Sidekickoff - Episode 19

What formative experiences turned Falk Zildjian into a hero? Is he ready for a zealous sidekick? What procedure can stop The Human Resource from being such a tool? Find out!

Sidekickoff, episode 19 of This Gun in My Hand, was sewn together by Rob Northrup. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What has a powerful kick and is always by my side? This Gun in My Hand!

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Show Notes:

1. Shoe Shine Man's name is Roberto Zapata. Roberto comes from old Germanic roots "hrod" meaning fame or glory, and "berht" meaning bright or shining. Zapata is Spanish for shoemaker. Any similarity between this character and the humble and lovable Shoe Shine Boy from Underdog cartoons would be absurd.

2. San Francisco and San Antonio are small towns in the state of Tabasco, Mexico.

3. Word on the street was correct that Falk's (me, his creator) named him after the actor Peter Falk and the comic strip writer Lee Falk. Originally cuz it sounded like a cool name, but on later reflection it has nice associations with those two.

Music and Sound Effects Credits:

The opening and middle transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in this episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.

Title: Park ambience - mostly birds
License: public domain
https://freesound.org/people/Mafon2/sounds/274175/#

Title: Traffic mel 1.wav
By malupeeters
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
https://freesound.org/people/malupeeters/sounds/191350/

The image associated with this episode is a modified panel from page 7 of the public domain comic book Weird Terror No. 6 (July 1953). Pencils and inks by Alberta Tewks.