The Devil's Pleasure Garden

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In Praise of Older Women

“The young are completely stupid.”—Salvador Dalí









































Robert MacLean is an independent filmmaker. His The Light Touch is on Amazon Prime, Tubi and Scanbox, and his 7-minute comedy is an out-loud laugh. He is also a novelist, a playwright, a blogger, a YouTuber, a film reviewer, a literary critic, and a stand-up comic poet. Born Toronto, PhD McGill, taught at Canadian universities, too cold, live Greece, Irish citizen. No brains, but an intellectual snob.

“I was beastly but never coarse. A high-class sort of heel.”

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Humor, like pornography, incites a single emotion, in various positions.

Humor, like pornography, incites a single emotion, in various positions.
Nymph, in thy Orisons Be all my sins remember'd.

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On Amazon Prime

on tubi

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on scanbox

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with SAFIER ENTERTAINMENT

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and right here

and right here
WELCOME TO THE DEVIL'S PLEASURE GARDEN and to entertainments for the gods—for people with absolutely nothing else to do!

Here are limericks, links, lists, literature, lechery, laughter and lovey-dove; and whatever else—photos, philosophy, phantasy, philm talk, phoolery, phoppishness and phine sentiments. Start right in with
Cottontail by Louis and Duke, do ya good.

seven-minute comedy

seven-minute comedy

FILM REVIEWS II

FILM REVIEWS II

Anger and Exasperation, a Toby Moment

Anger and Exasperation, a Toby Moment

How to Live, by doctor Robert MacLean, PHD

How to Live, by doctor Robert MacLean, PHD

Oh, you gotta hear this!

Oh, you gotta hear this!

What does a woman want?

What does a woman want?

literary musings

literary musings

The Child Annoys Me, and I Annoy It Back, a Toby moment

The Child Annoys Me, and I Annoy It Back, a Toby moment

The Destruction of West Los Angeles by a Giant Dick

The Destruction of West Los Angeles by a Giant Dick

Picnic in a Graveyard

Picnic in a Graveyard

BOREDOM

BOREDOM

The Marquis de Sade, Father of Modern France

The Marquis de Sade, Father of Modern France

In Praise of Older Women

In Praise of Older Women

Sweet Sue, comme il faut

Attack of the Giant Feminists

Attack of the Giant Feminists

The Child in Its Swiss Classroom: A Toby Moment

The Child in Its Swiss Classroom: A Toby Moment

Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Not Taking Taking Yourself Seriously Seriously

Not Taking Taking Yourself Seriously Seriously

Short bursts

  • Wokeness
  • Some Pointers on France
  • Henry James
  • Older Women
  • "Science"
  • What the Devil?
  • Chaucer and Boccaccio
  • Dead Bodies, A Comedy
  • Is your heart in the right place?
  • A Clutch of Countries
  • "Madness," said Molière.
  • A guy walks into a bar…
  • You Need Money to Be Rich
  • Einstein at Oxford
  • Krishnamurti at Oxford
  • The A-Word
  • Leonard Cohen told me this blonde joke.
  • Being Rich
  • The Origami Toilet-Paper Fold
  • The Stress of Not Having Any Stress
  • On Morality
  • Europe and America
  • Little Bobby goes into a bar.
  • A Farewell to Hollywood: Faust
  • A Farewell to Hollywood: Don Juan

Fellini

Fellini
Nino, Amarcord

Strauss-Kahn, an Hommage

Strauss-Kahn, an Hommage
My lord, I will use them according to their desert. / God’s bodykins, man, much better! Use every man after his desert, and who should ’scape whipping?
Kathleen Battle sings Mozart's Vorrei spiegarvi, o Dio!

Faust: The Movie

Faust: The Movie

Oh, Money! A Love Poem

Oh, Money! A Love Poem

Hitch and Cary

Hitch and Cary

Gene Taylor, Mr. Boogie

The Legs of Your Wife

The Legs of Your Wife
For His Excellency, Sweden’s Ambassador to Greece

The Return of Dirty Harry

The Return of Dirty Harry

Ode on a Grecian Urine

Ode on a Grecian Urine

It’s Bad for Me

FINGER POEMS

FINGER POEMS

Quotations

  • Self
  • Others
  • Movies

FILM REVIEWS I

FILM REVIEWS I
Maestro Stéphane plays As Time Goes By, accompanied by Frédéric Chopin

GORGEOUSNESS

GORGEOUSNESS

Some Senryū

Some Senryū

The Feet Eaters

The Feet Eaters
Dorado Schmitt, Dark Eyes (Catch especially the clarinetist.)

GIGOLO POEMS

GIGOLO POEMS

If I Weren't Such a Prick

If I Weren't Such a Prick

LIMERICKS

LIMERICKS

Mahler's Adagietto. Only Franco Mannino gets it right.

Life on an Island

Life on an Island

The Lubitsch Touch

The Lubitsch Touch

Sacred Limericks

Sacred Limericks
Ileana Cotrubas sings Puccini's O mio babbino caro.

Kubrick

Kubrick

What We Know

What We Know

Some Notes on God

Some Notes on God

Catholic Converts

Catholic Converts
Brook and Dinah

The Real Meaning of Humphrey Bogart

The Real Meaning of Humphrey Bogart

Hemingway for Wimps

Hemingway for Wimps

Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov

Theme from Mutiny on the Bounty

On Finnegans Wake

On Finnegans Wake

The "Character Arc"

The "Character Arc"

My Racial Profile

My Racial Profile

Placido, O sole mio

Pleasure in Paris

Pleasure in Paris

Catholics and Puritans

Catholics and Puritans

Miles

Germans

Germans

La Vie En Rose

Kansas City

British caste

British caste

Dream Man

Cold Comfort: Notes on Canada

Cold Comfort: Notes on Canada

JUKE BOX

JUKE BOX
Right here

When You Smilin'

The Buddhist

The Buddhist

Smart-assery is the essence of art.

