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"Gordon Bennett" is said frequently by Terry McCann in Minder and Gerry Standing in New Tricks, both played by Dennis Waterman. It is said by the main character Detective Inspector Humphrey Goodman , in series 3 episode 8 ("Rue Morgue"), and series 5, episode 6 ("Ice-cold murder") of Death in Paradise .
James Gordon Bennett Jr. (May 10, 1841 – May 14, 1918) was an American publisher. He was the publisher of the New York Herald, founded by his father, James Gordon Bennett Sr. (1795–1872), who emigrated from Scotland. He was generally known as Gordon Bennett to distinguish him from his father.
Gordon Bennett (comics), a British comic book character; Gordon Bennett (phrase), an English idiomatic phrase, after James Gordon Bennett Jr. "Gordon Bennett", a song by Gilbert O'Sullivan from the 1989 album In the Key of G
James Gordon Bennett Sr. (September 1, 1795 – June 1, 1872) was a British-born American businessman who was the founder, editor and publisher of the New York Herald and a major figure in the history of American newspapers.
The use of the phrase "Gordon Bennett" comes from an incident when Mr.Bennett flew his plane towards a barn. Onlookers gasped in disbelief as he flew through the barn. Some distortions of the story say that he performed a loop-to-loop through the barn as well. After he performed the stunt and came through unscratched onlookers cried "Gordon ...
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