43-12-31 Geography Quiz and the Circular Orange

STARRING: ART VAN HARVEY, DAVID WHITEHOUSE AND CLARENCE HARTZELL

• Cincinnati is the birthplace of Clendennin N. McNeen who invented the circular orange.
• Russell is facing an important geography exam but wants to go to the Bijou.  He made a deal with Sade that Vic can quiz him, and if his performance is satisfactory, he can go to the show.
• Vic: "It's early as a horse."
• Uncle Fletcher refers to the Vaudeville team Aidan Fitzpatrick and Don Elder, half bicycle and half dresser, both born in Belvidere. - compiled by Barbara Schwarz, edited by Jimbo Mason  

Vic realizes he's made a huge mistake when he starts quizzing Russell.  Russell is giving the answers before Vic can finish the question, making Vic furious.

The two get into an argument over Lake Erie and they get out a map to look to see who is right.  Guess who wins the argument?

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There must have been a reason why the circular orange was invented but whatever it is, either it wasn't mentioned or Schwarz failed to write this down.

[Parts of the gist of this episode were revealed in the book, Vic and Sade on the Radio: A Cultural History of Paul Rhymer's Daytime Series]

44-04-19 B.B. Baugh and the New Dentist

STARRING: ARTY VAN HARVEY, BERNRADINE FLYNN AND DAVID WHITEHOUSE

Vic must sit down and have a man-to-man talk with B.B. Baugh, who is exploiting members of the Drowsy Venus Chapter of the Sacred Stars of the Milky Way.

It seems Baugh has hired a bus to travel to Partlow, Illinois and has signed up several members of the Drowsy Venus Chapter to have a tooth pulled by his brother, who is a dentist there. Having a new dental practice, Baugh wants to have his brother start off on the right foot; lodge members would pay $5 to have a tooth extracted, whether they need one extracted or not.

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This episode provides a wealth of information about previously unkown lodge members. The original sound file sounded terrible; I can gladly tell you that now it sounds a great deal better - but still, it's far from perfect.

Trivia:

+ We find out that B.B. Baugh is a barber at the Bright Kentucky Hotel. It's amazing how many barbers that hotel has!

+ As of this episode, the Drowsy Venus Chapter has 50 members, not including Vic Gook.

+ In addition to the other 'irons in the fire' we know B.B. Baugh is involved in, we find out he owns the cole slaw concession at the Lazy Hours Pool Parlor.

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