SC Episode Nine:

In this final installment of the chilling adventures of Simon Colt, Simon kicks dirt over the fire, having told his share of stories; now an old man, Simon must battle the most powerful monster of all: longing.  Will he heed the call of history, or will he succumb to the easy charm of the terrible… Seven-Cent Spell?

SC Episode Eight:

In St. Louis, Simon embarks on a rescue mission for a beautiful young woman by the name of Mary O’Neil, a lady of the evening with a voice like an angels’ choir. Her brother Dan is lost in himself, drifting in a stupor and courting Death to get a glimpse of his desire. What drives a man to madness? What impels him to obliterate his own mind? How far would Dan O’Neil go just to get… The Banshee’s Kiss?

SC Episode Seven:

Drunk in the desert with a witch in his head, Simon feverishly accepts a mission from C.P. Hopkins, a company man from Central Rail, to take out some dangerous “local fauna” at Wakinyan Pass. There’s a fear in the workers’ camp, a fear that only the legendary Simon Colt can eradicate. But the legend is now a few yards of skin stretched over a barrel of rotgut whiskey – can Simon steel himself, exorcise his demons, and defeat… the Dragon of Wakinyan Pass?

SC Episode Six:

Simon Colt and the quick-talking Josiah Calvert team up to serve as bodyguards to Ovid Waller, a crotchety Civil War deserter on the run from a bounty hunter. As they make their way across a storm-wracked floodplain, Simon begins to perceive monstrous beasts. What are these beasts? How do they relate to Waller’s terrible secret? What did he do to deserve… The Curse of The Thunderbird?

SC Episode Five:

Simon comes to a small Colorado town to stake his claim and retire to a quiet life of gold-prospecting at the foot of the mountains, weary from a career of fighting men.  But there are worse things in those mountains than men.  Vicious things.  Wicked things.  Hungry things.

Familiar things.

SC Episode Four:

The curse of Mangrove Bend begins its steady sweep across the West as Simon makes his way to Havila, an embattled town with rich veins of gold.
But there lurks a deep horror: Men go into the mines with a hunger for riches. They come out with a hunger for flesh.

SC Episode Three:

A chance meeting with a peddler named Loeb brings Simon to a town called Mangrove Bend. Loeb is secretive, but the secret of Mangrove Bend is far darker, an evil rooted in generations of cruelty.

“And you’re listening to 90.3 FM, the ’Monicus, here in the early AM with Wackjob and the Stuuuuuuuuuump. So we’ve been hearing a lot about this Amanda Wyoming girl, haven’t we, The Stump? She’s got this song, “You’re Nifty ’Cause You’re Thrifty” that’s been taking the airwaves by storm… It’s- it’s really good. You’re listening to 90.3 FM, the ’Manda.”

- DJ Sheldon “Wackjob” Wolodarsky

Download it here! You can listen to it at home, while driving, at the supermarket, out jogging, during dinner, while you work, when you go to sleep… just about any and every time and place!

HC Episode Four:

Bubblegum pop sensation Amanda Wyoming has just released her new hit single – and it’s spreading throughout Harmonicus City like a virus! A short while later, innocent citizens begin turning into mindless zombies. Coincidence? Not in The Human Chord’s book, sucka! Our hero sets out to stop the sinister song before the whole city transforms into shambling pop junkies.

Credits

This episode written by David Brunell-Brutman and David Rheistrom and directed by David Brunell-Brutman

Starring
Justin Pieper – Narrator, Lou Grisby
Helen Wang – Amanda Wyoming
Norah Yehle – The Funkmobile
Alex Jensen – Dr. Cartwright
Sasha Diamond – Laura Fuentes
David Rheinstrom – Soundtrack
David Brunell-Brutman – The Human Chord

with
Louise Smythe and David Schainker

Audio editing by David Brunell-Brutman

Musical direction by Jacob Stern

Our producer was David Rheinstrom

SP! Episode Ten:

This is it! It’s rocket versus rocket as Gulliver Nash and his crew of swashbucklers race against Fritz Shicklgruber and his band of Nazis. Their destination? Baron von Grupp and Lady Magdelena’s secret moon fortress! Get ready for action! Get ready for romance! Get ready for more Nazis fighting robots fighting pirates than you can shake an invisibility stick at!

Get ready for the final high-flying episode of Sky Pirates!

