Between 1945 and 1948, Plimpton was a soldier in the United States Army. "I've decided to stay over here in . This was his habit. That was the last party for a while., I just got back from a road trip from Michigan. [21] The prank was so successful that many readers believed the story, and the ensuing popularity of the joke resulted in Plimpton's writing an entire book on Finch. He was respected by all. At the time, he was getting ready to pitch for the Yankees,and we would throw pitches across 72nd Street in preparation. Was it him? H.V. Its something different, and Ive not encountered that in the mid-Atlantic. It includes clear pronunciation of each and every consonant cluster. And being good at losing was one of Georges many gifts. (My dads been dead nearly ten years: not that he held many in his life, but what grudges could he possibly be holding on to now? My Father's Voice | The New Yorker These are some of the things my father could not say: Shit. Fuck. I love you. His curses were never actually curse-words, though it was perhaps because of this that they held such weight. **Oh, I suppose we should all just lavish praise upon Carnac the Magnificent now for bringing this to your attention, is that it? A reader writes: Ive wondered about this myself when I see old Jimmy Cagney moviesand the date of his last starring role might give us a hint towards the date range of the change: "One, Two, Three" in 1961. They all gathered there. The first minute is a cameo by Henry Ford II, who speaks in an utterly flat Midwest rather than Mid-Atlantic accent that no one would call elegant but that would sound perfectly natural in 2015. Peter even came with us on our honeymoon in Ravello, though George didnt. We were bound to play the roles of father and son, unable to simply be ourselves. George was not vainhe didnt care a whit about his image. [citation needed] Some of these events, such as his stint with the Colts, and an attempt at stand-up comedy, were presented on the ABC television network as a series of specials. In no way do I recall Plimpton talking in a way that is typically associated with LLa style which, as I understand it, is associated with unclear pronunciation of most consonant cluster. Plimpton had a quasi-Brit patrician accent, which in no way corresponds with the official descriptions of LL that Ive read on the Net. He is widely known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review, as well as his patrician demeanor and accent. Against George Plimpton | Neotenianos 'Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself' TV review - SFGATE That Weirdo Announcer-Voice Accent: Where It Came From and Why It Went Best-selling author George Plimpton shares his experience as a "Storyteller For Life" with Dean Nelson of Point Loma Nazarene University as part of PLNU's 5th Annual Writer's Symposium By The. But looking back on it, its funny, too. Documentary Shows George Plimpton's Best Story Was His Own : NPR - NPR.org One thinks of the glorious character actress, Kathleen Freeman, as the voice coach Phoebe Dinsmore in Singing in the Rain: Round tones, Miss Lamont. In Woody Allens Radio Days, Mia Farrow has an impossibly thick Brooklyn accent until she takes voice lessons and becomes a successful radio purveyor of celebrity gossip. Congratulations Carnac, for posting about George Plimptons death at 3:44 PM. He watched the first pitch sail high for a ball, and then hit a rope into left field. Everything he did was like this, just a bit odd. Of course, my dad had tried out for the role of himself and not gotten it, though he would go on to have a steady film career playing one version or another of a striking white-haired figure with a distinguished, chivalrous voice in bit roles in some twenty or so movies, including Reds and Good Will Hunting. Fortunately, in the upcoming film Plimpton! Do, Write George Plimpton Has Made A Career Throwing Himself Into He wrote, "I suppose in a mild way there is a lesson to be learned for the young, or the young at heart the gumption to get out and try one's wings". [31][32][33] His firework, a Roman candle named "Fat Man",[31][32][33] weighed 720 pounds (330kg)[31] and was expected to rise to 1,000 feet (300m)[33] or more[31] and deliver a wide starburst. Your transparent jealousy is very unbecoming, Carnac. Plimpton played quarterback for the Detroit Lions and triangle for the New York Philharmonic, an. . So it went in late 1960 at one of George Plimpton's legendary soirees at 541 E. 72nd St., New York. Labov suspected that WWII had something to do about it. Whee!! Plimpton also appeared in a number of feature films