EPISODE · Feb 16, 2026 · 59 MIN
A Macrocosm of Metaphors
from Round the World With Cracklin Jane · host Cracklin Jane
1 - Blue as a Heart Ache - Tex Williams and his Western Caravan – 19482 - I'm as Free as a Breeze - Sam Nichols with his Melody Rangers – 19473 - Fit as a Fiddle - Pvt. Cecil Gant: The GI Sing-sation – 19454 - High as a Georgia Pine - Roosevelt Sykes and his Original Honeydrippers – 19475 - Light as a Feather - John F. Burckhardt – 19176 - Loose as a Goose - Cecil Gant – 19467 - You're as Pretty as a Picture - Dolly Dawn with George Hall and his Orchestra – 19388 - Pretty as a Butterfly - Charles P. Lowe - 19109 - Pretty as a Queen - Hal "Lone Pine" and his Mountaineers – 195310 - Right as the Rain - Jimmy Saunders with Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra – 194411 - Soft as Spring - Helen Forrest with Benny Goodman and his Orchestra – 194112 - Snug as a Bug in a Rug - Bon Bon with Jan Savitt and his Tophatters – 193913 - Sharp as a Tack - Harry James and his Orchestra – 194114 - Stubborn as a Mule - Margie Day with The Griffin Brothers - 195115 - Sweet as a Song - Donald King with Roy Smeck and his Serenaders – 193816 - Fresh as a Daisy - Marion, Jack and Tex with Glenn Miller and his Orchestra – 1940
What this episode covers
Yes, unemployed PhD Tyler Tucker, living in his mother’s basement after finally getting his doctorate in English Literature, applying hither and yon for teaching positions and submitting short stories to small-circulation periodicals, has lucked out. He was abducted by space aliens and now has a cushy gig teaching the finer points of English figures of speech to aspiring researchers on planet Kingsley X-10.
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