Killer Serials #8 – I Love a Mystery: The Thing that Cries in the Night, Part Two (1/17/20)
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1:23:36 – Dave in Kentucky with the middle five chapters of the I Love a Mystery adventure The Thing that Cries in the Night, plus a Hop Harrigan update, “Chairy” on Jeopardy, the Barnums, what Carlton E. Morse sounded like, narration in the dialogue, Hollywood then and now, voicing the demon, a Bob Marley song parody, red herrings, silencers or suppressors, fair play in the detective story, last-minute rewrites, Walter Paterson, Michael Raffetto, Barton Yarborough, Dragnet, One Man’s Family, writing characters out of shows, partial and total nudity in the theater of the mind, and Undergarments Which Must Not Be Named.
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Show art: Mercedes McCambridge, NBC Radio promotional photo, date unknown.
2:11:41 – Frank in New Jersey and New York City, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The land route to Florida, Fayetteville, NC, The Auto Train, dream mall, the port of dreams, cardboard recycling, little fairies, Polly Wolly Doodle, the interdimensional congress, Fayetteville Mall, Picard, yellow water test, Grateful Dead dream, Africa dream, vegan lip balm review (Walrus Oil), squash, world views challenged, mouse wheel problem, the recorder died, ordered a new one, Tangerine Dream movie soundtracks, Christopher Tolkien dead at 95, lemon tree, Our Weird Old Address, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:31:08)… Festival of the Kappas by Sypha Nadon [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], “What’s It All About” (1983) [Archive.org], The Games of Starcade – Astron Belt [YouTube], Anchor of Hope by Tim Oestmann [SurfGuitar101.com, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], PRIMATES, NO. 1: ANTHROPOID APES AND NEW WORLD MONKEYS (1949 circa) [A/V Geeks, public domain], 8 bit supercomputer by Antti Luode [anttismusic.blogspot.com, CC BY 3.0], Woolworth / Woolco – “Rug Sale” (Commercial, 1974) [FuzzyMemories.TV], PSA – Drugs – Be An Original, Right To Say No [collection], Salty Suite by The Woofers [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0].
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2:00:57 – Frank on The Overnightscape Porch, plus the Other Side. Topics include: A blazer ruined by insects, smoking a cigar on the porch, freakishly warm weather, Tape Land, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (Netflix), Star Wars, Ramp Verse, astrology, Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979), Cliff Hanger (Stern, 1983), Mall Day, Swept Away, my attic, Dark Tower, Orson Welles, a question of geniuses, Cowboy Bebop, red flaming lights, Magic Rubber Ace, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:20:36)… Veinticinco by Antonio Diez [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 2.5], The Evil Farm (Episode 3 “Rag”) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Afro Blue by Triplexity [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], WGN-9 1971 Commercial Breaks. Various….. [Obsolete Video/YouTube], Welcome Chevrolet – “Monte Carlo Madness” (Commercial, 1978) [FuzzyMemories.TV], 90s commercials (Ice Breakers, Psychic Network) [collection], Undefined by Bakers At Dawn [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Peninsula Alive by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0].
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2:26:56 – Frank in New Jersey and New York City, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Hot water heater not functioning properly, Millennials turning 40, corner churches, following tradition, items sold by weight, Hearthstone, Chilliwack, brainwashing, pleasure in ritual, The Witcher, cardboard laboratory, Australia wildfires, cashed out of HQ Trivia, Buck Henry dead at 89, Get Smart, weird birthday, Town & Country (2001), arcade fire, fast talking guy, thy mall, Neal Peart (from Rush) dead at 67, The Video Ray Set, The Alan Price Set, The Alan Bown Set, The Mandelbrot Set, The American Analog Set, Phrivls, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:46:10)… Cartoon – SuperFriends Intro (with Wendy & Marvin) [collection], Dear Old Southland by Polar Lion [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], A Cigar Mania (11/15/97) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Happy Hour (trailer) [YouTube], Feds (1988) (Trailer) [YouTube], Clouds Head Shop Ad 11 (Airchecks from KCAC AM, Phoenix, AZ, recorded November 14, 1970) [Archive.org], Miranda’s Big Entrance by Lee Rosevere [Archive.org, CC BY-NC 2.5], Electronic Engineering by Katharine Priegues [SoundCloud, CC BY 3.0], An April Morning by George Sterling [LibriVox, public domain], Dialing Web TV [collection], WGN Channel 9 – Garfield Goose And Friends (Opening Excerpt, 1971) [FuzzyMemories.TV], CINEMAX promos (December 2nd, 1985) [YouTube], Dubb’s Particle Board Restraunt by Another Flask of Weird [Archive.org, CC BY-ND 3.0], Time Lines by Pete Lund [FreeMusicArchive.org, CC BY-ND 3.0], Teenagers from Outer Space (excerpt 11) [Archive.org, public domain], Shrooms by Superloosers [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Lucky Strike Cigarette Commercial from 1955 [Archive.org, public domain].
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2:48:34 – Frank in New Jersey and New York City, plus the Other Side. Topics include: PB Max, Train Crap & Blood, The Motor Excursion Ruffians, philosophy of zaniness, Tape Land, weird perceptions, phone company hijinks, old train service, Al Haig, blinds hassles, Lackawanna Avenue, gun range, Orange Crush, Cosmic Crisp apples, Gentle Giant – In a Glass House (1973), working in a pizza place in an alternate reality, yearly delivery, The Witcher (Netflix), Dig Adrift, Episode 666, cheeseburger deluxe, Real People (Amazon Prime), and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:07:50)… KTTV-TV11 (1971) Wolfman Movie Breaks…. [Obsolete Video/YouTube], The Us Hounds by Fuzzy Daupner [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Planets, Op. 32 – I. Mars, the Bringer of War (Holst) by Skidmore College Orchestra [Musopen, public domain], Beublin Alternate 05 – “Papier-Mache” [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Nock by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], 808 Jive’n by MyVirtualBand Members [MyVirtualBand (defunct), CC BY 2.0], Crazy Wintertime by The Racoons [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Voltios by Jazzbel Fusion Trio [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0].
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