Episode 146: Revision, My Dear Watson

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “a slight nick” [SILV] </h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifrdshtyQ8hLWsKlbpI_VaHk-Zwy6qedZy6LZLJEu1Pbz8HwYOMnqQoRuy7uupo4ELMMoSCffPT3nRC3GkMYzvvgqU-UjT55kukid61QLoLa-saKUoHScbVpIr52RxlcQRANKipI7RbrZq/s1600/IHOSE+146+header.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="1263" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifrdshtyQ8hLWsKlbpI_VaHk-Zwy6qedZy6LZLJEu1Pbz8HwYOMnqQoRuy7uupo4ELMMoSCffPT3nRC3GkMYzvvgqU-UjT55kukid61QLoLa-saKUoHScbVpIr52RxlcQRANKipI7RbrZq/s640/IHOSE+146+header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6709900/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/3a45a9/" style="border: none;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> If you're a regular Sherlockian, you've likely discovered that many other people in this hobby also enjoy Star Trek (which makes the Spock / Leonard Nimoy connections all the more...fascinating, as Spock would say). But how often do you hear from a guest that Irene Adler was the Boba Fett of the Sherlock Holmes stories?<br /> <br /> That's exactly one of the unusual and unique takes we got from Nick Martorelli, BSI ("Seventeen Steps"), the Headmaster of the Priory Scholars of New York, audio producer, and all-around good humored Sherlockian. Nick reminds us that looking across works as a whole, rather than at individual parts, can help us make more sense of things. He shares the premise of a major talk he recently gave at A Scintillation of Scions, which looked at the four long stories in the Sherlock Holmes Canon.<br /> <br /> Plus, if you listen closely, you might hear Nick take a stab at the Priory Scholars school song and tease an upcoming Sherlockian audio book.<br /> <br /> And don't forget to try your hand at the latest <b>Canonical Couplet</b> and win a prize – you don't need to be a<b><i> </i></b><a href="http://ihose.co/ihosepatron" style="font-weight: bold;">Patron of the Arts</a> <i>– </i>now <b style="font-style: italic;">every </b>listener is eligible to participate!<br /> <br /> <div> <div> Information on sponsors, links, and notes available below.</div> <br /> <div style="orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin: 0px;"> <br /></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin: 0px;">  <a href="http://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><img height="40" src="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/widget-images/become-patron-widget-medium%402x.png" style="color: #0000ee; cursor: move;" width="204" /></a></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin: 0px;"> <br /></div> </div> <br /> <br /> Please do consider becoming a <a href="http://ihose.co/ihosepatron">Patron of the Arts</a>. 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Episode 146: Revision, My Dear Watson

“a slight nick” [SILV]  If you're a regular Sherlockian, you've likely discovered that many other people in th...

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by Scott Monty

Happy Anniversary

<h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: start;">"some eleven years ago" [SIGN] </span></h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-VtH7UJMPcADvtaYZIKcWTwgrH-6XeyjBtRSFfuQgtPJgr5rj0-ukZrGgnFIwT-KtmDd53lq3zPT-qyT6k-SLIdE_o9XD9s2ZnhrZpiqg4nHjYbdg0PHjV0S-Ufw92SAiYsZfu5UuWjxy/s1600/IHOSE+anniversary+header.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="290" data-original-width="640" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-VtH7UJMPcADvtaYZIKcWTwgrH-6XeyjBtRSFfuQgtPJgr5rj0-ukZrGgnFIwT-KtmDd53lq3zPT-qyT6k-SLIdE_o9XD9s2ZnhrZpiqg4nHjYbdg0PHjV0S-Ufw92SAiYsZfu5UuWjxy/s640/IHOSE+anniversary+header.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Eleven years ago today – on June 14, 2007 – we broadcast <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose01">the very first episode of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a>. The early episodes were of questionable audio quality, and the cadence of new episodes was fast and uneven. So we burned out ("podfaded" is the industry term) by <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose18">Episode 18</a>.<br /><br />Some 18 months later – our own Great Hiatus – <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose19">we returned</a>. And since then, we've released two episodes per month, typically alternating between one interview show and one show in which we discuss a particular topic. Over the last year, we moved away from the discussion-based episodes as our other show, <a href="http://sherlockholmespodcast.com/">Trifles</a>, as taken hold. The last such episode was from one year ago: <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose123">Episode 122: Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce</a>.<br /><br />Now approaching our 146th episode, we've spoken with some amazing Holmesians from a variety of backgrounds – authors, actors, art collectors, caricaturists, editors, society leaders, teachers, impersonators, playwrights, publishers, poker players, Pulitzer Prize winners, Oscar winners, directors, producers, Grammy nominees, bankers, basketball players, bookstore owners, journalists, librarians, retirees, researchers, screenwriters, and of course, Irregulars.<div> <br /></div> <div> And we're not done yet.<br /><div> <br /></div> <div> As you can see, the world of Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts is a microcosm of the world. We'll be continuing our efforts for as long as we can, and we're always in search of interesting people who can share their passion in a way that interests our listeners.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> So, to help us celebrate the 11th anniversary of our show, you can do three things:</div> <div> <ol> <li>Give our show <b>a review</b> on <a href="http://bit.ly/ihearofsherlock">iTunes</a>. </li> <li>Support us on <a href="http://paypal.me/ihose">PayPal</a> or <a href="http://patreon.com/ihearofsherlock">Patreon</a> for our <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2018/06/transcriptions-available-for-ihose.html#.WyKAf6czrb0">transcriptions</a>.</li> <li>Recommend a Sherlockian to appear on our show. Email us at comment AT ihearofsherlock DOT com.</li> </ol> <div> <br /></div> <div> Most importantly, THANK YOU for being a regular follower of our site. We appreciate all of the emails, comments, calls, chats, and other interactions that have shown your enthusiasm and support over the years. We couldn't do it without you.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> --</div> <div> <br /></div> </div> </div>

Happy Anniversary

"some eleven years ago" [SIGN]  Eleven years ago today – on June 14, 2007 – we broadcast the very first episode of I Hear of ...

