WELCOME TO MUTANT COUNTY, Episode 11: “Whitley Quickman and the Fountain of Ruth” was written by Michael P. Thiessen and Peter Church, and features Stephanie Lanting as Ruth Anne Marie Bilchner. Special thanks to Cassie Garbutt and Esther Koepnick for the WLFC studio jingle. Welcome to Mutant County is a 27-episode series that follows the hilarious (and sometimes squishy) misadventures of two radio commentators at the end of the world.

RADIO ICEBOX Season 01, Episode 11 “Fogbound & Down”

Written and produced by Jeffrey Adams, in this installment, things get worse and Jennifer won’t explain it. Then...aliens!

CAST: 

JJ: Jeffrey Adams

Abby: Aela Mackintsoh

Barb: Victoria Olson

Alien: Justin Kapla

Cody: Cody Boyer

Jennifer: Scotta Turner

SEXAGONAL PHRASE, Episode Four "And So It Begins"

Written and Produced by Viktor Aurelius

The hilarious spoof of Hitchhikers Guide continues, as our heroes arrive on the ocean world of Ven'Faala to broadcast a power plant dedication, but they soon discover what is really happening. Plans have been set in motion by the evil Boss that will take the good ship Stiletto and its crew to the edge of danger, while at the same time, testing the mettle of Lucy Sharp!

CAST

Shannon Lowery as Ik'Tharia

Julie Hoverson as Na'Karthia

Ted Wenskus as Bud Daniels

Deborah Adams as Lucy Sharp

Katie Loftin as WAD-U

Jeff Niles as WAD-O

Lisa Michaud as Xarrissa O'Facto

Cary Michael Ayers as G'Una Voslo aka Guy Sharp

Jonithan Patrick Russell as Kreghono

C. Wayne Owens as Stiletto

Vince Stadon as the Boss

Pete Lutz as Korpax Spawill

Viktor Aurelius as Tokham and the Bridge Droid

Gary Scales as Killa Joss

Dave Weaver as Geort, Pirate #1

John Bell as Lenk, Pirate #2

Merilee Robinson as Senator Jurviza

Katrina Clifford as Muriel the Octopus

Steve White as James, Fish #1

Fiona Thraille as Forda, Fish #2

Sarah Golding as the Queen of Ven'Faala

Radio Icebox Season 01, Episode 10 “Play Misty For Me” by Jeff Adams

Jennifer and Cody have ‘the talk’, JJ barks like a dog and a mysterious mist descends. 

JJ: Jeffrey Adams
Abby: Aela Mackintsoh
Barb: Victoria Olson
Dr. Graves: Douglas Skrief
Cody: Cody Boyer
Jennifer: Scotta Turner

SEXAGONAL PHRASE - Episode 3

"Luck Eventually Runs Out"

Written and Produced by Viktor Aurelius

Synopsis: Having escaped from the Astral Casino disaster, our heroes rush to Barnard's Star and a nice Hotel. Lucy's father, the wanted "criminal" G'Una Voslo, arrives at the Casino too late to reunite with his daughter, but is instead reunited with someone from his past: Tharla J'Quantus. Lucy unwittingly agrees to be interviewed on the galactic news, dragging Bud Daniels - and also her father, into the limelight. Things get worse quickly, but you must listen to discover the details!

It starred:

Steve White as Schnarglav

Lisa Michaud as Xarrissa O'Facto

Deborah Adams as Lucy Sharp

Jeff Niles as WAD-O

Katie Loftin as WAD-U

Gary Scales as Killa Joss

Pete Lutz as Korpax Spawill

Viktor Aurelius as Narzod Clamphor and Tokham

C. Wayne Owens as Stiletto

Cary Michael Ayers as G'Una Voslo aka Guy Sharp

Jonithan Patrick Russell as Kreghono

Katrina Clifford as Tharla J'Quantus

Ted Wenskus as Bud Daniels

Kat Waterflame as the Vulpes Voice

Owen McCuen as Cardov Wence

Merilee Robinson as Robo-Hunter

WELCOME TO MUTANT COUNTY Episode 9 - Sentient Sensibility

Radio Icebox Season 01, Episode 09: “Zodiac! Unitard! Monkey Wrench!”

Abby and JJ are sickeningly lovey-dovey and Melanie and Barb are still trying to get a play off the ground!  Then, Jennifer does something selfless!

JJ: Jeffrey Adams
Abby: Aela Mackintsoh
Barb: Victoria Olson
Melanie: Karen Shickell
Dr. Graves: Douglas Skrief
Cody: Cody Boyer
Jennifer: Scotta Turner

WELCOME TO MUTANT COUNTY Episode 8

“Changelings, Squidtuplets, and Ra – Oh my!” was written and performed by Michael P. Thiessen and Peter Church. Special thanks to Cassie Garbutt and Esther Koepnick for the WLFC studio jingle.

