In 1957, Ellery Queen called this "The Great O-E Theory" and suggested that it was derived from the father of mysteries, Edgar Allan Poe. "A dilly it was, this greenhouse", wrote Dr. John H. Vandermeulen in the American Orchid Society Bulletin. He records Phalaenopsis Aphrodite appearing in ", "I do not sell orchids", Wolfe tells Archie in chapter 7 of, "He was one of the only two men whom Wolfe called by their first names, apart from employees", Archie writes of Marko in, Archie most frequently mentions Wolfe working on the crossword puzzle in. The invitation is extended to readers as well as to clients.[4]:2. During the short story "Murder Is Corny", he lectures Inspector Cramer on the right and wrong ways to cook corn on the cob, insisting that it must be roasted rather than boiled in order to achieve the best flavor. Hutton had a strong creative hand in the A&E series, serving as an executive producer and directing four telefilms. A semi-fictional revolver brand is the Haskell (mentioned in A Right To Die). In a single short story written in 1947, Archie writes, "He weighs between 310 and 390, and he limits his physical movements to what he regards as the irreducible essentials."[3][b]. [87], In March 1959, The New York Times reported that Kurt Kasznar and William Shatner would portray Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin in the CBS-TV series. Nero Wolfe Awards. They have never been finer. But perhaps his most useful attribute is his ability to bring reluctant people to Wolfe for interrogation. "Firecrackers". Stout first presented his super-human investigator in the 1934 novel ‘Fer-de-Lance’, which the MHz Choice episode, ‘Snake Track’ is based on. However, Archie will eat separately in the kitchen if he is in a rush due to pressing business or a social engagement, because Wolfe cannot bear to see a meal rushed. The original series was written by Rex Stout. In this one, Archie goes home. I am a naturalized American citizen.— Nero Wolfe addressin… [1]:325, Biographer John McAleer reported that Stout enjoyed Greenstreet's portrayal. Archie is the lineal descendant of Huck Finn ... Archie is spiritually larger than life. In Fer-de-Lance (chapter 6), Archie reports that, during a relapse, Wolfe once ate half a sheep in two days, different parts cooked in 20 different ways. [a][1]:383, "Those stories have ignored time for thirty-nine years," Stout told his authorized biographer, John McAleer. He was able to write 33 novels and 39 short stories. Before World War I, he spied for the Austrian government's Evidenzbureau, but had a change of heart when the war began. [6], I rarely leave my house. "Rex does not use the orchid schedule to gloss over gummy plotting. [Fritz] served Wolfe's beer first, the bottle unopened because that's a rule, and Wolfe got his opener from the drawer, a gold one Marko Vukcic had given him that didn't work very well. Nero Wolfe has been portrayed in four radio drama series on five different networks. In the first paragraph of Plot It Yourself, Archie relates his own method of grading what Wolfe is reading, on a scale from A to D. If Wolfe picks up a book before he rings for beer, and if he has marked his place with a thin strip of gold given to him by a grateful client, the book is an A. Nero Wolfe is a fictional detective, created in 1934 by the American mystery writer Rex Stout. Minus Archie, Wolfe would be a feckless recluse puttering in an old house on West 35th Street, New York.[41]. Nero Wolfe is the brainchild of Rex Stout, a prolific American mystery writer who wrote 33 novels and 39 novellas about Nero and his assistant, Archie Goodwin between the years of 1934 and 1975. Wolfe does not invite people to use his first name and addresses them by honorific and surname. Clark suggested that the two had an affair in Montenegro in 1892, and that Nero Wolfe was the result. If he had done nothing more than to create Archie Goodwin, Rex Stout would deserve the gratitude of whatever assessors watch over the prosperity of American literature. Although he is usually identified by only his surname, in, Felix Courbet – Part owner and manager of Rusterman's Restaurant following the death of Marko Vukčić. "That readers have proved endlessly fascinated with the topography of Wolfe's brownstone temple should not be surprising", wrote J. Kenneth Van Dover in At Wolfe's Door: It is the center from which moral order emanates, and the details of its layout and its operations are signs of its stability. The cause is unknown. [50] The books are published by the Mysterious Press.