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by Scott Monty

Transcriptions Available for IHOSE Podcast Episodes

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> <b>"In glancing over my notes" [SPEC]</b></h4> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRIWA7U1d9mc5ri__b9TG4tXYj7GnbbtuKOl8Ss_JOqo4IdszxwIT9ALwD2gKfiGbmrB7wDWZVvgIru7VxvSp46jZh5rlsb92HlIuIlyw5WEMsgv7gw3C4i_ye1ppCAocPOKqqxUfmUcHw/s1600/G2B4+Reichenbach+Note.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRIWA7U1d9mc5ri__b9TG4tXYj7GnbbtuKOl8Ss_JOqo4IdszxwIT9ALwD2gKfiGbmrB7wDWZVvgIru7VxvSp46jZh5rlsb92HlIuIlyw5WEMsgv7gw3C4i_ye1ppCAocPOKqqxUfmUcHw/s640/G2B4+Reichenbach+Note.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Since we began the I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere audio program (or podcast, if you will) <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose01">eleven years ago this week</a>, we've been thrilled with the variety of guests and topics we've been able to host.</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> And each episode, we attempt to provide <a href="http://ihose.co/ihoseshows">a set of show notes</a> that round out the listening experiences: a brief summary, time stamps for various parts of the conversation (when we can), sponsors, links to topics covered, and ways to rate or review the show, get in touch with us, and provide monetary support.</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Did you know that each episode has its own short code? For example, the first episode can be found at <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose01">ihose.co/ihose01</a>; the 103rd show can be found at <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose103">ihose.co/ihose103</a>; etc. A list of the <b>Show Archives</b> can be found in the site's navigation (under "Listen") or by simply typing <a href="http://ihose.co/ihoseshows">ihose.co/ihoseshows</a>.</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> But more recently, we added something that we've wanted to include for some time: <b>transcriptions</b>.</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>"transcribing my own letters" [HOUN]</b></h3> <div style="text-align: left;"> We've long wanted to offer transcriptions, but the technology that provided them was immature, too expensive, or the post-transcription editing process required too much time. As the monetary support for the show has grown, we've taken the leap—despite being short on funds—to have each show transcribed (more on that in a moment).</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> We have a number of followers who have hearing issues, and they expressed an interest in the show, but also voiced their frustration in not being able to follow along with a transcription. So we made it our priority to find the right vendor and get this done.</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> If you go to the <a href="http://ihose.co/ihoseshows">Show Archives</a> page, you'll be able to see which episodes have been transcribed to date: there is a red asterisk associated with those that are complete. We are working our way through the backlog. </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <b>"expensive habits" [BERY]</b></h3> <div style="text-align: left;"> We pay per minute of show, so we need to account for the expense of transcribing them—particularly the longer ones. We have <a href="http://patreon.com/ihearofsherlock">Patreon</a> and <a href="http://paypal.me/ihose">PayPal</a> set up to make it possible to accept funds.</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Patreon works like an ongoing support plan—much like monthly NPR or PBS support works. We simply charge patrons per show that we produce; if you don't produce a show, patrons aren't charged. We need to reach the <b>$100 per episode</b> level to make transcriptions affordable. We're currently $33 per episode short of that goal.</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Below is a sample transcription from a recent episode. While it doesn't contain the musical cues or sound clips and sound effects, it should give you a sense of what we discuss.</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Won't you join others in making IHOSE accessible for more Sherlockians around the world? Consider becoming a supporter on <a href="http://patreon.com/ihearofsherlock">Patreon</a> or <a href="http://paypal.me/ihose">PayPal</a> today.</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div> <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/379274891/Transcript-I-Hear-of-Sherlock-Everywhere-Episode-143-PG-Wodehouse-Sherlock-Holmes">Transcript - I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere Episode 143: PG Wodehouse & Sherlock Holmes</a><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="0.7729220222793488" data-auto-height="false" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_95213" scrolling="no" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/379274891/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-2RTHnR0fK82ccC7z7wLy&show_recommendations=true" title="Transcript - I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere Episode 143: PG Wodehouse & Sherlock Holmes" width="100%"></iframe><br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> --<br /> <br /></div>

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"In glancing over my notes" [SPEC] Since we began the I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere audio program (or podcast, if you will)...

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by Scott Monty

221: A Magic Number

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "There are the numbers up" [SILV] </h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVZ47_8-jiJgZglprHyUuwiFLb4A7nmN7XlfQqK6MSI07r-R-NKv4YccCxvwCvNazVz0ar03RPkNbsP0vjJMQ7ItIfeBkJpnG4deARSmi_Hg22_y3TfUEA5-g7ch8RGoWQLwkQRWwFXZk/s1600/221B+Fanlight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="600" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVZ47_8-jiJgZglprHyUuwiFLb4A7nmN7XlfQqK6MSI07r-R-NKv4YccCxvwCvNazVz0ar03RPkNbsP0vjJMQ7ItIfeBkJpnG4deARSmi_Hg22_y3TfUEA5-g7ch8RGoWQLwkQRWwFXZk/s640/221B+Fanlight.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Over the course of a dozen years, things can fly by when we're busy. On the other hand, time seems to come to a standstill when we're waiting for something. This seems to be the case between our recording sessions and the releases of our episodes.<br /> <br /> The always astute <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/search/label/James%20O%27Leary#.Wxl5AUiUvb1">James O'Leary</a> brought something to our attention yesterday. He said that with the addition of <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles75">Trifles Episode 75</a> and <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose145">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere Episode 145</a>, we now have the magic number of 221 episodes published.<br /> <br /> Before you take us to task for poor math skills, we did have a special <a href="http://ihose.co/freesherlock">Free Sherlock</a> episode that was unnumbered, so that would bring us to the full 221. And let's face it: every time a Sherlockian sees the number 221 displayed somewhere, it has a special significance to us – we're geeky that way. Why, just look at the posting time of this post on our site.<br /> <br /> If you'd like to get caught up on back episodes, we've got you covered. Players for each show are below. You can also subscribe on the podcast player of your choice. 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221: A Magic Number

"There are the numbers up" [SILV]  Over the course of a dozen years, things can fly by when we're busy. On the other hand...

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by Scott Monty

Pigging Out on Sherlock Holmes

<h4 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="text-align: start;">"It's surely time that I disappeared into that little farm of my dreams." [CROO] </span></h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVTs4llboX7-Qat-231JEcAhyteDt8MT4vu1upwhnqM_93DzuRI8XJcOhosAfUq4JWO05JHCuU3CIWXqERIJx6d37BMTkYv_fCkRdReI_olLsMU5dj2SE4Vm0lSQSOOc1tSSOf6XW7SgV/s1600/Freddy+the+Detective.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1073" data-original-width="1561" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVTs4llboX7-Qat-231JEcAhyteDt8MT4vu1upwhnqM_93DzuRI8XJcOhosAfUq4JWO05JHCuU3CIWXqERIJx6d37BMTkYv_fCkRdReI_olLsMU5dj2SE4Vm0lSQSOOc1tSSOf6XW7SgV/s640/Freddy+the+Detective.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br />It was upon the second weekend of November of last year that I found myself in the venerable though comfortable quarters of the <a href="https://www.gananoqueinn.com/">Gananoque Inn</a>, a few minutes' drive from the American border, settling in to talk about… pigs.<br /><br />There were about 18 of us, members of the <a href="http://freddythepig.org/">Friends of Freddy</a>, from both sides of the border, demographically and temperamentally a lot like Sherlockians, and quite prepared to spend a day and a half chatting about Freddy (the pig), Jinx (the cat), and the other anthropomorphic animals who figure in 26 books written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_R._Brooks">Walter R. Brooks</a> between 1927 and 1958. There was a time when ten-year-olds stormed public libraries every Saturday morning looking for the Freddy books, and they're now considered excellent reading-aloud material. The Friends of Freddy are mostly of an age to remember reading the books when we were children, and seek to promote them to new generations.<br /><br />I found myself on the convention's program to give a half-hour talk under the title "Two Great Detectives: Freddy and Sherlock Holmes." Mostly I was sharing a few thoughts about one of the 26 books, <i>Freddy the Detective</i>, which I consider to be the best of the series. I'm not sure, after all these years, whether I first liked Detective because of my enthusiasm for Sherlock Holmes, or whether I got interested in Sherlock Holmes because of Detective.<br /><br />As the story begins, Freddy the pig is shadowing his fellow animals on the Bean farm. "I got the idea," he says, "from a book I found in the barn, <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i>. It's the best book I've come across in a long time, and you'll admit I know something about literature."<br /><br />He finds himself working to solve a real mystery when the toy train belonging to the human boy and girl on the farm disappears. He unearths clues, including green paint scratches and grey hairs, and eventually brings the crime home to the perpetrators, old Simon the rat (Freddy's Moriarty) and his criminous family. It takes a while, though: "Even Sherlock Holmes couldn't do everything in a minute," Freddy tells Jinx defensively. There are, of course, complications and subplots, including the appearance of a "city detective," provocatively named Montague Boner.<br /><br /><i>Freddy the Detective</i> was published by Knopf in 1932. It was the third book in the Freddy series, but the first to set what became a pattern in the ensuing two decades with <i>Freddy the Magician</i>, <i>Freddy Goes Camping</i>, <i>Freddy the Pilot</i>, and so on. There have been a number of subsequent editions of Detective, and it is now <a href="http://www.overlookpress.com/freddy-the-detective.html">in print from Overlook Press</a>.<br /><br />As I did a little research to prepare my talk for the Friends of Freddy, I realized that Detective's appearance in 1932 was no coincidence. The death of Arthur Conan Doyle in 1930 had led to publication of Doubleday's two-volum<i>e </i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Sherlock-Holmes-Fifty-Six-Adventures/dp/B000N770O4"><i>The Complete Sherlock Holmes</i></a> and a burst of new interest in Sherlock Holmes. William Gillette was winding up his final "farewell tour" as Holmes, which had begun in 1929. <i><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/01/sherlock-holmes-and-sleeping-cardinal.html">Sherlock Holmes' Fatal Hour</a></i>, starring Arthur Wontner, had been released in 1931, and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Speckled_Band_(1931_film)">The Speckled Band</a> </i>with Raymond Massey followed. In Britain, three books of general Holmesiana had appeared by 1932, including T. S. Blakeney's immortal <i>Sherlock Holmes: Fact or Fiction?</i> <br /><br />In fact, 1932 was the peak of the third "Sherlock Holmes boom", after 1892 and 1902, and in that context, it's no real surprise that Brooks seized on a prominent figure in popular culture to give his pig book extra appeal. It is by no means a traditional pastiche, but it can easily be classified under the umbrella of fanfiction — Farmlock?<br /><br />As for Walter R. Brooks, he continued writing until his death in 1958: not just the Freddy books, but scores of short stories for the adult market, published in the <i>Saturday Evening Post</i> and many other magazines, as well as one novel, <i>Ernestine Takes Over</i>. His best-known legacy, apart from Freddy, is the talking horse Mister Ed, the central character in a dozen short stories that led to a television comedy series in the 1960s. <br /><br />--<div> <br /><br /></div>

