Talk:George Plimpton

Martha Plimpton
Was he related to Martha Plimpton? Mswake 19:08, 27 Sep 2003 (UTC)

If you cared you could just look at Martha Plimpton's Wikipedia page. She's an 8th cousin once removed.John Simpson54

Interview with Chris Cerf, questions wanted
Got a question for Chris Cerf? Cerf worked with Plimpton at Random House during the 1960s. Post your questions before 25 April 2005. -- Zanimum 18:11, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

photo in infobox
Whenever I put a photo in biography infobox the photo becomes so big that it becomes stretched out and fuzzy, is there any way I can fix this? Registered User 92

Author POV
A good, informative article but the author is a bit breathless in his/her's estimation of one of GP's books:
 * "His deeply hilarious, yet incredibly historically informative, classic The Bogey Man"

I am not sure what those adverbs are doing there. Are they not better suited to an amazon.com book review? Just my two cents. Not the end of world.Jackbox1971 03:01, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Playing triangle under Bernstein with NYP
The article doesn't mention his playing the triangle with the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein. I seem to remember seeing the film years and years ago. I remember he had a look of incredibly nervous concentration, as he was silently but conpicuously counting the beat--mouthing the numbers, in apparent terror of not hitting the triangle when he was supposed to (or perhaps worse, hitting it when he wasn't). Years later I heard that he said it was the most harrowing of his experiences. 140.147.160.78 15:32, 15 September 2006 (UTC)Stephen Kosciesza

How old was he when he donated his library?
Born in 1927, he donated his library in 1936? RPellessier | Talk 08:49, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

==I looked this site up searching for information on why Plimpton is significant. I was disappointed to mostly find trivia. Surely, his cameo on the Simpsons is not the reason.==


 * Maybe not, but I always loved his take on Ozzy Osbourne's TV popularity..."Look at me; I'm a drug addict! Ho Ho Ho!" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.97.69.26 (talk) 16:42, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Why is he significant?
LOL! Why indeed? Plimpton was the sort of old-money, well-educated, intellectual lightweight who used to get a lot of respect 40 years or so ago. Back then there were a lot of his sort around. They were scions of old money families. They went to Harvard and Yale. They belonged to secret societies. They didn't really have to "work" and spent a lot of their time doing "public service" in positions that the old-boy network arranged for them at places like the CIA and the State Department. The Roosevelt, Kennedy and Bush families figure large in this respect. Plimpton was one who actually tried to do something in literature rather than settling into a life of protected employment at the State Department as so many have. You still see 'em around. Bush 2.1 is a good example of the sort as is his failed rival John Kerry.

The whole notion of old-money background/public service as a life calling hasn't aged well in our present tooth and claw economy. These guys don't get the respect and deference that they used to and too often still demand. :-D

Plaasjaapie 03:32, 20 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Considering that he interviewed Ernest Hemingway (and was given the quote about the shit detector), he appeared in The Book of Heroic Failures for setting off "The Least Successful Firework", and he appeared regularly in A Nero Wolfe Mystery, he does seem interesting enough. 72.27.53.222 (talk) 23:00, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

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Alexander Plimpton
Alexander Plimpton is incorectly listed as a child of George Plimpton's. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fayettehickox (talk • contribs) 19:11, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Appearance in Reds
The film discussion does not mention "Reds" in which he played a small but commanding role. Very positive presentation of Plimton in it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:6:4C80:4D2:214:51FF:FEED:8FCA (talk) 15:46, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

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