WFMU: Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from February 28, 2022

Listener comments!
	2/27 6:36pm Listener Robert: I'm confused. Is this playing a day early?
	7:07pm Listener Robert: OK, assuming you miscalculated the date, switching to Mr. Fields.
	👻 5:43pm Austin Rich: Good Hello! Looks like we had a date foul-up, @Listener Robert. Hopefully you're available today?
	👻 6:00pm Austin Rich: Here we go!
	6:01pm Listener Robert: Yes, I decided to be here instead of at Mr. Hurst's.
	6:02pm John R: Howdy Austin!
	👻 6:02pm Austin Rich: Hooray!
	👻 6:02pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, John R.!
	6:03pm Mr Fab: He should have known not get a box with the unluckiest number. i'd get Box 7.
	6:03pm Listener Robert: My friend's son Damon Lindelof worked for Alan Ladd's son's production company for a short while.
	👻 6:03pm Austin Rich: Box 23 might have been fun.
	6:04pm Scott67: G'day Austin & Penny Spenders! 🍻😎🤙🎶📻🌏🌻
	👻 6:04pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, @Scott67!
	6:04pm Spacebrother: That’s a sexy voice with the title!
	👻 6:04pm Austin Rich: @Listener Robert: That's very cool! I've seen a few of Lindelof's shows. Wonder if Alan Ladd's son has any Box 13 stories?
	👻 6:05pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Spacebrother!
	👻 6:05pm Austin Rich: This week, all of hour 1 has an "at sea" theme.
	👻 6:06pm Austin Rich: I like how the Gunsel just needed to hear the right woids.
	6:07pm Mr Fab: He got "sapped."
	6:07pm Listener Robert: If you've ever seen "Lost" and found it perplexing, I can explain what it was REALLY about, though I still don't have a complete solution. Damon and his father did have a lot of apparently spontaneous encounters with 23s. But then Damon stocked "Crossing Jordan" with them deliberately.
	👻 6:08pm Austin Rich: Most of the accepted definitions of the word "gunsel" involve some homosexual connotation, but I find it funny how some "noir" settings try to re-contextualize it as "thug with gun." I'm sure it was difficult ot be more overt, but when I hear the word "gunsel" I'm sure there were other meanings that were not obvious.
	👻 6:09pm Austin Rich: I think I'd be more angry, if I'd been sapped like Dan was. But then again, writers will go to funny lengths for a story, am-I-rite?
	6:10pm Listener Robert: Mr. Fab, ain't it amazing how people in drama can take knockout blows to the head without permanent brain damage?
	👻 6:10pm Austin Rich: @Listener Robert: I was thinking of doing a "knocked out" count for this show, but I lost count quickly.
	6:11pm Mr Fab: drinking game, Austin!
	6:12pm Listener Robert: Until I saw the discussion about "gunsel" w.r.t. Dashiel Hammett (or maybe in was Raymond Chandler, I forgot), I'd thought it was a Yiddishism related most literally to geese.
	👻 6:12pm Austin Rich: Is there a yiddish origin I didn't know? How funny!
	6:13pm Listener Robert: The differing amount people can resist blows to the head turns out to be a plot point of "Lost".
	👻 6:13pm Austin Rich: I'm not sure, but is rowing 10 miles a lot or not? I never did anything like that.
	👻 6:13pm Austin Rich: I feel like a lot of "pulpy" things used to happen on Lost. That was one thing I liked: when it leaned into the comic book / pulp stuff.
	6:14pm Listener Robert: I don't really know if it's from Yiddish either.
	6:15pm Scott67: 1st of March, 1st day of Autumn here. & it's a dark grey rainy day. Perfect for a Noir Radio Play. Now where's my Whisky? 🥃😎🤙👣🛋🎶📻🌧🌫🌏
	6:16pm Mr Fab: I like doing ocean-y things, but rowing 10 miles would be excruciating.
	👻 6:16pm Austin Rich: We've got a few more hours over here in Salem, OR.
	6:17pm John R: I really enjoy your links/commercials between programs Austin!
	👻 6:18pm Austin Rich: @John R: I really wanted to try and recreate the feel of how these would have been heard on the radio. But I really didn't want to use real commercials. I've had to write a million fake commercials over the years for different projects. They sort of come out naturally.
	6:18pm Listener Robert: Yes, Mr. Rich, "Lost" took a lot from comic books, but also a lot from Arthur Conan Doyle, movie serials, Shakespeare, real world conspiracies and swindles, magic tricks, zombie lore, and "Department S", plus a bunch of other stuff I either did or didn't know Damon and his father were interested in. See users.bestweb.net...
