To read that you thoroughly enjoyed the video of Matt made me smile
and take a look at it again. I have seen it more than once shall we
say, and each time I see new faces, scenery, styles of dancing - the
list goes on. The funniest thing to me is that Matt is not a good
dancer but that seems to add to the charm. Glad you shared it.
I regretted not researching the subject of the second video about
Christian the lion. I added a disclaimer that it might not be
authentic. In fact, it is an absolutely authentic story.
Below are a few paragraphs excerpted from the complete story. After
seeing the video, I was eager to read the whole story:
Christian the lion (named by someone with a Biblical sense of humour)
arrived in Chelsea at a time when King's Road - home to Mick Jagger -
was the very heart of the Swinging Sixties.
For a year, the Big Cat was part of it all, cruising the streets in
the back of a Bentley...He eventually grew too big to be kept as a pet
and was taken to Kenya, where he was rehabilitated into the wild by
the 'Lion Man', George Adamson.
"A friend had been to the 'exotic animals' department at Harrods.
There, in a small cage, was a gorgeous little lion cub. We were
shocked. We looked at each other and said something's got to be done
about that."
The store, which had acquired the cub from Ilfracombe zoo, happily
agreed to part with him for 250 guineas. So began Christian's year as
an urban lion.
Today, it would be unthinkable for a shop to take such a cavalier
attitude towards selling exotic animals (though Harrods did, at least,
provide Ace and Rendall with diet sheets)...
"Oh yes. Sometimes, Christian would see people staring at him through
the back window of the car, keep very still on purpose - and then,
just when they were convinced he was a stuffed toy, he would very
slowly turn his head and freak them out."
After reading the story I looked at the video with even deeper
appreciation.
Dear Ahelee,
To read that you thoroughly enjoyed the video of Matt made me smile
and take a look at it again. I have seen it more than once shall we
say, and each time I see new faces, scenery, styles of dancing - the
list goes on. The funniest thing to me is that Matt is not a good
dancer but that seems to add to the charm. Glad you shared it.
http://www.vimeo.com/1211060
I regretted not researching the subject of the second video about
Christian the lion. I added a disclaimer that it might not be
authentic. In fact, it is an absolutely authentic story.
Below are a few paragraphs excerpted from the complete story. After
seeing the video, I was eager to read the whole story:
Christian the lion (named by someone with a Biblical sense of humour)
arrived in Chelsea at a time when King's Road - home to Mick Jagger -
was the very heart of the Swinging Sixties.
For a year, the Big Cat was part of it all, cruising the streets in
the back of a Bentley...He eventually grew too big to be kept as a pet
and was taken to Kenya, where he was rehabilitated into the wild by
the 'Lion Man', George Adamson.
"A friend had been to the 'exotic animals' department at Harrods.
There, in a small cage, was a gorgeous little lion cub. We were
shocked. We looked at each other and said something's got to be done
about that."
The store, which had acquired the cub from Ilfracombe zoo, happily
agreed to part with him for 250 guineas. So began Christian's year as
an urban lion.
Today, it would be unthinkable for a shop to take such a cavalier
attitude towards selling exotic animals (though Harrods did, at least,
provide Ace and Rendall with diet sheets)...
"Oh yes. Sometimes, Christian would see people staring at him through
the back window of the car, keep very still on purpose - and then,
just when they were convinced he was a stuffed toy, he would very
slowly turn his head and freak them out."
After reading the story I looked at the video with even deeper
appreciation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adYbFQFXG0U
Natalia