Pigging Out on Sherlock Holmes

"It's surely time that I disappeared into that little farm of my dreams." [CROO]  It was upon the second weekend of Novemb...

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by Chris Redmond

Baker Street Elementary – A Monstrous Sense of Humor

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "I'll humour you" [DYIN] </h4> <div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> What was Sherlock Holmes's sense of humor like? Did he even have a sense of humor? It wasn't until "The Priory School" (the 31st story, part of <i>The Return of Sherlock Holmes</i>) that we read about Holmes's "admirable good humour."<br /> <br /> Not long afterward in "Black Peter" we see “Well, well,” said Holmes, good-humouredly. “We all learn by experience.” Similarly in "The Three Students," Sherlock Holmes had been performing some research on early English charters when he was interrupted by Hilton Soames with a a problem, and Holmes didn't want distractions. But soon, Watson wrote that Holmes "was recovering his good-humour as his attention became more engrossed by the case." Both stories were in <i>The Return</i>.<br /> <br /> Of course, the most frequently cited and widely recognized turn of phrase regarding humor is in <i>The Valley of Fear</i>, in which Holmes comments on Watson's little joke:<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> “A touch! A distinct touch!” cried Holmes. “You are developing a certain unexpected vein of pawky humour, Watson, against which I must learn to guard myself.”</blockquote> If we can infer Sherlock Holmes's sense of humor by his physical reactions – that is, his smiles, chuckles and laughter – there are opportunities to do that. As early as <i>A Study in Scarlet</i> and "A Scandal in Bohemia," we have the simple phrase "Holmes laughed." Soon afterword we find "Holmes laughed softly to himself," [BOSC] and again "Holmes laughed" [BLUE].<br /> <br /> In other instances, Holmes laughed "heartily" [REIG], "good-naturedly" [PRIO], and "good-humoredly" [WIST]. And he seemed to chuckle quite a bit as well, including "heartily" [SPEC] and while "rubbing his hands" [SOLI, VALL].<br /> <br /> There are also numerous instances of Holmes smiling; Steven Rothman ("<i>The Valley of Fear</i>") <a href="https://twitter.com/search?l=&q=%23NationalSmileDay%20from%3ABakerStJournal&src=typd">compiled a few examples</a> of that on the <a href="http://twitter.com/bakerstjournal">@BakerStJournal</a> Twitter account on National Smile Day. And Jeremy Brett brought a unique and warmer aspect to Holmes through humor, which is chronicled in <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/04/jeremy-brett-with-wink-and-smile.html">With a Wink and a Smile</a>.<br /> <br /> And so we head over to Baker Street Elementary, where as at most schools, the boys are busy trying to crack each other up...<br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikDhzoW3jC-CbhMqGCtElZLoBmViqoBXcyQEOoghbGIMSccLzcJF2K7IqV5OMVt-pGnJqBLnFy0Moigdd2XW0U3MyD9UYijI0V7fHtOPnUXYTDo03BXf0P42dNuOCiHxthHjfYrVwCzhj1/s1600/Slide1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikDhzoW3jC-CbhMqGCtElZLoBmViqoBXcyQEOoghbGIMSccLzcJF2K7IqV5OMVt-pGnJqBLnFy0Moigdd2XW0U3MyD9UYijI0V7fHtOPnUXYTDo03BXf0P42dNuOCiHxthHjfYrVwCzhj1/s640/Slide1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIVKKIc1W5-f3UtpagV3Qkig4MPGvfJKyMtxsSUek-i99PuG68sxpchXna_nSM-Uxv_GJINgAZZKbwpRArozMGVD1Y2Ht1qdws5K6iwrgXROmiqke9o79i9c1SWEQsjoHGPPD_KWcUgzHZ/s1600/Slide2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIVKKIc1W5-f3UtpagV3Qkig4MPGvfJKyMtxsSUek-i99PuG68sxpchXna_nSM-Uxv_GJINgAZZKbwpRArozMGVD1Y2Ht1qdws5K6iwrgXROmiqke9o79i9c1SWEQsjoHGPPD_KWcUgzHZ/s640/Slide2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEn4h3sqQ14Wpxhof4bL_j0-Er5l4eQTUKtojW4Jm0zlAgYzExGhJhVfM1rS5E4HPO2g2UB5O6N-KRE1m2n_SqEr6il1PmRi6lzeodil2_Qtaj-2IY5uzordGKm8jvPCmWfNP39JooZWa/s1600/Slide3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEn4h3sqQ14Wpxhof4bL_j0-Er5l4eQTUKtojW4Jm0zlAgYzExGhJhVfM1rS5E4HPO2g2UB5O6N-KRE1m2n_SqEr6il1PmRi6lzeodil2_Qtaj-2IY5uzordGKm8jvPCmWfNP39JooZWa/s640/Slide3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmhu4EbhmfznHectTm26UfSbsi1bYxWTuYhKm9ePDjMdel65jXUdETIbpM6mNt43qPFCmBeuEvZsTnWJ9ARgzHtxlqwVLgXhk3NfAHiFhnBLyuZClelp4wrozYwm7a59e5IQQKkAYVCxc/s1600/Slide4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmhu4EbhmfznHectTm26UfSbsi1bYxWTuYhKm9ePDjMdel65jXUdETIbpM6mNt43qPFCmBeuEvZsTnWJ9ARgzHtxlqwVLgXhk3NfAHiFhnBLyuZClelp4wrozYwm7a59e5IQQKkAYVCxc/s640/Slide4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> Incidentally, Leslie Klinger, BSI ("Abbey Grange"), whom you may remember from IHOSE episodes <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose31">31</a>, <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose32">32</a> and <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose105">105</a> is the editor of many annotated editions, including <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/New-Annotated-Frankenstein-Mary-Shelley/dp/0871409496">The New Annotated Frankenstein</a></i>.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">.</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: "times new roman"; text-align: center;"> <div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">--</span><br /> <div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div> <div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Baker Street Elementary – A Monstrous Sense of Humor

