"Dear Arthur, if you don't stop telling people I'm a wizard I will positively scream. There is no such thing as supernatural powers, and if you show me those pictures of 'faeries' again I will botch my next stunt on purpose and die. PS bring back Sherlock Holmes, I liked his stuff. HH" "Oh that Harry Houdini. Still doesn't realize he's a wizard."
@@GuntherRommel Well...he was knighted for his little 60.000 word pamphlet defending the Brit's Boer War. Coincidentally Holmes was brought back to life the next year.
Yeah, Doyle was concerned that Sherlock Holmes's relevance would trump his own and in Doyle's own words: "I have been much blamed for doing that gentleman [Sherlock Holmes] to death, but I hold that it was not murder, but justifiable homicide in self-defense, since, if I had not killed him, he would certainly have killed me."
I loved the little references to The Lost World and his obsession with the paranormal. One more bit referencing the girls who faked the Cottingley fairies and throughly fooled him would've been perfect.
@@hexagongroup I saw the photos in a compendium related to The Unexplained, which was a paranormal-related serial publication I used to be into when I was a young chap (before I became much more rational and discerning).
I love the fanmail bit about his dinosaur book. (The Lost World for those wondering) Doyle had said if he was only ever remembered for sherlock holmes he would consider himself a failure. I feel kinda sorry for Doyle, in his biography, the later driving force for his sherlock holmes stories was the money. Doyle hated his creation. When William Gillette wired Doyle about the dos and don'ts for portraying Holmes on stage, Doyle said something along the lines of 'kill him or marry him, I don't care'
Yep. As an author myself, I have many a time felt rather bad for being such a fanatic of the _Sherlock Holmes_ books, knowing full well that Conan Doyle would rather his other work be known. Oh, well-one doesn't always get what they wish in life, does one? 😂
@@adventureswithaurora no not always, but i firmly believe it there is always a seed of equal or greater benefit in every adversity, failure, or heartbreak. What genre do you find writing in the most?
@@banana_pie_101 I write in many different genres (fantasy, sci-fi, and mystery, to name but a few); however, my favorite style/genre of all time to read or to write is Victorian mystery. 🙃
I can’t believe I had no idea Doyle was Scottish. Makes you wonder if Holmes and/or Watson should have been portrayed with a Scottish accent all these years, doesn’t it?
@@EleanorMortonable I knew he was based on Doyle, just not that Doyle was Scottish. All the adaptations of the characters I've ever seen give them both English accents so I just assumed Doyle was as well!
Sometimes the UA-cam algorithm gets it right. It pointed me to one of your vids recently and I've gone DEEP into the rabbit hole. I've been laughing non-stop since, you're heeelarious.
I admit to amusement about the crossover idea as there was a crossover request made by Maurice LeBlanc of the Arsene Lupin stories fame. It was not just denied, but Doyle also threatened a copyright infringement suit if he persisted in including his character. LeBlanc relented...technically. There was a brilliant detective in the story, who, incidentally caught the Gentleman Thief. His name: Herlock Sholmes.
A little off topic, but when Charles Dickens killed one of his characters in one of his books (which was published one chapter at the time in the papers), he brought her back because the readers demanded it.
@@neverquiteeden the authors name is Christian Klaver and he wrote a book titled “Sherlock Holmes and Count Dracula” this past October. It’s actually pretty fun!
He based Sherlock Holmes on a lecturer at Edinburgh University he came across when he was studying medicine, Dr. Joseph Bell who had the ability to deduce backgrounds, jobs etc from his patients. Bell’s Palsy is named after him.
What really makes this seem so authentic and real is the drawn on mustache. I thought this was an original vintage moving picture, until I thought about it and realized that Sir AC Doyle probably showed less cleavage in his public appearances.
Apparently his decision was influenced by his brother-in-law, who wrote A.J. Raffles, a book series about a gentleman thief and his partner. Raffles died in the series, but was later brought back (more than once iirc). Doyle thought it would be fun if he did the same.
The outrage! The vitriol! The fact that I knew which novel you were talking about that had the dinosaurs. (Granted I only know of it in the heavily edited version a la Great Illustrated Classics)
The character Sherlock Holmes is based on a Scottish Dr Joseph Bell that was one of Arthur Conan Doyle's instructors of medicine. I believe Conan Doyle was Scottish. I've read a collection of Doyle's weird fiction and it's pretty good. I think he was tired of Holmes and resented being famous for him, and not, say, his historical fiction.