Smart-assery is the essence of art.

LE ZJOKE Du JOUR

LE  ZJOKE  Du  JOUR

The kids like zombies and vampires. Why?

The kids like zombies and vampires. Why?

Short videos, others

  • Benny Hill
  • Bunny Poo Salad
  • Rita!
  • Rita 2
  • Ladies only
  • Polititical comment by Bob Hope
  • Dalí meets Disney
  • Smile, O Lucky Man.
  • Andy Warhol knew how to handle a crying baby.
  • Stephen Fry quotes Oscar Wilde
  • George & a new Gracie
  • Fellini: a brief vision of heaven on earth
  • Tarzan and Jane
  • Parody of Ingmar Bergman
  • Renoir on how progress ruins cinema

March Weather

March Weather

Despina Mirou

Despina Mirou
As enchanting as the character she plays

Movies in britain

Movies in britain

movies in greece

movies in greece

DARK IN HERE

DARK IN HERE
A Quick Comedy

Toby on Air travel

Toby on Air travel

The Summer Wind


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The natural wish to be Robert MacLean

The natural wish to be Robert MacLean

youtube shorts

youtube shorts

Toby books

Toby books

Toby videos

Toby videos

The Toby series

The Toby series
Political correctness killed comedy, Mel Brooks said. We’re back.

Some passing remarks on oneself, you know

Some passing remarks on oneself, you know

A Toby novel

A Toby novel
Nifty quotes from Foreign Matter

Chaucer's "The Miller's Tale"

Chaucer's "The Miller's Tale"

bo derek in chocolate and champagne

bo derek in chocolate and champagne

Game of Thrones and the News

Game of Thrones and the News

Shoot the Baby: A Toby moment

Shoot the Baby: A Toby moment

Boccaccio's "The Husband"

Boccaccio's "The Husband"

A Toby novel

A Toby novel
Nifty quotes from Total Moisture

and then you die

and then you die

Giorgione and Valéry

Giorgione and Valéry

Boccaccio's "The Stupid Friar"

Boccaccio's "The Stupid Friar"

Rude Rhymes

Rude Rhymes

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a toby novel

a toby novel
Nifty quotes from The Cad

in bed with the girls, a toby moment

in bed with the girls, a toby moment
Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 21
(I heard a street musician in Athens playing this on a trumpet, and playing it beautifully.)

toby stories

toby stories
Nifty quotes from Will You Please Fuck Off?

Trying It On, a Toby Moment

Trying It On, a Toby Moment

Ah, Peggy Lee! (The guitarist is her husband.)

Boccaccio's "The Horse Trade"

Boccaccio's "The Horse Trade"

I nearly died laughing.

I nearly died laughing.
Nifty quotes from Mortal Coil

Mortal Coil, the play

Mortal Coil, the play

Mortal Coil, the movie

Mortal Coil, the movie
Django and Stéphane, Sweet Georgia Brown

Poem of Oral Intimacy

Poem of Oral Intimacy

Chet Baker

The Tipping Point: A Toby Moment

The Tipping Point: A Toby Moment

The Accidental Monkey

The Accidental Monkey

Soave sia il vento

Soave sia il vento

Belly laughs! Really Good!

Belly laughs! Really Good!
Nifty quotes from The President's Palm Reader

the president's palm reader, the movie

the president's palm reader, the movie

Champagne and Ice Cream, a Toby Moment

Champagne and Ice Cream, a Toby Moment

Nifty quotes from Greek Island Murder

Greek Island Murder, the Movie

Greek Island Murder, the Movie

Vivaldi comme il faut

Jaws, a Toby Moment

Jaws, a Toby Moment

Leonard: A Memoir

Leonard: A Memoir

Jean-Philippe Rameau

Red devil rag

Red devil rag

Toby Gets Un-Stupid

Toby Gets Un-Stupid

Theme from A Summer Place

Toby's Marriage Guide for Men

Toby's Marriage Guide for Men

The Trial of Don Juan

The Trial of Don Juan

Young Louis Prima with Bing and Martha Raye

Young Louis Prima with Bing and Martha Raye

Kiss of Death

Kiss of Death

Crazy

Too old to be a virgin, too young to be a killer

Too old to be a virgin, too young to be a killer

Aida Garifullina sings Casta Diva

Aida Garifullina sings Casta Diva

You Need Money to Be Rich

You Need Money to Be Rich

Linda, a Highly Successful Call Girl

Linda, a Highly Successful Call Girl

Meeting cute, boogie-style

Meeting cute, boogie-style

Love without Kissing

Love without Kissing
Misty

Me and My Daemon

Me and My Daemon

Shipment from india

Shipment from india

I Want to Be Evil

Charm

Charm

Dancing on Air 1

steel man

steel man
Dancing on Air II

The fallen angela

The fallen angela

Gilgamesh The King

Gilgamesh The King

American Pie

POLITICALLY CORRECT SEX. a musical comedy

POLITICALLY CORRECT SEX. a musical comedy

The exquisite Satie, for melancholy moments

beauty and the beast

beauty and the beast
A Sinister Comedy

Chopin, Nocturne in C sharp Minor

Casanova, Come Back!

Casanova, Come Back!

Mancini, Charade, tender


My Husband Suspects

My Husband Suspects

Mancini, Charade, tense

Five Nice People

Five Nice People

Brown-Eyed Girl

city of masks

city of masks

Theme from Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

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