"I'll humour you" [DYIN]  What was Sherlock Holmes's sense of humor like? Did he even have a sense of humor? It wa...

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by Scott Monty

Trifling Issues in May

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "this may be some trifling intrigue" [SOLI] </h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQy0hwK5k3rHqS0DBzk2FhBFzcSVocLN1HwUlXePZidfhc_MMOAMIax7bxFi5qpLGmdaYPuBwCiNdK5L5mru97-1cJD2kYnM444sXPtlL6u8mZL6Hld0XKeda5DEfIhpKxJigj6V0PrKOI/s1600/Trifles+-+Social+sharing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="1600" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQy0hwK5k3rHqS0DBzk2FhBFzcSVocLN1HwUlXePZidfhc_MMOAMIax7bxFi5qpLGmdaYPuBwCiNdK5L5mru97-1cJD2kYnM444sXPtlL6u8mZL6Hld0XKeda5DEfIhpKxJigj6V0PrKOI/s640/Trifles+-+Social+sharing.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> If you frequent this site, you're certainly familiar with our nearly <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2018/06/happy-anniversary.html#.Wyh07qczrb0">11 year-long show</a>, in which we interview notable Sherlockians who are doing their part to keep the memory of Sherlock Holmes green. The program <b>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</b> has evolved over that decade, but we're on a steady cadence of long-form interviews on the 15th and 30th of every month.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, over on <a href="http://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/">Trifles</a>, we're engaged in something different: we have short discussions of about 15 minutes in length every week 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 /> <br /> <br /> And now, on with the recap of <a href="http://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2018/05/">our May shows</a>.<br /> <br /> <h3> <b>May Update</b></h3> We're still on track, solving the mysteries of some of the questions you hear us ask in our various introductions. Have you noticed that there's a different narration with our theme song each week? The first week of May began with <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles70">The Worst Parents in the Canon</a>, as a nod toward Mothers Day. But you wouldn't want any of these people as your actual parental units.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: left;"> <iframe frameborder="0" height="185" sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-popups" scrolling="no" src="https://embed.radiopublic.com/e?if=sherlock-holmes-trifles-GqnV0O&ge=s1!3c04205ca5c364ffa670819808712b05bf4eead1" width="100%"></iframe><br /></div> <br /> <br /> And then in Episode 71, we continued our monthly feature "<b>Inside 221B</b>" that looks at some of the physical objects we find in the flat at 221B Baker Street. <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles71">Where There's Smoke</a> wafted around odd things related to Sherlock Holmes's smoking habits: namely, the Persian slipper, coal scuttle, and more.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: left;"> <iframe frameborder="0" height="185" sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-popups" scrolling="no" src="https://embed.radiopublic.com/e?if=sherlock-holmes-trifles-GqnV0O&ge=s1!29f310cd654b351979f65186a4e180a37730be6c" width="100%"></iframe><br /></div> <br /> <br /> Our next monthly feature "<b>Unpublished Cases</b>" has to do with tales that didn't make it to the public and that Watson kept in his famous tin box. Our focus was on <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles72">The Abernetty Family</a>, that notorious murder that was solved because of Holmes's attention on the case thanks to a certain garnish.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: left;"> <iframe frameborder="0" height="185" sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-popups" scrolling="no" src="https://embed.radiopublic.com/e?if=sherlock-holmes-trifles-GqnV0O&ge=s1!f7b0d7ae0c3682bfcf46b56b8990af29a6f06657" width="100%"></iframe><br /></div> <br /> <br /> Next up, we tested out a few <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles73">Myths in the Canon</a>, in which we looked at a few things that were believed by certain individuals in the Sherlock Holmes stories, then later proved to be false.<br /> <br /> <iframe frameborder="0" height="185" sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-popups" scrolling="no" src="https://embed.radiopublic.com/e?if=sherlock-holmes-trifles-GqnV0O&ge=s1!4129dc74bb60937b54ba39c600914e0d2a68d235" width="100%"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> And finally (May was a long month!) we decided to pull back the curtain on <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles74">The Administrative Side of Baker Street</a> and suppose what Sherlock Holmes had to deal with the day-to-day aspects of running a consultancy, as any entrepreneur would.<br /> <br /> <iframe frameborder="0" height="185" sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-popups" scrolling="no" src="https://embed.radiopublic.com/e?if=sherlock-holmes-trifles-GqnV0O&ge=s1!7d2d423f6a9f7110093b45d1c1a58e279ae252a1" width="100%"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> <h3> <b>A Question for You</b></h3> Do you have burning questions you'd like answered? Or perhaps you just noticed something on your umpteenth reading of the Canon. Whatever the case may be, please send in your suggestions to us via email at <b>trifles </b>AT <b>ihearofsherlock </b>DOT <b>com</b> and we'll add it to our queue of topics. If you like what you hear, please subscribe to <a href="http://sherlockholmespodcast.com/">Trifles</a> via the podcast provider of your choice, or to the email updates.<br /> <br /> <br /> And if you'd like to learn more about Tom Richmond, the talented artist behind the show's logo above, you can hear his story in <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose65">Episode 65: Art in the Blood</a>.<br /> <br /> <div> </div> <br /> <div style="font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px;"> --</div>

Trifling Issues in May

"this may be some trifling intrigue" [SOLI]  If you frequent this site, you're certainly familiar with our nearly  11 yea...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 145: From Gillette to Brett

