The Dancing Men - Part 3 of 6 (Sherlock Holmes)

[srinibgl3]

in this case the client is dead-so not a great case for Holmes

[petertheallblack]

That`s really nice .Good to seee Holmes and Watson as the good freinds they were (on and off screen).

[wincipoet]

Was Jeremy Brett good friends with David Burke in real life? I only know he and Edward Hardwicke (the 2nd Watson) were very close and dear mates...

[SchweitzerMan]

@wincipoet I read a quote from Jeremy Brett that he was very sad when David left but admired him for wanting to spend more time with his young son. Sounds like they must have been friendly

[TheAnonymousSarah]

I like the dream sequence.

[twosixteen]

Wulf! She's fit!

[AngelVencedor2008]

0:10 

[MrsSherlcokHolmes]

Oh Jeremy, you were divine!

[liberator6]

Jeremy Brett was wonderful. Just... wonderful. :)

[doromamire]

yes I know that is e.

[ToxiqueRose]

Jeremy Brett is left handed. Holmes is right handed. So all the shot of him writing are either far, obscured, or when we had to see the act of writing, the hand belongs to another actor. So at 3:07, that is not Brett's hand.

[Imverycute2]

@ToxiqueRose Actually, it is. Jeremy Brett TAUGHT himself to use his right hand -- because he believed Holmes was right-handed and he wanted to do as much as he could and beyond to be as faithful as possible to the Canon. The whole thing about him using a hand double is a myth.

[MagicansForce]

@Imverycute2 And this is why Jeremy Brett IS Sherlock Holmes. What other actor has approached the role with such attention to detail and respect?

[hadassah179]

LUV is cursive writing ^_^

[firetrucksnfishcakes]

OOOOooooo i think shes cheatin on him, with the creepy stable boy....

[EliCeify]

what are your favourites episodes????

[Imverycute2]

LOL at Holmes's little disco move!

I loved how Holmes looked at the cocaine needle like he was sorely tempted to use it, and quickly put it away, like he wanted to resist temptation. I think, since Watson came around and began to express his displeasure at Holmes using the drug, Holmes has wanted to use it less and less.

[azndove007]

is holmes addicted to morphine or cocaine? why does he look at that syringe like that?

[EliCeify]

@azndove007 he use cocaine (a sevent per cent solution) when he is bored lol

[ultraviolet128]

lol.......... when holmes tells watson to be quiet he goes off to read the paper but when watson is doing work holmes insists on playing the violin :) love it - thanks for putting this up!!

[sitithesecond]

yes, i am getting to like Jeremy as Holmes after all! He's much better than Peter Cushing anyway. The first SH series I saw on BBC featured Douglas Wilmer as Holmes and Nigel Stock as Watson. Wilmer was a good Holmes. But this was decades ago. i think it was even in black and white :-)

[sitithesecond]

Holmes is hilarious at 4.55! And how brilliant to crack the code!

[megamanzeroXD]

OMG i wish i had nightmares like that!

[gregory47able]

Mrs. hudson served woodcock every night

[kendallscottxo]

Thank you for posting this great show for us all to watch. Jeremy Brett, best Holmes ever!

[Twery75]

yup true but sad he is no more in this world but he is still in our hearts

[EliCeify]

@Twery75 agree!!!!!!!

[Twery75]

@EliCeify thx but the person whoever acts as holmes now i dont like it he doesnt does one thing properlyyyyyy srry i dont want to discourage or say anything bad but hten alsoooooo i think no one can act as jeremy brett

[EliCeify]

@Twery75 you mean RD?? well i like him but to be honest no movie nor serie is more likely to the book as this of Granada

[albertaplum]

Yes, she is indeed. :P

[KingofStarfox]

I wish I was married to Elsie. :)

[yrti0121]

shes lovely isnt she

[themusicdr]

I remeber reading this when i was young, turning page after page in tense anticipation of what would happen next. this adaptation has exactly the same effect, even though i know the final outcome.

brett is superb, magnificent as holmes. he has no rival in his portrayal of the master sleuth

[FlameG102]

Basil Rathbone is pretty high up too though. (even if his watson was terrible.)

[themusicdr]

yes indeed he was v good, just a touch below brett agree re his watson :-)

[Raeyven76]

@FlameG102 Basil Rathbone certainly had the looks for Holmes. I just find him too nice. He's too much of the 'English gentleman'. Holmes is quirky and Brett captures that perfectly. Also I think because the Basil Rathbone versions of Holmes messed too much with the original stories is another reason I never warmed to them. The only one I recall seeing that i did like was the classic Hound of the Baskervilles.

[CaptainPolaris]

"If this is 'E'." *pose* Cute.

[candypuffer123]

Holmes wasn't a cocain addict he was an opium addict

[CaptainCherryTango]

He was addicted to cocaine and morphine, but was opposed to Opium, which he saw as a major vice. If you read the short story "The man with the Twisted Lip" he mentions it

[lollipopfop]

LOL! Morphine is Opium. Once in your system all opiates metabolize to morphine. Vicodin, Morphine, Delauded and Opium are all morphine.

[mahound9]

Correct they're all variations on a theme. If you want a truly intense high, try Cocaine and Morphine at the same time. YEEHAWW!

[KingofStarfox]

You're right, Morphine, Opium, Codeine, they're all opiates, derived from the same poppies. Maybe Holmes didn't like opium because people smoked it and abused it in filthy opium dens. Holme's was scientific, careful and sparing in his use of the drugs--and only when he had no other mental stimulation.

[lollipopfop]

Quite possibly both.

[kimjaeyoo]

Holmes does not like eating. Watson does.

[claud4]

holmes doesnt eat much due to the cocaine , im guessing.

[marianneootjers]

Plus he doesn't eat much on a case because it distracts him from continuing his work; solving the case he's on. He will only eat enough to sustain himself, hardly for pleasure, unlike Watson ;)

[QuinnthePrincess]

Holmes is the master of hangman

[000266617]

'hangman?" Holmes would be angry with your calling his breaking a secret mafia code using men instead of letters "hangman." (since its a mafia code, he may have had to translate the Italian language into English and then interpret the symbols?)

[QuinnthePrincess]

Depends on which mafia he's dealing with. I think it would be in English, though.

[000266617]

They are from Chicago mob in America. Likely immigrants such as Vito Corelone.

They might have made the code as difficult to break as possible adding another unfamilar language? (Used in "the old days" the guy says)

[QuinnthePrincess]

Well, if anyone can do it, Holmes most certainly can!

[athene1992]

I love the way Holmes swishes his coat-tails when he sits down. Not sure why, but it's just lovely!

[PyroCLastik]

yeah, it's very charming!

[bitherwack]

If you've ever sat down in tails, you'd know why.

[000266617]

Yeah, if men just plopped down they'd mess up their expensive clothes.

[bitherwack]

No, actually, its because they pull your coat down from behind, and restrict your movement.

[LordHamlet99]

David Burke does indeed have a goodness and a quintessentially stout, stolid, dependable British quality that complements his mercurial friend perfectly (Edward Hardwicke is also a perfect Dr Watson, of course)

[bookishmuch]

The term: they are foils.

[LordHamlet99]

You're right. They are the BEST foils.

[littleserrano]

If only all youtube comments used words like "mercurial".

[RFTC69]

Watson is such a nice bloke