Wednesday, June 29, 2022

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“run down to the advertising agency and have this put in the evening papers” [BLUE] 



We know Sherlock Holmes valued the agony column; we discussed that previously on Episode 50. Looking back at a paper by an advertising executive from the mid-20th century — a real-life Mad Man — we find the makings of an expert copywriter and marketer.

We even identify a media buyer. All of this and more, related to advertising in the Canon. It's just a Trifle.



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Wednesday, June 22, 2022

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“the rest of that strange company” [DANC] 



Men and women from professions of all kinds consulted Sherlock Holmes. And throughout the Canon we're introduced to a number of companies, either by name or type of business. 

But some of them stand out because of their unusual categories. Strange company, indeed. It's just a Trifle.



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Wednesday, June 15, 2022

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“much addicted” [TWIS] 



This month's Masters Class brings us back to a Morley-Montgomery Award-winning article from The Baker Street Journal.

Susan Rice wrote "Watson's Hidden Addiction" for Vol. 47, No. 2 (June 1997) of the BSJ, and it concerned a significant flaw in Watson's character. Perhaps "flaw" is not the right word — let's call it a weakness. She even found a syndrome that would explain it. It's just a Trifle.



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Wednesday, June 8, 2022

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“What's this, Mr. Holmes? Man, it's witchcraft!” [VALL] 



Continuing on our supernatural theme, we land on witchcraft. And not just any witchcraft, either. This was a spell cast at Baker Street.

Our monthly "Mr. Sherlock Holmes the theorist" theme lands on Frank Allen's "Witchcraft in Baker Street" from the anthology Beyond Baker Street, and it looks at how some of the people we meet in "Charles Augustus Milverton" were bothered, bewitched, and bewildered. It's just a Trifle.



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Wednesday, June 1, 2022

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“some hocus-pocus” [SIGN] 


The last time we were together, we examined Sherlock Holmes's Tours de Force (Episode 282), in which we discussed a number of ways he wowed people with his unique skills.

As we look closer, there are instances when people accuse him of practicing magic, sorcery, or wizardry. What are those examples, and what might have happened to Sherlock Holmes, had he lived in a different era? It's just a Trifle.



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Scott Monty and Burt Wolder are both members of the Baker Street Irregulars, the literary society dedicated to Sherlock Holmes. They have co-hosted the popular show I Hear of Everywhere since June 2007.

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