I feel a proper Charlie, trying to decide what to post about for Charlie, the third word in the NATO alphabet.
- Charlie is My Darling – a Scottish folk song of the Jacobites (Bonnie Prince Charlie)
- Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker – jazz composer/saxophone player extraordinaire and a founder of bebop
- Charlie Potheen – a racehorse of the late 60s and 70s, who won the Hennessy Gold Cup and the Whitbread (now the Bet365) Gold Cup
- Charlie White – a minor character in my next book Bravo Victor, named for a guinea pig that once belonged to my friend Kate, but also one of the slang names for cocaine. I often wondered why she named him that!
And the only definition for that spelling in my dictionary is: 1 a fool, 2 (in plural) a woman’s breasts! So that’s why men giggled at Charlie Dimmock , a lovely TV gardening lady well known for being unconfined beneath her teeshirt. I’m so innocent!
There are plenty of famous people called Charles, but Charlies are slightly rarer, partly because many style themselves Charley. Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Brown, Charlie Sheen are the ones I recognise among those thrown up by a quick Google search. Charlie the Unicorn is a YouTube favourite, apparently. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (and the Great Glass Elevator) would have made an excellent book for me to review if this had been Saturday. Hmm, do I prefer Johnny Depp or Gene Wilder as Willie Wonka? Gene Wilder, but maybe if I’d read the book I’d prefer Mr Depp’s – being creepily like a certain Mr Jackson, I think.
It’s a hard choice, but I think my favourite Charlie is Charlie Brown, by Charles M Schulz. Thank you Wikipedia for the picture. You’re a good man, Charlie Brown!
Charlie Chaplin and Charlie Brown my favorite! 🙂 Fun!
Thanks, Aditi!
Has to be Charlie Sheen. His antics are always enough to make me laugh! 😉
He’s one of those actors who are always in good films, I think!
I think my favorite C is Charlie Brown, too. My son, who is Airborne with the US Army, is an 11 Charlie, which means he is a mortar man.
I prefer Charlie Brown.
Yay to your son and any other 11 Charlies!
You know, I never could get into Charlie Brown–I think for the same reason I didn’t like Eeyore. Too much of a downer. Or maybe it was the way the cartoon depicted adult voices. I’m a little sensitive when it comes to the ears. =)
Well, Snoopy’s view of life always cheered me up! I liked Eeyore too – but then I knew a guy just like him 🙂
I always did like Charlie Brown.
Thanks for visiting, Julia!
I liked the comic strip of Charlie Brown but not the movies. or TV shows.
I remember seeing the first movie at college – haven’t seen any others.
I absolutely love Charlie Brown! Who doesn’t?
You have excellent taste, obviously! Thanks for visiting, Kim 🙂
Yes I am in the Charlie Brown club too, though I know my husband would vote for Charlie Parker.
Good thing we can choose more than one, Erica! Thanks for visiting 🙂
🙂 Great choice. My daughter’s favorite musical is “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown.” Do you know that one?The song Book Report is a riot (and her fav. song in the show).
I didnt know it was a musical. I’ll have to find out about it. I recommend Honk! to Neighbor Girl and her school 🙂
Good choice! Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Brown and Charlie Sheen are my favourites.
My favourite C is… myself! Nah, I’m kidding. Charlie Brown is great! Great blog post.
Visiting from the A to Z Blog Challenge.
Thanks for visiting, Cinta – I should have included you in the post!