Favorite Fictional Pipe Smokers
thebadgerpiper
Master
in Tobacco Talk
Hopefully this post won't overlap with the other threads about famous pipe smokers, but I think there's enough of a difference between the two to warrant a new thread. There are countless pipe smokers in books, comics, tv shows, and movies. Which fictional pipers do you enjoy, or made an impact in you taking up a pipe?
When I was a kid, I watched a ton of cartoons on TV. One of the cartoons I'd watch was Underdog, which had a variety of characters with their own segments besides the super powered dog. One of those characters was Commander McBragg. The Commander was your standard English gentleman, with a bristling mustache and a tall tale for every occasion. Commander McBragg constantly smoked a pipe, even on his wild adventures. In one story, the Commander defeated the Black Knight, and knocked the villain out at the end of their fight with a blow to the head with his pipe.
My second pick, and the reason I chose my moniker, is Mr. Badger from The Wind in the Willows. While none of the main characters smoke a pipe in the text of the story, Mr. Badger (and Ratty) is usually depicted with a pipe in his jaw, or a rack of pipes over his fireplace. In sequels written by other authors, Mr. Badger smokes a pipe. It fits his character, too, as a wizened loner who gives his friends refuge and offers them advice in their times of trouble.
Who are some of your favorites?
When I was a kid, I watched a ton of cartoons on TV. One of the cartoons I'd watch was Underdog, which had a variety of characters with their own segments besides the super powered dog. One of those characters was Commander McBragg. The Commander was your standard English gentleman, with a bristling mustache and a tall tale for every occasion. Commander McBragg constantly smoked a pipe, even on his wild adventures. In one story, the Commander defeated the Black Knight, and knocked the villain out at the end of their fight with a blow to the head with his pipe.
My second pick, and the reason I chose my moniker, is Mr. Badger from The Wind in the Willows. While none of the main characters smoke a pipe in the text of the story, Mr. Badger (and Ratty) is usually depicted with a pipe in his jaw, or a rack of pipes over his fireplace. In sequels written by other authors, Mr. Badger smokes a pipe. It fits his character, too, as a wizened loner who gives his friends refuge and offers them advice in their times of trouble.
Who are some of your favorites?
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If y'all can download them I'l post more pipe smoking literature.
@motie2 Thanks for the pdfs! I downloaded them to read later.
Evan Peters playing the role of James March in American Horror Story Hotel, season 5.
Popeye was a Coastie.
Pappy, I think he was TDY there........if I am NOT mistaken, he had a USN Tattoo? I need to check this out.
Well Chief, we are both right (and wrong?) He apparently based on ALL the Pinterest photos does NOT have a USN Tattoo. He was apparently initially a Coastie, then Navy during (and after) WW2 for some reason. Here is an excerpt that I found: "So if we bring back our question as to whether if or did Popeye join the USCG or the US Navy and according to the following we feel the answer is both!
It should also be noted that Popeye is enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard and did not enlist in the Navy until 1941 in the Fleischer short The Mighty Navy. (Source: Wikipedia)
I should by now know better than to question a CPO. I suppose he didn't get enough crap in the CG, so he went from "the frying pan into the fire"
OMG......I must be getting old. The lower picture is the picture that I was referring to in my comment to Pappy. Now the embarrassing part.....that picture is the screensaver on one of my computers! It sits directly behind the desk and computer from which I am typing this message. So instead of knowing (or remembering that) I go online looking for it, remembering I had "seen" it somewhere. Now that is embarrassing, or just being old. Next they are going to have to take my lighters and matches away and I won't be able to light my pipes.
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1141&bih=722&q=keep+calm+and+smoke+a+pipe
It's all in good humor. At least we know Popeye was smart enough not to join the Army and too manly for the Air Force.