that would require someone else to write a Falstaff play, then Shakespeare could copy it.
Terry Pratchett’s works often contain references to B.S. Johnson. He never appears in person, but his disastrous projects are often spoken about. I would have loved to see him get a starring role in a novel.
He did get his own play, The Merry Wives of Windsor. It sucked, compared to Henry IV parts 1 and 2. If not for the name, you’d hardly know it was the same character. Possibly the story is true that Shakespeare was coerced to write a play about “Falstaff in love” by a request directly from Queen Elizabeth.
A.K.A. Falstaff
“This movie was based on the play “Five Kings”. It was written by Orson Welles and condensed William Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, “Henry IV” parts 1 & 2, “Henry V”, the three parts of “Henry VI” and “Richard III” into one show. He produced the show in New York City in 1939, but the opening night, during which Part 1 was performed, was a disaster, and Part 2 was never put on. He revamped the show and revisited it in 1960. Again, it was not successful. However, this later production was used as the basis for this movie.” -https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059012/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv
Five years or so ago there was a new version of Around The World In 80 Days that I really enjoyed. It had David Tennant and Jason Watkins in it. There was talk of further Phileas Fogg adventures but that didn’t happen. Anyway, there was a character in one episode, a stagecoach driver, played by a bit part actress called Elena Saurel, who really appealed to me and that I wished somehow they could do a whole show about.
The 2 actors who played Charlie Luciano and Meyer Lansky on Boardwalk Empire had a very good rapport together. I could definitely have seen them holding their own as main characters in a spinoff about the 1920s-1950s-era mob scene.
A microfiction piece with primarily Mister and Mouse:
I forgot that, thanks for reminding me. Now where is my copy…
The Female reporter really annoyed me, so I couldnt finish the series.
Nice, thanks.
I would pay to see that.
Not my idea, but if there are any Jane Austen fans here, you may enjoy The Other Bennet Sister on BritBox, which covers Mary’s story, starting within the action of Pride and Prejudice and going well beyond. It’s relatively true to Austen’s tone and characters.
Normally, carousels are geared to go slow. His spun so fast because it was concealing an experimental helicopter.
It wasn’t clear that that’s what I was referring to? Point is, when fans love a minor character so much that they demand he get his own work, the results are often not good. What works well for a secondary character doesn’t always work well for a main character.
The “vacuum cleaner guy” in Breaking Bad.
Being Star Wars, I imagine there’s 7 novels about him.
Considering the state of medicine at the time, he probably gave her a cat scan: he held a cat near her belly and if it hissed it was a boy and if it purred it was a girl. And if it spoke in Aramaic “This is truly the Son of God”, well, then you knew.
The Gospels do mention a midwife at the delivery… I suppose that’s about as close as you’d come to a gynecologist, in that day and age.
The Wolf from Pulp Fiction. I’d be very interested to know that guy’s story was
Good one. Given his profession, there’s probably a lot of good stories to tell.
SDMB nitpickery: Joshua, David, etc. were Bronze Age. The Gospels were mid-Classical.
I’m an Austen fan, and have been looking forward to seeing that series.
I would definitely watch a show about the McPoyle family from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Especially if Pappy McPoyle showed up once a season.