him a respectable replacement for the real McCartney who moved to Spain.

The horrific cow attack that left the real Paul McCartney without hands.

Leroy "Spanky" Johnson before Griffith and I sculpted him into a gentleman. It look a lot of work as you can see.

The Moon Landing

This picture is so full of conspiracy that I don't know where to start.

The Moon Landing has been claimed by many “conspiracy theorists” to have been a fake that was filmed in Hollywood.  This is incorrect.  It was actually Bollywood.

A Bollywood film that has the original landing site of Apollo 11 in the background. Notice the man on the left's yellow outfit, that's a conspiracy in itself.

Due to the fact that Griffith and I possessed vast tracks of land in India at the time, we offered up one of the more barren areas to NASA to do as they pleased.

A rare cell from the original Apollo 11 landing film. Unfortunately this dance sequence was later cut due to the fact that NASA realised there weren't Bollywood dance sequences on the moon. They did their research.

Abraham Lincoln’s Assasination

Lincoln was never content being the tallest man in the room. He also needed to have the tallest hat. The 13th Amendment states than no man shall have a hat taller than Lincoln's.

Although this was before my time, my father, L.Q. Brixley did however help manufacture this one.   Lincoln had always hated the theatre and as a ploy to get out of having to watch all of Our American Cousin (which was a god awful play) he asked an adviser to get him out by “any means possible”.

A depiction of Lincoln's assassination. Notice the look of freedom captured in his eyes. Also notice that it was actually an exploding cigar that Booth shot Lincoln with.

This advisor wasn’t the brightest of sparks and hired John Wilkes Booth to fire an exploding cigar at the President so that the play would be forced to finish.  This worked fine until Lincoln saw his chance at freedom from presidency and absconded with a bar maid.

The Lincoln monument in Washington D.C. faces South America as a homage.

My father had to smooth out the whole thing and even managed to track down Lincoln who had gone to South America and was living the good life.  Lincoln stayed there until he died at the ripe old age of 100.  In his last year alive he met with Adolf Hitler who had also made it to South America in 1947.  Lincoln challenged him to a dual and won.

So there you have it.

G.O. Brixley

The Islay Gentleman

Hello,

While perusing the past posts of The Gentleman Blog I was shocked to realise that we do not have a post addressing the important gentlemanly past time of enjoying scotch. Yes, we can articles on enjoying a drink, making a martini, and upon searching our articles 44 of them contained the word ‘scotch’. So it only seems fitting that we dedicate a full piece of verbosity to the elixir.

Breakfast.

We first must clear up a few myths surrounding scotch. First of all, there are two main categories of scotch – blended and single malt. There are few situations which favour a blended scotch over a single malt. One of these situations might be if aliens crash land on earth and demand one type of scotch to fuel their scotch-fueled-spacecraft back to their galaxy. The intelligent gentleman will obviously offer up their blended scotch reserves so they can enjoy a world of only single malt and the extra-terrestrials can get home. Everyone’s a winner.

Sean Connery gazes into the distance, day-dreaming of a world where all scotches are single malt.

The second misnomer is that you shouldn’t drink scotch every day. You should. I spoke to a man at a soiree once who said he was a doctor and he was drinking a scotch. So it must be true.

This doctor tells the nurse to get him 500cc's of an Islay single malt for his patient.

Some people will tell you that the best thing for your headache after a night out at your favourite bar is to drink a lot of water and take an aspirin. They probably mean well, but this person should not be trusted. You should drink more scotch to alleviate the headache. If your headache gets worse or you can’t stomach the scotch, that is probably because you are not drinking enough of it. Try doubling the dose.

After overindulging at a soiree the night before, these mad men make sure they carry around a glass of scotch with them everywhere just in case that headache returns.

It is also possible that the person suggesting you drink water is not familiar with the differences between water and scotch. This can be forgiven. I, myself, did not even know water could be consumed until last year. I still consider it a passing ‘fad’.

The third important fact you should know about scotch is that within the single malt category, there are a few different varieties. You may encounter ‘highland’ malts, ‘island’ malts, ‘speyside’ malts or ‘Islay’ malts. Each variety has its own advantages. We here at The Gentleman suggest you ween yourself onto Islay malts. Not only are they the most flavoursome, but they are perfect to drink with a cigar and leave you with a smokey, gentlemanly musk afterward.

