# For fans of the Fletch books **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 18, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-fletch-books/915631 "2020-07-18T01:05:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-fletch-books/915631/1 "2020-07-18T01:05:37Z")
A new _Fletch_ movie is in the works, produced and starring Jon Hamm. It will be based on the second book, _Confess Fletch_, which means we might get introduced to Gregory McDonald’s other great character Francis Xavier Flynn(NN13). > **[‘Fletch’ Reboot With Jon Hamm in the Works](https://variety.com/2020/film/news/fletch-reboot-jon-hamm-1234707111/)** > > A modern-day reboot of “Fletch” is in the works, with Jon Hamm set to star as the quick-witted investigative reporter character originally played by Chevy Chase in 1985’s “F… Those two Chevy Chase abominations can rot in hell as far as I’m concerned. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-fletch-books/915631/2 "2020-07-18T01:09:37Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Those two Chevy Chase abominations can rot in hell as far as I’m concerned. What? And I used to consider you a person on a message board I read. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-fletch-books/915631/3 "2020-07-18T01:10:28Z")
Ever read the books? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-fletch-books/915631/4 "2020-07-18T01:14:22Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Ever read the books Sadly, I have not. But let me ask you this, is the name “John Coctostan” in the books? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-fletch-books/915631/5 "2020-07-18T01:14:45Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Ever read the books? I have. Even the trailers for the Chevy Chase versions made me sick. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-fletch-books/915631/6 "2020-07-18T01:16:07Z")
Huh, I’ve always heard positivity about the Fletch movies, especially the first one. I have not read the books, but one of my friends has and liked the Chevy Chase movies. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-fletch-books/915631/7 "2020-07-18T01:36:04Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Sadly, I have not. But let me ask you this, is the name “John Coctostan” in the books Do you mean “John Coxtolstoy”? Not as far as I can remember. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-fletch-books/915631/8 "2020-07-18T01:40:49Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Do you mean “John Coxtolstoy”? Not as far as I can remember No, I mean “John Coctostan” That’s why before, I put “John Coctostan” in my post ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-fletch-books/915631/9 "2020-07-18T01:49:57Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > No, I mean “John Coctostan” That’s why before, I put “John Coctostan” in my post. No, I don’t recall seeing that name in the book or hearing it in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-fletch-books/915631/10 "2020-07-18T01:57:32Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > No, I don’t recall seeing that name in the book or hearing it in the movie Definitely in the movie. And now the name of a menu item at Moe’s Southwest Grill. So, you didn’t like the movies on their own, or because they didn’t follow the books? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-fletch-books/915631/11 "2020-07-18T02:04:15Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Definitely in the movie. And now the name of a menu item at Moe’s Southwest Grill. > > So, you didn’t like the movies on their own, or because they didn’t follow the books When I heard it in the movie, it sounded like John “Coxtolstoy”. The movies were opportunities for Chase to mug, and his character did not remind me of I.M. Fletcher at all. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-fletch-books/915631/12 "2020-07-18T02:08:43Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The movies were opportunities for Chase to mug, and his character did not remind me of I.M. Fletcher at al Fair enough. I liked the “mugging” I enjoy characters who are bitter and sarcastic, even in the face of danger. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-fletch-books/915631/13 "2020-07-18T02:11:35Z")
That is why I titled this thread “For fans of the Fletch books”. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-fletch-books/915631/14 "2020-07-18T02:20:07Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > That is why I titled this thread “For fans of the Fletch books” Well, on one hand I would say you mentioned the movies in your OP On the other hand I would say I should learn to read thread titles. I’m not going to tell you what I’m doing with my third hand. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-fletch-books/915631/15 "2020-07-18T02:20:52Z")
I read Fletch Too and saw the movies. Different things altogether. Chevy Chase doesn’t get any better than in the Fletch movies, which is quite sad because they weren’t very good. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-fletch-books/915631/16 "2020-07-18T02:21:14Z")
I am absolutely a fan of the Fletch books and those shitgarbage movies need flushing. Jon Hamm is a much closer match to the character, being, y’know, good looking. OMG, who should play Flynn? I’m all aflutter. BTW, McDonald also wrote a slew of non-Fletch/Flynn books which are criminally unknown. Such a highly underrated writer. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-fletch-books/915631/17 "2020-07-18T02:24:07Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I read Fletch Too and saw the movies Did you read any of the “Flynn” books? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-fletch-books/915631/18 "2020-07-18T02:50:30Z")
Whereas I, you see, like the books _and_ the movies. No, they weren’t all that faithful, but I don’t care. I _like_ watching Chevy be Chevy. Is it Art? Fuck no. But it entertains me on a Saturday afternoon ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-fletch-books/915631/19 "2020-07-18T04:05:10Z")
Nope, just the one book. That was a long time ago, I remember I liked it, and wanted to find the first Fletch book but a lot of life has passed twixt then and now without it ever coming up again until today. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-fletch-books/915631/20 "2020-07-18T04:20:33Z")
They should have cast Tommy Lee Jones back in 1985. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fans-of-the-fletch-books/915631.md?page=2)