	👻 6:19pm Austin Rich: I'll have to dig into that link, @Listener Robert. I was thinking about watching some Lost again, after all these years.
	6:19pm Listener Robert: Any chance you could get Gus Bodenheim to read ads for DelBarton products and services as sponsors?
	👻 6:20pm Austin Rich: I was thinking of asking different folks I know to do some ad reads. Just haven't gotten around to it yet.
	6:20pm Listener Robert: I'll say the proper attitude to watch "Lost" from the beginning is distrust -- of EVERYBODY, including the characters and the camera.
	👻 6:22pm Austin Rich: I think you're onto something, @Listener Robert. I also think: don't take to too seriously. Just watch and enjoy. I think the people who ended up feeling burned by any TV show were people who took the show too seriously. It's just TV. Have fun, enjoy. Unless it's Max Headroom. Then I take that show VERY seriously.
	6:24pm Scott67: For no reason I'm craving a Gumbo! I'm hungry, Cajun style! 🍺😎🤙🥘
	6:25pm Listener Robert: It's for people who like playing detective. Turns out it was only disguised as a sci-fi/fantasy show. All the fantasy elements were fake. So were most of the non-fantasy elements and sci-fi. The only actual sci-fi in the show was based on the real-world work of Michael Persinger -- i.e. mind control.
	👻 6:25pm Austin Rich: We had Shrimp and rice last week! That's about as Cajun as we can get at home.
	6:25pm Mr Fab: There're always looking for "the man with tight pants." It's the Tom Jones gang!
	👻 6:25pm Austin Rich: Zing, @Mr. Fab!
	6:26pm Scott67: I make a mean Gumbo Austin, here in Australia. Why can't you?
	👻 6:26pm Austin Rich: I think Dan Holiday would be a pretty catchy name for an author. I wonder if they every thought of publishing stories under that name at the time, to tie into the show?
	👻 6:27pm Austin Rich: I'm not a great cook, that's why, @Scott67. My wife does all that. She used to host a Crab Boil every summer.
	👻 6:29pm Austin Rich: Good old Suzy. Always gets the last joke.
	6:31pm Listener Robert: They made a dance out of Route 23??!
	👻 6:32pm Austin Rich: Again, the audio on this episode is not great. I did my best to try to clean it up a little, and make it work better for our purposes. Still: you'll have to listen through the years on this one.
	6:32pm Scott67: Crap boil is a perfect time for making Gumbo with the shell stock & leftover crab meat as an ingredient. Gumbo couldn't be easier, just the "trinity" then whatever is at hand or you like. All cooked in the one pan/pot. A perfect dish to learn on, like I did.😎🤙🥘
	6:33pm Scott67: 💩Er Crab**🦀
	👻 6:33pm Austin Rich: I'm getting betting in the kitchen. But, if you could pick, I recommend that you ask for a different cook if you see me in the kitchen. Probably time for some take out.
	👻 6:34pm Austin Rich: Yikes! Not a great way to start a visit to a new town.
	6:34pm Mr Fab: A crap boil, that's what they call Sheena's programming!
	👻 6:35pm Austin Rich: Zing!
	6:36pm Scott67: Austin, a beer or a glass of wine while I cook is my secret. 🍺😎🤙🍷🥘🍽
	👻 6:36pm Austin Rich: That's a really good secret!
	6:36pm Mr Fab: is that a "Chinaman" or a robot?
	6:37pm Scott67: I look forward to us dropping in our fresh ingredient soon Mr.F! 🍺😎🤙🗑☠💩📻🎶
	👻 6:39pm Austin Rich: I know I have speculated in the past that, due to various references in the scripts, that it's hard to pinpoint exactly which "War" these stories take place after. However, after the last re-listen I did last week, I'm pretty sure that this is meant to take place after WWII. Still, there's a lot of references to different port cities and sailing that is pretty timeless. I suspect that the WWII references might have been put in to keep the story "current."
	6:43pm Listener Robert: I guess it's an honor to be playing a part described as sounding like Charles Laughton.
	👻 6:43pm Austin Rich: I suspect any voice actor worth their salt in those days could do a passable Charles Lawton. I'm not sure if this counts as "passable," but it's what we get on this show.
	👻 6:44pm Austin Rich: (Curse my terrible spelling.)
	6:47pm Ellen Lovebug: Hello everyone. I will take a quick peek at the chat and see what I missed
	👻 6:48pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Ellen! Always good to see you in the chat!
	6:48pm Scott67: Sounds like they're flirting.
	👻 6:49pm Austin Rich: There seems to be a lot of homoerotic content on this show, if you ask me.
	6:49pm Scott67: "Violent love"???
