The Highwayman - Episode 32

Will Falk get a chance to take down the highway robber before bystanders talk his ear off? Is she making a fair analogy to the relationship between capitalist and worker?

The Highwayman, episode 32 of This Gun in My Hand, was standed and delivered 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 will I give the Highwayman? This Gun in My Hand!

This and all episodes of This Gun in My Hand are available on Youtube with automatically generated closed captions of dialog.

Show Notes:
1. The woman on the bus is named after Dara Gottfried, producer of Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast.

2. The Highwayman talks about the “closure” of the commons when everybody knows it was called “enclosure.” What a dope.

3. I hope it’s obvious that the “History Minute” is false. For a thorough and accessible description of what really happened, read The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty by William Hogeland. 

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 the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.

Revolutionary War Era Music Title: reenactment3.aif
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/alienistcog/sounds/125933/

Sound Effect Title: chugging diesel (bus) and rev.MP3
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/CraftyIndividual/sounds/418436/

Sound Effect Title: diesel truck jake brake and air brake.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/nuncaconoci/sounds/555266/

Sound Effect Title: bus coach ext pull up brake air release idle.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/kyles/sounds/454420/

Sound Effect Title: WaHi Airbrakes blast.mp3
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/chripei/sounds/393663/

Sound Effect Title: Bus Closing Door
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/am7/sounds/520753/

Sound Effect Title: air horn close and loud.WAV
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/goose278/sounds/174819/

The image accompanying this episode is a modified version of the illustration “Shelling the Peas” by Charles George Harper from his 1908 book, Half-Hours with the Highwayman, Volume 1. The book and illustration are in public domain and available on archive dot org. 

Take A Powder - Episode 31

Have Falk Zildjian and the other captives exhausted every trick in their arsenal? Is there some speck of hope that they can escape? Who says “mash” when they’re talking about buttons? Find out!

Take A Powder, episode 31 of This Gun in My Hand, was blown in your face by Rob Northrup. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and would it kill you to buy one of my books? -- such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What’s the worst source from which to take some powder? This Gun in My Hand!

This and all other episodes are available with automatically generated closed captions of dialog on Youtube.

Show Notes:
1. Gandalf rode a horse named Shadowfax.
2. Yes, I know, it should be femmes fatales, not femme fatales. The correct way sounds too weird.

Credits:
The opening music clip was 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 the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.

Title: ST_chair_ruckus.wav
By ScreenplayTheater
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
https://freesound.org/people/ScreenplayTheater/sounds/180685/

Sound Effect Title: Kicking/Forcing/Breaking Wooden Door
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/160213/

Sound Effect Title: 3-scrapes
By Eelke
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
https://freesound.org/people/Eelke/sounds/187562/

Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/

Sound Effect Title: R09-75-Series of Falls on Wooden Floor.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/483233/

Sound effect title: Hitting in a Face
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/florianreichelt/sounds/460509/

The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of Secret Agent X Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 4 (June 1936), public domain. Art by William Soare.

Army of Emmas - Episode 30

How many Emmas does it take to conquer Parabellum City? When you're writing a pun-filled comedy series, what can you use to create an Empire-Strikes-Back style low point for your hero just before the climax of the current arc? This Gun in My Hand!

Army of Emmas, episode 30 of This Gun in My Hand, was finished off 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 could make Falk Zildjian’s heart spring back to life? This Gun in My Hand!

This episode and all others are available on Youtube, including automatically generated closed captions of dialog.

Show Notes:

1. The music in the Forbidden Technologies ad comes from a radio commercial for Cresta Blanca Wine. 

2. This is number four in the five part series “Hardly Boiled,” comprising episodes 27 through 31. After that, we’ll go back to self-contained one-shot episodes, or at least start a new storyline.

3. “Only her hairdresser knows for sure” was part of a 1950s slogan for Miss Clairol hair coloring.

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 the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.

Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wav

License: Public Domain

https://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/

Sound Effect Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wav

License: Public Domain

https://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/

Sound Effect Title: Splashes In A Bathtub.wav

License: Public Domain

https://freesound.org/people/bbrocer/sounds/382649/

Sound Effect Title: Tapping On Window.mp3

License: Public Domain

https://freesound.org/people/Zel12/sounds/508400/

Title: Real Colt 45 M1911 (shot)

By Carmelomike

License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

https://freesound.org/people/Carmelomike/sounds/255216/

Sound effect title: Title: Body fall_02.wav 

License: Public Domain

https://freesound.org/people/Adam_N/sounds/346694/

The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail from the cover of Amazing Stories, Vol. 16, No. 1 (January 1942). Art by Malcolm Smith, public domain.