The plaque on House's front door

Post by Basil Jet
In House episode "Human Error", beneath the 221 sign by Dr House's front
door is a plaque... It looks like the sort of plaque that might be used here
in England to denote a historic event taking place - not the standard blue
plaques, but a much rarer kind. There is a lot of text on it but I can't
read it. Does anyone know what it says? Do the scripts ever mention that
House lives in a former famous person's house? Do the Sherlock Holmes books
ever mention that Sherlock Holmes lived in a former famous person's house?
There is no comparable plaque on 221 Baker Street in London.

The former site of 221 B Bakers St has a blue plaque. ( A column slap bang in
the middle a large shopping centre\mall in West London, has a plaque on it saying
that "Frank Richards the creator of Billy Bunter was born near this site."
Like in the dairy aisle in Tesco's maybe ? )

Quite possibly what's outside House's house is the US equivalent of the Blue Plaque.
Without googling possibly they have a totally different design. Same as many
other things. When national pride's involved there may be a reluctance to
slavishly copy another nation's design.

The scripts probably won't mention it as it's supposed to be an "in" joke.
I've never watched it but I assume there are no explicit references to
Sherlock Holmes or the name joke either.

michael adams

...

Sofa - Spud

2009-08-28 20:12:12 UTC

The former site of 221 B Bakers St has a blue plaque. ( A column slap bang in
the middle a large shopping centre\mall in West London, has a plaque on it saying
that "Frank Richards the creator of Billy Bunter was born near this site."
Like in the dairy aisle in Tesco's maybe ? )
Quite possibly what's outside House's house is the US equivalent of the Blue Plaque.
Without googling possibly they have a totally different design. Same as many
other things. When national pride's involved there may be a reluctance to
slavishly copy another nation's design.
The scripts probably won't mention it as it's supposed to be an "in" joke.
I've never watched it but I assume there are no explicit references to
Sherlock Holmes or the name joke either.
michael adams
...

what does the baker street sign say? *This is where Conan Doyle said his
character lived"?

I thought they were for real people - that said I've been to the
Reichenbach falls at meringen in Switzerland where Moriarty and Holmes
fell to their deaths and there is a statue to Holmes.

michael adams

2009-08-28 21:07:55 UTC

The former site of 221 B Bakers St has a blue plaque. ( A column slap bang in
the middle a large shopping centre\mall in West London, has a plaque on it saying
that "Frank Richards the creator of Billy Bunter was born near this site."
Like in the dairy aisle in Tesco's maybe ? )
Quite possibly what's outside House's house is the US equivalent of the Blue Plaque.
Without googling possibly they have a totally different design. Same as many
other things. When national pride's involved there may be a reluctance to
slavishly copy another nation's design.
The scripts probably won't mention it as it's supposed to be an "in" joke.
I've never watched it but I assume there are no explicit references to
Sherlock Holmes or the name joke either.
michael adams
...

what does the baker street sign say? *This is where Conan Doyle said his
character lived"?

Dunno, can't make it out. You can have a butcher's at Dame Shirley Porter as
a consolation prize instead.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/221B_Baker_Street

Post by Sofa - Spud
I thought they were for real people - that said I've been to the
Reichenbach falls at meringen in Switzerland where Moriarty and Holmes
fell to their deaths and there is a statue to Holmes.

Holmes only fell to his death for about 15 (?) years, after which Doyle
was persuaded to bring him back. ISTR Holmes was very popular in American
Magazines and they made Doyle an offer he couldn't refuse. Jeremy Brett
is very good as Holmes on ITV3 IMO. I always thought he was as bent as
a nine bob note but reading up on him he was happily married with
daughters right up until his untimely death. Edward Harwicke the last
Dr Watson was a great help to him and his family apparently.

michael adams

...

CountFloyd

2009-08-28 21:11:51 UTC

Post by Basil Jet
In House episode "Human Error", beneath the 221 sign by Dr House's
front door is a plaque... It looks like the sort of plaque that
might be used here in England to denote a historic event taking
place - not the standard blue plaques, but a much rarer kind. There
is a lot of text on it but I can't read it. Does anyone know what it
says? Do the scripts ever mention that House lives in a former
famous person's house? Do the Sherlock Holmes books ever mention
that Sherlock Holmes lived in a former famous person's house? There
is no comparable plaque on 221 Baker Street in London.

