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.)

SONIC CINEMA PRODUCTIONS Presents: RETRO-ROCKETS -- Sleeper, or...I Was a Martian for the EBI

In our grand finale for the sixteenth season of Sonic Summerstock, Jack Ward takes a new look at a classic episode of "I Was a Communist for the F.B.I." and remakes it for the future with "I Was a Martian for the E.B.I." and the thrilling Sci-Fi Electric Curtain thriller. Sonic Cinema Productions and the Amigos Collective bring us "The Sleeper!"

With the voices of:

Jeff Billard - Mel Rose - Lothar Tuppan - John Bell - Jack Ward

STUDIO SEVERN & BLACK GLOVE PRODUCTIONS PRESENT: DOCTOR WHO THE FINAL GAME

EPISODE 4: We present the frightening fourth part of The Final Game! Torn across time, the Doctor and his friends return to Earth, but all is already lost. Monsters lurk in the darkness and Humanity has fallen to the Daleks. And there is nowhere to hide from the Master. Black Glove Studio and Studio Severn are in no way affiliated with the BBC or Big Finish audios. This is an unofficial fan-made audio made by the fans for the fans. We, nor any of the cast involved profit from the making of this audio. Please support all BBC and Big Finish audios. Doctor Who remains the registered and Licensed property of the BBC.

 Starring: Doctor Who - Marshall Tankersley

The Master - Terry Cooper

Sarah Jane Smith - Sarah Wheatley

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Tony J Fyler

Liz Shaw - Denise Sutton

Mike Yates - Johnny Robinson

Sergeant Benton - Richard Gurl

The Daleks - James Hart

Voice of Prime Minister Jeremy Thorpe - Mark McManus

The Ogrons - James Hart

The Time Lords - Jon Kolchak Pertwee

SEXAGONAL PHRASE – EPISODE 1  --“Never Piss Off Your Boss”

Written and Produced by Viktor Aurelius (c) 2018

Rated: PG-13

Starring:

Jeff Niles as WAD-O

Ted Wenskus as Bud Daniels aka Sexagonal Phrase

Julia Eve as Eccentrica Gallumbits

Rachel Rumler as the Girl in the Car

Deborah Adams as Lucy Sharp

Viktor Aurelius as Tokham and the Secretary

Cary Michael Ayers as Guy Sharp aka G'Una Voslo

Jonithan Patrick Russell as Kreghono

Eleiece Krawiec as Lucy's Mother

Shannon Lowery as Ik'Tharia

C Wayne Owens as Stiletto

Pete Lutz as Korpax Spawill

Gary Scales as Killa Joss

Vince Stadon as The Boss

For their 75th episode, Project Audion founder Larry Groebe decided to gather some folks together to talk ABOUT the medium. Especially because right now Artificial Intelligence is on so many people's minds - and it promises to impact audio storytelling like it's impacting so many other things. 

We brought together eight very opinionated folks, plus one AI chatbot, so that you can "Meet The Creators." It's a panel discussion with some of best, longest-running modern radio-drama creators in North America -- one to get you thinking, starting from a wide-ranging and subtle discussion on what we should even call the medium. We also consider why we even find value in creating new audio fiction in the 21st century. What's the point in revisiting and continuing this old storytelling art form?  The 45-minute discussion was at various times lively, nostalgic, angry, funny, feisty, thoughtful, enthusiastic, even emotional.

Our panelists ranged from coast to coast and both America and Canada. As Artificial Intelligence seems to be replacing human efforts in so many different aspects of life, how should we define the roles of both people and AI in creating twenty-first century audio-based stories. Not a fictional story this month -- but the story of why we make audio drama is well worth hearing...

Our 12th NO SOAP RADIO production, created in September, 2025, is a recreation of YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR: "THE SEA LEGS MATTER". This is Part 1 of the five-part series. The original broadcast took place on July 30th, 1956. This show was produced, directed and edited by Paul Kovit.

Besides the usual No Soap players this episode’s cast includes Larry Groebe of Project Audion. 

 If you’d like to see a video version of this show checkout our website: https://nosoapradioplayers.com/

While there you can access our other productions, as well as info about our group. If you like our videos, feel free to hit the subscribe button on YouTube so you can be alerted as soon as we release another production. 

