May 6, 2012
Sherlock mania as at its heights. The second series of the BBC's
Sherlock is making its way to the U.S. shores
currently, and fandom online and offline is continuing to grow.
On behalf of the show, Burt made his way to New York City on
May 2, 2012 for the sneak preview of the new season and
question and answer time with some of the cast and crew of
Sherlock, including Rebecca Eaton, Steven Moffat, Sue
Vertue and of course, Benedict Cumberbatch. About 800 people
crowded into a theatre after 10,000 applied for seats, and the
reaction - including screams - were reminiscent of the Beatles coming
to the Ed Sullivan Show in the 1960s. And this is nothing new;
Frank Sinatra garnered a similar reaction at the Paramount in
New York City back in the 1940s. Thanks to Burt's courageous
reporting, we have some clips from the event and the queue, as well
as a question and answer session with the cast, in which we're able
to hear and feel the excitement of the crowd.
We've witnessed the #believeinsherlock
movement that arose from the BBC airing of the series and how the
phenomenon has grown. We discuss a bit of that and we sing our own
praises to Sherlock Holmes, in a manner of speaking.
And with such an enthusiastic new group of fans, it's inevitable
that we would welcome them to the world of Sherlockians. The
Editor's Gas-Lamp from the current issue of the Baker Street Journal.
(Vol 62, No. 1), titled "Consider yourself at home," is the perfect
way to do so.