Pulp-pourri Theatre Audio Drama

(Orig. rel. 7/24/22) Please enjoy part two of this special re-enactment of a classic radio play (adapted from a famous film and stage play). Twentieth Century is a screwball comedy, with laughs and situations that come at you as rapidly as the railroad train for which it's named. Listen and enjoy!  CAST OF CHARACTERS: Les Marsden as OSCAR JAFFE Rhiannon McAfee as LILY GARLAND Dana Gonsalves as OWEN O'MALLEY Pete Lutz as OLIVER WEBB and McGONIGLE Lothar Tuppan as MAX JACOBS, LLOYD, and GERMAN ACTOR 1 John Bell as MR. CLARK and the COP Rachel Pulliam as SADIE Tom Konkle as GEORGE SMITH and ANNOUNCER Carl Thomas as UNCLE RUFUS and THE PORTER Larry Groebe as THE CONDUCTOR Jesirae Kesler as ANITA and MISS SCHULTZ Gino Vinanelli as FLANNAGAN, POP, and GERMAN ACTOR 2 Victoria Fancki as VALERIE and the WOMAN ON THE TRAIN Jason D. Johnson as FATHER and the MAN ON THE TRAIN and Jack Ward as STANLEY, the SHERIFF, and the WESTERN UNION MAN Music by Ross Bernhardt

(Orig. rel. 7/24/22) Please enjoy part one of this special re-enactment of a classic radio play (adapted from a famous film and stage play). Twentieth Century is a screwball comedy, with laughs and situations that come at you as rapidly as the railroad train for which it's named. Listen and enjoy!  CAST OF CHARACTERS: Les Marsden as OSCAR JAFFE Rhiannon McAfee as LILY GARLAND Dana Gonsalves as OWEN O'MALLEY Pete Lutz as OLIVER WEBB and McGONIGLE Lothar Tuppan as MAX JACOBS, LLOYD, and GERMAN ACTOR 1 John Bell as MR. CLARK and the COP Rachel Pulliam as SADIE Tom Konkle as GEORGE SMITH and ANNOUNCER Carl Thomas as UNCLE RUFUS and THE PORTER Larry Groebe as THE CONDUCTOR Jesirae Kesler as ANITA and MISS SCHULTZ Gino Vinanelli as FLANNAGAN, POP, and GERMAN ACTOR 2 Victoria Fancki as VALERIE and the WOMAN ON THE TRAIN Jason D. Johnson as FATHER and the MAN ON THE TRAIN and Jack Ward as STANLEY, the SHERIFF, and the WESTERN UNION MAN Music by Ross Bernhardt

(Orig. rel. date 7/3/22) Sonic Summerstock Playhouse returns with part two of this very special remake of a BBC Sunday Night Theatre episode from 1958. We hope you enjoy it! It was recorded over Zoom using actors in California, Illinois, Texas, Alabama and Nova Scotia.  Gareth Severn as the BBC ANNOUNCER Les Marsden as CAPTAIN QUEEG Dana Gonsalves as LIEUTENANT MARYK Austin Hanna as LT JUNIOR GRADE KEITH Tom Konkle as LT KEEFER Carl Yowell as LCDR CHALLEE Chuck Wilson as CAPTAIN SOUTHARD Joe Martinez as DR LUNDEEN Paul Arbisi as DR BIRD Rachel Pulliam as PETTY OFFICER URBAN John Bell as CAPTAIN BLAKELY Jessica Mathews as the STENOGRAPHER Ebony Rose as the ORDERLY and Pete Lutz as LIEUTENANT GREENWALD Additional voices: Dave Robison, Edward Champion Music for this production was composed and performed by Dr. Ross Bernhardt.

(Orig. rel. date 7/3/22) Sonic Summerstock Playhouse returns with part one of this very special remake of a BBC Sunday Night Theatre episode from 1958. We hope you enjoy it! It was recorded over Zoom using actors in California, Illinois, Texas, Alabama and Nova Scotia.  Gareth Severn as the BBC ANNOUNCER Les Marsden as CAPTAIN QUEEG Dana Gonsalves as LIEUTENANT MARYK Austin Hanna as LT JUNIOR GRADE KEITH Tom Konkle as LT KEEFER Carl Yowell as LCDR CHALLEE Chuck Wilson as CAPTAIN SOUTHARD Joe Martinez as DR LUNDEEN Paul Arbisi as DR BIRD Rachel Pulliam as PETTY OFFICER URBAN John Bell as CAPTAIN BLAKELY Jessica Mathews as the STENOGRAPHER Ebony Rose as the ORDERLY and Pete Lutz as LIEUTENANT GREENWALD Additional voices: Dave Robison, Edward Champion Music for this production was composed and performed by Dr. Ross Bernhardt.

