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- Show Some Character!
Episode 3
Show Some Character!
It’s time to take another look at some Discworld characters; specifically, some who appear serially but who might be overlooked by a casual listing of such characters. We’re talking Wee Mad Arthur, Mr. Slant, Constable Visit, Casanunda…. you get the idea.
The title of this show is a bit of wordplay. “Show Some Character” = “Some Character Show” (more or less.) Any suggestion that it is in reference to recent events on the section of the Roundworld known (at least for now) as The United States is in error; for any such resemblance is, of course, purely coincidental.
This week’s contest question is: “What does Dr. Hopkins regularly bring Jeremy Clockson?”
Remember to support the work of Medieval Gnome Productions, which produces The GEM Show in addition to the Portal, by sending a one-time PayPal donation to [email protected], or by visiting our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=21210045&fan_landing=true.
GNU Terry Pratchett
The Turtle Moves
22 min - 21 min
- You Better Watch Out!
In this first episode of season 8, we get into the Hogswatch spirit by taking a look at the book of the same name.
You can reach us at Medieval Gnome Productions by sending an email to [email protected]. That’s also the only way you can enter this season’s contest. The prize for this contest will be a custom-made episode, on the topic of your choice. The questions will be, in a word, tough. It’s ok to reference the books to find the answers. If you can answer more than one or two of them without looking them up, you are a true master (or mistress) of Discworld trivia.
Please consider supporting Medieval Gnome Productions which produces The GEM Show in addition to the Portal. You can visit our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=21210045&fan_landing=true to learn how to do so.
GNU Terry Pratchett
The Turtle Moves
23 min - Tis the Season
A special holiday episode of the Portal. Some reflections on holiday cheer, seasonal music, and the spirit of giving.
You can give to the Portal at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=21210045&fan_landing=true
or by sending us a PayPal donation (to [email protected]).
A big thank you to Susan Alexander (https://www.facebook.com/Susan.Woodcarver) for providing the voice of Granny Weatherwax.
The Turtle Moves30 min - bloopers!
A random act of kindness for (American) Thanksgiving 2020. This is actually 89 episodes' worth, although only a fraction of the actual total.
Take care and, as always, thanks for listening.
Randy, Holly and Ivy17 min - Special Forces
Cheery Littlebottom, Igor, Buggy Swires, Wee Mad Arthur, Fred Colon, and Nobby Nobbs. Other than being watchmen, what do all these characters have in common? You’ll have to listen to find out!
Plus books and writings about… Terry Pratchett.
N.B. Ponder’s Wizardly Portal will be on hiatus until the 25th of December, when we will kick off season 8 with a special Hogswatch edition of the show.
Send comments, questions, suggestions and cash to [email protected].
GNU Terry Pratchett
20 min - Dueling Dynamic Duos
Nanny and Granny, and Fred and Nobby. What more could you ask for?
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Direct complaints to our complaints department, c/o Rocky the Troll
The Turtle Moves
GNU Terry Pratchett21 min - Non Temetis Messor
A special guest... Trick or Treat!
Send questions, comments, and cash to [email protected].
The Turtle Moves
GNU Terry Pratchett21 min - Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!
This week’s journey begins with an exploration of weather on the Disc, specifically vis-à-vis Sir Samuel Vimes, who manages to experience a lot of it in The Fifth Elephant and Snuff! (and, in a curious way, in Thud! as well).
That leads the Gnome into some musings about about dwarfs (not dwarves!) and trolls.
We also have our first “Voices of Listeners” segment, thanks to Luke, a long-time listener and supporter of the show.
You can reach me with your own voice clip, and get on the show (!) by sending me said clip to [email protected]. Same address will work for any questions, comments, or suggestions about the show.
You’re also invited to come join our Discord server, Friends of Ponder’s Wizardly Portal, to interact with other listeners and get exclusive content.
Remember, The Turtle Moves!
GNU Terry Pratchett
20 min - Institutionalized
Not me. This is a show about the Watch and UU.
Send me a clacks at [email protected].
GNU Terry Pratchett20 min
About Tales from the Drum
From the publisher's feed
On the first, second, and third Friday of every month, it’s Tales From the Drum—the Mended Drum, that is. We also bring you three-minute long mini-episodes, cleverly entitled Pratchips (like potato…
chips, see?) every Monday-Thursday. All of these are (usually) about the places, spaces, races, and other words that end in aces of the Discworld, that pizza-shaped place (but no anchovies) that rides through space on the backs of the massive elephants Tubul, Berilia, Jerakeen and Great T’Phon, which themselves stand atop the 10,000 mile-long world Turtle, A’Tuin. (According to the dwarfs, there was once a Fifth Elephant, which slipped of A’Tuin’s carapace and crashed into the Disc. But the dwarfs can be funny that way.) Obviously, a place such as this could exist only every normal curve must have its outliers, where the fabric of reality is thin, and magic is an everyday—well, reality. Of course, it was actually the late Sir Terry Pratchett, OBE, who created the Discworld. He chronicled those places, spaces, etc. in 41 Discworld novels. In 500 years, he will probably be the only 20th-century author who is still being read. Seriously. He was that good. He was also incredibly prolific. In a span of 32 years, he wrote 70 books. They’ve sold northward of 50 million copies, last I saw. He was knighted in 2008 by Queen Elizabeth II. Sir Terry passed away in 2015 from a rare form of early onset Alzheimer’s disease. GNU Terry Pratchett. If you don’t understand that, you can find out about it in Going Postal. Also, il miglior fabbro. That’s from T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land.” But you knew that. Thanks for listening—and mind how you go! GNU Terry Pratchett