June 2, 2024
A Matched Pair of Science Fiction
Time and Time Again
A man wakes up in the body of himself at age 13, but remembers everything that happened to him in his life.
The original story by H. Beam Piper appeared in Astounding Science Fiction in 1947. This is the Ernest Kinoy adaptation for X Minus One from 1956.
Homefront
‘a father meets a man who he realizes is his own son much later in his life. And he’s there to bring a message of the future.
A story similar in theme to the previous story. Written by Patrick Bradley, directed by Marjorie van Halteren, and performed at the National Audio Theatre Festivals (NATF) workshop in West Plains, MO in 2005.
June 9, 2024
A Brace of Tunnels
The Tunnel Under the World
Original story by Frederik Pohl, published by Galaxy magazine in 1955. A man and his wife both wake up to find they had the same dream. And the next day he finds he is reliving the previous day again – but it’s not the same previous day.
The script is from an X Minus One episode, and the performance was live online by Project Audion as a Zoom program, which you can watch at their website, or on YouTube. The cast is from all across the country, and it’s really fun to watch the sound effects being made in real time.
Netherdrome – The Tunnel
100 years in the future, people live in underground caverns because the surface is poisonous. While digging a new tunnel, there is a cave-in. The investigation turns up much more than they expected.
Netherdrome was a 13-episode series from Nebraska Public Radio back in 1989. Created and written by Barry Anderson.
June 16, 2024
Mystery of the Frozen South – Roscoe North, Psychic Detective
Roscoe North is a psychic detective, so watch what you think. It’s the usual radio detective case – a beautiful woman, a boat trip to the Frozen South, and all in the name of fashion. Wait – what?
Produced for Program Already In Progress, from the Portland (OR) Radio Theater.
Bad Day At Black Rock - Part 1
John Macreedy arrives at the California desert town of Black Rock, and is puzzled by the suspicious reception of the townsfolk. But he came for a reason, and he intends to carry it to the end, despite the opposition.
A radio adaptation of the 1955 hit movie starring Spencer Tracy. In the U.S. Lux Radio Theater might have done this production. But it was off the air by then, so this script was written in 1959 for the Australian equivalent program, the Caltex Theater.
This production was done live as a Zoom program by Project Audion. You can watch the production on YouTube.It has an international cast, and live sound effects.
June 23, 2024
Bad Day At Black Rock – Part 2
The conclusion of the Australian radio adaptation of this hit film. The script is from 1959. It was produced for Project Audion in 2022 by Larry Groebe, and directed by Pete Lutz.
Manifestations
Fears for Ears is a horror fiction anthology produced by Aida Memisovic. This is a story of Quintin Miller, who is a farmer living what he considers a simple life, until one day the first “fear” appears.
June 30, 2024
Port O Call
Harv and Marge Conklin finally embark on that two-week cruise vacation they have always dreamed of. And Harv went all out and paid #22.50 each for the tickets. Soon it is obvious that this trip is not what it was claimed to be, though Harv seems to be unable to recognize the clear signs.
A nine-episode serial from the Martian Archives. I picked up the cassette tapes of The Martian Archives back in the middle 1990s – it may have been at a science fiction convention. The cover lists a copyright of 1994. The audio credits say these were written by John Thompson, and produced at Cusp Studios by the Harken Theater. That’s really all I know as there is no mention of them on the Internet anywhere. July 7, 2024
The Uninvited
A parody. It’s the movie Aliens as though it were done by the Lux Radio Theater in the 1950s, and featuring Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn and Shirley Temple in the cast..
In actuality it is done by The Prometheus Radio Theatre out of Baltimore, MD, and produced by Steven H. Wilson. I have removed all the Lux Radio stage production stuff so you hear only the story. But you can find their Prometheus podcast online to hear it all. It was performed live at a Farpoint SF convention.
She Who Would Rip the Sky Asunder
Arvin finds himself getting closer to his girlfriend and her young daughter. But he finds it hard to relate to the child as he finds out just what she is capable of.
Written by Samuel Marzioli and produced by Evan Pedersen for the Red Shift podcast, done by the Twin Cities own Fancy Pants Gangsters. July 14, 2024
My Three Grandmothers
Jesse relates an afternoon she spent with her three grandmothers.
Written and directed by George Zarr. Sent to us by David Farquhar of Voices in the Wind audio theater in Canada, though it does not specifically say that it was produced for that group.
The Scream at the Shack
Four friends are invited to the remote cabin in the woods for a weekend. The woman who invites them is a bit mysterious about the reasons for the gathering, but it will all eventually become clear.
Written by Jeffrey Adams at the Icebox Radio Theater in International Falls, MN. Icebox Radio will celebrate their 20th Anniversary in July, so Congratulations! to the Icebox.
July 21, 2024
My Heart Belongs To Mummy - Black Jack Justice
The detective firm of Justice and Dixon is hired to guard a body. Only later do they find that the body is thousands of years old and has a tendency to not stay in one place.
Another episode in the casebook from Decoder Ring Theatre in Canada.
Lance Manley and the Case of the Bogus Bookseller
The library detective from Up North is shown a book that has all the right credentials to check out from the library, except for a receipt that says someone actually bought it.
One more in the casebook of the library detective from Icebox Radio Theater in International Falls, who celebrates their 20th Anniversary this month.
I’ve Got Skin Under My Playtex
A song by Frank Sinatra mangled by the talents of Jerry Modjeski, who used to have shows on KFAI that were full of imagination and dazzling word and sound play. July 28, 2024
Invasion From Planet Vampire
Crazy Dog Audio Theatre is quick to satirize and lampoon almost anything. This time it’s science fiction on TV. So aspects of this will seem familiar. But the rest of it?… Not so much.
Good Robot
A mad scientist creates a robot for nefarious purposes. So she sends it out on its first mission, and then things start to go right. You know…the usual stuff.
Sci-Fi silliness from Big Fun Radio Funtime. Performed at the Bryant Lake Bowl back… oh, a few years ago. Written by John Youker. Produced by Tim Wick. August 4, 2024
Press 3
A dialectically demonic drream of constant repetition. A dark comedy about a woman trying to escape from a totalitarian society riddled with paranoia, color-coded alerts, bureaucratic procedures and consumerist propaganda. (Well, that’s familiar.)
Crazy Dog Audio Theatre of Ireland sent us this episode from their Diabolic Playhouse series. It’s written, directed and produced by Roger Gregg, who also did the music.
