betsy_blair_fan t1_j6fzxyc wrote on January 30, 2023 at 1:41 AM Reply to TIL the term “cloud cuckoo land” goes back to the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, who used it for a utopian city of birds in his farce, the Birds by Mr_Westerfield Toby Esterhazy berating Joss Ackland: > ...You're an embarrassment. You go on a bender, drink yourself into Cloud Cuckoo Land, and come staggering back here.... Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Episode 6, 1979, Smiley Sets A Trap. Adapted from the LeCarre novel. Quite excellent dialogue. Permalink 6
betsy_blair_fan t1_j6fzxyc wrote
Reply to TIL the term “cloud cuckoo land” goes back to the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, who used it for a utopian city of birds in his farce, the Birds by Mr_Westerfield
Toby Esterhazy berating Joss Ackland:
> ...You're an embarrassment. You go on a bender, drink yourself into Cloud Cuckoo Land, and come staggering back here....
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Episode 6, 1979, Smiley Sets A Trap.
Adapted from the LeCarre novel.
Quite excellent dialogue.