Socks Crime Rejected title No 8 + two fan suggestions

The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre's brand new show is on the subject of crime, thrillers, murder mysteries, spies and more crime. En route to choosing a title, they've rejected a few good runners up. Above you can see one of the original list of 10 Rejects, Number 8 - Angels With Dirty Socks. This is about the least likely film ever to be parodied in a Socks show. If anything this one was making up the numbers, even among rejected titles. So it's the fan suggestions that have brought the rundown to life, and some of them have been such fun we couldn't resist illustrating those too. Check these out...

I am indebted to Simon Beckett ‏@LordSiBorg for suggesting Get Garter, and to half a dozen people beginning, I believe, with Peter Crocker for this nifty excuse for a drawing:

We've also had these fresh submissions in on Facebook and Twitter.

 Mark Forrest ‏@rowiecrumbs The SockShop Redemption?

Simon Beckett ‏@LordSiBorg Heel Street Blues, Good sock bad sock, Sockth Sense

Anna Dickie ‏@wilfulblindness "The Argyle Job" "The Chuddy Sole" "The Thermal Rap" "Broadfitting" ?

‏@Littleteapig Sherlock Sock Investigates? Sockfellas? Samuel L Sock stars in Sockfiction? 

 ‏@Kendalkitten Ripping Darns, The Toe Job, The Maltoes Falcon

Tony Naggs ‏@xa329 NYPD socks? CSI: argyle socks?

patrick mccafferty ‏@mccaffepj Dixon of Sock green, The Sockford files, Shersock, Hawaii five toe, Heel St Blues, The Missing (sock)...

If you have any ideas to top this little lot, please let us have them. The real title is almost upon us.



So what title have they chosen? Stay tuned...

Socks Crime Reject bonus - and the titles so far

We've been running down the titles that the Scottish Falsetto Socks have rejected in the process of naming their new crime-based show, and as we go we've been inviting your suggestions. We've had some fantastic ideas sent in on Facebook and Twitter, and above we see one that's been suggested a few times so we couldn't resist drawing it up. Here are the titles that we've already seen:

And here are some of the latest fan suggestions to have come in.

Alan Holloway Woolfellas

Ian Ellery The Thirty Nine Insteps (see above, Ian), To Kill a Sockingbird, Odour most Foul.

Paula Cuccurullo Psocko...

Andy Muirhead ‏@andy_muirhead Socktopussy?

Scott Tucker ‏@s77tux 21h21 Anyone suggested "The Undarnables"

George Liston "The Silence of the Socks"? Mime could be tricky...!

Milady ‏@macelven 15h15  The Third Sock? (Subtitle "...and so is she?")*

*The first fan suggestion to correctly name any of the original 10 we came up with!

Milady ‏@macelven Aw I'm so proud. I was going to go with The Sock Who Knew Too Much but I thought you could have more fun with a zither.

Keep them coming folks, the real title is revealed this week.

Socks Crime Reject title(s) No 7 - Woollander and more

The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre's brand new show, for the Edinburgh Fringe 2015 (and then the world) is on the subject of crime, thrillers, murder mysteries, spies and more crime. But what to call it? They have finally chosen a title, but not before they'd rejected ten good runners up. What were those you ask?

Rejected title Number 7 - Woollander.

We've already seen Brighton Sock, The 39 Insteps, Good Smellas, Lock Sock and Two Smoking Barrels, Chinatoon, The Big Slipper and Rear Windae.  Your suggestions can be found on Facebook, Twitter and summed up here on the blog. Keep guessing folks.



PS, how's about this for a bonus?

(Original) Rejected title Number 7 - The Third Sock.

This was going to be the 7th rejected title, but it's now 7a, cos frankly it's not that good a gag, or that memorable an image. Still, enjoy.

So what title have they chosen? Stay tuned...

Socks Crime Reject title 6 - Rear Windae

The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre's brand new show, for the Edinburgh Fringe 2015 (and then the world) is on the subject of crime, thrillers, murder mysteries, spies and more crime. But what to call it? They have finally chosen a title, but not before they'd rejected ten good runners up. What were those you ask?

Rejected title Number 6 - Rear Windae.

