WFMU: Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from September 12, 2022

Listener comments!
	👻 4:47pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	6:01pm Charles: Just a minute ladies and gentlemen, I think something is happening.
	👻 6:02pm Austin Rich: Here's a little info about Casseroles: en.wikipedia.org...
	6:02pm Mr Fab: Hey Austin! "Tempest in a Casserole“ - Ha, what a name.
	6:02pm Charles: Tempest in uhhhh Casserole
	👻 6:03pm Austin Rich: The modern sense of the word "casserole" comes from the late 1870s, but something similar has existed for thousands of years.
	6:04pm Scott67: G'day Austin & Audience! 🌏☀️📻🎶☕😎🤙
	👻 6:04pm Austin Rich: Seems that historians are - ahem - "out to lunch" regarding where, regionally, they come from. "Europe" is as specific as most folks get, but these days, the dish is more or less has worldwide usage.
	👻 6:04pm Austin Rich: Yet another late 40's "questionable" accent.
	👻 6:05pm Austin Rich: His description of "bad business" sounds like good business in most coffee shops.
	6:06pm Charles: That wraps it up for today's Box 13 then. Problem solved.
	👻 6:07pm Austin Rich: Nice to see Charles, Mr. Fab and Scott67! It's been a while since I've done a "normal" Dimestore.
	👻 6:07pm Austin Rich: <cue theme song>
	👻 6:08pm Austin Rich: Charles and I should re-edit all the Box 13 episodes to make them about five minutes long, for the "on-the-go" radio drama enthusiast of the modern era.
	👻 6:09pm Austin Rich: "Is there a story in it?" Suzy can burn better than her casseroles.
	6:11pm Mr Fab: i'm guessing Greek?
	6:12pm Charles: Good idea! We can edit together the intro part where someone asks Dan for help and then right away cut to the moment Dan gets hit behind the head.
	👻 6:12pm Austin Rich: Sort of sounds Greek. Ish.
	6:14pm Scott67: Something terrible has happened!!
	6:14pm Scott67: That accent!
	6:16pm Scott67: He's become Mexican parody now.
	👻 6:16pm Austin Rich: Do you think the 13 of his Box number attracts all the strange cases and stories? I wonder if Dan had rented Box 12, if the should WOULD only be five minutes each week.
	6:18pm zivilars: Hi everyone, thanks for the show, Austin! Always trying to stay up as long as possible in my late night time zone for Dimestore Radio Theater
	👻 6:18pm Austin Rich: Suzy might be dim as a character, but her patience with Dan proves she's operating on another level.
	👻 6:19pm Austin Rich: Nice to see you in the chat, zivilars! Though my show is moving even later, unfortunately! (My job is forcing me to push it all later.)
	6:20pm Mr Fab: I had a Greek uncle, but he didn't refer to himself in the third person.
	6:20pm zivilars: even later? that sucks for me, already 0:20 here at the moment now ... But well, there's always the archives, although not the same feeling as listening live
	👻 6:21pm Austin Rich: Yeah. I work mornings, and with the commute and stuff, I just can't get back in time consistently. But yeah, the archives will always be updated!
	👻 6:22pm Austin Rich: You can tell that the person who plays Suzy is also playing that clerk at the store.
	6:22pm Charles: Dave Hadaway from Box 12 would have taken care of the casserole mix-up by now though.
	👻 6:23pm Austin Rich: Also: if you listen very carefully, you can hear a "faint" recording behind this recording. Whoever "archived" this show, probably recorded it over another show, already on the tape. This is common with a lot of Old Time Radio shows, depending on who archived the shows, and what kind of medium they were using.
	👻 6:24pm Austin Rich: Dave Hadaway writes for Reader's Digest, I think.
	6:25pm Mr Fab: that's funny Charles. Now we need "Box 12," an alternate-universe "Box 13."
	👻 6:26pm Austin Rich: Maybe Charles and I can write a "Box 12" script for April Fool's Day sometime.
	6:30pm Charles: My english is not good enough for that but I appreciate the idea. Thanks for the offer Mister Dimestore!
