Avengers in Time: June 2019

Saturday, 29 June 2019

1967: Music: Belgian Single Charts 29/04/1967

N° 20

Eddy Wally with "Rode rozen"

- Country: Belgium

- Music/Lyrics: Johnny Hoes

- Highest Position: N° 17

- Weeks in the charts: 8

- Video Clip

N° 19

Petula Clark with "C'est ma chanson"

- Country: UK / France

- Music/Lyrics: Pierre Delanoë, Charles Chaplin

- Highest Position: N° 9

- Weeks in the charts: 10

- Video Clip

N° 18

The Turtles with "Happy Together"

- Country: USA

- Music/Lyrics: Alan Gordon, Garry Bonner

- Highest Position: N° 8

- Weeks in the charts: 9

- Video Clip

N° 17

De Heikrekels with "Waarom heb jij me laten staan?"

- Country: Netherlands

- Music/Lyrics: Wim van Gennip

- Highest Position: N° 14

- Weeks in the charts: 12

- Video Clip

N° 16

Marva with "Een eiland in groen en blauw"

- Country: Belgium

- Music/Lyrics: Rocco Granata, Phil Van Cauwenbergh

- Highest Position: N° 16

- Weeks in the charts: 4

- Video Clip

N° 15

Jimmy Frey with "Ik geloof"

- Country: Belgium

- Music/Lyrics: Bobbejaan Schoepen, Louis Baret

- Highest Position: N° 14

- Weeks in the charts: 8

- Video Clip

N° 14

Nino Ferrer with "Le téléfon"

- Country: France

- Music/Lyrics: Nino Ferrer

- Highest Position: N° 7

- Weeks in the charts: 14

- Video Clip

N° 13

Ronny Temmer with "De ranke roos"

- Country: Belgium

- Music/Lyrics: Al Van Dam, Dick Emce

- Highest Position: N° 9

- Weeks in the charts: 10

- Video Clip

N° 12

Adamo with "Inch' Allah"

- Country: Belgium

- Music/Lyrics: Salvatore Adamo

- Highest Position: N° 4

- Weeks in the charts: 15

- Video Clip

N° 11

The Beatles with "Penny Lane"

- Country: UK

- Music/Lyrics: John Lennon, Paul McCartney

- Highest Position: N° 4

- Weeks in the charts: 9

- Video Clip

N° 10

Sonny & Cher with "The Beat Goes On"

- Country: USA

- Music/Lyrics: Sonny Bono

- Highest Position: N° 5

- Weeks in the charts: 11

- Video Clip

N° 9

Michel Polnareff with "Ta, ta, ta, ta"

- Country: France

- Music/Lyrics: Michel Polnareff, Franck Gérald

- Highest Position: N° 7

- Weeks in the charts: 12

- Video Clip

N° 8

Whistling Jack Smith with "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman"

- Country: UK

- Music/Lyrics: Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook

- Highest Position: N° 5

- Weeks in the charts: 11

- Video Clip

N° 7

Louis Neefs with "Ik heb zorgen"

- Country: Belgium

- Music/Lyrics: Phil Van Cauwenbergh, Paul Quintens

- Highest Position: N° 7

- Weeks in the charts: 10

- Video Clip

N° 6

Will Tura with "De zigeuner"

- Country: Belgium

- Music/Lyrics: Nelly Byl, Jean Kluger

- Highest Position: N° 5

- Weeks in the charts: 15

- Video Clip

N° 5

Sandie Shaw with "Puppet On A String"

- Country: UK

- Music/Lyrics: Bill Martin, Phil Coulter

- Highest Position: N° 1

- Weeks in the charts: 16

- Video Clip

N° 4

Tom Jones with "Detroit City"

- Country: UK

- Music/Lyrics: Melvin Tillis, Danny Dill

- Highest Position: N° 3

- Weeks in the charts: 13

- Video Clip

N° 3

Nancy & Frank Sinatra with "Somethin' Stupid"

- Country: USA

- Music/Lyrics: Carson Parks

- Highest Position: N° 2

- Weeks in the charts: 16

- Video Clip

N° 2

Petula Clark with "This Is My Song"

- Country: UK

- Music/Lyrics: Charles Chaplin

- Highest Position: N° 1

- Weeks in the charts: 18

- Video Clip

N° 1

Engelbert Humperdinck with "Release Me"

- Country: UK

- Music/Lyrics: Robert Yount, Dub Williams, Eddie Miller, Robert Harris

- Highest Position: N° 1

- Weeks in the charts: 22

- Video Clip

Thursday, 20 June 2019

1966, Film: “Le grand restaurant”

The French comedy film "Le Grand Restaurant" ("What's Cooking in Paris" (USA) / "The Big Restaurant" (UK)) was released on 7 September 1966 in France. The film, directed by Jacques Besnard, was written by Jean Halain and Louis de Funès. Main stars are Louis de Funès as Monsieur Septime and Bernard Blier as "Le commissaire divisionnaire". The music was composed by Jean Marion.