I really liked his Brigadier Gerard stories. I've always been a fan of Sherlock Holmes, but from reading them assumed that Conan Doyle didn't have much of a sense of humor. But then I read the Brigadier Gerard stories which are very funny, entertaining and absolutely nothing like Sherlock Holmes. He actually had an excellent sense of humor, but I guess there wasn't a way to display it with Holmes.
If Dr Doyle was alive today, I'd write to him demanding he bring back Sherlock, and threatening him if not, as Dr Moriarty. Not because I particularly care whether he brings him back, but just because of all fictional characters, it seems most appropriate for Moriarty to come to life and threaten his creator for some bizarre reason.
I'd say the "Star Trek" writers handled that pretty well, especially that they wrote him as more ruthless than villainous, and even in the end of his first appearance not all _that_ ruthless, and above all willing to face facts.
I cannot believe, yet, I see that it is true, that anyone could do what you do and get away with it. You are hysterical and probably wired as strangely as a alternate universe cyborg. Keep it up, You are funny.!!!
Crushing so hard, on this young lady -- alas born twenty-five years too soon! (I could listen to her Scottish accent ALL DAY LONG... Even her most thorough b!+ching would tickle my ears!) Hilarious comedic sense, excellent timing -- find a comedy troupe, forthwith! Hope to hear lots more from you...
Imagine being Sherlok Holmes, and realising you live in a series of fictional stories. Trapped in a universe completely controlled by a sadistic writter, who designs and creates horrible killers and then, allow them to murder innocent people. Just so you have a purpose in his wicked universe, between life, death, and 19th century London coal pollution. : I Anyways, the sketch was so funny and i think you're a great comedian! :D
@@leighjarley9205 'May you live in interesting times' is widely reported as being of ancient Chinese origin but is neither Chinese nor ancient, being recent and western. It certainly seems to have been intended to sound oriental, in the faux-Chinese 'Confucius he say' style, but that's as near to China as it actually gets. Confucius's actual sayings are as elusive as those of his western counterpart Aesop - we have no written records from either of them. The phrase was introduced in the 20th century in the form 'interesting age' rather than 'interesting times' and appears that way in the opening remarks made by Frederic R. Coudert at the Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science, 1939:........As to the currently used 'interesting times' version, we can only date that to post WWII. No one is sure who introduced the term but the person who did most to bring it to the public's attention was Robert Kennedy. In a speech in Cape Town in June 1966, Kennedy said: There is a Chinese curse which says 'May he live in interesting times.' Like it or not we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and uncertainty; but they are also more open to the creative energy of men than any other time in history........’May you live in interesting times’ is the worst thing one can wish on a citizen of Discworld, especially on the distinctly unmagical Rincewind, who has had far too much perilous excitement in his life and can’t even spell wizard............
I am now coming across your hilariously innovative channel. You have some orginal approaches and ideas for these funny little clips. I am on to you....Ah um...I mean subscrbing to your channel dear😁 Beautiful green eyes you have there. 🖐👍 from the Caribbean.
Fricken' love you! Also... Dear Sir Doyle, It surely cannot have escaped Holmes' attention that, once he has eliminated the impossible, whatever left... no matter how improbable.... is POSSIBLE! *POSSIBLE !!!* For goodness sake, stop trying to write clever characters you imbecile! yours, Mr. Brian Pedant.
"Dear Arthur, if you don't stop telling people I'm a wizard I will positively scream. There is no such thing as supernatural powers, and if you show me those pictures of 'faeries' again I will botch my next stunt on purpose and die. PS bring back Sherlock Holmes, I liked his stuff. HH"
"Oh that Harry Houdini. Still doesn't realize he's a wizard."
😂🤣 Brilliant!
Yer a wizard harry.
- Dr. CD
@@CrazyKungfuGirl What a hilarious coincidence. 🤣
He legit was thoroughly convinced Houdini didn't know his "magic" was actually real.
They stopped being friends over this.
PS: Don’t bring back Sherlock as a ghost. Those aren’t real. Ergo, I’m declining that seance invitation.
the "love mum" one killed me. You are fucking hilarious.
Same here
The face afterwards!
Fun fact: Doyle actually killed off Holmes cause he hated him, so he probably would have agreed with the guy that called Sherlock a prick.
He was knighted for bringing back Holmes
@@brianpeck4035 XD omg Didn't know THAT
@@brianpeck4035 he was knighted for being a doctor in the Boer war.
@@GuntherRommel Well...he was knighted for his little 60.000 word pamphlet defending the Brit's Boer War. Coincidentally Holmes was brought back to life the next year.
