Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra singing White Christmas on the TV special Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank. It aired live on December 20, 1957 and was one of the earliest color television broadcasts.

The iconic Frank Sinatra 🌹

He is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century, with an estimated 150 million record sales globally!

some people aren't meant for monogamy

David Suchet and his favorite Poirot line

I'm sorry EXCUSE ME LADS but what is this ABSOLUTE SLEEPOVER BEHAVIOUR I'M

Hastings: Poirot are you asleep.

Poirot: yes

Hastings: oh good. me either. wasn't that seance thing that happened at dinner so creepy lol how do they do that

Poirot: *does that*

Hastings: OMG THAT'S AMAZING HOW DID YOU DO THAT

Poirot: yes. so amazing. alas it is only guesswork. now shut up and let me sleep

they're so funny I'm never gonna be normal about this

Poirot fam I'm watching the documentary and Inspector Japp's actor calling out the living arrangements between Poirot, Hastings and even Miss Lemon and saying be played Japp like he was suspicious that the three of them were hooking up has absolutely sent me

Philip Jackson (on his character, Inspector Japp):

He had a slightly ambiguous attitude to Hastings and Poirot anyway because, you know, they live a sort of 'bachelor life', and you say, I'm not quite sure what their relationship's like when they're sort of off duty. You see them hanging around that apartment quite a lot. And there's Miss Lemon in there, the three of them, you don't really know what's happening. There might be some deep sexual thing going on for all I knew. So I thought, Japp, you know when he went round to Poirot's place, was a bit suspicious about what might go on. Decadence and upper classes, all that sort of stuff.

--- Agatha Christie's Poirot: Super Sleuths

For those of you unfamiliar with the show I think it's important that you are able to picture the man in the dark coat suspicious that the other three are in a polycule.

Inspector Japp:

I've been re-reading the Peter Wimsey series lately and in the process I found I was missing a few entries in the series (probably I borrowed them from the library when I originally read them?) and so I decided to fill out the rest of my collection.

This meant that I was subjected to looking at the ways various people have tried to depict Peter Wimsey on the cover of various different editions.

For those unfamiliar, let me briefly run down the things we know about Peter Wimsey's appearance in the books: he's in his 30s or 40s (depending on which book - he starts the series in his early 30s and is in his mid-40s by the end of the series). He has blond hair, slicked back. He wears a monocle. He is an upper-class British gentleman from the 1920s/1930s, and generally dresses the part (hat, three piece suits, carries a cane, etc.) He has a large nose and a long face. He is not what we might call 'conventionally handsome' and is indeed often considered to look somewhat silly. He's a former athlete and is rather slender in build.

Now let's look at some of the covers, which I will rank on a scale of 1-10:

This guy is an extra on Mad Men. Tie is all wrong, no monocle. Bit doughy. At least he has a walking stick I suppose. 4/10

This is Peter Cushing. Seems to be at least 60 years old. No monocle either. 2/10

This isn't terrible. Glasses are wrong and he's a bit too handsome, but ok. (Maybe AI generated? weird candelabra things don't look like a human made them.) Overall though, could definitely be worse. 8/10

Who the fuck is this man??? Wrong on every account other than I guess the clothing. Bunter should make him shave that thing off his lip, too. 0/10

This is Niles from Frasier. I kind of like his hair at least. Is he in hell? In an on-fire building? Generally adequate. 7/10

Points for a general 1920s vibe, they might even just have stolen this from an actual 1920s magazine illustration. Way too handsome, no monocle. 5/10

Again I suspect a stolen magazine illustration (or perhaps catalogue). Which one of these generic guys is even supposed to be Peter? Who knows. 3/10.

I hate this unpleasant gnome of a man. Yet, he does have a monocle, and does look a bit silly. He's just weirdly short and wrinkly. A grudging 5/10, and like 3 of those points are just because they actually did include the monocle.

ASFGSDFGSDFG Art Deco Twunk Peter is killing me!! Who is this high-cheekboned plump-lipped sexyboy, aged 22 at most? -1000/10

This is actually the one I hate least, maybe because they went for a more stylized look. The clothes and build and face seem good (long face, big nose), he has a monocle, he has a hat, he has a walking stick, he looks like he's from the 1920s. I'm going to pronounce this a 10/10 cover!

All you actually need here:

The late Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey. That is all.

My favorite scene from Gentleman Jack

When your book shopping gets interrupted for espionage.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Writer: John le Carré Director: Tomas Alfredson Year: 2011 “The more identities a man has, the more they express the person they conceal.”

I need everyone to know that there's a Tinker tailor soldier spy deleted scene (goes on longer than this actually) that's just Smiley frying an egg. Masterpiece.

TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY (1979)

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