as an extra and in cameo appearances. Gay Talese, author:As a young man not long out of university, at 26, 27 years of age, George Plimpton went with his friends to Paris to be benighted in the tradition of Paris culture. A lordly accent acquired at St. Bernard's and burnished later at Cambridge, in England, enhanced his distinguished aura, as did elevated stature and a silver head of hair which might have encouraged a career in politics but mercifully did not. **, In this case, Mid-Atlantic refers to speech in which the attributes of British English and American English meet halfway. Plimpton was an optimist, a teller of amusing and amazing stories. During my fight, my nose got badly broken in the second round, but I did last all four scheduled rounds, though I lost. This kept his magazine fresh for 50 years. Mona Abboud remembers George Plimpton - Orlando Sentinel Hes just trying it out and will come back and write a book about his experiences. When I eventually went back to be an editor at Harpers, I arrived at his flat, not having been in New York for eight years. That is the tendency of Americans trying to sound more British, or Brits trying to sound more Yank, to split the difference and speak in an accent whose home ground is no real country but somewhere in the middle of the sea. He wrote for the Harvard Lampoon, was a member of the Hasty Pudding Club, Pi Eta, the Signet Society, and the Porcellian Club. George Plimpton Dec 1, 2014 In which the venturous author, the rawest rookie pro football has ever known, recounts all the excruciating details of what happened when he called five plays as. The point of the flipped prestige markers is that generally the fewer the Rs, the fancier the person. **Your transparent jealousy is very unbecoming, Carnac. Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled. He was also an accomplished birdwatcher. Is your language rhotic? You should be very grateful. Kim Noble, one of the announcers on the NPR affiliate in Kansas City, KCUR, speaks with a very affected Connecticut Lockjaw accent. What exactly is a Boston Brahmin accent? Harris trained himself as a young man to lose his native Bronx accent - to the point that he was asked if he were British. YESTERDAY IS NOT FAR AWAY. But dying in sleep: It was as if he was doing what he did when he tried out for all those other things as an amateurballooning, acting, boxing, performing at amateur night. Did he have the celebrated Boston Brahmin accent, or was it a psuedo-Brit affectation? [3] During the summers, he lived in the hamlet of West Hills, Huntington, Suffolk County on Long Island. [3], He was the son of Francis T. P. Plimpton[4] and the grandson of Frances Taylor Pearsons and George Arthur Plimpton. Its a joke to say 500 of my closest friends, but that would have been true with George1,000 of his closest friends, actually. Never heard of this decidedly imprecise term. When George told the story, DiMaggio laughed so hard I thought he was going to fall on the floor. The s. :rolleyes: Ive got news for you, buddy, youre not even second in line! I knew that between the time Id asked Plimpton to do the auction and the night itself, he had probably received five invitations for a better evening, but he would never have reneged. Its strange to think, but he would have been eighty-five this year: fourteen years older than my mom, fifty years older than me. Think of the accent of Jane Hathaway on the Beverly Hillbillies. Starring George Plimpton as Himself, which documents his life, adventures, and work as participatory journalist and editor of the Paris Review, my dad will be playing himself one more time. The clenched jaw tight-bite bit: the lockjaw dentiloquist. That was when Westbrook van Voorhis, the famous March of Time voice, did the intro narration of the pilot episode of The Twilight Zone. I have worked as poetry editor with editors on other magazines; only with George has the experience been entirely agreeable. I can understand your frustration, but celebrities die every day. And so fuck was definitely out of the question, but what about I love you? [41] She is the daughter of James Chittenden Dudley,[42] a managing partner of Manhattan-based investment firm Dudley and Company, and geologist Elisabeth Claypool. A Final Party at George Plimpton's Storied Apartment That was how it was in New York in those days, George just dragged it out a bit longer." Dudley Plimpton suspects the excess contributed to Plimpton's death in his sleep in 2003, at the age of 76. The Sidd Finch story was accompanied by a series of photos which managed to convince even the eagle-eyed fans . Havent heard that term in years. By George Plimpton. And bolstering this last point, a reader who grew up in Depression-era Chicago writes: All I can think of is that people were imitating FDR. [2][43], An oral biography titled George, Being George was edited by Nelson W. Aldrich Jr., and released on October 21, 2008. While I don't normally think of Lithgow as speaking with a Mid-Atlantic accent, he does a great job affecting one for the role. He plays the 'fancy pants' to our outhouse Americana," Flaherty asserted. The Writer's Chapbook A Compendium of Fact, Opinion, Wit, and Advice from the Twentieth Century's Preeminent Writers. They all sound just like George. Im having a harder time coming up with clear examples from the other side of the Atlantic, but Ive heard Alfred Molina (Londoner), and Catherine Zeta-Jones (Welsh) put on a Mid-Atlantic accent from time to time.. Mia had the perfect model! Brown & Co. Re-issued George Plimpton Sports Books, 2016. Ill try to give a representative range, and I am grateful for the care and thought that have gone into these responses. He was going to put on a reading of his play Zelda, Scott, and Ernest. (This is not to belittle Lowell Thomas, but to recognize the artifice that served him so well in his career). [13], Plimpton's son described him as a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant and wrote that both of Plimpton's parents were descended from Mayflower passengers.[14]. He never went all the way, though his authenticity and newly-downstyle speaking could probably be marked in the crisis/triumph stages of his reporting: the death of JFK; the Vietnam report; the moon landing. LL is typified, I think, but an almost clenching of the teeth while talking, producing a mushy sound, if you will. At least, not to me, nor even to my sister, a fact she mentions in the movie. . Paper Lion: Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback: Plimpton, George To revisit this article, select My Account, thenView saved stories, To revisit this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Thats where there was that cross-section you once found in Parisof literary people, of people who were illiterate, of people down on their luck, and people of status. George Plimpton was born on March 18, 1927 in New York City, New York, USA. He was stationed primarily in Italy, where he worked as a tank driver. And you are going to come with me. He is widely known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review, as well as his patrician demeanor and accent. George Plimpton. George Plimpton: Writer, Quarterback, Pitcher, Boxer, Triangle Player George Plimpton is beautifully connected. George, Being George: George Plimpton's Life as Told, Admired, Deplored The clipped, non-rhotic English accents of George Plimpton and William F. Buckley Jr. were vestigial examples. A few days after, I went to a Paris Review party and showed off my damaged nose and two black eyes to George. An Evening With George Plimpton - 2000 - YouTube Why Did William F. Buckley Jr. Talk Like That? - Slate Magazine "[44], In 2006, the musician Jonathan Coulton wrote the song entitled "A Talk with George", a part of his 'Thing a Week' series, in tribute to Plimpton's many adventures and approach to life. The Left Bank really became East 72nd Street. Call me back.. Final Twist of the Drama. We all just had our own regional accentor non accent, like the flat midwest speak. Thurston Howell III had the Larchmont Lockjaw accent. rejoiced in the name of Euphemia van Renssalaer Wyatt. He had a small role in the Oscar-winning film Good Will Hunting,[22] playing a psychologist. Vault. Well have a lot more to say about Buckley and Vidal for now the leaders in the race for Last American to Talk This Way (with George Plimpton in third)in the next installment. (And, OK, Im not a linguist, but Im married to one!) For instance: The American-British television presenter Loyd Grossman, who has described his accent as Mid-Atlantic. These experiences served as the basis of another football book, Mad Ducks and Bears, although much of the book dealt with the off-field escapades and observations of football friends Alex Karras ("Mad Duck") and John Gordy ("Bear"). They were divorced, and had been for a while, but they still talked, and visited every now and then, and they would sit on my moms porch on Long Island and look out over the pond at the birds and tell each other stories and laugh until the tears came to their eyes, but he could not ask her this directlyHow are you, Freddy? He had lost my mom, at least in part because he had been unable to communicate with her, to show his love. Actors Nathan Lane (from Jersey City, NJ) and Robin Williams (grew up in SF Bay area) often adopt this accent. 