Yeah, Doyle was concerned that Sherlock Holmes's relevance would trump his own and in Doyle's own words: "I have been much blamed for doing that gentleman [Sherlock Holmes] to death, but I hold that it was not murder, but justifiable homicide in self-defense, since, if I had not killed him, he would certainly have killed me."
I recently discovered Eleanor Morton in the convo between Lewis and Tolkien, and I must say she's a funny lady! I'll be looking for more.
I also saw her for the first time in that video and for his comic skills (but also for the Tolkien reference) he got me interested in her videos.
Me too re first time seeing her!
Tudor wellness guru , brilliant !
She's killing it!
I loved the little references to The Lost World and his obsession with the paranormal. One more bit referencing the girls who faked the Cottingley fairies and throughly fooled him would've been perfect.
@@hexagongroup I saw the photos in a compendium related to The Unexplained, which was a paranormal-related serial publication I used to be into when I was a young chap (before I became much more rational and discerning).
He’d never admit it was fake! Houdini on the other hand…
I love the fanmail bit about his dinosaur book. (The Lost World for those wondering) Doyle had said if he was only ever remembered for sherlock holmes he would consider himself a failure.
I feel kinda sorry for Doyle, in his biography, the later driving force for his sherlock holmes stories was the money. Doyle hated his creation. When William Gillette wired Doyle about the dos and don'ts for portraying Holmes on stage, Doyle said something along the lines of 'kill him or marry him, I don't care'
Yep. As an author myself, I have many a time felt rather bad for being such a fanatic of the _Sherlock Holmes_ books, knowing full well that Conan Doyle would rather his other work be known. Oh, well-one doesn't always get what they wish in life, does one? 😂
@@adventureswithaurora no not always, but i firmly believe it there is always a seed of equal or greater benefit in every adversity, failure, or heartbreak. What genre do you find writing in the most?
@@banana_pie_101 I write in many different genres (fantasy, sci-fi, and mystery, to name but a few); however, my favorite style/genre of all time to read or to write is Victorian mystery. 🙃
@@adventureswithaurora oooh nice 👌
@@banana_pie_101 Thanks! Do you write any?
Little did we know, he'd be resurrected by Lumiere, the living candlestick, in a scarf and Martin Freeman as Martin Freeman as frustrated sidekick.
I can’t believe I had no idea Doyle was Scottish. Makes you wonder if Holmes and/or Watson should have been portrayed with a Scottish accent all these years, doesn’t it?
Watson was based on Doyle and heavily implied to be Scottish!
@@EleanorMortonable I knew he was based on Doyle, just not that Doyle was Scottish. All the adaptations of the characters I've ever seen give them both English accents so I just assumed Doyle was as well!
I think a plummy upper-crust English Holmes & a comfy broguish Watson would be the perfect pair... like the Doctor & Amy Pond of Victorian literature.
@@Prismatic_Truth I'd watch it!
The characters are from England; Conan Doyle was Scottish. :)
"There's pages of it". yes. thousands.
Sometimes the UA-cam algorithm gets it right. It pointed me to one of your vids recently and I've gone DEEP into the rabbit hole. I've been laughing non-stop since, you're heeelarious.
At the "Well, that's just rude!" you got me 😂.
Same. 😆
I admit to amusement about the crossover idea as there was a crossover request made by Maurice LeBlanc of the Arsene Lupin stories fame. It was not just denied, but Doyle also threatened a copyright infringement suit if he persisted in including his character. LeBlanc relented...technically. There was a brilliant detective in the story, who, incidentally caught the Gentleman Thief. His name: Herlock Sholmes.
Should have made Herlock a woman just because.
But it will be a two-part musical! Twice the ticket sales!
“Dear Dr Doyle - come on, let’s have it; where’s the secret final story in which Holmes and Watson finally get together? I know you’ve written it!”
Omg I canNOT get enough of her videos. Loool she’s a genius !
I lost it at “separate pile!” 😂😂😂
"Stay in your own lane, Doyle." --Gilbert and Sullivan
Dear Conan,
I survived the waterfall fall and now I’m coming after you.
You best be sleeping with one eye open. MUAH HA HA!!!!!
Love,
Sherlock
That musical line and abrupt cutoff killed me! Thank you, Ian.
A little off topic, but when Charles Dickens killed one of his characters in one of his books (which was published one chapter at the time in the papers), he brought her back because the readers demanded it.
Retconning has a long and ignominious history.
That is one smoking hot mustache
Doyle actually did end up bringing Holmes back at the special request of Queen Victoria.
I got my Sherlock Holmes/Dracula crossover last year. Now I NEED that Sherlock vs Captain Hook story.