	6:31pm Scott67: I buy a Box of !2 regularly! 🍻😎🤙📦
	👻 6:32pm Austin Rich: This and two others "complete" the Voyage of the Scarlet Queen! After that, there are two "pilot" episodes that I'll run, so you can hear the shows that might have been. Then we'll move on to another show with celebrities and sailing.
	👻 6:32pm Austin Rich: That's our gimmick, Scott67! Each Box 12 episode ends with Dave getting a Box of 12 to take home.
	👻 6:33pm Austin Rich: Neilson is just all over these later episodes.
	👻 6:33pm Austin Rich: Roddy McDowel!
	6:34pm Scott67: It's a dirty job Austin, but someones gotta do it! 🍻😎🤙
	👻 6:37pm Austin Rich: Here's more information about our guest start this week on The Voyage of The Scarlet Queen: en.wikipedia.org...
	👻 6:38pm Austin Rich: At the time he was doing this voice, he was 20 years old. But he was clearly trying to sound much younger.
	👻 6:40pm Austin Rich: At the time, Roddy worked for Monogram Pictures, where he played a kid in a version of "Kidnapped" that was based on a Robert Lous Stevenson novel. Most likely, some pitched the idea of doing a "pirate" story on The Scarlet Queen, for the sake of "synergy."
	👻 6:41pm Austin Rich: I usually comment on the sound. I did some EQ and other improvement tricks on this one, but it's not so bad, all things considered.
	6:43pm Charles: Sounds good.
	6:43pm Mr Fab: Amazing! Years (decades?) before Roddy McDowel came to prominence in the movies. Of course, the "Planet of The Apes" movies first thing that comes to my mind..
	👻 6:44pm Austin Rich: Apparently, he started working in film in 1938, when he was just 10. And he did a ton of theater.
	👻 6:44pm Austin Rich: But yeah, Planet of the Apes was my introduction to him as a kid.
	👻 6:50pm Austin Rich: This radio appearance is the third of his four primary radio appearances. He was in an episodes of "Lux Radio Theater" in 1943 (a version of My Friend Flicka, which he appeared in the film version), and again in 1947, in an episode of "Suspense." (A story called, "One Way Street.")
	👻 6:51pm Austin Rich: Lastly, he appeared in an episode of "Family Theater," in the Christmas episode of 1952.
	👻 6:53pm Austin Rich: I will always remember him as the voice of, "The Breadmaster," from the '90's "The Tick" cartoon.
	👻 6:55pm Austin Rich: I guess he's only playing six years younger in this story. Still...
	👻 6:57pm Austin Rich: Only two more proper episodes of The Scarlett Queen! Will we learn more crew members names? Will there be another strange accent? Another Planet of The Apes guest star?
	👻 6:58pm Austin Rich: 19! I guess my math was off.
	👻 6:59pm Austin Rich: See, it was a movie tie in...
	6:59pm Scott67: Aussie connection!
	7:03pm Charles: I'm looking forward for all that Scarlet Queen stuff.
	👻 7:10pm Austin Rich: This photo of us is from the first interview we did, back in 2018, when we were first getting to know each other.
	👻 7:11pm Austin Rich: Here's a link to that interview: anywhenanywhere.com...
	7:16pm Mr Fab: Mrs Fab is a big "Nordic Noir" fan. Lots of crime fiction coming out of, like, Iceland.
	👻 7:16pm Austin Rich: Yeah, that seems to be where the good crime fiction is coming from these days.
	👻 7:18pm Austin Rich: Just before I left PDX, I saw that the community college was offering a Crime Fiction class focusing on Scandinavian authors, and I wish I could have stayed and taken it. I should just join a reading group and plow though those books.
	7:21pm Charles: Austin, changing the time slot is a fine plan B but have you considered using Chandu's magic to solve your schedule problem?
	👻 7:23pm Austin Rich: If only I could use the magic of Chandu! My new job is 8 to Noon, Mon - Friday. (Or, until everything is done.) While I could probably make it to the show each week (like I did this week), there will just be days that, logistically, I won't be able to get back and get prepared to do the show in time. But if I move it back, I won't miss the show, even if I have to run late.
