Comments on: Friday Upper- and Outer-Borough Links http://ahistoryofnewyork.com/2010/02/friday-upper-and-outer-borough-links/ Being a ... course, companion, blog, and book. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:54:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michelle http://ahistoryofnewyork.com/2010/02/friday-upper-and-outer-borough-links/comment-page-1/#comment-936 Michelle Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:02:00 +0000 http://ahistoryofnewyork.com/?p=1064#comment-936 Just commenting to tell you that the last episode of this new show, Archer, on FX had a pretty detailed 'Bartleby, The Scrivener' reference! The dialogue: "...Not as much as I love chocolate, so you- bring plenty of it!" "I-I would prefer not to...'Bartleby, The Scrivener'? Anybody? Not a big Melville crowd here, huh? Ah yeah, well, it's not an easy read." I was so surprised by it, I had to share. Especially because Archer, a raunchy, animated comedy for adults, ranked pretty low on my list of shows on which I'd expect to hear an relatively obscure literary reference. -Michelle, a student of yours this semester Just commenting to tell you that the last episode of this new show, Archer, on FX had a pretty detailed ‘Bartleby, The Scrivener’ reference! The dialogue:

“…Not as much as I love chocolate, so you- bring plenty of it!”
“I-I would prefer not to…’Bartleby, The Scrivener’? Anybody? Not a big Melville crowd here, huh? Ah yeah, well, it’s not an easy read.”

I was so surprised by it, I had to share. Especially because Archer, a raunchy, animated comedy for adults, ranked pretty low on my list of shows on which I’d expect to hear an relatively obscure literary reference.

-Michelle, a student of yours this semester

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