CAST:

John Bell as Johnny Dollar

Paul Kovit as Pat McCracken

Zach Dillinger as The Announcer

Angela Young as Constance Lanfear

Larry Groebe as The Cab Driver

COMING SOON TO MOONLIGHT AUDIO:

NO SOAP RADIO presents:

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Sea Legs Matter

This trailer promotes the upcoming premiere of No Soap Radio’s recreation of Johnny Dollar, “The Sea Legs Matter”, which will premiere on Moonlight Audio Theatre on Monday, November 10^th, at 7pm ET.

This five-part series will premiere subsequent episodes all that week. This show was produced, directed and edited by Paul Kovit. If you’d like to see a video version of this show checkout our website: https://nosoapradioplayers.com/

While there, you can access our other productions as well as info about our group. And if you like our videos, feel free to hit the subscribe button on YouTube so you can be alerted as soon as we release another production.

CAST:
 John Bell as Johnny Dollar
 Andy Hartson-Bowyer as Oscar Patrick Vladimir Pascaro
 Victoria Gordon as a Phone Operator
 Paul Kovit as Pat McCracken
 Zach Dillinger as The Announcer
 Angela Young as Constance Lanfear
 Annette Bochenek as The Spanish Phone Operator
 Tony Semczuk as Captain Ramirez
 Paul Patterson as Douglas Lanfear
 Pete Lutz as Ramon Gonzalez
 Larry Groebe as The Cab Driver

STUDIO SEVERN & BLACK GLOVE PRODUCTIONS PRESENT: DOCTOR WHO THE FINAL GAME

EPISODE 3: In this latest Episode The Doctor and The Master venture on to the lone Dalek ship to find out their exact plans. Together they must find a way to stop the rest of the Dalek fleet from breaking through the energy field surrounding the earth. Will their plan work or does The Master have other plans. Listen in and find out in Episode Three of the Final Game. Black Glove Studio and Studio Severn are in no way affiliated with the BBC or Big Finish audios. This is an Unofficial fan made audio made by the fans for the fans. We, nor any of the cast involved profit from the making of this audio. Please support all BBC and Big Finish audios. Doctor Who remains the registered and Licensed property of the BBC.

Starring: Doctor Who - Marshall Tankersley

The Master - Terry Cooper

Sarah Jane Smith - Sarah Wheatley

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Tony J Fyler

Liz Shaw - Denise Sutton

Mike Yates - Johnny Robinson

Sergeant Benton - Richard Gurl

The Daleks - James Hart

Voice of Prime Minister Jeremy Thorpe - Mark McManus

Sam Jackson - Lee Rawlings

The Voice of the Time Lords - Jon Kolchak Pertwee

UNIT Soldier - Nathan Mullins

OF THE WAR WITH THE SAXONS AND HOW ARTHUR MET LANCELOT

BROKENSEA AUDIO PRESENTS: BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES Episode 3

Based upon situations and Characters from the Novel By Pierre Boulle and the SHOOTING SCRIPT- May 5, 1967 of “PLANET OF THE APES”- Original Screenplay by Michael Wilson. As well as the ideas of Mort Abrahams and the screenplay’s and drafts of Beneath the Planet of the Apes by Paul Dehn, Decemeber 20, 1968 and April 10, 1969, as well as ideas the book, adapted from the written work by Michael Avallone.

Adapted for Audio and extended ideas/situations imagined by Bill Hollweg January 26, 2008.

This is a work of Fan Fiction, a celebration of the films I adore in Audio for the Simians everywhere…

THIS EPISODE: Col. “Skipper” Maddox and his co-pilot Col. Brent (on board the Icarus II starship), having followed Taylor’s trajectory through a wormhole in time attempting to rescue Taylor and his lost crew, crash land on the Planet of the Apes…

CAST:
LAWGIVER/CORNELIUS: Mark Kalita
BRENT: Colin Snow
TAYLOR/GORILLAS 1 & 2: Bill Hollweg
COMPUTER: Gwen Jensen Woodard
SKIPPER: David Sobkowiak
CHIMPANZEES IN CROWD: Bill Hollweg, Gwen Jensen Woodard, Charlene Harris
URSUS: Paul Mannering
ZAIUS: Gareth Preston
ALBINIA: Shannon Hilche
MENDEZ: Jack Ward

