Talk:Theodore Hook

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His role in inventing the postcard should probably be referenced (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/feb/19/humanities.highereducation ) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.194.120.119 (talk) 13:07, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Is it worth mentioning his part in the 54 Berners Street prank? 213.120.222.100 (talk) 14:15, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes. He is the guy who made it happen so yes. Crazybilby (talk) 13:20, 25 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Prank occurred in 1810, according to its corresponding article, and yet this wiki page states it occurred in 1809? Spunkedout (talk) 07:52, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

"His unique gift of improvising the words and the music of songs eventually charmed the Prince Regent into a declaration that something must be done for Hook." According to the link for 'Prince Regent', (directs to Frederick, Prince of Wales) the Prince Regent died in 1751...about 37 years before Hook was born. Who should it link to? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.9.12.89 (talk) 01:49, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Now amended to: George IV of the United Kingdom.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 10:48, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Wording
Wow. This doesn't seem to be written at all from a neutral standpoint. It's a little fan-page-ish don't you agree? Crazybilby (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 13:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

The language seems like it was written in Victorian English! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.86.194.239 (talk) 08:40, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Typo or bad wording
Paragraph Seven begins "While he was confined in a sponging-house from 1825 to 1825," which is either a typo or badly worded. If he was confined for less than a year, shouldn't it be "confined in a sponging-house during 1825," or list the months when he was incarcerated and released? Electra310 (talk) 01:58, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Fixed; it was a typo. Graham 87 07:24, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Hook's Original Pun as the Basis of the Common Conundrum
Quoting from The Handbook of Conundrums, by Edith B. Ordway:

Theodore Hook is accredited with the original pun which is the basis of a common conundrum. He bragged that he could make a pun on any subject, and immediately a friend suggested that he make one on the King. "The King is no subject," was the prompt rejoinder.

The account is also related in Bon-mots of Samuel Foote and Theodore Hook edited by Walter Jerrold, 1894. Hopefully the continuing OCR digitisation of texts will reveal more.Lmstearn (talk) 15:12, 24 May 2016 (UTC)