WFMU: Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from February 21, 2022

Listener comments!
	👻 4:50pm Austin Rich: Good Hello! Happy President's Day, Everyone!
	6:01pm John R.: Greetings again Austin!
	👻 6:01pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, John R!
	👻 6:02pm Austin Rich: It seems that Dan really doesn't like writing, if you were to go by his attitude toward it in the first several episodes.
	6:02pm Scott67: G'day Austin & Thrillers! 👍😎🍸🔫🎶📻🌞🌏
	6:02pm Ellen Lovebug: Hahaha writing fiction is definitely more interesting than being a truck driver. In fact, I'm editing a fiction story today.
	6:02pm HyperDose: Hey it's my new friend Austin and his super cool show!
	👻 6:03pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Scott67! And Ellen, too! Good to see you!
	6:03pm Ellen Lovebug: Does ACME have a special on anvils? :P
	👻 6:03pm Austin Rich: And Hyperdose! Good to see you, too!
	👻 6:04pm Austin Rich: We could certainly find you the anvil of your choice! Act fast!
	👻 6:04pm Austin Rich: Dan's letter from the eccentric golf enthusiast is an easily overlooked, but excellent detail in this episode.
	6:04pm Ellen Lovebug: It would have been fun if the postcard were from a baby lamb
	6:05pm spacebrother: Hey Austin, thanks for the fun commenting on SHYourself!
	6:05pm Ellen Lovebug: Suspense music. Johnny Moran, what's your story?
	👻 6:05pm Austin Rich: Hey! It's Spacebrother! Good to see you!
	👻 6:06pm Austin Rich: That kid will totally influence Dan in the worst way, I'm sure.
	6:06pm Ellen Lovebug: Bright and sunny music :) I'd listen to just the soundtrack of this
	👻 6:06pm Austin Rich: "Lemon Coke." That was certainly new to me, but apparently: a real drink.
	6:07pm Ellen Lovebug: This show makes me miss playing clarinet.
	👻 6:07pm Austin Rich: I'm quote fond of the music in this show. It's got the right flavor for radio adventure.
	👻 6:07pm Austin Rich: Johnny seems more than willing to talk about his dead mother. Fairly well adjusted, I guess?
	6:08pm Ellen Lovebug: He sounds like he's looking up to Mr Halliday as another father figure
	👻 6:09pm Austin Rich: I used to know a man named John Moran, who managed the band Dance Card in Portland. I don't believe that band is around anymore, and I don't think John manages bands anymore.
	6:09pm spacebrother: Hey Austin!
	6:10pm spacebrother: I want to be a stick up artist.
	6:10pm Ellen Lovebug: They could be underestimating the girl
	👻 6:11pm Austin Rich: I think you have some good head cannon here, Ellen. It's not explicit in this version, but I bet that Johnny seeing Dan work all the time caused him to see Dan as a hero. I'm sure the led-down here is even bigger when Dan can't come through.
	6:12pm Ellen Lovebug: It sounds like a frame up. This poor kid thinks he can scrounge up money for a lawyer. They're searching for more of the stolen loot they buried there, I imagine.
	6:14pm Ellen Lovebug: She jumped to the conclusion that Johnny had disappeared. She knew that in advance. I don't know that I trust her
	6:15pm Ellen Lovebug: Aha. Logical doped the coffee. I hope he can cope
	👻 6:15pm Austin Rich: I wonder how many times Dan get's drugged in various episodes of this show? We should keep track. It's a pretty common "noir" trope.
	6:15pm Ellen Lovebug: Poor Dan, he's so gullible
	6:16pm Ellen Lovebug: That was cute. I love Carter
	👻 6:17pm Austin Rich: Carter is the best. What's not to love?
	6:18pm Ellen Lovebug: I'm surprised she let him live
	6:19pm Ellen Lovebug: Wow, sinister operation.
	👻 6:19pm Austin Rich: Clearly, she'll even mess with a child, so yeah, I'm surprised too. Maybe she thought there was enough in the coffee to kill Dan, and it didn't?
	6:20pm HyperDose: His vocal cadence and the timing of the music is superb. What a performance!
