Poi Dog Pondering wrote and recorded this song as gesture of love & respect for the
late great
Jeremy Brett
1933 to 1995
A fantastic Actor, a true Bon Vivant and fine
proper Dandy 'Twinkler' Jeremy's portrayal
of Sherlock Holmes (in the British Granada television series) is with out peer - hands down the best ever. ___________________________________________________________
Jeremy Brett
i'm in love with jeremy brett he was the single greatest
sherlock holmes yet in a series on the bbc I used to watch him here on a & e
hair slicked back and
impecably dressed his only prop could be a single cigarette he was an actor in the old regaurd who took the
stage intent to fully become his part
he was a sort of dandy in the classic tradition, a bon vivant filled
with bouts of depression
sundown sunday, kensington high street in a cabretta with a floral scarf london's
yours, man you got macbeth tonight a scull in your hands in the fire light
tobacco and champagne and you're feelin alright! a cab across town and a kiss goodnight
he played a holmes that was deep and dark with faults - richly complex & brilliantly
detailed a "Damaged penguin" with genious intuition an animated spider with singular vision who's only need was a case to consume him to stave his
addiction to a certain solution
David Burke and Edward Hardwicke,
played it perfect as his friend and companion a kind hearted, affable watson everyready with
a loyal hand in any case that holmes would command him I always felt holmes couldn't do with out him
brett's wife died back '85 all the grief
triggered manic depression could see it in his face - that he was heavily
grieving (his heart grew thin and finally stopped beating)
jeremy brett I never
knew you OH! Darling! I
dedicate this song to you!
F.Q.Orrall
As an avid mystery freak
myself, if you are interested, I recommend "The return of Sherlock Holmes collection" as a good starting point for Jeremy's Sherlock. Although I do love David Burke's Watson (who appeared only
in the first series "The adventures of..."), I especially love Edward Hardwicke's Watson - he had more time
to develop the role and truly becomes Sherlock's equal, and perfect foil on a whole 'nother dimension.
Some of my favorite episodes are
"The second stain" and "The man with the twisted lip" - But they all are wonderful, they some how bring
me comfort, especially as you start to really know the characters.
Yes.... I'm obsessed.
(Hitchcock too... but that's another song to come someday)
