At @AFrikkinHashtag we pride ourselves on being creative in our Hashtagging which is why you will never find a Trump tag [except the one that was #NotTrumpOrChristmas [which you have to admit is pretty creative!]] and i don’t know if we’ve ever done a word limit tag [we certainly don’t limit words in our tags, ha ha] and this one was a classic as Jess climbed back into the co-hosting seat for a game where we imagined historical figures reviewing movies…
[The Story So Far: Every Wednesday at 12 noon South African time [6 am EDT] an inspired and growing number of brilliant, creative and absolutely fun people from all around the world take part in what is called a Hashtag game. @AFrikkinHashtag [say it out loud] is South Africa’s #1 Hashtag game and is always a lot of fun. The F.L.O.P. [or Fish List Of Prizeworthyness] is the collection of some of the best tweets from each week’s game and is what all seriously comedic Hashtaggers aspire to…]
Jess aka @JessBerrie is a long-time member of The UnNamed Ones, those previous co-hosts who decided to stick around and keep the machine going and she was keen to get back into the co-pilot seat [Disclaimer: not an actual seat!]
i got the ball rolling by sending out an invite and sharing a few examples of my own:
Join @BrettFishA and @JessBerrie on the @HashtagRoundup as we enjoy the movie reviews of historical figures #HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie pic.twitter.com/vAlDBfGewd
— A Frikkin Hashtag (@AFrikkinHashtag) September 20, 2017
Captain of Titanic reviewing Jaws: I'm not sure a bigger boat is the answer.#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie pic.twitter.com/44bPozXt9C
— Brett FISH Anderson (@BrettFishA) September 20, 2017
King Arthur reviewing Crocodile Dundee: You call that a blade? #HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie pic.twitter.com/p3DCg2ln1p
— A Frikkin Hashtag (@AFrikkinHashtag) September 20, 2017
Jess got to it quickly:
Confucius on Star Wars: ' I like that lil Yoda fellow'#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie pic.twitter.com/1YYurlnxPN
— Jessica Carberry (@Jessberrie) September 20, 2017
Medusa on Snakes On Plane:'That's Mother Beeeepin Brilliant '
#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie— Jessica Carberry (@Jessberrie) September 20, 2017
Shakespeare on the Bee Movie : ' I give it 2 B's ' #HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie
— Jessica Carberry (@Jessberrie) September 20, 2017
We were joined by some of our favourite little Twitterer bots:
Everything you know about Historical Figure Reviews Movie is wrong.
— Wrong Bot (@yrwrong) September 20, 2017
What's the deal with #HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie? Do you exchange me? Am I a drawing? Am I an actual ticket? Just what am I?
— Seinfeld Bot (@TheSeinfeldBot) September 20, 2017
#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie? More like Historical Disfigure Reviews Movie, amirite?
— AmIRite Bot (@AmIRiteBot) September 20, 2017
Surprising for such a lengthy tag as this [i did warn you!] we managed to sneak into the trend lists:
⒈ Puerto Rico
⒉ #WednesdayWisdom
⒊ #QuestionsINeedAnswersTo
⒋ Jimmy Kimmel
⒌ #HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie2017/9/20 06:35 CDT
— Trendinalia USA (@trendinaliaUS) September 20, 2017
Then, of course, there was you, and don’t pretend for a minute that you came in here to look for anything but your own tweets, so let’s jump right in to this week’s Top Tweets which we affectionately call:
THE FISH LIST OF PRIZEWORTHYNESS aka The F.L.O.P.
And can i just say that you were all FLIPPIN CREATIVE with this game…
Ger Bear got us started with some philosophical musings from George:
What do mean they're regular tomatoes?
George Clooney watching Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café— Geraldine ✒ (@overheavenshill) September 20, 2017
While John who is one of my favourite Tweetsters had this classic:
“How gets thou yon folk in thy moving portraits, Demon?”
