The Watsonian Weekly

Think a podcast about John H. Watson can't find a way to talk about racism this week? Have you read what he wrote? Some seriousness and some of the usual silliness as well this week, so buckle up . . . it's still not a very long podcast, in any case.

Breaking news on Watson being replaced by a younger man with a similar first name adds to the chaos of the world at the moment, and we turn to poetry, Violet Hunter, and Australia for comfort.

We range from the poetic to the pro wrestling in our praise of Watsons this week, and there's plenty of news and even Mycroft gets a bit, so join us, won't you?

The Watsonians met this week, so there's good news there! We've got Watson's education, his poetry, and even an alien encounter for the good doctor? 

The lower-case animal crossing gets a little weird in this one, and there's a Watson who isn't human (mammal) and one who isn't human (flower). How that theme got into this episode, I don't know, but at least there's none of that Dr. Moreau stuff going on here!

Is it the Wat-man's arch-foe, the Quizzler, showing up in this week's episode? No, we're not getting that silly, but quizzes are on our minds, as well as quacks, loafers, and a good Watsonian who has left our ranks. Stay 'til the end, and you might just get reminded what people are like!

The host gets very distracted this week, and some definite rabbit holes occur. Isolation, Watson's Google searches, landlady poetry, a rare pair that doesn't get enough attention (in one Pup's eyes), croquet, a Russian Watson, and acid bystanders? Here we go.

This episode says "View-halloo!" So do listen to it, won't you? It's on Dudley Moore, Prime ministers and lore, With perhaps a dirty limerick or two.

In this four-part special, Paul Thomas Miller leads off with an essay on the Baker Street servant class, then we get into a 1978 Peoria debate on Watson's drinking. By the time it's all over, things descend into something that might be tragedy, might be comedy, or might just be the sort of podcasting only a viral hermitage can produce.

John H. Watson is many things to many people, and this week, he's some very, very different things, one of which we couldn't even tell you on the podcast. (But watch for a clue in a "Watson House Calls" special this week.) Fifteen minutes or so of Watson fun ahead , step right this way!

Did Watson have a family member at Baker Street? Who was his colonial buddy? Was his pen firing blanks? And why didn't that guy have pants on? All these questions will be answered, and more, on the latest exciting episode of The Watsonian Weekly! Same Wat-time, same Wat-channel!

Double feature time! Was Watson an April Fool, with his sixty cases of Sherlock Holmes being the greatest April Fool's Day inspiration of all? And how soon after Sherlock Holmes left the womb was he doing detection?  Let Brad Keefauver lull you into drowsiness, and Paul Thomas Miller follow that up with a bedtime story in this Watsonian Weekly special about babies being born and more!

Can a color become intoxicated? Can a Victorian play a proper April Fool's prank? Does Watson have an echo . . . echo . . . echo? All that, another woman with the initials "M.M." in Watson's life, and nobody singing except our theme! What more could you ask of a weekly Watsonian podcast!

In this special episode, we get to hear a little tale for you to listen to in a room that doesn't often get much Sherlockian attention, even though some enthusiasts do decorate it appropriately. Paul Thomas Miller gets all the credit this time out, so fans of the Shingle of Southsea finally get a chance to see what a meeting of that Sherlockian society sounds like.

What is Watson on about this week? How about Thorneycroft Huxtable? We all like Thorneycroft Huxtable, right? Leave the world behind and wander Watsonland with us for a whole fifteen minutes or so. 

This article from the May 1986 issue of "Wheelwrightings" picks out an odd phrase in Watson's list of Holmes's shortcomings in "A Study in Scarlet," and ponders his attempts at gardening.

In the first trial of some specials for the isolated Watsonians out there, we present the work of one Arminius Detweiller, an essay about Watson's greatest accomplishment, or lack of same.

The Watsonian Weekly tries hard to ignore all the things that are bothering us right now, and finds brand new things to bother us! Queen Victoria, a certain other podcast, and what was going on with those Victorian trains? 

Violet Smith, Doctor Spektor, the number twenty-three, the youngest Watson, 221 BBC, and a story that Sherlock Holmes himself once read about a creature whose cousin some cousin of John Watson will let you eat. And those aren't all of the rabbit holes that the good doctor leads us down this week. Join us, won't you?

How does February 29th figure into Watson's love life? There's a madman, a one-legged man, and some real rigamarole this episode before the time runs out.

Was the host of this podcast awakened at 4 AM by a cat trying to knock down French doors? Does it start to show in the quality of the podcast? Well, thankfully we have some loyal contributors to fill in the gaps and cover that bare podcast floor with that beautiful floor covering of our regular segments. 

This week's show wanders all over the place with plenty of news about Watsons who dance, Watsons who glance, and Watsons who make romance. In other words, the usual.

The host may fumble and bumble a bit this week, but you'll definitely get all the Mary Morstan Watson this episode. She's Watson's valentine, and, well, why not? Also, visit Academicasaurus sometime, if we haven't mentioned it already. You'll hear why this episode. https://academicasaurus.wixsite.com/home

It's Nigel Bruce's birthday week, and we'd believe that he'd do that to toast! Also, another doctor in detection, an educated book review, a word that is raspy but not delilvered so, a poem, and another guy Watson didn't seem to like at all. And bridge. It's Watsonian Weekly time!

This week there's a whole lot of news about Watson's, Mopsy whispers a word, Buck finds a new Christmas beverage, Samson spies Watson's French connection, and Calder is always fascinated by anyone who gets to eat breakfast at Baker Street. All that and more (There's a robot!) so give us a "View-halloa!" and listen in.