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “at this conference” [MAZA] </h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyXckGUIku4LP_1RbkHTuH0v3rC_zRTDAErJn0k5W7qNly7A1pb2-t2Ox-05D65crdWb3U_mhBUjuoWpf9Jkqo9czUUy9gWml5qoznYqrxMkORKD5O_LgkXdkiDcUUc92VcgAtRtJ9Mn3/s1600/ihose145+cover-sq.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1175" data-original-width="1175" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyXckGUIku4LP_1RbkHTuH0v3rC_zRTDAErJn0k5W7qNly7A1pb2-t2Ox-05D65crdWb3U_mhBUjuoWpf9Jkqo9czUUy9gWml5qoznYqrxMkORKD5O_LgkXdkiDcUUc92VcgAtRtJ9Mn3/s640/ihose145+cover-sq.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6648732/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/yes/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/002661/" style="border: none;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> Steven Doyle, BSI ("<i>Western Morning News</i>") is many things, among them half of the publishing team at Wessex Press and the <i>Baker Street Journal</i>. But more importantly for our topic on this episode, he's one of the sparking plugs behind <b><a href="http://wessexpress.com/html/g2b5main.html">From Gillette to Brett V</a></b>.<br /> <br /> We haven't been able to make it to the previous four installments, so we asked Steve all about this conference dedicated to Sherlock Holmes of the stage, screen and radio. He shared the foggy origins of the show, along with some of his favorite moments from throughout the years, and even a special preview of the exhibit that will be on display there.<br /> <br /> And don't forget to try your hand at the latest <b>Canonical Couplet</b> and win a prize – now you don't need to be a<b><i> </i></b><a href="http://ihose.co/ihosepatron" style="font-weight: bold;">Patron of the Arts</a> <i>– </i><b style="font-style: italic;">every </b>listener is eligible to participate!<br /> <br /> <div> <div> Information on sponsors, links, and notes available below.</div> <br /> <div style="orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin: 0px;"> <br /></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin: 0px;">  <a href="http://ihose.co/ihosepatron" target="_blank"><img height="40" src="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/widget-images/become-patron-widget-medium%402x.png" style="color: #0000ee; cursor: move;" width="204" /></a></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="margin: 0px;"> <br /></div> </div> <br /> <br /> Please do consider becoming a <a href="http://ihose.co/ihosepatron">Patron of the Arts</a>. 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Episode 145: From Gillette to Brett

“at this conference” [MAZA]  Steven Doyle, BSI (" Western Morning News ") is many things, among them half of t...

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by Scott Monty

Jack Benny and the Hound of the Baskervilles

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "I implore you not to do this, Jack" [YELL]</h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP74WdZm8ZljfxBggOXv7byEBzJrXWN_OoruAqD7W_ROcUA1jZWkMhZvWgWi9N5_Wp0mgX3r3GXSUXaxiL17WBJw9GfXK7dMUmR7M1xLnOS1_SS2hMbof6dqTqza9pm5hAiCK2ghVwI3rx/s1600/Jack+Benny+Basil+Rathbone.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="1200" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP74WdZm8ZljfxBggOXv7byEBzJrXWN_OoruAqD7W_ROcUA1jZWkMhZvWgWi9N5_Wp0mgX3r3GXSUXaxiL17WBJw9GfXK7dMUmR7M1xLnOS1_SS2hMbof6dqTqza9pm5hAiCK2ghVwI3rx/s640/Jack+Benny+Basil+Rathbone.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> We've mentioned Jack Benny previously on our program (see <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose92">Episode 92</a>, beginning at 3:26). The legendary Hollywood entertainer's career spanned vaudeville, radio, television, and film, and he was noted for his uncanny timing.<br /> <br /> Part of the attraction of Jack Benny's persona was that he was always being upstaged by his co-stars Mary Livingstone (his real-life wife), his butler Rochester, his orchestra leader Phil Harris, his announcer Don Wilson, and even his violin teacher, Professor Le Blanc (played by Mel "Man of a Thousand Voices" Blanc). Jack was supposed to be a cheapskate who didn't know the first thing about anything.<br /> <br /> All of this was even funnier because in real life, Jack was one of the most generous people in Hollywood who knew everything about comedy there was to know (and quite a bit about music). A raised eyebrow or a slight turn of the head with a deadpan look at the audience could turn everything upside down.<br /> <br /> So imagine when Jack and his ensemble were able to stage <a href="https://youtu.be/rhf_soW72eE?t=8m43s">their own version of <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i></a> as Jack was planning to return to his hometown of Waukegan, IL. This show was originally broadcast on June 11, 1939 - just two and a half months after Twentieth Century Fox released the Basil Rathbone / Nigel Bruce version of <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles</i> on March 31, 1939.<br /> <br /> Check out the Benny Two Tickets for the Price of One players in this very different tale. Any sketch with Andy Devine as the Hound is required listening.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rhf_soW72eE?start=523" width="560"></iframe><br /></div> <br /> <br /> Quick, Rochester—the fiddle!<br /> <br /> --<br /> <br />

Jack Benny and the Hound of the Baskervilles

"I implore you not to do this, Jack" [YELL] We've mentioned Jack Benny previously on our program (see Episode 92 , beginn...

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by Scott Monty

Register for A Scintillation of Scions XI

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "Excellent, Watson! You scintillate today." [ILLU]</h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOpXQjwLd4wedH7zaU9SP0F8qNlTiqob8qQqdoC6RDYL2EPm7hS8s4CQ6F4YTKr4pRUzUnzvlkDgWIO06mlP8uC9KlIhDr4iH5O3D7vj4yDUG7i4d0WnJyzihMbrNXJkQUoXaOhOO04fe/s1600/Scintillation+of+Scions+XI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1500" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOpXQjwLd4wedH7zaU9SP0F8qNlTiqob8qQqdoC6RDYL2EPm7hS8s4CQ6F4YTKr4pRUzUnzvlkDgWIO06mlP8uC9KlIhDr4iH5O3D7vj4yDUG7i4d0WnJyzihMbrNXJkQUoXaOhOO04fe/s640/Scintillation+of+Scions+XI.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> There's still time for you to scintillate – by joining the annual family reunion of Sherlockians, <a href="https://www.scintillation.org/">A Scintillation of Scions XI</a>, in Maryland on June 8-9, 2018. It is a wonderful combination of scholarship, fun, silliness and friendship. There's a banquet, plenty of merchandise, and even a charitable element. This year's speakers will discuss everything from Holmes as hero to Watson's gambling to the female investigators who preceded and followed the Great Detective.<br /> <br /> Head over to the Scintillation of Scions website at <a href="https://www.scintillation.org/">www.scintillation.org</a> and <a href="https://www.scintillation.org/registration.html">register</a> or to their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/244667449400951/">Facebook event</a> for full information, including speakers, agenda, amenities, lodging and more. <br /> <br /> And be sure to check out our 2016 interview with the founder of the event, Jacquelynn Morris, BSI ("The Lion's Mane") in <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose107">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere Episode 107</a>:<br /> <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/4786093/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/1f8383/" style="border: none;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> And if you choose to attend, have a great time and share lots of photos!<br /> <br /> --<br /> <br />

Register for A Scintillation of Scions XI

"Excellent, Watson! You scintillate today." [ILLU] There's still time for you to scintillate – by joining the annual fami...

