The Vaudevillain - Episode 21 - a podcast by Robert Thomas Northrup

Will our hero survive the deadly high-kicking chorus line known as The Zildjian Follies? Will the contortionists bend him in half? Can he possibly survive a confrontation with The Vaudevillain? Find out! The Vaudevillain, episode 21 of This Gun in My Hand, was dramatized by Rob Northrup. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What really killed Vaudeville? This Gun in My Hand! This episode is also available on Youtube, and in audio formats other than mp3 on archive.org. Show Notes: 1. This episode was inspired by listening to an episode of Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast, a roundtable discussion about Abbot & Costello from November 23rd, 2020. https://megaphone.link/STA4581019929 2. The “Stranger with a Kind Face” is one of the names of a comedy routine credited to several performers. The most widely known versions today might be the Three Stooges’ “Slowly I Turn/Niagara Falls” routine or Abbott & Costello’s “Susquehanna Hat Company.” Slowly I turn - Niagara Falls - Three Stooges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yJBhzMWJCc Susquehanna Hat Co./Bagel Street - Abbott & Costello https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THZV5g1CNZM Niagara Falls - Abbott & Costello https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuMpcSTlB70 Who’s on First - Abbott & Costello https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M 3. The Vaudevillain mistakenly announced that the insurance commercial sketch began with Froggy onstage. Due to a last minute switch of roles, it was actually Peetie playing the man on phone and Froggy playing Mr. Christian. The Vaudevillain doesn’t pay enough attention to his performers to notice that they had switched. 4. I don’t vouch for the authenticity of the description of a 1789 Royal Navy Lieutenant’s uniform. What Mr. Christian describes in the sketch was taken from an auction for Brando’s costume from the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty. It sounded convincing enough. Music and Sound Effects Credits: The opening music clip was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals. Title: Final Can Can section from the overture to Jacques Offenbach's opera Orpheus in the Underworld (1858) License: Public Domain https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Offenbach_-_Orpheus_in_the_Underworld_-_Overture,_Can_Can_section.ogg Title: Cloth Flaps By Sauron974 License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/Sauron974/sounds/188733/ Title: Traffic mel 1.wav By malupeeters License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/malupeeters/sounds/191350/ Cracking, splintering wood sound Title: falling gumtree.wav License: Public domain https://freesound.org/people/ianoboe/sounds/150203/ Title: Gun Fire By GoodSoundForYou License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.html Title: DANCING-STEPS-FEET-WOODEN-FLOOR.wav By Maurice_J_K License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/Maurice_J_K/sounds/343724/ Title: Fanfarenzug Ottheinrich (9). “Bläser, Trommler und Fahnenschwinger des Fanfarenzuges Ottheinrich beim Mittelalterfest in Eggenburg (11. Sept. 2011).” By Dancona11 (Youtube uploader), Fanfarenzug Ottheinrich (Musicians) License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXwjCa-smmA Music to contort by: Title: Follies.wav By daveincamas License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/daveincamas/sounds/44074/ Title: Vintage Camera Flash Powder and Shutter License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/Werra/sounds/232130/ Title: Hitting in a Face License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/florianreichelt/sounds/460509/ Title: Punch in the face License: Publ

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