Old-time Radio Essentials continues its 3rd season with an episode of Dimension-X – their adaptation of a story by H. Beam Piper, "Time and Time Again"! This one's Dave's pick, and there's taut sci-fi a-plenty in the selection, followed by fast-paced discussion of its merits by the three co-hosts. Will Dave over-explain everything, leaving Pete and Paul with nothing to say? Tune in and find out!! And since we're on the subject of finding things out, while you listen you'll learn if we feel this entry meets the following criteria: 1. Is it truly representative of that series? (Can anyone point to it and say, "Yes, that is what [NAME OF SERIES] was all about.") 2. Is it an episode worthy of inclusion in any and every OTR aficionado's private collection? So with this in mind, we three bring you, as our thirty-third number (but 8th official episode of S3), this episode of Dimension-X, from 7/12/51. We'll introduce the show, play it in its entirety, then discuss it at length. Thanks for joining us, and we hope y

OLIVIA (HORROR) (Originally launched elsewhere in 2020) Teenage Drea is having a terrible life, but she's found a doll named Olivia -- and Olivia promises she can make Drea's life better, just so long as the girl delivers others to be sacrificed. Featuring Pete Lutz as The Stranger, Mr. Newman, the Bartender, and Sammy Starring Kessi Riliniki as Olivia Jackie Ayers as Drea Tanja Milojevic as the Mother Lothar Tuppan as the Father Alisha Strand-Mueller as Linda Michele Cotter as the Secretary George Hatfield as Bobby Written by Mark Slade Music by Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com, Carpenter's Notch and Audionautix.com Sound effects from the public domain and from freesound . org Guest Producer: Pete Lutz

ESCAPE: The Derelict Recently released on the Mutual Audio Network's Sonic Summerstock Playhouse, the Narada Radio Company presents their re-imagining of "The Derelict", an episode of the OTR series ESCAPE, first aired in 1953. Originally set in one of Earth's oceans, director Pete Lutz picked up our castaways and placed them in outer space. Listen as one woman and three men survive the destruction of their spacecraft and take refuge on a deserted, ancient rocketship. Once onboard, personalities collide and tempers flare after the discovery of an abandoned treasure. CAST: ANNOUNCERS: Jason D. Johnson, Pete Lutz CORA: Kristy Glick KEETMAN: Karim C. Kronfli MIKE: Larry Groebe LU WA: Pete Lutz COMMERCIAL: Mrs. Holepuncher Music by Dr. Ross Bernhardt

SONIC SUMMERSTOCK PLAYHOUSE 2021: Algiers, from Lux Radio Theatre Director Pete Lutz presents an extended adaptation of Lux Radio Theatre’s ALGIERS - the story of French jewel thief Pepe Le Moko, who evades capture by hiding in plain sight, in the maze-like Casbah district. When he meets the beautiful Gabrielle, he begins to hate his surroundings — and realizes that he has made his own prison within these ancient walls. CAST OF CHARACTERS: Announcer: Darren Rockhold Hedy Lamarr/Gaby: Victoria Fancki Charles Boyer/Pepe Le Moko: Pete Lutz Slimane: Les Marsden DeMille: Joe Martinez Prefect of Police: Pete Lutz Ines: Jessica Mathews Regis: Dana Gonsalves Grandpere: Paul Arbisi Janvier: John Bell Andre: Carl Yowell L'Arbi and Maxim: Gareth Severn Carlos: Jason D. Johnson Marie: Aileen Corpos Pierrot: Rachel Pulliam Aicha: Dawn Robertson Additional voices were provided by Geri Elliff, Kendra Murray, and members of the cast. Music by Dr. Ross Bernhardt

Old-time Radio Essentials continues its 3rd season with an episode of the Lux Radio Theatre – their adaptation of the Western film "Red River", starring John Wayne! This one's Pete's pick, and there's action a-plenty in the selection, followed by fast-paced discussion of its merits by the three co-hosts. Will Pete and Paul have a Walter Brennan voice-off, reluctantly judged by Dave? Tune in and find out!! And since we're on the subject of finding things out, while you listen you'll learn if we feel this entry meets the following criteria: 1. Is it truly representative of that series? (Can anyone point to it and say, "Yes, that is what [NAME OF SERIES] was all about.") 2. Is it an episode worthy of inclusion in any and every OTR aficionado's private collection? So with this in mind, we three bring you, as our thirty-second number (but 7th official episode of S3), this episode of Lux Radio Theatre, from 3/3/49. We'll introduce the show, play it in its entirety, then discuss it at length. Thanks for joining us

