Tobias Menzies reads Evelyn Waugh's blisteringly funny letter about his fans

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  • Опубліковано 28 лис 2024

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  • @PrincessJasmin1111
    @PrincessJasmin1111 10 місяців тому +94

    We should let Tobias Menzies do more comedy! He has such great comic timing!

    • @neilattuk
      @neilattuk 10 місяців тому +3

      Ever watched Eternal Law? Excellent single season series. Tobias Menzies superb, as was the rest of the cast.

    • @LettersLive
      @LettersLive  10 місяців тому +10

      Doesn't he just? He's great in Aisling Bea's comedy series This Way Up.

    • @nicolajackman2809
      @nicolajackman2809 10 місяців тому +1

      Tell that to his agent 😉

    • @DUBC_OG_610
      @DUBC_OG_610 4 місяці тому

      I’ve seen him in a few films and he usually is the straight man in a comedy pair. He’s very funny but in a silly way

  • @callen8908
    @callen8908 10 місяців тому +37

    Magnificent voice and world class presenter! Love this

  • @janesaanches5197
    @janesaanches5197 10 місяців тому +31

    he has a comedic streak, we have already noticed this in some of his characters, intelligent humor

  • @shelleylopresti6999
    @shelleylopresti6999 10 місяців тому +11

    Love this guy! I will watch anything he has done❤️

  • @mrdProf42
    @mrdProf42 10 місяців тому +9

    Beautifully read. Gosh.

    • @comealongcomealong4480
      @comealongcomealong4480 10 місяців тому

      @matthewdallaway I'm impressed that EW had such an organised, hierarchical system to respond. Some eleven categories of fan. And that he could just summarise this system for Nancy. Perhaps that's a writer's brain? Plot, character development etc. The mail must have been monumental when he was at peak popularity.

  • @denisesf5
    @denisesf5 10 місяців тому +39

    Oh my!! Tobias should have played Charles in The Crown! He sounds so much like him already!!😂❤️

    • @jonlpage
      @jonlpage 10 місяців тому +5

      ....should I say or naah?

    • @msjennifer6119
      @msjennifer6119 10 місяців тому +7

      He’s doing the Prince Philip voice! “Spare me!”

  • @woah6958
    @woah6958 10 місяців тому +5

    His tone is brilliant for this letter.

  • @suzymatwetwe
    @suzymatwetwe 10 місяців тому +13

    🤣🤣🤣. Very drol. I watch absolutely everything that Tobias acts in - love his incredibly diverse range of acting.

  • @7733599
    @7733599 10 місяців тому +1

    So very talented & eloquent! I’d go see Tobias if I could, he’s a great actor, this I know & orator I see… 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿☕️

  • @bodnica
    @bodnica 10 місяців тому +1

    Magnificent voice ❤

  • @sandrakellogg2260
    @sandrakellogg2260 10 місяців тому +1

    Great read! Well done!

  • @annwilliams6438
    @annwilliams6438 4 місяці тому

    Brilliant. What a great talent.

  • @ZomBeeQueeen
    @ZomBeeQueeen 5 місяців тому +1

    I adore this man 🥰

  • @johnnotrealname8168
    @johnnotrealname8168 10 місяців тому +3

    Probably the greatest Catholic writer of the 20th Century, hilarious!

  • @flannerymonaghan-morris4825
    @flannerymonaghan-morris4825 10 місяців тому +1

    Has he ever done a Wes Anderson movie? He should, has the right feel and good sense of comic timing for it!

  • @jasonking3466
    @jasonking3466 10 місяців тому +5

    I used to work at a bookstore chain. Once a great while the owner's wife would come in. She would often buy a few hundred dollars worth of books, mostly to give as presents. She was nice. And I have no ill will for her at all.

  • @colewood3297
    @colewood3297 16 днів тому

    I love that he ends with "that more or less covers the field" even though her letter fits into none of the categories. Which, of course, is why he's responding to her

  • @kathleenkosel9368
    @kathleenkosel9368 10 місяців тому +4

    terrific as always, what a voice...and more shallowly.....great outfit....should dress like this more often!

    • @candilubk
      @candilubk 9 місяців тому

      He had a nice fit on for his Seth Meyers interview 😊

  • @seanmenzies2897
    @seanmenzies2897 10 місяців тому +1

    Tobias Menzies could play famous botanist and ship's surgeon Archibald Menzies!

  • @errantwinds-up8uu
    @errantwinds-up8uu 10 місяців тому +7

    Evelyn Waugh is so underrated.

    • @TillyOrifice
      @TillyOrifice 10 місяців тому +9

      Among the greatest novelists, in any language, of the 20th century, and widely recognised as such?

    • @patrickhorgan8389
      @patrickhorgan8389 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@TillyOrificeabsolutely

    • @Dollmaker6709
      @Dollmaker6709 10 місяців тому +1

      He is a treasure. Both serious and comedy genres.

  • @preciousmakazha6453
    @preciousmakazha6453 5 місяців тому

    hello tobias i love you.

  • @neilattuk
    @neilattuk 10 місяців тому +7

    Anyone watched Eternal Law? Look it up and watch it.

    • @hoganrichard9627
      @hoganrichard9627 10 місяців тому

      Luv that show! I was able to get only limited seasons streaming here in the USA.

    • @hoganrichard9627
      @hoganrichard9627 10 місяців тому +1

      Perfect role for Mr. Menzies. He plays "naughty" so well.

    • @candilubk
      @candilubk 9 місяців тому

      I'm currently trying to watch anything I can find him in so thanks for the rec!

  • @kimsherlock8969
    @kimsherlock8969 10 місяців тому +4

    The word Pompous came to my conclusion

  • @GillyWhitfootHaysend
    @GillyWhitfootHaysend 4 місяці тому

    Does anybody know the old PC game “Titanic Adventure Out of Time?” I vote Tobias Menzies for the role of Charles Lambeth-all he’s have to do is this accent. And, ironically, Mr. Lambeth is a guy who suspects his wife might be stepping out on him with a guy named Frank. Lmao

  • @WantedVisual
    @WantedVisual 10 місяців тому +1

    I love these videos, and I love that not everyone is speaking in RP, but I can't share 90% of your videos with my friends because you don't add CC's or a transcript. If these were hour-long improvised video essays, maybe that would be understandable; but you have the entire text before you even pick a reader. I'm not angry, I'm genuinely confused.
    And before anyone mentions the auto-generated captions, I invite you to turn them on and mute the video.

  • @cmtippens9209
    @cmtippens9209 10 місяців тому +2

    Sounds like Prince Philip.

  • @ncooty
    @ncooty 10 місяців тому +3

    The letter could've used a touch more recognition of the (ironic?) level of self-involvement.

    • @christimanley13
      @christimanley13 10 місяців тому +4

      He was kinda a big deal. It's not paranoia if they're all after you. Isn't fake humble more annoying than justified satisfaction? Would you expect Mick Jagger to say I don't know if you've heard of my band unironically ?

    • @ncooty
      @ncooty 10 місяців тому

      @@christimanley13 I'd expect anyone, no matter how famous, to get over themselves when talking to friends. Then again, it seems some people are perfectly happy to be obsequious door mats.

  • @Grievous-
    @Grievous- 10 місяців тому +2

    I think the title overshot the mark.