The new plot thread is installed, and it’s a corker! June Taylor Dancers vs. Mr. Pudding’s newts! Grab a ringside seat while you can!
Lest anyone should sell short the June Taylor Dancers as a threat, here they are in 1960 marching Jackie Gleason off to a secret facility under Yankee Stadium. There they refashioned his mind. Ouch!
Meanwhile, writes author Violet Crepuscular, The Queen Of Suspense, “Those newts are all trained killers! Under his meek exterior, Mr. Pudding is as mean as Yul Brynner in The Light at the Edge of the World!” We are not convinced that many people saw that movie. But if you watch it very closely, you might catch the fleeting cameo appearance by several of the June Taylor Dancers. They were going to make it a musical, but Kirk Douglas refused to play kazoo and that was that.
Where are we, anyway? Last I heard, it was Chapter DCCXXXII… but this latest one is labeled DCCXXXVIII. Did we just skip six chapters somehow? And whatever happened to Lord Jeremy Coldsore and Constable Chumley?
“They are under cover–so don’t blab about it!” Ms. Crepuscular shushes her readers.
Here’s the original Janet Kendall cover, in case you were missing it and felt rather sad.
The newts probably ate the missing six chapters.
Little known fact, but the June Taylor Dancers were the most effective squad of enforcers in history. If you look at every major Banana Republic coup, you will find that it occurred within one week of seeing the June Taylor Dancers on TV. 🙂
Fidel Castro didn’t call them “Las June Taylor Dancers” for nothing.
Indeed he didn’t. “El Gordo Jackie G.” was said to be his favorite show. 🙂