A spicy (-ish) Tuesday Twopenny Torrid minisode IN WHICH —
0:01:50: THE BALLET-GIRL'S REVENGE, Chapter 10, IN WHICH —:
- We cut back to poor Edgar DeVille, who is being marched at pistol-point by the count into an inner chamber at the house, surrounded by the bloodthirsty ruffians in his gang of coiners and counterfeiters. A trap door opens in the floor before him, disclosing a deep well, in which obviously his body is to be thrown. The gang members want him killed on the spot. Can he change their minds? Is this the end for poor young Edgar?
0:22:30: BROADSIDE STREET BALLAD:
- "Courting in the Kitchen." When the lord of the manor came home, our lusty young swain found himself thrown under the hackney-coach by his erstwhile ladyfriend, the boss's kitchen maid, and draws six months on the Brixton treadmill!
0:24:50: A SALACIOUS SALOON SONG:
- "The Ploughman and the Priest." When a newlywed ploughman finds himself unable to take care of his matrimonial duties, the town's parson steps in to help out!
0:30:20: THREE VICTORIAN-AGE DIRTY JOKES.
- From "The Chestnut Club."
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:
- ACK PIRATES: Thieves who specialize in swiping cargo from riverboats and barges.
- ARCH DOXIES: Spirited, audacious, possibly dangerous ladies.
- 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
- BODY SNATCHERS: Police officers. (Actual body snatchers were called "resurrection-men.")
- DUNWICH, TOWN OF (spelled with no "T"): A seacoast town east of London, once very large, which eroded away and fell into the sea starting in the 13th century; only a few streets and houses remain today.
- DUNWITCH, BARONY OF (spelled with a "T"): 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.