Women would come from miles around to smell Sinatra after he drank a few glasses of a good Islay malt. They also enjoyed the peripheral benefit of hearing him sing.

You should also note the age of a scotch. This age is, of course, the length of time the scotch spent in the barrel. Unlike wine, scotch does not continue to age in the bottle. This is why you should not cellar or store scotch for longer than a few days. It should be consumed immediately. I often buy two or three bottles at once just so it does not all disappear before I get back to Griffith Manor.

Age is also a good (but not perfect) indicator of the quality of the drink. Most distilleries will bring out many different ages of a scotch. For instance, you may be able to compare a 12 year old Glenfiddich with an 18 year old Glenfiddich with a 30 year old Glenfiddich. So at a soiree you may hear two people discussing scotch by saying “I actually preferred the 15 year old to the 18 year old. It had a better body and finished well”. If they are not discussing scotch though, you may want to contact the police.

Bill Murray enjoys a 12 year old.

So now you should be able to head to your local scotch distributor and be able to make an informed decision on the malt, region and age. I suggest buying four bottles, three for now, one for later.

Mark Twain enjoys the finer things in life (in order) - scotch, cigars and family.

Until next time,

HL Griffith

From The Gentleman’s Vault VI

Hello,

It’s that time of the lunar cycle again when The Gentleman delves into its deep backlog of articles to find three that are particularly poignant to the current world situation. We suggest you read each one with fervour. Otherwise Brixley and I will be forced to challenge you to a duel. Except it will be you against both of us, making it a tri-ul. Should you lose, you will be branded (literally) a Gentleman Impostor.

Learn some of the tell tale signs of a gentleman impostor here

It has been determined, using state of the art technology too complex to explain here, that Sinatra never once swore.

“A faux gentleman may avoid the first, most obvious indicators that he does not have what it takes, but after a scotch or two, the true gentleman remains composed. The faux gentleman will invariably let some less than acceptable language escape and will probably start talking about football or a girl he “boned”. Very ungentlemanly indeed.”

 

 

 

 

Having passed your first test of successfully reading and learning about the gentleman imposter, you should now reward yourself with a cup of tea.

Tea is a wonderful drink, and it can be enjoyed on any occasion. I personally like bringing a thermos to the local cricket games. This has become even more important now that you’re not allowed to bring glass bottles in (especially ones filled with Scotch). So I suggest that you read up on the history of tea and tea etiquette here.

Marlon Brando would sometimes add a dash of tea to his morning cup of Irish whiskey.

“Gentlemen, of course, are a bullion of knowledge about proper tea etiquette. This makes them, quite literally, worth their weight in gold. (The average 80kg gentleman at the current gold price – A$1396.10 per ounce – would be worth about four million Australian dollars. A bargain in anyone’s language; especially English). Why not ask your local gentleman for more information?”

 

 

 

 

Now that you have enjoyed a cup or two of tea, I can only assume that you are now quite drunk. If not, you’re not adding enough whiskey/whisky to your tea. Please pour yourself another glass and try again.

This brings us to a very important point. Remember that time you were at the Reform Club enjoying a drink and a game of whist when you saw that other gentleman getting a little loud in the corner? Well that was because he’d had too much to drink (or someone had turned  his hearing aid down, the bastards). So remember, when you’re enjoying a scotch or a martini, always keep your composure. Read how here.

Sean Connery counting the number of drinks he's had while he pours another.

“I have been known to enjoy an alcoholic beverage or 2 (or a multiple of 2) but a gentleman must always keep his composure.  Knowing ones limits is the gentleman’s game and when he has surpassed those limits he will excuse himself and head home.  It’s that simple.”

 

 

 

 

 

Until next time,

HL Griffith

Biography: Michael Caine

Hello there,

Welcome to yet another in-depth and accurate biography of a well known gentleman.  As you are no doubt aware by the headline for today’s post, the subject in question is Michael Caine (a subject that is also taught at the The Griffith and Brixley College for Gentleman)

People used to be able to enter a draw and win tea with Michael Caine. Doesn't everybody look excited?