STUDIO SEVERN & BLACK GLOVE PRODUCTIONS PRESENT: DOCTOR WHO THE FINAL GAME

 EPISODE 2: The Doctor and The Master must put aside their differences as an unknown force on the outer limits of the Universe is weaponizing the CMB Radiation to destroy the planet. Who is this enemy? and will The Doctor, The Master, The Brigadier and all their friends be enough to stop them. Find out in Episode Two of 'The Final Game'. Black Glove Studio and Studio Severn are in no way affiliated with the BBC or Big Finish audios. This is an Unofficial fan made audio made by the fans for the fans. We, nor any of the cast involved profit from the making of this audio. Please support all BBC and Big Finish audios. Doctor Who remains the registered and Licensed property of the BBC.

Starring: 

Doctor Who - Marshall Tankersley

The Master - Terry Cooper

Sarah Jane Smith - Sarah Wheatley

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Tony J Fyler

Liz Shaw - Denise Sutton

Mike Yates - Johnny Robinson

Sergeant Benton - Richard Gurl

Lieutenant Samantha Thompson - Zoe Jenkins

Miss Sleipnir - Meryl Herbert

Voice of Prime Minister Jeremy Thorpe - Mark McManus

Sam Jackson - Lee Rawlings

THE GRAY AREA SEASON ONE EPISODE 0: Prologue

Virginia Gaskell, an underappreciated 66-year-old cult writer forced into a rest home, contends with mysterious voices summoned from her typewriter and an obscure literary interviewer named Ed Champion. (9 minutes)

Written, directed and edited by Edward Champion

CAST:
Virginia Gaskell: Chris Smith
Ed Champion: Edward Champion
Orderly: Zachary Michael
Demon #1: Greta Christie
Demon #2: Pete Lutz

MUTUAL PRESENTS: RETRO-ROCKETS! Crisis on Titan

On one of the many moons of Saturn, a troop of Interplanetary Soldiers have been given scut-duty: digging in the dirt to find an element vital to the survival of Earth and other planets. They long to get back to the job they were trained for: fighting whatever enemy is before them. These hard-bitten grunts soon get more than they bargained for, when the enemy takes over the garrison they'd left just a few hours before! Crisis on Titan first appeared in Planet Stories magazine, and was adapted for this series by Pete Lutz from the short story by James R. Adams.

CAST:

Andy Hartson-Bowyer as SGT. HALLIHAN

Ebony Rose as CORPORAL RODRIGUEZ and

Carole Krohn as CAPTAIN STALEY

The voices of the SOLDIERS were by Julie Krohn and Pete Lutz

The sounds of the THE BARBER'S DELIGHTS and THE SQUEAKERS were by Julie Krohn

TWELVE CHIMES, IT'S MIDNIGHT Episode 5: Adopted Ghost

 Great apartments at a great price are hard to come by in San Francisco. To keep them, people will put up with almost anything.

Join us now for a play of discovery, death, and one cranky cat in the play Adopted Ghost.

 CREDITS:
Writer/Producer/Director: Aimee Pavy
Narrator: Josh Horowitz
Jeanette: Crystal Why
Mrs. Whiskers: Aimee Pavy
Sean: Scott Louis
Mrs. Campbell: Beth Abdallah
Mike: Cameron Eng
Fred: the Cast
Cover Art: Jeff Heermann
Logo Design: Michael Dern

"A Ranger’s Outing" ~ S1 E5 of the Dungeons & Damsels fantasy adventure series

In the river region of Eorde, Vatija is engaged to find a lost soul in the border wood. What she finds is far more a problem.

Written and performed by David Ian

STUDIO SEVERN & BLACK GLOVE PRODUCTIONS PRESENT: DOCTOR WHO THE FINAL GAME

EPISODE 1: It is the mid 1970's and the U.N.I.T annual Christmas party is in full swing. Corporals Maisie Hawk and Carol Bell are coming to the end of their shift when an unidentified craft appears on their radar. The Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith and the Brigadier all rush to the crash site where the Doctors worst fears are met when he realizes that the unidentified craft is in fact a TARDIS escape pod containing The Master. Join Black Glove Studio and Studio Severn in this masterful original story of the final confrontation between John Pertwee's Doctor and Roger Delgardo's The Master. It's 1974 all over again!  (Fan fiction, no infringement intended.)

Starring:

Doctor Who - Marshall Tankersley 

The Master - Terry Cooper

Sarah Jane Smith - Sarah Wheatley

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Tony J Fyler

Liz Shaw - Denise Sutton

Mike Yates - Johnny Robinson

Sergeant Benton - Richard Gurl

Corporal Carol Bell - Natalie Chisholm

Corporal Maisie Hawk - Lillian Rachel

Lieutenant Samantha Thompson - Zoe Jenkins

Miss Sleipnir - Meryl Herbert

Voice of Prime Minister Jeremy Thorpe - Mark McManus

Sam Jackson - Lee Rawlings

The Narrator - Jon Kolchak Pertwee

THIS IS HOLLYWOOD: The Stranger

The Narada Radio Company proudly presents a re-imagined episode of a lost radio series, This is Hollywood! Little is known about this series, other than the fact that it, like many other series in the Golden Age, presented radio adaptations of popular films. When director Pete Lutz was working on his adaptation of the screenplay, he discovered that The Stranger had been adapted for this lost series. Since no recording of this episode, nor any episode, could be located, Mr. Lutz created an introduction and a closing segment that might've been the way This is Hollywood presented them. Right or wrong, there it is, and who can dispute it?

In this production, the Narada Radio Company presents an adaptation of the full film -- indeed the running times of this audio play and the motion picture are very similar -- so you get an hour and a half of suspense, action, adventure, and thrills, all surrounding the story of a post-WWII Nazi hunter, on the track of her prey, the mastermind behind the death camps -- who has destroyed all links to his identity! We're sure you'll agree that our production is just as thrilling as the 1946 film.

THIS PRODUCTION is dedicated to the memory of Michele Barnett, a much-loved personage in both the Narada Radio Company and in the Corpus Christi/Coastal Bend region community theatre family.

CAST OF CHARACTERS:

ANNOUNCER: Darren Rockhold

Geri Elliff as COMMISSIONER WILSON

Rhiannon McAfee as MARY LONGSTREET

Pete Lutz as CHARLES RANKIN

Carole Krohn as the SECRETARY and MRS. LUNDSTROM

Greg McAfee and Mark Kalita as the DIPLOMATIC DEPUTIES

Dana Gonsalves as CONRAD MEINEKE 

Michele Barnett as MRS. POTTER

Kendra Murray as SARA

Victoria Fancki as NORA LONGSTREET

Jeff Moon as JUDGE LONGSTREET

Greg McAfee as JEFF LAWRENCE

Bobby Vela as the IMMIGRATION OFFICIAL and the SHIP'S STEWARD

Paul Arbisi as the PHOTOGRAPHER

Nick Wommack as MARVALES and MR. HAROLD

Eugene Lutz as the VOICE ON THE TELEPHONE

Nick Wommack, Eugene Lutz, Keane Lutz, Carole Krohn, Isla Braly, and Melody Gaines as the STUDENTS

Frank Guglielmelli as MR. PEABODY

Riley Lutz as MRS. LAWRENCE

Mark Kalita as MR. LUNDSTROM

Holly Braly as MRS. TINSDALE

Melody Gaines as MRS. RAND and the SHIP'S PASSENGER and

John Bell as DR. HIBBETT

Additional voices were by Julie Krohn and members of the cast

Music was composed and performed by Dr. Ross Bernhardt. The entire production was supervised by Pete Lutz.

 THE TABLE ROUND Chap. 2: Of the Rescue of Leodegrance and the Gaining of Excalibur

Narrator: Nicola Branch
Arthur: Chandler Walpole
Merlin: Blair Palmerlee
Guinevere: Cathie Vargas
Ector: David Kendall
Ryons: Kyle Lanterman
Gawain: Tom Southern
Leodegrance: Frank McDonnel
Menw: Toddy Harold
Enid: Whiti Cranfield
Balin: Charles Marchione

“Fortune’s Wheel” Theme by Nicola Branch
“Lake Spirt Song” Tune by Nicola Branch
Virutes Instrumeni Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Opening verse from “To One Reading The Morte D’Arthure” by Madison Cawein

As The Lone Ranger and Tonto are heading to a new town, to check on new outlaw posters, they come across a situation that will change not only a doctor’s life, but a whole town's.

