History Awesome / BrianBlessed

* Once when on a jungle expedition in Malaysia looking for a mythical yeti-like creature (yes, really), he convinced an orangutan to pilot a canoe and take him on a 15-20 mile journey up a river. How did he communicate with the animal? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfTrdN4S0qI He made what can only be described as "Boss Nass noises" at it until it started paddling.]]

* The man punched a polar bear in the face and scared it off. [[Series/RussellHowardsGoodNews Somewhere in Heaven, God is looking down and going, "Yep, that's how you make 'em"]].
** He also wrestled a silverback gorilla into submission. He had to literally grab it by the balls, but still. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis A. FULL. GROWN. MALE. GORILLA.]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdLnxfFVsi4 He's training to be a cosmonaut, to visit the International Space Station. At seventy-six.]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis SEVENTY. FUCKING. SIX.]]
** [[{{Film/Alien}} In Space, EVERYONE CAN HEAR BRIAN BLESSED HAM]]
* The fact that he attempted to climb Mount Everest, ''3 times''! That's determination.

* Claims in a [[http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/oct/07/brian-blessed-i-helped-a-woman-giving-birth-under-a-tree-deliver-her-baby recent interview with The Guardian]] that he once helped a woman giving birth all alone in a park back in 1963, complete with helping the woman clear the afterbirth out and ''biting through'' the baby girl's umbilical cord. Somewhere out there a 50-something woman is thinking to herself "so THAT'S who left the teeth marks on my belly button!"

* Claims in a [[http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/oct/07/brian-blessed-i-helped-a-woman-giving-birth-under-a-tree-deliver-her-baby recent interview with The Guardian]] that he once helped a woman giving birth all alone in a park back in 1963, complete with helping the woman clear the afterbirth out and ''biting through'' the baby girl's umbilical cord. Somewhere out there a 50-something woman is thinking to herself "so THAT'S who left the teeth marks on my belly button!"

* In Creator/StephenFry's ''Fry's Planet Word'', he discusses Creator/WilliamShakespeare with Blessed, who notes that a lot of people don't really realise what "[[{{Hamlet}} To be or not to be?]]" means because the phrase has become so famous. So he explained it to some university students by pulling a pistol, ''firing a shot'' into the ceiling of the lecture theatre, then holding it to his head and bellowing "'''TO BE, OR''' '''''NOT''''' '''TO BE?!!'''"

* During a production of ''Theatre/KingLear'' in 2015, he collapsed on stage, falling off a raised with a heart problem. After twenty minutes of being assessed by a surgeon and a cup of tea, he came back '''and finished the show'''. He carried on with the run for another week until having to withdraw on medical advice - but read the first part again.

** He also wrestled a silverback gorilla into submission. He had to literally grab it by the balls, but still. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis A. FUCKING. FULL. GROWN. MALE. GORILLA.]]

** He also wrestled a full-grown male gorilla into submission. He had to literally grab it by the balls, but still ''A... MALE... GORILLA'.

* In StephenFry's ''Fry's Planet Word'', he discusses Creator/WilliamShakespeare with Blessed, who notes that a lot of people don't really realise what "[[{{Hamlet}} To be or not to be?]]" means because the phrase has become so famous. So he explained it to some university students by pulling a pistol, ''firing a shot'' into the ceiling of the lecture theatre, then holding it to his head and bellowing "'''TO BE, OR''' '''''NOT''''' '''TO BE?!!'''"

* During a production of ''Theater/KingLear'' in 2015, he collapsed on stage, falling off a raised with a heart problem. After twenty minutes of being assessed by a surgeon and a cup of tea, he came back '''and finished the show'''. He carried on with the run for another week until having to withdraw on medical advice - but read the first part again.

* During a production of ''Theater/KingLear'' in 2015, he collapsed on stage, falling off a raised with a heart problem. After twenty minutes of being assessed by a surgeon and a cup of tea, he came back '''and finished the show'''. He carried on with the run for another week until having to withdraw on medical advice - but read the first part again.

* The man punched a polar bear in the face and scared it off. [[RussellHowardsGoodNews Somewhere in Heaven, God is looking down and going, "Yep, that's how you make 'em"]].

* The fact that he attempted to climb Mount Everest, ''3 times''! That's determination.

** [[{{Film/Alien}} In Space, no one can hear you scream...]] unless you're '''''BRIAN FUCKING BLESSED!'''''

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHKcJE8fdDM If this interview]] is to be believed, he once ''punched a polar bear in the face''.

** [[{{Film/Alien}} In Space, no one can hear you scream...]] unless you're '''''BRIAN FUCKING BLESSED!'''''

** [[{{Film/Alien}} In Space, no one can hear you scream...]] unless you're '''''BRIAN BLESSED!'''''

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdLnxfFVsi4 He's training to be a cosmonaut, to visit the International Space Station. At seventy-six.]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis SEVENTY. FUCKING. SIX.]]

* The man punched a polar bear in the face and scared it off. [[RussellHowardsGoodNews Somewhere in Heaven, God is looking down and going, "Yep, that's how you make 'em"]].

* The man punched a polar bear in the face and scared it off. [[RussellHowardsGoodNews Somewhere in Haven, God is looking down and going, "Yep, that's how you make 'em"]].

* In StephenFry's ''Fry's Planet Word'', he discusses Creator/WilliamShakespeare with Blessed, who notes that a lot of people don't really realise what "[[{{Hamlet}} To be or not to be?]]" means because the phrase has become so famous. So he explained it to some university students by pulling a pistol, ''firing a shot'' into the ceiling of the lecture theatre, then holding it to his head and bellowing "'''TO BE, OR''' '''''NOT''''' '''TO BE?!!'''"

* In StephenFry's ''Fry's Planet Word'', he discusses {{Shakespeare}} with Blessed, who notes that a lot of people don't really realise what "[[{{Hamlet}} To be or not to be?]]" means because the phrase has become so famous. So he explained it to some university students by pulling a pistol, ''firing a shot'' into the ceiling of the lecture theatre, then holding it to his head and bellowing "'''TO BE, OR''' '''''NOT''''' '''TO BE?!!'''"