 

Michael Caine was born on the 14th of March 1933 (a date that will henceforth be known as “International talk like Michael Caine Day).  Caine’s parents incorrectly named him Maurice Joseph Micklewhite until the young Caine renamed himself Michael Scott when he started acting.  Soon after though, he changed it to Michael Caine after Cary Grant came to him in a dream and told him to have at least one ‘C’ initial.

Michael Caine gives acting coaching to this scantily clad female for a part in an independent picture he made called "Bo Peeps".

After being cast in the film Zulu (1964) Caine’s career took off, literally, and he had to catch it so that he might keep working as an actor.  Caine has now acted in over 100 films and will be staring in the sequel to his 1969 film The Italian Job, in which he will have to steal Italy itself.

Michael Caine becomes mesmerised by Sean Connery's bizarre crown after the two try to out dress each other during the wedding of a mutual friend.

Caine has been nominated for an Academy award in every decade since the 60s (a feat only accomplished by Caine and Jack Nicholson) and has won twice for two films were he acted better than everybody else.

Michael Caine indicated to Lawrence Olivier that he has something in is teeth during a break on the set of Sleuth (1972)

Not only is Caine the quintessential British actor (keeping in mind Sean Connery is Scottish) he is a keen gentleman and has been a contributing member to gentlemanly society and style since his conception.

Caine takes a break from his favourite pastime, massaging beautiful girls with the butt of a pistol.

So there you have it.

G.O. Brixley

The gentleman and leather

Hello,

I’m sure it comes as no surprise to you that a gentleman may have many loves in his life. The love of a fine scotch, the love of a cuban cigar, the love of a gentlelady or the love of a well starched collar. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, all at the same time. But let’s not forget a gentleman’s love for leather.

Here we see Cary Grant donning a leather jacket while admiring his newly-purchased bottle of liquor. When a gentleman wears leather, attractive women gravitate towards him, as illustrated here.

First let’s get to know leather a little better. Leather usually comes from cows and it is normally a shade of brown. If you want to know more details, please consult your local leather professor at a bovine university.

Shatner wasn't happy with the information provided above, so he put on his leather hat and headed for the Old West in search for a cow. He found this lady instead and his expedition was aborted.

A gentleman has the capacity to wear many separate articles of leather all at once. This is because a gentleman’s frame has been evolutionarily designed to withstand the burden of cow’s skin as well as his own.

HL Griffith will often display leather Oxfords, watch band, satchel, belt and cigar case all at once. He has been known to smoke all three cigars at the same time as well.

Leather carries a certain prestige with it. The kind of prestige that says “I could kill a cow, strip its skin off and turn it into a belt or wallet. But I won’t because someone else did it for me and this way I can retain my high moral status”. That’s why many notable gentlemen over the years have sported leather paraphernalia of some variety. Think of Henry Jones Snr and his diary, Clint Eastwood’s revolver holster or James T Kirk’s underwear.

Henry Jones Jnr wore this leather jacket for its Nazi-repelling properties.

A gentleman will also opt for the leather-assisted straight-blade shave over the Mach-11. These should be used with care, though.

Clarke Gable takes care with his straight blade. Notice all the tonics and lotions he has on hand in case something goes wrong.

In particular, all gentleman aviators (of which, I assume there are many reading) will know the importance of leather. Any good aviator will always wear a leather jacket, leather cap, leather goggles. Some also opt for a leather propellers, but most of them are dead.

Howard Hughes poses for a leather jacket catalogue. All gentleman aviators know the protective powers of leather.

So when next you have to select a new garment, accessory, belt, holster, hat, pouch or band, a gentleman should always be looking for the leather option.

Until next time,

HL Griffith

The gentleman in Africa

Hello there,

We kick off a new segment today that will become a reoccurring theme here at The Gentleman in the same style as our gentlemanly biographies.  Since gentlemen are men of the world it is apt that we should explore different parts of the world in gentlemanly depth (a standardised measurement of 4.34 furlongs)

Africa. There's more than one way to skin a crocodile. There's two. Here we see two gentlemen being taught both ways by some helpful natives.

