tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post4074037626702402652..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: The Legend of “Champagne Charley” TownshendUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-40395550710180454282013-09-24T07:05:36.927-05:002013-09-24T07:05:36.927-05:00All true. Another wrinkle is that our main reporte...All true. Another wrinkle is that our main reporter, Horace Walpole, was an idiosyncratic personality himself—from a leading political family but happily on the sidelines, probably gay, looking back years after Townshend's death. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-17876319147991982712013-09-24T06:56:32.426-05:002013-09-24T06:56:32.426-05:00Interesting story. I wonder about whether the exce...Interesting story. I wonder about whether the excesses of the speech were actually a result of alcohol or if there was something else physiological going on. So many people remembered this speech as having been a tour de force rather than a slurred repetitive maunder. The reference to epilepsy might be significant, and of course there are always the mood disorders to consider (in this case, mania). And who knows, it might have been a more manly explanation for the event that he had been in his cups than that he had any sort of brain or emotional damage.Chauceriannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-25460065030892303372013-09-22T16:32:18.585-05:002013-09-22T16:32:18.585-05:00I came across mentions of that movie while researc...I came across mentions of that movie while researching this posting, but I've never seen it. Thanks for the recommendation. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-50114694778549972472013-09-22T13:07:04.047-05:002013-09-22T13:07:04.047-05:00I have to put in a plug for "Champagne Charli...I have to put in a plug for "Champagne Charlie," the 1940s Ealing studios film about Leybourne's music hall career. Stanley Holloway (best known to US audiences as Alfred P. Doolittle) plays his rival and nemesis. Very entertaining stuff, particularly the title song!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06156130353557233552noreply@blogger.com