	6:49pm Ellen Lovebug: @Listener Robert Wow, you have a connection with one of my favorite showrunners. I love Lost, Crossing Jordan, and The Leftovers, for all of which we have Damon Lindelof to thank! Send my love <3
	👻 6:49pm Austin Rich: Yeah. That's pretty grim, if you ask me.
	6:50pm Listener Robert: According to the Wikipedia entry, "Pompton Turnpike" was inspired by an actual joint on that road.
	👻 6:50pm Austin Rich: That makes sense, @Robert.
	6:52pm Listener Robert: Ms. Lovebug, also when Damon was a reviewer for Fox, he reported favorably on "Monk", but it wasn't enough to get them to buy it. So another connection to WFMU.
	👻 6:52pm Austin Rich: "Smoked three pipes after dinner." I see.
	👻 6:52pm Austin Rich: Monk is pretty great, for sure. (And not just for the Sharpling connection, though he is great, too.)
	6:54pm Listener Robert: Mr. Scharpling wasn't connected to it at that time, but we can count connections in any temporal order. Once Damon told me about that, I turned him on to "7SD". He especially appreciated one of "Andy's puppet" episodes -- "I'm just a little girl."
	6:58pm ironybread: And by: Ma Rainey's Wholesome Moleskin Cookies!
	6:59pm Scott67: Sound Storm!💥💫
	7:00pm Scott67: G'day ironybread. 🍻😎🤙
	7:02pm Ellen Lovebug: I love the music. @Listener Robert, I actually loved the end of Lost. Because I would love an afterlife with all my friends and relatives
	7:04pm Listener Robert: Heh. But you don't realize what that scene concealed. That was no afterlife, it was a meeting that occurred BEFORE most of the action depicted on the show.
	7:07pm Listener Robert: Aw, too bad. I was hoping you'd flesh out a script by your lights, and have friends act it out. Can you possibly save it until you can do that, and skip the summary?
	7:09pm Wenzo Toad: hey Austin Rich et al!!
	7:09pm Listener Robert: Like, go nuts with it...entirely deconstruct and subvert it. That's how I'd do it.
	7:10pm Listener Robert: I've heard a good deal of X-1. Some corny episodes, but mostly very good.
	7:17pm Listener Robert: I'm waiting for the copyright to expire so I can publish "Red Harvest of Replicants" in the style of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies". But first I'll have to write it. Or somebody will. I'm inspired by the fact that the Continental Op never explicitly solved the mystery of the death threat that got him to Personville to begin with.
	👻 7:17pm Austin Rich: I do love X Minus One. Lots of fun there.
	👻 7:18pm Austin Rich: I think, given the time and production values that I have access too, a simple reading - maybe with a partner - is the best I can do. I don't actually have access to the script, just a summary of it!
	7:18pm ironybread: Austin, please find Hal Dresner and interview him. I think he lives in Oregon. His book "The Man Who Wrote Dirty Books" is one of the greatest, funniest things in my library www.thefix.com...
	👻 7:19pm Austin Rich: (Unless someone can find the missing episode! I would love to find a full script for it.)
	👻 7:19pm Austin Rich: Oooooo! Thanks for the tip, @ironybread!
	7:19pm Listener Robert: But that's the fun of it. Not having access to the script, can anyone prove your version isn't the way it was intended? ;-)
	👻 7:20pm Austin Rich: Good point, @Listener Robert!
	👻 7:21pm Austin Rich: Whoever I can get to join me for Marathon, we'll give each other free reign to develop the story any way we like. But I still need to sort that out.
	7:21pm Ellen Lovebug: I'm having a hard day, I'm going to split for now, I will try to colme back tomorrow. Love you
	👻 7:22pm Austin Rich: See you tomorrow, Ellen!
	👻 7:24pm Austin Rich: @ironybreak: Zorro, The Gay Blade? Yeah, I need to track him down.
	👻 7:24pm Austin Rich: I mean, who else could it be? Roxor is always behind everything.
	7:26pm Mr Fab: I keep hearing it as "Rock Star."
	7:26pm ironybread: Same dif, Fab
	👻 7:27pm Austin Rich: I would like to see a re-make of "Chandu The Magician" but the main villain is "Rock Star" and Rock Star is played by Jack Black.
	7:27pm Mr Fab: haha
	👻 7:28pm Austin Rich: I like how these two kids are with their weird uncle in Egypt (and they don't remember how they got there), and now their mother has been kidnapped... and they kids are still pretty well adjusted.
	👻 7:34pm Austin Rich: For my "Max Headroom" podcast, I interviewed Michael Cassutt, who got to know Robert Bloch on the Con Circuit, and has a couple of incidental stories about hanging out with him. Michael Cassutt has done many things, but he and Steve Roberts wrote the episodes of Max Headroom for the US TV show. (And Michael wrote The Twilight Zone with George R. R. Martin.)
