HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Old-Time Radio Essentials returns with episode 44, the 7th installment of Season 4! Pete, Paul and Patte present Pete's pick, an episode of the syndicated series Hall of Fantasy, called "Black Figurine of Death"! 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?
So with this in mind, we three bring you, as our forty-fourth number (but 7th official episode of S4), this episode of Hall of Fantasy, from 1-26-53. 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!
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Next Time: It's Patte's pick again, and she'll decide later...
THE CELLAR MS4 EP5: TWIN PEEKS
RATED PG
For adult language. LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED.
Welcome to the fourth miniseries of The Cellar! This is the fifth of five planned episodes of this long-running series, and in this, our finale, we bring you the pièce de résistance. We hope you've enjoyed all of our entries for this miniseries, and will come back next year for another one.
Episode 5, Twin Peeks, is set in the present day. Twins Judy and Jeff come back from a near-death experience, and each has a vastly different account of what they saw on the other side. Written by father and daughter team Pete and R. C. Lutz, and directed/produced by Pete Lutz.
CAST:
CADAVERA QUIVRY (Host): Angela Young
ANNOUNCER: Trevor Rines
REPORTER/ANCHOR: Carole Krohn
COP: Les Marsden
DOCTOR 1: Stephanie Stearns Dulli
YOUNG JEFF: Huck Dulli
CAPTAIN: Andy Hartson-Bowyer
FATHER PAUL: Pete Lutz
DOCTOR 2: Rhiannon McAfee
YOUNG JUDY: Piper Dulli
BROTHER MAXWELL: Tony Semczuk
TALK SHOW HOST: Tom Konkle
TEEN JEFF/TEEN JUDY: Mel Rose
PROFESSOR: Laura Mirsky
SCIENTISTS: Aileen Corpos, Mark Kalita
The Cellar theme by Tom Rory Parsons
Additional music by Dr. Ross Bernhardt
THE CELLAR MS4 EP4: RETURN TO THE SABBATH
RATED PG
For adult language and depictions of violence. LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED.
Welcome to the fourth miniseries of The Cellar! This is the fourth of five planned episodes of this long-running series, and in our humble opinion, the plays keep getting better and better.
Episode 4, Return to the Sabbath, is set in 1930s Hollywood. A film studio public relations man relates his negative experience with hiring a horror actor. Adapted from a short story by Robert Bloch, and directed/produced by Pete Lutz.
CAST:
CADAVERA QUIVRY (Host): Angela Young
ANNOUNCER: Trevor Rines
MILO MAYO: Andy Hartson-Bowyer
LESLIE KINCAID: Rhiannon McAfee
EDWARD RELCH: David Ian
THE STUDIO BOSS: Nick Wommack
BLESKIND: Austin Beach
VITO: George Hatfield
KARL JORLA: Tom Konkle
THE REPORTER: Dana Gonsalves
SYLVIA CHANNING: Carole Krohn
The Cellar theme by Tom Rory Parsons
Additional music by Dr. Ross Bernhardt
THE CELLAR MS4 EP3: DEATH HOLDS THE POST
RATED PG
For depictions of war and murder. LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED.
Welcome to the fourth miniseries of The Cellar! This is the third of five planned episodes of this long-running series, and in our humble opinion, the plays keep getting better and better.
Episode 3, Death Holds the Post is set in mid-20th-century Algeria. A remote outpost of the French Foreign Legion has a squadron missing, and they're hearing reports of a German scientist in the area, who has escaped from a sanitarium. Adapted from a short story by August Derleth and Mark Schorer, and directed/produced by Pete Lutz.
CAST:
CADAVERA QUIVRY (Host): Angela Young
ANNOUNCER: Trevor Rines
CRANE: Mark Kalita
RADIOMAN: Nick Wommack
PRAGEUR: Les Marsden
GASPARRI: Tony Semczuk
OURLET: Andy Hartson-Bowyer
PRETTWEG: Jason D. Johnson
VOICES OF SOLDIERS: Pete Lutz
"The Cellar" theme by Tom Rory Parsons
Additional music by Dr. Ross Bernhardt
THE CELLAR MS4 EP2: THE HANGING OF ALFRED WADHAM
RATED PG
For depictions of murder and execution. LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED.
Welcome to the fourth miniseries of The Cellar! This is the second of five planned episodes of this long-running series, and in our humble opinion, the plays keep getting better and better.
Episode 2, The Hanging of Alfred Wadham is set in late 19th-century England. An author invites a Catholic priest to dinner and they talk about religion vs. spiritualism, plus a few other things. The priest tells about a recent experience with a young man who is wrongly accused of murder, and his experience after the execution. Adapted from a short story by E. F. Benson and directed/produced by Pete Lutz.
CAST:
CADAVERA QUIVRY (Host): Angela Young
ANNOUNCER: Trevor Rines
BENSON: Les Marsden
HANBURY: Karim C. Kronfli
KENYON: Dana Gonsalves
GUARD/WADHAM/CARDINAL/HOME SECRETARY: Pete Lutz
"The Cellar" theme by Tom Rory Parsons
Additional music by Dr. Ross Bernhardt