The Colonel

The Colonel can refer to:

  • Colonel Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
  • Colonel Tom Parker, the manager for Elvis Presley
  • Jean-Charles Langlois, a 19th-century French soldier and painter
  • The Colonel (play), an 1881 play by F. C. Burnand
  • The Colonel, informal name for anyone with the military rank of Colonel, whether actively serving or retired. See also Kentucky colonel
  • The Colonel (1917 film), a 1917 film directed by Michael Curtiz
  • The Colonel (1974 film), a 1974 film directed by Chatrichalerm Yukol
  • The Colonel (2006 film), a 2006 film directed by Laurent Herbiet
  • The Colonel (Monty Python), a recurring character in Monty Python's Flying Circus, played by Graham Chapman
  • The Colonel (One Hundred and One Dalmatians), character in the story One Hundred and One Dalmatians
  • The Colonel (The Americans), the thirteenth episode of the first season of the television series The Americans
  • The Colonel (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse.
  • The Colonel, a character in the Conker series
  • The Colonel, the alias used by Colin Moulding of the band XTC for the 1980 single release of Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen
  • The Colonel (The Americans)

    "The Colonel" is the thirteenth episode and the season finale of the first season of the period drama television series The Americans. It originally aired on FX in the United States on May 1, 2013.

    Plot

    After being arrested for not paying his child support, Sanford Prince (Tim Hopper) is in FBI custody. Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich) tells his boss, Agent Frank Gaad (Richard Thomas), that they should leave Sanford locked up until he wants to talk.

    Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) meets Claudia (Margo Martindale) where she reaffirms her suspicions about the upcoming meeting with the Colonel, especially that Sanford has been moved to federal custody. She also tells Claudia about a meeting between Caspar Weinberger and James Baker — information she learned from the bug planted in Weinberger's office (which the FBI are now aware of). Claudia tells her she won't be their handler for very long after Elizabeth and Philip (Matthew Rhys) requested her to be transferred.

    Elizabeth meets Philip at their office, where she continues to question the authenticity of the Colonel. She tells Philip that if the meeting is a set-up, he needs to leave with the kids, knowing that she'll be identified by Stan immediately. Philip volunteers to take the mission with the Colonel, but Elizabeth declines and tells him he needs to go and collect the tape that recorded Weinberger's meeting with Baker. Meanwhile, Arkady (Lev Gorn) tells Nina (Annet Mahendru) that Moscow has decided to let her live, despite reservations that she can betray the Americans. Gaad tells his men that they will arrest the KGB agent that arrives to collect the Weinberger tape.

    The Colonel (Monty Python)

    The Colonel is a recurring fictional character from the British television show Monty Python's Flying Circus, played by Graham Chapman.

    Character

    The Colonel acts as a "straight man" comic foil to the show's absurd characters and sketches. He maintains a rigidly mirthless personality and is always dressed in khaki British Army uniform. He occasionally makes appearances in the show, usually breaking the fourth wall and disrupting sketches to pronounce them too silly for the public and, therefore, demanding that something else be shown. He often orders the show to proceed in a different direction (sometimes to the unshown director) and frequently makes offhanded insults to men with long hair.

    The Colonel's role in stopping or redirecting sketches has been discussed as an example of a character breaking the fourth wall of theatrical production, challenging the "fictional credibility" of the presentation, and has been compared to the work of Luigi Pirandello.

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