	6:22pm Ellen Lovebug: Joe Cokeley ... right track ... see what was left behind
	👻 6:22pm Austin Rich: Since Box 13 wasn't live, I think they were able to get great performances. Some old radio shows have live broadcasts, so the performances can be... uneven. However, I think Alan Ladd's performance as Dan Holiday is a little "flat." I think that was typical in the late 40's, so it's not surprising. But there's a lot of great performances in the show, so it stands out a little.
	6:22pm Ellen Lovebug: I think he's going for unflappable deadpan
	6:23pm spacebrother: Dance music.
	👻 6:23pm Austin Rich: I think you're right, Ellen. That would sort of make sense. Like a typical "tough guy" of the era.
	6:24pm Chuck: Digging this, Austin!
	👻 6:24pm Austin Rich: I believe that's the same actor who plays Philip Marlowe on "The Adventures of Philip Marlowe" who is playing Joe in this scene.
	👻 6:25pm Austin Rich: Gerald Mohr, I believe.
	6:25pm Ellen Lovebug: The final chapter... Remembering phone boxes out on the street. Life of the party. These deadpan lines. Going away together. Joe uses these girls and leaves them behind or worse
	6:27pm Ellen Lovebug: Yay for the set-up. He stayed so calm through all of it
	6:27pm Mr Fab: hey Austin! Yeah, I'd say that tracing the roots of "cool" should lead us to the hardboiled noir era. Perhaps not THE source, but one of 'em.
	👻 6:28pm Austin Rich: I like that observation, Mr. Fab. It is certainly all about "looking cool" under pressure.
	👻 6:28pm Austin Rich: Thanks, @Chuck!
	6:29pm Ellen Lovebug: Good job, Johnny. "Gee whiz".
	6:29pm Ellen Lovebug: Rudy Schrager, I should look into that name.
	👻 6:31pm Austin Rich: The sound on "Voyage of the Scarlet Queen" isn't so bad this week, but I did do a little clean-up on it, anyway. Sometimes he talks so fast, that even with a good recording, it's hard to make out what he's saying.
	6:32pm Ellen Lovebug: Ooh, an unscheduled stop. You never know what could happen.
	👻 6:32pm Austin Rich: There is an on-going story with The Voyage of The Scarlet Queen, but for the most part, you can listen to them isolated. Regardless, I've been trying to include plot summaries of all the shows I've been airing on my blog. So if you are curious about what has happened previously, you can find plot summaries here: dimestoreradiotheater.com
	6:35pm Ellen Lovebug: I'd love a starter boat. Always wanted to live in a lakehouse.
	6:36pm Ellen Lovebug: So much jewelry, so much makeup. My, my. It would have been wise to bring things to trade
	👻 6:37pm Austin Rich: I have certainly struggled with the racial language that is used in this show. Not only are there music cues that are "satire" of genuine regional music, but there are uses of ethnic slurs here and there, in addition to impersonations of people with accents done by people who are white. These usages were wrong then, and are wrong now, too, so I don't lean on the "it was okay then" argument. That doesn't hold water. But I do find it interesting to listen to these cultural artifacts from the past, so I can confront the kinds of things I grew up thinking was normal, and try to take note of why they are not, and should not be. I have a lot of deprogramming to do, but did grow up listening to stuff like this, so I think this is a good place to confront those concerns.
	6:37pm Ellen Lovebug: Well-said
	6:38pm Mr Fab: Definitely, Austin. Our listeners are smart enough to understand the context. And it's good to see how things used to be, as a measure of our progress.
	👻 6:39pm Austin Rich: Agreed, Mr. Fab. But I think a little context for why I'm playing these helps, too.
	👻 6:41pm Austin Rich: If you binge "The Voyage of The Scarlet Queen," there is an ASTONISHING amount of drinking in the show. If you wanted to play a drinking came, having a drink every time some in the show is drinking could be the way to a fun evening. If that's your kind of thing.
	6:44pm spacebrother: I have struggled with old slang and racist lyrics, but I've found people generally get it here.
	6:44pm Mr Fab: "There's something about dead fat people that makes them look deader than any other variety."
	6:45pm HyperDose: "give me a few hours" yeah, not shady at all!