HC Episode Three:

Miss Dawson’s 1st grade class takes a field trip to the Museum of Musical History. Then, supervillains show up. Can The Human Chord and Soundtrack rescue the kids, protect the museum’s treasures, and defeat their arch-nemesis, Black Panzer?

Credits

This episode written by David Brunell-Brutman and David Rheistrom and directed by David Brunell-Brutman

Starring
Justin Pieper – Narrator
Willis Garcini – Black Panzer
Meghan Kenny – Becky Dawson
Sasha Diamond – Luz Cañon, Lucy
David Rheinstrom – Soundtrack, Funksergeant
David Brunell-Brutman – The Human Chord

with
Louise Smythe and Mike Lefemine

Audio editing by David Brunell-Brutman

Musical direction by Jacob Stern

Our producer was David Rheinstrom

SP! Episode Nine:

Guided by their former foe Bladebot, Gulliver Nash and his crew hack through a Caribbean jungle in search of von Grupp’s secret moon rocket launchpad! Can our heroes swashbuckle their way through ancient jungle traps and infiltrate von Grupp’s base? Meanwhile, Baron von Grupp and Lady Magdelena do a jigsaw puzzle. No, really.

SP! Episode Eight:

Our heroes – having captured the merciless killing machine Bladebot – engage in some enhanced interrogation techniques. Meanwhile, Baron von Grupp and Lady Magdelena blast off for the moon! What unspeakable deeds do they have planned!?

Yes, that’s right, listeners. This is the final broadcast of the KWUR Theater of the Air. It’s be a bittersweet show – we premiere a new episode of Sky Pirates! and play an episode each of The Human Chord and Simon Colt. Then we reminisce of days gone by, when a dollar was only worth a nickle.

But all is not lost! Future episodes of our original series will continue to premiere on our website – so keep checking back.

SP! Episode Seven:

Captain Gulliver Nash remains chained in the tower of Schloss Schwarzstahl. But below, with Lady Magdelena’s party in full swing, his heroic crew carefully plot a rescue. Things are about to get interesting…

SP! Episode Six:

The evil Lady Magdalena has finally captured our hero, Gulliver Nash. Chaining him in her castle, the Austrian vixen plans her most fiendish scheme yet … a dinner party! Will the crew of the Feathered Beagle brave her soiree to rescue their captain, or is Nash doomed to suffer Magdelena’s horrible tortures indefinitely?

This evening, for your enjoyment, the KWUR Theater of the Air is having a little on-air soirée. We have no less than two completely new episodes of Sky Pirates! , which follow our heroes as they take on their greatest pirating challenge to date – a dinner party! Tune in for fancy food, wacky disguises, trapdoors, and swordfights. Oh yes, the swordfights.

This week, all of our content on the KWUR Theater of the Air is “For Kids!” We’ve got the broadcast premiere of a new Simon Colt episode and the ToA originals “Mr. Jefferies’ Nearby Residents” and “Peasant School” … For Kids!

SC Episode Two:

“I lost a finger to the Tombstone Witch. The left pinkie down to the second knuckle. Could only count to nine and a half after that.” Grizzled gunslinger Simon Colt tells the story of a lost boy, a mine, and an embittered medicine woman.

From the KWUR Theater of the Air with love – a spy episode! We’ve got a show filled with tales of international intrigue. Join us for Elaine May and Mike Nichols, The Avengers, and a special spy-themed reading.

This week! The KWUR Theater of the Air tangles with G-men! The FBI, the CIA, the NSA, and all manner of government agents working for organizations with 3-letter abbreviations. We’ve got the final chilling installment of The Shadow Over Innsmouth, and an episode of Decoder Ring Theater’s immortal detective show ‘Black Jack Justice’.

This time on the KWUR Theater of the Air – Great Escapes! We’ve got the 3rd installment of H.P. Lovecraft’s The Shadow Over Innsmouth, in which our hero must flee the creepy town of Innsmouth, Mass. And you won’t want to miss some original KWUR Theater of the Air getaways, including the greatest escape of all – the Exodus.

This week, the KWUR Theater of the Air is back… and it smells a little fishy. We’ve got a tackle box full of radio theater for you, including part two of H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘The Shadow Over Innsmouth’ and some fishy original content.

