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Baker Street Elementary – The Height of Inanity

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Bullying is nothing new. Amid the latest anti-bullying campaigns, it's instructive to note that humans have been dealing with bullies and aggressive behavior since our earliest days.<br />
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Even in the animal kingdom, we see instances of alpha male behavior and even exclusion of some weaker members of tribes by certain groups.<br />
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A quick glance at the Sherlock Holmes Canon will turn up any number of mentions of bullies: <b>*</b><br />
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<li>"A more perfect compound of the bully, coward, and sneak than <b>Master Silas Brown</b> I have seldom met with" was how Holmes referred to a suspect. [SILV]</li>
<li><b>Moriarty</b> was perhaps even more intimidating than a bully, as his conversational style had "a conviction of sincerity which a mere bully could not produce," according to Holmes. [FINA]</li>
<li><b>Jack Woodley</b> was "a dreadful person, a bully to everyone else," according to Violet Smith. [SOLI]</li>
<li>When cornered by a victim, <b>Charles Augustus Milverton</b>, one of the greatest bullies-by-blackmailing that London knew, countered with a weak and eventually ineffective "Don't imagine that you can bully me." [CHAS]</li>
<li>When instructed that one of his officers may have allowed a citizen into a crime scene, <b>Inspector Lestrade</b> demonstrated his authority: "a few moments later his bullying voice sounded from the back room." [SECO]</li>
<li>Very effective at keeping visitors away, <b>Colonel Emsworth</b> "was sometimes a bully." [BLAN]</li>
<li>And we can't forget <b>Watson</b> himself, who in his schoolboy years, participated in the bullying of Percy 'Tadpole' Phelps, the nephew of a great conservative politician. Watson admitted that "it seemed rather a piquant thing to us to chevy him about the playground and hit him over the shins with a wicket." [NAVA]</li>
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Because children are pretty much the same all over the world, it should be no surprise that we find some bullies at Baker Street Elementary. But we may also find their protectors there as well.</div>
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Baker Street Elementary – The Height of Inanity

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Episode 156: The Complete Paget Portfolio

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You're probably familiar with Stan Lee's work, as the Marvel universe continues to have its day in the sun. Lee is probably most famous for creating Spider-Man, but he's behind other Marvel wonders such as the Incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four, X-Men and more.<br />
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Stan Lee, the creator who made True Believers of us all, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/stan-lee-dead-marvel-comics-real-life-superhero-was-95-721450" target="_blank">died yesterday at the age of 95</a>.<br />
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How fascinating! It made us want to dig a little deeper and determine where there might have been some overlap in the Marvel universe and Sherlock Holmes. We're not comic book experts, so we may need your help on this one, True Believers.<br />
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The first obvious stop was the Marvel Preview two-part feature of <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i>, published in 1976.<br />
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Then, of course we turned to our old friend Jerry Margolin, the sine qua non of Sherlockian art collectors, has some original Sherlockian artwork of Will Eisner. Stan Lee was the 1994 recipient of the Will Eisner award. But more importantly, Jerry (who was our guest on <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose16" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 16</a>) has this image of Spider-Man in a deerstalker and Inverness cape:<br />
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Now we turn to Sherlock Holmes impersonators. In doing so we find that Robert Downey, Jr. has played Tony Stark (aka Iron Man) in a number of Marvel films and Benedict Cumberbatch appeared as Dr. Strange.<br />
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And our final connection is a trifling one, but as Sherlock Holmes said, "there is nothing so important as <a href="http://sherlockholmespodcast.com/" target="_blank">trifles</a>." [TWIS]  In his monthly column in the 1960s, Lee would sign off with his trademark motto, "<b>Excelsior</b>!" While it is also the New York State motto, we can't deny that the phrase also made its way into the Canon in "<b>The Adventure of the Creeping Man</b>," with this exchange between Holmes and Watson, respectively:<br />
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Have you the effrontery necessary to put it through?"<br />
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Have we missed any Marvel references that may provide more clues to Stan Lee's early inspiration? Do let us know in the comments section.<br />
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Remembering Stan Lee

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Baker Street Elementary – Cavity Search

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Throughout the course of his adult life, Sherlock Holmes must have had dental problems.<br />
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We're aware of the complaints he mentioned, such as getting his canine knocked out by Matthews, in the waiting room of Charing Cross Station [EMPT]. And how he would have been well-advised to take protective precautions for his teeth when he boxed against McMurdo [SIGN].<br />
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Any serious dental work on Sherlock Holmes must have been easily hidden. After all, it was Arthur Pinner's gold-stuffed tooth that gave him away [STOC]. Surely Holmes's many disguises would have required inconspicuous dental work so as to keep his identity a secret.<br />
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More observations like this are available in a letter from from Charles S. Wilson, D.D.S. to Charles Goodman, D.D.S. under the title "The Dental Holmes" from <i>Profile By Gaslight</i>.<br />
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Remembering Wah Wah Watson