	👻 6:45pm Austin Rich: Phil has suggested that, while The Scarlet Queen is well armed, for the most part, the guns are under lock and key, until Phil breaks them out for the crew to use. Phil breaks out the guns often, so they are rarely locked up when needed. But it is an interesting detail; day to day operations on the ship do not require anyone to carry a gun. Only in emergencies.
	👻 6:46pm Austin Rich: @Mr. Fab: I almost quoted that line, too.
	6:48pm HyperDose: Oh here we go
	👻 6:48pm Austin Rich: @Hyperdose: There's so many shady lines all the time, it's like some sort of Drag Race on this show.
	6:49pm HyperDose: I noticed how the hanky panky mimics a James Bond timeline. Around 3/4 through, long enough to establish trust in his partner of the escapade.
	👻 6:50pm Austin Rich: I think you're right, HyperDose. This predates James Bond a bit, I think. (Five years I believe.) But I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't a trope already by the time this was written.
	👻 6:53pm Austin Rich: I suspect that keeping the guns locked up is probably a result of practicality; most of the crew are probably not as trustworthy as the first mate, and it's probably a good idea to keep them confined to knives unless absolutely necessary.
	6:54pm HyperDose: Could Ian Fleming have been inspired by Dimestore Radio?!
	👻 6:54pm Austin Rich: It's very likely. I wouldn't be surprised if Ian Fleming listened to a lot of radio leading into his writing career.
	👻 6:55pm Austin Rich: Phil certainly makes time with the same number of women as James Bond does.
	6:58pm HyperDose: His mouth is quicker than his decision making haha
	6:59pm Scott67: So he's sailing with Yogi Bear?
	7:00pm spacebrother: @Scott - that;s just what I thought.
	7:05pm Ellen Lovebug: I mentioned to my dad what we were listening to, and Chandu the Magician rang a bell as being from his childhood
	7:06pm Scott67: Smmmarterr than the average Sailor Greg Greg! 👍😎🍻🐾
	7:16pm Ellen Lovebug: Loving the Earl Hines. Big fan of boogie woogie
	👻 7:17pm Austin Rich: Yeah. You can't go wrong with that 40's era boogie woogie music.
	7:17pm Scott67: 💥💨👋😎
	7:17pm Scott67: I'm spellbound!💫
	👻 7:18pm Austin Rich: Ellen: That's awesome! I bet a fair number of older folks remember Chandu. There were movies, radio, and all sorts of books, too. There was probably some form of Chandu that all of our parents heard.
	👻 7:18pm Austin Rich: @Scott67: Zing!
	👻 7:26pm Austin Rich: A lot of kid voices on this episode of Dimestore Radio Theater. And I suspect that most of these kid voices were not done by actual kids.
	👻 7:28pm Austin Rich: Parents. You turn around once and then they just run off.
	👻 7:29pm Austin Rich: This was the "Friday Night" cliffhanger, so listeners had to wait the entire weekend to hear how this turned out. For a daily show, these weekend waits were suspenseful. I make ya'll wait a week each time, because I'm cruel, I guess?
	7:34pm HyperDose: I mean yeah, that's a legit martian
	👻 7:34pm Austin Rich: This story has it's own Wikipedia page: wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock_(short_story)
	👻 7:35pm Austin Rich: The Author is Fredric Brown, who had one of his stories adapted into the episode "Arena" of Star Trek. wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredric_Brown
	👻 7:36pm Austin Rich: The story has been adapted in audio form at least two other times.
	7:36pm Chuck: This is amazing :D
	👻 7:36pm Austin Rich: I feel like the "human zoo" idea is a bit of a Sci-Fi trope. But I think it is pretty well executed in this version.
	7:39pm Listener Robert: I suspect this is a setup. One of the humans is not what s/he seems.
	7:40pm Ellen Lovebug: Wow. This is quite a plot. He's so attached to his books. Poor Grace. A lot weighing on her shoulders, rebuilding the species
	👻 7:40pm Austin Rich: In print, the race is called the "Zan." I thought it was. They pronounce it more like "Zahn" in the audio adaptation, but I imagined the pronunciation more like zan.
	7:41pm Ellen Lovebug: "Academic detachment; I learned it at faculty teas" that's a fun snarky line
	👻 7:42pm Austin Rich: I get the impression that a lot of Sci-Fi authors have a bone to pick with certain faculty departments.
