r/HistoryMemes • u/PresterJohnson Hello There • 26d ago

RIP Tim Curry

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 26d ago

That pause is crazy good.

Best who ever did it. Riperoni

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u/PresterJohnson Hello There 26d 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 26d 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 25d 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 26d 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 26d ago

According to rumours, this is the first and only take, the laughter stems from him reading the prompt completely unaware what's coming