THE NARADA RADIO COMPANY presents our third live performance of the great Lux Radio Theatre broadcast of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, performed on the stage of Port Aransas Community Theatre, Port Aransas Texas, between December 4th and 12th, 2021.

Ten voice actors created the town of Bedford Falls, bringing to listeners all of the familiar characters from the film. Live music and a mix of live and pre-recorded sound effects completed the illusion. Audiences were mesmerized by the imagery, and laughed their heads off during the commercials (all mention of Lux was deleted and new spots for a fictitious product were substituted, to great comedic effect), AND they went home satisfied. 

We hope you enjoy this recording, and we wish you a very happy holiday season, plus a prosperous 2022!

CAST:

Dana Gonsalves as GEORGE BAILEY

Michele Barnett as CLARENCE 

Chuck Wilson as JOSEPH, POP BAILEY, RANDALL, and GOOD OL' REX THE WONDER DOG

Jessica Mathews as FRANKLIN, MARY BAILEY, MRS. THOMPSON and ZUZU 

Pete Lutz as ANNIE, MR. POTTER, OLD MAN COLLINS, MR. MARTINI, NICK, THE BRIDGEKEEPER, and BERT THE COP

Aileen Corpos as DR. CAMPBELL, MRS. HATCH, MR. WELCH, a BANK EMPLOYEE, ED, CHARLIE and COUSIN TILLY 

Jordan Bruster as A BOY, HARRY BAILEY, TOM, EUSTACE, SAM WAINWRIGHT and PETE BAILEY

John Bell as MR. GOWER, JOE, UNCLE BILLY, ERNIE THE TAXI DRIVER, THE ANGRY MAN, and THE SHERIFF

Dawn Robertson as a BOY, MRS. BAILEY, THE WORRIED WOMAN, a BANK EMPLOYEE, and JANIE BAILEY

Ross Bernhardt as THE BYSTANDER, HORACE, and MR. CARTER

YOUR ANNOUNCERS were John Bell and Dawn Robertson.

Festershield Cigarettes Commercials Cast:

Pete Lutz as the FESTERSHIELD ANNOUNCER

Aileen Corpos as MRS. SNAGWARIS

John Bell as THE CLERK and the DISPATCH VOICE

Dawn Robertson as THE DRIVER

Jordan Bruster as the TEENAGER and the CRYING KID

Michele Barnett as the MOM

Dana Gonsalves as THE TROOPER

Chuck Wilson as SANTA CLAUS ... and

Jessica Mathews, Chuck Wilson, Ross Bernhardt and Jordan Bruster as YOUR FESTERSHIELD QUARTET!

Music by Dr. Ross Bernhardt

Adapted for live performance and directed by Pete Lutz

WELCOME TO THE NORTH POLE! Here's "Santa's Inbox", a new podcast wherein good ol' St. Nick reads e-mails and letters from boys and girls all over the world -- and you get to see a little bit behind the scenes of Santa's North Pole organization. In this, our final installment, Santa's facing a problem that's quite common these days: Supply chain interruptions! Listen to how he and his faithful elf, Stinky, deal with them. With the voices of Pete Lutz and John Bell, plus a poem recitation; a song by C. E. Ayr, performed by Andy Brownlie; and an original children's story, written by C. E. Ayr, and read by Jenne Gray. Merry Christmas from the Narada Radio Company! (Simultaneously released on the Mutual Audio Network on 12/24/21.)

Art representing the story "The Little House Who Walked" by Carolina Sartor (top), and the song "I Like To Tickle And Be Tickled" by Phil Burns (bottom)

Written, produced and directed by Pete Lutz with major contributions by John Bell

WELCOME TO THE NORTH POLE! Here's "Santa's Inbox", a new podcast wherein good ol' St. Nick reads e-mails and letters from boys and girls all over the world -- and you get to see a little bit behind the scenes of Santa's North Pole organization. This time, Santa must deal with the interviews of three candidates who are applying for a rare vacancy within the elfin ranks, and these candidates are...unique, to say the least! With the voices of Pete Lutz, Jean Williams, and John Bell, plus an original children's story, "The Princess and the Dragon", written and read by C. E. Ayr. Merry Christmas from the Narada Radio Company! (Originally released on the Mutual Audio Network on 12/17/21.)

Art representing the story "The Princess and the Dragon" by Phil Burns

Written, produced and directed by Pete Lutz

EPISODE 4 LAUNCHES CHRISTMAS EVE!

WELCOME TO THE NORTH POLE! Here's "Santa's Inbox", a new podcast wherein good ol' St. Nick reads e-mails and letters from boys and girls all over the world -- and you get to see a little bit behind the scenes of Santa's North Pole organization. This time, some characters from the "Bell's in the Batfry" podcast, hoping to help Santa win the "War on Christmas", send him some unusual livestock. With the voices of Pete Lutz and John Bell, plus an original children's story, "The Hunchback Turtle of Bethune", written and read by C. E. Ayr. Merry Christmas from the Narada Radio Company! (Originally released on the Mutual Audio Network on 12/10/21.)

Art representing the story "The Hunchback Turtle of Bethune" by Carolyn Sartor

Written, produced and directed by Pete Lutz

WELCOME TO THE NORTH POLE! Here's "Santa's Inbox", a new podcast wherein good ol' St. Nick reads e-mails and letters from boys and girls all over the world -- and you get to see a little bit behind the scenes of Santa's wacky North Pole organization. With the voices of Pete Lutz and John Bell, plus an original children's story, "Jack the Little Giant", written and read by C. E. Ayr. Merry Christmas from the Narada Radio Company! (Originally released on the Mutual Audio Network on 12/3/21.)

Art representing the story "Jack the Little Giant" by Phil Burns

Mired in the havoc of the holidays and a contentious divorce, an exhausted single mother confronts a mall Santa who has concocted a frighteningly twisted plan. CAMPFIRE RADIO THEATER

Warning: Contains explicit language and graphic content.

Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine

Cast:

Melissa Medina

Joe Stofko

Amelia Hicklin

Dani Aviles

Graham Rowat

Mary Murphy

Original music score by Kevin Hartnell

For the holidays, Project Audion, for its 25th production, turns to Charles Dickens' classic "A Christmas Carol."

There were many adaptations of this tale during the Golden Age of Radio, but one of the cleverest and most charming was when it was transplanted to the Old West for a Christmas episode of the Jimmy Stewart western "The Six Shooter" which aired from 1953 to 1954. The story of Eben and Jake - and how and why Stewart's character Britt Ponsett tells it - makes for a delightful half hour.

Originally broadcast on NBC, 12/20/1953. Our cast for this recreation is our most wide-ranging in both location and age:

BRITT PONSETT: Ric Spiegel, TX

JOHNNY CARVILLE: Austin Mosher, NY

EBEN SCROOGE: Stanley Dyrector, CA

BOB CRATCHITT: Chris Marcellus, UT

BELLE / MRS CRATCHITT: Rachel Pulliam, MO

AUNT MILLIE: Denise Cline, KY

NEPHEW: Ken Raney, TX

ANNOUNCER: Paul Arbisi, IL and

JAKE MARLEY: Joe Mendell, UK

GHOST: Richard Huitema, FL

Sound is by Ken Raney, with direction, production, & music by Larry Groebe

SPECIAL NOTE: This play is featured in my book, Get Me Out of Here and Other Plays, available at amazon.com and from the publisher, at these links:

https://www.amazon.com/Get-Out-Here-Other-Plays/dp/B0BV49MHJC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

https://gnashingteethpublishing.com/product/buy-get-me-out-of-here-pete-lutz/

OR...if you'd like an autographed copy, please contact me at f6point3@gmail.com, and I'll tell you how to get one. Thanks!

TRANSCONTINENTAL TERROR Presents: 

The Cellar Mini-Series, episode 5: For I Have Sinned

Originally released on the Mutual Audio Network in October 2021, this is the 5th of five new episodes produced by 63audio for the month-long Transcontinental Terror audio series. 

In "For I Have Sinned", a group of men travel to a secluded retreat house to contemplate the error of their ways. However, a vengeful force has other plans for them. Written, directed and produced by Pete Lutz. NARADA RADIO COMPANY

CAST:

ANNOUNCER - Robin Robbins

CADAVERA QUIVRY - Angela Young

O'ROURKE: Chuck Wilson

DEMPSEY: Jason D. Johnson

THOMPSON: Carl Yowell

VAN DRIVER: Ross Bernhardt

CONNOLLY: Pete Lutz

JAMISON: Derek Rhein

FRANKLIN: Dana Gonsalves

MIKE: Austin Beach

COMING THIS MONTH TO THE MUTUAL AUDIO NETWORK: Santa's Inbox!

