Newsy Duel - Episode 49

Will The Wordsmith survive a contest against Parabellum City’s newest purveyor of words on the street? What are all these grubby kids standing around for? What’s the difference between a cowl and a shawl collar? Listen to find out!

Newsy Duel, episode 49 of This Gun in My Hand, was printed, published and tossed in your bushes by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. 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. In the first 48 episodes, I’ve created fake commercials or used old radio commercials. The one for God Chat in this episode is an actual promo for an actual podcast which you should listen to. How do I get the best information? This Gun in My Hand!

Show Notes:
1. “You just gonna talk politics and poke holes in the air with your finger?” was ripped off from the film Shane (1950).

2. The formation of The Legion of Vinegar, Villains and Underghouls (LOVVU) was discussed in episode 48, “All Fashion Police Are Fabulous.”

3. The InforMatron would be voiced by Nancy Kulp if I had the money and she had been available. If it were on film, maybe Margaret Dumont.

4. “InforMatron” and “InformaTron” contain the same letters in the same order but with different pronunciation.

Credits:
The opening and later 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. Music for the InforMatron commercial was from the public domain film Hollow Triumph (1948, aka The Scar). Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.

Sound effect title: bustle in the pub
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/organicmanpl/sounds/403285/

Sound effect title: Guests-at-party.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/Mickael_Leroi/sounds/402131/

Sound Effect Title: House Front Door Inside 3.wav
License: Public domain
https://freesound.org/people/saturdaysoundguy/sounds/388027/#

Sound Effect Title: Door Slam - No Reverb.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/adriann/sounds/440261/

Sound Effect Title: Body fall_02.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/Adam_N/sounds/346694/

Sound Effect Title: polite applause with a few sniggers.mp3
By dwsolo
License: Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0
https://freesound.org/people/dwsolo/sounds/24012/

The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail from the public domain cover of Smash Comics, No. 83 (June 1949). Pencils and inks by Jack Cole.

All Fashion Police Are Fabulous - Episode 48

How will Falk escape from the Fashion Police? What conglomerate of villains threatens the tri-state area and beyond? What is the deeper code in Little Orphan Ayn’s decoder rings? Find out!

All Fashion Police Are Fabulous, episode 48 of This Gun in My Hand, was designed and sewn by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. 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 doesn’t make my butt look big? This Gun in My Hand!

Show Notes:
1. The first appearance of Zonina was in episode 15, “Gun Buyback,” though her name was not mentioned at the time. The first appearance of Caroline “Ma” Desty was in episode 24, “Consulting Defectives.”

2. Lose yourself down a rabbit hole of local monster truck tv commercials:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx35Jqwe1-iHXuMGTQdkpvml0QY4WSJPK

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.

The music playing beneath the fake fashion show/hotrod truck pull nationals ad is the opening from the public domain film Death Machines (1976).

The image accompanying this episode is a modified public domain ad, Trench Coat by Hitchenbrook or Hinchinbrook (Army & Navy Stores 1918), artist unknown.

Heist Row Maestro - Episode 47

Can Falk and Roberta resist the mind-melting music of the Heist Row Maestro? Can he hear the future? Should a grown man take on an underage sidekick, regardless of gender? Find out!

Heist Row Maestro, episode 47 of This Gun in My Hand, was orchestrated by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. 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’ll make you sing a different tune? This Gun in My Hand!

Show Notes:
1. Parabellum City is not meant to represent any specific place in our real world, but one of the businesses mentioned on Verf Street is an easter egg for 80s kids who grew up within range of Detroit tv signals. “Dittrich Furs” in Detroit and Bloomfield Hills produced epic tv commercials of women wearing long fur coats while snow skiing and riding horses, with an unforgettable jingle. https://youtu.be/g3XTP2XJEwU

2. Falk confronted a valkyrie, possibly in his dreams, in episode 46, “Who Do You Think You Are?”

3. Personally I love “Rockin’ Robin” (public domain in the US because copyright was never renewed). Falk is just set in his ways in terms of musical preferences, and won’t appreciate it when he eventually hears rock and roll.

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.

Sound Effect Title: "Door, Wooden, Close, A (H6 MS).wav"
By InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/411789/

Tiptoe sound effect: Xylophone E1
By DANMITCH3LL
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
https://freesound.org/people/DANMITCH3LL/sounds/232007/

Sound effect title: 175bpm_classical_running_freak.wav
By giacomelli
License: Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0
https://freesound.org/people/giacomelli/sounds/95763/

Music title: The Razing of Heaven
By Joseph Earwicker
License: “Feel free to use this or any other of my pieces of music labeled ‘royalty free’ in your own projects!  Please just credit me and link back to the original video.”
https://youtu.be/HTuT45gKdp4

Music title: Crazy Words, Crazy Tune
Performed by: Frank Crumit; Frank Banta (Rob Northrup vocals over the music)
Written by: Jack Yellen; Milton Ager
License: Public Domain
https://archive.org/details/78_crazy-words-crazy-tune-vo-do-de-o_frank-crumit-frank-banta-jack-yellen-milton-a_gbia0056604b

Music Title: Pennies From Heaven
Performed by: Hal Kemp And His Orchestra with vocals by Maxine Grey
Written by: John Burke; Arthur Johnston
License: Public Domain
https://archive.org/details/78_pennies-from-heaven_hal-kemp-and-his-orchestra-maxine-grey-john-burke-arthur-johnst_gbia0151539b

Sound effect title: HARP GLISSANDO DOWN.WAV
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/olver/sounds/505064/

Music Title: DIE WALKURE-RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES Part 1
Performed by Victor Symphony Orchestra, 1939
Written by Richard Wagner
License: Public Domain
https://archive.org/details/78_die-walkure-ride-of-the-valkyries-part-1_victor-symphony-orchestra-wagner_gbia0132049a

Music Title: Rockin’ Robin
Performed by Bobby Day, 1957
Written by Jimmie Thomas (Leon René)
License: Public Domain because copyright was not renewed

Stripper music with wolf whistles from the public domain film The Big Combo (1955).

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

Sound Effect Title: Wood Break.boaay
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/BOAAY/sounds/520720/

The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a panel from the public domain comic book The Ghost Rider No. 12 (A-1 No. 80), May-June 1953. Pencils by Dick Ayers, Inks by Ernie Bache.