	7:34pm ironybread: "What you have pressed against your belly might not be of above-average length or thickness, but it GETS THE JOB DONE"
	👻 7:35pm Austin Rich: Precisely, @ironybread. Not so subtle, are they?
	7:37pm ironybread: "Ooh! A monster!!!" "Who is that MAN papa?"
	👻 7:37pm Austin Rich: This particular story has a good intersection of "crime / gangster / noir" and "science fiction." That certainly puts it squarely in the "weird fiction" realm, by my standards.
	7:37pm Listener Robert: So why does it have to have a kid's voice timbre?
	👻 7:38pm Austin Rich: The effect / way the actor delivers "junior's" voice is REALLY creepy.
	7:38pm Mr Fab: ha yeah Robert - like a robot's voice will change?
	👻 7:40pm Austin Rich: If I'm not mistaken, this story was re-made on a number of other Sci-Fi / weird fiction shows. I know I've heard at least two other versions. I wouldn't be surprised if there were more!
	👻 7:41pm Austin Rich: I keep meaning to sample this episode.
	7:43pm ironybread: "Wendy?" "Yes Duke." "Is the water warm enough?" "Yes Duke." "Shall we begin?" "Yes Duke."
	👻 7:44pm Austin Rich: This episode gets a little creepier than most of the other episodes of Dimension X. In the same way that there was a subtle reference to "rape" in "Voyage of the Scarlet Queen." I should probably put a warning on this episode.
	7:45pm Listener Robert: "Who doesn't love milk? Report them to us."
	👻 7:45pm Austin Rich: Good one, @Listener Robert.
	👻 7:46pm Austin Rich: The most talkative drivers in radio history.
	👻 7:47pm Austin Rich: "A mechanical traffic cop." Is that an everyday thing?
	👻 7:48pm Austin Rich: These drivers talk like they're in a comic book.
	7:49pm Mr Fab: "Good Lord!" choke
	👻 7:49pm Austin Rich: "I don't mind a little heist, but killin' four guys..."
	👻 7:50pm Austin Rich: I mean, I hate cops as much as the next guy, but Duke is a little creepy. #ACAB
	👻 7:51pm Austin Rich: I remember listening to this one for the first time. Early 2000s, I was working late, and I heard it at home after work. It really creeped me out.
	7:51pm ironybread: Okay, that voice session director totally over-reacted to that bad take. Murdering the voice-over talent is almost never justified
	👻 7:52pm Austin Rich: Well, the show is almost over, and that wraps us up for today. Join me tomorrow for another MVM. I hope you are all well! I'm getting excited for Marathon!
	👻 7:54pm Austin Rich: I agree: I have hardly ever murdered anyone I was working with when I recorded with them. Like, I can't even remember a time it might have happened... I think...
	👻 7:54pm Austin Rich: "The erotic oiling scene..."
	👻 7:55pm Austin Rich: At least Junior pronounces "robot" the old-timey way.
	7:55pm Mr Fab: This is a lot more twisted than probably the average 1950 listener realized.
	👻 7:56pm Austin Rich: Yeah. I wonder if there was an issue after this aired? Like, complaints or anything?
	7:57pm Scott67: Thanks Austin, always entertaining mate! ✌😎🤙🎶📻
	👻 7:59pm Austin Rich: I would love to know more about how these shows were received by audiences when they first aired. I'm sure there's some documentation, I just haven't found it yet.
	8:00pm Mr Fab: DAMN. Glad it's still light out. Thanks, this was great stuff!
	👻 8:01pm Austin Rich: Yeah. Nice a creepy this week!
	8:01pm ironybread: Thanks for a good robot instructional Austin
	👻 8:02pm Austin Rich: Yes. Hopefully you learned everything you need to know about building a robot, now. Or. What not to do?
	1:09am David in California: Norman Rose was also the voice of "Deteriorata" on National Lampoon's Radio Dinner album.

Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from February 28, 2022

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Join us for two hours of old time radio dramas, as we present four different pulp fiction stories, every week! Noir Stories with everymen getting wrapped up in dangerous adventures! Sea-faring Tales that are as two-fisted as they are filled with romance! Mysterious Magicians from the Far East, or maybe a Science Fiction yarn from the Atomic Age! Dimestore Radio Theater offers a chance to engage in Theater of The Mind, and enter a world of incredible tales from both yesterday and tomorrow!

