... by showing Nickie's performance of his all-time favorite Beatles song.
For those who don't know, Nick did a short stint in the Russian navy. Long story.
Just a little levity, folks ... thought we might could use a little relief from Barack Petroleum, et al.
Hope you all are well.
DC... You swore this video would never see the light of day.
ReplyDeleteBlend together a warm evening in Minsk, a 2-litre bottle of cut-rate GUM vodka, and a captive audience of political prisoners, and this is what you get.
I was doing my best Frankie Laine impersonation. For those of you with something critical to say about my crooning - please save your criticism. In other words, let it be.
Nickie, you sure are a man with many talents. I am confident that mixing alcoholic beverages only could have enhanced your performance. Alcoholic beverages usually does wonders for me.
ReplyDeleteNobody does it better. I fought back tears.
ReplyDeletelooks like you ate Gilligan.
ReplyDeleteTeresa, never drink and sing.
ReplyDeleteZio, that is priceless. I get a little verklempt, myself, watching the Great Nick in action. Such confidence.
Nickolai, you were marvelous on that night and it would be a crime to keep the free world from seeing what the Soviets have long known -- that is some kinda lid.
Ate Gilligan? Hilarious. And the Howells, the professor ...
ReplyDeleteDC, I actually played my best billiard games when drinking.
ReplyDeleteClassic.
ReplyDeleteMy Uncle Vlochik was forced to watch that show. He wrote an angry letter to the Red Cross.
ReplyDeleteThe Commissar suggested that Nickie be sent to the gulag following that stunning performance to perform there on a permanent basis.
ReplyDeleteIt required string pulling, cash payments and my sister, wearing a fetish nurse outfit to keep him on the tour long enough for him to get close enough to the West to defect through the wire.
LL... I realize that some favors can never be repaid. Thank you, Comrade.
ReplyDeleteI did go, literally, through the wire. I still can't brush my teeth on winter mornings.
BTW, how's your sister? I think of her often. Much too often. I don't suppose she still has that outfit?
DC, there's going to be hell to pay for showing old movies of the old blowhard.
ReplyDeleteOh, Nickie! I didn't know you were a singer. May I have your autograph?
ReplyDeleteAm I the only one with any testosterone left here ? :)
ReplyDeleteRussian Women. The right genes...
Russian Navy Women. ARG Matey !
Opie, it would be my pleasure. I never had many groupies when I toured the Gulag Borsch Belt.
ReplyDeleteEasy, Kid. The nights get lonely in the motherland. Женщина, как красная роза прорваться бесконечные снега.
ReplyDeleteWoody, this is one of the few videos I'm NOT embarrassed by. DC and his footlocker hold many horrors.
ReplyDeleteWetzy... Your Uncle Vlochik was a vile heckler. I do regret, though, his whole Siberian adventure.
ReplyDeleteTerri, I'm like you. I even drink better when I'm drinking.
ReplyDeleteZio, wipe away the trars. They are nowt but sweet rain on my blogging landscape.
ReplyDeletePerhaps more on barack and the oil spill is called for.
ReplyDeleteI would rather be scraping the rust off the hulks of the ships in Murmansk than hearing any more of those verds of visdom.
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ReplyDeleteWo... I'm with DC on this one. We need a little relief. I can't maintain the constant crisis mode of the 24/7 news media.
ReplyDeleteIf the Prez thinks it's a real crisis, he'd actually be doing something about it. Instead, he's negotiated a 20 million dollar slush fund, and he's threatening to sue everyone in site. He's happily stopped ALL drilling. He loves this oil slick.
If BP thinks it's a crisis, they'd be telling the EPA to F Off and they'd start using creative solutions.
If the folks in the gulf are truly angry, I haven't seen it. Not one politician nor oil man has felt the lash or enjoyed the tar & feather experience.
This thing is a Godsend for Obama, and the national conversation has been turned away from unemployment, deficits, White House scandals, corruption, democrat party politics, and OBAMACARE.
I'm not gonna chase Rahm's latest crisis. The giant oil slick is the slickest trick yet for the dems.
Pewster, somestimes the sillies bust out. Humor, especially in our darkest times, is one of God's greatest gifts.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the visit. Welcome. I'm a fan of your blog.
Glad to see the Goomba Nation has maintained its taste and sense of humor. Good to hear from LL and Wood, et al.
ReplyDeleteAnd Wetzy, my apologies to your Uncle ... and for bringing back those bad memories. "My bad" ...
And while we are on a roll, Kid ... great to hear from you and, yes, I will violate one of my rules re: Top 10 Odious Phrases and say re: Russian women ... "Oy!!" Or in this case ... Ah-oy!!
Is that really you Nik? Seriously. Way to belt it out. Momma always tol me if I can't say nice ect..
ReplyDeleteYes Sir DC. All the best.
ReplyDeleteNickie. Exactamundo. They are ALL loving this. Including all the 'environmentalists'.
And here's a bet that not more than one in 10 million environmentalists show up down there to clean up, get paid for it, plus 27 bucks per diem per day, plus lodging. None of those suckers really cares.
It's True! Susan Boyle is a Man Baby!
ReplyDeleteCan you get me one of those hats?
ReplyDeleteA truly "emotional" rendition, Nickie. ;-)
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