The Case of the Missing Spy Affair
by Aithine & Veronica
Dames and Dicks; Or, How We Came Up With This Stuff
Act Titles
Act I: Devil In A Blue Suit
From: Walter Mosley's first Ezekial "Easy" Rawlins mystery Devil in a Blue Dress
Act IV: Man in the Dark
From: Dashiell Hammett's Woman in the Dark: A Novel of Dangerous Romance
Character Names
Della Chandler
From: Della Street, Perry Mason's secretary and author Raymond Chandler
Sam Marlowe
From: Dashiell Hammett's hero Sam Spade and Raymond Chandler's hero Philip Marlowe
Vasily Borodin
From: Sam Neill's character in The Hunt for Red October—second in command on the Russian sub and the one who "would have liked to have seen Montana" (Veronica: "We rewatched Red October together one weekend and we both love the Sam Neill character ::sniff::—so in he went. No other good reason." *g*)
Illya's Malapropisms
Act I
What he said: If that was why Solo needed my help, I'd eat my tie.
What he meant: "eat my hat"
What he said: But first, I'd better at least give the appearance of taking the worm.
What he meant: "taking the bait"
What he said: "Take that, you big slug!"
What he meant: "you big lug" (man)
What he said: "Yes, we look like rubies just standing here."
What he meant: "rubes" (a bumpkin or easy mark)
Act II
What he said: "Ah, yes, I've had a fair amount of dealing with nosepieces."
What he meant: "mouthpiece" (lawyer)
Act III
What he said: "You have delusions of being a bubble foot?"
What he meant: "gum-shoe" (detective)
Act IV
What he said: "I apologize," he murmured as he moved to stand at the end of my bed, "but do I have the look of a dumb bazooka to you?"
What he meant: "palooka" ("man, probably a little stupid"); Bazooka is also a brand of cheap bubble gum
What he said: "We all have our secrets. All I ask is that you trust me enough to tell me what I need to know to get the job done—anything to keep me out of a jelly."
What he meant: "out of a jam" (out of trouble)
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