Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself

George Plimpton "tries out" for the Detroit Lions Sports Illustrated Sept 7, 1964

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:21:17 -0400

George Plimpton "tries out" for the Detroit Lions Sports Illustrated Sept 7, 1964:

George Plimpton tries out for the Detroit Lions in what would later become his bestselling book, The Paper Lion.

In light of recent events

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:48:00 -0400

audibleandchic:

I wish George Plimpton were here.

My Labyrinth: George Plimpton

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:08:00 -0400

My Labyrinth: George Plimpton:

I recently watched the movie “When We Were Kings”. This is a documentary that revolves around the heavyweight boxing fight between Mohammed Ali and George Foreman.

I’d safely call it the greatest documentary I’ve ever seen. The fight, the context and the perspectives all make for an entertaining…

wellthatsjustgreat: A Talk with George by Jonathan Coulton My...

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:01:00 -0400

wellthatsjustgreat:

A Talk with George by Jonathan Coulton

My Coulton-fest continues. This song celebrates George Plimpton and his approach to living life to the fullest. It makes me both joyous for how things could be and sad about how things are.

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Wed, 22 Sep 2010 05:34:00 -0400

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educatedcabbages: An awesome picture posted on Slate.com to...

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:12:44 -0400

educatedcabbages:

An awesome picture posted on Slate.com to coincide with the new Mad Men season.
NEW YORK CITY—A literary cocktail party at George Plimpton’s Upper East Side apartment. Plimpton is seated at left with literary agent Maggie Abbott next to him. At top, left to right: Jonathan Miller, Gore Vidal, Ricky Leacock, Robert Laskey, and Paul Heller. In background, left to right: Ralph Ellison and Peter Matthiessen. Center: Walter Bernstein (seated on couch with back to camera), Sydney Lumet (behind Bernstein to right), Mario Puzo (leaning against mirror), Jack Richardson (tall man, front, right foreground), Arthur Kopit (foreground, right), Frank Perry (left of Kopit), Eleanor Perry (left of Frank), Arthur Penn (obscured behind Eleanor), and Truman Capote (center on couch), 1963.© Cornell Capa C / Magnum Photos

The Acacian: 4/27/2010: Book Review: George, Being George - NPR

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:12:00 -0400

The Acacian: 4/27/2010: Book Review: George, Being George - NPR:

George, Being George: George Plimpton’s Life as Told, Admired, Deplored, and Envied by 200 Friends, Relatives, Lovers, Acquaintances, Rivals, and a Few Unappreciative Observers - Nelson W. Aldrich

George Plimpton was an interesting character. From his tenure at the Harvard Lampoon to becoming…

bigbowlofsoup: time magazine’s famous literary drunks &...

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:12:00 -0400

bigbowlofsoup:

time magazine’s famous literary drunks & addicts:
Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961): Booze
Notorious for making fun of his fellow writers who sought relief from their own alcoholism (when Fitzgerald admitted that alcohol had bested him, Hemingway urged him to toss his “balls into the sea — if you have any balls left”), Papa himself was an increasingly messy drunk. George Plimpton once famously observed that by the end, Hemingway’s ruined liver protruded from his belly “like a long fat leech.”

mediahascookies: In his frequently excellent book Fireworks, the late George Plimpton had occasion...

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:12:00 -0400

mediahascookies:

In his frequently excellent book Fireworks, the late George Plimpton had occasion to mention a Hitchcock scene:

Do you remember Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief, their union symbolized by a great crash of fireworks outside their balcony overlooking the harbor of Monte Carlo? The only thing wrong with that scenario, it has always seemed to me, is that any normal couple would be out on the balcony enjoying the fireworks, and not inside tumbling around on a bed.

Really, George? Grace Kelly is in the hotel room ready to go, and you’re going to put her on hold to take a peek at some sparklers?

From Troy Patterson’s article Fireworks Suck- They Really Do

George Plimpton in the irony of all ironies hosting a...

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:14:00 -0400

George Plimpton in the irony of all ironies hosting a “Best of” collection on Married With Children 1995.

George Plimpton Remembers Ernest Hemingway

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 12:22:14 -0400

George Plimpton Remembers Ernest Hemingway:

videojumper:

“I noticed how small his eyes had become, suddenly, and bloodshot, as if affected by the flush of rage that showed on his cheekbones, and if I had not been carrying a very excellent picnic hamper of…

Paper Saint: Pulling a reverse Plimpton

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 11:59:10 -0400

Paper Saint: Pulling a reverse Plimpton:

papersaint:

In 1963 the enterprising sportswriter George Plimpton decided to experience the game he covered from the inside. He joined the Detroit Lions asa backup quarterback and eventually saw some game action. He wrote about his exploits as a member of the Lions in his famous book, Paper Lion.

It is my…

betterthansausage: A Cocktail Party at George Plimpton’s Upper...

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 02:13:05 -0400

betterthansausage:

A Cocktail Party at George Plimpton’s Upper West Side Apartment, 1963

I aspire to throw parties with such a classy, literary, and avant-garde crowd. And everyone better be wearing suits.

Yes

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 01:59:28 -0400

angeledinheaven:

“The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof, shit detector.”

from George Plimpton, “An Interview with Ernest Hemingway”; The Paris Review 18, Spring 1958

Losing is good for writing.

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 01:57:06 -0400

emmetreads:

George also approved, I think, of the fact that I lost. Winning is good for fantasies and late night insomnia, but losing is good for writing. It’s more interesting, more humorous, more human. And being good at losing was one of George’s many gifts.

Jonathan Ames, on George Plimpton, in I Love You More Than You Know

This tumblr page will be periodically posting content on George...

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 01:48:11 -0400

This tumblr page will be periodically posting content on George Plimpton. Here is from the early 80s featuring George Plimpton as a spokesperson for Intellivision