5 Things You Didn't Know About George Plimpton | Mental Floss My dad could never say what he feltnot reallyand neither can any of us. Impressively liberated from our opulent life-style, Sidd's deciding about yogaand his future in baseball. When George Plimpton Met the Best Bartender in Brooklyn Butch, he says, because he always called me Butch. I believe the accent was at one time known as Larchmont Lockjaw. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. He loved the ones that made a lot of noise and racket and excitement. Family (1) Spouse Plimpton's The Bogey Man chronicles his attempt to play professional golf on the PGA Tour during the Nicklaus and Palmer era of the 1960s. Starring George Plimpton as Himself, directed by Tom Bean and Luke Poling, was released. Slate is published by The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings Company. My fathers voice was like one of those supposedly extinct deep-sea creatures that wash up on the shores of Argentina every now and then. An oral history of George Plimpton. - Slate Magazine News children today have no concept of the Mid-Atlantic accent. He was so open to life and all its new and unexpected situations. The book offers memories of Plimpton from among other writers, such as Norman Mailer, William Styron, Gay Talese and Gore Vidal, and was written with the cooperation of both his ex-wife and his widow. Look out, Wilson! But it didnt define him, much the way he refused to be defined by the stiff, upper-crust world from which hed come. [30] Plimpton later wrote the book Fireworks, and hosted an A&E Home Video with the same name featuring his many fireworks adventures with the Gruccis of New York in Monte Carlo and for the 1983 Brooklyn Bridge Centennial. . The Wikipedia entry for it is quite detailed. **Those of us whose families are from Larchmont (that would be me) just call it lockjaw. We worked at the Paris Review on the Rue Garanere for several years together. [11], His mother was Pauline Ames,[12] the daughter of botanist Oakes Ames (1874-1950) and artist Blanche Ames. Katharine Hepburn spoke this way, on and off screen until she died. Shootout at Rio Lobo", "The Smaller the Ball, the Better the Book: A Game Theory of Literature", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Plimpton&oldid=1137974740, This page was last edited on 7 February 2023, at 10:19. During our time in Paris, he had a famous little car, a dark blue Peugeotit was mine originally; I sold it to himand it had to be seen to be believed. After finishing at Harvard in 1950, he attended King's College, Cambridge, from 1950 to 1952, and graduated with third class honors in English. A graduate of Harvard University and King's College, Cambridge, Plimpton was recruited to Paris by Peter Matthiessen in 1952 and signed on to the project shortly thereafter. You're going to play for us-making some sort of big comeback." "That's right," Plimpton replied in his patrician accent. Even the manliest actors, such as Humphrey Bogart and Clark Gable sometimes slipped into this voice-coach mode. Been there, done that | Books | The Guardian Prestigious prep schools and ivy league institutions (though Gore Vidal never went to college). Showdown in the Pits. Paper Lion: Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback The Very Good Life Of George Plimpton - The Washington Post What accent does Logan have in the show? : r/SuccessionTV They were born to Plimpton and his second wife, Sarah Dudley, 26 years younger than he, who is chairwoman of the East Harlem Tutorial Program, for which he was a trustee. George Plimpton: what kind of accent? - Straight Dope Message Board Plimpton also appeared in the closing credits of the 2006 film Factory Girl. In all my years, Ive never heard this accent in person. In early 1959, George Plimpton was preparing to watch an execution in Cuba. He had it all going! A friend of the New England Sedgwick family, Plimpton edited Edie: An American Biography with Jean Stein in 1982. **Get a life. In that regard, Plimpton is the perfect candidate, and the proof is in "George, Being George," the compulsively readable oral biography edited by his friend Nelson W. Aldrich Jr. Plimpton himself described it as a "New England cosmopolitan accent"[36] or "Eastern seaboard cosmopolitan" accent. But Labov said that in post-World War II New York, fancier people started becoming rhotic, and recovering their Rs. Kaltenborn was a famous mid . Hed ask what was new in fireworks business