The Kingdom (miniseries)
The Kingdom (Danish title: Riget) is an eight-episode Danish television mini-series, created by Lars von Trier in 1994, and co-directed by Lars von Trier and Morten Arnfred. It has been edited together into a five-hour film for distribution in the United Kingdom and United States.
The series is set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet, the city and country's main hospital, nicknamed "Riget". "Riget" means "the realm" or "the kingdom" and leads one to think of "dødsriget", the realm of the dead. The show follows a number of characters, both staff and patients, as they encounter bizarre phenomena, both human and supernatural. The show is notable for its wry humor, its muted sepia colour scheme, and the appearance of a chorus of dishwashers with Down Syndrome who discuss in intimate detail the strange occurrences in the hospital.
The first quartet of episodes ended with numerous questions unanswered, and in 1997, the cast reassembled to produce another group of four episodes, Riget II (The Kingdom II).
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Rocket-o
by: Mystery Gang Rockabilly TrioHey Rocket –O, let’s go down to the Earth!
Well I’m came from the Mars and my skin is green
Rocket-O.
Well I heard a new style called rock and roll,
I wanna know how to do the bop on the floor,
We came from the Mars with my spacemobile Rocket-O.
Well my little green baby digs the brand new style
Rocket –O.
Well my little Mars baby digs the rock and roll,
She knows how to do the bop on the floor,
We came from the Mars with my spacemobile Rocket-O.
Ooh-Eeh!
1-2-3-4-5 Rocket –O!
We came from the Mars with my spacemobile Rocket-O.
Rocket –O!
Well my spacemobile turned to a shiny blue car Rocket –
Well it knows the rock, it knows the roll,
It knows the bop on the hardwood floor,
We came from the Mars with my spacemobile, Rocket-O.
Ooh-Eeh!
1-2-3-4-5 Rocket –O!
We came from the Mars with my spacemobile Rocket-O.
Ooh, Rocket –O!
Well, Rocket –O!
Baby, Rocket –O!