We've already seen Brighton Sock, The 39 Insteps, Good Smellas, Lock Sock and Two Smoking Barrels, Chinatoon and The Big Slipper.  We've had lots of great fan suggestions on Facebook, Twitter and summed up here on the blog. Here are more of the latest incoming:

Gareth Kavanagh ‏@Garethothevworp Sockly Sockly?

Simon Beckett ‏@LordSiBorg The Sockford Files

Rosemary McIntosh ‏@goatonarope The Sock Who Came In From The Cold ?

always distracted ‏@my_grayne  Falsetto Trek II: The Search For Socks

Terry 'Saneep ‏@MrTumshie I'm assuming someone has already suggested The Usual Sockspects?

Warlord & Nice Guy ‏@SongoftheOss Crime Sock Investigators?

  Naval Criminal Intelligence Socks

Pete Stone ‏@kigelia dixon of sock green?

Littleteapig ‏@Littleteapig Sock & Bailey?

Pete Renshaw Ah it helps that we can use shoes as well...'Farewell my loafer' comes to mind.

I the Hosiery... very fond of Micky Spillane.

Or, rifing on previous Raymond Chandler 'Fairisles my lovely'

Scott Tucker ‏@s77tux Thought of another one… The Sockford Files!

 Scott Tucker ‏@s77tux Blame the late hour and my love of wordplay… Sew Darn Impact, starring Clint Eastwool?!

Alan Woollcombe 'Clog Day Afternoon.'   

So what title have they chosen? Stay tuned...

Broadchurch - brand new video from the Socks

If I'm not mistaken, the Socks have taken this long to make their first new comedy video of 2015. Well, they hope you like it. They've done Broadchurch, in particular series 2. Do please enjoy it, and RT or otherwise spread the word if you please.

This follows the theme of their new crime show, the title of which we haven't announced yet, but we're releasing the Top 10 rejected titles here on the blog.  We've already seen Brighton Sock, The 39 Insteps, Good Smellas, Lock Sock and Two Smoking Barrels, Chinatoon and The Big Slipper.  We've had lots of great fan suggestions on Facebook, Twitter and summed up here on the blog.

Keep the guesses coming and enjoy the videos.

Coming soon, announcement of the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre's new show for 2015. Stay tuned....

Socks Crime Reject No 5 - The Big Slipper

The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre's brand new show, for the Edinburgh Fringe 2015 (and then the world) is on the subject of crime, thrillers, murder mysteries, spies and more crime. But what to call it? They have finally chosen a title, but not before they'd rejected ten good runners up. What were those you ask?

Rejected title Number 5 - The Big Slipper. (We didn't say these were all great titles. That's largely why they're the rejects. Bear with us, better to come)



We've already seen Brighton Sock, The 39 Insteps, Good Smellas, Lock Sock and Two Smoking Barrels and Chinatoon. And you'll find dozens of fan suggestions here from Facebook, one of which hits the nail on the head, but we're not telling you which.

And how's this for a stellar suggestion? Only Britain's top crime writer suggesting a title for us! And here are some more titles that are close but no cigar:

Dino Goldie ‏@dinogoldie Prime Suspender, A snitch in crime saves time, Cheesy blinders, Wollandar, Dixons of Sock Green? 

Simon Beckett ‏@LordSiBorg The Sockford Files 

Matthew Rees ‏@reesmf A Sock in Scarlet, Socks and Crosses, A Sock in the Night, The Maltese Sock, Enter The Sock (and all the other Saint titles)

Craig Naples ‏@crgn M&S Confidential?

So what title have the Socks chosen? Stay tuned...

Signed Michael Bentine Potty Encyclopedia on eBay

I don't often put things on eBay, but if they all turned as big a profit as this book I could be tempted to do it more often.

Last weekend when Heather and I were away at a dinner party near Reading, we stayed over in Aldermaston then went into High Wycombe on the Sunday. Which is where I found, in a charity bookshop, a signed copy of Michael Bentine's Potty Encyclopedia, from 1985.

I was a Potty Time fan as a kid, but had long grown out of it by the time this book came out, and I bought it purely because of the signature inside and the thought that it might be worth more than the 99p I paid for it. And, as it turns out, it was. And, for the record, it's quite a fun silly read too, full of the sort of gags I rather make my living out of with the Socks.

At time of writing it's going for a little over thirty quid. Stay tuned for gripping updates.