tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post1053929148100914594..comments2024-03-28T13:37:53.397-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Sherlock Holmes meets O Henry, 1Leigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-50074780603434164112015-12-07T11:03:21.138-05:002015-12-07T11:03:21.138-05:00Ouch!
Rob - you're right, Robert L. Fish's...Ouch!<br />Rob - you're right, Robert L. Fish's were the best of the worst!<br />Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-40413576520031427942015-12-06T23:40:41.856-05:002015-12-06T23:40:41.856-05:00Thank you, ABA. Everyone has feet of clay at times...Thank you, ABA. Everyone has feet of clay at times. A critic once described the policy of <i>Playboy</i> magazine as publishing the lesser works of great authors and the great works of lesser authors. I mention that because all writers have 'off' stories, but it's difficult imagining anyone optioning this turkey.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-81276948160478907722015-12-06T19:21:13.478-05:002015-12-06T19:21:13.478-05:00Shamrock Jolnes Phew! Rather ham-handed, und as f...<i>Shamrock Jolnes</i> Phew! Rather ham-handed, und as for dat Cherman accent...!<br />Possibly OH and his publisher were doing a bit of laurel-resting.<br /><br />By the way: all these wordsmiths - writers, poets, playwrights, lyricists, novelists, journalists authors – were born on the 6th December: Elizabeth Yates, Joyce Kilmer, Peter Handke, Baldassare Castiglione, Arthur Henry Adams, Evelyn Underhill, Osbert Sitwell, Ira Gershwin. You are in good company.<br />A Broad Abroadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-59056004992587464702015-12-06T17:30:51.494-05:002015-12-06T17:30:51.494-05:00That's the spirit, Herschel. I think.That's the spirit, Herschel. I think.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-58607826810010822322015-12-06T17:12:44.160-05:002015-12-06T17:12:44.160-05:00I'm a big O Henry fan, but I'm not sure th...I'm a big O Henry fan, but I'm not sure that would have happened if I read this before any of his "good" works. Thanks for sharing, (I guess).Herschel Cozinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097703750150309319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-89420554872557220892015-12-06T16:00:29.083-05:002015-12-06T16:00:29.083-05:00Rob, I love it. Thanks!Rob, I love it. Thanks!Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-1000714997733979812015-12-06T13:03:44.321-05:002015-12-06T13:03:44.321-05:00My favorite parodies of the Great D. were Robert L...My favorite parodies of the Great D. were Robert L. Fish's Schlock Homes stories. Who can forget the time Homes showed up in disguise?<br /><br />Dr Watney: "But you're fully a foot shorter!"<br />Homes: "Special shoes."Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-62231587044500336882015-12-06T08:42:21.370-05:002015-12-06T08:42:21.370-05:00Paul, somehow I like Sherlock Jones and Proctor Wa...Paul, somehow I like Sherlock Jones and Proctor Watson better. Cid you happen to write under 'Mark Paul'?<br /><br />Janice, as it is, the Doyle clan has fought a long, hard battle, great-great-grandchildren still clinging to their trust funds.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-80043941140317822015-12-06T07:54:52.308-05:002015-12-06T07:54:52.308-05:00How many trees could have beens saved if Sherlock ...How many trees could have beens saved if Sherlock Holmes had remained under copyright!janice lawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-53220488712715250092015-12-06T05:12:27.448-05:002015-12-06T05:12:27.448-05:00Leigh, the smell of mint's a dead giveaway eve...Leigh, the smell of mint's a dead giveaway every time. Interesting to see O'Henry's take on S. Holmes. By the way, a long (long) time ago, I was a writer on a PBS kids' series called "The Real Adventures of Sherlock Jones and Proctor Watson," based on guess who. (Did it under a pseudonym though...)Paul D. Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466234708772287399noreply@blogger.com