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.