Africa was invented by Sir David Attenborough many years ago and would go on to stay invented for many years to come.

Here Attenborough is photographed with one of his other inventions: South American wildlife.

Although Africa was invented by Attenborough it was explored much before his time in what we call Africa’s “developmental” stage, where it hadn’t fully been mapped or hosted a tea party.  Many gentlemen explored Africa to better understand and kill it’s wildlife.

Henry Morton Stanley is noted for playing the worlds most vast game of hide and seek in Africa with Dr. David Livingston. He won. Here he is photographed with his gun caddy. He has selected a number 4 gun, a good choice.

But Africa wasn’t just a hunting ground for gentleman, it has also been the inspiration for many stories and songs.  The mystique that was Africa (before Attenborough) was the stuff of legend and its animals the stuff of carpets and buckshot.

Here an African explorer/hunter pens the lyrics to the song Africa by Toto.

The inhabitants of Africa are rich and rare in many cases.  Not only was Africa inhabited by hunting game, it was also inhabited by many people whose unique cultures’ would forever influence the gentleman’s love of the world.

Some African inhabitants: Tarzan and family pose for a traditional family portrait on a tree. Many people believe we evolved from monkey's but in actual fact, monkeys came from Tarzan.

On top of all these wondrous features of Africa, there is also the land itself.  Made up of forests, deserts, mountains, rivers, jungles and coastline, Africa contains many of the attributes that can be found around the world on land-masses.

Such was the beauty of Africa, Robert Redford used to court women by washing their hair in pristine river deltas. A sure fire way to a women's heart and healthy scalp.

With all the wonders that Africa has to offer it’s no wonder that Sir David Attenborough chose to devote so much time documenting it’s attributes.

Here we see the state-of-the-art technology used in documenting Africa. They use four cameras in unison so they can record in 4D.

Since Africa is such a veritable (and sometimes literal) gold mine of wonders a gentleman should take time out to visit, view and perhaps shoot what it has to offer.

Sir David Attenborough uses some technology to invent Africa. Thanks to him the world is a more diverse place.

So there you have it.

G.O. Brixley

The gentleman aviator

Good day,

Living in the 21st century has its pros (e.g. GPS navigation helps me and my yacht avoid the more dangerous areas of Lake Griffith),  but also many cons. One of which is that some occupations that were once revered in society as involving only the gentlemanliest of gentlemen have today become diluted with bogans and gentleman imposters. I will highlight one such example of this today – the aviator.

Bert Hinkler signs this photo especially for The Gentleman Blog. Luckily I had the foresight to get him to sign this 77 years before the blog began.

You see, up until around the 1970s the aviator was a dignified, educated and courageous man. In fact, there were also many gentleladies who also fit this criteria.

A female aviator is known as an aviatrix. Ruth Nichols here watches her plane take off without her as this photo shoot runs overtime.

Unfortunately today, the profession has been taken over by every half-drunk RAAF drop out (or so I assume). Occasionally when the VH-Griffith is out of service I need to take the public airoplane for my travels. I am frequently abhorred. If only the Sopwith Aviation Company were still around…

Sean Connery shares my disdain for public aircraft. He's taking the direct route.

And not to mention the perils involved on public aircraft.

This happened to William Shatner one two separate occasions. What better reason to buy your own Sopwith Camel and fly yourself around the gentlemanly way.

Shatner and Connery were not the only notable gentleman to have an affinity with air travel, though.

Frank Sinatra attempted to build and fly his own aircraft, but mistook furlongs for chains and hence it turned out too small. He put it on his piano instead.

And let us not forget some gentleman who devoted their gentlemanly lives to the skies. They include the likes of Charles Lindbergh, Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and Roger Ramjet.

Charles Kingsford-Smith was inducted into the gentleman's ranks for his love of a smoke. He then graduated to aviator. That's the way these things work.

Charles Lindbergh not only pioneered flight, but also pioneered overselling flights.

And here’s something you can impress your friends or that special lady with at the next soiree you attend. Harry Houdini was the first person to fly a plane in Australia.

A generic, vintage photo of an aircraft.

