Language Not Dead on Deadwood
HAVE BEEN TRYING TO incorporate "Deadwood-speak" into my daily vernaculations, much to the interest or amusement of absolutely no one, so was I ever glad to find that my colleague and fellow lover of language, LEXIPHANE, not only also shares my love for this HBO series--much so for its script's florid and melliflous pentameters, interspersed with every word George Carlin warned us about 25 years ago--and has found another fan who has made a short film, entitled Deadwood Pancakes, available on YouTube.com, celebrating and parodying the vocal stylings that we adore and will sorely miss when the series bows out for good in a matter of weeks.
In the interest of full disclosure, I couldn't get this video to play in either of my browsers, which is why I'm glad and grateful Lexiphane transcribed the best part of the video:
Pancakes . . . BEFORE watching HBO's "Deadwood"[roommate stands in front of kitchen range with frying pan]
"Hey Schleigel! You want some pancakes?"
[man at table, cheerful]
"Oh yeah that'd be great! Can I get some butter and syrup?
[roommate, agreeably]
"You GOT it!"
Pancakes . . . AFTER HBO Series "Deadwood"[roommate stands in front of kitchen range with frying pan]
"Hey Schleigel! You want some pancakes?"
[man chewing furiously on toothpick at table]
"Well I hope within the confines of that most charitable f__king offer, you decide to provide me with the necessary peripherals and accompaniements that I might properly enjoy such a morning time f__king culinary work of f__king art, you stupid son of a bitch! Because if I am not provided with adequate peripherals to that morning time delight for both soul, body, and tatebuds, I shall smack you so f__king hard upside that stupid f__king gimp head of yours, as to knock your contact lens up in the front of your brain, providing you with the moment of f__king clarity in which you willl say out loud to yourself 'Why did I not provide this c__ksucker with the syrup and or butter that he requested at the outset of this f__king breakfast endeavor?' You dumb son of a bitch!"
[roommate, cheerfully]
"You GOT it! C__ksucker"
If you're curious to read some of the actual salty and peppered language offered on the show, check out HBO's Deadwood Best Lines pages to get an idea of what me and my commiserants are so giddy about...!
