"Elementary, my dear Watson" Sherlock Holmes











the phrase elementary, dear watson never uttered holmes in sixty stories written conan doyle. observes conclusions elementary , however, , calls watson dear watson . 1 of nearest approximations of phrase appears in adventure of crooked man when holmes explains deduction: excellent! cried. elementary, said he.


william gillette considered have originated phrase formulation, oh, elementary, dear fellow , allegedly in 1899 play sherlock holmes. however, script revised numerous times on course of 3 decades of revivals , publications, , phrase present in versions of script, not others.


the exact phrase, close variants, can seen in newspaper , journal articles 1909; there indication clichéd then. phrase elementary, dear fellow, quite elementary appears in p. g. wodehouse s novel, psmith in city (1909–1910), , elementary, dear watson, elementary in 1915 novel psmith, journalist (neither spoken holmes). exact phrase elementary, dear watson used protagonist tom beresford in agatha christie s 1922 novel secret adversary. appears @ end of 1929 film return of sherlock holmes, first holmes sound film. phrase became familiar american public in part due use in new adventures of sherlock holmes radio series, broadcast 1939 1947.








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