Have you ever felt the need to descend into an ancient world of mystery? Perhaps you’d like to uncover forbidden knowledge, lost to the sands of time? Now’s your chance! This week, the KWUR Theater of the Air brings you the first installment of The Shadow Over Innsmouth – an H.P. Lovecraft radio adaptation – and some original ancient mysteries from the KWUR Improv Theater of the Air.

Tonight the KWUR Theater of the Air takes a trip to the zoo! We’ve got an animal-themed episode featuring critters of all shapes and sizes. Tune in for another adventure with Canada’s greatest superhero, The Red Panda, plus cowboy cryptozoologists and some original animal-themed commercials.

Listen for his introduction at around 32:30 here.

Having done that, watch this, a promo for the 2010 Purim Sketch Show at New York City’s 92nd Street Y:

I haven’t heard from Roger in some months, so I can only imagine he was involved with this project.  Godspeed, Roger.  And Happy Purim.

-David

SP! Episode Five:

The Death’s Head has chased the Feathered Beagle all the way to Spain. Closing in on Gulliver Nash at last, Baron von Grupp and Lady Magdelena prepare for an all-out attack on the Beagle. Can Nash and his heroic crew overcome Grupp’s robot soldiers? And what of Magdelena’s new, conflicted feelings on the mission?

This week, the KWUR Theater of the Air expresses its love for you, the listener. We’ve got a veritable bouquet of original sketches for you, dealing with emotions ranging from squishy to violent, plus the rip-roaring 5th Episode of Sky Pirates!

SP! Episode Four:

Determined to put as much distance between themselves and Baron von Grupp’s Death’s Head, Gulliver Nash and the crew of the Feathered Beagle flee to the snowy Himalayas. Seemingly safe, they befriend a yak herder with a mysterious past, and George continues repairing her captured robot. Aboard the Death’s Head, Lady Magdelena discovers that her quest for revenge against Nash is a bit more complicated than previously realized.

Is it a little cold in here? Or is it just the KWUR Theater of the Air!?

The answer is yes, it’s the KWUR Theater of the air. For your listening enjoyment, David and David bring you a winter-themed show. You won’t want to miss the frigid world-premiere of Sky Pirates! Episode 4 and the icily noir adventures of Viking detective Dancing Chipmunk.

Swooping down from the rooftops, the Theater of the Air kicks off it’s first broadcast of 2010 with a superhero-themed episode. From our friends up north, we have Canda’s greatest superhero, The Red Panda. And from the musical city of Harmonicus, we’ve got that funky defender of justice, The Human Chord.

HC Episode Two:

When southern-fried belle Millie Monroe spurns a young man’s romantic advances, he sells his soul to the devil for the ability to impress her. And when he turns his newfound demonic powers to crime, the Human Chord is on the case.

Credits

This episode written by David Brunell-Brutman and David Rheinstrom and directed by David Brunell-Brutman

Starring
Meghan Kenny – Millie Monroe
Mike Lefemine – Good Ol’ Boy
Sasha Diamond – Luz Cañon
David Rheinstrom – Soundtrack
David Brunell-Brutman – The Human Chord
Justin Pieper – Narrator
with
Louise Smythe and Willis Garcini

Audio editing by David Brunell-Brutman

Musical direction by Jacob Stern and Indu Chandrasekhar

Our producer was David Rheinstrom

This recording is released under a Creative Commons License. It may be freely copied, distributed, and remixed for non-commercial use.

It’s the last episode of KWUR Theater of the Air’s third mind-bending season. In honor of the occasion, we’re busting out the world premiere of the second episode of “The Human Chord”. You won’t want to miss this groovy tale of crime, demons, and chicken – along with some thematically appropriate content from south of the Mason-Dixon line.

This week, The KWUR Theater of the Air has a lot to be thankful for. And you should be too. We’ve got a full lineup of original sketches, hand-picked just for you!

With Simeon Ralfovich’s help, Brian and the journalists take to the air, setting their course for the Russian wizard’s robot-infested former castle. Can they secure the compound and finally find the mysterious woman who’s been following their every move?

Credits

The Monsoon Season Chronicles were written, directed, acted, and edited by David Brunell-Brutman, David Rheinstrom, and Alex Jensen.

This week on the KWUR Theater of the Air – Robots! We’ve got the excitingly robot-heavy final installment of The Monsoon Season Chronicles. And don’t miss the classic documentary “Minions”, featuring such robots as: Robot Piranhas, Robot Crocodiles, and Robot Bears.