Sherlock Holmes/Dracular crossover? Where and when?
@@neverquiteeden the authors name is Christian Klaver and he wrote a book titled “Sherlock Holmes and Count Dracula” this past October. It’s actually pretty fun!
@@stefanfilipovits21 Thank you! I will certainly check it out :)
@@neverquiteeden he’s also got a Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Jekyll book coming out this year. So yeah, good year for fun Holmes crossovers.
Love, Mum! 😂
I believe his mother really did get annoyed with him for doing it
@@255ad It's true! She liked Holmes and wished he didn't kill him off. 😅
I gotta admit, every time I watch one of your videos, I am laughing out loud by the end. Thumbs up, lassie!
i love seeing young people so knowledgeable about the classics and making humor about them
I love that someone sent him a fanfiction in the hopes he'd read it
I barely even noticed the moustache. You are indeed powerful. 👍
Rebukes his haters. Conan the Contrarian.
the one from his mum made me laugh so much XD
He based Sherlock Holmes on a lecturer at Edinburgh University he came across when he was studying medicine, Dr. Joseph Bell who had the ability to deduce backgrounds, jobs etc from his patients. Bell’s Palsy is named after him.
The little mustache adds so much to this. Good job.
THE SHERLOCK AND WATSON FANFIC
I hate you. Love Mom. Lol.
I've been giggling non-stop at your videos all day. Thank you for the laughs. Pathos needs to be written into Musketeer canon.
...that's just rude! :-) I'm loving the hatemail.
1:08 CONTINUE!
What really makes this seem so authentic and real is the drawn on mustache. I thought this was an original vintage moving picture, until I thought about it and realized that Sir AC Doyle probably showed less cleavage in his public appearances.
I love all the stories. Sherlock Holmes always has a special place on my bookshelf!
“i really love sherlock holmes”
“who doesn’t?”
well, arthur conan doyle, for one.
You are so good, all the time.
Thanks for sharing your talents.
Absolutely original and hilarious content 😂 consistently good for a laugh. Thank you for sharing your wit and humor with all of us.
I’m totally up for a Sherlock Holmes musical!!
Dear Eleanor, I do nothing. This one is very funny. Great!
Sir Arthur Conan Doyal hater: "Nobody wants to read a story about a world where dinosaurs are brought back to life! " 81 Years Later...
Another joke that whizzes by ! LOL
Bwahahaha ~ You always make me laugh !
THANKS !
"Love mom......." Outstanding.....very funny.
Not going to lie I've definitely gotten mad at authors for the direction they've taken characters.
Very good.
(I was expecting the disposative letters to be a few from creditors and one from his banker.)
THE WATSON X HOLMES FANFICTION
made my day
Apparently his decision was influenced by his brother-in-law, who wrote A.J. Raffles, a book series about a gentleman thief and his partner. Raffles died in the series, but was later brought back (more than once iirc). Doyle thought it would be fun if he did the same.
The fan fic one!
I wonder if ACD really got any JohnLock fanfiction mailed to him back then.
The outrage! The vitriol! The fact that I knew which novel you were talking about that had the dinosaurs. (Granted I only know of it in the heavily edited version a la Great Illustrated Classics)
Sending the author slash fic is just bad form but 🤣🤣🤣
0:55 I'm dead! I need to read that!!
Fantastic video and I am in full support of you finally embracing your moustache, Zorro eat your heart out!!!
Love, Mum
Hee Hee Hee ! I absolutely love this channel ❤
The character Sherlock Holmes is based on a Scottish Dr Joseph Bell that was one of Arthur Conan Doyle's instructors of medicine. I believe Conan Doyle was Scottish. I've read a collection of Doyle's weird fiction and it's pretty good. I think he was tired of Holmes and resented being famous for him, and not, say, his historical fiction.
I really liked his Brigadier Gerard stories. I've always been a fan of Sherlock Holmes, but from reading them assumed that Conan Doyle didn't have much of a sense of humor. But then I read the Brigadier Gerard stories which are very funny, entertaining and absolutely nothing like Sherlock Holmes. He actually had an excellent sense of humor, but I guess there wasn't a way to display it with Holmes.
I was waiting for the grateful letter to be signed “J.M.” or something similar 😂
This is silly. Subbed.
I loved you ancestry dna reveal😂
I love how much he hated Sherlock Holmes
This Lady is a gift
I've only read the first Sherlock Holmes book so I didn't know he died!
