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Remembering Peter Sallis

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The actor Peter Sallis <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40165443" target="_blank">has passed away</a> at the age of 96.<br />
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Sallis was best known in the UK for his role as Norman "Cleggy" Clegg in <i>Last of the Summer Wine</i> from its first episode in 1973 until the series concluded in 2010. He was the only actor who appeared on every one of the 295 episodes.<br />
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Internationally — and cross-generationally — he was better known as the voice of Wallace, the cheese lover and inventor, in the Wallace and Gromit animated films by Nick Park.<br />
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But in the world of Sherlock Holmes, Peter Sallis will forever hold our imagination and admiration for his turn as Dr. Watson in the stage production of <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Musical-Adventure-Sherlock-Original-Broadway/dp/B000CQQGVE?ie=UTF8&tag=thebakerstree-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Baker Street</a></i> in 1965. The Jerome Coopersmith / Ray Jessel musical starred Fritz Weaver as Sherlock Holmes, Martin Gable as Professor Moriarty, and Inga Swenson as Irene Adler.<br />
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We interviewed <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2016/11/remembering-fritz-weaver.html#.WTW29GgrLb0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fritz Weaver</a> and spoke with him about his experience in the <i>Baker Street</i> in <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose26" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 26</a> of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere:<br />
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Of all of the audio clips we played from the soundtrack, we did not have an opportunity to play Sallis's signature number as Watson, "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwVwhqUjZOQ" target="_blank">A Married Man</a>." In this emotional number, Watson recalls his life before meeting his beloved Mary, their life together, and then his eventual status as a widower:<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sallis" target="_blank">Peter Sallis</a> had a long and varied career on the stage, television and film. And astute listeners and followers of the BBC Radio adaptation of Sherlock Holmes (ref. <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose68" target="_blank">Episode 68</a> and <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose69" target="_blank">Episode 69</a> with Bert Coules) may recall Sallis as Jonas Oldacre in "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder" with Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes and Michael Williams as Dr. Watson.<br />
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Sallis stopped performing in 2010 after he gradually lost his sight due to macular degeneration. We had asked his manager for assistance in having Sallis on as a guest on IHOSE, but he graciously declined. Even so, we're fortunate to have a record of Sallis's performances in the instances mentioned above.<br />
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Remembering Peter Sallis

"a voice which I shall never forget" [SPEC] The actor Peter Sallis has passed away at the age of 96. Sallis was best known...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary — Pigeon-Holed

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If you're not into cryptography, codes can be vexing. In all fairness, that's what they're designed to do. And we know of a number of times that codes or ciphers are used in the Sherlock Holmes stories. Indeed, in "The Adventure of the Dancing Men," Holmes himself tells us<br />
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But when the uninitiated are on the other end of a code, cracking that code can seem a nearly impossible task. Of course, the creator of the code likely thinks its foolproof, as Abe Slaney did in DANC. But Holmes reminded him that there's always a way: "What one man can invent, another can discover."<br />
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Young Wiggins, Watson and Holmes find out quite the same thing...<br />
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Baker Street Elementary — Pigeon-Holed

"In that great brain of his everything is pigeonholed" [BRUC] If you're not into cryptography, codes can be vexing. In...

