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3.17: Another highwayman, Tom King, tries to rob Dick Turpin; whereupon they join forces to rob a stagecoach.. — Plus some early-Victorian dirty song lyrics!
A spicy (-ish) Tuesday Twopenny Torrid minisode IN WHICH —
0:01:45: BLACK BESS (featuring Highwayman Dick Turpin), IN WHICH —:
- CHAPTER 21: Dick Turpin, set free by the mob, shares every guinea in his purse with the mob. Now flat broke, he decides to rob the western coach to replenish his resources. He knows just the spot to do the job in, a dark thickly-wooded hollow called Deadman’s Hollow, and repairs thither just ahead of the coach. But as he approaches it, to take up his position for the ambush, a horseman surges out, pistol in hand. “Stand and deliver!” the newcomer shouts to Dick. “Your money or your life!”
- CHAPTER 22: Dick tells his new friend Tom the story of the spectre horseman whom he saw in the lane and who later drew the grabs off his track at the church where Elizabeth Chudleigh got married, and Tom confirms that it was indeed him. The two highwaymen formalize their partnership with oaths and handshakes. But by now dawn is breaking. Can they get to shelter before the sun comes up?
0:27:30: TWO SALACIOUS SALOON SONGS:
- "The Muff!" which was a scandalous tribute to every young rake's favorite furpiece, and
- "Bushey Park," a song in a similar vein. One does not envision these songs being chaunted in mixed company!
0:35:40: FOUR VICTORIAN 'DAD JOKES.'
Join host Corinthian Finn, a.k.a. Finn J.D. John, for a half-hour-long spree through the scandal-sheets and story papers of old London! Grab a decanter and top off your glass, unload your stumps, and let's go!
GLOSSARY OF FLASH TERMS USED IN THIS EPISODE:
- HELL CATS: Ladies who frequent gambling dens, which were called "hells."
- ARCH ROGUES: Leaders of a gang or gangs of thieves, Gypsy families, etc.
- KNIGHTS OF THE BRUSH AND MOON: Drunken fellows wandering amok in meadows and ditches, trying to stagger home.
- CHAFFING-CRIB: A room where drinking and bantering are going on.
- CHICKSTERS: Flamboyant ladies, often prostitutes
- LADYBIRDS: Another term for chicksters
- BULLY ROCKS: Brothel muscle men
- ABBESS: Brothel madam
- MOTHER H: A famous abbess from the 1830s
- BOLT THE MOON: Fly by night
- BEAKS: Magistrates and judges
- GET FLY TO THE FAKEMENT: Get wise to a swindle that's being perpetrated.
- DUNWITCH, BARONY OF: A small estate in the hills West of Arkham, according to Colonial chronicler H.P. Lovecraft. Does not actually exist, but if it did, would be headed by Finn J.D. John, 18th Baron Dunwitch.
- DUNSANY, BARONY OF: A large estate in Ireland, including Dunsany Castle in County Meath, headed until 1957 by legendary fantasy author Edward J.M.D. Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany.
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By Finn J.D. John/ Pulp-Lit Productions
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A spicy (-ish) Tuesday Twopenny Torrid minisode IN WHICH —
0:01:45: BLACK BESS (featuring Highwayman Dick Turpin), IN WHICH —:
- CHAPTER 21: Dick Turpin, set free by the mob, shares every guinea in his purse with the mob. Now flat broke, he decides to rob the western coach to replenish his resources. He knows just the spot to do the job in, a dark thickly-wooded hollow called Deadman’s Hollow, and repairs thither just ahead of the coach. But as he approaches it, to take up his position for the ambush, a horseman surges out, pistol in hand. “Stand and deliver!” the newcomer shouts to Dick. “Your money or your life!”
- CHAPTER 22: Dick tells his new friend Tom the story of the spectre horseman whom he saw in the lane and who later drew the grabs off his track at the church where Elizabeth Chudleigh got married, and Tom confirms that it was indeed him. The two highwaymen formalize their partnership with oaths and handshakes. But by now dawn is breaking. Can they get to shelter before the sun comes up?
0:27:30: TWO SALACIOUS SALOON SONGS:
- "The Muff!" which was a scandalous tribute to every young rake's favorite furpiece, and
- "Bushey Park," a song in a similar vein. One does not envision these songs being chaunted in mixed company!
0:35:40: FOUR VICTORIAN 'DAD JOKES.'
Join host Corinthian Finn, a.k.a. Finn J.D. John, for a half-hour-long spree through the scandal-sheets and story papers of old London! Grab a decanter and top off your glass, unload your stumps, and let's go!
GLOSSARY OF FLASH TERMS USED IN THIS EPISODE:
- HELL CATS: Ladies who frequent gambling dens, which were called "hells."
- ARCH ROGUES: Leaders of a gang or gangs of thieves, Gypsy families, etc.
- KNIGHTS OF THE BRUSH AND MOON: Drunken fellows wandering amok in meadows and ditches, trying to stagger home.
- CHAFFING-CRIB: A room where drinking and bantering are going on.
- CHICKSTERS: Flamboyant ladies, often prostitutes
- LADYBIRDS: Another term for chicksters
- BULLY ROCKS: Brothel muscle men
- ABBESS: Brothel madam
- MOTHER H: A famous abbess from the 1830s
- BOLT THE MOON: Fly by night
- BEAKS: Magistrates and judges
- GET FLY TO THE FAKEMENT: Get wise to a swindle that's being perpetrated.
- DUNWITCH, BARONY OF: A small estate in the hills West of Arkham, according to Colonial chronicler H.P. Lovecraft. Does not actually exist, but if it did, would be headed by Finn J.D. John, 18th Baron Dunwitch.
- DUNSANY, BARONY OF: A large estate in Ireland, including Dunsany Castle in County Meath, headed until 1957 by legendary fantasy author Edward J.M.D. Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany.
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