The former site of 221 B Bakers St has a blue plaque. ( A column slap
bang in the middle a large shopping centre\mall in West London, has a
plaque on it saying that "Frank Richards the creator of Billy Bunter
was born near this site." Like in the dairy aisle in Tesco's maybe ?
)
Quite possibly what's outside House's house is the US equivalent of
the Blue Plaque. Without googling possibly they have a totally
different design. Same as many other things. When national pride's
involved there may be a reluctance to slavishly copy another nation's
design.
The scripts probably won't mention it as it's supposed to be an "in"
joke. I've never watched it but I assume there are no explicit
references to Sherlock Holmes or the name joke either.
michael adams
...

what does the baker street sign say? *This is where Conan Doyle said his
character lived"?

Dunno, can't make it out. You can have a butcher's at Dame Shirley
Porter as a consolation prize instead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/221B_Baker_Street

Holmes only fell to his death for about 15 (?) years, after which Doyle
was persuaded to bring him back. ISTR Holmes was very popular in
American Magazines and they made Doyle an offer he couldn't refuse.
Jeremy Brett is very good as Holmes on ITV3 IMO. I always thought he was
as bent as a nine bob note but reading up on him he was happily married
with daughters right up until his untimely death. Edward Harwicke the
last Dr Watson was a great help to him and his family apparently.
michael adams
...

Still think of Basil Rathbone in those two classic movies, actually set in Victorian times: 1938 The Hound of the
Baskervilles, 1939 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. In those two, Basil Rathbone played it right, with Nigel
Bruce playing Dr. Watson, the "man of action". In subsequent films, they became parodies of themselves, but it is
still fun to see them in their '40's films, fighting Nazis!

--
"What do you mean there's no movie?"

Halmyre

2009-08-29 18:37:30 UTC

Post by CountFloyd

Post by Basil Jet
In House episode "Human Error", beneath the 221 sign by Dr House's
front door is a plaque... It looks like the sort of plaque that
might be used here in England to denote a historic event taking
place - not the standard blue plaques, but a much rarer kind. There
is a lot of text on it but I can't read it. Does anyone know what it
says? Do the scripts ever mention that House lives in a former
famous person's house? Do the Sherlock Holmes books ever mention
that Sherlock Holmes lived in a former famous person's house? There
is no comparable plaque on 221 Baker Street in London.

The former site of 221 B Bakers St has a blue plaque. ( A column slap
bang in the middle a large shopping centre\mall in West London, has a
plaque on it saying that "Frank Richards the creator of Billy Bunter
was born near this site." Like in the dairy aisle in Tesco's maybe ?
)
Quite possibly what's outside House's house is the US equivalent of
the Blue Plaque. Without googling possibly they have a totally
different design. Same as many other things. When national pride's
involved there may be a reluctance to slavishly copy another nation's
design.
The scripts probably won't mention it as it's supposed to be an "in"
joke. I've never watched it but I assume there are no explicit
references to Sherlock Holmes or the name joke either.
michael adams
...

what does the baker street sign say? *This is where Conan Doyle said his
character lived"?

Dunno, can't make it out. You can have a butcher's at Dame Shirley
Porter as a consolation prize instead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/221B_Baker_Street

Holmes only fell to his death for about 15 (?) years, after which Doyle
was persuaded to bring him back. ISTR Holmes was very popular in
American Magazines and they made Doyle an offer he couldn't refuse.
Jeremy Brett is very good as Holmes on ITV3 IMO. I always thought he was
as bent as a nine bob note but reading up on him he was happily married
with daughters right up until his untimely death. Edward Harwicke the
last Dr Watson was a great help to him and his family apparently.
michael adams
...

Watson became ridiculously stupid in some of the later ones, IIRC, turning
him into a figure of fun.

--
Halmyre

The more you know the less the better.

David Nebenzahl

2009-08-29 20:48:40 UTC

Post by Halmyre

Post by CountFloyd
Still think of Basil Rathbone in those two classic movies, actually
set in Victorian times: 1938 The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. In those two, Basil Rathbone
played it right, with Nigel Bruce playing Dr. Watson, the "man of
action". In subsequent films, they became parodies of themselves,
but it is still fun to see them in their '40's films, fighting
Nazis!

Watson became ridiculously stupid in some of the later ones, IIRC, turning
him into a figure of fun.

Yes. Not sure about this "man of action" stuff; Watson always struck me
somewhat as Ed McMahon to Holmes' Johnny Carson. (David Letterman's Paul
Shaffer, Joey Bishop's Regis Philbin ... insert name of obsequious
sidekick here.)

--
Found--the gene that causes belief in genetic determinism

CountFloyd

2009-08-31 03:43:32 UTC

Post by David Nebenzahl

Post by Halmyre

Post by CountFloyd
Still think of Basil Rathbone in those two classic movies, actually
set in Victorian times: 1938 The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1939 The
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. In those two, Basil Rathbone played it
right, with Nigel Bruce playing Dr. Watson, the "man of action". In
subsequent films, they became parodies of themselves, but it is still
fun to see them in their '40's films, fighting Nazis!

