# Dopers appearing in literature/art? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 23, 2005, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504 "2005-06-23T06:21:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/1 "2005-06-23T06:21:22Z")
Perhaps this will come as a shock to some, but there appear to be Dopers secretly appearing in well-known literature, plays, and other works! Have we been inserted into these tales and artistic endeavors without our knowledge or consent? Won’t somebody think of the Dopers? (and the royalties!) For example, many of us have read the famous Mark Twain story, “The Adventures of Huckleberry **FinnAgain** ”. And of course, there’s the well-known play by Samuel Becket, “Waiting for **Gaudere** ”. And in high school, who among us was not required to read F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great **Gaspode** ”? And I can’t leave out Wagner’s musical masterpiece, “The **wring** of Nibelung”. So what other Dopers have you spotted in literature and art? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/2 "2005-06-23T06:26:20Z")
Well, I cited **bibliophage** and **whitetho** (whom i’ve not seen posting in a long time) in a footnote to an article a few years ago - does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/3 "2005-06-23T07:23:41Z")
There’s the undefinitive prequel to Dr. Seuss’s classic, _Green Eggs and **Hamish** _ ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/4 "2005-06-23T07:54:38Z")
_cough_ ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/5 "2005-06-23T08:27:22Z")
It has taken 4 post for someone to mention All About **Eve**??? ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/6 "2005-06-23T09:42:57Z")
While I prefer not to be killed, there is another book for adults based on the Roald Dahl works titled **matt\_mcl and the Fudge Packing Plant**. 😃 😉 That reminds me. Must order more fudge. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/7 "2005-06-23T09:44:52Z")
And of course, _To Kill A **Mockingbird** _ . ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/8 "2005-06-23T14:24:35Z")
> [@Muad'Dib](#): > > _cough_ Of course… how could I have forgotten the Colin Higgins novel, “Harold and **Maud’Dib** ”, which inspired the well-known [1971 movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067185/combined) of the same name!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/9 "2005-06-23T14:26:38Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > While I prefer not to be killed, there is another book for adults based on the Roald Dahl works titled **matt\_mcl and the Fudge Packing Plant**. Did you find one of the golden tickets and get to go on the tour? ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/10 "2005-06-23T14:27:36Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > Of course… how could I have forgotten the Colin Higgins novel, “Harold and **Maud’Dib** ”, which inspired the well-known [1971 movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067185/combined) of the same name!! > > 😃 And of course the TV sitcom from the 70s, **Maude’Dib**. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/11 "2005-06-23T14:29:44Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > While I prefer not to be killed, there is another book for adults based on the Roald Dahl works titled **matt\_mcl and the Fudge Packing Plant**. Soon to be a major summer movie starring Michael Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/12 "2005-06-23T14:40:54Z")
Wasn’t that Halle Berry in **Monstre’s Ball**? ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/13 "2005-06-23T14:49:41Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > Wasn’t that Halle Berry in **Monstre’s Ball**? I think you have that sentence backwards… 😃 - runs off, giggling madly \* ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/14 "2005-06-23T14:51:39Z")
And didn’t I see you in “Fiddler on the **Rufus Xavier** ”? ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/15 "2005-06-23T15:18:10Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > And didn’t I see you in “Fiddler on the **Rufus Xavier** ”? Nope, but I did have a small role in Cat on a Hot Tin **Rufus Xavier**. I seem to remember a great book called A Farewell to **harmless**. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/16 "2005-06-23T15:42:58Z")
Dial **auntie em** for Murder ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/17 "2005-06-23T15:51:46Z")
I seem to recall a biopic about a year in the life of a Doper: “2001: A **Sunspace** Odyssey.” ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/18 "2005-06-23T15:56:40Z")
I was an extra in **Steel Maeglinolias**. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/19 "2005-06-23T16:02:51Z")
I enjoyed staring in that delightful comedy with John Candy, **Eonwe** the Lonely. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/20 "2005-06-23T16:07:25Z")
> [@Maeglin](#): > > I was an extra in **Steel Maeglinolias**. “You know I love you more than mah chain mail…” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504.md?page=2)