The Overnightscape Underground

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2:58:09 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The Larry Sanders Show, the 1990s, dreams for the future, new forms of entertainment, hipsters, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), the sequel, Brett Butler, Dark Side of Comedy, oil change, Party City at Staples, balloons, 15 Minutes Ago In The Stairwell, Christmas Eve Eve, introverts and extroverts, Megadoc (2025), Jimmy Carter Presidential Library synchronicity, Winky’s synchronicity in Pluribus, Allways Root Beer Drops, Alvvays – Adult Diversion, Flavor Forest Root Beer Toothpicks, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:17:45)… Winter Error by LukHash [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Doxa Sinistra – The Other Stranger (sample sources) [YouTube], 1978 by misha64u [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 2.5], Merry Mess by Misha64u [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], The Malibu Bikini Shop (1986) (Trailer) [YouTube], Reforth Danport (fake Boards of Canada song, origin unknown) [collection], 8 Bit No Tamashi by LukHash [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Dominick’s Finer Foods – “Green Register Tapes” (Commercial, 1983) [FuzzyMemories.TV], All strange away by Fassbinder F+ [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], I’ve Been Floating Down The Old Green River by Billy Murray (1915) [Archive.org, public domain], The Silver Swan by Orlando Gibbons (performed by Denis Carpenter) [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY 3.0], Love is a River by Doug Rice [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Strange Music 1 by misha64u [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], Key Largo by Antti Luode [anttismusic.blogspot.com, CC BY 3.0], We Come Together by LukHash [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0].

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora – more info at onsug.com

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52:27 – It’s one hundred and out for Doc Sleaze as this incarnation of the show draws to a close. But we’re going out with an edition packed full of festive fun as the Doc searches for that elusive spirit of the season, investigates whether Santa is about to be banned from the US and gets generally curmudgeonly. Plus, controversial director Henry Jagoff discusses his latest films, ‘Black Santa’ and ‘Kick Ass Jesus’, while various celebrities bring us Christmas greetings. Also, barking mad pulp movies discussed and a strange reminiscence about a weird Christmas custom. Includes:

Donald Trump’s Christmas message ¦ ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’ ¦ Bah, Humbug! ¦ Overexposed: The Films of Henry Jagoff ¦ The Elusive Spirit of Christmas ¦ Movie in Brief – ‘Hollywood Boulevard’ (1976) inc trailer ¦ Noel Brownshirt’s Schooldays ¦ All American Christmas ¦ A Christmas Message From Liam Neeson ¦ Pigeons From Moscow ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘The Visitor’ (1979) inc trailer ¦ Cult of the Christmas Cock ¦ Not Lonesome This Christmas ¦ Vincent Price and Peter Lorre Perform ‘God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen’ ¦ ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze more info at TheOvernightscape.com. Released Dec 2025 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.

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1:17:27 – Continuing the experiment of random Onsug listening! Taken from the complete Onsug archive of nearly 16,000 hours, here are 22 random 3.5 minute clips! It’s another great selection! Enjoy!!

Ref: 102-37, 751-029, 221-12, 995-08, 920-01, 1013-21, 305-37, 123-18, 139-23, 115-73, 232-23, 223-1, 912-15, 233-100, 997-16, 910-08, 112-46, 222-12, 971-11, 950-33, 721-23, 602-38.

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora – more info at onsug.com

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2:14:56 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Best Guess Live, Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia (2023), Vine, Not Ready for the Junkyard, The Bugaloos, The Krofft Supershow, Kaptain Kool and the Kongs, The Clinger Sisters: The First All Girl Rock & Roll Band, Bearcats! (1971), health concerns, L.A. Airport dream, Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum, alternate timelines, time travel, The Bay City Rollers, Jimmy Osmond Presents ABC’s Saturday Sneak Peek (1976), and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:34:16)… Flesh Gordon 1975 radio advert for London cinema release [YouTube], Theme from Captain Unique and the Omnipotents by Lee Rosevere [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5], Kicky-Koo–Kicky-Koo (You For Me–Me For You) by Billy Murray & Ed Smalle (1922) [Archive.org, public domain], All Things Kookie by Damaged Gods [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Middlesix – A Cuckoo In The Nest (1933) [Archive.org], The Coo Coo by Roger McGuinn [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Jean Shepherd – Year One Poster (1970 “Cuckoo Eye”) [collection], D’Cuckoo at the Oakland Colosseum and Great American Music Hall [YouTube], CityTV CityPulse Tonight November 6, 1987 [YouTube], CNET Josh Harris early Pseudo Programs inc [YouTube].

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora – more info at onsug.com

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1:40:48 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Celebrities at a quarry, Captain Marvel, cool flea market, cruise ship, dark spirits, presidential video at a park back in time, light rail weirdness, snow, a mall and two hotels in Las Vegas, dangerous elevator, The Partridge Family’s store, Mrs. Partridge told me off, dangerous ledges, Drew Struzan, tiny Russian character, Rob Reiner dead at 78, North (1994), Jean Stapleton, The World Mystery Retail History, Information about The Onsug Archive, Onsug Radio Pocket Edition Indexes, Mp3tag, scripting, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:00:20)… Quásar by Miguel Duque [Archive.org, CC BY-SA 4.0], Ontario Educational Communications Authority ID (John DeLazzer) (1973) [YouTube], Shabby Hotel (from The Overnightscape 1298: Omaha (6/29/16)) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], I’m A Wolfman For You by Al Hotchkiss [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5], TVOntario promos 1983 [YouTube], Meet me at the Dwarf Parade by ZenGnome [Archive.org, CC BY 4.0], SUBWAY SPECIAL TO THE WORLD’S FAIR THEME (speed fix) [collection], Holiday Flashback: 1980 TV news report explains video games [ABC 7 NY], Maclean Hunter Cable 8 Guelph Ontario Sign-off (1989) [Retrontario], What Does the Pussy-Cat Mean When She Says Me-0w by Billy Murray & Ed Smalle (1924) [Archive.org, public domain], Promo for Kid Vision Home Videos (from Gumby: the Movie VHS tape) (1995) [Archive.org].