[51]. Shad roe is a particular favorite, prepared in a number of different ways. He brought them, in their diverse forms and colors, to the limits of their perfection, and then gave them away; he had never sold one. Then they differ in all important respects—age, background, physique, and education. Four or five dozen are used to advance the investigation in Murder by the Book, and Wolfe refuses to let Archie bill the client for them. [5], Some Wold Newton theorists have suggested the French thief Arsène Lupin as the father of Nero Wolfe. Stories that pay tribute to Rex Stout’s legendary private detective by Lawrence Block, Loren D. Estleman, John Lescroart, Robert Goldsborough, and more. Don Francks portrayed Archie Goodwin, and Cec Linder played Inspector Cramer. It is a very complex question and some day I'm going to take a whole chapter for it." His Aunt nags him into coming home to solve the murder of the local bank president, which has been ruled a suicide by the local police. Wolfe's most remarkable departure from the brownstone is due to personal reasons, not to business, and thus does not violate the rule regarding the conduct of business away from the office. Nero Wolfe was a Syndication network detective drama series based on the characters from Rex Stout's detective stories, starring William Conrad in the lead role. In 1956, John D. Clark theorized in an article in The Baker Street Journal that Wolfe was the offspring of an affair between Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler (a character from "A Scandal in Bohemia"). [97], In June 1959, Baltimore Sun critic Donald Kirkley reported that the Nero Wolfe pilot had been "in a way, too successful ... Everything seemed to point to a sale of the series. Nero Wolfe is played by Donatas Banionis, and Archie Goodwin by Sergei Zhigunov. All recipes are prefaced with a brief excerpt from the book or story that made reference to that particular dish. Certainly there is no mention of it in any of the stories, although a painting of Sherlock Holmes does hang over Archie Goodwin's desk in Nero Wolfe's office. Stout replied, "I don't know. The brownstone has a back entrance leading to a private garden, as noted in Champagne for One (chapter 10) and elsewhere, from which a passage leads to 34th Street—used to enter or leave Wolfe's home when it is necessary to evade surveillance. J. Lionel Stander portrayed Archie Goodwin. From 9:00 to 11:00 in the morning, and from 4:00 to 6:00 in the afternoon, he looks after his orchid collection with help from Theodore Horstmann. Santos Ortega assumed the role when the suspense drama moved to ABC (July 5 – September 27, 1943; January 21 – July 14, 1944). He keeps the gold opener in the center drawer of his desk, where he also keeps the bottlecaps as a means of tracking his daily/weekly consumption. Rock & Co., Publishers, (1985, posthumously published early draft of "Counterfeit for Murder"), 33 novels and 41 novellas and short stories, Rex Stout bibliography § Nero Wolfe corpus, "Pola Stout, 82, Is Dead; A Designer of Textiles", "Robert Goldsborough continues Nero Wolfe legacy with 'Archie in the Crosshairs, Haycraft Queen Cornerstones Complete Checklist, Matteson Art – 1931–1942 Brussels & Pre-War Years. He is a romantic idealist, apt to go in for dashing effects to express his spirited nature. Pierleoni, Allen, "Serial Thriller: John Lescroart's passions range from family to fishing but he's hit the big time with his novels"; Burns, Charles E. (1990). Luis Van Rooten succeeded Ortega sometime in 1944. [f] Near the desk is a large chair upholstered in red leather, which is usually reserved for Inspector Cramer, a current or prospective client, or the person whom Wolfe and Archie want to question. I understand the technique of eccentricity; it would be futile for a man to labor at establishing a reputation for oddity if he were ready at the slightest provocation to revert to normal action. With the approval of the estate of Rex Stout, journalist Robert Goldsborough has written thirteen Nero Wolfe mysteries (so far), published by Bantam Books. Genius detective Nero Wolfe and his right-hand man: Archie Goodwin, solve seemingly impossible crimes, in 1950's New York. "He agreed only because he would never see them," McAleer wrote. "[2]:49, According to the same memo, Wolfe's height is 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) and his weight is 272 lb (123 kg). The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe was the first radio series that, like the Stout stories themselves, stressed characterization over plot. Warner Bros. wanted to adapt the Zeck trilogy for a feature film and approached Henry Jaffe, who traveled to New York to negotiate with the agent for Rex Stout's estate but lost out to Paramount Television. Reid (Sergeant Purley Stebbins). [75], The Post Meridian Radio Players, a radio theater troupe in Boston, presented a gender-swapped staged radio drama titled "The Boy Who Cried Wolfe" July 20–28, 2018. Other members of the principal cast were Colin Fox (Fritz Brenner), Conrad Dunn (Saul Panzer), Fulvio Cecere (Fred Durkin), Trent McMullen (Orrie Cather), Saul Rubinek (Lon Cohen), Bill Smitrovich (Inspector Cramer) and R.D. William S. Baring-Gould's summary of Wolfe's library[17] was incorporated with contributions from others into an annotated reading list created by Winnifred Louis.