Cress
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Texas lady who likes puzzles, fan fiction, cozy mysteries, Sherlock Holmes, Arrested Development, Barbie, Scooby Doo, and other various obsessions. I also occasionally try cooking to recreate my mom's Vietnamese recipes.
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I don’t remember those. I’ll have to look for them. I recently discovered that Alfred from 1966 Batman played Holmes in a TV version of Speckled Band when he was younger.
December 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I don’t remember those. I’ll have to look for them. I recently discovered that Alfred from 1966 Batman played Holmes in a TV version of Speckled Band when he was younger.
Oh wait I forgot Ronald Howard. I guess I’d put him at number 4 and bump the others down
December 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Oh wait I forgot Ronald Howard. I guess I’d put him at number 4 and bump the others down
That’s the scene Craig Ferguson would make fun of when he did impressions of Angela Lansbury 😄
December 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
That’s the scene Craig Ferguson would make fun of when he did impressions of Angela Lansbury 😄
We can always imagine how he’d play a story. There was no shame in him leaving the canon incomplete. Plenty of Holmes actors have only done 1 or 2 stories, or just pastiches. He made an enormous impact from the start. I’d rather have Brett alive and well than struggling through those later episodes
December 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
We can always imagine how he’d play a story. There was no shame in him leaving the canon incomplete. Plenty of Holmes actors have only done 1 or 2 stories, or just pastiches. He made an enormous impact from the start. I’d rather have Brett alive and well than struggling through those later episodes
I usually don’t rank them, but here goes
1. Robert Stephens
2. Raymond Massey
3. Jeremy Brett
4. Nicol Williamson
5. Douglas Wilmer
6. Peter Cushing
I can take or leave everyone else. Nothing special. I like Watsons independently of their Holmeses.
1. Robert Stephens
2. Raymond Massey
3. Jeremy Brett
4. Nicol Williamson
5. Douglas Wilmer
6. Peter Cushing
I can take or leave everyone else. Nothing special. I like Watsons independently of their Holmeses.
December 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I usually don’t rank them, but here goes
1. Robert Stephens
2. Raymond Massey
3. Jeremy Brett
4. Nicol Williamson
5. Douglas Wilmer
6. Peter Cushing
I can take or leave everyone else. Nothing special. I like Watsons independently of their Holmeses.
1. Robert Stephens
2. Raymond Massey
3. Jeremy Brett
4. Nicol Williamson
5. Douglas Wilmer
6. Peter Cushing
I can take or leave everyone else. Nothing special. I like Watsons independently of their Holmeses.
I wouldn’t have minded it as an alternate universe if they didn’t make fun of Watson for liking sweets. Let a kid enjoy food
December 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I wouldn’t have minded it as an alternate universe if they didn’t make fun of Watson for liking sweets. Let a kid enjoy food
Yes I wish they would have stopped doing the show when he was unwell
December 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Yes I wish they would have stopped doing the show when he was unwell
I love this film so much
December 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I love this film so much
Oh I remember that movie Maurice. Rupert Graves was good in that
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Oh I remember that movie Maurice. Rupert Graves was good in that
Plus Holmes cuts open Watson’s trousers to examine his wound. ;) I wonder how they managed to get home that night.
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Plus Holmes cuts open Watson’s trousers to examine his wound. ;) I wonder how they managed to get home that night.
His hair is so lovely
November 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
His hair is so lovely
I thought it was Merrison/Williams. In fact I don’t really like Merrison’s voice or his laughter. But I liked the writing most of the time, and how great Watson is. But in this case I’m annoyed that Coules cuts slashy scenes. He also cut the Turkish bath scene from Illustrious Client.
November 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I thought it was Merrison/Williams. In fact I don’t really like Merrison’s voice or his laughter. But I liked the writing most of the time, and how great Watson is. But in this case I’m annoyed that Coules cuts slashy scenes. He also cut the Turkish bath scene from Illustrious Client.
I love VALL for the whispering scene in Chapter 6. But I Iistened to the BBC Radio dramatization and they cut it out. Skipped right to the next morning. ☹️Boo!
November 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I love VALL for the whispering scene in Chapter 6. But I Iistened to the BBC Radio dramatization and they cut it out. Skipped right to the next morning. ☹️Boo!
Yes I liked this show. On Passport you can also find the French show Mademoiselle Holmes if you don’t mind subtitles
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Yes I liked this show. On Passport you can also find the French show Mademoiselle Holmes if you don’t mind subtitles
You are quite right that Holmes refers to Providence and does not act like an atheist. His moss rose speech is also reverent.
November 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
You are quite right that Holmes refers to Providence and does not act like an atheist. His moss rose speech is also reverent.
At least Jude Law was a suitably British Watson
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
At least Jude Law was a suitably British Watson
Is Knives Out 3 out yet? It’s supposed to be in select theaters prior to Netflix premiere.
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Is Knives Out 3 out yet? It’s supposed to be in select theaters prior to Netflix premiere.
Hound is good but Holmes is absent for much of the book. Personally I like other stories better like Speckled Band or Copper Beeches. Yeah the other novels are weirdly structured.
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Hound is good but Holmes is absent for much of the book. Personally I like other stories better like Speckled Band or Copper Beeches. Yeah the other novels are weirdly structured.
For mental health, I might have picked Percy Phelps who had brain fever in "The Naval Treaty" but Holmes plays a prank on him, so I don't think he's particularly sensitive to this guy's mental health.
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
For mental health, I might have picked Percy Phelps who had brain fever in "The Naval Treaty" but Holmes plays a prank on him, so I don't think he's particularly sensitive to this guy's mental health.
I don't think I really agree with their examples of men from the stories. They are right about Doyle's family history though. And the first time Holmes meets Watson he casually admits to getting "in the dumps" sometimes, so I guess that's promoting being open and unembarrassed about depression.
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I don't think I really agree with their examples of men from the stories. They are right about Doyle's family history though. And the first time Holmes meets Watson he casually admits to getting "in the dumps" sometimes, so I guess that's promoting being open and unembarrassed about depression.
I think this is a repost of a 2014 CBS Video. It features 221 Con. I don't think Cumberbatch is returning now www.cbsnews.com/video/the-co...
The continuing popularity of Sherlock Holmes
As Benedict Cumberbatch returns to PBS playing a modern-day Sherlock Holmes, Mo Rocca dons a deerstalker and tries to solve the mystery of the lasting appeal of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's great detectiv...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I think this is a repost of a 2014 CBS Video. It features 221 Con. I don't think Cumberbatch is returning now www.cbsnews.com/video/the-co...
Yes I was very pleased
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Yes I was very pleased
Here’s an early Sherlockian Helen Elizabeth Wilson published in 1898 in Cornell magazine historicalsherlock.blogspot.com/2022/01/welc...
The World's First Sherlockian Scholar?
Welcome to the 100th blog post here! It's hard to believe we've made it this far together, but we have, and I can't thank you enough. I trul...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Here’s an early Sherlockian Helen Elizabeth Wilson published in 1898 in Cornell magazine historicalsherlock.blogspot.com/2022/01/welc...
Sherlock Holmes fandom would like an entire monograph written by Holmes citing 150 years worth of Sherlockian activities, including the Baker Street Irregulars meeting every year and the endless “scholarly writings.”
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Sherlock Holmes fandom would like an entire monograph written by Holmes citing 150 years worth of Sherlockian activities, including the Baker Street Irregulars meeting every year and the endless “scholarly writings.”