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by Third Pillar

Remembering Basil Rathbone Co-Star Patricia Morison

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "trained as an actress" [SCAN] </h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguq4wjfpvQQAtY4GiQH7Ct8gBMXz72nGDidf5qmwSR7TgjFHjddtcVLGcId1H3kIuHuTjPTS5Bh88VSgMmU3drSIcjZ1vd1rpNaySc-fz8W4lzi5NBWZi7NL4KKc_TTQWSvY0-AhMxlkCP/s1600/Patricia+Morison.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguq4wjfpvQQAtY4GiQH7Ct8gBMXz72nGDidf5qmwSR7TgjFHjddtcVLGcId1H3kIuHuTjPTS5Bh88VSgMmU3drSIcjZ1vd1rpNaySc-fz8W4lzi5NBWZi7NL4KKc_TTQWSvY0-AhMxlkCP/s640/Patricia+Morison.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Patricia Morison, widely remembered as the first Kate in "Kiss Me, Kate" on Broadway in 1948, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/20/obituaries/patricia-morison-dies-kiss-me-kate.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=mini-moth&region=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-below">has died at the age of 103</a>. Sherlockians, of course, have another reason to remember her.<br /> <br /> A trained singer and dancer for the stage, Ms. Morison made her Broadway debut in 1933, and was an understudy for Helen Hayes in "Victoria Regina" in 1935. Hayes, of course, was very close with <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose34">William Gillette</a>. She signed a contract with Paramount Pictures in 1938 and moved to Hollywood, which only lasted about a decade before she returned to the stage.<br /> <br /> But while she was there, she appeared as the femme fatale in <i><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038494/?ref_=nv_sr_2">Dressed To Kill</a></i> with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, the last of the 14 films that the duo made together. As Mrs. Hilda Courtney, Morison played an evil and capable villain who was adept at donning disguises and acting, in her efforts to recover a music box that held a key to the missing plates from the Bank of England.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcly8IiPRrt0DMEVWQtZn0kZoBwGYvq7qOnuBOdU079qD0bS5cAGA8QHfV-j5AqWLgfBY77EzqJ7FKoT-uDo3Q_BD1iLQcyiY0AFQVqGyQJPKxi9yVi6j-tdqdrGrD5IHOGftcIGlDHMf/s1600/Dressed_to_Kill+-+Patricia+Morison.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="800" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcly8IiPRrt0DMEVWQtZn0kZoBwGYvq7qOnuBOdU079qD0bS5cAGA8QHfV-j5AqWLgfBY77EzqJ7FKoT-uDo3Q_BD1iLQcyiY0AFQVqGyQJPKxi9yVi6j-tdqdrGrD5IHOGftcIGlDHMf/s640/Dressed_to_Kill+-+Patricia+Morison.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> So effective was Morison in this role that when she visited Universal commissary for her lunch, still wearing Hilda Courtney's cockney disguise, Morison was <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038494/trivia?item=tr1410292">sternly ordered</a> by the maitre d' to eat with the rest of the extras at the counter, rather than at the actors' tables.<br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0qILka1Lz2U" width="560"></iframe><br /></div> <br /> By our estimation, Patricia Morison was the last major credited cast member from the Sherlock Holmes films from Universal in the 1940s. She will be missed by all who knew her and saw her performances, but her presence will live on through the magic of Hollywood.<br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQNx-bIg3p2KQokFDoAj1NO_pVhnDcEJNgRiMYm-_DE-9lAV-iByU2pjdqgsCouSH72ZG223gYhtka7Xg35o-eogVJCx0-6DKa4EZmnUpA6lr4qpxgwdFxWoaxZC87ZAEGbdbMdYP6sV8Z/s1600/Dressed+to+Kill+poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="736" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQNx-bIg3p2KQokFDoAj1NO_pVhnDcEJNgRiMYm-_DE-9lAV-iByU2pjdqgsCouSH72ZG223gYhtka7Xg35o-eogVJCx0-6DKa4EZmnUpA6lr4qpxgwdFxWoaxZC87ZAEGbdbMdYP6sV8Z/s640/Dressed+to+Kill+poster.jpg" width="450" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />

Remembering Basil Rathbone Co-Star Patricia Morison

"trained as an actress" [SCAN]  Patricia Morison, widely remembered as the first Kate in "Kiss Me, Kate" on Broadwa...

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Baker Street Elementary – Sherlock Holmes—His Limits

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "Philosophy, astronomy, and politics were marked at zero" [FIVE] </h4> <div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> In <i>A Study in Scarlet</i>, we're getting to know Sherlock Holmes through the eyes of Dr. Watson. The good doctor noted some of the peculiarities of his friend and fellow lodger Mr. Sherlock Holmes, and he put together that helpful list that has defined what Sherlock Holmes was capable of.<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <h4> <i>Sherlock Holmes—his limits</i>.</h4> <ol> <li>Knowledge of Literature.—Nil.</li> <li>Philosophy.—Nil.</li> <li>Astronomy.—Nil.</li> <li>Politics.—Feeble.</li> <li>Botany.—Variable. Well up in belladonna, opium, and poisons generally. Knows nothing of practical gardening.</li> <li>Geology.—Practical, but limited. Tells at a glance different soils from each other. After walks has shown me splashes upon his trousers, and told me by their colour and consistence in what part of London he had received them.</li> <li>Chemistry.—Profound.</li> <li>Anatomy.—Accurate, but unsystematic.</li> <li>Sensational Literature.—Immense. He appears to know every detail of every horror perpetrated in the century.</li> <li>Plays the violin well.</li> <li>Is an expert singlestick player, boxer, and swordsman.</li> <li>Has a good practical knowledge of British law.</li> </ol> </blockquote> <br /> As an aside, isn't it interesting that Sherlockians somehow always come back to that famous list when analyzing Sherlock Holmes? As if that snapshot of life at Baker Street dictates how the Great Detective would forever exist, frozen in amber.<br /> <br /> But we know for certain that such is not the case. Holmes became quite philosophical in his 'rose soliloquy' in "The Naval Treaty":<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> “There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion,” said he, leaning with his back against the shutters. “It can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner. Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. All other things, our powers our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance. But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its color are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers.”</blockquote> <br /> Watson himself was taken aback, but ascribed it more as naturalism than philosophy, noting that it was "a new phase of his character to me, for I had never before seen him show any keen interest in natural objects."<br /> <br /> Over the years, though, Holmes clearly became quite reflective. In the Preface to <i>His Last Bow</i>, Watson fills in the gaps from decades of their acquaintance:<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> "He has, for many years, lived in a small farm upon the downs five miles from Eastbourne, where his time is divided <b>between philosophy and agriculture</b>."</blockquote> <br /> So, once again it's that confluence of nature and philosophy we witnessed in "The Naval Treaty." Where did Holmes get it from. Perhaps it can be linked to an early experience at Baker Street Elementary...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglRgfcQbH1CKu7xnhbqSni0q-tkTUY0v570Rhk9Tlp4hMjDyZix0MwwjeG222BsQkaTpTQnP29sbsmI0g_nmGLznsTzr74ti0qyLGYg0hEjD5nacXwJ9tXQN28ebE1UeNeYCGPkNjv37Y0/s1600/Slide1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglRgfcQbH1CKu7xnhbqSni0q-tkTUY0v570Rhk9Tlp4hMjDyZix0MwwjeG222BsQkaTpTQnP29sbsmI0g_nmGLznsTzr74ti0qyLGYg0hEjD5nacXwJ9tXQN28ebE1UeNeYCGPkNjv37Y0/s640/Slide1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvaHeRlle0dD6-bqTOnhn3x5RcTrTn4365rLBzTDTYanyTIfCNODnII7bZ5YnAKauBE7LV0x-sjdtJFKFGXKEkqJRAx6x0Qf9ErZfO52yongBMA0ErCenowiR_DS-qYcvhOz1qmDeRbrNQ/s1600/Slide2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvaHeRlle0dD6-bqTOnhn3x5RcTrTn4365rLBzTDTYanyTIfCNODnII7bZ5YnAKauBE7LV0x-sjdtJFKFGXKEkqJRAx6x0Qf9ErZfO52yongBMA0ErCenowiR_DS-qYcvhOz1qmDeRbrNQ/s640/Slide2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJJUb7xsH4Sy0Q5VUY5xUiEzrrd5H0Icn1SDkJePDf3ZfqM_LsUQiEKm9M41ZjQ0e5f0NQ4Erh__IuJ3EZ2CksN6wm7Po_6-ADl9JH2ZhOnX4ly-yFMppNqBY_5sZWLlytYIAHZs0PbHn/s1600/Slide3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJJUb7xsH4Sy0Q5VUY5xUiEzrrd5H0Icn1SDkJePDf3ZfqM_LsUQiEKm9M41ZjQ0e5f0NQ4Erh__IuJ3EZ2CksN6wm7Po_6-ADl9JH2ZhOnX4ly-yFMppNqBY_5sZWLlytYIAHZs0PbHn/s640/Slide3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnO-1OU3bQ1Kh9ZtrUI5D0yfxJmwcmVOq-4D7JKx2_tQe1F07le3Q5Vl1NIk-RQOWtwbdWKFaDjgpJgJZdcZ2WDEFlfdB1mNfdS__X8xKs8fAn8Kn9aCuq0EO2xuPcc37iLMlhMSSGYMM/s1600/Slide4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnO-1OU3bQ1Kh9ZtrUI5D0yfxJmwcmVOq-4D7JKx2_tQe1F07le3Q5Vl1NIk-RQOWtwbdWKFaDjgpJgJZdcZ2WDEFlfdB1mNfdS__X8xKs8fAn8Kn9aCuq0EO2xuPcc37iLMlhMSSGYMM/s640/Slide4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">.</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: "times new roman"; text-align: center;"> <div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">--</span><br /> <div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div> <div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Baker Street Elementary – Sherlock Holmes—His Limits