[18][19]. The original series was written by Rex Stout. With Sydney Greenstreet (pictured) in the starring role, the show premiered on October 20, 1950 and ran through 1951 on NBC. In The Father Hunt, after Dorothy Sebor provides the information that solves the case, Wolfe tells Archie, "We'll send her some sprays of Phalaenopsis Aphrodite. Next question Try the best trivia game. 1. I've known him for years and years. They should roll their own. Archie eats his separately in the kitchen, although Wolfe might ask Fritz to send Archie upstairs if he has morning instructions for him. [20], "If Wolfe had a favorite orchid, it would be the genus Phalaenopsis", Robert M. Hamilton wrote in his article, "The Orchidology of Nero Wolfe", first printed in The Gazette: Journal of the Wolfe Pack (Volume 1, Spring 1979). "He is reluctant to work, accustomed to isolation from women. There is a small hole in the office wall covered by what Archie calls a "trick picture of a waterfall". Wolfe displays an oenophile's knowledge of wine and brandy, but it is only implied that he drinks either. He places women in a subordinate role. He is extremely fastidious about his clothing and hates to wear, even in private, anything that has been soiled. "No, at bottom, it's not Rex Stout's Nero and Archie, but it's a well-developed mystery (thanks to Stout's plot) with compensations all its own—and an interesting piece of Wolfeana."[74]. The episodes were colorful period pieces, set primarily in the 1940s–1950s. In ". In short, Rex had found for Wolfe a nationality that fitted him to perfection."[1]:403. The character name evolved from "Henry H. Barber"; in, Doctor Vollmer – a medical doctor who is Wolfe's neighbor and friend. Produced by Casanova Multimedia and Rai Fiction, the eight-episode series, which ran for a single season, began with "La traccia del serpente", an adaptation of Fer-de-Lance set in 1959 in Rome, where Wolfe and Archie reside after leaving the United States. [105] The producers planned to begin with an ABC-TV movie and hoped to persuade Welles to continue the role in a mini-series. "[127], Park Square Theatre in Saint Paul, Minnesota, commissioned a world-premiere stage adaptation of the Might as Well Be Dead to be presented June 16 – July 30, 2017. For other uses, see, Manhattan brownstone used for exteriors in A&E TV's, Designed to look like a book, a boxed set of Nero Wolfe recipes was created by, An Outline of Man's Knowledge of the Modern World, Новые приключения Ниро Вульфа и Арчи Гудвина, Rex Stout prepared a confidential memo dated September 14, 1949 to assist the producers of the Sydney Greenstreet radio series, "I starved to death in 1916," Wolfe states in the first chapter of, In most of the corpus, it is seven steps from the sidewalk to the stoop (for example, ", Wolfe has another chair in the bedroom that is nearly as good as the one in the office. Years link to year-in-literature articles. "Do you think there's any chance of Hollywood ever making a good Nero Wolfe movie?" In Plot It Yourself (chapter 13), Wolfe makes an unprecedented vow after Archie tells him the killer they seek has killed again. Wolfe is very particular in his choice of words. "Lovchen" is not a family name; rather, it is the name of the, Wolfe and Archie first meet Sally Colt, later Corbett, in ", Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot was named Best Mystery Series of the Century at, "We know the importance granted to the words by Magritte in his paintings and we know the impact that literary works such as, Dora Chapin is the wife of the man feared by the members of, Rex Stout's confidential memo of September 15, 1949, describing Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin and Wolfe's office, is reprinted in the back matter of the 1992 Bantam Crimeline edition of, Film score researcher Bill Wrobel located, Dated December 31, 1958, the first draft script for. The shooters are in the employ of crime boss Arnold Zeck, who wants Wolfe to drop a case that could lead back to him. High ratings led to the original series, A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–2002). The front door is equipped with a chain bolt, a bell that can be shut off as needed, and a pane of one-way glass, which enables Archie to see who is on the stoop before deciding whether to open the door. Coming to this country in nineteen-thirty, not penniless, I bought this house and entered into practice as a private detective. At the age of sixteen I decided to move around, and in fourteen years I became acquainted with most of Europe, a little of Africa, and much of Asia, in a variety of roles and activities. In, Another fictional creation by Stout, the solo operative, Wolfe receives news of her death in the latter. The brownstone has three floors plus a large basement