Here's a promo for a special holiday podcast, which will start the day after (American) Thanksgiving: Friday, November 26th, and continue every Friday until Christmas Eve. Send your emails with Christmas Wish Lists, or special dedications to that certain someone, and Santa Claus will read them out loud, mentioning your first name only, and the city where you live (you can opt out of this bit). 

Don't wait to get started -- send yours to santas.xmas.inbox@gmail.com ! Parents should send their kids' messages on their behalf.  Make sure you're subscribed to the Mutual Audio Network. Thanks from Santa and Stinky the Elf!

TRANSCONTINENTAL TERROR Presents: 

The Cellar Mini-Series, episode 1: PHOBIAS UNLIMITED

Originally released on the Mutual Audio Network in October 2021, this is the first of five new episodes produced by 63audio for the month-long Transcontinental Terror audio series. 

Phobias Unlimited, set in an alternate universe, tells the story of Hazel, a woman who has better luck with cats than with men. She discovers "Phobias Unlimited", a business providing a unique service that exploits a person's special fear -- but we don't want to give too much away! Written and produced by Rachel Pulliam by special arrangement with The Cellar's regular producer, her play was a Second-Place winner in the 2019 Cellar Script-Writing Competition. NARADA RADIO COMPANY/SOLE TWIN AUDIO

The Cellar mini-series will re-release all 5 episodes weekly on Fridays until November 26th. Next up: "How to Shed 180 Pounds".

Greetings, fellow Wellesians, Wellsians, OTR-lovers, Mars-lovers (not Bruno), historians, and seekers! In honor of World Audio Drama Day (observed annually, every October 30th) 2018, the following friends and fellow audio drama makers gathered via Skype to create a special panel discussion (in alphabetical order):

Ed Champion of "The Gray Area" podcast

Joe Griffin and Ele Matelan of Wildclaw Theatre Chicago

Pete Lutz of 63audio/Narada Radio Company (Host)

Jeff Niles of 4077th Productions

Aimee Pavy of "12 Chimes, It's Midnight" podcast

We're discussing the historic and fateful "War of the Worlds" radio program from the Mercury Theatre on the Air, first broadcast on CBS on 10/30/38. Then we're playing the 50th anniversary tribute-remake first broadcast on NPR on 10/30/88. Then we come back and talk about that, comparing it to the original. Fun, freewheeling discussion abounds! So what are you waiting for? Start listening, eh? And enjoy!

Haunted by a tragic incident from the past, Angela reminisces about a grade school friend and a series of ghostly visitations that have plagued her since childhood.

Warning: Contains adult language and frightening situations.

Written, directed and produced by John Ballentine

CAST:

Erika Sanderson

Tanja Milojevic

Owen McCuen

James Hicklin

Blythe Haynes

Shelby Sessler

Linda Wojtowick

Julie Hoverson

MJ Hartnell

Original music score by Kevin Hartnell

Episode 9 -- "Christmas Show 1950", The Bing Crosby Chesterfield Show

Welcome to Old-Time Radio Essentials, a new podcast wherein a specific episode from a selected OTR series is presented, and then discussed by three co-hosts: Pete Lutz, Jane St. John and Paul Arbisi; to determine whether or not it 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?

So with this in mind, we three bring you, as our ninth installment (and Pete's selection), this episode of The Bing Crosby Show from 1950. We'll introduce the show, play it in its entirety, then discuss it at length. Thanks for joining us, and we hope you enjoy it! 

Pulp-Pourri Theatre Season 1 Episode 11, Blood Has Sticky Fingers (NARADA RADIO COMPANY)

In this "lost episode" of Pulp-Pourri Theatre from Season 1, first released in July 2014, we explore the espionage genre of pulp-fiction. This story by John Bard, adapted and directed by Pete Lutz, came from an issue of Spicy Adventure Stories, and it's definitely PG-13. Enjoy!

CAST:

ANNOUNCER: Lisa Ayala

SANGRE BROWN: Andres Elizondo II

PETRA: Debby Leal-Ramirez

MESSENGER: Juan Perez

OLD HARDHEAD: Bob Ericson

SPECIAL FEATURES CAST:

Stanhope Studge, Nick Wommack, Austin Hanna, Larry Hutchison, Lisa McGrew, Keane Lutz, Philboyd Studge

Episode 8 -- "Gracie Buys a Live Turkey", The Burns & Allen Show

Welcome to Old-Time Radio Essentials, a podcast wherein a specific episode from a selected OTR series is presented, and then discussed by three co-hosts: Pete Lutz, Jane St. John and Paul Arbisi; to determine whether or not it 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?

