Chimp Twist, Dolly and Soapy Molloy

[Arthur Bradley]

This shady triumvirate appears first (I think) in Sam in the Suburbs and then
later in the completely unrelated Money in the Bank. Both novels may be
considered "independents" (not Blandings or Wooster or Mulliner, etc). They
constitute what racing fans might call an "entry." Does anyone remember them
showing up anywhere else? Packy

[Lars Vindroth]

Shady?!

Watch your tongue, buster, or Dolly might give you the eelskin in the back
of the neck! But since you apparently don't know that we're as pure as the
driven snow of Cleveland, I think she'll cut you some slack.

For your information; We, Soapy and Dolly Molloy are the Third Saga. I mean,
Bertie and Lord Emsworth are ok, but we're where the action is!

We did our first appearance in Sam the Sudden 1925, reappeared in Money for
nothing 1928, Money in the bank 1942, Ice in the bedroom 1961, and Pearls,
girls and Monty Bodkin 1972. How's that for a career?? "Entry", my foot!

Now, that cross we've had to bear all these years, Chimp Twist, that
double-tongued, back-stabbing reptile, there's a shady character for you.

Since now we're acquainted I just might put a little business proposal to
you by, come along and I'll tell you how to make a fortune in oil...

[The Mixer]

Rick Rashid wrote:
>
> The crooked pair in LITP were Eileen Peavey (AKA Smooth Lizzie) and Eddie
> Cootes.
>
> Merolchazzar

Well, if we're going to call Smooth Lizzie and Comrade Cootes 'crooked',
in fairness it should be pointed out that R.E.R. Psmith, Eve Halliday,
Frederick Threepwood and Joseph Keeble were equally capable of hiding at
will behind a spiral staircase.

I sometimes think the unnamed Drones Club cloak-room attendant and the
Hon. Hugo Walderwick, the former owner of the finest umbrella in London,
were the only honest people in 'Leave it to Psmith'.

The Mixer

[charles stone-tolcher]

I say chaps but didn't you two birds also make an appearance in 'Leave it to
Psmith' or have I made another mistake?

Pillingshot

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[Rick Rashid]

The crooked pair in LITP were Eileen Peavey (AKA Smooth Lizzie) and Eddie
Cootes.

Merolchazzar

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[Rick]

In article <39A095AB...@bc.sympatico.ca>,
The Mixer <ian_m...@bc.sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Well, if we're going to call Smooth Lizzie and Comrade Cootes
'crooked',
> in fairness it should be pointed out that R.E.R. Psmith, Eve Halliday,
> Frederick Threepwood and Joseph Keeble were equally capable of hiding
at
> will behind a spiral staircase.
>
> I sometimes think the unnamed Drones Club cloak-room attendant and the
> Hon. Hugo Walderwick, the former owner of the finest umbrella in
London,

> were the only honest people in 'Leave it to Psmith'.
>
> The Mixer

Reminds me of what Issac Isamov said in his introduction to "Wodehouse
on Crime"

"In fact, when one stops to think of it, there is rarely a story in the
entire Wodehouse opera which doesn't feature crime. In this one,
Stanley Featherstone Ukridge labors to cheat an honest, hardworking
insurance company by the arranging of fraudulent accidents. In that
one, Jno. Horatio Biggs kidnaps his victim and feeds him bread and
water to enforce his vile demands. Over there, Sir Murgatroyd Sprockett-
Sprockett is plotting arson for the sake of insurance."

Merolchazzar

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[charles stone-tolcher]

Rick my lad I found that I had made that error after I posted the bally
message. It has been a long time since i read the book and I only remembered
the fact that criminals were afoot and their methods were similiar to Soapy
and Dolly. As LITP was written about two years before Sam the Sudden
perhaps Ed and Smooth Lizzy were the inspiration for the Soapy and Dolly.

Pillingshot

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