	👻 7:24pm Austin Rich: It's mostly an insurance policy, so I don't leave Sheena in the lurch.
	7:27pm Charles: This way you have less chance to attract unwanted attention and get your show hijacked by Roxor and the likes. I understand.
	7:33pm Mr Fab: did we already hear an adaption of "Mars Is Heaven"?
	👻 7:34pm Austin Rich: We did. This was one of the "re-run" test episodes that were sent out. Since I'm running them "in order," and this is one of the "official" episodes, I decided to air it again in its proper place.
	👻 7:36pm Austin Rich: I've read that, depending on the station, lots of different episodes were re-run, during the off weeks. But there were a handful of episodes where the producers intentionally sent out a re-run, like in this case.
	👻 7:36pm Austin Rich: Next week, there will be a new episode.
	👻 7:36pm Austin Rich: (New to us, anyway.)
	7:37pm Mr Fab: will be interesting to hear again, now that I know the twist ending.
	👻 7:39pm Austin Rich: The show "X-Minus One," which follows Dimension X with the same producers, re-produces the best scripts from Dimension X... again. But there are differences in the way those X-Minus One productions are done... new FX, and some different actors.
	7:43pm Mr Fab: he knows when a specific variety of geraniums were developed?
	👻 7:43pm Austin Rich: I've wondered about the actors that do these shows. Certainly, they were used to getting all sorts of radio scripts and performing them, regardless of genre. And there is a troop of actors who all seem to recur in all the Dimension X episodes, so they got very familiar with the genre. But I can only imagine what these actors thought of acting out all these wild stories.
	👻 7:44pm Austin Rich: I was thinking about that on this listen, Mr. Fab!
	👻 7:45pm Austin Rich: I forgot this episode was set in 1987! Shouldn't they be listening to Witney Huston and Starship?
	👻 7:48pm Austin Rich: I think this is an example of that "comedy vs. horror" thing I was trying to get at. There's a lot of comedy in the Martian Chronicles, and this show doesn't shy away from jokes. But out of all the stories in the book - many with much less creepy premises - the folks who were producing this show honed in on this story.
	7:48pm Scott67: Good to know it's a re-run! I thought I was on Mars myself for a minute!
	👻 7:49pm Austin Rich: I mean, I might fall for Corn Fritters, too.
	👻 7:50pm Austin Rich: You don't even need to show me my family; just show me a setting of Southern Food and I'll probably fall for any alien trap.
	👻 7:52pm Austin Rich: It's like this show wanted to deal with PTSD... but at the last minute, decided it didn't exactly know how to do that kind of story justice.
	👻 7:53pm Austin Rich: The captain wanted to get back to listen to the top count down hits of 1987 before bed, like a dedicated radio listener.
	7:54pm Krys O.: Thanks, Austin!
	👻 7:54pm Austin Rich: Thanks Krys O! See ya'll next week!
	7:57pm Charles: Thanks Austin! Later friends!
	👻 7:57pm Austin Rich: See you next time, Charles.
	7:59pm Mr Fab: So great the 2nd time. Moocho thx, Austin!
	8:00pm Scott67: Thanks Austin!🍻😎🤙📻🎶
	👻 8:00pm Austin Rich: Thanks again, Mr. Fab and Scott67!

Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from September 12, 2022

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September 12, 2022: Episode #33

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Comments	Approx. start time
Box 13	"Tempest in a Casserole" ""Tempest in a Casserole"" by "Box 13"	3 April 1949	Mayfair Productions		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Harry James	Velvet Moon [Excerpt]				0:28:14 (Pop-up)
The Voyage of The Scarlet Queen	"Rocky The Third and the Dead Man's Chest"	11 February 1948	Mutual		0:30:35 (Pop-up)
Harry James	Velvet Moon "Velvet Moon" by "Harry James"				1:02:55 (Pop-up)
Austin Rich & Obadiah Baird	The Golden Age of Science Fiction Part 1	The Golden Age of Science Fiction (12 August 2022)	For This Program	The Authors on the List we discuss: Graham Doar, Jack Williamson, Kurt Vonnegut, Fredric Brown, Robert Bloch, Murray Leinster, Ray Bradbury, Donald A. Wollheim, Robert A. Heinlein, Villiers Gerson, Jack Vance, George Lefferts, L. Ron Hubbard, Ernest Kinoy, John Dunkel, Claris A. Ross.	1:07:40 (Pop-up)
Chandu The Magician	"Abdullah's Affections"	11 August 1948	Mutual–Don Lee Network		1:18:44 (Pop-up)
Dimension X	"Mars Is Heaven!" ""Mars Is Heaven!"" by "Dimension X"	7 January 1951	NBC Radio		1:32:04 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 4:47pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	6:01pm Charles: Just a minute ladies and gentlemen, I think something is happening.
	👻 6:02pm Austin Rich: Here's a little info about Casseroles: en.wikipedia.org...
	6:02pm Mr Fab: Hey Austin! "Tempest in a Casserole“ - Ha, what a name.
	6:02pm Charles: Tempest in uhhhh Casserole
	👻 6:03pm Austin Rich: The modern sense of the word "casserole" comes from the late 1870s, but something similar has existed for thousands of years.
	6:04pm Scott67: G'day Austin & Audience! 🌏☀️📻🎶☕😎🤙
	👻 6:04pm Austin Rich: Seems that historians are - ahem - "out to lunch" regarding where, regionally, they come from. "Europe" is as specific as most folks get, but these days, the dish is more or less has worldwide usage.
	👻 6:04pm Austin Rich: Yet another late 40's "questionable" accent.
	👻 6:05pm Austin Rich: His description of "bad business" sounds like good business in most coffee shops.
	6:06pm Charles: That wraps it up for today's Box 13 then. Problem solved.
	👻 6:07pm Austin Rich: Nice to see Charles, Mr. Fab and Scott67! It's been a while since I've done a "normal" Dimestore.
	👻 6:07pm Austin Rich: <cue theme song>
	👻 6:08pm Austin Rich: Charles and I should re-edit all the Box 13 episodes to make them about five minutes long, for the "on-the-go" radio drama enthusiast of the modern era.
	👻 6:09pm Austin Rich: "Is there a story in it?" Suzy can burn better than her casseroles.
	6:11pm Mr Fab: i'm guessing Greek?
	6:12pm Charles: Good idea! We can edit together the intro part where someone asks Dan for help and then right away cut to the moment Dan gets hit behind the head.
	👻 6:12pm Austin Rich: Sort of sounds Greek. Ish.
	6:14pm Scott67: Something terrible has happened!!
	6:14pm Scott67: That accent!
	6:16pm Scott67: He's become Mexican parody now.
	👻 6:16pm Austin Rich: Do you think the 13 of his Box number attracts all the strange cases and stories? I wonder if Dan had rented Box 12, if the should WOULD only be five minutes each week.
	6:18pm zivilars: Hi everyone, thanks for the show, Austin! Always trying to stay up as long as possible in my late night time zone for Dimestore Radio Theater
	👻 6:18pm Austin Rich: Suzy might be dim as a character, but her patience with Dan proves she's operating on another level.
	👻 6:19pm Austin Rich: Nice to see you in the chat, zivilars! Though my show is moving even later, unfortunately! (My job is forcing me to push it all later.)
	6:20pm Mr Fab: I had a Greek uncle, but he didn't refer to himself in the third person.
	6:20pm zivilars: even later? that sucks for me, already 0:20 here at the moment now ... But well, there's always the archives, although not the same feeling as listening live
	👻 6:21pm Austin Rich: Yeah. I work mornings, and with the commute and stuff, I just can't get back in time consistently. But yeah, the archives will always be updated!
	👻 6:22pm Austin Rich: You can tell that the person who plays Suzy is also playing that clerk at the store.
	6:22pm Charles: Dave Hadaway from Box 12 would have taken care of the casserole mix-up by now though.