Synopsis

Monsieur Septime (Louis de Funès) rules his Paris restaurant "Chez Septime" with an iron fist, he treats his employees like children. One day, Novales (Folco Lulli), a South American president, disappears while dining in his restaurant…

Bernard Blier as Le commissaire divisionnaire and Louis de Funès as Monsieur Septime

Olivier De Funès as Marmiton Louis and Louis de Funès as Monsieur Septime

Louis de Funès as Monsieur Septime

Main cast

Louis de Funès as Monsieur Septime
Bernard Blier as Le commissaire divisionnaire
Noël Roquevert as Minister of the Interior
Folco Lulli as President Novalès
Maria-Rosa Rodriguez as Sophia
Venantino Venantini as Enrique
Paul Préboist as wine steward
Raoul Delfosse as Marcel
Max Montavon as violinist
Mathias Caccia as pianist
Pierre Tornade as maître d'hôtel
Maurice Risch as waiter
Jean Ozenne as second maître d'hôtel
Jacques Dynam as waiter
Guy Grosso as waiter
Michel Modo as Petit-Roger
Eugene Deckers as accomplice of Novalès
Juan Ramirez as general

Louis de Funès as Monsieur Septime, Venantino Venantini as Henrique,
Maria-Rosa Rodriguez as Sophia and Folco Lulli as Le président Novalès

Michel Modo as Petit Roger and Louis de Funès as Monsieur Septime

Louis de Funès as Monsieur Septime and Folco Lulli as President Novalès

Controversial scene

At a certain moment some customers, a Frenchman, Italian and German, ask Septime how he makes his mashed potatoes. A shadow is projected on Louis de Funès and he takes the pose and voice of Hitler.

Louis de Funès as Monsieur Septime

Cars

Citroën DS (Septime)
Triumph TR4 (Sophia)
Simca Vedette (Septime and Sophia)
Chevrolet Bel Air (The conspirators)

Trailer "Le grand restaurant" (France, 1966)

Friday, 14 June 2019

1965, Belgian Comics: PATS N° 128

On April 16, 1965 issue 128 of the youth magazine “PATS” (“De Vrolijke Kinderkrant”) (“The Cheerful Children's Newspaper”) is published in the Nieuwsblad / De Standaard. “PATS” was a weekly children's supplement with the Flemish daily newspapers “Het Nieuwsblad and “De Standaard”. It appeared from 1962 to February 27, 1974 under the name "Pats". In 1974 it was given the name “Patskrant” and in 1977 it was renamed as the “Stipkrant” until the magazine was finally closed in 2000.

PATS N° 128, April 16,1965

Comics

“PATS” by Willy Vandersteen
Karl May: “De Zilverbuks” (“The Silver Rifle”) by Studio Vandersteen
“Fideel de Fluwelen Ridder” (“Fideel the Velvet Knight”) by GoT (Gommaar Timmermans)
“Mieleke” by Jacques Acar and Hugo (Hugo de Reymaeker)
“De Familie Snoek” (“The Family Pike”) by Studio Vandersteen
“De tweehoofdige gevlekte filodendron” (“The two-headed spotted filodendron”) by GoT (Gommaar Timmermans)
“De derde man op de berg” (“The third man on the mountain”) (Walt Disney’s klassieke verhalen)
“De avonturen van Ray Blent” (“The Adventures of Ray Blent”) by Carl Ley (Karel Verleyen) and Hugo (Hugo de Reymaeker)
“De streken van Hippoliet” (“The pranks of Hippoliet”) by by Jacques Acar and Hugo (Hugo de Reymaeker)

"Pats" by Willy Vandersteen

Karl May: “De Zilverbuks” (“The Silver Rifle”) by Studio Vandersteen

“Fideel de Fluwelen Ridder” (“Fideel the Velvet Knight”) by GoT (Gommaar Timmermans)

“Mieleke” by Jacques Acar and Hugo (Hugo de Reymaeker)

“De Familie Snoek” (“The Family Pike”) by Studio Vandersteen

“De tweehoofdige gevlekte filodendron” (“The two-headed spotted filodendron”)
by GoT (Gommaar Timmermans)

“De derde man op de berg” (“The third man on the mountain”) (Walt Disney classics)

“De avonturen van Ray Blent” (“The Adventures of Ray Blent”)
by Carl Ley (Karel Verleyen) and Hugo (Hugo de Reymaeker)

“De streken van Hippoliet” (“The pranks of Hippoliet”)
by by Jacques Acar and Hugo (Hugo de Reymaeker)

Cartoons

“Katoke” by W. Peleman (Wies Peleman)
“Atletiek” (“Athletics”) by Titte
“Directeur” (“Manager”) by W. Pelemans (Wies Peleman)
“Aiiiiii!” By W. Peleman (Wies Peleman)

“Katoke” by W. Peleman (Wies Peleman)

“Atletiek” (“Athletics”) by Titte

“Directeur” (“Manager”) by W. Pelemans (Wies Peleman)

“Aiiiiii!” By W. Peleman (Wies Peleman)

Short stories

“De baard van de Koning” (“The beard of the King”) by Cyriel Verleyen
“De kleine antenne” (“The small antenna”) by Andoes
“Rapportendag” (“Reports day”) by unknown
“Kabouter Kwak” (“Kobold Kwak”) by unknown
“Van een goedhartig Paasklokje” (“From a kind-hearted Easter bell”) by Maurits Huybrechts
“Blind” by Carl Darte (Karel Verleyen)

Weekly section

“Een briefje van Pats” (“A note from Pats”) by Pats
“Uit het dagboek van Pietje Pennewip” (“From the diary of Pietje Pennewip”) by P.P.
“Hier spreekt Tim Trotter” (“Tim Trotter is speaking here”) by Timmetje