	7:42pm Ellen Lovebug: Wow what can stop a Zahn?
	👻 7:43pm Austin Rich: "Beware of The Man. Dangerous."
	👻 7:43pm Austin Rich: You realize that Walter's detachment is probably related to being a widow.
	7:43pm Ellen Lovebug: It's nice that he keeps a sense of humor.
	7:44pm Ellen Lovebug: The poor duck
	7:45pm Ellen Lovebug: This is a bit twisted of a plot. I find this show rather unnerving. It's rather minimalist but effective, in large part due to the suspense music
	👻 7:46pm Austin Rich: We're in the back 40, as my grandmother used to say. Thanks for tuning in and listening this week! Don't forget to catch my Tuesday Show, tomorrow at 6 PM PST / 9 PM EST.
	👻 7:48pm Austin Rich: Yikes! Confederate pride is not condoned on this program, for sure!
	👻 7:49pm Austin Rich: I will say now that Walter survives the torture. It didn't occur to me that I should put a torture warning on this episode, as this is a bit unnerving.
	7:50pm Listener Robert: I think I get it. He murdered his wife, and he's being interrogated about it.
	7:51pm HyperDose: So many archaic ideologies for sure, but they don't ruffle my feathers. Enjoying the program!
	👻 7:52pm Austin Rich: This was broadcast 71 years ago, but again, that's no excuse. But that was a VERY long time ago.
	👻 7:55pm Austin Rich: There's an element of this ending that is... very disturbing to me.
	7:55pm HyperDose: So all or most of these broadcasts are free public domain?
	👻 7:56pm Austin Rich: I believe so, based on other copyright law.
	👻 7:56pm Austin Rich: Disney joke, in a Sci-Fi show from the 50's.
	7:57pm HyperDose: Back in the Disney dark ages. A lot of terrible humor in their old pictures too.
	7:57pm Ellen Lovebug: Smart going Walter
	👻 7:58pm Austin Rich: Certainly, Walter is guilty of murdering at least one Zan.
	7:58pm Ellen Lovebug: A world to plan
	7:58pm Wenzo Toad: hey y’all!
	👻 7:59pm Austin Rich: Good Hello Wenzo.
	7:59pm Ellen Lovebug: Love that makes the world go round oy vey Grace. Think it over
	👻 7:59pm Austin Rich: You can tell that this whole story was engineered to get the "last man on earth" line in at the right spot.
	8:00pm Ellen Lovebug: Hahaha reverse engineering the story round a punch line
	8:00pm Wenzo Toad: hey belated congratulations on guessing the correct number of crew members aboard the scarlet queen btw
	👻 8:01pm Austin Rich: It's a little creepy to assume that she would come back.
	8:01pm Mr Fab: Thanks Austin! The presidents would be pleased.
	👻 8:01pm Austin Rich: Thanks again everyone! See ya tomorrow at 6 PM! And again, next week!
	8:01pm Wenzo Toad: AW, have you ever heard the mysterious traveler? Ive only heard a few but the first one is great.
	8:02pm Chuck: Thanks Austin!
	8:02pm Listener Robert: Not as creepy as the idea I had.
	👻 8:02pm Austin Rich: That show is great! I'll play some of those around Halloween, for sure, Wenzo!
	8:02pm Ellen Lovebug: Eerie end music. They must have had a lot of fun making it.
	8:02pm Scott67: Thanks Austin 👍😎🍻
	8:02pm Ellen Lovebug: I look forward to it
	8:02pm HyperDose: Thank you for a lovely two hours of intrigue, Austin!
	👻 8:03pm Austin Rich: And now, the lovely stream will take us into this goodnight...
	8:03pm Wenzo Toad: I only remember #1 but it was great
	8:04pm Wenzo Toad: thanks AW, glad there’s finally a show like this on fmu

Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from February 21, 2022

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February 21, 2022: Episode #5: President's Day Special!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Box 13	"Extra, Extra" ""Extra, Extra"" by "Box 13"	19 September 1948	Mayfair Productions	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Earl Hines	Boogie Woogie On St. Louis Blues [Excerpt]			0:29:30 (Pop-up)
The Voyage of The Scarlet Queen	"Lily in the Chimoipo Bar"	31 July 1947	Mutual	0:30:09 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Earl Hines	Boogie Woogie On St. Louis Blues
Chandu The Magician	"The Rug Shop"	2 July 1948	Mutual–Don Lee Networ
Dimension X	"Knock" ""Knock"" by "Dimension X"	6 May 1950	NBC Radio

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Listener comments!