and doodle around the facility with my dad, and he would always leave with a package of fireworks, to put on his own show. He did these jobs, and many others, as an amateur.. But the average person never talked that way. By George Plimpton. Plimpton, George 1927-2003(George Ames Plimpton) Source for information on Plimpton, George 1927-2003: Concise Major 21st Century Writers dictionary. It was a hot, sweltering day. Daniel Kunitz, managing editor of the Paris Review from1995-2000: I once heard George joking with William F. Buckley on the phone about how they had the last affected accents in New York. He joined us in Monte Carlo when we won the international [fireworks] competition. Too old-fashioned. I saw him [last] Wednesday night at a party; we rode home together, and he told me that he was planning to go down to Cuba, to revisit the site of his famous interview with Hemingway. George also approved, I think, of the fact that I lost. Plimpton died on September 25, 2003, in his New York City apartment from a heart attack later determined to have been caused by a catecholamine surge. Both of Plimpton's maternal grandparents were born with the surname Ames; his mother was the granddaughter of Medal of Honor recipient Adelbert Ames (1835-1933), an American sailor, soldier, and politician, and Oliver Ames, a US political figure and the 35th Governor of Massachusetts (18871890). He was a great addition to the human race. Along with all the other things he does, George is an editor of the Paris Review, a literary quarterly published by the Aga Khan's uncle, Sadrudin, and his apartment is overstuffed with the comforts and legends of its use as a literary salon. Revolutionary musket, a stairwell and a housemaster), George Plimpton - Biography - IMDb *Originally posted by j.c. * I just heard that George Plimpton has died. George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 September 25, 2003) was an American writer. He Was Shot by John Wayne. Mr. Plimpton was born in Manhattan in 1927 and raised in Huntington, L.I. Oh, I suppose we should all just lavish praise upon Carnac the Magnificent now for bringing this to your attention, is that it? Youll get another shot at the big time, trust me. Plimpton scowled, and said he was perfectly capable of running for himself. Again with thanks to Jonathan Fields, here's the continuation of George Plimpton's famous interview of Ernest Hemingway from the Paris Review, Summer 1958. The list of authors interviewed is extraordinary, and stretches from Hemingway years ago to Amy Hempel (in the 50th anniversary issue that has just been published). George Plimpton and Papa in Cuba - Guernica Plimpton[2] was born in New York City on March 18, 1927, and spent his childhood there, attending St. Bernard's School and growing up in an apartment duplex on Manhattan's Upper East Side located at 1165 Fifth Avenue. Now, in George, Being George, 200 friends, lovers and rivals detail Plimpton's remarkable exploits. George Plimpton Net Worth I thoroughly enjoyed listening to these men speak. Here are five things you may not have known about him. Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances, and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career. The Writers won the game with a home run in extra innings, but the highlight was Plimptons hit. Somehow Georgehad gotten it into his head that I was on the verge of becoming a pharmacist before he had called me up a year earlier to tell me the Paris Review was publishing a story I had submittedperhaps because of the pharmacological bent of the subject matter. His high Boston accent might have been heard as an influential transitional hybrid, and its interesting how prominent parodies of the speech of Brando, Dean, and Kennedy were at the time: seems a sign that we were noticing a marked change. He is widely known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review, as well as his patrician demeanor and accent. When Plimpton, the co-founder of The Paris Review, died in 2003 at age 76, The New York Times . [29], With Felix Grucci, Plimpton competed in the 16th International Fireworks Festival in 1979 in Monte Carlo. The 16th at Cypress Point is one of the famous golf holes of the world, certainly one of the most difficult and demanding par 3's. It was as if he was trying out again. Starring George Plimpton as Himself, the writer James Salter said of Plimpton that "he was writing in a genre that really doesn't permit greatness. He was one of her original supporters and had published an article about her work in The Paris Review.
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