The Lone Ranger and related characters were created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, and lovingly recreated by the Misfits Audio players.

The Lone Ranger: “A Doctor’s Story” featured the voice talents of:

Ralph Small as Dr. Frank Rockford
Suzanne Bennett as Mary Rockford
Jennifer Ann Scott as Sally Rockford
Kyle McDonald as The Sheriff

With
Capt. John Tadrzak as Tonto
Jim Patton as Lone Ranger

Directed by Jim Smagata

BLACKOUT CITY: MURDER STREET EPISODE 1

CAST:

Austin Beach as JOE SMOKE

Sarah Golding as LILLY

Atticus Jackson as HASHTAG

CREDIT NARRATION by Sharon O. Blumberg

MUSIC BY CARPENTER’S NOTCH and PURPLE PLANET’S CAFÉ BLUE 

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY MARK SLADE

A production of the 4077th/All-Better Audio

BROKEN SEA AUDIO PRESENTS: Beneath the Planet of the Apes

THIS EPISODE: The wait is finally over, sit back relax and Hearken to the Lawgiver as he returns us to this dystopic tale of the Simian.

CAST:
LAWGIVER/CORNELIUS: MARK KALITA
XANTH: STEVEN J. COHEN
TAYLOR: BILL HOLLWEG
BRENT: COLIN SNOW
HERULE: JOHN DANE
VENUSIA: ROBIN CARISLE

This is a work of fan-fiction based on characters and universe created by Pierre Boulle, a tribute to one of the greatest sci-fi series of all time! No copyright infringement is intended. If you like this audio dramatization - go out and get the official books, movies and other works dealing with Planet of the Apes - they are FANTASTIC!

Based upon situations and Characters from the Novel By Pierre Boulle and the SHOOTING SCRIPT- May 5, 1967 of “PLANET OF THE APES”- Original Screenplay by Michael Wilson. As well as the ideas of Mort Abrahams and the screenplays and drafts of Beneath the Planet of the Apes by Paul Dehn, December 20, 1968 and April 10, 1969, as well as ideas the book, adapted from the written by: Michael Avallone.

Adapted for Audio and extended ideas/situations imagined by Bill Hollweg, January 26, 2008.

This is a work of Fan Fiction, a celebration of the films I adore in Audio for the Simians everywhere…

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.

TWELVE CHIMES IT'S MIDNIGHT EP 4 – Ghost Crush

If you could spend an evening with a dead celebrity, who would it be? Choose carefully or come midnight, it might be you who’s dead. Join us now for a story of a fangirl who unwisely chose a ghost as her obsession in the play "Ghost Crush."

CREDITS:
Writer/Producer/Director: Aimee Pavy
Narrator: Josh Horowitz
Waitress: Aimee Pavy
Mary: Beth Abdallah
Jack: Aaron Seymour
Raymond: Scott Louis
Louisa: Kiley Brocaw
Responding Agent: Aimee Pavy
Cover Art: Jeff Heermann
Logo Design: Michael Dern

THE MERCURY SUMMER THEATRE: The Search for Henri LeFevre

A remake of the classic old-time radio mystery! After he hears the music he just finished composing playing on the radio, Adolphus Flynn is determined to find the elusive man credited for the piece: Henri LeFevre. But he soon unravels a mystery he may not be ready to face. 

Cast/Crew:

ANNOUNCER: Dean T. Moody

ADOLPHUS FLYNN: Pete  Lutz

RADIO ANNOUNCER: John Bell

SUZETTE: Sally Swift

PICARD: Les Marsden

MADAME LEFEVRE: Sharon Grunwald 

Directed & Produced by Rachel Pulliam

Music composed by Ross Bernhardt

Script by Lucille Fletcher

Chapter One- The First War That Arthur Had and How He Won The Field

King Arthur– Chandler Walpole
Merlin– Blair Palmerlee
Narrator: Nicola Branch
Queen Anna Morgause: Olivia Steel
Sir Kay: Thomas McCutchen
Sir Ector: David Kendall
King Lot: Greg Clancy
Cormack: Seth Binderup
King Ban: Wesley Gainey
Euphemia: Lindsey Smith
Knight: Justin Sowell