Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 537 of Sneaky Dragon – the podcast for the workers!

This week: Annabelloney; why a dybbuk?; yes, android; Clang Solo; Ponty-ier-pool; a big fan; whopperness; fryer works; have fruit, won’t travel; nut bag; frittering away; quit suffering; let them eat fruitcake; lottery dinks; distracting spaghetti; movie menu rundown; accident phone; shadowy men…and a woman; low incidence; family ratings; holy goose; sexy squirrels; nutty comics character; chivalry is dead; cool Charlie Brown; Peanuts kaiju; most evil Disney character; Top 5 Odd Time Signature Songs; blue fairies and red devils; Questions of the Week – Sneakers respond; gloat of many colours; blurred lines; top dogs; the dickens; a Dollop of Trollop; Weather Channel rich; New Gods minutiae; and, finally, the purloined novel.

Top 5 Odd Time Signatures (as requested by John Halbrooks)

1. The Go-Betweens – “Cattle and Cane” – Rough Trade single and album track on Before Hollywood, 1983 – 1:47:33
2. The Stranglers – “Golden Brown” – Liberty single and album track on La Folie, 1981 – 1:53:38
3. Dave Brubeck – “Blue Rondo A La Turk” – Take Five, 1959 – 2:01:07
4. Aretha Franklin – “I Say a Little Prayer” – Atlantic single and album track on Aretha Now, 1969 (1966) 2:11:32
5. Led Zeppelin – “The Ocean” – Houses of the Holy, 1973 – 2:16:34

Bonus track:

• The Beatles – “Happiness Is a Warm Gun” – The Beatles, 1968 – 2:27:24

Question of the Week (from John Halbrooks): Do you have an interesting story about your name?
Sub-question of the Week: Who is your favourite/the best villain in literature?

Thanks for listening.

Louise was talking about Peanuts and bird-patting in this week’s comments and sent this strip to illustrate her point: