Thursday, July 18, 2024

Zildjian's Away to Shropshire - Episode 108

Comic book line drawing. Inside a circle, a covered carriage speeds down a dusty road followed by a lone horseman. Fluffy white clouds and birds are in the background, with a tree to the left. A yellow caption panel at the top says Zildjian's Away to Shropshire.In gratitude for his assistance, Lord and Lady Pelennor invite Falk to visit their estate. Is there no end to their generosity? Is there no escape? Is chili better than rashers for your supper? Listen to find out!

Zildjian’s Away to Shropshire, episode 108 of This Gun in My Hand, was lorded over 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, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. How do I resolve the endless yearning between two hearts and bring them together? With This Gun in My Hand!

Show Notes:
1. This episode is a spin-off from the fake commercial “Henley’s Away to Shropshire” in episode 73, and partly inspired by season one of Sanditon.

2. Another example of rich or middle class Brits taking strange children into their homes is Wuthering Heights. I’m aware of the fan theory that Heathcliff is an illegitimate son of Mr. Earnshaw, which explains why Earnshaw would favor the boy over his own children. But the cover story Earnshaw apparently expects everyone to believe is that he adopted a kid off the street at random. As Eighteenth Century Brits were wont to do, I guess?

3. Lord Pelennor uses the word “arse,” so it’s not cussing by American standards even though they pronounce it exactly the same way as that other word. Not going to mark this episode as having “explicit language.” 

Credits:
The opening music 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.

Song Title: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629
Composed by Henry Purcell, 1692.
Performed by Carl Pini, John Tunnell, Anthony Pini and Harold Lester.
License: Public Domain
https://musopen.org/music/11140-the-fairy-queen-z629/

Song Title: Consolation, Songs Without Words, Op. 30, No. 3, Adagio non troppo (E major)
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Anonymous
License: Public Domain
https://musopen.org/music/348-songs-without-words-op-30/

Sound Effect Title: Outdoor ambience near a forest with birdsong (Midlands, England)
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/s/727609/ 

Sound Effect Title: R22-05-Two Horses on Dirt Road.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479790/

Sound Effect Title: G52-10-Horse and Buggy.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/437081/

Sound Effect Title: 20070918.galloping.horse.wave
By dobroide
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
https://freesound.org/s/41180/

Sound Effect Title: S01-01_Horse trots in on hard dirt; stops; trotting out.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675422/?

Sound Effect Title: Horse-drawn carriage - Approach and stop.wav
By Sirderf
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
https://freesound.org/s/333680/

Sound Effect Title: stomp01.wav
By JanKoehl
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
https://freesound.org/s/85600/

Sound Effect Title: G38-03-Horse Gallops Through Leaves.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/s/437096/ 

Sound Effect Title: horse snort breathe eat recording
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/s/531429/

Sound Effect Title: Horse Whinny 1.wav
By GoodListener
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
https://freesound.org/s/322445/

Sound Effect Title: Fist banging on wood surface.wav
By 221339
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
https://freesound.org/s/655133/

The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a panel from Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated #1, August 1950, in public domain, pencils and inks by Jim Lavery.

Saturday, July 6, 2024

No Large Bills - Episode 107

Etching of Thomas Jefferson from a 1928 two dollar bill, with portions of one dollar bills at angles in background. To the left of Jefferson's face is the title of this podcast episode, NO LARGE BILLS.

How will Falk and his special guest star cope without a narrator? How many wall angles does this polygon have? You do everything a child says? Listen to find out!

No Large Bills, episode 107 of This Gun in My Hand, was created from dues paid by one person, 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, archives, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What keeps me from paying ransom with large bills? Being broke. And also – This Gun in My Hand!

Show Notes:
1. Enjoy ZaSu Pitts in
The Crooked Circle (1932)
https://youtu.be/mH--iCfpMqk?si=gnz_vRf7OqVu5eYM
So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942)
https://youtu.be/yv4HtlLmgeg?si=mWRSID-fboPfAp76 

2. During my experience of the 1980s, Thursday night at 8 o’clock was time for Michigan Outdoors on your local PBS station, one of my dad’s favorite shows. Astro Police were inspired by the announcer on the radio series Space Patrol (1952-1955), and their activities were inspired by the Dead Kennedys song “Police Truck” (1980) and the rather problematic James Caan and Alan Arkin film which set the standard for buddy cop movies, Freebie and the Bean (1974). 

3. Wikipedia says bungalows are single story. I just throw out architectural terms that sound legit. What’s ranch style? What’s Tudor? What’s a “cornice?” I have no idea.

4. Actual old time radio dramas name-checked in this episode: Jack Armstrong, The All-American Boy; The Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen. Not actual old time radio shows: Little Orphan Ayn; Father Clogin; InfoMars with Alex Johansen; Astro Police.  

Credits:
The opening and middle theme music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950); the music used in the Astro Police ad was from Chapter ten of Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars (1938); and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), all three 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: Striking a Match, Burning, Extinguishing
By nebulousflynn
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
https://freesound.org/s/221554/ 

Sound Effect Title: Whoosh02.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/kingsrow/sounds/181578/

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

Sound Effect Title: Deep Space Ship Effect
By hykenfreak
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
https://freesound.org/s/214663/

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

Sound Effect Title: Victorian Twist Doorbell 01
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/Dionysuspsi/sounds/464230/

Song Title: Sassy Jazzy
By LaFaena
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/lafaena/not-shift-free-will/sassy-jazzy/

Sound Effect Title: knock-window-glass.aiff
By stereostereo
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
https://freesound.org/s/124536/

Sound Effect Title: Cutlery drawer
License: Public Domain
http://soundbible.com/591-Cutlery-Drawer.html

Sound Effect Title: Glass Bottle Breaking
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/IENBA/sounds/607910/

Sound Effect Title: Gun Fire
By GoodSoundForYou
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.html

Sound Effect Title: G28-27-Crowd Fast Walla Applause.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438387/

The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the front of a 1928 two dollar bill, and both sides of a 1928 one dollar bill.