"Three Men in a Boat (1979 film) Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) () is a 1979 Soviet two-part musical-comedy miniseries directed by Naum Birman and based on the eponymous novel by Jerome K. Jerome. Three friends: J, Harris and George, tired of idleness and wanting to correct their ill health, decide to go on a boat trip along the Thames. Together they take the fox terrier Montmorency. Before their journey, they agree to travel without females. But almost immediately on the road they meet three women going the same way as themselves: Anne, Emily"
"""Three Men in a Boat"". Jerome sat down to write ""Three Men in a Boat"" as soon as the couple returned from their honeymoon. In the novel, his wife was replaced by his longtime friends George Wingrave (George) and Carl Hentschel (Harris). This allowed him to create comic (and non-sentimental) situations which were nonetheless intertwined with the history of the Thames region. The book, published in 1889, became an instant success and has never been out of print. Its popularity was such that the number of registered Thames boats went up fifty percent in the year following its publication, and"
"Jerome K. Jerome Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue ""Three Men in a Boat"" (1889). Other works include the essay collections ""Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow"" (1886) and ""Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow""; ""Three Men on the Bummel"", a sequel to ""Three Men in a Boat"", and several other novels. Jerome was born in Caldmore, Walsall, England. He was the fourth child of Marguerite Jones and Jerome Clapp (who later renamed himself Jerome Clapp Jerome), an ironmonger and lay preacher who dabbled"
"Three Men in a Boat (TV series) Three Men in a Boat is a television comedy/documentary series produced by Liberty Bell Productions for BBC Two starring Dara Ó Briain, Rory McGrath and Griff Rhys Jones, first shown on 3 January 2006. In this first rendition, the three participants rowed in a replica wooden skiff from Kingston upon Thames to Oxford. The BBC subsequently commissioned and aired ""Three Men in Another Boat"", ""Three Men in More Than One Boat"", ""Three Men go to Ireland"", ""Three Men go to Scotland""; ""Three Men go to Venice"", and ""Three Men go to New England"","
"of Cape Cod. Broadcast 27 December 2011 – 2.23 million viewers. Broadcast 28 December 2011 – 2.35 million viewers. Three Men in a Boat (TV series) Three Men in a Boat is a television comedy/documentary series produced by Liberty Bell Productions for BBC Two starring Dara Ó Briain, Rory McGrath and Griff Rhys Jones, first shown on 3 January 2006. In this first rendition, the three participants rowed in a replica wooden skiff from Kingston upon Thames to Oxford. The BBC subsequently commissioned and aired ""Three Men in Another Boat"", ""Three Men in More Than One Boat"", ""Three Men go"
"Drei Mann in einem Boot Drei Mann in einem Boot () is a 1961 German / Austrian comedy film directed by Helmut Weiss and starring Walter Giller, Heinz Erhardt, Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff and Susanne Cramer. The film is based on the British novel ""Three Men in a Boat"" by Jerome K. Jerome. The film is also known as Drei Mann in einem Boot. Vom Hunde ganz zu schweigen (long West German title). The advertisement salesmen Harry Berg und Jerome, named ""Jo"", Sommer are on holiday at the Bodensee alone. Jo is trying to catch the young girl Grit and Harry wants"
"the nineteenth century. A 2003 limited edition published by The Flyfisher's Classic Library quickly sold out, and in 2008/9 there was a new Flyfisher's Classic Library edition, as well as a new paperback edition published by Coch-y-Bonddu Books. These editions carry a new introduction by Jon Beer, who retraced the steps of the ""Three in Norway"" over 100 years later. It served as an inspiration for the travelogue ""Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)"", a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the River Thames between Kingston upon Thames and Oxford,"
"Three Fishers ""Three Fishers"" is a poem and a ballad written in 1851. The original poem was written by English poet, novelist and preacher, Charles Kingsley. It was first set to music by English composer John Hullah shortly thereafter. Robert Goldbeck also set it to music in a version published in 1878. Some more recent recordings of the song follow a musical arrangement created by Garnet Rogers in the 1980s, first recorded by his brother Stan on For the Family. It was also used in Ralph Fiennes's film, ""The Invisible Woman"" (2013), about Charles Dickens and his mistress Ellen Ternan."