Until next time,

HL Griffith

Return of the gentleman impostor

Hello there,

I’m afraid we have entered a new period of darkness as the anti-gentleman has once again reared his ugly head from the abyss.  Let me recite my tale, I was on the streetcar the other day and noticed an advertisement at one of the allocated stops.  The advertisement in question made my blood boil and my skin crawl.  I am sorry readers but I must republish this advertisement so that you may know the full extent of my horror.  Behold.

This is the most incorrect thing I have seen in all my long years as a gentleman.

I will go through the parts of this advertisement that are incorrect.  Firstly (the lesser of crimes) is the name of the fragrance ‘the one gentleman’.  There is not one gentleman and this is not the only cologne he would wear if there was, in fact due to the rest of the advertisement this would be the last fragrance he would ever wear.  The second error in this advertisement (which should be a hangable offence) is to say that Matthew McConaughey is in any part a gentleman, let alone the ‘one gentleman’.

McConaughey in his natural attire. Everything in this picture is wrong even down to his broken tribal drum. If you want to make a game of it, spot all 147 offenses in this picture.

Matthew McConaughey is to gentleman as the anti-christ is to Cary Grant.  Some small points to back this up are that Matthew waxes his chest, never wears a collared shirt (it has been superimposed in the above advertisement), sports sleeveless t-shirts, has terrible diction, wears head scarfs and another 95 reasons that you can read in my open letter to Dolce & Gabbana “100 reasons that Matthew McConaughey isn’t a gentleman”.

The anti-gentleman in his element. Notice his horribly waxed chest, ungentlemanly sunglasses and boorish, slack-jawed expression.

The once reputable brand of Dolce & Gabbana has now been sullied for eternity due to their incomprehensible choice of celebrity endorsement.  I know you, as well as I, have been shocked by this egregious crime towards gentlemen and the above images are shocking and grotesque to say the least, so I will now leave you with images of actual gentleman so you can leave this post with your mind at rest.

Don Draper's expression when he views this advertisement. Notice his silent anger and clenched jaw not only for the affront to gentlemen everywhere but also from an advertising perspective.

Paul Newman had to walk off his anger and stand hapless in front of this private investigator's office tossing up whether to pursue the persons behind this offense.

Sean Connery took this advertisement especially badly. Here he just stared for hours wondering 'why?'... 'Why?!'

Tom Selleck. He's not happy.

As long as we gentlemen band together we will be able to fight back against this attack on our culture and couture.

So there you have it.

G.O. Brixley

The oratory gentleman

Good afternoon,

The art of public speaking is a highly valued skill. If I had to place a value upon it, it’d be somewhere between four hundred thousand Dutch francs and 13 million Italian lira. You do the maths.

Nevertheless, a gentleman should be a skilled orator. You never know when you will be called on to deliver a gracious speech about the host of a soiree or if you will have to talk your way out of a hostage situation if the Reform Club is stormed by Nazis.

JFK takes a few minutes out of his yachting schedule to deliver an inspirational speech. I believe the speech concerned the importance of yachts and yacht-related activities.

A good speech is made up of many diverse and multifarious characteristics. It should be inspiring, motivating, stimulating, encouraging, influential and extremely long.

Winston Churchill gives a long and detailed speech concerning the history of the mortar board.

Let us not forget, though, that a speech should be delivered with purpose. That purpose may be to inspire, be gracious, entertain or teach. Or, in some cases, all four at once. When I received my honourary Academy Award for my tireless service to cinema (for setting up Griffith’s Silent Film School), I gave what was regarded as the longest – and hence best – acceptance speech in the award’s history.

Martin Luther King orating to Apollo Creed - amongst others - about how to deliver the perfect upper cut.

Once you have perfected your orating ability, as a respected gentleman, you will have to deliver speeches to thousands, perhaps trillions, of people. But just like a gentleman does not get nervous landing an out-of-control aircraft, a gentleman does not get nervous speaking to large crowds.

James Stewart, while an excellent actor, found it hard to act as though he could not orate to this judge. This is because James Stewart - a gentleman - can orate in any situation.

So don’t forget to cultivate your orational skills so you can deliver a rousing speech at the next party, soiree or Congressional meeting you attend.

And of course Shatner sometimes delivered speeches (not pictured here).

Until next time,

HL Griffith