Favoriting Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from January 22, 2024 Favoriting

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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!

Monday 9 - 11pm (EDT) | On WFMU's Sheena's Jungle Room
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Favoriting January 22, 2024: Episode #79

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Rocky Fortune  "The Rodeo Murder Mystery"   Favoriting 12 January 1954  NBC   
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Bold Venture  "Four Invitations to Death"   Favoriting 14 January 1952  Santana Productions   
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John Musilli  Frank Sinatra: The Voice of Our Time (Part 3)   Favoriting Frank Sinatra: The Voice of Our Time  Camera Three Productions  1990 
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The Blue Beetle  "Murder For Profit Part 2"   Favoriting 22 May 1940  Mutual–Don Lee Network   
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X-Minus One  "Nightfall"   Favoriting 7 December 1955  NBC Radio   
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Austin Rich:

Good Hello.
Avatar 8:56pm
Imaginos:

Ahoy!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:01pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Imaginos @8:56
Ah, thanks for dropping in. Rocky Fortune thanks you.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
yerfriendpaul:

Hello Austin, everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
Webhamster Henry:

Back on the air!
Avatar 9:02pm
Imaginos:

↳ Austin Rich @9:01
He should bow. The guy who's gonna slug him might miss.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
Austin Rich:

↳ yerfriendpaul @9:02
Good to see you on a Monday, yerfriendpaul! Hopefully Frank Sinatra was part of your plans this evening.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Webhamster Henry @9:02
Webhamster Henry! Thank you, thank you, thank you... and... enjoy the show!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:05pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Song: ""The Rodeo Murder Mystery"" by "Rocky Fortune"
It seems as if, on a long enough timeline, most radio shows from this era have a "cowboy" or "western" installment. Certainly, westerns were much more popular in the 40's and 50's, and it was easy enough to use the same FX and other gear to recreate a "western" vibe for your show. Candy Matson, and Box 13, had westerns stories... and I'm sure we'll find more as we keep going.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:06pm
Austin Rich:

Who had five minutes? Rocky is out...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06pm
Webhamster Henry:

He went down quick!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:08pm
yerfriendpaul:

This is a person stew of wise-guy /cowboy jargon !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:09pm
Webhamster Henry:

Hahah Coplands Rodeo music!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:10pm
Austin Rich:

↳ yerfriendpaul @9:08
A lot of pulp writers, like the people writing shows like this, were adept at changing gears, as the same writer would work a number of genres. Certainly, the mash-up and urban wise-guy and cow-poke was probably what appealed to this writer. (I think it was Lefferts, but sometimes other folks wrote this show, too.)
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:10pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Webhamster Henry @9:09
There's some good music jokes here and there.
Avatar 9:11pm
Mr Fab:

I like how the rodeo guy said that no one’s going to get into his pants.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:12pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @9:11
Mr. Fab! Thanks for staying a spell. Always a pleasure to entertain you.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:16pm
yerfriendpaul:

Good ol’ Sam!
Avatar 9:17pm
Imaginos:

↳ yerfriendpaul @9:16
Get the feeling Sam is going to be helpful
Avatar 9:17pm
Mr Fab:

I bet Sam the Educated Mule will solve the whodunnit.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
Barno in Akron:

How do you do, fellow kids?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
yerfriendpaul:

I’m counting on it!
Avatar 9:18pm
Mr Fab:

Mr Ed: Private Eye
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:18pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @9:17
This is actually a backdoor pilot for their own series. Sam The DEM! Detective Educated Mule!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:18pm
Webhamster Henry:

The old "this custard smells funny" trick...
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:18pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Barno in Akron @9:17
Thanks for stopping in, Barno!
Avatar 9:19pm
Mr Fab:

Detective Educated Mule, haha. That needed to be a real show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19pm
Webhamster Henry:

Haha You wish it was Ferdinand, Rocky!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:20pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @9:19
Maybe I'll try to write it for April 1st this year.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:20pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Webhamster Henry @9:19
Rocky is very well read.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:20pm
Barno in Akron:

My pleasure, I have about two hours of work ahead of me tonight. It'll be fun to listen to some Dimestore Radio Theatre whilst
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:20pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @9:18
I would watch this, too!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:21pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Imaginos @9:17
Sam should meet the Frontier Gentleman.
Avatar 9:21pm
Imaginos:

↳ Webhamster Henry @9:18
The custard smells funny because someone was dipping fish fingers in it
Avatar 9:22pm
Mr Fab:

Then there was Raymond Chandler’s least popular character, Phillip Marlin: Private Fish.
Avatar 9:22pm
Imaginos:

↳ Austin Rich @9:21
I should introduce Vulturophane to the Frontier Gentleman
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:23pm
yerfriendpaul:

Ringo is pure evil!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:23pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @9:22
I have a feeling that's one of those books that's popular in Schools.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:24pm
Austin Rich:

↳ yerfriendpaul @9:23
Yeah, unlike his Beatle namesake. (Unless I've been wrong all these years?)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:24pm
Webhamster Henry:

Chekhov's Mule!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:24pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Webhamster Henry @9:24
Chekhov's Lesser Known Laws...
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:28pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Song: ""The Rodeo Murder Mystery"" by "Rocky Fortune"
So this script was NOT by George Lefferts - who wrote most of the series, and created it - but it was written by his writing partner, Earnest Kinoy, who PRIMARILY wrote Sci-Fi, but in this case, did the wise-guy / cow-poke mash-up.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:29pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Austin Rich @9:28
We've heard a lot of Kinoy scripts; he did a lot of adaptations for "Dimension X" and "X-Minus One," and he occasionally turned in original stories / scripts for that show. It was nice to hear him work in another genre.
Avatar 9:30pm
Imaginos:

I wonder what would happen if the crew of the Bold Venture ran across Imaginos and Desdinova on the Plutonia
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:33pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Imaginos @9:30
Hard to say, but I have a feeling you could write that one!
Avatar 9:35pm
univac:

Hello, all!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:36pm
Austin Rich:

↳ univac @9:35
univac! What a delight. Thanks for poppin' in.
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yerfriendpaul:

Ha ha, gorgeously rich
Avatar 9:37pm
Imaginos:

Pity murder disqualifies insurance in most cases
Avatar 9:39pm
univac:

Hello, Austin! Here for a bit for some Bold Venture!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:39pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Imaginos @9:37
Seriously. One of the many reasons I haven't murdered anyone yet.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:40pm
Austin Rich:

↳ univac @9:39
Hard to resist the B&B combo.
Avatar 9:40pm
Imaginos:

↳ Austin Rich @9:39
That and you're a good person
  9:41pm
wenzo:

Howdee howdee AR & Radio people’s everywhere!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:41pm
Austin Rich:

Looks like the stream reset! Sorry about that.
Avatar 9:41pm
Mr Fab:

This is as much a comedy show as anything. The Tim character reminds me of Manuel from “Fawlty Towers.”
  9:41pm
wenzo:

*peoples
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:41pm
Austin Rich:

↳ wenzo @9:41
wenzo! Pull up a chair and stay a while.
Avatar 9:41pm
Imaginos:

↳ Austin Rich @9:41
Or worst attempt at subliminal advertising
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:42pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Austin Rich @9:41
At least we're not having ice-storm style connection issues, but damn... what is wrong with our service?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:43pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @9:41
Bold Venture is sort of a dark comedy. There's crime and murder... but you know the heroes will be okay, and the banter is really want we crave.
Avatar 9:45pm
Mr Fab:

When the music jumps in for a second, it kinda makes me jump. Wake up!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:47pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @9:45
Yeah, the interruptions are starting to get annoying. I need to talk to my service provider - as useless as that probably is - to see if they can improve things.
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univac:

Gotta split. Thx for the Bold Ventures, Austin!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 9:53pm
Austin Rich:

↳ univac @9:52
Thanks for poppin' in!
Avatar 9:58pm
Imaginos:

Sometime soon, Austin, I want to pin down a time for working on the next part of Lost Christobel.
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Barno in Akron:

Awe shucks, thanks Austin :)
  10:00pm
wenzo:

thank YOU
  👻 10:01pm
Heather Z:

↳ Imaginos @9:58
Yes! We'll get that on the calendar soon! Have a house guest here in town and we're tuned in!
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Imaginos:

↳ Heather Z @10:01
Excellent. Hope you and your guest are happy
Avatar 10:09pm
Imaginos:

There's a variety show episode, don't remember which, that features Nelson Eddie singing The Owl and the Bobcat
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:10pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Imaginos @10:09
That sounds interesting!
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Imaginos:

