| 1 | * 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 "[[Theatre/{{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?!!'''" |
| 2 | * 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.]] |
| 3 | * [[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]] |
| 4 | * The fact that he attempted to climb Mount Everest, ''three times''! That's determination. |
| 5 | ** The fact that the reason he's never made it all the way to the top is because he keeps stopping to rescue other climbers. |
| 6 | * While traveling in Venezuela, he survived a jungle plane crash. |
| 7 | * During a production of ''Theatre/KingLear'' in 2015, he collapsed on stage, falling off a raised platform 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. |
| 8 | * 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 2015 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!" |
| 9 | * 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.]] |
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