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May 8, 1995
- Almost a year to the day after the dismal Undercover aired, Lieutenant Columbo was back in business – and this time he brought Norm from Cheers along for the ride. Starring man mountain George Wendt as an unlikely double killer and Oscar-winning actor Rod Steiger as a menacing mob boss, Strange Bedfellows burst onto screens on May 8, 1995.
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Origin of “strange bedfellows”. The phrase first appeared in The Tempest (Act 2, Scene 2). The King of Naples’ ship has been wrecked of a remote island and all the passengers and crew have been cast into the sea. The king’s jester, Trinculo, has been washed up on the island, where the weather is still stormy.
How Shakespeare Used It: In Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 1, a grief-stricken Mark Antony predicts that the instability following Caesar's murder will result in civil war: "Cry 'havoc!'. And let slip the dogs of war!" ("Cry havoc" was the military order for soldiers to seize plunder from an enemy.)
Although ‘adversity’ is a clear front runner, what it is that makes strange bedfellows has never really been settled on. Here are a few examples: Party politics, like poverty, bring men ‘acquainted with strange bedfellows’. – Phillip Hone Diary, 1839. Even enemies have something in common.
The origins of this idiom can be traced back to Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest”, where the character Trinculo says: “Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows”. However, it was not until the 19th century that the phrase became more widely used in English literature.
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. “Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows” can be found in William Shakespeare’s famous play The Tempest in Act II, Scene 2. The line is spoken by Trinculo while he’s alone on the stage. The Tempest was published in 1610.
2 days ago · Early 17th-century saying meaning that difficult circumstances will bring together very different people. While the underlying idea remains the same, there has always been variation in the first word of the proverb (see politics makes strange bedfellows).
As the storm resumes and thunder sounds, Trinculo is forced into the nearest shelter, which happens to be Caliban's gaberdine (a loose-fitting cloak). As Trinculo famously puts it, "misery ...