"a typical boating holiday of the time in a Thames camping skiff. This was just after commercial boat traffic on the Upper Thames had died out, replaced by the 1880s craze for boating as a leisure activity. Following the overwhelming success of ""Three Men in a Boat"", Jerome later published a sequel, about a cycling tour in Germany, titled ""Three Men on the Bummel"" (also known as ""Three Men on Wheels"", 1900). The story begins by introducing George, Harris, Jerome (always referred to as ""J.""), and Jerome's dog, named Montmorency. The men are spending an evening in J.'s room, smoking"
"The Girl on the Boat The Girl on the Boat is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse. It first appeared in 1921 as a serial in the ""Woman's Home Companion"" in the United States under the title ""Three Men and a Maid"". It was first published as a book in the United States on April 26, 1922, by George H. Doran, New York, and as "" The Girl on the Boat"" in the United Kingdom by Herbert Jenkins, London, on June 15, 1922. The maid of the title is red-haired, dog-loving Wilhelmina ""Billie"" Bennett, and the three men are: The"
"of the war with Russia. General Klapka died at Budapest on 17 May 1892. A memorial was erected to his memory at Komarom in 1896. He wrote ""Memoiren"" (Leipzig, 1850); ""Der Nationalkrieg in Ungarn, &c."" (Leipzig, 1851); a history of the Crimean War, ""Der Krieg im Orient . . . bis Ende Juli 1855"" (Geneva, 1855); and ""Aus meinen Erinnerungen"" (translated from the Hungarian, Zurich, 1887). The writer Jerome Klapka Jerome, best known for ""Three Men in a Boat"", was named after him. György Klapka György Klapka, also known in German as Georg Klapka (7 April 182017 May 1892) was"
"1891, ""Three Women in One Boat: A River Sketch"" by Constance MacEwen was published. This book relates the journey of three young university women who set out to emulate the river trip in ""Three Men in a Boat"" in an effort to raise the spirits of one of them, who is about to be expelled from university. To take the place of Montmorency, they bring a cat called Tintoretto. Three Men in a Boat is referenced in the 1956 parody novel on mountaineering, ""The Ascent of Rum Doodle"", where the head porter Bing is said to spend ""much of his"
"and a dog, problems at the Rheinfall), however the main plot is too different to put this as a remake. Drei Mann in einem Boot Drei Mann in einem Boot () is a 1961 German / Austrian comedy film directed by Helmut Weiss and starring Walter Giller, Heinz Erhardt, Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff and Susanne Cramer. The film is based on the British novel ""Three Men in a Boat"" by Jerome K. Jerome. The film is also known as Drei Mann in einem Boot. Vom Hunde ganz zu schweigen (long West German title). The advertisement salesmen Harry Berg und Jerome, named ""Jo"","
"2"". The Thames is mentioned in many works of literature including novels, diaries and poetry. It is the central theme in three in particular: ""Three Men in a Boat"" by Jerome K. Jerome, first published in 1889, is a humorous account of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. The book was intended initially to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history of places along the route, but the humorous elements eventually took over. The landscape and features of the Thames as described by Jerome are virtually unchanged, and the book's enduring popularity has"
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Atlantic The Girl on the Boat The Girl on the Boat is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse. It first appeared in 1921 as a serial in the ""Woman's Home Companion"" in the United States under the title ""Three Men and a Maid"". It was first published as a book in the United States on April 26, 1922, by George H. Doran, New York, and as "" The Girl on the Boat"" in the United Kingdom by Herbert Jenkins, London, on June 15, 1922. The maid of the title is red-haired, dog-loving Wilhelmina ""Billie"" Bennett, and the three men are:"
"pirate printers. The book was translated into many languages. The Russian edition was particularly successful and became a standard school textbook. Jerome later complained in a letter to ""The Times"" of Russian books not written by him, published under his name to benefit from his success. Since its publication, ""Three Men in a Boat"" has never been out of print. It continues to be popular, with ""The Guardian"" ranking it No. 33 of ""The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time"" in 2003, and no. 25 in 2015 and ""Esquire"" ranking it No. 2 in the ""50 Funniest Books Ever"" in"