Watson became ridiculously stupid in some of the later ones, IIRC,
turning him into a figure of fun.

Only in the later episodes, they "dumbed" him down, used him for comic effect. But at times, there was some
brilliance from Nigel Bruce showing through.

--
"What do you mean there's no movie?"

CountFloyd

2009-08-31 03:42:28 UTC

Post by Halmyre

Post by CountFloyd

Post by Basil Jet
In House episode "Human Error", beneath the 221 sign by Dr
House's front door is a plaque... It looks like the sort of
plaque that might be used here in England to denote a historic
event taking place - not the standard blue plaques, but a much
rarer kind. There is a lot of text on it but I can't read it.
Does anyone know what it says? Do the scripts ever mention that
House lives in a former famous person's house? Do the Sherlock
Holmes books ever mention that Sherlock Holmes lived in a former
famous person's house? There is no comparable plaque on 221 Baker
Street in London.

The former site of 221 B Bakers St has a blue plaque. ( A column
slap bang in the middle a large shopping centre\mall in West
London, has a plaque on it saying that "Frank Richards the creator
of Billy Bunter was born near this site." Like in the dairy aisle
in Tesco's maybe ? )
Quite possibly what's outside House's house is the US equivalent
of the Blue Plaque. Without googling possibly they have a totally
different design. Same as many other things. When national pride's
involved there may be a reluctance to slavishly copy another
nation's design.
The scripts probably won't mention it as it's supposed to be an
"in" joke. I've never watched it but I assume there are no
explicit references to Sherlock Holmes or the name joke either.
michael adams
...

what does the baker street sign say? *This is where Conan Doyle said his
character lived"?

Dunno, can't make it out. You can have a butcher's at Dame Shirley
Porter as a consolation prize instead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/221B_Baker_Street

Post by Sofa - Spud
I thought they were for real people - that said I've been to the
Reichenbach falls at meringen in Switzerland where Moriarty and
Holmes fell to their deaths and there is a statue to Holmes.

Holmes only fell to his death for about 15 (?) years, after which
Doyle was persuaded to bring him back. ISTR Holmes was very popular
in American Magazines and they made Doyle an offer he couldn't
refuse. Jeremy Brett is very good as Holmes on ITV3 IMO. I always
thought he was as bent as a nine bob note but reading up on him he
was happily married with daughters right up until his untimely death.
Edward Harwicke the last Dr Watson was a great help to him and his
family apparently.
michael adams
...

Still think of Basil Rathbone in those two classic movies, actually set
in Victorian times: 1938 The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1939 The
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. In those two, Basil Rathbone played it
right, with Nigel Bruce playing Dr. Watson, the "man of action". In
subsequent films, they became parodies of themselves, but it is still
fun to see them in their '40's films, fighting Nazis!

Watson became ridiculously stupid in some of the later ones, IIRC,
turning him into a figure of fun.

I agree, the writes/suits turned Nigel Bruce into a cartoon caricature of Dr. Watson. Still, every once in a while,
brilliance shows through.

--
"What do you mean there's no movie?"

michael adams

2009-08-28 21:25:11 UTC

The former site of 221 B Bakers St has a blue plaque. ( A column slap bang in
the middle a large shopping centre\mall in West London, has a plaque on it saying
that "Frank Richards the creator of Billy Bunter was born near this site."
Like in the dairy aisle in Tesco's maybe ? )
Quite possibly what's outside House's house is the US equivalent of the Blue Plaque.
Without googling possibly they have a totally different design. Same as many
other things. When national pride's involved there may be a reluctance to
slavishly copy another nation's design.
The scripts probably won't mention it as it's supposed to be an "in" joke.
I've never watched it but I assume there are no explicit references to
Sherlock Holmes or the name joke either.
michael adams
...

what does the baker street sign say? *This is where Conan Doyle said his
character lived"?

Dunno, can't make it out. You can have a butcher's at Dame Shirley Porter as
a consolation prize instead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/221B_Baker_Street

Er not quite. He was devestated by the death of his second wife and
suffered from depression as a result for years, and apparently he was
bisexual. So wiki sez anyway.

Post by michael adams
Edward Hardwicke the last

Not Harwicke

Post by michael adams
Dr Watson was a great help to him and his family apparently.

That bits true.

michael adams

Post by michael adams
michael adams
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Sean Carroll

2009-09-07 04:41:55 UTC