with living quarters, a rooftop greenhouse also with living quarters, and a small elevator, used almost exclusively by Wolfe. [93] The half-hour program concerned the mysterious death of a scientist during a guided missile launch at Cape Canaveral. Enojoyed every one of them I read. [129], This article is about Rex Stout's fictional detective. An actor who had been "killed off" in one show might portray the murderer in the next. Not nice. In the earliest books, Archie reports that Wolfe is subject to what he terms a "relapse"—a period of several days during which Wolfe refuses to work or even to listen to Archie badger him about work. For forty years, Archie takes notes at his desk, the client sits in the red chair and the other principals distribute themselves in the yellow chairs, and Wolfe presides from his custom-made throne. [98], The 1959 Nero Wolfe pilot episode was released on DVD and Blu-ray in October 2018 by VCI Entertainment, in Television's Lost Classics: Volume 2. Connolly did portray Wolfe in the latter film, after Arnold decided he did not want to become identified in the public mind with one part. He is strong in family loyalties, has great pride, is impatient of restraint. ©2012 Robert Goldsborough (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing What listeners say about Archie Meets Nero Wolfe [1]:324, Although 21 episodes were produced, the series finale, "The Case of the Shakespeare Folio", is the only episode that has survived in radio collections. The front room, the elevator, the three-foot globe—all persist in place through forty years of American history. This is your native country. He often dog-ears a page to mark his place. According to, Lewis Hewitt – well-heeled orchid fancier, for whom Wolfe did a favor (as told in ", Nathaniel Parker – Wolfe's lawyer (or occasionally a client's lawyer, on Wolfe's recommendation) when only a lawyer will do. [80], Rex Stout appeared in the December 9, 1956, episode of Omnibus, a cultural anthology series that epitomized the golden age of television. Marko Vukčić – A fellow Montenegrin whom Wolfe has known since childhood, possibly a blood relative (since "vuk" means "wolf"). Some commentators note both physical and psychological resemblances and suggest Sherlock's brother Mycroft Holmes as a more likely father for Wolfe. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin have been widely flattered almost from the moment Rex Stout first wrote about them in 1934. He joined the American Expeditionary Forces, and after a time in Europe and North Africa, he came to the United States. On several occasions, he makes it a point to note that he owns his bedroom furniture. Archie seldom interrupts Wolfe's thought processes, he says, largely because it is the only time that he can be sure that Wolfe is working. Nero Wolfe was finally broadcast December 18, 1979, as an ABC-TV late show.[110]. Like the disciplines the sonneteer is bound by, the schedule is part of the framework he is committed to work within. Most of them were set in the state of New York. Many of the dishes referred to in the various Nero Wolfe stories and novels were collected and published, complete with recipes, as The Nero Wolfe Cookbook by Rex Stout and the Editors of the Viking Press, published in 1973. [75], Only one episode of the series is in circulation. Except for breakfast (which chef Fritz Brenner generally serves him in the kitchen), Archie takes his meals at Wolfe's table, and has learned much about haute cuisine by listening to Wolfe and Fritz discuss food. In The Final Deduction, Laelia purpurata and Dendrobium chrysotoxum are sent to Dr. Vollmer and his assistant, who shelter Wolfe and Archie when they have to flee the brownstone to avoid the police. At times, Wolfe and Archie are on a personal errand when a murder occurs, and legal authorities require that they remain in the vicinity (, Wolfe maintains a rigid schedule in the brownstone. Love of freedom is his outstanding trait. Thayer David and Tom Mason starred as Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin; Anne Baxter costarred as Mrs. Rachel Bruner. Noting Archie's colloquialisms in the first two Nero Wolfe novels, Rev. While Archie has a cocktail on occasion, his beverage of choice is milk. The mandate from executive producers Michael Jaffe and Timothy Hutton (who also directed episodes) was to “do the books,” even if that meant violating some of the hard-and-fast rules of screenwriting. Wolfe views much of life through the prism of food and dining, going so far as to say that Voltaire "... wasn't a man at all, since he had no palate and a dried-up stomach. Wolfe has pronounced eccentricities, as well as strict rules concerning his way of life, and their occasional violation adds spice to many of the stories: The books frequently mention brands that do not exist: for instance, Wolfe owns a Heron automobile, which Archie drives, and