Slow Saturday

Working off and on today with some progress being made - all of it behind the scenes for now (as noted, there are lots of spellings that are different on the scripts than I had them previously.)

Characters hometowns will be a slow project.  I will do maybe two letters each day (did the A's and B's today.)

Did find out some new stuff about the series; many characters are mentioned in Barbara Schwarz's notes but not in the episodes they were in... eventually, they'll go in the character section but unfortunately, many without links.  Still, having their story is important.  But I'll not discuss that until I post them, which may not be until December or later.

Rhymer's Harry Antidisestablishmentarianistic Jackson

For months in 1943 and 1944, Paul Rhymer used the word antidisestablishmentarianistic in his scripts.  Usually, this would be used by Vic or Russell.

Finally, he plays a big joke and names a Thimble Club lady this!  He must have been something else...

Any opinion on the map?

I wonder how important a map is to the site?

Would something like this work?

Russell schmussell

So...........................

I get halfway through the Russell nicknames and I find out the notes aren't complete...

So...........................

So...........................

That's scrapped for now. Ugh.

Caught up with Rush's nicknames - working on Russell's

Finally finished Rush's nicknames (although there are a few episodes with Rush I haven't posted yet and therefore, those nicknames haven't been posted yet.)

Working on Russell now and I expect to be done with it in an hour or so.

This was one of my "big jobs" so I feel good about finishing it.

Perhaps I will spend this whole weekend on the map... At any rate, that's the next big job.

There is another on-going big job I am doing behind the scenes, but doing that a year at a time (error correction duties - of which there are MANY, MANY, MANY still to go.)

One confusing mystery solved

I do not blame researcher Barbara Schwarz who had her hands full, yet every now and then, I come across inconsistencies and obvious errors (recently, I came across the debut episode of Russell and I made mention how it looked to me as if the dates of first two Russell episodes were flip-flopped.)

Come to find out via another note (and there are MANY) that the dates probably were flipped flopped.

This episode was originally marked June 6, 1944.  Turns out it was June 3.

Not that I'm upset; just showing you how a project this large can be a pain in the neck.

At any rate, I did change the date and the world seems a bit more settled.

Note about "The Stillness of the Afternoon is Broken"

Okay, here's where not having things in order to begin with begins to ruin my life...

A year or so ago, I had no idea the episode just posted even existed.  I knew there was the episode by the same name with Russell.   I had posted that one.  Recently, I came across the script with Rush which I didn't know existed.

So... I have to make an episode for it, changing most everything I had written in the other one.  Blah blah hubbidy hoy...

You get the picture.

It's definitely not easy to conduct business the way I want to when things are not in order.  I have to post out of order constantly.  My apologies on that.

Also in order to make the 3 Hank episodes show up in a row, I have to change the time...

Look, most of this shouldn't be a bother to you.  Just letting' you know what's going on.

Working on nicknames today - and more fixes

I hope to get caught up on the nicknames for Rush and Russell today. 

I also have numerous tiny items to fix - they are everywhere and time-consuming.

Hope to get working on the map as well.  I have come to the conclusion that a map of the area we know exists is impossible for me to do for the website.  I may simply take that area the Gooks do the most living in and make a map of that.

Why is Hank Gutstop is missing?

Though the notes did not seem to emphasize it much, it's important to note that Hank is missing.

I can't tell you anything else now but the episode connects to the next two - thus, three straight episodes deal with the same subject. 

Even when Mis' Keller and Harry Feedburn were getting chummy, we didn't have three episodes in a row on the same subject (1944 seems to be the year we have the most information for the series, both audio-wise and note-wise.  All the remaining two months of notes are about 1944.)

I haven't looked at it that closely but we may have a near complete log of 1944 before it's over with.

Fixed this that and the other today...

...And in doing so, I don't feel like I accomplished that much.  Still, some tangible progress can be seen.

I didn't touch the map today.  Ugh.  A map-making program would be nice.

Still lots of information to put into the site but a lot of it can't be done until all the episodes are on the site.

You know what would be great?  Have the audio episodes turned into scripts!  Who will volunteer to do that for me?  :)

Well, back at it tomorrow!

Some crazy stuff ahead

The last 2 months of my posting (November and December) will cover some odd territory...

You'll find out one other reason Hank has so much sway in town.

Vic and Pom Pom team up on a project.

Rumors about the two will fly.

You'll learn how Hank got his job as a detective.

You'll learn how two of the town's characters simply flip-flopped names!

Fred became Ted - will he become a different name too?

Remember the Missouri Home of the Tall?  Well, coming is over 20 new "homes" for the ____.  Wait until you see this list!

An episode about handguns that's at least 15 years ahead of it's time.

