# Talking Rodents and Nude Male Dancers **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 12, 1999, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-rodents-and-nude-male-dancers/4714 "1999-11-12T07:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-rodents-and-nude-male-dancers/4714/1 "1999-11-12T07:00:00Z")
Which came first, Chip & Dale, the Disney characters, or the Chippendales, the all male revue? Did one company sue the other for copyright infringement? And where is the original Chippendale? I’m assuming it’s a town in England someplace. ---
**Author:** ![Jorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@Jorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorge)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-rodents-and-nude-male-dancers/4714/2 "1999-11-12T07:27:00Z")
Don’t forget the antique furnishing style… The animated cartoon antedates the dancers by many years. Don’t know about lawsuits. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-rodents-and-nude-male-dancers/4714/3 "1999-11-12T07:32:00Z")
The popularization of the term “Chippendale” comes from Thomas Chippendale, a famous English furniture maker (1740-1779). From [The History of Furniture](http://online.milwaukee.tec.wi.us/indsgn-130/Unit3/Unit%203%20FRENCH%20FURNITURE.html): > [@](#): > > The most famous English furniture designer was Thomas Chippendale. He was influenced by the classical motifs prevalent in England through Palladian architecture, the French Rococo style and Chinese motifs that were being imported to England through trade. The similarities in his designs and the Queen Anne period were the cabriole leg and a central splat on chair backs. The differences were that Chippendale’s splats were pierced, the top rail of his chair is shaped like a bow, and they have ball and claw feet. Carvings and piercing use classical motifs. The French influences on Chippendale can be seen in a riband back chair and in a softer, subtler color palette. However, Chippendale worked in mahogany while French furniture was gilded. Colors were rose, silvery green, and gray blues. Much of the carving became Rococo. Chinese Chippendale on the other hand uses oriental motifs in carving and piercing and legs were straight. Oriental fretwork can be seen on the interior corner between legs and rails on both chairs and tables. Comfort was as important in England at this time as it was in France and Chippendale is credited with the camelback sofa and larger wingchairs. * * * TT “Believe those who seek the truth. Doubt those who find it.” --Andre Gide ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-rodents-and-nude-male-dancers/4714/4 "1999-11-12T14:02:00Z")
Disney clearly was punning on the famous furniture maker. I dunno why the male strip joint picked that name. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 1999, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-rodents-and-nude-male-dancers/4714/5 "1999-11-12T14:33:00Z")
I am suddenly gripped with a huge nostalgia for Fearless Fosdick… Anyone else remember the deathless episodes where he matched wits with the deviously criminal Chippendale Chair? * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 1999, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-rodents-and-nude-male-dancers/4714/6 "1999-11-13T22:35:00Z")
I missed that one; but I’m ROFLMAO at the very idea of Fosdick matched against someone with an intellect as defective as his own.