# 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:** 2
**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, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/21 "2005-06-23T17:07:33Z")
Did anybody see that play, “Jesus Christ, Super **START** ”? (ooh, good ones, **Maeglin** and **Eonwe** … :)) ---
**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, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/22 "2005-06-23T17:11:52Z")
And of course, how could I forget the famous Leonardo da Vinci painting… “The Mona **Lissa** ” ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/23 "2005-06-23T17:14:29Z")
There was a song about me called **An Arky** in the U.K. ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/24 "2005-06-23T18:51:28Z")
And one about me called **Martha** My Dear - yes, I know it was about his dog. 🙂 ---
**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, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/25 "2005-06-23T18:59:55Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > “You know I love you more than mah chain mail…” I can’t resist… “Mistah Tuor, I promise that my personal tragedy will not interfere with my ability to do good hair.” ---
**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, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/26 "2005-06-23T19:27:53Z")
Chaucer: The **Miller** ’s Tale ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/27 "2005-06-23T20:03:41Z")
Not to mention **Eva Luna**. ---
**Author:** ![Sebensee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@Sebensee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sebensee)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/28 "2005-06-23T20:13:41Z")
I gratuitously plug myself: [Sinbad and the **Sebensee** s](http://imdb.com/title/tt0098333/) ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/29 "2005-06-23T20:35:08Z")
Who can forget the children’s classic **Alessan** Wonderland? ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/30 "2005-06-23T21:58:14Z")
And the Helen Hunt/Bill Pullman movie, **Twickster**. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/31 "2005-06-23T22:15:37Z")
I’ve always liked that John Prine song, “ **Sam Stone** ”. Maybe that one doesn’t count… And one of my favorite books is “The Agony and the **Xtisme** ”. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/32 "2005-06-23T22:28:41Z")
How about **Indyellen** Jones and the Last Crusade? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/33 "2005-06-23T22:33:51Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > Chaucer: The **Miller** ’s Tale I’m also frequently mistaken for the title character in George Eliot’s _The **Miller** on the Floss_, but the sad truth is that I don’t pay that much attention to oral hygeine. ---
**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, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/34 "2005-06-23T22:43:28Z")
> [@Sebensee](#): > > I gratuitously plug myself: I hope you used protection… > [@John Mace](#): > > I’ve always liked that John Prine song, “ **Sam Stone** ”. Maybe that one doesn’t count… Well, I don’t know – but it does remind me of the Camille Saint-Saens opera, “ **Sam Stone** et Dalila” (Sam Stone and Delilah). These are great ones, folks! Keep 'em coming! 🙂 ---
**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, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/35 "2005-06-23T22:44:40Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I’m also frequently mistaken for the title character in George Eliot’s _The **Miller** on the Floss_, but the sad truth is that I don’t pay that much attention to oral hygeine. I assume that was also you in one of my favorite Coen brothers movies, “ **Miller** ’s Crossing”? ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/36 "2005-06-23T22:54:37Z")
If 1940s radio shows turned into 1950s soap operas are art, we have [**Portia** Faces Life](http://members.fortunecity.com/drjtv/cbs2.html#Portia) - The story of a not-so-perfect marriage Some may recall last year’s digital video mini-musical comedy [**John Mace** & The Porn Star](http://www.hollywooddvfestival.com/cgi-bin/2004/cart.cgi?action=link&product=25&uid=1) - Where unrequited love can be a dangerous thing. **Martha** , if you’re ever on Echo Beach & and see [Mojo Nixon](http://www.emusic.com/m3u/song/10606789/11022057.m3u) - You’ll do wise to steer clear of the man who sings “Stuffin Martha’s Muffin”. (Parental Advisory: Offensive m3u song file sample) ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/37 "2005-06-23T23:18:09Z")
Or the famous teenage doctor show, **KasparHauser** M.D. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![bonzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@bonzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonzer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/38 "2005-06-23T23:52:42Z")
A classic of kitchen sink drama and tragic medical mishaps: Look Back in **Angua**. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/39 "2005-06-24T00:38:18Z")
There’s that musical 'Dead Men Don’t Wear **Scott Plaid’**! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/40 "2005-06-24T01:35:21Z")
It may not be literature or art, but I do make an appearance on the Durkee French Fried Onion can. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504.md?page=3)