Talk:Svengali

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Contents 1 Quote 2 Plot summary 3 Unsourced material 3.1 Trivia 4 scifi pet? 5 Neutral point of view?

[edit] Quote

Why don't yer sing as yer bought to sing — yer've got voice enough, any'ow! why don't yer sing in tune'?

Surely "ought to sing"? A miskeying/mis-scanning in the http://www.hypnosisinmedia.com website? Anyone got the book handy? Flapdragon 18:11, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

No response so made the change on the balance of probabilities! Flapdragon 23:09, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Plot summary

Most of the information on this page should be moved to the page discussing the Trilby novel.

Agreed. I've moved it now. --Tysto 22:54, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unsourced material

I'm moving them here, because none of them are sourced. When they are sourced, then can be reinserted in the article.

[edit] Trivia

• In Season 4, Episode 5 ("The Wallet") of Seinfeld, the character Elaine refers to the power her psychiatrist boyfriend has over her, but mispronounces the name as "Svenjolly," prompting Jerry to suggest, "Maybe he has, like, a cheerful mental hold on you."
• The Three Stooges short, Hokus Pokus, their is a pariody of Svengali called Svengarlic.
• In Chicago their is is a horror movie host called Svengoolie.

[edit] scifi pet?

I seem to remember reading a scifi story that mentioned a pet called a svengali, which emitted psychic happy-vibes when stroked. Anyone else recall it? —Tamfang (talk) 06:31, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Neutral point of view?

The fairly untalented Philadelphia based band The Disco Biscuits has a song titled "Svengali".

"fairly untalented"? Not very neutral, unless I'm missing something here.SimonJester501 (talk) 14:18, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

You are absolutely right. I've removed that phrase as POV. -Phoenixrod (talk) 15:03, 6 February 2008 (UTC)