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Thursday, September 19, 2019

Talk Like a Pirate Day Redux

Your annual reminder that no, you are probably not talking like a pirate, you are talking like actor Robert Newton, who played Long John Silver in a movie and then a TV miniseries in the 1950s. And he didn't actually talk like a pirate either.




You can find episodes on YouTube, or if you're especially lucky--I was--in boxed sets in thrift stores.

Newton also played many, many other roles. Check them out.