"setting of many of his books. He created and voiced the hardboiled detective parody character Guy Noir on his radio show. Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was an Irish poet and playwright known for his biting wit. Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927) was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue ""Three Men in a Boat"". P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975) was one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. Tom Sharpe (1928–2013) was a satirical novelist, best known for his ""Wilt"" series, as well as ""Porterhouse Blue"" and "" Blott on the Landscape"". Alan Coren (1938–2007) could"
"silent British film ""All Roads Lead to Calvary"" directed by Kenelm Foss. All Roads Lead to Calvary (novel) All Roads Lead to Calvary is a 1919 novel by the British writer Jerome K. Jerome. It was one of the last works written by Jerome, better known for his ""Three Men in a Boat"", and shows the influence of the First World War on him. It is a Bildungsroman in which a Cambridge University educated woman Joan Allway becomes a journalist and then a wartime ambulance driver. She encounters various different people, gaining new experiences and confronting many of the moral"
"Three Men on a Horse Three Men on a Horse is a play by George Abbott and John Cecil Holm. The comedy focuses on a man who discovers he has a talent for choosing the winning horse in a race as long as he never places a bet himself. Mild-mannered Erwin Trowbridge, bored with his suburban New Jersey life with his wife and brother-in-law and frustrated by his low-paying job writing greeting card verses, decides to declare his independence by skipping work and spending the day in a local saloon. There he meets two men and a woman who make"
"Three Men on a Horse Three Men on a Horse is a play by George Abbott and John Cecil Holm. The comedy focuses on a man who discovers he has a talent for choosing the winning horse in a race as long as he never places a bet himself. Mild-mannered Erwin Trowbridge, bored with his suburban New Jersey life with his wife and brother-in-law and frustrated by his low-paying job writing greeting card verses, decides to declare his independence by skipping work and spending the day in a local saloon. There he meets two men and a woman who make"
"Three Men on a Horse (film) Three Men on a Horse is a 1936 comedy film adapted from the Broadway play of the same name written by George Abbott and John Cecil Holm. A mild-mannered greeting card poet has the uncanny ability to pick winners in horse races. Meek Erwin Trowbridge (Frank McHugh) finally has enough of his sneering brother-in-law, Clarence Dobbins (Paul Harvey), unappreciative boss, greeting card publisher J.G. Carver (Guy Kibbee), and the lack of support of his wife Audrey (Carol Hughes). Erwin goes on a drinking binge and ends up in a hotel bar. When he overhears"
"was built to the north of the church in 1908. In 1910 the more stridently protestant, Baptist United Reform church, Christ Church New Southgate & Friern Barnet was built. The Catholic Church, Our Lady of Lourdes dates to the mid 20th century. New Southgate was home to Jerome K Jerome, writer of ""Three Men in a Boat"". He is commemorated here with a statue of a boat and a mosaic of a dog on the New Southgate Millennium Green on Station Road New Southgate New Southgate is a residential suburb straddling three Outer London Boroughs: a small part of the"
"it contributed significantly to the Thames becoming a tourist attraction. In its first twenty years alone, the book sold over a million copies worldwide. It has been adapted to films, TV and radio shows, stage plays, and a musical. Its writing style influenced many humorists and satirists in England and elsewhere. With the financial security that the sales of the book provided, Jerome was able to dedicate all of his time to writing. He wrote a number of plays, essays, and novels, but was never able to recapture the success of ""Three Men in a Boat"". In 1892, he was"
"""Elected friends: poems for and about Edward Thomas"". Kim Taplin Kim Taplin (born 1943) is an English poet and non-fiction writer. She studied English at Somerville College, University of Oxford. Taplin has published several collections of poetry, and non-fiction works. ""The English Path"" was noted in the British Council's ""Best books"" in 1984, and ""Tongues in Trees: Studies in Literature and Ecology"" was reviewed in ""Poetry Review"" in 1990. Her 1993 work ""Three Women in a Boat"" retraces the journey of Jerome K. Jerome's ""Three Men in a Boat"". She has written several articles for ""Resurgence"" magazine. Her poem ""Trying"
"Dan Kieran Dan Kieran (born 10 June 1975) is a British travel writer, humorist, literary editor and entrepreneur. He is best known for his travel books and for his role as deputy editor of ""The Idler"" between 2000 and 2010. He is also a CEO and co-founder (with John Mitchinson and Justin Pollard) of the publishing company Unbound. Kieran is author of ""The Idle Traveller"", ""I Fought The Law"", ""Planes, Trains and Automobiles"" and ""Three Men In A Float"" (with Ian Vince). ""Three Men In A Float"" became a half-hour BBC Radio 4 programme of the same name, which Kieran"