	👻 4:50pm Austin Rich: Good Hello! Happy President's Day, Everyone!
	6:01pm John R.: Greetings again Austin!
	👻 6:01pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, John R!
	👻 6:02pm Austin Rich: It seems that Dan really doesn't like writing, if you were to go by his attitude toward it in the first several episodes.
	6:02pm Scott67: G'day Austin & Thrillers! 👍😎🍸🔫🎶📻🌞🌏
	6:02pm Ellen Lovebug: Hahaha writing fiction is definitely more interesting than being a truck driver. In fact, I'm editing a fiction story today.
	6:02pm HyperDose: Hey it's my new friend Austin and his super cool show!
	👻 6:03pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Scott67! And Ellen, too! Good to see you!
	6:03pm Ellen Lovebug: Does ACME have a special on anvils? :P
	👻 6:03pm Austin Rich: And Hyperdose! Good to see you, too!
	👻 6:04pm Austin Rich: We could certainly find you the anvil of your choice! Act fast!
	👻 6:04pm Austin Rich: Dan's letter from the eccentric golf enthusiast is an easily overlooked, but excellent detail in this episode.
	6:04pm Ellen Lovebug: It would have been fun if the postcard were from a baby lamb
	6:05pm spacebrother: Hey Austin, thanks for the fun commenting on SHYourself!
	6:05pm Ellen Lovebug: Suspense music. Johnny Moran, what's your story?
	👻 6:05pm Austin Rich: Hey! It's Spacebrother! Good to see you!
	👻 6:06pm Austin Rich: That kid will totally influence Dan in the worst way, I'm sure.
	6:06pm Ellen Lovebug: Bright and sunny music :) I'd listen to just the soundtrack of this
	👻 6:06pm Austin Rich: "Lemon Coke." That was certainly new to me, but apparently: a real drink.
	6:07pm Ellen Lovebug: This show makes me miss playing clarinet.
	👻 6:07pm Austin Rich: I'm quote fond of the music in this show. It's got the right flavor for radio adventure.
	👻 6:07pm Austin Rich: Johnny seems more than willing to talk about his dead mother. Fairly well adjusted, I guess?
	6:08pm Ellen Lovebug: He sounds like he's looking up to Mr Halliday as another father figure
	👻 6:09pm Austin Rich: I used to know a man named John Moran, who managed the band Dance Card in Portland. I don't believe that band is around anymore, and I don't think John manages bands anymore.
	6:09pm spacebrother: Hey Austin!
	6:10pm spacebrother: I want to be a stick up artist.
	6:10pm Ellen Lovebug: They could be underestimating the girl
	👻 6:11pm Austin Rich: I think you have some good head cannon here, Ellen. It's not explicit in this version, but I bet that Johnny seeing Dan work all the time caused him to see Dan as a hero. I'm sure the led-down here is even bigger when Dan can't come through.
	6:12pm Ellen Lovebug: It sounds like a frame up. This poor kid thinks he can scrounge up money for a lawyer. They're searching for more of the stolen loot they buried there, I imagine.
	6:14pm Ellen Lovebug: She jumped to the conclusion that Johnny had disappeared. She knew that in advance. I don't know that I trust her
	6:15pm Ellen Lovebug: Aha. Logical doped the coffee. I hope he can cope
	👻 6:15pm Austin Rich: I wonder how many times Dan get's drugged in various episodes of this show? We should keep track. It's a pretty common "noir" trope.
	6:15pm Ellen Lovebug: Poor Dan, he's so gullible
	6:16pm Ellen Lovebug: That was cute. I love Carter
	👻 6:17pm Austin Rich: Carter is the best. What's not to love?
	6:18pm Ellen Lovebug: I'm surprised she let him live
	6:19pm Ellen Lovebug: Wow, sinister operation.
