Showing posts with label Nero Wolfe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nero Wolfe. Show all posts

Monday, February 21, 2011

Mark the Calendar February 21

February 21:

1951. Wolfe connects the 'accidental' death of a publisher to two murders. Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: Murder by the Book.

The Count makes an appointment with Albert. Alexandre Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo.

Friday, January 28, 2011

January 28

January 28

1966. Orrie asks Archie to break into an old flame's apartment. Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: Death of a Doxy.

Police notify Phillipa Keegan they have located the body of her son who has been missing 20 years. Dick Wolf: Law & Order: UK.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

January 27

January 27

1959. Saul Panzer discovers some counterfeiting equipment. Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: Counterfeit for Murder.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

January 26

January 26

1959. Hattie Annis shows up at Wolfe's door with a brown paper package holding a large stack of $20 bills. Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: Counterfeit for Murder.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

January 11

January 11

1965. Wolfe and Archie entice the FBI into an illegal entry. Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: The Doorbell Rang.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

January 5

January 5

1958. Wolfe removes his tie after a luncheon accident and later finds a client strangled with it in his study. Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: Eeny Meeny Murder Mo.

2349. Westley Crusher born. Gene Roddenberry: Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Monday, December 20, 2010

Mark the Calendar: December 20

Mark the Calendar: December 20

1957. Archie shows Wolfe a marriage license, duly signed and executed: the State is willing for Archie Goodwin and Margot Dickey to wed. Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: Christmas Party.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

December 5 Mark the Calendar

December 5 Mark the Calendar

1920 - Kathy Nightengale writes a letter of explaination to be delivered to her friend Sally in 2007. Steven Moffat: Blink.

1948. Wolfe and Archie find a corpse in the greenhouse. Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: Door to Death.

1949. The Metropolitan Opera's top tenor is dead and his widow and fiance plead with Wolfe to prove it wasn't suicide. Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: The Gun with Wings.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

November 6 Mark the Calendar

November 6 Mark the Calendar

1974. Wolfe and Archie find a murderer in their ranks. Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: A Family Affair.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

November 2 Mark the Calendar

November 2 Mark the Calendar:

1934. Wolfe and Archie argue the finer points of obscenity law. Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: The League of Frightened Men.

1994. Emily is born. Chris Carter: The X-Files.

Friday, October 29, 2010

October 29 Mark the Calendar

October 29 Mark the Calendar

1974. Wolfe's favorite waiter is killed in Wolfe's spare bedroom by an exploding cigar.
--Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: A Family Affair.

John Smith has an accident.
--Stephen King: The Dead Zone.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

October 23 Mark the Calendar

October 23 Mark the Calendar

1990. Tony, Roz and Chais have lunch at the Toxique, and Zenia returns from the dead.
--Margaret Atwood: The Robber Bride.

Archie Goodwin born.
--Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

October 9 Mark the Calendar

October 9 Mark the Calendar

1935. Archie returns to the brownstone to find Wolfe in conference with himself.
-Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: The Rubber Band.

Friday, October 8, 2010

October 8 Mark the Calendar

October 8 Mark the Calendar

1886. Holmes solves the marital problems of a titled bachelor.
-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes: The Noble Bachelor.

1946. Frustrated with the meat shortage, Wolfe enlists the help of a notorious gangster to procure pork chops.
-Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: Before I Die.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

September 15 Mark the Calendar

September 15 Mark the Calendar

1961. Archie must decide between helping a pretty girl in trouble and saving his own skin.
--Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: Murder is Corny.

Red receives a blank postcard from McNary, Texas.
--Stephen King: Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

September 12 Mark the Calendar

September 12 Mark the Calendar

1906. Young Jimmy Gatz writes his self-improvement schedule on the last fly-leaf of his copy of Hopalong Cassidy.
--F Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby.

1938. Wolfe's fear of travel is justified with Archie runs the roadster into a tree.
--Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: Some Buried Caesar.

1961. Inspector Cramer shows up unexpectedly with a carton of freshly picked corn.
--Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: Murder is Corny.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

September 7 Mark the Calendar

September 7 Mark the Calendar

1967. Wolfe brings Archie a glass of cognac.
--Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: The Father Hunt.

Friday, August 27, 2010

August 27 Mark the Calendar

August 27 Mark the Calendar

1941. Fed up with mint juleps and spoon bread, Archie slams the door behind him and heads for Sam's place.
--Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: Cordially Invited to Meet Death.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

August 18 Mark the Calendar

August 18 Mark the Calendar

1941. Wolfe gets assistance with making corned beef.
--Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: Cordially Invited to Meet Death.

1951 - Sarah Jane is abandoned as an infant.
--Gareth Roberts: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith.

Friday, August 13, 2010

August 13 Mark the Calendar

August 13 Mark the Calendar

1968. Wolfe solves the murder of Philip Brodell.
--Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: Death of a Dude.