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February 28, 2022: Episode #6

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Box 13	"Shanghaied" ""Shanghaied"" by "Box 13"	26 September 1948	Mayfair Productions	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Charlie Barnet	Pompton Turnpike [Excerpt]			0:29:48 (Pop-up)
The Voyage of The Scarlet Queen	"The White Cargo Act and Ah Sin"	7 August 1947	Mutual	0:30:53 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Charlie Barnet	Pompton Turnpike "Pompton Turnpike" by "Charlie Barnet"			1:00:12 (Pop-up)
Chandu The Magician	"Hypnotic Persuasion"	5 July 1948	Mutual–Don Lee Networ	1:19:26 (Pop-up)
Dimension X	"Almost Human" ""Almost Human"" by "Dimension X"	13 May 1950	NBC Radio	1:29:49 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	2/27 6:36pm Listener Robert: I'm confused. Is this playing a day early?
	7:07pm Listener Robert: OK, assuming you miscalculated the date, switching to Mr. Fields.
	👻 5:43pm Austin Rich: Good Hello! Looks like we had a date foul-up, @Listener Robert. Hopefully you're available today?
	👻 6:00pm Austin Rich: Here we go!
	6:01pm Listener Robert: Yes, I decided to be here instead of at Mr. Hurst's.
	6:02pm John R: Howdy Austin!
	👻 6:02pm Austin Rich: Hooray!
	👻 6:02pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, John R.!
	6:03pm Mr Fab: He should have known not get a box with the unluckiest number. i'd get Box 7.
	6:03pm Listener Robert: My friend's son Damon Lindelof worked for Alan Ladd's son's production company for a short while.
	👻 6:03pm Austin Rich: Box 23 might have been fun.
	6:04pm Scott67: G'day Austin & Penny Spenders! 🍻😎🤙🎶📻🌏🌻
	👻 6:04pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, @Scott67!
	6:04pm Spacebrother: That’s a sexy voice with the title!
	👻 6:04pm Austin Rich: @Listener Robert: That's very cool! I've seen a few of Lindelof's shows. Wonder if Alan Ladd's son has any Box 13 stories?
	👻 6:05pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Spacebrother!
	👻 6:05pm Austin Rich: This week, all of hour 1 has an "at sea" theme.
	👻 6:06pm Austin Rich: I like how the Gunsel just needed to hear the right woids.
	6:07pm Mr Fab: He got "sapped."
	6:07pm Listener Robert: If you've ever seen "Lost" and found it perplexing, I can explain what it was REALLY about, though I still don't have a complete solution. Damon and his father did have a lot of apparently spontaneous encounters with 23s. But then Damon stocked "Crossing Jordan" with them deliberately.
	👻 6:08pm Austin Rich: Most of the accepted definitions of the word "gunsel" involve some homosexual connotation, but I find it funny how some "noir" settings try to re-contextualize it as "thug with gun." I'm sure it was difficult ot be more overt, but when I hear the word "gunsel" I'm sure there were other meanings that were not obvious.
	👻 6:09pm Austin Rich: I think I'd be more angry, if I'd been sapped like Dan was. But then again, writers will go to funny lengths for a story, am-I-rite?
	6:10pm Listener Robert: Mr. Fab, ain't it amazing how people in drama can take knockout blows to the head without permanent brain damage?
	👻 6:10pm Austin Rich: @Listener Robert: I was thinking of doing a "knocked out" count for this show, but I lost count quickly.
	6:11pm Mr Fab: drinking game, Austin!
	6:12pm Listener Robert: Until I saw the discussion about "gunsel" w.r.t. Dashiel Hammett (or maybe in was Raymond Chandler, I forgot), I'd thought it was a Yiddishism related most literally to geese.
	👻 6:12pm Austin Rich: Is there a yiddish origin I didn't know? How funny!
	6:13pm Listener Robert: The differing amount people can resist blows to the head turns out to be a plot point of "Lost".
	👻 6:13pm Austin Rich: I'm not sure, but is rowing 10 miles a lot or not? I never did anything like that.
	👻 6:13pm Austin Rich: I feel like a lot of "pulpy" things used to happen on Lost. That was one thing I liked: when it leaned into the comic book / pulp stuff.
	6:14pm Listener Robert: I don't really know if it's from Yiddish either.
	6:15pm Scott67: 1st of March, 1st day of Autumn here. & it's a dark grey rainy day. Perfect for a Noir Radio Play. Now where's my Whisky? 🥃😎🤙👣🛋🎶📻🌧🌫🌏
	6:16pm Mr Fab: I like doing ocean-y things, but rowing 10 miles would be excruciating.
	👻 6:16pm Austin Rich: We've got a few more hours over here in Salem, OR.
	6:17pm John R: I really enjoy your links/commercials between programs Austin!