Oliver Cromwell – any movie#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie— John Lane (@JohnFPLane) September 20, 2017
Luke presumed the fault was in our stars, or something:
Galileo reviewing Star Wars: Not only are there stars in the sky, there are wars taking place amongst them #HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie
— Luke, Dealer ✋🏼 (@LukeWheeler01) September 20, 2017
While Rowan was questioning the re-imagining of history:
#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie
Never, in all my amendments, did I mention I killed vampires for fun.— RowanBuchanan-Brown (@RowanbuchananB) September 20, 2017
John brought the awks:
“I found it uncomfortable to watch.”
Joan of Arc – Firestarter#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie— John Lane (@JohnFPLane) September 20, 2017
While Belladonna was feeling critical:
#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie La La Land "That Gosling is no Fred Astaire – Gene Kelly pic.twitter.com/TCqHVYsoOc
— BellaDonna🍷 (@DonnaMLanglais) September 20, 2017
Sambo had high praise:
#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie Bob Marley on @cheechandchong up in smoke Ya Man!!!this is dope pic.twitter.com/wvy2Si0OqV
— Sambo @WorldWide (@abtsag) September 20, 2017
Terhi was all about the Fire Flicks and Chill:
#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie Nero: on the Towering Inferno – "watched it while I fiddled, I like a good fire" pic.twitter.com/XJQezqdrxC
— TerhiMG (@TerhiMG) September 20, 2017
While John was fervently googling plagiarism:
“Hey, didn’t I write this!?”
Shakespeare – West Side Story#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie— John Lane (@JohnFPLane) September 20, 2017
While Ddubs brought out the engineer:
I should have built it – Noah reviewing Titanic #HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie
— DdubsDreamer (@DdubsDreamer) September 20, 2017
Bannon was unimpressed:
Long John Silver on Baywatch
That's 12 doubloons I'll never get back#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie— Mister Race Bannon (@MrRaceBannon) September 20, 2017
While Craig was feeling the hypocrisy:
I deplored the Violence in Braveheart.
– Vlad the impaler. #HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie
— craig onetweetwonder (@craigflynn1) September 20, 2017
Happy seemed to be feeling some dejavu:
"Romeo + Juliet? 🤔 That was weird." – William Shakespeare #HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie pic.twitter.com/NOxy8Rr1HU
— Happy 🎄 (@Hollydays2017) September 20, 2017
While Steve was putting his foot down:
Churchill on 'v' for vendetta. Not in my day son, not in my day! #HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie pic.twitter.com/DLV1gU6c6j
— Steveedub (@Steveedub) September 20, 2017
Stephen was searching for a little escapism:
"I wish"
Nelson Mandela, The Great Escape #HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie— Stephen Cookson (@StephenCookson6) September 20, 2017
While Bazza saw his in black and white:
"Who's bad?"
Michael Jackson on the usual suspects
— Jalbeardzi, The Typo Pirate Yaarrrr (@Danzig303) September 20, 2017
Mark saw things going from bad to Wurst:
"This could take a while".
Freud – Sausage Party #HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie
— 🏇MARK (@westy2112) September 20, 2017
David seemed a little confused:
Why was my first wife white in this? Johnny Cash reviewing Walk the Line #HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie
— David S Crooge (@bonesnorkel) September 20, 2017
Our funniest Katt took some time for some much needed introspection:
#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie
(Caligula watching "Caligula")
What the (bleep) is wrong with me?— Katt Funny (@KattFunny) September 20, 2017
Crystal did not need a second opinion:
Laughter does not work better than medicine – Florence Nightingale #HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie pic.twitter.com/nubATDXvut
— Crystal (@SeamonkeyzRule) September 20, 2017
Saul seemed to think there was a lot more at stake:
Man on Fire -pppppfffffftttttt
Joan of Arc #HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie
— Saul P (@Psully68) September 20, 2017
While Don’t think So thought so:
A whole planet of apes who walk and talk like humans? That gives me an idea!
-Darwin #HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie— Dont Thinkso (@DontThinkso555) September 20, 2017
John was in agreement with the relativity of the situation:
“Ha-ha! It's true! Relatives are difficult!”
Albert Einstein – Meet the Parents#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie— John Lane (@JohnFPLane) September 20, 2017
Amithab was struggling with the lingo:
William Shakespeare on any modern movie.. "Wouldst beest bett'r if't be true not done in a f'reign tongue" #HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie
— Amithab Kasiparsad (@AmithabK) September 20, 2017
Ger Bear even more so:
"Thine words doth speak obscure untruth?"