Wethersill automobiles are also mentioned. He has breakfast in his bedroom while wearing yellow silk pajamas; he hates to discuss work during breakfast, and if forced to do so insists upon not uttering a word until he has finished his glass of orange juice (. A facsimile of the brownstone house in which Wolfe lives in the novels ... was found in Grammercy [sic] Square. [e] The front room is used as a waiting area for visitors while Archie informs Wolfe of their arrival, and also as a place for Archie to hide one visitor from another. "[44]:12[q] In the first Wolfe novel, Archie uses a racially biased term, for which Wolfe chides him,[r] but by the time that A Right to Die was published in 1964, racial epithets were mostly used by Stout's antagonistic characters. They are complementary in the unheard-of ratio of 50–50. [106], In March 1980, Paramount was planning a weekly NBC-TV series as a starring vehicle for Welles; Leon Tokatyan (Lou Grant) was to write the pilot. (U.S. PRIOR NERO WOLFE POSTS. Written and directed by Frank D. Gilroy, the made-for-TV movie was produced as a pilot for a possible upcoming series[109]—but the film had not yet aired at the time of Thayer David's death in July 1978. Compared to Wolfe, Archie is the man of action, tough and street smart. Nero Wolfe's first recorded words are, "Where's the beer? This was intended to indicate unusual obesity at the time of the first book (1934), especially through the use of the word "ton" as the unit of measure. These are the episodes in order of appearance: In the Best Families and The Final Deduction were among the titles for which RAI also bought the rights, but were not filmed. I know exactly what is coming and how it is all going to end, but it doesn't matter. René Magritte (1898–1967), http://www.nerowolfe.org/pdf/stout/home_family/correspondence/1962_07_18_Ian_Fleming.pdf, "In Harness Again! The four rare pilots on the release were digitally restored in high definition by SabuCat Productions from the best archival film elements available. Hell no. "Sale 10864, Lot 117. [85] When CBS-TV's Perry Mason went into production, Stout received some 50 offers from film and TV producers hoping to follow up on its success with a Nero Wolfe series. After the death of Rex Stout's widow in October 1984,[48] the Stout estate approved the continuation of the Nero Wolfe series. "It's a non-address, the real estate equivalent of those 555 telephone numbers used in movies." For many fans, this fourteen-episode series is bad, with the critically acclaimed A Nero Wolfe Mystery making the series look even shabbier. Player #1489294 Rex Stout wrote many stories. That means that he was likely to have been involved in the harrowing 1915 withdrawal of the defeated Serbian army, when thousands of soldiers died from disease, starvation, and sheer exhaustion[d]—which might help to explain the comfort-loving habits that are such a conspicuous part of Wolfe's character. In 1986 journalist Robert Goldsborough published the first of seven Nero Wolfe mysteries issued by Bantam Books. Meet Nero Wolfe was directed by Herbert Biberman, and featured a cast led by Edward Arnold as Nero Wolfe, and Lionel Stander as Archie Goodwin. [84], On September 15, 1949, Rex Stout wrote a confidential memo to Edwin Fadiman, who represented his radio, film and television interests. Meet Nero Wolfe The R-Rated Nero Wolfe Radio & Screen Wolfe A&E’s ‘A Nero Wolfe Mystery’ Fritz brings in samples of 49 different brands for him to evaluate, from which he ultimately selects Remmers as his favorite. Wolfe does not, however, enjoy visiting restaurants (with the occasional exception of Rusterman's, owned for a time by Wolfe's best friend Marco Vukcic and later subject to Wolfe's trusteeship). [1]:488 By April 1957 CBS had purchased the rights and was pitching a Nero Wolfe TV series to advertisers. "I always regretted I did not get to play Dora Chapin. He then joined the Serbian-Montenegrin army and fought against the Austrians and Germans. Wolfe ponders with his eyes closed, leaning back in his chair, breathing deeply and steadily, and pushing his lips in and out. [79] The 13-episode series was praised for its high production values and faithful presentation. The novel was published in 1935 by Farrar & Rinehart. Poe, himself, began the tradition when he had the Chevalier C. Auguste Dupin solve "The Mystery of Marie Roget." Once he burned up a cookbook because it said to remove the hide from a ham end before putting it in the pot with lima beans. "[22], Wolfe rarely sells his orchids[l]—but he does give them away. I suppose so."