Indiscretions of Archie with Peter Falconer

Ian is rejoined by composer, writer, musician, voice artist, and parafictionalist Peter Falconer to look at Indiscretions of Archie (1921), a series of short stories adapted into the form of a novel. Topics arising include the First World War, Prohibition, 'the Irish question' and Labour Relations.There will be plot spoilers. Next month: The Clicking of Cuthbert, or Golf Without Tears.You can e-mail me at [email protected]. Replenish the show's doubloons at ko-fi.com/wodehousekeeping. One-off or recurring payments gratefully received.Hob nob and so forth at Bluesky or FacebookReference works consultedRobert McCrum: Wodehouse: A LifeSophie Ratcliffe, ed: P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in LettersNorman Murphy: A Wodehouse HandbookDaniel Garrison and Neil Midkiff: Who's Who in Wodehouse, third editionLee Davis: Bolton and Wodehouse and KernMadame Eulalie's Rare Plums websiteWikipediaOther Wodehouse works alluded toThe SwoopA Gentleman of LeisurePiccadilly JimThe Inimitable JeevesThe Code of the WoostersThe Prince and Betty"Extricating Young Gussie""Leave it to Jeeves" AKA "The Artistic Career of Corky"A Damsel in Distress"Jeeves and the Chump Cyril"Bring on the Girls (with Guy Bolton)"We're Crooks" (song)Uneasy Money"Napoleon" (song)"In Alcala""Doing Clarence a Bit of Good""Jeeves Makes an Omelette"Also mentioned Baldwin King-HallHerbert WestbrookElla King-HallBiblia WodehousianaT. D. Skidmore (US illustrator)Fred AstaireA. Wallis Mills (UK illustrator)Ian HayC H BovillJames Bond"Fatty" ArbuckleAbe ErlangerAbgail's PartySong snippetsThe Archies, "Sugar Sugar"Sananda Maitreya, "If You Let Me Stay"The Beach Boys, "It's Trying to Say"The Divine Comedy, "Don't Mention the War"Shonen Knife, "Fruits and Vegetables"Little Richard, "Lucille"Kenny Carter, "Showdown"Sterling Trio "It's A Long Way Back To Mother's Knee" Cole Porter, "You're the Top"Noel Coward, "Mad Dogs and Englishmen"The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, "Annie's Cousin Fannie"Flanders and Swann, "Strike"Magnetic Fields, "Goin' Back to the Country"Cocteau Twins, "Tishbite"Georges Brassens, "La chanson pour l'Auvergnat"Sting, "An Englishman in New York" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.