Thursday
I came across this enjoyable tweet from one Ross Danniel Bullen, who imagines a Victorian version of the House Hunters television show:
Host: I—
Henry James: I should like a kitchen whose concept is – how shall I conceive of it – not closed, not in some way occluded, but bright, agape, unrestrained as a verdant Tuscan meadow; open, in so many words…
Host: And that’s the full 22 minutes
It got me thinking about other authors who could contribute to television shows. Can you identify the quotations?
The Bachelor
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. –
The Bachelorette
“You are the last man in the world I could ever be prevailed upon to marry.”
Project Runway:
“I never saw anybody take so long to dress, and with such little result.”
Jeopardy
Host: “Quadruped. Graminivorous. Forty teeth, namely twenty-four grinders, four eye-teeth, and twelve incisive. Sheds coat in the spring; in marshy countries, sheds hoofs, too. Hoofs hard, but requiring to be shod with iron. Age known by marks in mouth.”
Bitzer: What is horse?
Lost
“Let’s go.”
“We can’t.”
“Why not?”
“We’re waiting for Godot.”
Send in your own suggestions. (And check out the tags for the works.)