I have always been a fan of the TV series House. Maybe not for the reason that many of you might think of though. Or maybe we are on the same wavelength.
I'm a bit of a Sherlock Holmes fan. I have my Dad to thank for making me so, though it's not a bad thing. But it is his fault :-) Moving in with Spurs boy and I realised he was a Sherlock Holmes fan too and weirdly this had been passed down through his family too. Dad's eh?
Spurs boy and I have been known to sit through episodes of House and commenting "That's just like Holmes" etc. Sad? Shh. But we do.
So the a little investigation and you find out that the show's creator David Shore is a Sherlock Holmes fan. You can see that Sherlock Holmes and the real-life physician Dr Joseph Bell (of whom Holmes was based on) were inspirations for the character of House.
So the a little investigation and you find out that the show's creator David Shore is a Sherlock Holmes fan. You can see that Sherlock Holmes and the real-life physician Dr Joseph Bell (of whom Holmes was based on) were inspirations for the character of House.
- They both can deduce a lot about someone just by looking at them. House can even diagnose someone just by looking at them
- Shore gave House the name "House" as it's a play on the word 'Homes' (Holmes).
- Holmes fights off criminals and House fights off germs and diseases
- Holmes used cocaine to fight boredom and House uses vicodin for the same purpose but also to deal with the pain of dealing with stupid people.
- Holmes even calls his best friend (Watson) by his last name. House calls all of his associates by their last name, and sometimes even their number.
- They are both arrogant.
- Both are lazy when they are not working on a case
- Watson has a problem with his leg from his time in the army (although this was originally in his shoulder) and House has a wound to his leg
- Music is very important to both of them, Holmes plays the violin and House the piano, guitar, organ and harmonica.
- They both keep everyone at a distance except Watson for Holmes and Wilson for House. Although the team actually have become more the role of "Watson" than Wilson has.
- Holmes lives at 221B Baker Street and House lives at 221B (although I've seen different numbers on doors since seeing 221B on screen)
There are even more little titbits that Shore places very well into House episodes but I'll let you look for them just pay attention to the books House carries. ;-)
I found this awesome video via youtube
House has even turned it's main star Hugh Laurie into a sex symbol ;-)