	👻 6:19pm Austin Rich: Clearly, she'll even mess with a child, so yeah, I'm surprised too. Maybe she thought there was enough in the coffee to kill Dan, and it didn't?
	6:20pm HyperDose: His vocal cadence and the timing of the music is superb. What a performance!
	6:22pm Ellen Lovebug: Joe Cokeley ... right track ... see what was left behind
	👻 6:22pm Austin Rich: Since Box 13 wasn't live, I think they were able to get great performances. Some old radio shows have live broadcasts, so the performances can be... uneven. However, I think Alan Ladd's performance as Dan Holiday is a little "flat." I think that was typical in the late 40's, so it's not surprising. But there's a lot of great performances in the show, so it stands out a little.
	6:22pm Ellen Lovebug: I think he's going for unflappable deadpan
	6:23pm spacebrother: Dance music.
	👻 6:23pm Austin Rich: I think you're right, Ellen. That would sort of make sense. Like a typical "tough guy" of the era.
	6:24pm Chuck: Digging this, Austin!
	👻 6:24pm Austin Rich: I believe that's the same actor who plays Philip Marlowe on "The Adventures of Philip Marlowe" who is playing Joe in this scene.
	👻 6:25pm Austin Rich: Gerald Mohr, I believe.
	6:25pm Ellen Lovebug: The final chapter... Remembering phone boxes out on the street. Life of the party. These deadpan lines. Going away together. Joe uses these girls and leaves them behind or worse
	6:27pm Ellen Lovebug: Yay for the set-up. He stayed so calm through all of it
	6:27pm Mr Fab: hey Austin! Yeah, I'd say that tracing the roots of "cool" should lead us to the hardboiled noir era. Perhaps not THE source, but one of 'em.
	👻 6:28pm Austin Rich: I like that observation, Mr. Fab. It is certainly all about "looking cool" under pressure.
	👻 6:28pm Austin Rich: Thanks, @Chuck!
	6:29pm Ellen Lovebug: Good job, Johnny. "Gee whiz".
	6:29pm Ellen Lovebug: Rudy Schrager, I should look into that name.
	👻 6:31pm Austin Rich: The sound on "Voyage of the Scarlet Queen" isn't so bad this week, but I did do a little clean-up on it, anyway. Sometimes he talks so fast, that even with a good recording, it's hard to make out what he's saying.
	6:32pm Ellen Lovebug: Ooh, an unscheduled stop. You never know what could happen.
	👻 6:32pm Austin Rich: There is an on-going story with The Voyage of The Scarlet Queen, but for the most part, you can listen to them isolated. Regardless, I've been trying to include plot summaries of all the shows I've been airing on my blog. So if you are curious about what has happened previously, you can find plot summaries here: dimestoreradiotheater.com
	6:35pm Ellen Lovebug: I'd love a starter boat. Always wanted to live in a lakehouse.
	6:36pm Ellen Lovebug: So much jewelry, so much makeup. My, my. It would have been wise to bring things to trade
	👻 6:37pm Austin Rich: I have certainly struggled with the racial language that is used in this show. Not only are there music cues that are "satire" of genuine regional music, but there are uses of ethnic slurs here and there, in addition to impersonations of people with accents done by people who are white. These usages were wrong then, and are wrong now, too, so I don't lean on the "it was okay then" argument. That doesn't hold water. But I do find it interesting to listen to these cultural artifacts from the past, so I can confront the kinds of things I grew up thinking was normal, and try to take note of why they are not, and should not be. I have a lot of deprogramming to do, but did grow up listening to stuff like this, so I think this is a good place to confront those concerns.
	6:37pm Ellen Lovebug: Well-said
	6:38pm Mr Fab: Definitely, Austin. Our listeners are smart enough to understand the context. And it's good to see how things used to be, as a measure of our progress.
	👻 6:39pm Austin Rich: Agreed, Mr. Fab. But I think a little context for why I'm playing these helps, too.
	👻 6:41pm Austin Rich: If you binge "The Voyage of The Scarlet Queen," there is an ASTONISHING amount of drinking in the show. If you wanted to play a drinking came, having a drink every time some in the show is drinking could be the way to a fun evening. If that's your kind of thing.
	6:44pm spacebrother: I have struggled with old slang and racist lyrics, but I've found people generally get it here.