Lost Tycho Brahe and Mrs. Longfellow 1985 TV Pilot

Tycho Brahe & Mrs. Longfellow (1985) — “They’re in love. With each other. And with danger.”

Rumble Falls is the kind of sleepy mining town where the neon flickers, the saxophone never sleeps, and somebody is always “accidentally” falling into a shaft. Into this glitter-dusted grit strolls a most 80s power-couple: Tycho Brahe—yes, the 16th-century Danish astronomer with the polished brass nose—reborn by unexplained TV science and forever quoting the heavens, and Mrs. Longfellow—cocktail-wielding socialite, magazine maven, and problem-solver who can spot a murder motive faster than she can finish a bourbon.

Think Hart to Hart chemistry, Simon & Simon stakeouts, and Murder, She Wrote coincidence—all poured over crushed ice and served with a cheeky umbrella. 

 The unaired two-hour pilot drops our lovers into “A Case of Miss Dynamite,” where a pageant queen goes boom, a mayor sweats rosewater, and a foreman insists a lit stick of dynamite is a “romance candle.” Crane shots you can practically hear, freeze-frame laughs you can definitely feel, and a theme song that says “lighthearted crime show” before the first commercial bumper. Tycho charts trajectories and blood spatter like star maps; Mrs. Longfellow reads people like a society page. The clues point left-handed, the alibis go right out the window, and every time Tycho’s about to solve it, she solves him instead. Do they crack the case? Eventually. Do they sizzle? Constantly. (Cue the rim-lit promo still, police tape just out of focus, and a jet that keeps “turning around” for one more kiss.) 

 In true 80s fashion, the town’s brass can’t stand them, the townsfolk adore them, and the captions were supposed to explain everything… not that anyone read those during the key change. The result is a gloriously anachronistic, neon-noir valentine to prime-time sleuthing: part telescope, part tumbler, all chemistry. 

Credits (1985 pilot)

·         Written & Directed by Tom Konkle

·         Produced by Tom Konkle and Kurtis Bedford (Mindstream Audio)

·         Stephanie Dulli … Mrs. Longfellow

·         Tom Konkle … Tycho Brahe

·         Jude Gerard Prest … Mayor Gribbons

·         Kurtis Bedford … Lt. Hassellhoff

·         Jill Manglione … Darla / Barmaid

·         David Beeler … Foreman Steve

·         Andy Hartson-Bowyer … Narrator

(Never aired. Cult status inevitable.)

Radio Icebox Season 01, Episode 08: “Jingle Memes”

It’s Christmas time at the station and romance is in the air.

JJ: Jeffrey Adams
Abby: Aela Mackintsoh
Barb: Victoria Olson
Old Woman: Victoria Olson
Cody: Cody Boyer
Jennifer: Scotta Turner

THE HOBBY HOUSE written/directed by Pete Lutz

First released as a special feature in an episode of Pulp-Pourri Theatre, we're re-releasing this as a standalone sketch because we feel it's worthy of same. A spoof on TV shows that feature antique collectors or those with unusual hobbies, it features the voice talents of Ross Bernhardt, Peter Guzman-Howard, and Jim Baldridge-Garst. Enjoy! NARADA RADIO COMPANY

PHILBOYD STUDGE INTERVIEW: Lottery Winning Married Couple

Recorded a few years ago but never released on Moonlight Audio, we present Narada's intrepid reporter Philboyd Studge, who has traveled to Donut Center, Illinois, to interview a married couple who have won a huge jackpot in the state lottery. With the voice talents of Michele Barnett as the store manager, and real-life married couple Gene and Teddi Giggy as the Lottery Winners. Enjoy! Introduction by Ripley Lutz. NARADA RADIO COMPANY

OLD-TIME RADIO ESSENTIALS Episode 54: I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Old-Time Radio Essentials returns with episode 54, and as we continue Season 5, we present Patte's pick, an early episode of the groundbreaking BBC comedy series, I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again, from April, 1964. Come for the old-time radio, stay for the scintillating (that's one way of putting it) discussion afterwards!

As you listen, perhaps you'll learn if we feel this entry meets the following criteria:

1. Is it truly representative of that series? (Can anyone point to it and say, "Yes, that is what [NAME OF SERIES] was all about.")

2. Is it an episode worthy of inclusion in any and every OTR aficionado's private collection?

Your feedback means a lot to us! A review at iTunes or at your usual podcatcher would be appreciated.