"Philosophy, astronomy, and politics were marked at zero" [FIVE]  In A Study in Scarlet , we're getting to know Sherlo...

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by Scott Monty

Casting Holmes and Watson in "His Last Bow"

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> <b>"a tall, gaunt man of sixty" [LAST] </b></h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPCYiN88VDJjTx192D8cn-15jlbUPC9XdjEjU99XKsoKQRyy810RgHvD03aCOR6k0jXcTcIzx5FnmqcElzaGudRL9eC935YqrqYvFby-_Gshlzp-h5ZVGryoZlHkKWxmUDySxanymUaXf/s1600/Day-Lewis+Robb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="1280" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPCYiN88VDJjTx192D8cn-15jlbUPC9XdjEjU99XKsoKQRyy810RgHvD03aCOR6k0jXcTcIzx5FnmqcElzaGudRL9eC935YqrqYvFby-_Gshlzp-h5ZVGryoZlHkKWxmUDySxanymUaXf/s640/Day-Lewis+Robb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Here's an idea we saw on Facebook that might be interesting.<br /> <br /> David Marcum posted a suggestion in the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/sherlockstreet/permalink/1749744501748825/">Sherlock Street Irregulars</a> discussion group on Facebook:<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> "...a new World War I-era film, with Holmes and Watson in their 60's, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and David Robb."</blockquote> <br /> We've always been impressed with the acting skills of Day-Lewis, and his physical appearance is near enough Holmes's. And <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0730191/?ref_=nv_sr_2">David Robb</a>, who played another doctor from the Edwardian/Georgian era – Dr. Clarkson in Downton Abbey – has the manner and bearing of a military doctor.<div> <br /></div> <div> Recall that in "His Last Bow," which was set in 1914, Sherlock Holmes was described as "a tall, gaunt man of sixty," and that Watson – Holmes's peer – would have been approximately the same age. Here then, we have some examples of how Daniel Day-Lewis would appear as Holmes:</div> <div> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVxShMyvUq-EE0HPWUig_rTsYHgLjkCLeO0pO7IGd8ndJwxXcOLHsrUxiFKEF4NdSrqtzsKfi9iAeT4z83nl2uTAxU2cvIv_gr1S3fZpeXbQ5WUNrEcVQ3LuOAPJ1RS_1Gyh8cUq0XwAWC/s1600/Day-Lewis2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1292" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVxShMyvUq-EE0HPWUig_rTsYHgLjkCLeO0pO7IGd8ndJwxXcOLHsrUxiFKEF4NdSrqtzsKfi9iAeT4z83nl2uTAxU2cvIv_gr1S3fZpeXbQ5WUNrEcVQ3LuOAPJ1RS_1Gyh8cUq0XwAWC/s640/Day-Lewis2.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQA8Cog5IxAK94ybrJ68_OjIPbwJDB0M6Ih67H3L5fav9cUmJfI3yPmucyHDQZlN5h9GWemlgN4-pH4u1UsJF3-xRcWgbcnuVWLLoLVM8oIL2e1U-3jwf6XLe_OPLfjvxOHkKjJqAhwCvV/s1600/Day-Lewis+Thread+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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What do you think?</div> <div> <br /></div>

Casting Holmes and Watson in "His Last Bow"

"a tall, gaunt man of sixty" [LAST]  Here's an idea we saw on Facebook that might be interesting. David Marcum posted...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 144: The Chronologies of Sherlock Holmes

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “The date being—?” [CREE] </h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5u_s1XgEGC-P-KCUUPJLIwT0PK_PtCnY7T2SbnnSUqAc5DBqYR0Cp90eeRYmSBoPmxL3Ox3eEXuI2tVddineEtYXAr-Jq1Ne1-1MNKKkVXzbgcC7u7nEUg_nzx0caOGIL3pSeCCAtutd/s1600/Historical+Sherlock.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="630" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5u_s1XgEGC-P-KCUUPJLIwT0PK_PtCnY7T2SbnnSUqAc5DBqYR0Cp90eeRYmSBoPmxL3Ox3eEXuI2tVddineEtYXAr-Jq1Ne1-1MNKKkVXzbgcC7u7nEUg_nzx0caOGIL3pSeCCAtutd/s640/Historical+Sherlock.png" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6594345/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/0074ce/" style="border: none;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> We all owe a debt of gratitude to the more clever, adventurous, and tireless among us – because this is the profile of the Canonical chronologist. The most famous among them is certain William S. Baring-Gould ("The <i>Gloria Scott</i>"), but he was flanked by other greats such as Bell, Christ, Blakeney, Zeisler, Dakin and more.<br /> <br /> Add to that list one of our contemporaries: Vincent Wright. Hailing from Indianapolis, this intrepid researcher and proprietor of Historical Sherlock joins us to tell us why the dating of the Sherlock Holmes stories never gets old. He brings us along on the journey of a true researcher, shares a stumbling block, and posits how the future of Sherlockian chronology may lie in the standard template of a teenage book genre from the early 1980s.<br /> <br /> Vincent's speaking engagements are far and wide, and he's always ruminating on a variety of topics, either in private or on his blog. 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Episode 144: The Chronologies of Sherlock Holmes

