# Why do men dislike Inglebert Humperdink ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 12, 2002, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190 "2002-04-12T07:35:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![thewordwise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@thewordwise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thewordwise)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190/41 "2014-11-18T14:23:48Z")
> [@deeward](#): > > I meyself do not think this question belongs on this board, but am afraid that if I put in on the “question” boards somebody will reject it as worthwhile discussing. > > As I see it, the question about men and Englebert Humperdink is worthy as psychological issue; of psychological study, beleive it or not. > > in my 50 years of life I have have been taken with a few men. One is Englebert Humperdink. To me, he is rather a mystery. > > BUT,…almost every man who responds to the mention of his name is negative about him. Some act as if they HATE him. > > Can this be understood? > > Dee I think there are many reasons, but the ones I can see would be that a lot of women seem to fall for his cheesy act, and somehow think he is sensitive and romantic and all that. The fact is, although he is married, he admits to having thousands of sexual affairs with his fans, many of which probably had husbands and boyfriends themselves. Very few men would actually like someone who portrays themselves as “The King of Romance” yet in reality he is the exact opposite. Romance is giving yourself fully to a woman that you are in love with, not hopping from town to town seeing how many one night stands you can accumulate. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190/42 "2014-11-18T14:48:12Z")
This is a 12 year old thread. Nobody cares about Humperdinck, either then or now. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190/43 "2014-11-18T14:48:28Z")
Welcome to the SDMB, **thewordwise**. This thread is more than 12 years old, and many of the participants are no longer posting here – which isn’t a problem, just wanted to give you a heads up that you may or may not get a response. **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190/44 "2014-11-18T15:36:34Z")
Mmmmm – Zombie Englebert Humperdinck! To answer the (very old) OP – it’s because they hate operas based on fairy tales > **[Hansel and Gretel (opera)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansel_and_Gretel_(opera))** > > Hansel and Gretel (German: Hänsel und Gretel) is an opera by nineteenth-century composer Engelbert Humperdinck, who described it as a Märchenoper (fairy-tale opera). The libretto was written by Humperdinck's sister, Adelheid Wette, based on the Grimm brothers' fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel". It is much admired for its folk music-inspired themes, one of the most famous being the "Abendsegen" ("Evening Benediction") from act 2. > The idea for the opera was proposed to Humperdinck by his sister, who ... ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190/45 "2014-11-18T15:42:31Z")
It was wrong twelve years ago, though, to liken Humperdinck to Tom Jones in any way. Bill Shatner : Tom Jones, now _there_ is an interesting degree of similarity worth being discussed. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190/46 "2014-11-18T15:46:31Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Ehehehe…his name is “humperdink”…ehehehe…ehehe…ehehehe And he CHOSE that name - he was born Arnold George Dorsey :eek:!!! I always assumed such an atrocious name was his given name. Since I never forgot his name after hearing it for the first time, I suppose it’s obvious why he chose that one. I thank the zombification of this thread just because I learned that factoid. And I dunno that I hate him. I wouldn’t listen to him for his fine artistry, but I have inherited Christmas records with him on it that I haven’t sold. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190/47 "2014-11-18T16:38:53Z")
“Les bicyclettes de Belsize…” Wait, I’m not alone? You HEARD me singing that? No, that wasn’t me, it was- Oh, look, what’s that over there? (Running…) Okay, you caught me. What can I say? My Mom loved him, and played his records a lot when I was a kid. I actually still like some of them. Besides, it’s not like I was perceived as cool BEFORE admitting that! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190/48 "2014-11-18T18:09:20Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > It was wrong twelve years ago, though, to liken Humperdinck to Tom Jones in any way. Sez you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190/49 "2014-11-18T18:43:01Z")
I hate this thread because it made me think of Englebert Humperdinck. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190/50 "2014-11-18T18:50:31Z")
I resent that all of you are forcing me to explain this to a group of people who claim to be about “fighting ignorance.” 1. Tom Jones is an avatar of Elvis in his Stage Aspect. 2. Englebert Humperdinck is wholly a lifeless, soulless, construct of the anti-Elvis (Michael J. Fox). ---
**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:** [November 18, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190/51 "2014-11-18T18:58:52Z")
Prince Humperdinck was no winner either. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190/52 "2014-11-18T19:01:33Z")
Going out on a limb here: I like Engelbert Humperdinck **and** Tom Jones. I can understand how their singing puts some people off, but I _like_ listening to smarmy lounge music or steaming hot sex songs occasionally. I wouldn’t want to listen to them _all the time_, but then I don’t want to listen to Beethoven and Mozart all the time, either. Good singing is good singing, and EH has a fine voice. Such things will never go out of style. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190/53 "2014-11-18T19:05:35Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > This is a 12 year old thread. Nobody cares about Humperdinck, either then or now. Speak for yourself :o I have three Englebert tunes on my ipod (I’d have more but there’s not many available)and never pass up a chance to sing a rousing rendition of “My Wife the Dancer” whenever the boyfriend and I are having a Tom Jones / Englebert debate. Him: What a wanker Me: At least Englebert didn’t stuff a fake weenie down his pants Him: No, he just stuffed real weenies up his arse lather , rinse , repeat ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190/54 "2014-11-18T19:08:09Z")
I was all like, there can’t be another Humperdink lover! One is more than enough for all of the internets. But then I saw that there isn’t another. dee remains singular in her Hump loving dink. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190/55 "2014-11-18T20:49:10Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Prince Humperdinck was no winner either. Yeah, but you’ve got to understand - he had his country’s 500th anniversary to plan, his wedding to arrange, his wife to murder and Guilder to frame for it; he was just swamped. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190/56 "2014-11-18T21:45:24Z")
Perhaps it’s the dinky name? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190/57 "2014-11-18T21:48:07Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I was all like, there can’t be another Humperdink lover! One is more than enough for all of the internets. > > But then I saw that there isn’t another. dee remains singular in her Hump loving dink. What am I, chopped liver? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_of\_Words](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@Jack\_of\_Words](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_of_Words)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190/58 "2014-11-19T07:16:50Z")
This thread has just prompted me to visit youtube and play his version of ‘Ten Guitars’ again. Great tune. I’d not join his fanclub, or buy a concert ticket (is he dead yet?) or, in fact, admit to anybody’s face that I listen to him from time to time…but he’s in the category of ‘guilty pleasure’. For the record, I am a man. Or rather, I’m male. Obviously, I’m not _a man_ - I listen to Engelbert… ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190/59 "2014-11-19T07:22:05Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Speak for yourself :o > > I have three Englebert tunes on my ipod (I’d have more but there’s not many available)…\ Well, looking at iTunes, they seem to have over 20 albums available. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190/60 "2014-11-19T07:42:00Z")
I heard about him but I will always remember how he was parodied in the TV special A Claymation Easter. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8REbuwty0XY/hqdefault.jpg "Shark-Swallowed Bunnies") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8REbuwty0XY) The main characters were swallowed by a shark and to escape one of the bunnies makes a devastating recreation of “Please Release Me”. It ended in tears and the shark spitting them as planned [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-men-dislike-inglebert-humperdink/103190.md?page=4)