	👻 6:23pm Austin Rich: Also: if you listen very carefully, you can hear a "faint" recording behind this recording. Whoever "archived" this show, probably recorded it over another show, already on the tape. This is common with a lot of Old Time Radio shows, depending on who archived the shows, and what kind of medium they were using.
	👻 6:24pm Austin Rich: Dave Hadaway writes for Reader's Digest, I think.
	6:25pm Mr Fab: that's funny Charles. Now we need "Box 12," an alternate-universe "Box 13."
	👻 6:26pm Austin Rich: Maybe Charles and I can write a "Box 12" script for April Fool's Day sometime.
	6:30pm Charles: My english is not good enough for that but I appreciate the idea. Thanks for the offer Mister Dimestore!
	6:31pm Scott67: I buy a Box of !2 regularly! 🍻😎🤙📦
	👻 6:32pm Austin Rich: This and two others "complete" the Voyage of the Scarlet Queen! After that, there are two "pilot" episodes that I'll run, so you can hear the shows that might have been. Then we'll move on to another show with celebrities and sailing.
	👻 6:32pm Austin Rich: That's our gimmick, Scott67! Each Box 12 episode ends with Dave getting a Box of 12 to take home.
	👻 6:33pm Austin Rich: Neilson is just all over these later episodes.
	👻 6:33pm Austin Rich: Roddy McDowel!
	6:34pm Scott67: It's a dirty job Austin, but someones gotta do it! 🍻😎🤙
	👻 6:37pm Austin Rich: Here's more information about our guest start this week on The Voyage of The Scarlet Queen: en.wikipedia.org...
	👻 6:38pm Austin Rich: At the time he was doing this voice, he was 20 years old. But he was clearly trying to sound much younger.
	👻 6:40pm Austin Rich: At the time, Roddy worked for Monogram Pictures, where he played a kid in a version of "Kidnapped" that was based on a Robert Lous Stevenson novel. Most likely, some pitched the idea of doing a "pirate" story on The Scarlet Queen, for the sake of "synergy."
	👻 6:41pm Austin Rich: I usually comment on the sound. I did some EQ and other improvement tricks on this one, but it's not so bad, all things considered.
	6:43pm Charles: Sounds good.
	6:43pm Mr Fab: Amazing! Years (decades?) before Roddy McDowel came to prominence in the movies. Of course, the "Planet of The Apes" movies first thing that comes to my mind..
	👻 6:44pm Austin Rich: Apparently, he started working in film in 1938, when he was just 10. And he did a ton of theater.
	👻 6:44pm Austin Rich: But yeah, Planet of the Apes was my introduction to him as a kid.
	👻 6:50pm Austin Rich: This radio appearance is the third of his four primary radio appearances. He was in an episodes of "Lux Radio Theater" in 1943 (a version of My Friend Flicka, which he appeared in the film version), and again in 1947, in an episode of "Suspense." (A story called, "One Way Street.")
	👻 6:51pm Austin Rich: Lastly, he appeared in an episode of "Family Theater," in the Christmas episode of 1952.
	👻 6:53pm Austin Rich: I will always remember him as the voice of, "The Breadmaster," from the '90's "The Tick" cartoon.
	👻 6:55pm Austin Rich: I guess he's only playing six years younger in this story. Still...
	👻 6:57pm Austin Rich: Only two more proper episodes of The Scarlett Queen! Will we learn more crew members names? Will there be another strange accent? Another Planet of The Apes guest star?
	👻 6:58pm Austin Rich: 19! I guess my math was off.
	👻 6:59pm Austin Rich: See, it was a movie tie in...
	6:59pm Scott67: Aussie connection!
	7:03pm Charles: I'm looking forward for all that Scarlet Queen stuff.
	👻 7:10pm Austin Rich: This photo of us is from the first interview we did, back in 2018, when we were first getting to know each other.
	👻 7:11pm Austin Rich: Here's a link to that interview: anywhenanywhere.com...
	7:16pm Mr Fab: Mrs Fab is a big "Nordic Noir" fan. Lots of crime fiction coming out of, like, Iceland.