	👻 6:18pm Austin Rich: @John R: I really wanted to try and recreate the feel of how these would have been heard on the radio. But I really didn't want to use real commercials. I've had to write a million fake commercials over the years for different projects. They sort of come out naturally.
	6:18pm Listener Robert: Yes, Mr. Rich, "Lost" took a lot from comic books, but also a lot from Arthur Conan Doyle, movie serials, Shakespeare, real world conspiracies and swindles, magic tricks, zombie lore, and "Department S", plus a bunch of other stuff I either did or didn't know Damon and his father were interested in. See users.bestweb.net...
	👻 6:19pm Austin Rich: I'll have to dig into that link, @Listener Robert. I was thinking about watching some Lost again, after all these years.
	6:19pm Listener Robert: Any chance you could get Gus Bodenheim to read ads for DelBarton products and services as sponsors?
	👻 6:20pm Austin Rich: I was thinking of asking different folks I know to do some ad reads. Just haven't gotten around to it yet.
	6:20pm Listener Robert: I'll say the proper attitude to watch "Lost" from the beginning is distrust -- of EVERYBODY, including the characters and the camera.
	👻 6:22pm Austin Rich: I think you're onto something, @Listener Robert. I also think: don't take to too seriously. Just watch and enjoy. I think the people who ended up feeling burned by any TV show were people who took the show too seriously. It's just TV. Have fun, enjoy. Unless it's Max Headroom. Then I take that show VERY seriously.
	6:24pm Scott67: For no reason I'm craving a Gumbo! I'm hungry, Cajun style! 🍺😎🤙🥘
	6:25pm Listener Robert: It's for people who like playing detective. Turns out it was only disguised as a sci-fi/fantasy show. All the fantasy elements were fake. So were most of the non-fantasy elements and sci-fi. The only actual sci-fi in the show was based on the real-world work of Michael Persinger -- i.e. mind control.
	👻 6:25pm Austin Rich: We had Shrimp and rice last week! That's about as Cajun as we can get at home.
	6:25pm Mr Fab: There're always looking for "the man with tight pants." It's the Tom Jones gang!
	👻 6:25pm Austin Rich: Zing, @Mr. Fab!
	6:26pm Scott67: I make a mean Gumbo Austin, here in Australia. Why can't you?
	👻 6:26pm Austin Rich: I think Dan Holiday would be a pretty catchy name for an author. I wonder if they every thought of publishing stories under that name at the time, to tie into the show?
	👻 6:27pm Austin Rich: I'm not a great cook, that's why, @Scott67. My wife does all that. She used to host a Crab Boil every summer.
	👻 6:29pm Austin Rich: Good old Suzy. Always gets the last joke.
	6:31pm Listener Robert: They made a dance out of Route 23??!
	👻 6:32pm Austin Rich: Again, the audio on this episode is not great. I did my best to try to clean it up a little, and make it work better for our purposes. Still: you'll have to listen through the years on this one.
	6:32pm Scott67: Crap boil is a perfect time for making Gumbo with the shell stock & leftover crab meat as an ingredient. Gumbo couldn't be easier, just the "trinity" then whatever is at hand or you like. All cooked in the one pan/pot. A perfect dish to learn on, like I did.😎🤙🥘
	6:33pm Scott67: 💩Er Crab**🦀
	👻 6:33pm Austin Rich: I'm getting betting in the kitchen. But, if you could pick, I recommend that you ask for a different cook if you see me in the kitchen. Probably time for some take out.
	👻 6:34pm Austin Rich: Yikes! Not a great way to start a visit to a new town.
	6:34pm Mr Fab: A crap boil, that's what they call Sheena's programming!
	👻 6:35pm Austin Rich: Zing!
	6:36pm Scott67: Austin, a beer or a glass of wine while I cook is my secret. 🍺😎🤙🍷🥘🍽
	👻 6:36pm Austin Rich: That's a really good secret!
	6:36pm Mr Fab: is that a "Chinaman" or a robot?
	6:37pm Scott67: I look forward to us dropping in our fresh ingredient soon Mr.F! 🍺😎🤙🗑☠💩📻🎶
	👻 6:39pm Austin Rich: I know I have speculated in the past that, due to various references in the scripts, that it's hard to pinpoint exactly which "War" these stories take place after. However, after the last re-listen I did last week, I'm pretty sure that this is meant to take place after WWII. Still, there's a lot of references to different port cities and sailing that is pretty timeless. I suspect that the WWII references might have been put in to keep the story "current."
	6:43pm Listener Robert: I guess it's an honor to be playing a part described as sounding like Charles Laughton.
	👻 6:43pm Austin Rich: I suspect any voice actor worth their salt in those days could do a passable Charles Lawton. I'm not sure if this counts as "passable," but it's what we get on this show.
