This Project Audion episode offers the national premiere of a NEW Fibber McGee and Molly episode, written by Robert L. Mills, former staff writer for comedy legend Bob Hope. Mills' script recreates the style, laughs, and charm of classic Fibber & Molly radio shows. "Fibber's Missing Tux" literally brings the couple out of retirement to be honored for their years on the airwaves.

As a bonus, after our recreation, we interview Robert L. Mills himself in his Hollywood home, talking about writing comedy, his days with Hope, and the Old Time Radio era.

It's an OTR fan's dream, and our dream cast includes:

Fibber McGee: John Bell (Alabama)

Molly: Jan Welch (North Carolina)

Teeny: Carolyn Threlkeld (Kentucky)

Doc Gamble: Ken Raney (Texas)

Old Timer: Harry Middlebrooks (California)

Wally Wimple: Duane Noch (New Jersey)

Harlow Wilcox: Chris Hart (Florida)

Production, direction, and sound by Larry Groebe (Texas)

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER - KCAL Old Time Radio Troupe 

Nicholasville, Kentucky, is the home of KCAL, a community theatre group dedicated to re-creating classic Old-Time Radio shows. They traditionally put on four shows year from their theatre on South Main Street, although during the pandemic they've been creating their shows on Zoom. Here's their latest, a remake of Escape's "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe.

RODERICK USHER: Norman Cline

DOCTOR/ANNOUNCER: David Damron

NARRATOR: Doug Fain

PROJECT AUDION #15: The Life of Riley

Project Audion came into existence about a year ago, formed as a result of the COVID pandemic, with creator Larry Groebe seeking a way to bring actors together and provide entertainment for folks stuck at home. In this fifteenth edition of the series, it's PA's recreation of the classic radio (later TV) situation comedy "The Life of Riley" and the charming 1950 episode "The Rileys' First Date” -- originally aired for Thanksgiving, but re-created for Valentine's Day, 2021. Audion’s edition comes complete with recreated laugh track.

Directed by Tom Wilkens, and starring a truly transcontinental cast: 

Here's the Narada Radio Company's very first entry for the Sonic Society's Summerstock Playhouse: a remake of the Lux Radio Theater's 1951 adaptation of Carol Reed's 1949 film, "The Third Man". 

In case you didn't know, the Summerstock Playhouse brings you, every Summer, a handful of old-time radio remakes from modern-day audio drama producers. As I indicated above, this was our first entry. We've participated in every festival since 2015 and will be releasing more remakes this summer. Enjoy the show!

Episode 2 -- "Jack Tries to Get Rose Bowl Tickets", The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny 

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 second installment (and Paul's choice), this episode of what was popularly called "The Jack Benny Program", originally broadcast 01-04-1948. 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! 

Episode 2 -- "Jack Tries to Get Rose Bowl Tickets", The Lucky Strike Program starring Jack Benny 

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 second installment (and Paul's choice), this episode of what was popularly called "The Jack Benny Program", originally broadcast 01-04-1948. 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! 

Created especially for Sonic Summerstock 2020, 63audio presents its third of four old-time radio remakes, a lost episode of the QUIET, PLEASE series, entitled "Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall", originally broadcast 8-24-47. Oliver is a man in an unhappy marriage, and under the thumb of his tyrannical boss. It seems the only way he can get any relief is to tell his troubles to his friend Eddie, over the phone. As we listen, we learn that someone else is listening, and has an unusual solution to Oliver's problems. Produced & directed by Pete Lutz.

CAST:

OLIVER/ERNEST CHAPPELL: Pete Lutz

EVERWEIN: Dana Gonsalves

CAROLINE: Kristy Glick

DICTAGRAPH VOICE: Dawn Robertson

MUSIC: Dr. Ross Bernhardt

We present the Narada Radio Company, in director Pete Lutz's adaptation of the Lux Radio Theatre's broadcast "Strangers on a Train", performed and recorded live in August 2018, at Harbor Playhouse, Corpus Christi, Texas. The sponsor was changed from Lux to one that provided more entertainment value for the audience. Enjoy!

CAST:

Christian Ferris as GUY HAINES

Pete Lutz as BRUNO ANTONY and THE MINISTER

Katie Loftin as MIRIAM and BESSIE

Diana DeHoyos as ANNE MORTON

Alan Clower as BRUNO'S FATHER

Tamara Merson Wren as BRUNO'S MOTHER

Gene Giggy as SENATOR MORTON

Jackie Ayers as BARBARA

Dana Gonsalves as TURLEY and HAMMOND

Joe Martinez as THE PROFESSOR, THE JUDGE, and THE OLD MAN

Aileen Corpos as MRS. CUNNINGHAM and HENNESSEY

Teddi Giggy as THE VENDOR and OFFICER ADAMS

And Geri Elliff as OFFICER MAC and YOUR HOST

With additional voices by Michele Barnett and Ebony Rose

Your Announcer, Jessica Mathews

Music was by Dr. Ross Bernhardt

The O-Sha-Lene performers were Alan Clower, Aileen Corpos, Diana DeHoyos, Geri Elliff, Katie Loftin, and Ebony Rose