Brian and the journalists escape the Fisklanders and Mooselander’s concert barge, only to fall victim to a giant squid attack. They are rescued by a peculiar Russian wizard, who brings the four of them back to his island tower.

Credits

The Monsoon Season Chronicles were written, directed, acted, and edited by David Brunell-Brutman, David Rheinstrom, and Alex Jensen.

That’s right, listeners – this week is Hustle Week, KWUR 90.3 FM’s annual pledge drive. And the KWUR Theater of the Air has no less than 4 good reasons why you should send in a contribution to our parent station: 1) An all-new, original Improv Theater of the Air sketch about draft-dodging pigs, 2) An all-new, super-important public service announcement on the H1N1 epidemic, 3) The latest installment of the Monsoon Season Chronicles, and 4) A ridiculous story about last year’s KWUR date auction. So tune in and consider donating to your favorite alternative radio station.

Rolf and his family take the journalists to see the opera star Hildegarde the Valkyrie. Strangely, even in a hall full of heavily armed, bearded warriors, our trio are not safe.

Credits

The Monsoon Season Chronicles were written, directed, acted, and edited by David Brunell-Brutman, David Rheinstrom, and Alex Jensen.

After a stormy night at sea, the journalists arrive at a new island – this one inhabited by a race of enormous seafaring warriors. But can they trust these helmed and bearded strangers?

Credits

The Monsoon Season Chronicles were written, directed, acted, and edited by David Brunell-Brutman, David Rheinstrom, and Alex Jensen.

Do you like longboats? How about beards and violence? Then the KWUR Theater of the Air has a show for you! David and David play two installments of The Monsoon Season Chronicles and a brand-new Viking-themed Improv Theater of the Air sketch. Also, the Word of the Day is “Knarr”.

The journalists emerge from the network of caves into a vast desert. But they aren’t alone. The trio quickly find themselves enslaved by a tribe of strange, animal-headed people.

Credits

The Monsoon Season Chronicles were written, directed, acted, and edited by David Brunell-Brutman, David Rheinstrom, and Alex Jensen.

By the whiskers of Bast, it’s an Egypt-themed episode! We play the third installment of the mysterious Monsoon Season Chronicles, the recovered audio documentary given to us by Professor Bill Farber of Sea Grove, New Jersey. Then David and David dish out a full platter of other Egyptological radio theater, including an all-new sketch by the Improv Theater of the Air.

After crashing their plane through the surface of island Q-8, the journalists discover a mysterious network of caves leading to other islands. They begin to explore the underground tunnels, hoping to find a way back home.

Credits

The Monsoon Season Chronicles were written, directed, acted, and edited by David Brunell-Brutman, David Rheinstrom, and Alex Jensen.

December 2006. Three young journalists – Dave, David, and Alex – are shipwrecked on assignment. They awake on the shores of a haunted isle, deep in the Caribbean. March 2008. Two steel crates of tapes wash ashore in Sea Grove, New Jersey. The recordings describe the journalists’ attempt to escape the ghost-infested island. These are The Monsoon Season Chronicles.

Credits

The Monsoon Season Chronicles were written, directed, acted, and edited by David Brunell-Brutman, David Rheinstrom, and Alex Jensen.

This week on the KWUR Theater of the Air, David and David present a curiosity – the first of a series of mysterious tapes describing the adventures of a trio of shipwrecked journalists. These tapes – never before released to the public – were discovered by Dr. Bill Farber, who has dubbed them “The Monsoon Season Chronicles”.

Look – up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… The KWUR Theater of the Air! And this week, David and David are bringing you sketches that take place in the air. We’ve got zeppelins in Montana Morris and Sky Pirates! Episode 3, followed by some scarier airborne phenomena, like bees and hurricanes.

BOOM. Look out listeners – here comes another Theater of the Air! This week’s theme? EXPLOSIONS. David and David play the incendiary second episode of Sky Pirates! And don’t miss the canned-food themed bombs in Spider Bat or the mind-blowing awesomeness of Extreme Banking.

Gather ’round, me hearties, fer a piratical installment of the Theater of the Air. This week, we be playin’ Episode 1 of Sky Pirates, along with a full broadside o’ piratey content. Ye won’t be wantin’ to miss the classic original sketch “Ship of Science” or any of the seaworthy music in the second half o’ the show.