[2]:48. Continuing the invitation, Wolfe says of a certain brandy, "I hope this won't shock you, but the way to do it is to sip it with bites of Fritz's apple pie.". Written by Marty McKee . ). Although it was titled "Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe", the production departed considerably from the originals. Yet a young woman gives Wolfe a lesson in preparing corned beef hash in "Cordially Invited to Meet Death". Real people, for example, J. Edgar Hoover (notably in The Doorbell Rang), Walter Winchell and Texas Guinan are also mentioned. After he protested that his story was used without permission, Rex Stout received a $3,500 settlement.[1]:488. Everyone who wrote for “Nero Wolfe” was collaborating with Rex Stout. Another contradiction is found in Plot It Yourself when Archie goes to a diner to eat "fried chicken like my Aunt Margie used to make it back in Ohio", since Fritz does not fry chicken. Instead of spreading the principles of order and justice throughout his society, Wolfe imposes them dogmatically and absolutely within the walls of his house—the brownstone on West Thirty-Fifth Street—and he invites those who are troubled by an incomprehensible and threatening environment to enter the controlled economy of the house and to discover there the source of disorder in their own lives. Wolfe and Archie call men to take care of the plants and repair the windows before notifying the police.[24]. But when the film was made and shown around, it was considered too good to be confined to half an hour. The Public Life of Sherlock Holmes. Nero Wolfe is an American drama television series based on the characters in Rex Stout's series of detective stories that aired on NBC from January 16 to August 25, 1981. "Wolfe's most extravagant distinction is his extreme antipathy to literal extravagance. Bill Gore – freelance operative occasionally called in when Wolfe requires additional help in the field. The orchids and the orchid rooms sometimes are focal points in the stories. "[14] He knows enough about fine cuisine to lecture on American cooking to Les Quinze Maîtres (a group of the 15 finest chefs in the world) in Too Many Cooks and to dine with the Ten for Aristology (a group of epicures) in "Poison à la Carte". But in The Golden Spiders, Fritz prepares fried chicken for Wolfe, Archie, Saul, Orrie, and Fred. (After-dinner coffee, however, is often taken by Wolfe and Archie in the office rather than the dining room.). Ethelbert Hitchcock – Wolfe's contact in London who handles enquiries to be made in Europe. The show aired from January 16 to August 25, 1981, lasting for one season & 14 episodes. Copyright Office Document Number V3412D882, recorded March 13, 1998. Wolfe's attorney Nathaniel Parker was also known as Henry Parker and Henry Barber. [10][11] On the "Literary Map of Manhattan", the brownstone is numbered 58 and is placed in the middle of the Hudson River.[12]. ET beginning in September 1959. It must have been quite a sight with the angle-iron staging gleaming in its silver paint and on the concrete benches and shelves 10,000 pots of orchids in glorious, exultant bloom. That's why he hired hunky Archie Goodwin, who provides the brawn that complements Wolfe's brains. 1. Everyone who wrote for “Nero Wolfe” was collaborating with Rex Stout. Stout revealed the reason for the discrepancy in a 1940 letter cited by his authorized biographer, John McAleer: "In the original draft of Over My Dead Body Nero was a Montenegrin by birth, and it all fitted previous hints as to his background; but violent protests from The American Magazine, supported by Farrar & Rinehart, caused his cradle to be transported five thousand miles. Wolfe is reticent about his youth, but apparently he was athletic, fit, and adventurous. For a Nero Wolfe fan, there’s no reason not to queue this one up on YouTube and give it a try. Archie indicates in various stories that Wolfe prefers to finish a paragraph before acknowledging an interruption in his reading. Nero Wolfe is a licensed private investigator in New York City. [116][117], MHz Choice began streaming the series with English subtitles in North America in November 2017 [118] and released it on DVD in January 2018.[119]. Stout wrote more than 70 Nero Wolfe novels and novellas before his death in 1975. With Prohibition at an end, he can stop buying kegs of bootleg beer and purchase it legally in bottles. [s] But there is no doubt that Archie was an important addition to the genre of detective fiction. "[1]:383–384[z], On October 22, 1949, Billboard reported that Fadiman Associates was packaging a television series featuring Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe characters. One of the reasons that I never actually tried to make it as a series was that I didn't believe a network would ever let us make it the right way. Sherlock Holmes's brother Mycroft appeared in two short stories. [96] But in April, CBS announced that the new comedy series Hennesey would occupy the time slot. He passes the supreme test of being rereadable. That is why his employer and companion had to be made corpulent to match. Dick Lochte discussed the Stout interview in an online post March 8, 2000. 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