	👻 7:16pm Austin Rich: Yeah, that seems to be where the good crime fiction is coming from these days.
	👻 7:18pm Austin Rich: Just before I left PDX, I saw that the community college was offering a Crime Fiction class focusing on Scandinavian authors, and I wish I could have stayed and taken it. I should just join a reading group and plow though those books.
	7:21pm Charles: Austin, changing the time slot is a fine plan B but have you considered using Chandu's magic to solve your schedule problem?
	👻 7:23pm Austin Rich: If only I could use the magic of Chandu! My new job is 8 to Noon, Mon - Friday. (Or, until everything is done.) While I could probably make it to the show each week (like I did this week), there will just be days that, logistically, I won't be able to get back and get prepared to do the show in time. But if I move it back, I won't miss the show, even if I have to run late.
	👻 7:24pm Austin Rich: It's mostly an insurance policy, so I don't leave Sheena in the lurch.
	7:27pm Charles: This way you have less chance to attract unwanted attention and get your show hijacked by Roxor and the likes. I understand.
	7:33pm Mr Fab: did we already hear an adaption of "Mars Is Heaven"?
	👻 7:34pm Austin Rich: We did. This was one of the "re-run" test episodes that were sent out. Since I'm running them "in order," and this is one of the "official" episodes, I decided to air it again in its proper place.
	👻 7:36pm Austin Rich: I've read that, depending on the station, lots of different episodes were re-run, during the off weeks. But there were a handful of episodes where the producers intentionally sent out a re-run, like in this case.
	👻 7:36pm Austin Rich: Next week, there will be a new episode.
	👻 7:36pm Austin Rich: (New to us, anyway.)
	7:37pm Mr Fab: will be interesting to hear again, now that I know the twist ending.
	👻 7:39pm Austin Rich: The show "X-Minus One," which follows Dimension X with the same producers, re-produces the best scripts from Dimension X... again. But there are differences in the way those X-Minus One productions are done... new FX, and some different actors.
	7:43pm Mr Fab: he knows when a specific variety of geraniums were developed?
	👻 7:43pm Austin Rich: I've wondered about the actors that do these shows. Certainly, they were used to getting all sorts of radio scripts and performing them, regardless of genre. And there is a troop of actors who all seem to recur in all the Dimension X episodes, so they got very familiar with the genre. But I can only imagine what these actors thought of acting out all these wild stories.
	👻 7:44pm Austin Rich: I was thinking about that on this listen, Mr. Fab!
	👻 7:45pm Austin Rich: I forgot this episode was set in 1987! Shouldn't they be listening to Witney Huston and Starship?
	👻 7:48pm Austin Rich: I think this is an example of that "comedy vs. horror" thing I was trying to get at. There's a lot of comedy in the Martian Chronicles, and this show doesn't shy away from jokes. But out of all the stories in the book - many with much less creepy premises - the folks who were producing this show honed in on this story.
	7:48pm Scott67: Good to know it's a re-run! I thought I was on Mars myself for a minute!
	👻 7:49pm Austin Rich: I mean, I might fall for Corn Fritters, too.
	👻 7:50pm Austin Rich: You don't even need to show me my family; just show me a setting of Southern Food and I'll probably fall for any alien trap.
	👻 7:52pm Austin Rich: It's like this show wanted to deal with PTSD... but at the last minute, decided it didn't exactly know how to do that kind of story justice.
	👻 7:53pm Austin Rich: The captain wanted to get back to listen to the top count down hits of 1987 before bed, like a dedicated radio listener.
	7:54pm Krys O.: Thanks, Austin!
	👻 7:54pm Austin Rich: Thanks Krys O! See ya'll next week!
	7:57pm Charles: Thanks Austin! Later friends!
	👻 7:57pm Austin Rich: See you next time, Charles.
	7:59pm Mr Fab: So great the 2nd time. Moocho thx, Austin!
	8:00pm Scott67: Thanks Austin!🍻😎🤙📻🎶
	👻 8:00pm Austin Rich: Thanks again, Mr. Fab and Scott67!

Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from September 12, 2022

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