Here's the Narada Radio Company's fourth and final Sonic Summerstock Playhouse offering for 2020 -- out of sequence but it's such a wonderful piece, we couldn't wait. East of the Sun, West of the Moon is a beautiful Norwegian folk tale interpreted by Louis MacNiece for BBC Radio and originally broadcast in 1959. There was no recording available for us to take inspiration from, so we did everything based on the script's dialogue and sound/music cues. A truly lovely, dreamy audio production that we hope you will enjoy.

Angel Leigh McCoy as Helga

Karim C. Kronfli as Father and the North Wind’s Groom

Rachel Pulliam as Halvor and Longnose

Julia Eve as Mother and the Female Troll

Gareth Severn as the Prince and the Bear

Alex Moore as the Three Crones

Pete Lutz as the East Wind, the Parrot, and the Male Troll

Julie Hoverson as the West Wind and the Stepmother

Dana Gonsalves as the South Wind and the Prisoner 

Nick Wommack as the North Wind 

Additional voices by Alex Moore and Pete Lutz

Music composed and performed/sung by Dr. Ross Bernhardt

Produced & Directed by Pete Lutz

SONIC SUMMERSTOCK 2020 - NIGHT BEAT: The Death of Riley

For the 11th big year of Sonic Summerstock (2020), we present the first of the Narada Radio Company's four installments of the season. This is a 1952 episode of the excellent OTR series, Night Beat, which starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a reporter for the fictitious Chicago Star newspaper. (NARADA RADIO COMPANY)

CAST:

ANNOUNCER – Darren Rockhold

RANDY STONE – Pete Lutz

EDIE – Angela Young

JIM GUTHRIE – Lothar Tuppan

RILEY JOHNSON – Jeffrey Billard

TINCHER – John Bell

FIRE CAPTAIN – James Scully

DOCTOR – Gareth Severn

P.A. SYSTEM VOICE  – Rachel Pulliam

MUSIC COMPOSED BY Dr. Ross Bernhardt

REBECCA (SOLE TWIN AUDIO)

Produced and directed by Rachel (Rumler) Pulliam for the 2017 Sonic Summerstock Playhouse, this is a remake of the Lux Radio adaptation of the Alfred Hitchcock film, originally starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine.

BRIEF ENCOUNTER (SOLE TWIN AUDIO)

Produced and directed by Rachel (Rumler) Pulliam, this remake of the Old-Time Radio Adaptation of the classic film, starring Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson, was created especially for the 2017 Sonic Summerstock Playhouse.

The Narada Radio Co. presents a remake of ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, originally broadcast on NBC Radio, July 6th, 1952.

Our cast of this radio remake is the same cast used for the stage production of Arsenic and Old Lace, which was produced in October, 2017 at Harbor Playhouse, Corpus Christi, Texas. We recorded it on that very stage, too! Here are our players:

ABBY BREWSTER - Michele Barnett

THE REV. DR. HARPER - Michael Pierce

TEDDY BREWSTER - Chuck Wilson

OFFICER BROPHY - Leo Longoria

OFFICER KLEIN - Richard Robinson

MARTHA BREWSTER - Aileen Corpos

MORTIMER BREWSTER - Peter M. Howard

ELAINE HARPER - Shannon Bladow

MR. GIBBS - Rick Yellen

JONATHAN BREWSTER - Jason D. Johnson

DR. EINSTEIN - Joe Martinez

OFFICER O'HARA - Bobby Vela

LIEUTENANT ROONEY - Larry Hutchison

MR. WITHERSPOON - Gene Giggy

Both the stage production and the audio production were directed by Pete Lutz. Post-production of the audio play was by 63audio, Corpus Christi, TX. This was first presented as part of the 2018 Sonic Summerstock Playhouse series.

 The Narada Radio Co. presents THE ADAPTIVE ULTIMATE, an episode of the great radio series "Escape", originally broadcast on CBS, March 26, 1949.

Our cast of this radio remake is made up of members of the short-lived and now-defunct Empire Audio Network. All of us are actors and producers in our own right. Here are our players:

VOICE 1 – Mike Janson

ANNOUNCER – Orlando Segarra

DR. DANIEL SCOTT – Gabe Templin

DR. BACH – Pete Lutz

KYRA ZELAS - Rachel Craig

OFFICER – Will Snyder

PROSECUTOR – Austin Beach

SALVATORE – Jack Ward

DEFENSE ATTORNEY – Boyd Barrett

JUDGE – Pete Lutz

MRS. GETZ – MJ Cogburn

1ST COMMENTATOR - Jeremy Hennessy

2ND COMMENTATOR - Drew Profit

JOHN CALLAN – Jack Ward

VOICE 2 - Pete Lutz

MUSIC BY Dr. Ross Bernhardt

This production was produced and directed by Pete Lutz, especially for the 2018 Sonic Summerstock Playhouse.

