A wellerism is a comparison by well known quotation and a facetious sequel, used by Sam Weller in Dickens's "Pickwick Papers" Sam Weller is a fictional character in The Pickwick Papers, the first novel by Charles Dickens, and is allegedly the character that made Dickens famous. ... Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (February 7, 1812 – June 9, 1870), pen-name “Boz”, was an English novelist of the Victorian era. ... The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, better known as The Pickwick Papers, is the first novel by Charles Dickens. ...
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"Everyone to his own liking," the old woman said when she kissed her cow.
"We'll have to rehearse that," said the undertaker as the coffin fell out of the car.
Weller was the leader and protagonist behind the formation of two successful bands, The Jam and The Style Council.
Weller first burst onto the national music scene in 1977 with his first band, The Jam, which he formed four years earlier as a teenager in Woking with his friends Rick Buckler (drums) and Bruce Foxton (bass).
Weller was strongly influenced by 1960s bands such as The Kinks, The Small Faces and The Who, all three great favourites of his and whose influence can be heard in much of The Jam's material.
A different John Weller was the manager of '70s/'80s British rock group The Jam and father of its lead singer and guitarist Paul Weller
John B. Weller (February 22, 1812 – August 17, 1875) was Governor of California from January 8, 1858 to January 9, 1860 and a Congressman from Ohio, U.S. Senator from California and Ambassador to Mexico.
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