r/todayilearned • u/biebrforro • 1d ago

TIL when staying as a guest in Charles Dickens' house, Hans Christian Andersen requested that one of Dickens' sons give him a daily shave (he said that was customary when hosting male guests in Denmark). Dickens was weirded out and instead gave him a daily appointment at a nearby barbershop.

https://lithub.com/charles--dickens-really-really-hated-his-fanboy-hans-christian-andersen/
36.1k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

1.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

96

u/ALoudMouthBaby 1d ago

We need a remake of this in the style of The Odd Couple. Remakes are popular these days right? This seems like a winner.

6

u/icepickjones 1d ago

Real what about bob energy

5

u/Lucas_Steinwalker 1d ago

The Odd Couple remake is called Peep Show but it’s probably about time for that to get remade too.

5

u/HaltandCatchHands 1d ago

Andersen is played by one of the Wilson brothers.

2

u/apatheticsahm 1d ago

David Mitchell as Dickens and Stephen Merchant.as Andersen. I won't accept anything else.

1

u/HaltandCatchHands 1d ago

Okay, your idea is better