Thank you thank you thank you so very much for posting these Sherlock Holmes shows! I grew up watching these since I was 5 years old with my mom at night when they were on Masterpiece Theater. Jeremy Brett simply 'IS' Sherlock, there is no other actor that's been able to become that character so completely that they actually made it into a person. Thank you again
Actually, Shangas, Watson was indeed a gambler in canon. In "Shoscombe Old Place" or something similar, Watson admitted that half of his pension was spent/wasted in gambling.
Oh, no you could not possibly know that! Really, Holmes?... Knock knock knock. *Smirk* * O.o They honestly don't get a whole lot better than this, really. ;D Amazing. ♥♥ I am a Sherlock addict. Have been all my life. JB forever!
Dear ImLiveing, I have no doubt that you wear a corset daily, and that you can breathe from it, comfortably.. However, my dear, you forget what corsets were made of, in those days, and, indeed, how tight they were laced. My grandfather's sister, who wore a corset all her life, told me how she could not function without it. She had no musculature in her core. So, yes, the corset had much to do with the fainting part of women in that age. As for the other reasons, well.....
Victorian Era. Simple as that. Washing one's hands wasn't quite as easy as it is now(AKA turn the tap and miracle of miracles, water emerges). So it's not surprising that he would still have something on his hands upon returning home. It's unlikely there was somewhere that he could have washed up.
@rapi321 Well Doyle pretty much always acknowledged Poe's mystery stores as an main influence on the Sherlock Holmes stories. After all Poe did basically invent the 'locked room mystery' with 'The Murders in The Rue Morgue' not to mention just about every aspect of the detective and mystery genre as we know it.
@rapi321 Well Doyle always acknowledged Poe as a main source of the Sherlock Holmes stories, it's pretty hard to miss if you've ever read 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and 'The Purloined Letter' which along with 'The Gold Bug' pretty much gave birth to the detective and mystery genre as we know it.
Then you might enjoy Peter Cushing's version. I don't believe he was quite so close to the book, but he still managed Holmes' brilliance and quirkiness quite well.
Also the very first Sherlock Holmes story 'A Study In Scarlet' tells Holmes that he has a hidden vice (gambling?) "I keep a bull pup" I said, and I object to rows because my nerves are shaken, (from his Afganistan campaign) and I get up at all sorts of ungodly hours, and I am extremely lazy. I have another set of vices when I'm well, but those are the principal ones at present." Many Sherlockians think that "another set of vices" likely refers to gambling.
@atgblue1 But the presence of the chalk enabled Holmes to deduce that Watson had met with Thurston the evening before. The matter of the investment must surely have been raised at the meeting, as it had been four weeks since Watson was first approached about the matter, and that the deadline was fast approaching. If Holmes hadn't been able to demonstrate that Watson had met with Thurston, Watson could simply have said that he hadn't decided yet.
@abbeyism There are several seasons with 4 or 5 episodes to each ... the order of series differs slightly from conan doyles original works ... you can see the order if you look on wikipedia ... any episodes with David Burke as Watson (like this one) come from the episodes before The Final Problem with Edward Hardwicke (who lookd much older) coming after it
its things like that odd "bum bum bum" hes does after finishing a sentance that really make this holmes the best of all ... little things like that only brett would have put in and no script writer could have come up with
Few fictional characters have been abused more than Watson on the screen. He's a doctor, for God's sake - more educated than the vast majority of Victorian Britain, yet he's often been played as a fool. Watson should represent the literate audience of the stories, not be comic relief. Of course, when you put the story on the screen, you no longer need a narrator like Watson, so he becomes simply a sidekick. And of course everyone makes Holmes and Watson middle-aged men - to suit the actors.
I recently put in a request for the upcoming series of 'QI'. They are looking for the 'H' series. I requested they include 'Holmes', as in 'Sherlock'. Keep tuned!! And, add to that, if you would like!!
+Jermaine Jackson When they were first uploaded youtube was limited to 10 minutes per video. Also the later uploads that were the full length were removed due to copyright infringement.
okok, the first deduction, that was absurdly simple!. I have to say this is the only one I saw holmes taking the long way around I think? Instead of seeing the chalk on watsons hand, and his friend and whatnot, and the "not asking for the key" to get the checkbook, why not just deduce since it has been 4 weeks and he hasn´t asked for the key that he wont invest? Anyways, just me thinking out loud, like the chalk has nothing to do with it!
@coots89 Just because he is close to the book doesn't mean he is better. He is too close to the book, I think. Oh lord. There go the women going hysterical like always in the effing stories.
I must respectfully disagree with you. While I do quite enjoy Peter Cushing, to me Jeremy Brett embodies the character. And how can you say he has no personality? His entire conversation with Watson is practically bursting with contained energy and mischief.
Haha, I completely agree with the one sidedness. But it's only logical for Doyle to write them this way... (with a few exceptions) Victorian women weren't necessarily raised to be equals to the men. Fainting, shrieking, and going hysterical at the slightest unexpected thing was probably upholding their standards of ettiquette. ^.-