	👻 6:44pm Austin Rich: (Curse my terrible spelling.)
	6:47pm Ellen Lovebug: Hello everyone. I will take a quick peek at the chat and see what I missed
	👻 6:48pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Ellen! Always good to see you in the chat!
	6:48pm Scott67: Sounds like they're flirting.
	👻 6:49pm Austin Rich: There seems to be a lot of homoerotic content on this show, if you ask me.
	6:49pm Scott67: "Violent love"???
	6:49pm Ellen Lovebug: @Listener Robert Wow, you have a connection with one of my favorite showrunners. I love Lost, Crossing Jordan, and The Leftovers, for all of which we have Damon Lindelof to thank! Send my love <3
	👻 6:49pm Austin Rich: Yeah. That's pretty grim, if you ask me.
	6:50pm Listener Robert: According to the Wikipedia entry, "Pompton Turnpike" was inspired by an actual joint on that road.
	👻 6:50pm Austin Rich: That makes sense, @Robert.
	6:52pm Listener Robert: Ms. Lovebug, also when Damon was a reviewer for Fox, he reported favorably on "Monk", but it wasn't enough to get them to buy it. So another connection to WFMU.
	👻 6:52pm Austin Rich: "Smoked three pipes after dinner." I see.
	👻 6:52pm Austin Rich: Monk is pretty great, for sure. (And not just for the Sharpling connection, though he is great, too.)
	6:54pm Listener Robert: Mr. Scharpling wasn't connected to it at that time, but we can count connections in any temporal order. Once Damon told me about that, I turned him on to "7SD". He especially appreciated one of "Andy's puppet" episodes -- "I'm just a little girl."
	6:58pm ironybread: And by: Ma Rainey's Wholesome Moleskin Cookies!
	6:59pm Scott67: Sound Storm!💥💫
	7:00pm Scott67: G'day ironybread. 🍻😎🤙
	7:02pm Ellen Lovebug: I love the music. @Listener Robert, I actually loved the end of Lost. Because I would love an afterlife with all my friends and relatives
	7:04pm Listener Robert: Heh. But you don't realize what that scene concealed. That was no afterlife, it was a meeting that occurred BEFORE most of the action depicted on the show.
	7:07pm Listener Robert: Aw, too bad. I was hoping you'd flesh out a script by your lights, and have friends act it out. Can you possibly save it until you can do that, and skip the summary?
	7:09pm Wenzo Toad: hey Austin Rich et al!!
	7:09pm Listener Robert: Like, go nuts with it...entirely deconstruct and subvert it. That's how I'd do it.
	7:10pm Listener Robert: I've heard a good deal of X-1. Some corny episodes, but mostly very good.
	7:17pm Listener Robert: I'm waiting for the copyright to expire so I can publish "Red Harvest of Replicants" in the style of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies". But first I'll have to write it. Or somebody will. I'm inspired by the fact that the Continental Op never explicitly solved the mystery of the death threat that got him to Personville to begin with.
	👻 7:17pm Austin Rich: I do love X Minus One. Lots of fun there.
	👻 7:18pm Austin Rich: I think, given the time and production values that I have access too, a simple reading - maybe with a partner - is the best I can do. I don't actually have access to the script, just a summary of it!
	7:18pm ironybread: Austin, please find Hal Dresner and interview him. I think he lives in Oregon. His book "The Man Who Wrote Dirty Books" is one of the greatest, funniest things in my library www.thefix.com...
	👻 7:19pm Austin Rich: (Unless someone can find the missing episode! I would love to find a full script for it.)
	👻 7:19pm Austin Rich: Oooooo! Thanks for the tip, @ironybread!
	7:19pm Listener Robert: But that's the fun of it. Not having access to the script, can anyone prove your version isn't the way it was intended? ;-)
	👻 7:20pm Austin Rich: Good point, @Listener Robert!
	👻 7:21pm Austin Rich: Whoever I can get to join me for Marathon, we'll give each other free reign to develop the story any way we like. But I still need to sort that out.
	7:21pm Ellen Lovebug: I'm having a hard day, I'm going to split for now, I will try to colme back tomorrow. Love you
	👻 7:22pm Austin Rich: See you tomorrow, Ellen!
	👻 7:24pm Austin Rich: @ironybreak: Zorro, The Gay Blade? Yeah, I need to track him down.
	👻 7:24pm Austin Rich: I mean, who else could it be? Roxor is always behind everything.
	7:26pm Mr Fab: I keep hearing it as "Rock Star."