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary — Our Solemn Duty

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "Some preposterous practical joke" [FIVE] </h4> <div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Who among us doesn't like a good practical joke? Well, the obvious answer to that <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2018/04/baker-street-elementary-rhetorically-my.html#.WvBzYYiUvb0">rhetorical question</a> would be the one upon whom the joke is played. But let's stick to the other end of it for present. For we feel it is our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPxiXGr9nFM">duty</a> to share our findings with you.<br /> <br /> Practical jokes are typically pranks that are played on an unsuspecting individual, in the hopes to embarrass them or cause them some level of societal discomfort. So they're different and separate from jokes that are told for a laugh, where we find common humor and stories to bring us together.<br /> <br /> <h3> The Canon was Hilarious</h3> While we don't think of the Sherlock Holmes stories as being the place where we might find such humor, there are a few instances of characters mentioning this form of joke. For example, in "<b>The Red-Headed League</b>," Jabez Wilson was put out after learning that the League was dissolved and that he had been bamboozled.<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> "...I want to find out about them, and who they are, and what their object was in playing this prank—if it was a prank—upon me. It was a pretty expensive joke for them, for it cost them two and thirty pounds.”</blockquote> James Windibank claims that his turn as Hosmer Angel in "<b>A Case of Identity</b>" was merely a bit of fun: "It was only a joke at first."<br /> <br /> In "<b>The Five Orange Pips</b>," Elias Openshaw dismissed a threatening note and orange pips as "some preposterous practical joke." Similarly, in "<b>The Dancing Men</b>," Elsie Cubitt tried to assuage her husband's fears by pooh-poohing the stick figures as "some senseless practical joke, and that [he] should not take any notice of it."<br /> <br /> When his hiding place was discovered in "<b>The Norwood Builder</b>," and his scheme regarding John Hector McFarlane was laid bare, Jonas Oldacre feigned innocence, claiming, "I am sure sure, it was only my practical joke." And then later: "It was a joke, my good sir, a practical joke, nothing more.”<br /> <br /> John Scott Eccles, after waking in an empty house in "<b>Wisteria Lodge</b>," thought he "had been the victim of some absurd practical joke." And though he perceived that to be "grotesque," as he shared with Sherlock Holmes, the truly grotesque could be found inside "<b>The Cardboard Box</b>," as this newspaper article indicated:<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> “Miss Susan Cushing, living at Cross Street, Croydon, has been made the victim of what must be regarded as a peculiarly revolting practical joke unless some more sinister meaning should prove to be attached to the incident."</blockquote> Meanwhile, for the truly revolting practical joke, we turn to Baker Street Elementary...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBZ_BYYDukynqQf4xNRQgxrMxcaYV0uynZ9uIN19GMN-M0ut09ykN4ZrpkhnDZyarz88ATDKyUpHPJFQ4kHnk8RzH-c8yg37bP6yC9B1l6AeqtT1EClWKcKQqtNrIi6P8cVcHqcWJnLDk/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary+32.01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghBZ_BYYDukynqQf4xNRQgxrMxcaYV0uynZ9uIN19GMN-M0ut09ykN4ZrpkhnDZyarz88ATDKyUpHPJFQ4kHnk8RzH-c8yg37bP6yC9B1l6AeqtT1EClWKcKQqtNrIi6P8cVcHqcWJnLDk/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary+32.01.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">.</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: "times new roman"; text-align: center;"> <div style="margin: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">--</span><br /> <div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div> <div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Baker Street Elementary — Our Solemn Duty

"Some preposterous practical joke" [FIVE]  Who among us doesn't like a good practical joke? Well, the obvious answer t...

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Trifling Issues in April

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "you'll excuse my troubling you about such a trifle" [HOUN] </h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQy0hwK5k3rHqS0DBzk2FhBFzcSVocLN1HwUlXePZidfhc_MMOAMIax7bxFi5qpLGmdaYPuBwCiNdK5L5mru97-1cJD2kYnM444sXPtlL6u8mZL6Hld0XKeda5DEfIhpKxJigj6V0PrKOI/s1600/Trifles+-+Social+sharing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="1600" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQy0hwK5k3rHqS0DBzk2FhBFzcSVocLN1HwUlXePZidfhc_MMOAMIax7bxFi5qpLGmdaYPuBwCiNdK5L5mru97-1cJD2kYnM444sXPtlL6u8mZL6Hld0XKeda5DEfIhpKxJigj6V0PrKOI/s640/Trifles+-+Social+sharing.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> If you frequent this site, you're certainly familiar with our nearly <a href="http://ihose.co/ihoseshows">11 year-long show</a>, in which we interview notable Sherlockians who are doing their part to keep the memory of Sherlock Holmes green. The program <b>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</b> has evolved over that decade, but we're on a steady cadence of long-form interviews on the 15th and 30th of every month.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, over on <a href="http://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/">Trifles</a>, we're engaged in something different: we have short discussions of about 15 minutes in length every week 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 /> <br /> <br /> And now, on with the recap of <a href="http://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2018/04/">our April shows</a>.<br /> <br /> <h3> <b>April Update</b></h3> Season 2 continues with some of the topics we mention in each show's introduction. Have you even noticed the rotation of introductions? The first week of April began with <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles66">Sherlock Holmes's Honorifics</a>, in which we tallied the handful of non-monetary payments he received in the form of awards or titles.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: left;"> <iframe frameborder="0" height="185" sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-popups" scrolling="no" src="https://embed.radiopublic.com/e?if=sherlock-holmes-trifles-GqnV0O&ge=s1!95af0001dd1ed3079d9da48a7a956e52d5d1265e" width="100%"></iframe><br /></div> <br /> <br /> And then in Episode 67, we continued our monthly feature "<b>Inside 221B</b>" that looks at some of the physical objects we find in the flat at 221B Baker Street. And so we got technical this time around and investigated <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles67">Chemistry</a>, considering that Holmes was profoundly informed on that subject.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: left;"> <iframe frameborder="0" height="185" sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-popups" scrolling="no" src="https://embed.radiopublic.com/e?if=sherlock-holmes-trifles-GqnV0O&ge=s1!6a9a647d076aff51f194a9d39654305a86a63e50" width="100%"></iframe><br /></div> <br /> <br /> Our next monthly feature "<b>Unpublished Cases</b>" has to do with tales that didn't make it to the public and that Watson kept in his famous tin box. In this case, we decided to <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles68">See What V Has To Say</a> from some of the cases mentioned in "The Sussex Vampire."<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: left;"> <iframe frameborder="0" height="185" sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-popups" scrolling="no" src="https://embed.radiopublic.com/e?if=sherlock-holmes-trifles-GqnV0O&ge=s1!ea1d8b7463f452d454b6c9dee87fc89dda4f6df6" width="100%"></iframe><br /></div> <br /> <br /> Finally, we notched <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles69">Occupations in the Canon, Part 1</a>, in which we delved into a few of the more unlikely jobs mentioned in the stories. When will Part 2 be published? You'll have to subscribe to see.<br /> <br /> <iframe frameborder="0" height="185" sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-popups" scrolling="no" src="https://embed.radiopublic.com/e?if=sherlock-holmes-trifles-GqnV0O&ge=s1!edb3f33429011f05bc9bdcb103962d6151a4112a" width="100%"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <h3> <b>Here's an Idea</b></h3> Why not take along an episode of Trifles to your next scion society meeting? Or use one of the topics as a basis of discussion yourselves. Go ahead, see what it sparks. And by all means, let your fellow Sherlockians know about the show. If you like what you hear, please subscribe to <a href="http://sherlockholmespodcast.com/">Trifles</a> via the podcast provider of your choice, or to the email updates.<br /> <br /> <br /> And if you'd like to learn more about Tom Richmond, the talented artist behind the show's logo, check out <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose65">Episode 65: Art in the Blood</a>.<br /> <br /> <div> </div> <br /> <div style="font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px;"> --</div>

Trifling Issues in April

"you'll excuse my troubling you about such a trifle" [HOUN]  If you frequent this site, you're certainly familiar wit...

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by Scott Monty