Next Time: It's Paul's pick again, and he'll bring us, for our 5th annual Christmas special, a holiday edition of The Great Gildersleeve. Join us then, won't you?

WELCOME TO MUTANT COUNTY Ep 7 - Handbooks and Flamethrowers

Written and performed by Michael P. Thiessen and Peter Church. Special thanks to Cassie Garbutt and Esther Koepnick for the WLFC studio jingle. 

Radio Icebox Season 01, Episode 07 “The Not-So Hungry Games.”

It’s Thanksgiving in Icebox, so naturally everyone ends up in jail.

Sam: James Yount
JJ: Jeffrey Adams
Abby: Aela Mackintsoh
Barb: Victoria Olson
Major: Declan Lowthian
Cody: Cody Boyer
Jennifer: Scotta Turner

WELCOME TO MUTANT COUNTY Ep 6 - Zombie Life Awareness Parade

Written by Michael P. Thiessen and Peter Church, and features Stephanie Lanting as Rika Mortis, resident Necromancer and Zombie Queen. Special thanks to Cassie Garbutt and Esther Koepnick for the WLFC studio jingle.

Radio Icebox Season 01, Episode 06 “Naked Grandpa”

JJ accidentally invites Barb’s mortal enemy to direct one of her plays.

JJ: Jeffrey Adams
Abby: Aela Mackintsoh
Barb: Victoria Olson
Major: Declan Lowthian
Melanie: Karen Shickell
Cody: Cody Boyer
Jennifer: Scotta Turner

WELCOME TO MUTANT COUNTY Ep 5 - A Real Night Mayor

A Real Night Mayor was written and performed by Michael P. Thiessen and Peter Church. Special thanks to Cassie Garbutt and Esther Koepnick for the WLFC studio jingle. 

Radio Icebox Season 01, Episode 05 “The Deadly Hallows Eve”

JJ: Jeffrey Adams
Abby: Aela Mackintsoh
Barb: Victoria Olson
Madam Biola: Victoria Olson
Cody: Cody Boyer
Jennifer: Scotta Turner

The station is super haunted.

PROJECT AUDION 72: Jimmy Durante - Garry Moore Show

Jimmy Durante: so famous for so many decades that just a caricature of his face was enough to elicit a smile. His outsized "Schnozz" matched the outsized personality from the 1920s through the 1970s. Even today, when his name and face are no longer common currency, his catchphrases and songs have endured. You can hear Durante singing in the "Joker" movie of 2019, imitated in lines from the "Lion King," and showing up every year in animated Christmas specials. 

In this Audion Original, Pete Lutz revisits this unique talent, imagining a 1940s episode of the Jimmy Durante Comedy Caravan with his on-air partner Garry Moore, and guest stars Sydney Greenstreet and Rose Marie. "Everybody wants ta' get inta de act!" and they do for a half hour of mirth and music.

Pete Lutz, in Texas, as Jimmy Durante

Bob Beaumont, in California, as Garry Moore

Scott McKinley, in New Jersey, as Sidney Greenstreet

Jessica Matthews, in Texas, as Rose Marie

Laura Mirsky in New Jersey, as Vera Vague

Sheree Wichard, in New York, as Florence Halop

Trevor Rines, in Ontario Canada, as Candy Candido

Andy Hartson-Bowyer, in Virginia, as Verne Smith

Written and directed by Pete Lutz

Produced by Larry Groebe in Texas

EPISODE 4 - HELL HATH NO FURRY

Welcome to Mutant County Episode 4: “Hell Hath No Furry” was written and performed by Michael P. Thiessen and Peter Church, and features Heidi Susanne MacDonald as lycanthropic lover, Dana Furbottom.

Radio Icebox Season 01, Episode 04 “Who You Gonna Call?”

JJ………….Jeffrey Adams
Abby……...Aela Mackintsoh
Barb……….Victoria Olson
Madam Biola….Victoria Olson
Cody……….Cody Boyer
Jennifer…….Scotta Turner

A mysterious stranger holds a seance in an attempt to retrieve Dr Graves from beyond.

Radio Icebox Season 01, Episode 03 “To Catch a Ghost”

An attempt to exorcise the ghost haunting the station’s attic goes horribly wrong.

JJ: .Jeffrey Adams
Abby: Aela Mackintsoh
Barb: Victoria Olson
Cody: Cody Boyer
Jennifer: Scotta Turner
Dr. Graves: Douglas Skief

RADIO ICEBOX S1 E2: The Birthday One

Romance is in the air and everyone at the station is totally hopeless at it.

JJ: Jeffrey Adams
Abby: Aela Mackintsoh
Barb: Victoria Olson
Cody: Cody Boyer
Jennifer: Scotta Turner