If Dr Doyle was alive today, I'd write to him demanding he bring back Sherlock, and threatening him if not, as Dr Moriarty. Not because I particularly care whether he brings him back, but just because of all fictional characters, it seems most appropriate for Moriarty to come to life and threaten his creator for some bizarre reason.
I'd say the "Star Trek" writers handled that pretty well, especially that they wrote him as more ruthless than villainous, and even in the end of his first appearance not all _that_ ruthless, and above all willing to face facts.
Arthur, Conn and Doyle, probably the best Hibs midfield ever.
Wonderful
Some things never change.
I JUST GOT AN AD FOR PHANTOM OF TH OPERA AFTER THAT WHAt
How this channel is not a millionaire?
Her 'stache is epic.
I cannot believe, yet, I see that it is true, that anyone could do what you do and get away with it. You are hysterical and probably wired as strangely as a alternate universe cyborg. Keep it up, You are funny.!!!
Crushing so hard, on this young lady -- alas born twenty-five years too soon! (I could listen to her Scottish accent ALL DAY LONG... Even her most thorough b!+ching would tickle my ears!) Hilarious comedic sense, excellent timing -- find a comedy troupe, forthwith! Hope to hear lots more from you...
and the most beautiful eyes in Scotland as well.
Holmes fanfic! Brilliant.
Genius.
I hate you! -love Mum
Intellectual exploratory hehe
1:27: The Lost World :)
Yea, Sir Doyle was born in the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh and Watson was based on him cause both were doctors. Love from India.
Imagine being Sherlok Holmes, and realising you live in a series of fictional stories. Trapped in a universe completely controlled by a sadistic writter, who designs and creates horrible killers and then, allow them to murder innocent people. Just so you have a purpose in his wicked universe, between life, death, and 19th century London coal pollution. : I Anyways, the sketch was so funny and i think you're a great comedian! :D
James Barrie...
I suspect it's pretty close to the kind of letters Doyle must have received at the time.
Damn it. You are good. Love you💞😘💝😍
Huh, I actually was unaware Holmes was killed off. Apparently this is common knowledge.
Love mom.
...you know. I almost never think about the fact that ACD was from Edinburgh, or that he was actually a medical man like Watson.
I'm starting to think he was put on the Jack the Ripper suspect list out of spite for killing off Sherlock Holmes.
Arthur Conan Doyle dino book is nice though. :(
hilarious,
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Jeremy Brett was the best Holmes.
Not enough thumbs in the world.
As an absolute fanatic of *Sherlock Holmes*, I find this hilarious. I just wish it didn't have so much profanity.
May you live in interesting times.
@@richard6440 Haha, interesting times indeed. 🙃
@@adventureswithaurora It's a quote from Terry Pratchett's Discworld book series :)
@@richard6440 you mean Confucius
@@leighjarley9205 'May you live in interesting times' is widely reported as being of ancient Chinese origin but is neither Chinese nor ancient, being recent and western. It certainly seems to have been intended to sound oriental, in the faux-Chinese 'Confucius he say' style, but that's as near to China as it actually gets. Confucius's actual sayings are as elusive as those of his western counterpart Aesop - we have no written records from either of them.
The phrase was introduced in the 20th century in the form 'interesting age' rather than 'interesting times' and appears that way in the opening remarks made by Frederic R. Coudert at the Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science, 1939:........As to the currently used 'interesting times' version, we can only date that to post WWII. No one is sure who introduced the term but the person who did most to bring it to the public's attention was Robert Kennedy. In a speech in Cape Town in June 1966, Kennedy said:
There is a Chinese curse which says 'May he live in interesting times.' Like it or not we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and uncertainty; but they are also more open to the creative energy of men than any other time in history........’May you live in interesting times’ is the worst thing one can wish on a citizen of Discworld, especially on the distinctly unmagical Rincewind, who has had far too much perilous excitement in his life and can’t even spell wizard............
Now this is great! SO much better than your bored scottish tour guide stuff!
Jk Rowling after Harry Potter ended
I am now coming across your hilariously innovative channel.
You have some orginal approaches and ideas for these funny little clips.
I am on to you....Ah um...I mean subscrbing to your channel dear😁
Beautiful green eyes you have there.
🖐👍 from the Caribbean.
Elenor is my bff from the parallel universe.❤️❤️❤️
Fricken' love you! Also...
Dear Sir Doyle,
It surely cannot have escaped Holmes' attention that, once he has eliminated the impossible, whatever left... no matter how improbable.... is POSSIBLE! *POSSIBLE !!!* For goodness sake, stop trying to write clever characters you imbecile!
yours,
Mr. Brian Pedant.