# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/121 "2005-07-06T17:52:53Z")
The Taming of **Biffy the Elephant Shrew**! ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/122 "2005-07-06T18:05:54Z")
And didn’t Keats write that famous poem, “ **Odinoneeye** Grecian Urn”? > [@Ellen Cherry](#): > > The Taming of Biffy the Elephant Shrew ! Good one! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/123 "2005-07-06T18:32:25Z")
> [@Oslo Ostragoth](#): > > I love it! Thanks, **Superdude**! It’s what we superheroes do. ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/124 "2005-07-06T19:02:42Z")
Remember Warren Beatty in _C K Dexter Haven Can Wait_? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/125 "2005-07-06T21:13:29Z")
By the way, I LOVE your TV show: The Pashnish E **West Wing**! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/126 "2005-07-07T16:24:01Z")
_99 Luft **Walloon** s_ 🙂 This is fun. ---
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/127 "2005-07-07T17:47:45Z")
And of course the great early 80’s flick “Bob & Ted & Ellen & Cherry” 🙂 best I could do with that name… ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/128 "2005-07-08T04:45:18Z")
“ **Ellen Cherry** Orchard” – Anton Chekov ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/129 "2005-07-08T13:40:26Z")
**Who Is Killing All The Great Chefguys of Europe?** ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/130 "2005-07-08T14:15:02Z")
Well there are the serveral KingPengvin plays by shakespeare KingPengvin III: “A beer a beer My kingdom for a beer” KingPengvin IV Parts one, two (electric boogaloo) and Part three in 3D Kingpengvin V “Once more onto the beach” ---
**Author:** ![keeper0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@keeper0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keeper0)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/131 "2005-07-08T14:19:38Z")
I realized why she was in Holland when I saw the WWII classic “A **Kimstu** Far.” ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/132 "2005-07-08T14:45:20Z")
Peter Bonerz: “Help him! Help him!” Me: “Help who?” Bonerz: “Help the **bomzaway**!” Me: “I’m the **bomzaway**. I’m all right.” Bonerz: “Then help him! Help him!” ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/133 "2005-07-08T15:02:29Z")
Well, the musical “Quercuslahoma”, I’m afraid, only made it big after translation. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/134 "2005-07-08T15:56:28Z")
Just CalMeacham ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/135 "2005-07-08T17:08:42Z")
Given the cast, I really thought the movie version of Mod S **Qadgop the Mercotan** would be better. Undercover doctors in a prison hospital? It’s a sure fire hit! ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/136 "2005-07-08T17:15:59Z")
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad **World Eater** was a tour de force ensemble film! ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/137 "2005-07-08T17:27:13Z")
Heavy sigh. Nobody loves me. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/138 "2005-07-08T20:03:31Z")
I always liked the Western; The **Goob** the bad and the ugly. If only I could remember which one I identified with. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/139 "2005-07-08T20:37:09Z")
**Art Vandelay** , Pet Detective ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-appearing-in-literature-art/309504/140 "2005-07-08T21:12:08Z")
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