	6:44pm Mr Fab: "There's something about dead fat people that makes them look deader than any other variety."
	6:45pm HyperDose: "give me a few hours" yeah, not shady at all!
	👻 6:45pm Austin Rich: Phil has suggested that, while The Scarlet Queen is well armed, for the most part, the guns are under lock and key, until Phil breaks them out for the crew to use. Phil breaks out the guns often, so they are rarely locked up when needed. But it is an interesting detail; day to day operations on the ship do not require anyone to carry a gun. Only in emergencies.
	👻 6:46pm Austin Rich: @Mr. Fab: I almost quoted that line, too.
	6:48pm HyperDose: Oh here we go
	👻 6:48pm Austin Rich: @Hyperdose: There's so many shady lines all the time, it's like some sort of Drag Race on this show.
	6:49pm HyperDose: I noticed how the hanky panky mimics a James Bond timeline. Around 3/4 through, long enough to establish trust in his partner of the escapade.
	👻 6:50pm Austin Rich: I think you're right, HyperDose. This predates James Bond a bit, I think. (Five years I believe.) But I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't a trope already by the time this was written.
	👻 6:53pm Austin Rich: I suspect that keeping the guns locked up is probably a result of practicality; most of the crew are probably not as trustworthy as the first mate, and it's probably a good idea to keep them confined to knives unless absolutely necessary.
	6:54pm HyperDose: Could Ian Fleming have been inspired by Dimestore Radio?!
	👻 6:54pm Austin Rich: It's very likely. I wouldn't be surprised if Ian Fleming listened to a lot of radio leading into his writing career.
	👻 6:55pm Austin Rich: Phil certainly makes time with the same number of women as James Bond does.
	6:58pm HyperDose: His mouth is quicker than his decision making haha
	6:59pm Scott67: So he's sailing with Yogi Bear?
	7:00pm spacebrother: @Scott - that;s just what I thought.
	7:05pm Ellen Lovebug: I mentioned to my dad what we were listening to, and Chandu the Magician rang a bell as being from his childhood
	7:06pm Scott67: Smmmarterr than the average Sailor Greg Greg! 👍😎🍻🐾
	7:16pm Ellen Lovebug: Loving the Earl Hines. Big fan of boogie woogie
	👻 7:17pm Austin Rich: Yeah. You can't go wrong with that 40's era boogie woogie music.
	7:17pm Scott67: 💥💨👋😎
	7:17pm Scott67: I'm spellbound!💫
	👻 7:18pm Austin Rich: Ellen: That's awesome! I bet a fair number of older folks remember Chandu. There were movies, radio, and all sorts of books, too. There was probably some form of Chandu that all of our parents heard.
	👻 7:18pm Austin Rich: @Scott67: Zing!
	👻 7:26pm Austin Rich: A lot of kid voices on this episode of Dimestore Radio Theater. And I suspect that most of these kid voices were not done by actual kids.
	👻 7:28pm Austin Rich: Parents. You turn around once and then they just run off.
	👻 7:29pm Austin Rich: This was the "Friday Night" cliffhanger, so listeners had to wait the entire weekend to hear how this turned out. For a daily show, these weekend waits were suspenseful. I make ya'll wait a week each time, because I'm cruel, I guess?
	7:34pm HyperDose: I mean yeah, that's a legit martian
	👻 7:34pm Austin Rich: This story has it's own Wikipedia page: wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock_(short_story)
	👻 7:35pm Austin Rich: The Author is Fredric Brown, who had one of his stories adapted into the episode "Arena" of Star Trek. wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredric_Brown
	👻 7:36pm Austin Rich: The story has been adapted in audio form at least two other times.
	7:36pm Chuck: This is amazing :D
	👻 7:36pm Austin Rich: I feel like the "human zoo" idea is a bit of a Sci-Fi trope. But I think it is pretty well executed in this version.
	7:39pm Listener Robert: I suspect this is a setup. One of the humans is not what s/he seems.
	7:40pm Ellen Lovebug: Wow. This is quite a plot. He's so attached to his books. Poor Grace. A lot weighing on her shoulders, rebuilding the species
	👻 7:40pm Austin Rich: In print, the race is called the "Zan." I thought it was. They pronounce it more like "Zahn" in the audio adaptation, but I imagined the pronunciation more like zan.
