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The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast

Episode 426 - Hop-Frog

The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast

Strange Studies of Strange Stories

Education, Arts, Books, Fiction, Science Fiction

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

POEVEMBER kicks off with the Edgar Allan Poe classic Hop-Frog!

Transcript

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0:00.0

H.P. Podcraft.com.

0:02.0

I never knew anyone so keenly alive to a joke as the king was.

0:10.0

He seemed to live only for joking.

0:12.7

To tell a good story of the joke kind

0:15.1

and to tell it well was the surest road to his favor.

0:19.9

Thus it happened that his seven ministers were all noted for their accomplishments as

0:24.2

jokers.

0:25.6

They all took after the king too in being large, corpulent, oily men, as well as inimitable

0:32.3

jokers. Whether people grow fat by joking or

0:35.8

whether there is something in fat itself which predisposes to a joke, I have

0:39.5

never been quite able to determine, but certain it is that a lean joker is Aerera Evis in Terrace.

0:47.0

I hate to disagree with Edgar Allan Poe right off the bat but obviously he has never seen the comedy of Rita Rutner

0:56.5

She is thin and she is a genius so suck on that Poe

0:59.9

Well, we're only one minute into November and you're already insulting the master.

1:03.6

Yeah, after all other revenge and murder we're going to be reading this month.

1:06.7

You might regret that decision.

1:08.1

Oh no. And you might regret it here on the HP Lovecraft literary podcast.

1:11.6

I'm Chad Fife. And I'm Chris Lackey. We're here at HPPograph.P. Lovecraft literary podcast. I'm Chad Fife.

1:12.6

And I'm Chris Lackey. We're here at H.P.Podcraft.

1:15.0

And Patreon. This week's reader is Bruce Green.

1:17.6

Bruce is back.

1:18.8

We haven't heard from Bruce in a very long time.

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