Translation-what's he saying?William Shakespeare watching 8 mile
— Geraldine ✒ (@overheavenshill) September 20, 2017
Mark had that sinking feeling:
"Disappointing"
Noah – Waterworld#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie
— 🏇MARK (@westy2112) September 20, 2017
Katt was dead confused:
#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie
I don't understand First Wives Club. Why were they all still alive?
-Henry VIII— Katt Funny (@KattFunny) September 20, 2017
Amithab was working on layers beyond layers:
#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie
"You may say I'm a dreamer.. but clearly, I'm not the only one"
John Lennon ~ Inception— Amithab Kasiparsad (@AmithabK) September 20, 2017
Peter [and his moustache] were not impressed:
Louis Pasteur watching Milk “False advertising!!” #HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie
— Peter Lim (@ThePeterLim) September 20, 2017
Lisa was trying to deal with an infestation:
#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie Paul Revere on HELP! "The Beatles are coming! The Beatles are coming!" pic.twitter.com/pd6dTV7WXl
— Lisa 😻 (@Lisaley) September 20, 2017
While Grendel was feeling a little Bogus:
Their Tardis is just a phone box & they need to work on their air guitar too-Doctor Who #HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie pic.twitter.com/a3Vmxqnhyn
— Gretel Armstrong (@SugarGretel) September 20, 2017
Cone was losing it:
#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie Frozen went right to my head, Walt Disney.
— Orange Cone (@dtEmptySuitcase) September 20, 2017
While Katt thought she saw someone she knew:
#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie
Is that Mork?
-J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan novelist)— Katt Funny (@KattFunny) September 20, 2017
This was a super fun game as a lot of the out-of-the-box ones tend to be so THANK YOU everyone for taking part – obviously there were a lot of tweets we didn’t even put in here that were good enough to be, but also there were a few that made it to the top of the pile and so i present this week’s F.L.O.P. SEVEN
[7] John was feeling the “If it ain’t broke…” vibes
“I hate sequels.”
Henry VIII#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie— John Lane (@JohnFPLane) September 20, 2017
[6] Fulcans was planely right on it:
#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie
Orville Wright:Airplane was funny!
Wilbur Wright:Surely you can't be serious.
Orville:stop calling me Shirley.— FackingFulcans (@Fackingfulcans) September 20, 2017
[5] Roe went there [probably by axe-iddent?]:
#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie
Marie Antoinette says about Caddy Shack "I laughed my head off!!"— ROE-GUE One A Star Wars Story (@roeu812) September 20, 2017
[4] Tali felt like he owed us all an apology #AndHeWasRight:
Bram Stoker on the Twilight saga:
"I feel partly responsible.
I am so, so sorry"#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie pic.twitter.com/JbZJcIYWFE— Sir Taliesyne (@Taliesyne) September 20, 2017
[3] While Bazza scores misdirection points:
"Over 74 minutes I realised it wasn't about me but it wasn't bad"
Dwyane Johnson on the rock pic.twitter.com/MWJStGQbbR
— Jalbeardzi, The Typo Pirate Yaarrrr (@Danzig303) September 20, 2017
[2] Bdog went one better:
That was nothing.
-Lady Godiva#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie @AFrikkinHashtag pic.twitter.com/A3xlUZzAnP— Ubiquitous Bdog (@ubiquitousbdog) September 20, 2017
[1] While this week’s top tweet has to go to Miguel who would probably be spot on with this assessment:
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! BY GODS WHAT IS THIS WITCHCRAFT!!!!!!
– Any historical figure before pictures#HistoricalFigureReviewsMovie— Miguel the Writer (@migbencov) September 20, 2017
Huge thanks to the Jess and my cast and crew of UnNamed Ones who work hard every week to keep the clockwork ticking, and of course to the @HashtagRoundup app [which is FREE, download it!] for keeping us all in our times… as well as to you – without you there is not frikkin hashtag game!
Til next time – Wed 1pm South Africand and 6am EST
Let’s keep the WIT in the Twitterer
love brett Fish and No_bob
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