"All Roads Lead to Calvary (novel) All Roads Lead to Calvary is a 1919 novel by the British writer Jerome K. Jerome. It was one of the last works written by Jerome, better known for his ""Three Men in a Boat"", and shows the influence of the First World War on him. It is a Bildungsroman in which a Cambridge University educated woman Joan Allway becomes a journalist and then a wartime ambulance driver. She encounters various different people, gaining new experiences and confronting many of the moral issues of the day. In 1921 the novel was turned into a"
"graphic designer, while working at the BBC. He has described their first meeting by saying ""The day we met, I was semi naked and she was throwing water over me."" The couple have two children, and live between homes in London (previously in Islington, now in a Grade I listed house in London's Fitzrovia in the West End) and Holbrook in Suffolk. Rhys Jones owned ""Undina"", the , fifty year old wooden sailing yacht which was used in ""Three Men in Another Boat""; he spent £500,000 on her restoration and in 2013 stated she was for sale for £195,000, ""probably"
"on their self-titled 2010 release, but each giving their own rendering. The village museum in Clovelly, where Kingsley was inspired to write the poem, features a life-sized model of Kingsley sitting at a desk writing the poem. When visitors enter the room, a motion sensor triggers a voice recording of the poem, read by actor and village resident Joss Ackland. Three Fishers ""Three Fishers"" is a poem and a ballad written in 1851. The original poem was written by English poet, novelist and preacher, Charles Kingsley. It was first set to music by English composer John Hullah shortly thereafter. Robert"
"job working on the docks, but before long made his way down to London. About this time, he also made the decision to be known by his first name of Robert rather than Edward. Settled in London by 1888, Long, through a stroke of luck, was introduced to Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927), journalist and author of ""Three Men in a Boat"" (1889) fame, who promptly hired him as an office boy. Jerome was then the co-editor of ""The Idler"" and sole editor of ""To-Day"", two of the most popular British periodicals of the time. Robert soon began writing book reviews"
"by ""Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow"" (1886), a collection of humorous essays which had previously appeared in the newly founded magazine, ""Home Chimes"", the same magazine that would later serialise ""Three Men in a Boat"". On 21 June 1888, Jerome married Georgina Elizabeth Henrietta Stanley Marris (""Ettie""), nine days after she divorced her first husband. She had a daughter from her previous, five-year marriage nicknamed Elsie (her actual name was also Georgina). The honeymoon took place on the Thames ""in a little boat,"" a fact that was to have a significant influence on his next and most important work,"
"lost his knack. Three Men on a Horse (film) Three Men on a Horse is a 1936 comedy film adapted from the Broadway play of the same name written by George Abbott and John Cecil Holm. A mild-mannered greeting card poet has the uncanny ability to pick winners in horse races. Meek Erwin Trowbridge (Frank McHugh) finally has enough of his sneering brother-in-law, Clarence Dobbins (Paul Harvey), unappreciative boss, greeting card publisher J.G. Carver (Guy Kibbee), and the lack of support of his wife Audrey (Carol Hughes). Erwin goes on a drinking binge and ends up in a hotel bar."
"the first episode of ""Three Men Go to Scotland"" was broadcast at the end of 2010. A stage adaptation earned Jeremy Nicholas a Best Newcomer in a Play nomination at the 1981 Laurence Olivier Awards. The book was adapted by Clive Francis for a 2006 production that toured the UK. A sculpture of a stylised boat was created in 1999 to commemorate ""Three Men in a Boat"" on the Millennium Green in New Southgate, London, where the author lived as a child. In 2012 a mosaic of a dog's head was put onto the same Green to commemorate Montmorency. In"
"Kim Taplin Kim Taplin (born 1943) is an English poet and non-fiction writer. She studied English at Somerville College, University of Oxford. Taplin has published several collections of poetry, and non-fiction works. ""The English Path"" was noted in the British Council's ""Best books"" in 1984, and ""Tongues in Trees: Studies in Literature and Ecology"" was reviewed in ""Poetry Review"" in 1990. Her 1993 work ""Three Women in a Boat"" retraces the journey of Jerome K. Jerome's ""Three Men in a Boat"". She has written several articles for ""Resurgence"" magazine. Her poem ""Trying for truth"" was included in a 1991 collection"