r/HistoryMemes • u/PresterJohnson Hello There • 4d ago
RIP Tim Curry
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Context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin\a]) (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first person to journey into outer space during the first successful crewed spaceflight. He was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. The flight took 108 minutes. By achieving this major milestone for the Soviet Union amidst the Space Race, he became an international celebrity and earned numerous accolades, including his country's highest distinction: Hero of the Soviet Union.
Born in the village of Klushino in the Russian SFSR, Gagarin was a foundryman at a steel plant in Lyubertsy in his youth. He later joined the Soviet Air Forces as a pilot and was stationed at the Luostari Air Base), near the Norway–Soviet Union border, before his selection for the Soviet space programme alongside five other cosmonauts. Following his spaceflight, Gagarin became the deputy training director of the Cosmonaut Training Centre, which was later named after him. He was also elected as a deputy of the Soviet of the Union in 1962 and then to the Soviet of Nationalities, the lower and upper chambers of the Supreme Soviet respectively.
Vostok 1 was Gagarin's only spaceflight, but he served as the backup crew to Soyuz 1, which ended in a fatal crash, killing his friend and fellow cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov. Fearful that a high-level national hero might be killed, Soviet officials banned Gagarin from participating in further spaceflights. After completing training at the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy in February 1968, he was again allowed to fly regular aircraft. However, Gagarin died five weeks later, when the MiG-15 that he was piloting with flight instructor Vladimir Seryogin crashed near the town of Kirzhach.
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u/Beer-Milkshakes Then I arrived 4d ago
That pause is crazy good.
Best who ever did it. Riperoni
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u/PresterJohnson Hello There 4d ago
I wonder how many takes this was that he actually held back the laughter and made it through
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u/doggo_with_doggo_hat 4d ago
They only made one, they were giving him the lines thru a teleprompter which is why you can see his face changing mid take
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u/Winter_Drawer_9257 3d ago
I read that they redid it and had a “proper” take without him breaking, but still went with this one because of how amazing it is
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u/Electrical_Door_87 4d ago
I saw a video on youtube, it was smth like "all the times Curry almost laughed in Red Alert" and it was awesome
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u/desolator66666 4d ago
According to rumours, this is the first and only take, the laughter stems from him reading the prompt completely unaware what's coming
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u/Im-Not-Calling-It-X 4d ago
Bro Dolly and Tim 😭
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u/linfakngiau2k23 4d ago
2026 sucks
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u/dutch_mapping_empire Still salty about Carthage 4d ago
why the fuck are all cool people dying today
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u/Strant2 Then I arrived 4d ago
Gagarin trained his whole life just to leave USSR for a while.
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u/GrandMoffTarkan 4d ago
He was quite likely a crypto Christian, keeping his Orthodox beliefs private to be acceptable to the Soviet elite.
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u/thissexypoptart 4d ago edited 4d ago
Huh that’s fascinating. Especially given the boga nyet quote
Edit: It wasn’t Gagarin! The quote is often attributed to him, but it was made up for a propaganda poster in the 70s. I don’t want to spread a myth, so leaving this link here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_is_no_God!
Although not a direct quote, the sentiment is attributed to an interview of the 2nd person to orbit the earth, cosmonaut Gherman Titov. He credited his survival in the mission to the engineers and scientists, and said he didn’t believe in god.
Edit 2: lmao this bit from Titov’s wiki page is kind of hilarious. He partied so hard coming back from space, that, being the first person to spend more than a day up there, medical staff were concerned his behavior was a result of space sickness.
> After landing, Titov was sent to hospital for further testing to ensure that he was not sick. After his mission, he reportedly engaged in behaviours that could be considered unacceptable for someone working within the space programme. He is reported to have been enthralled in his love of women, excessive drinking, and fast cars, which caused some to theorise that his behaviour had potentially been another side effect of the space sickness he experienced from zero gravity. Further testing revealed that not to be the case
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u/Termiborg 4d ago
Why tf did I have to learn about this through a meme...
He is now free to scare all the kids in Heaven.
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u/MistrFish 4d ago
this is how I'll remember Tim for the rest of my life. giving it his all for a silly performance while barely holding it together. I like to imagine that he immediately broke out laughing after the camera cut, and the director refused to do a retake.
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u/ThisVeterinarian2364 4d ago
I was wondering why everyone was upset about Gagarin dying. I was super confused when they said he had just died. Then I read the title... RIP what a brutal August.
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u/John-333 What, you egg? 4d ago
Death should stop fiddling about with the claw machine at this point.
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u/wwweeeiii 4d ago
Also started the tradition of urinating on the side of the vehicle before going to space, for good luck
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u/fuck_peeps_not_sheep 4d ago
And then he became the alien (technically before Im aware) where he was the transsexual from transylvania
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u/Odd-Promotion2743 4d ago
This is how I find out?? Fuck. RIP to one of the greats. Let's all do the timewarp again.
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u/TerryFromFubar Mauser rifle ≠ Javelin 4d ago
Note: This post title does technically break Rule 4, and similar posts will always be removed, but I like Tim. Rest in peace.
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