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by Scott Monty

Sherlock and the Infatuation with Fashion

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"all London was interested, and the fashionable world dismayed" [EMPT] </h4>
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I was thinking about <i>Sherlock</i> the other day (as I so often do), and suddenly my muse poked me in the tummy (as she often does). The realization dawned on me that fashion actually plays a fairly large role in numerous episodes of <i>Sherlock</i>, and often in quite a negative way. I am not sure what to make of this trend, but take a look at some of these examples and see if you can find a deep, underlying message.<br />
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Maybe Gatiss and Moffat hate the fashion world. Maybe there is an even deeper meaning that hasn't even occurred to me yet because I'm still recovering from my muse punching me in the belly. Anyway, take a gander and see if anything occurs to you.<br />
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<b>A Study in Pink</b></h3>
The title of this episode plays right into my hands, doesn't it? Actually this is what started my pondering. Even though several other "suicides" occur in the episode, much of the focus is spent on the woman in pink. Her pink outfit and the pink bag are discussed in detail as they give Sherlock ideas about her story. Beyond that though, Sherlock analyzes her wedding band and finds bad news (she takes the ring off a lot).<br />
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<b>The Great Game</b></h3>
This episode concentrates on a pair of shoes tied to a very old murder case. Even more pertinent to this argument, however, is that Sherlock makes a rapid and in the end distracting evaluation of Moriarty's character based on how Jim is dressed. Sherlock assumes that Molly has managed to find herself tied up with a gay man based on Moriarty's hair styling and way of dressing. Later we find out that in fact Moriarty did that on purpose to capture Sherlock's attention. Are Gatiss and Moffat playing with fashion to capture our attention or distract us from something else?<br />
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<b>The Sign of Three</b></h3>
Although one of the sweeter and more suspenseful episodes, I'm afraid to tell you fashion also plays a dreadful role here. In this case, belt buckles associated with military uniforms do the damage. Fashion does not seem to be a neutral player, now does it?<br />
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<b>The Hat</b></h3>
Perhaps all of this is a revolt against Sherlock's hat. Along with a pipe, most people, when they picture Sherlock Holmes, probably picture that cute little hat (I'm a big hat fan). In a way, it has come to define the character in our societal lexicon. In the show, Sherlock of course hates the hat and only wears it at John's pressing (and because the crowds are expecting it). Maybe the whole point is that fashion alone should not be expected to tell the whole story. The hat certainly does not tell the whole story of Sherlock, just as Moriarty's style certainly did not tell the whole story about him.<br />
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On the other hand, maybe this is all just a big coincidence. Maybe my muse was a little drunk the other day, or maybe she is feeling vengeful.<br />
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Sherlock and the Infatuation with Fashion

"all London was interested, and the fashionable world dismayed" [EMPT] I was thinking about Sherlock the other day (as I so...

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by Margie Clayman

Trifling Issues in May

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As you're a regular subscriber here on I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere, you know we have an audio show that airs on the 15th and 30th of every month. We interview notable Sherlockians, discuss items of interest in the news, and delve into issues we're interested in that are in the Canon.<br />
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We've also got a companion show <a href="http://sherlockholmespodcast.com/" target="_blank">Trifles</a>, which airs weekly. If you haven't been getting the updates, we're now up to 22 episodes of energetic talk about some of the minutiae in the Sherlock Holmes stories. And you can <a href="http://forms.feedblitz.com/6ew" target="_blank">sign up for free email updates by clicking here</a>.<br />
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Meanwhile, we thought we'd share a roundup of what we discussed last month. Below you'll find a brief description of each episode, a link to the original posting with show notes, and an embedded audio player so you can listen right here if you care to. (If you're reading this on email, you may need to <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2017/05/trifling-issues-in-may.html" target="_blank">click through to the site</a> to see the audio player.)<br />
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<b>May Update</b></h4>
We began the month by talking about a topic that was connected to current events: horse racing. With the Kentucky Derby happening on May 6, it seemed appropriate to talk about <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles18" target="_blank">some of the events in "Silver Blaze"</a> related to the sport.<br />
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Hot on the heels of that came Mothers Day, which gave us an excuse to talk about <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles19" target="_blank">mothers and mother-like figures in the Sherlock Holmes stories</a>.<br />
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We know that "The Priory School" took place in mid May, as the summer term began on May 1st and Lord Saltire "was last seen on the night of May 13th - that is, the night of last Monday," according to Dr. Huxtable. So we decided to look at <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles20" target="_blank">the relationship between the Duke of Holdernesse and Dr. Thorneycroft Huxtable</a>.<br />
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We move seamlessly from the academy to the public house, by way of <i>Gaudeamus Igitur</i>, and investigate some of the <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles21" target="_blank">pubs, taverns and bars in the Canon</a>. But in order to keep you from passing out in your beer, we do it in the style of a pub quiz. <br />
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What's that, you say? You want <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles22" target="_blank">more pubs, taverns and bars</a>? Well, you're in luck! We had so much to say on the topic that we continued into this episode, and even made a couple of recommendations for stops in London that you should make.<br />
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So there you have the trifling month of May.<br />
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And because you're a regular reader of our site, we'll let you in on a little production secret to Trifles: while the introductions may sound the same, they're not. If you listen carefully, you'll hear three different Sherlock Holmes stories mentioned in each intro. Be sure to collect them all! <i>Shhhhh!—don't tell anyone</i>.<br />
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And stay with us until the <i>very end</i> of each episode. If you do, we'll reward you with a familiar quote.<br />
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