So with this in mind, we three bring you, as our eighth installment (and a selection from Essential Listener Melissa), this episode of Burns & Allen from 1942. We'll introduce the show, play it in its entirety, then discuss it at length. Thanks for joining us, and we hope you enjoy it! 

Not too many stars from the OTR era have also hosted Saturday Night Live and a Broadway show, but comic geniuses Bob & Ray did it - and so Project Audion salutes them with a recreation of the offbeat, deadpan humor that aired on radio networks across the country for years starting in the early 1950s. John Bell in Alabama, and Pete Lutz in Texas take on the many characters created by Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding in an assemblage of sketches - both familiar and obscure - designed to replicate the kind of free flowing absurdity they did so well. Larry Groebe is there as well, handling the production aspects from Dallas.

ATTENTION, PLEASE! ATTENTION, PLEASE! We certainly hope you enjoyed this presentation, and if you want more of this type of absurd humor, copy and paste the link below to hear John Bell & Pete Lutz in another Project Audion presentation, this one however written entirely by Pete in the style of, and as an homage to, Bob & Ray. 

https://moonlightaudio.libsyn.com/project-audion-58-matinee-with-bob-ray

Welcome to Old-Time Radio Essentials, a new podcast wherein a specific episode from a selected OTR series is presented, and then discussed by three co-hosts: Pete Lutz, Jane St. John and Paul Arbisi; to determine whether or not it 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?

So with this in mind, we three bring you, as our seventh installment (and a listener's choice from Joshua, a co-host of another OTR panel show), this episode of Inner Sanctum Mysteries from 1949, "A Corpse for Halloween". We'll introduce the show, play it in its entirety, then discuss it at length. Thanks for joining us, and we hope you enjoy it! 

To comment on how we might improve this podcast, or give suggestions for future discussions, please write to us at f6point3@gmail.com .

Another thrilling entry from Sonic Summerstock 2021! Rachel Pulliam and Dream Realm Enterprises bring you an exciting double-feature from the classic SUSPENSE radio series and renowned radio writer Louise Fletcher. “Dark Journey” tells of Alice, who ventures to New York with her friend, Anne, to try and win back her beau, but Alice becomes increasingly frightened by Anne’s ability to make things happen simply by wishing for them. In “That Thing in the Window,” a man is disturbed when he cannot stop seeing the figure of a man in his neighbor’s apartment. SOLE TWIN AUDIO

CAST:

ESCAPE: The Derelict

Recently released on the Mutual Audio Network's Sonic Summerstock Playhouse, the Narada Radio Company presents their re-imagining of "The Derelict", an episode of the OTR series ESCAPE, first aired in 1953. Originally set in one of Earth's oceans, director Pete Lutz picked up our castaways and placed them in outer space. Listen as one woman and three men survive the destruction of their spacecraft and take refuge on a deserted, ancient rocketship. Once onboard, personalities collide and tempers flare after the discovery of an abandoned treasure.

CAST:

ANNOUNCERS: Jason D. Johnson, Pete Lutz

CORA: Kristy Glick

KEETMAN: Karim C. Kronfli

MIKE: Larry Groebe

LU WA: Pete Lutz

COMMERCIAL: Mrs. Holepuncher

Music by Dr. Ross Bernhardt

HEY THERE! We had some bandwidth left over at the end of the month and we didn't want it to go to waste, since we're paying for it after all...so here are a few comedy sketches that we think you'll enjoy, most of them being parodies of TV shows and commercials. Thanks for listening, and watch for the new shows coming in September!

Regular contributor Rachel Pulliam (Jane Eyre, Rebecca, etc.) has created a new audio drama company that will be devoting itself to re-enacting classic OTR favorites, plus other original programming with a vintage vibe. Sole Twin Audios will kick off its Old-Time Radio Theatre series with that tense drama from Suspense, "Short Order", which takes place in a roadside diner shortly after the end of World War II. Get a little "taste" of that now, with this trailer, and watch for the launch at https://anchor.fm/soletwinaudios

ELECTRIC VICUNA PRESENTS A WESTERN DOUBLE-FEATURE: Gunsmoke & Stagecoach!

In these special productions from 2016 and 2019, respectively, EVP brings you outstanding voice actors re-creating classic episodes from old-time radio. We hope you enjoy this power-packed double-feature and will watch for more terrific shows in future from Electric Vicuna Productions!