Episode 26: Nickelpuss

1930’s wandering troubadour Trinket Pills (? - 1939) scored a brief
hit on the Wichita charts with his plaintive Ballad of Joey
Nickelpuss: Th’ evil alley boys taunted him,
But ole’ Young Joe made his way.
Terrible crash of bowlin’ pins
Th’ sound of a long long day.

Rags to riches to rags it went,
Th’ boy would rage and cuss.
“Mama ain’t mama for me no more,”
Spit poor little Joey Nickelpuss.

We’re bringing back ‘ole Young Joey Nickelpuss. A generation of
children need a hero for these lean times.


Also: New directions in car horn technology, why
does Adam’s car smell so good?, “The Diving Bell and the
Butterfly”: A Synopsis, secular bands, paper swords, ad hoc
ninjascapades, what’s on your wall.
Photo: Bowling