Ian is joined by composer Peter Falconer, of the How I Hobby podcast, to look at The Swoop! or, How Clarence Saved England: A Tale of the Great Invasion (1909) a spoof of three separate Edwardian trends: invasion literature, the boy scout movement, and the music hall. Thanks again to madameeulalie.org. There will be spoilers.
Content note: racism
Other Wodehouse works mentioned:
The Military Invasion of America (US version of the story)
Eggs, Beans and Crumpets
The Man Upstairs
Do Butlers Burgle Banks
Weekend Wodehouse
Love Among the Chickens
Over Seventy
The Inimitable Jeeves
Summer Lightning
The Prince and Betty
Also mentioned
Ionicus
Vladimir Nabokov
J R R Tolkien
John Le Carré
Shirley Jackson
William le Queux, The Invasion of 1910
Alfred and Hildebrand Harmsworth
Saki When William Came
Baden-Powell Scouting For Boys
George and Weedon Grossmith Diary of a Nobody
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (radio show)
Ici on parle français (play)
Ocean's Twelve (film)
Big Train (TV show)
Paul Hatcher, The World Stare-out Championship Final
John Major, My Old Man
Henry Lauder
Andy G, "Tawny Owl"
Aerated Bread Company
Norman Murphy, A Wodehouse Handbook
Bart Kennedy
Edgar Wallace
Bugsy Malone
Douglas Adams
Rob Grant and Doug Naylor
Terry Pratchett
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