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<b>"the distant Wahsatch Mountains" [STUD]</b></h4>
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The name Wah Wah Watson may be familiar to music fans around the world, but to Sherlockians, his name may be a bit more obscure. But his music style was ubiquitous.<br />
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Born Melvin Ragin, he became known as Wah Wah Watson after his extensive use of the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/obituaries/wah-wah-watson-dead.html" target="_blank">wah-wah pedal</a> that he used for his guitar which he played with dozens of bands and lead singers such as The Supremes, Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, and more.<br />
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<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/obituaries/wah-wah-watson-dead.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries&action=click&contentCollection=obituaries&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=6&pgtype=sectionfront" target="_blank">Mr. Ragin passed away</a> last week at the age of 67.<br />
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The wah-wah effect originated in the 1920s when musicians moved mutes in and out of their trumpet and trombone bells. We're sure you've <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msh45Mruxbo" target="_blank">seen this in action</a>.<br />
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Ragin used the effect on his guitar and it created a signature tune throughout the late 60s and 70s.<br />
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The reason we're mentioning Wah Wah Watson here isn't only because of his name. In 1976, he released his own album titled <i>Elementary</i>, featuring Watson on the cover wearing a deerstalker and with a meerschaum pipe.<br />
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This would have been at the height of Sherlock Holmes fervor that was spurred on by <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose85" target="_blank">Nicholas Meyer, BSI</a> ("A Fine Morocco Case") and his book and film <i>The Seven Per-Cent Solution</i>. [Listen to our interview with Meyer in <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose85" target="_blank">Episode 85</a>.]<br />
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Here's the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQEAfwi-Ed8" target="_blank">extended release versio</a>n of the album, for your listening pleasure:<br />
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Other than the role that chicken played in "Wisteria Lodge" and cows in "The Priory School," we regret that we can find no mention of <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brown%20chicken%2C%20brown%20cow" target="_blank">brown chickens or brown cows</a> in the Canon.<br />
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Remembering Wah Wah Watson

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October Surprise

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"Just a trifle more, I fancy" [SCAN] </h4>
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We're pleased to provide this update about <a href="http://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/" target="_blank">Trifles</a>, our weekly 15-minute show in which we talk about one or two issues that we've noticed within the Sherlock Holmes stories. It's an approach that we hope brings more people into our fold who are new to Sherlock Holmes and are fascinated with the details within the story, or who may have some questions about what they read.<br />
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We kicked of the month of October with Episode 92, a discussion of <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles92" target="_blank">Telegrams</a>. Not only the sending and receiving of these short messages at Baker Street, but the history of the industry as well.<br />
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Then we sat proceeded to Episode 93 for our monthly feature "<b>Inside 221B</b>" that looks at some of the physical objects we find in the flat at Baker Street. We decided to <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles93">Have a Seat</a> and pondered the various types of chairs and other seating arrangements of note in the Canon.<br />
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Our next regular monthly feature, "<b>Unpublished Cases,</b>" has to do with tales that didn't make it to the public. Episode 94 brought us into contact with the peculiar persecution of <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles94">John Vincent Harden</a>. Just who was he?<br />
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And finally Episode 96 gave us a chance to celebrate Halloween with <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles96">Trick or Treat</a>. Sherlock Holmes's legendary use of disguises came early on in the stories. We explore when and how he donned various costumes.<br />
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Episode 155: The Annotated Leslie S. Klinger

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Without a doubt, one of the greatest Sherlock Holmes scholars of our time is Les Klinger, BSI ("The Abbey Grange"). Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, he updated and expanded the landmark <i>Annotated Sherlock Holmes</i> by William S. Baring-Gould, BSI ("The <i>Gloria Scott</i>"). His work took on two forms: The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, published by W.W. Norton, and The Sherlock Holmes Reference Library, published by Wessex Press.</div>
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<li><a href="http://www.lesliesklinger.com/">Leslie S. Klinger's website</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://lesliesklinger.com/books/the-new-annotated-sherlock-holmes-vol-1-2/synopsis/"><em>The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes</em></a></li>
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Episode 155: The Annotated Leslie S. Klinger

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Previously Unknown Beeton's For Sale

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The first appearance of Sherlock Holmes was in <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>, which appeared in <i>Beeton's Christmas Annual </i>of 1887, which the <a href="http://www.bestofsherlock.com/beetons-christmas-annual.htm#Antique"><i>Antique Trader Vintage Magazines Price Guide</i></a> called "the most expensive magazine in the world."<br />
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There were 33 known copies in existence, which Randall Stock, BSI ("South African Securities") lists on his Best of Sherlock website under <a href="http://www.bestofsherlock.com/beetons-christmas-annual.htm">Beeton's Christmas Annual 1887: An Annotated Checklist and Census</a>.<br />
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However, an entry on Peter L. Stern's page on AbeBooks.com recently turned up a <b>34th</b> copy of the Beeton's, <a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22894373890&searchurl=bi%3D0%26ds%3D30%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3Dbeeton%2527s%26vci%3D38038&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1">listed for $75,000</a>. The description is as follows:<br />
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First Edition; with the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes. Bound without wrappers or advertisements in contemporary paper-covered boards (very lightly rubbed) with a cloth spine titled 'A Study in Scarlet.' The text is unusually fresh. In a custom quarter-morocco slipcase. With four illustrations by D.H. Friston, two of which feature the earliest depiction of Holmes, not yet characterized by the indelible image by Paget the public has held since 1891. Most copies known lack all or part of the wrappers and ads, as the present copy does. We are aware of only two complete copies sold in the last thrity-five years or more. By now, the story of Doyle's misfortune in publishing this story is well-known; he sold the entire copyright for £25. The Annual sold out quickly, as did the 1888 book edition. The following decades saw hundreds of editions, most of them piracies. While Doyle reaped little benefit from this novel, he didn't make the same mistake twice. So far as its historical importance goes, it's all been said before. Suffice it for us to add that in the field of detective fiction (or, perhaps, for popular fiction in general), A Study in Scarlet was the equivalent of the invention of the electric light bulb. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted. Bookseller Inventory # 36220</blockquote>
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More details about this copy are <a href="http://www.bestofsherlock.com/beetons-christmas-annual.htm#R34">available here</a>.<br />
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The last copy that sold as bound without wrappers or advertisements was sold at Bonhams Oxford for $36,500. There's no indication that the copy above is that same copy.<br />
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So, scrape together the funds, take out a second mortgage, drain the retirement savings. It's very rare that a Beeton's comes on the market.<br />
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