tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post4160748063714249366..comments2024-02-22T17:59:50.213-05:00Comments on in so many words...: The Wit and Wisdom of Archie Goodwin.Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-61703166472841984792011-07-29T13:16:38.921-04:002011-07-29T13:16:38.921-04:00Kathy: We can start the Nero Wolfe clinic for obse...Kathy: We can start the Nero Wolfe clinic for obsessed fans. Ha!Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-69606596453510796042011-07-29T04:33:47.794-04:002011-07-29T04:33:47.794-04:00I must find a 12-step program to get rid of my Wol...I must find a 12-step program to get rid of my Wolfe/Goodwin obsession. Maybe a gradual decrease in number of books or pages read per week, or a number of books bought (that's the thing, the budget).<br /><br />Or I'll be found in the gutter, and instead of with the proverbial rum on my face, I'll be covered with pages of brilliant Wolfe pack witticisms.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-54578531643118451552011-07-27T14:12:22.453-04:002011-07-27T14:12:22.453-04:00I told you they were habit forming, Kathy. Now you...I told you they were habit forming, Kathy. Now you know what it's like to be in the grip of a Wolfe obsession. Ha1<br /><br />Happens to me all the time.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-3034940527258118742011-07-26T21:50:49.315-04:002011-07-26T21:50:49.315-04:00Wolfe and Archie are making me toss up in delightf...Wolfe and Archie are making me toss up in delightful despair my plans to read international crime fiction this summer. This makes me rewrite the popular environmental slogan to:<br /><br />I want to read globally, but am reading locally.<br /><br />In fact, I can't get out away from West 35th Street, in my own city! No matter where I try to go--Sicily, Venice, Stockholm, Reykavik, and to just about any moderate or cold climate or a seashore, here I am stuck in hot, humid Manhattan.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-45395348797158869032011-07-26T11:02:17.980-04:002011-07-26T11:02:17.980-04:00Kathy: Sometimes I have to check the dictionary if...Kathy: Sometimes I have to check the dictionary if Archie doesn't explain some of the vocabulary. Ha!<br /><br />His last comment on the brain's staying power is particularly wonderful.<br /><br />'...feeling for phenomena...' Love it.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-76807470906756490692011-07-26T05:11:36.484-04:002011-07-26T05:11:36.484-04:00I just can't resist putting in a few lines her...I just can't resist putting in a few lines here. As I was reading The League of Frightened Men, I was gliding along with no big verbal treats, and then I came to this page, which contained at minimum, three of them -- all by Wolfe.<br /><br />"It was Mr. Goodwin's acuteness of observation, and my feeling for phenomena, that uncovered you..."<br /><br />"If you knew one of his murders, the latest one, to be nothing but rodomontade..."<br /><br />"It is a pity. The back-seat driving of the less charitable emotions often makes me wonder that the brain does not desert the wheel entirely, in righteous exasperation."<br /><br />I couldn't make this stuff up. Well, Rex Stout could!kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-27835845509517247802011-07-26T02:53:25.682-04:002011-07-26T02:53:25.682-04:00As Nero Wolfe, Rex Stout's alter-ego said to A...As Nero Wolfe, Rex Stout's alter-ego said to Archie, "Archie, I am a genius, not a god." Need we say more?kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-55179362143194126052011-07-23T13:58:06.865-04:002011-07-23T13:58:06.865-04:00Thanks, Bill. I'll look for it.
Oh, Stout wa...Thanks, Bill. I'll look for it. <br /><br />Oh, Stout was definitely a genius. No question in my mind.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-28541492660424400432011-07-23T11:25:35.094-04:002011-07-23T11:25:35.094-04:00Yvette: I only know about McAleer's biography....Yvette: I only know about McAleer's biography. It is very readable. Stout's intelligence especially with numbers was amazing. I consider him at the genius level.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-32196765233569735212011-07-22T14:42:48.600-04:002011-07-22T14:42:48.600-04:00Thank you, Caftan Woman. Your willingness to share...Thank you, Caftan Woman. Your willingness to share does you credit. :)<br /><br />Yeah, Archie was, I think a Major. But he could never get away from stateside because he was anchored to Wolfe and Army Intelligence needed him.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-60367063919083544272011-07-22T13:59:37.893-04:002011-07-22T13:59:37.893-04:00Just so you know, Archie is my boyfriend, but I...Just so you know, Archie is my boyfriend, but I'm willing to share.<br /><br />I can't recall which story, but I recall during the WW2 era Archie commenting that he'd been saving up some wisecracks for Nazis and wanted the opportunity to use them. What a guy!Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-8881096359248676622011-07-22T10:57:31.436-04:002011-07-22T10:57:31.436-04:00Kathy: Yes, I did see it. I left a comment. You kn...Kathy: Yes, I did see it. I left a comment. You know how much I like Jeff's books. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-23603172902989949162011-07-22T10:56:54.812-04:002011-07-22T10:56:54.812-04:00Bev: Me too!! And to think that at first I didn...Bev: Me too!! And to think that at first I didn't like him. Where were my wits??!!<br /><br />The 'morning' one is a great one - isn't it?Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-62877209187557769292011-07-21T21:58:23.829-04:002011-07-21T21:58:23.829-04:00FYI: Did you see Kittling Books' interview (a...FYI: Did you see Kittling Books' interview (and video) of Jeffrey Cohen? It's funny.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-56680582215257859812011-07-21T20:51:38.482-04:002011-07-21T20:51:38.482-04:00I love, love, love Archie! He's the main reas...I love, love, love Archie! He's the main reason I love the Nero Wolfe books. I've got to steal the one about mornings....Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-31751260356305550532011-07-21T20:34:22.708-04:002011-07-21T20:34:22.708-04:00Kathy: I know! I laugh all the time when re-readin...Kathy: I know! I laugh all the time when re-reading these books. This was a very funny man (Rex Stout). <br /><br />These are classics, no question.<br /><br />I'm glad you're enjoying them, Kathy. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-29218420186118233342011-07-21T20:32:09.595-04:002011-07-21T20:32:09.595-04:00Bill: Thanks! I will definitely be reading a Rex S...Bill: Thanks! I will definitely be reading a Rex Stout bio one of these days. Do you recommend the McAleer one best? <br /><br />In my view, only a brilliant mind could have created the world of Wolfe and Archie and maintained it so well for so many years.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-29765807738775692011-07-21T20:29:48.814-04:002011-07-21T20:29:48.814-04:00Mythical M: You said it. When I first began readin...Mythical M: You said it. When I first began reading the Wolfe books I didn't like Archie much. But then he grew on me. :(<br /><br />"...pain in the sitter." HA!<br /><br />Love the second quote too. Both are great. <br /><br />The more I read these books the more I love them.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-51763410826853404262011-07-21T20:27:20.097-04:002011-07-21T20:27:20.097-04:00Ellie: Thanks! And thanks too for dropping by.Ellie: Thanks! And thanks too for dropping by.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-72667167184375697942011-07-21T20:15:55.763-04:002011-07-21T20:15:55.763-04:00Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
I cannot read any quotes fr...Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! <br /><br />I cannot read any quotes from these books without laughing out loud, or at least having a huge grin on my face.<br /><br />These quotes are wonderful. (As far as the first one, kidnapping thoughts? I'm shocked and appalled! Ha!)<br /><br />I have, thanks to this blog, revisited Rex Stout's treasury: I say this as they are treasures that stand the test of time, classics. They are timeless!<br /><br />I am ensconced with The League of Frightened Men. I bought it for my 91-year-old uncle -- who only reads Peter Lovesey, Ruth Rendell (Inspector Wexford only) and Rex Stout. However, I absconded with it to a local park and now I'm reading it, then I'll send it on.<br /><br />And, I, too, am hibernating. Archie and the gang are here with me, hating the heat.<br /><br />I'll write down these titles, too.<br /><br />And, no, there isn't anything Rex Stout couldn't write. Absolutely not! (another triple negative!)<br /><br />He wrote anti-Nazi propaganda during WWII. I bet it was fantastic.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-7964069852997461252011-07-21T19:39:52.365-04:002011-07-21T19:39:52.365-04:00Yvette: You have some excellent quotes. I have equ...Yvette: You have some excellent quotes. I have equally enjoyed Nero Wolfe stories and books. The cleverness of Wolfe and Archie became clearer after I read McAleer's biography of Stout setting out his remarkable intellect.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-53714177591146084372011-07-21T18:49:30.176-04:002011-07-21T18:49:30.176-04:00Yeah, Archie Goodwin's narrative voice is grea...Yeah, Archie Goodwin's narrative voice is great (as are his wisecracks). There were a couple of lines I remembered from <i>The League of Frightened Men</i> that I went and looked up to be sure of:<br /><br /><i>I can stand a real tough baby, but a bird that fancies himself a hot mixture of John D. Rockefeller and Lord Chesterfield, being all the time innocent of both ingredients, gives me a severe pain in the sitter.</i><br /><br />and<br /><br /><i>Bowen shook the round thing he used to grow his hair on.</i><br /><br />It's really Archie's voice and his relationship with Nero Wolfe that makes the books so much fun to read.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-25108428559294252962011-07-21T18:07:13.776-04:002011-07-21T18:07:13.776-04:00I like it. Good job.I like it. Good job.Ellie Greathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03801920885701699849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-42442524727974186102011-07-21T16:54:18.755-04:002011-07-21T16:54:18.755-04:00He was bothered about the weather in one of the sh...He was bothered about the weather in one of the short stories, Nan. He actually had to remove his jacket and carry it. It was THAT hot. Can't remember where I saw it though. <br /><br />Hasn't this weather been ghastly?<br /><br />I'm hibernating. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-88147822061968229882011-07-21T16:44:18.389-04:002011-07-21T16:44:18.389-04:00I LOVE these quotes. I'm planning on putting u...I LOVE these quotes. I'm planning on putting up one from Archie about this weather!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.com