SAVE THE LAST WORD FOR ME #7: Chatting with voice actors and audio drama creators Rhiannon and Greg McAfee (5/2017) Again from our archives, we present the 7th episode of a discussion podcast that I had high hopes for, but which only went for 9 episodes or so. But the discussions are fun and if you're interested in voice actors' lives, we delve pretty deep in these interviews.  Rhiannon & Greg McAfee are a terrifically talented couple from California, whose work I first discovered in 2016 or so, when I first heard the outstanding audio drama series "Rex Rivetter, Private Eye". Greg wrote the scripts, Rhiannon directed and played the detective's Girl Friday. Since our interview, both of them have appeared in a number of my audio dramas, and I was lucky enough to make it into one episode of RRPE before production ceased. Enjoy this most excellent discussion with two excellent folks!

SAVE THE LAST WORD FOR ME #6: Chatting with podcaster, audio dramatist, collaborator, voice actor and friend Jack Ward (03/2017) Again from our archives, we present the 6th episode of a discussion podcast that I had high hopes for, but which only went for 9 episodes or so. But the discussions are fun and if you're interested in voice actors' lives, we delve pretty deep in these interviews.  Jack Ward is the creator and co-host of "The Sonic Society", a long-running weekly podcast out of Halifax, Nova Scotia that showcases new audio dramas. He featured my first two episodes of "Pulp-Pourri Theatre" back in 2013, no questions asked, even though the productions themselves were, to be honest, questionable. But we have become good friends, and have collaborated on many projects since then, and have joined with a handful of other like-minded individuals to create the Mutual Audio Network. Jack is the head-man at the tiller though, make no mistake. Anyway, this interview was fun and I hope you enjoy it.

SAVE THE LAST WORD FOR ME #4 and 5: Chatting with voice actor and audio dramatist Jon Grilz (01/2017) Again from our archives, we present the 4th and 5th episodes of a discussion podcast that I had high hopes for, but which only went for 9 episodes or so. But the discussions are fun and if you're interested in voice actors' lives, we delve pretty deep in these interviews.  Jon Grilz is the creator, producer and star of the "Small Town Horror" audio drama series, and our discussion spans two episodes because in the first one we talked for more than an hour, but later discovered that the recorder had punked out on us about 20 min. into our discussion. So we got together a second time and chatted for about another hour, and that one was successfully saved for the ages. Nowadays Jon is involved with the "Creepypods" series. Enjoy our freewheeling chat from five years ago! I lied a year ago when I indicated that I'll be posting these re-runs monthly, sorry about that. But nobody wrote to complain, so I guess it w

Season Three of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! This time it's Paul's pick -- and he's rooted around until he found a real "gem" for us to enjoy and discuss. And since we're on the subject of discussion, we hope to determine whether this entry meets the following criteria: 1. Is it truly representative of that series? (Can anyone point to it and say, "Yes, that is what [NAME OF SERIES] was all about.") 2. Is it an episode worthy of inclusion in any and every OTR aficionado's private collection? So with this in mind, we three bring you, as our thirty-first number (but 6th official episode of S3), this episode of Philo Vance, from 10/12/48. We'll introduce the show, play it in its entirety, then discuss it at length. Thanks for joining us, and we hope you enjoy it!  Please show your support of the podcast by doing any of the following! To comment on how we might improve OTR-E, or give suggestions for future discussions, please write to us at f6point3@gmail.com . Put the word "Essentials" in the subject l

Originally released 5/29/20. Transcribed live from California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennesee, and Texas... Project Audion presents a recreation of the 1937 Columbia Workshop broadcast of "R.U.R: Rossum's Universal Robots." Pete Lutz of Narada Radio Company, director of this re-creation, says this about his choice of show: "I love the historical sense of the story. Here's Carel Kapek, in 1920 or '21, foreseeing A.I., prophesying humans' dependence on technology. Of course, robots themselves, thank the gods, haven't been perfected to the same extent. But there are so many wonderful elements in the story: all the men on the island are in love with Helena, and this unrequited love felt by Dr. Gall leads to their downfall. The robots evolve in different ways, though: some become murderous, yet two show more humane tendencies: love, compassion, sacrifice. I first heard the BBC's radio adaptation of this, which was about two hours long. Then I found the script we use here and felt that the main po

