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nebusj

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 5:17 pm
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So I'd left the Internet radio station on one of the old time
radio stations. (I love the Jack Benny Program, and can't get enough
of Digger O'Dell.) At an odd hour, it was running a broadcast of the
radio series "X Minus One."

  In that case it was running an adaptation of James Blish's
classic "Surface Tension," in which a race of men created by genetic
engineering to be microscopic build their own spaceship and get from
one puddle to the next. (They rewrote it, framing the story with an
interesting but not quite thematically satisfying bit about the
normal-sized humans who watch and lend a helping hand -- Blish could
have fit that theme into his story easily, though.)

  With that, though, I remembered that Asimov had his short
story "C-Chute" adapted by X Minus One; and though I didn't find the
program recorded or scheduled I did find a couple of web sites which
offer CDs containing the program on MP3. In fact, the one at
  http://www.otrcat.com/xminusone.htm

includes "C-Chute," "Nightfall," and "Hostess," as well as a couple
miscellaneous stories from other authors -- like the Murray Leinster
story "A Logic Named Joe," or Fritz Leiber's "A Pail of Air."

  I'm sure with enough searching the MP3s could be found online,
but it is nice to know that the programs do still exist and can, at
least in theory, be heard.

    Joseph Nebus
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 6:06 pm
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Not so long ago, Joseph Nebus wrote:
 > So I'd left the Internet radio station on one of the old time
 > radio stations. (I love the Jack Benny Program, and can't get enough
 > of Digger O'Dell.) At an odd hour, it was running a broadcast of the
 > radio series "X Minus One."

I love Jack Benny's old show too, but what's Digger O'Dell like?
Never heard of it. My other favorites are "Voyage of the Scarlet
Queen", Bob & Ray (especially the half hour shows from the late
40's), Johnny Dollar (with Bob Bailey) and Sherlock Holmes (Gielgud
and Richardson only!) My guiltiest pleasure is probably Don Ameche
in "The Bickersons"

Lots of good stuff back then

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 4:12 pm
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joe.DeleteThis@jolomo.net writes:

 >Not so long ago, Joseph Nebus wrote:
  >> So I'd left the Internet radio station on one of the old time
  >> radio stations. (I love the Jack Benny Program, and can't get enough
  >> of Digger O'Dell.) At an odd hour, it was running a broadcast of the
  >> radio series "X Minus One."

 >I love Jack Benny's old show too, but what's Digger O'Dell like?
 >Never heard of it.

  Oh, Digger O'Dell's a character on The Life Of Riley. It's a
nice and basic schtick; he's the friendly undertaker, with dialogue
which naturally lends itself to nifty puns and morbid jokes. ("Ah, your
father is a true gentleman. I went to the theater last week and he got
a box for me. Someday I'll do the same for him." Or, for a lovely
exhange, "I'm off to see that new movie, 'Soul and Body'." "It's 'Body
and Soul.'" "What's that?" "It's 'Body and Soul.' You put the body in
the wrong place." "Well, that's a good joke on someone, isn't it?")

  It's taken up several thousand notches by the acting, though.
I can't imagine who you'd cast for that role today.


 > My other favorites are "Voyage of the Scarlet
 >Queen", Bob & Ray (especially the half hour shows from the late
 >40's), Johnny Dollar (with Bob Bailey) and Sherlock Holmes (Gielgud
 >and Richardson only!) My guiltiest pleasure is probably Don Ameche
 >in "The Bickersons"

  I'm surprised that I keep getting stuck on listening to dramas,
particularly "Gunsmoke". In TV and movies I almost always gravitate
towards comedy; about the only drama I watch usually is "Law and Order"
shows, the least fifteen minutes of which I never follow, and maybe
"Enterprise," which is to Star Trek what Lender's are to bagels. But
give me a corny melodrama about about the downed Allied pilot who's
mistaken for the waiter at an Egyptian cafe where Rommel is discussing
clues to the five secret hidden supply depots they're using to conquer
Egypt, and I'm hooked.


 >Lots of good stuff back then

  Incredible good stuff. Sometimes it gets a bit twisted, from
the need to describe what would otherwise be visual information, but
there's a wealth of crisp, precise writing. Part of my appreciation
is just the enjoyment of the construction.

    Joseph Nebus
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