↳ Austin Rich @10:10
It is. Especially the vocalizations he does. Very hard to do
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:15pm
Austin Rich:

At this point, they're discussing "From Here To Eternity." So just prior to this point in his career is when he was working on Rocky Fortune, which is not included in this doc in any way.
  10:16pm
wenzo:

Did I miss the segment about his mafia buddies
  10:17pm
wenzo:

Or is that not covered in this doc
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:18pm
Austin Rich:

↳ wenzo @10:16
They sort of don't talk about that, either. But that is mentioned a fair amount in the Corina Longworth podcast, "You Must Remember This," which has at least two different audio documentaries about Frank's life.
  10:18pm
wenzo:

đź‘Ť
  10:20pm
wenzo:

Idk why I ask… Im not one who romanticized those kind of people, Im sure they were horrible. Can’t help but have a certain morbid fascination with such characters tho.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:20pm
Austin Rich:

↳ wenzo @10:20
I as well. I think I've listened to several "Rat Pack" docs, and I'm not sure I would like any of them, but I'm completely fascinated.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:23pm
Austin Rich:

There's a few "glitchy" audio elements to a number of Blue Beetle episodes, including some artifacts of the episodes being transferred from one medium to another. I think someone was recording this off of the radio, when someone else was playing their transcription discs, and that is the version that someone has uploaded to archive.org. So there's a number of points of failure, in terms of getting a pristine recording.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:25pm
Webhamster Henry:

Midget antenna on my helmet - with a 5 pound battery to power it!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:27pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Webhamster Henry @10:25
I once wrote a song called, "Seven Pound Beacon," about an astronaut that is stranded on a planet, and has to carry around a seven pound beacon, transmitting his location out into space, and it's starting to get heavy...
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:28pm
Austin Rich:

Foreshadowing Next Episode!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:30pm
Austin Rich:

You can hear the tape warbling...
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:30pm
Austin Rich:

(Some of those audio issues with the Blue Beetle I was talking about.)
Avatar 10:31pm
Imaginos:

Now why don't we have encouraging words like that today
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:32pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Imaginos @10:31
Hard to say. I'm sure we could blame each other, though.
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Imaginos:

↳ Austin Rich @10:32
Nah. We blame each other too much already. Our own flaws are our own responsibility
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:33pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Song: ""Nightfall"" by "X-Minus One"
We've heard this one before, and it is one of the more famous installments of X-Minus One. Nightfall was issued on vinyl, and among Asimov's stories, it's one of my faves. I do like that it was broadcast in December... one of the darkest months of the year.
Avatar 10:34pm
Imaginos:

I'm going to get some sleep. See you tomorrow
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:34pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Imaginos @10:34
Sleep well! Until next time.
  10:36pm
wenzo:

That’s what you get for threatening astronomers ya punk
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:37pm
Austin Rich:

↳ wenzo @10:36
You know those astronomers roll deep. Don't mess with that gang.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:42pm
Austin Rich:

This story sort of hinges on the idea that this race of people hasn't spent any time in darkness. How do they sleep? They are depicted like regular humans in every other way... and part of the story is this idea that these people will go crazy if they experience darkness.

Certainly they sleep in some way?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:43pm
Austin Rich:

Darkness is described as an "Instinctive" human fear. Is that true?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:46pm
yerfriendpaul:

Good stuff, this darkness
Avatar 10:48pm
Mr Fab:

Was that characters name “Theremin”?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:49pm
Austin Rich:

↳ Mr Fab @10:48
Yes it was!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:51pm
Austin Rich:

Like a lot of Asimov stories, there's a lot of drinking in them.

This is also a sub-theme in "X-Minus One" and "Dimension X" stories, too, but Asimov seems to enjoy having his characters get drunk.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:54pm
Austin Rich:

Getting near the end of the show. Thanks everyone for listening! We'll see you again next week.
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:56pm
yerfriendpaul:

Thank you Austin! Enjoying this very much. I should start dimming the lights in my room to follow along with the story
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 10:56pm
Austin Rich:

↳ yerfriendpaul @10:56
That's a good idea!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 11:01pm
Austin Rich:

Personally, I enjoy the night.

Good night!
Avatar 11:02pm
Mr Fab:

Good nightfall, Austin!
  11:14pm
wenzo:

Thanks Austin!
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