	7:41pm Ellen Lovebug: "Academic detachment; I learned it at faculty teas" that's a fun snarky line
	👻 7:42pm Austin Rich: I get the impression that a lot of Sci-Fi authors have a bone to pick with certain faculty departments.
	7:42pm Ellen Lovebug: Wow what can stop a Zahn?
	👻 7:43pm Austin Rich: "Beware of The Man. Dangerous."
	👻 7:43pm Austin Rich: You realize that Walter's detachment is probably related to being a widow.
	7:43pm Ellen Lovebug: It's nice that he keeps a sense of humor.
	7:44pm Ellen Lovebug: The poor duck
	7:45pm Ellen Lovebug: This is a bit twisted of a plot. I find this show rather unnerving. It's rather minimalist but effective, in large part due to the suspense music
	👻 7:46pm Austin Rich: We're in the back 40, as my grandmother used to say. Thanks for tuning in and listening this week! Don't forget to catch my Tuesday Show, tomorrow at 6 PM PST / 9 PM EST.
	👻 7:48pm Austin Rich: Yikes! Confederate pride is not condoned on this program, for sure!
	👻 7:49pm Austin Rich: I will say now that Walter survives the torture. It didn't occur to me that I should put a torture warning on this episode, as this is a bit unnerving.
	7:50pm Listener Robert: I think I get it. He murdered his wife, and he's being interrogated about it.
	7:51pm HyperDose: So many archaic ideologies for sure, but they don't ruffle my feathers. Enjoying the program!
	👻 7:52pm Austin Rich: This was broadcast 71 years ago, but again, that's no excuse. But that was a VERY long time ago.
	👻 7:55pm Austin Rich: There's an element of this ending that is... very disturbing to me.
	7:55pm HyperDose: So all or most of these broadcasts are free public domain?
	👻 7:56pm Austin Rich: I believe so, based on other copyright law.
	👻 7:56pm Austin Rich: Disney joke, in a Sci-Fi show from the 50's.
	7:57pm HyperDose: Back in the Disney dark ages. A lot of terrible humor in their old pictures too.
	7:57pm Ellen Lovebug: Smart going Walter
	👻 7:58pm Austin Rich: Certainly, Walter is guilty of murdering at least one Zan.
	7:58pm Ellen Lovebug: A world to plan
	7:58pm Wenzo Toad: hey y’all!
	👻 7:59pm Austin Rich: Good Hello Wenzo.
	7:59pm Ellen Lovebug: Love that makes the world go round oy vey Grace. Think it over
	👻 7:59pm Austin Rich: You can tell that this whole story was engineered to get the "last man on earth" line in at the right spot.
	8:00pm Ellen Lovebug: Hahaha reverse engineering the story round a punch line
	8:00pm Wenzo Toad: hey belated congratulations on guessing the correct number of crew members aboard the scarlet queen btw
	👻 8:01pm Austin Rich: It's a little creepy to assume that she would come back.
	8:01pm Mr Fab: Thanks Austin! The presidents would be pleased.
	👻 8:01pm Austin Rich: Thanks again everyone! See ya tomorrow at 6 PM! And again, next week!
	8:01pm Wenzo Toad: AW, have you ever heard the mysterious traveler? Ive only heard a few but the first one is great.
	8:02pm Chuck: Thanks Austin!
	8:02pm Listener Robert: Not as creepy as the idea I had.
	👻 8:02pm Austin Rich: That show is great! I'll play some of those around Halloween, for sure, Wenzo!
	8:02pm Ellen Lovebug: Eerie end music. They must have had a lot of fun making it.
	8:02pm Scott67: Thanks Austin 👍😎🍻
	8:02pm Ellen Lovebug: I look forward to it
	8:02pm HyperDose: Thank you for a lovely two hours of intrigue, Austin!
	👻 8:03pm Austin Rich: And now, the lovely stream will take us into this goodnight...
	8:03pm Wenzo Toad: I only remember #1 but it was great
	8:04pm Wenzo Toad: thanks AW, glad there’s finally a show like this on fmu

Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from February 21, 2022

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