Holiday episodes

I forgot to mention that I added a Holiday Episodes option to the left hand side the other day (this includes all holidays, not just the Winter ones.)

There is getting to be so many options on the left hand side that I may have to put them in alphabetical order.

New - Inventors and their inventions

While doing this, that and the other, I had forgotten something I had started about a month ago, Inventors and their Inventions.  So I finished it.  You can now find this on the left-hand side of The Crazy World.

On tap today: finishing small things

There are a few things to fix and finish before I can go on to the next big thing, which is either the photos (I don't really think I can call that a big thing) or the map, which is a big thing.  At least with the map, I have already started it and... well we'll see how that goes.

Lots of loose ends to tie up though before moving on.  You may not hear from me for a bit.

By the way, I really enjoyed the story about Vic/Kitchenware/train trip.  That is one episode I'd really like to hear!

Many files, fixed and uploaded!

The following files have been fixed for the better.  I hope you will take the time to compare a few at random and see what a difference has been made!

I'm happy the way they came out.

In the list below, a couple went untouched but I don't remember which ones they are.  These files can also be found here.

Here are the files:

37-05-28 Decoration Day Parade
37-06-04 Sade's Trip to Dwight
37-11-28 Congress and the Supreme Court
38-03-03 Official Host
38-11-30 Vic's New Hat
39-01-02 Lodge Regalia Out On Loan
39-01-16 Flower Garden Arranger
39-03-08 Mr. Erickson's House Repairs
39-04-03 Rush Draws List of Acquaintances
39-04-25 Rotten Davis Phones
39-04-26 Sade's New Luggage
39-05-11 Overnight Guests
39-06-01 Grandpa Snyder Christmas Cards
39-06-05 YY Flirch Tries to Phone Vic
39-06-13 Porch Collapses Rotten Takes Blame
39-07-05 Two Tons of Coal #1
39-08-30 Rush Mad Preselected School Clothes
39-08-xx Vic's Geographical Trip
39-09-06 Office Invoices - Magnifying Glass
39-09-22 Sade Provides Names of Wildflowers
39-09-xx Mr. Gumpox Offers Sade A Stall
39-10-06 Double Feature in Hopewood
39-10-30 Five Christmas Card Salesmen
39-10-31 Blue-Tooth Under Gook Davenport
39-10-xx Rush I Hereby Resign From...
39-11-06 Charlie Razorscum's Fish Picture
39-11-07 Smelly Makes a Speech
39-11-14 Rush House Destroyer
39-11-21 Smelly Clark Solicits Gifts
39-12 01 Vic's Christmas Card List
39-12-xx Rush Is Getting On In Years
39-12-xx Sade Volunteers Rush for Pageant
39-xx-xx Letter To Walter
40-01-02 No Painted Portrait of Big Dipper
40-01-09 Boys Copy Numbers, Sade Tells Gossip
40-01-12 Vegetable Garden
40-01-19 Gumpox vs. Donahue
40-01-22 R. J. Konk's Improved Portrait
40-01-24 Y.Y. Flirch Best Looking Man
40-01-xx Mr. Donahue Gets Promotion
40-02-20 Rush's Good Looks
40-02-27 High School Gossip
40-03-19 Bess Letter; Grocery List on Top
40-03-25 Smelly Clark's Big Date
40-03-27 Vic Fakes the Cornet
40-03-29 No, Vic, No Trip to Chicago
40-04-04 Rush Must Make a Call on a Girl
40-04-17 Vic's Heart-shaped Face
40-04-10 Nicer to Sleep Over for Two Weeks
40-04-15 Milton's Dirt in Fruit Jars
40-04-05 Can Blue Tooth Sue the Bijou?
40-05-03 Engine Cab Ride to Chicago
40-05-06 Working Out Hank's Indebtedness
40-05-15 Vic's Picture Totally Mislabeled
40-05-27 Miz' Scott Getting Too Chummy
40-05-29 Nicer the Goader
40-06-02 Teaching Cigar Smoking to Chinbunny
40-06-14 Freedom Last Day of School
40-06-17 Mr. Sludge to Sleep Overnight at Gooks
40-06-18 June Christmas Card Pressure
40-06-19 Vic's Wide Brimmed Hat
40-06-21 Hank's Job Royal Throne Barbershop
40-06-24 Mr. Gumpox Blows Kisses
40-07-01 Ruthie Has Secrets
40-07-04 Mr. Sludge Calls His Mother
40-07-13 Short Bio of Little Dipper
40-07-22 Mr. Donahue Asks for Demotion
40-07-23 Sade Shows Razorscum Album
40-08-14 Bacon Sandwiches
40-09-xx Mr. Sludge Grows A Moustache
40-10-27 Hot Soup