	7:26pm ironybread: Same dif, Fab
	👻 7:27pm Austin Rich: I would like to see a re-make of "Chandu The Magician" but the main villain is "Rock Star" and Rock Star is played by Jack Black.
	7:27pm Mr Fab: haha
	👻 7:28pm Austin Rich: I like how these two kids are with their weird uncle in Egypt (and they don't remember how they got there), and now their mother has been kidnapped... and they kids are still pretty well adjusted.
	👻 7:34pm Austin Rich: For my "Max Headroom" podcast, I interviewed Michael Cassutt, who got to know Robert Bloch on the Con Circuit, and has a couple of incidental stories about hanging out with him. Michael Cassutt has done many things, but he and Steve Roberts wrote the episodes of Max Headroom for the US TV show. (And Michael wrote The Twilight Zone with George R. R. Martin.)
	7:34pm ironybread: "What you have pressed against your belly might not be of above-average length or thickness, but it GETS THE JOB DONE"
	👻 7:35pm Austin Rich: Precisely, @ironybread. Not so subtle, are they?
	7:37pm ironybread: "Ooh! A monster!!!" "Who is that MAN papa?"
	👻 7:37pm Austin Rich: This particular story has a good intersection of "crime / gangster / noir" and "science fiction." That certainly puts it squarely in the "weird fiction" realm, by my standards.
	7:37pm Listener Robert: So why does it have to have a kid's voice timbre?
	👻 7:38pm Austin Rich: The effect / way the actor delivers "junior's" voice is REALLY creepy.
	7:38pm Mr Fab: ha yeah Robert - like a robot's voice will change?
	👻 7:40pm Austin Rich: If I'm not mistaken, this story was re-made on a number of other Sci-Fi / weird fiction shows. I know I've heard at least two other versions. I wouldn't be surprised if there were more!
	👻 7:41pm Austin Rich: I keep meaning to sample this episode.
	7:43pm ironybread: "Wendy?" "Yes Duke." "Is the water warm enough?" "Yes Duke." "Shall we begin?" "Yes Duke."
	👻 7:44pm Austin Rich: This episode gets a little creepier than most of the other episodes of Dimension X. In the same way that there was a subtle reference to "rape" in "Voyage of the Scarlet Queen." I should probably put a warning on this episode.
	7:45pm Listener Robert: "Who doesn't love milk? Report them to us."
	👻 7:45pm Austin Rich: Good one, @Listener Robert.
	👻 7:46pm Austin Rich: The most talkative drivers in radio history.
	👻 7:47pm Austin Rich: "A mechanical traffic cop." Is that an everyday thing?
	👻 7:48pm Austin Rich: These drivers talk like they're in a comic book.
	7:49pm Mr Fab: "Good Lord!" choke
	👻 7:49pm Austin Rich: "I don't mind a little heist, but killin' four guys..."
	👻 7:50pm Austin Rich: I mean, I hate cops as much as the next guy, but Duke is a little creepy. #ACAB
	👻 7:51pm Austin Rich: I remember listening to this one for the first time. Early 2000s, I was working late, and I heard it at home after work. It really creeped me out.
	7:51pm ironybread: Okay, that voice session director totally over-reacted to that bad take. Murdering the voice-over talent is almost never justified
	👻 7:52pm Austin Rich: Well, the show is almost over, and that wraps us up for today. Join me tomorrow for another MVM. I hope you are all well! I'm getting excited for Marathon!
	👻 7:54pm Austin Rich: I agree: I have hardly ever murdered anyone I was working with when I recorded with them. Like, I can't even remember a time it might have happened... I think...
	👻 7:54pm Austin Rich: "The erotic oiling scene..."
	👻 7:55pm Austin Rich: At least Junior pronounces "robot" the old-timey way.
	7:55pm Mr Fab: This is a lot more twisted than probably the average 1950 listener realized.
	👻 7:56pm Austin Rich: Yeah. I wonder if there was an issue after this aired? Like, complaints or anything?
	7:57pm Scott67: Thanks Austin, always entertaining mate! ✌😎🤙🎶📻
	👻 7:59pm Austin Rich: I would love to know more about how these shows were received by audiences when they first aired. I'm sure there's some documentation, I just haven't found it yet.
	8:00pm Mr Fab: DAMN. Glad it's still light out. Thanks, this was great stuff!
	👻 8:01pm Austin Rich: Yeah. Nice a creepy this week!
	8:01pm ironybread: Thanks for a good robot instructional Austin
	👻 8:02pm Austin Rich: Yes. Hopefully you learned everything you need to know about building a robot, now. Or. What not to do?
	1:09am David in California: Norman Rose was also the voice of "Deteriorata" on National Lampoon's Radio Dinner album.

Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from February 28, 2022

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