(Orig. launch date 7/24/20) Project Audion presents our recreation of an episode of Screen Guild Theatre, AKA Hollywood Soundstage. "The Ox-Bow Incident" was a best-selling book in 1940, a blockbuster Western movie in 1943, and adapted for the Screen Guild Theatre radio show no less than three times. Our version is from 1952. It's a story of vengeance and violence -- a gritty look at a group of men who turned into a mob. "The Ox-Bow Incident" was directed by Pete Lutz / Corpus Christi, Texas and produced by Larry Groebe / Grapevine, Texas, and used a coast-to-coast cast of 14 people situated from Nova Scotia to San Francisco: Paul Arbisi / Peoria, Illinois John Bell / Alabaster, Alabama Denise Cline / Nicholasville, Kentucky Norman Cline / Nicholasville, Kentucky Dana Gonsalves / Corpus Christi, Texas John Mauldin / Nashville, Tennessee Chris Messersmith / Dallas Texas Ken Raney / Arlington, Texas Carl Thomas / Rockport, Texas Lothar Tuppan / San Francisco, California Jack Ward / Halifax, Nova Scotia Angela

(Orig. launch date 5/7/21) Project Audion's 2nd season begins like our first season, with an episode of the classic radio drama Suspense. "Pearls are a Nuisance", aired on CBS 4/20/50, is a satirical detective drama based on a story by Raymond Chandler, which starred Ray Milland. Walter Gage is trying to track down some stolen pearls, and must call upon a gentleman of dubious morals to help him. Our transcribed-live drama includes voice actors from California all the way to England: Joe Mendell (UK) – Announcer Pete Lutz (TX) - Harlow Wilcox, Henry Doug Fain (TX) - Walter Rhiannon McAfee (CA) - Ellen Angela Young (FL) - Dora, Teller Greg McAfee (CA) - Mr. Gallemore, Voice Dana Gonsalves (TX) - Manager, Scandesi Mr. Lutz directed, while Larry Groebe handled production and sound.

This latest Project Audion vintage radio recreation (orig. rel. 4/8/22) is an hour-long dramatization of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four...which was originally produced in August 1949, just months after the book, to great acclaim, was released. NBC University Theater adapted this scathing vision of a possible future where "Freedom is Slavery" and "Big Brother is watching you." Big Brother is part of our cultural currency now, but in 1949, "1984" was a new and daring novel, and this early audio adaptation feels fresh - and still terrifying. WINSTON SMITH: Dana Gonsalves, TX ANNOUNCER: John Bell, AL O'BRIEN: Les Marsden, CA JULIA: Jesirae Kesler, TX MR. PARSONS & OTHERS: Tom Konkle, CA MR. SYME: Jason Johnson, TX MRS. PARSONS: Rachel Pulliam, MO ASSORTED VOICES: Jessica Matthews, TX CHARRINGTON, AMPLEFORTH AND DIRECTION: Pete Lutz, TX MUSIC/FX/ASSTD. VOICES/PRODUCTION: Larry Groebe, TX

It's episode two of a new, limited anthology series from 63audio and the Narada Radio Company! Adventure Trail brings back to the Narada microphone The Old-Timer, a character first heard way back in the first season of Pulp-Pourri Theatre. He's back after all this time to spin a few yarns and tell some tall tales about adventures he's had over his long life, and this second outing is a prime example. Set in the 1940s or thereabouts, in "Demon an' Pithypuss" we hear about a pair of ranch hands (Rowdy Ransom and Mac McCorkadale) who are such close friends, that one can't itch without the other one scratchin', to hear Ol' Duff Moser, the ramrod, tell it. Mac and Rowdy are sure-fire winners in the upcoming rodeo's steer-tying competition, but their other event, a ballad-singing contest, causes their friendship (and rodeo partnership) to fall apart when they find they can't agree on the "right" words to an old song. With all the other hands' wages tied up in bets, things look pretty dire, and the other cowboys tr

Season Three of Old-Time Radio Essentials continues! This time it's Dave's pick -- but he's invited Essential Listener Marshal to choose something for us to enjoy and discuss. And since we're on the subject of discussion, we hope to determine whether this entry meets the following criteria: 1. Is it truly representative of that series? (Can anyone point to it and say, "Yes, that is what [NAME OF SERIES] was all about.") 2. Is it an episode worthy of inclusion in any and every OTR aficionado's private collection? So with this in mind, we three bring you, as our thirtieth number (but 5th official episode of S3), this episode of Mark Trail, from 3/22/50. We'll introduce the show, play it in its entirety, then discuss it at length. Thanks for joining us, and we hope you enjoy it!  Please show your support of the podcast by doing any of the following! To comment on how we might improve OTR-E, or give suggestions for future discussions, please write to us at f6point3@gmail.com . Put the word "Essentials" in the s

In honor of Saint Paddy's day (March 17th), we've sent our intrepid reporter, Philboyd Studge, to New York City, home of the world's largest St. Patrick's Day parade, to interview someone who claims to be a leprechaun. You'll be "Wearin' o' the Grin" by the time it's over, don't ye know. Enjoy!