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora – more info at onsug.com

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2:48:24 – Three listener-recorded airchecks from December 1938, recorded off the air from WHBI (Hoyt Brothers Incorporated) in Newark, New Jersey, 1250 on the AM dial. By this time, Father Coughlin’s radio program, at one point a weekly live broadcast on CBS, had been reduced to purchasing airtime on individual stations.

Note that the show art is not the image of the actual Father Charles E. Coughlin, but is rather an AI image generated at freegen.app and subsequently altered and modified by Dave in Kentucky using Paint.

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1:31:43 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Unidentified loud noise, amber Mason jars too big, new coins for the “Semiquincentennial”, health concerns, Mercury Dime, Journeyman (2007), the golden age of time travel TV shows, Ramble Flunk, luxury condos, Jimmi Simpson, Kevin McKidd, Ancient Rome, Pseudolus by Plautus, Latin, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 50:48)… ON TV – Orson Welles at The Magic Castle (1978) [LOST Special] (excerpt) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Witches A Through Z by Cagey House [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0], The Lucifer Complex (excerpt 8) [Archive.org, public domain], Garbage on the road by Tadd Euro [Jamendo, CC BY-SA 3.0], JoJo’s Psychic Alliance Late Night informercial (1995) [Retrontario], Rush info [via Webm8 productions], Weird October Hitchhiker [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Welcome to the Big Rock by Manegi [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Roll ‘Em Girls by Billy Murray (1925) [Archive.org, public domain], The Games of Starcade – Roc’n Rope [YouTube], The Yellow Denim Arcade Situation [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], S & H Green Stamps – “The Idea Book” (Commercial, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.tv], WGN Channel 9 – For Whom The Bell Tolls (End Of Break & Bumper, 1979) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Apollo 11 Launch [collection].

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora – more info at onsug.com

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3:38:17 – Dave in Kentucky is joined by Eddie Murray (at 46:41), Chad Bowers (at 1:20:39), Mike Boody (at 2:35:47) and Frank Edward Nora (at 3:00:01) for an in-depth discussion about the things that annoy us, amuse us and amaze us.

Next month’s topics: The Automatic, the Enigmatic & the Systematic. Record about one, two or all three of these and send audio files or links to DaveKY at mail.com by 6pm Central Time on January 10, 2026.

Show art: Night Windows (1928) by Edward Hopper (1882-1967) depicts our sneaky time traveler from the automat after she has returned to her room and is getting ready for bed, where she will listen to more of the Overnightscape Central before going to sleep.

Opening theme: “It’s Central Time Again” (2024) by Dave in Kentucky and Suno.ai (v3.5). Episode theme: “Some Things May Annoy Us” (2025) by Dave in Kentucky and Suno.ai (v5). Dave’s Segment Theme (at 35:52): “Gravitate to Vertigo” (2025) by Dave in Kentucky and Suno.ai (v4.5). Closing theme: “Noise Rebellion” (2024) by Eddie Murray and Suno.ai (v3).

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International license. Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky & Guests.

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52:28 – Doc Sleaze demonstrates the truth of the old tech adage ‘Garbage in, Garbage Out’ with this broadcast. We ask, is the Anti-Christ near, or is he already here and senile? Are you on the ‘Hate Express’ and think that even modern psychos are too ‘politically correct’? All these questions might be answered. Or they might not. Plus, breaking news, B-movies and a strange reminiscence about a lost Dr Who Story. Includes:

Alfred Ballcock Presents ¦ Anti Christ or Just a Deluded Old Man? ¦ Random Movie Trailer (in German) – ‘The Two Missionaries’ (1974) ¦ Thought For the Day ¦ Garbage In, Garbage Out ¦ Excommunication of the Daleks ¦ Black Marketing ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘Daughter of Dr Jekyll’ (inc trailer) ¦ Action News – The PTSD Defence ¦ Hate Express ¦ Science Fiction Insight – Has Dr Who Gone Too Gay? ¦ A Little Bit of Racism Goes a Long Way ¦ Alfred Ballcock Presents (Conclusion)

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze more info at TheOvernightscape.com. Released Dec 2025 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.

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1:50:02 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The Nightstation Room idea, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Onsug Radio Shuffle Mode, synchronicities, Unplugged: A Board Game Cafe, Brian Auger and the Trinity with Julie Driscoll, The Incredible String Band, Lawn Club, Barcade FiDi, Game Beat, Absolutely Rose Street (1994), TV Guide, Under the Silver Lake (2018), what3words, Mulholland Drive – Diner Scene, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:09:41)… Jester Earth by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Time Desolation by Plastic People [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], 4-butte-1: A lesson in archaeology (excerpt 3) [Archive.org, public domain], Leopold Records commercial by Tom Donahue [collection], Show Me by Bullette [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 2.5], Seven and the Ragged Tiger song (pitch corrected) [YouTube], Magic Timeline (fake Boards of Canada song, origin unknown) [collection], Toronto, 1970s [YouTube], Stumbling by Billy Murray (1922) [Archive.org, public domain], WLS Channel 7 – Planet of the Apes (Promo, 1982) [FuzzyMemories.TV], Krull (Gottlieb, 1983) [PinMAME], Screen Test (1985) [YouTube], Repo Man (TV Version) – Lorna Doones [collection], In My Heart by Wead [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0].

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora – more info at onsug.com