The Narada Radio Co. presents a remake of "Rocket From Manhattan", which was written by Arch Oboler and originally broadcast in 1945. Our cast consists of the following players:

Victoria Fancki as Lt. Reynolds

Geri Elliff as Maj. Russell

Lori Bryant as Dr. Chamberlain

Your announcer was Alisha Strand-Mueller. 

The script was modified slightly by our producer-director, Pete Lutz, and created especially for the 2018 Sonic Summerstock Playhouse series.

The Narada Radio Co. presents a remake of "Meridian 7-1212", an original radio play by Irving Reis.  It originally aired on CBS Radio August 24, 1939, as the eighth program in the Columbia Workshop Festival Series. 

Cast of MERIDIAN 7-1212: 

ANNOUNCER – RC Lutz, Ashe Thurman

Time service operators: 

DOT DAY – Aileen Corpos

MISS TANNER – Rhiannon McAfee

HELEN CLEARY – Angela Young

MISS WALLACE, THEIR SUPERVISOR – Geri Elliff 

Other phone operators: 

HOTEL OPERATOR – Rhiannon McAfee

BRITISH OPERATOR – Sarah Golding

BRITISH OVERSEAS OPERATOR – Alex Moore

AMERICAN OPERATOR – Stephanie Jordan 

WRITER FOR MANHATTANITE MAGAZINE – Jackie Ayers

JIM FAWCETT – Peter Howard

BRADLEY, MANAGER OF TIME SERVICE – Pete Lutz

JOHN – Joe Martinez

GRACE, HIS WIFE – Nancy Gaugler

JOE AND SCOTT, AMERICAN DRUNKS IN LONDON – Pete Lutz, Dana Gonsalves

PERCIVAL, BRITISH DESK CLERK – Jason D. Johnson

ED, A LAWYER – Alan Clower

NEAL, HIS ASSISTANT – Micah Blain

JOHNSON, A CRIMINAL – Nick Wommack

Music by Ross Bernhardt

This remake was directed and produced by Pete Lutz for the 2017 Sonic Summerstock Playhouse.

The Narada Radio Co. presents a remake of “Good Ghost”, from the old-time radio series, “Quiet, Please”, originally written and directed by Wyllis Cooper, and broadcast on ABC Radio on October 24th, 1948. Our Narada Radio Company cast, in order of appearance:

Pete Lutz as ERNEST CHAPPELL and GUS,

Merilee Robinson as THE VOICE,

Carl Yowell as SCHUSTER,

Debby Leal as ADA, and

Skeeter Ullman as ROLLO.

Your Announcer was Dana Gonsalves.

The entire production was supervised by Pete Lutz and was created for the 2016 Sonic Society Summerstock Playhouse.

ALL NIGHTER (OLD TIME RADIO - SUSPENSE) A 24-hour laundromat is the scene of a series of psychotic murders. From Canada CBC Radio Nightfall (Analogue Recording)

THE BODY SNATCHERS (OLD TIME RADIO – HORROR) An adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic by Frank W . McEnaney, set in Edinburgh, 1828, where the infamous Burke and Hare are providing suspiciously fresh corpses to the local medical school. Analogue Recording CBC Radio Nightfall

WIND CHILL (OLD TIME RADIO - HORROR)  A city girl's car breaks down in the country in the dead of winter, and chilling events start to occur in the cabin of the mysterious young man who offers her a place to stay for the night. Analogue Recording  CBC Radio Nightfall

THE BOOK OF HELL (OLD TIME RADIO - SUSPENSE) A mysterious manuscript purporting to be a first-person account of what it's like in Hell has the editors of a publishing house in an uproar. From Canada CBC Radio Nightfall (Analogue Recording)

THE DEMON SPIRIT (OLD TIME RADIO / HORROR) A man loses his life and soul in order to claim the woman he desires. He possesses her after his death and her family attempts to exorcise him. CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Analogue Recording)

HICKORY, DICKORY, DOOM (OLD TIME RADIO) A grandfather clock is the central piece in this gruesome and morbid tale. A young couple from Pennsylvania pick up a grandfather clock at an estate sale to give to the local minister. What they do not know is that the malfunctioning time piece does more than tell time, it is actually a gateway to the demon world.  CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Analogue Recording)

THE SENDING (OLD TIME RADIO) Innocent co-eds at a college get their souls sold to the demon by their professor. Black magic is afoot as the professor barters their souls to extend his wife's life.  CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Analogue Recording)

TIME AND AGAIN (OLD TIME RADIO) A clockmaker comes across a mysterious clock that can give him an additional hour every day. All it needs is a little blood in return. CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Analogue Recording)