Get ready to be spooked out of your socks, or possibly even your pants. This week’s horror-themed broadcast showcases the first episode of Simon Colt – “Simon Colt and the Monster of Horse-Killed Canyon”. Then we’ve got a creepy H.P. Lovecraft story. Also, there are zombies and wolfmen.

We are back, ladies and gentlemen! David and David have reduced the show to one hour to compensate for the loss of our third limb, Alex, but that doesn’t mean we’ll stop bringing you the world’s best classic and original radio theater. We kick off the Theater of the Air’s third season with the broadcast premiere of The Human Chord, and celebrate the Human Chord’s funky style with a 1970s-themed episode.

HC Episode One:

Heads up, listeners! Prepare yourself for the funky-fresh adventures of… The Human Chord! A superhero imbued with the power of funk music, the Human Chord and his sidekick Soundtrack fight musical injustice in the city of Harmonicus. In this episode, the Human Chord faces off against Maestro Monticelli, who has created a giant mutant soprano to terrorize the city.

Credits

This episode written and directed by David Brunell-Brutman

Starring
David Rheinstrom – Maestro Monticelli, Soundtrack
Alex Jensen – Dorabella Dolcesuono, Stravinsky
Louise Smythe – Captain Holly Oats
David Brunell-Brutman – The Human Chord
Justin Piper – Narrator
with
Meghan Kenny, Mike Lefemine, and Willis Garcini

Audio editing by David Brunell-Brutman

Musical direction by Jacob Stern and Indu Chandrasekhar

Our producer was David Rheinstrom

This recording is released under a Creative Commons License. It may be freely copied, distributed, and remixed for non-commercial use.

Sad news, Theater of the Air devotees – this week is Alex Jensen’s final broadcast. EVER. David and David see her off in appropriately somber tones – by playing a mystery about clown murders, a hilarious episode of Rocky and Bullwinkle, and reading The Eye of Argon until we are simultaneously crying tears of laughter and sorrow. *Sniff* Alex will live on in our hearts! (And in real life, also.)

It’s time for crazy, madcap adventures here at KWUR Theater of the Air. First, David, David, and Alex play an episode of the 70s British spy show The Avengers involving murderous clowns. Next, Alex tells about a hilarious prank on Storytime with Alex. Then we once join corpulent detective Nero Wolfe for a case, and conclude the show with an early incarnation of musical superhero The Human Chord.

SP! Episode Three:

The valiant crew of the Feathered Beagle is on the run from dastardly Belgian industrialist Baron von Grupp. But, when ace mechanic George manages to reactivate the radio on one of Grupp’s robot soldiers, our heroes discover that Grupp is interested in far more than capturing the Beagle. Meanwhile, Lady Magdelena – Grupp’s partner in crime – also uncovers some of her confederate’s secrets.

Hilarious English people!? Yes, please. The Theater of the Air presents an episode of the hilariously absurd show Saturday Night Fry. Then, we buckle our swashes for another thrilling episode of Sky Pirates!. And finally, we round off the show with another death-defying installment of Storytime with Alex and another mind-congealing reading from The Eye of Argon.

SC Episode One:

“It’s not everyday you see a man that looks like he’s sewn together. I’m Simon Colt.” Get ready to enter the world of Simon Colt, an Old West gunslinger who tangles with the supernatural on a terrifyingly regular basis. In this installment, Simon joins a group of bank robbers who choose a fatally poor hiding spot after their heist.

Join the Theater of the Air as we delve into the work of one of the most influential and prolific science fiction writers of all time – Isaac Asimov! David, David, and Alex play two radio drama adaptations of Asimov’s short stories, including the including the 1964 “best science fiction story of all time.” And you won’t want to miss the world premier of our original horror-western series, Simon Colt. If this one doesn’t make your adrenaline flow, folks, you should probably see a doctor.

Episode Two:

Captain Gulliver Nash and the crew of The Feathered Beagle think they’re safe aboard an airship casino in Monaco. Little do they know that the villainous Baron Von Grupp, at the behest of Luftwaffe Comandant Lady Magdalena, is after Nash’s head. And what’s that clanking noise?

This week, KWUR Theater of the Air is all about the swords and sorcery. We go to Peasant School, ride with Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, and do a live reading of THE EYE OF ARGON – quite possibly the worst fantasy novella ever written in the history of man. Hilarity ensues! Plus – you won’t want to miss the second episode of Sky Pirates!

33:15 – Story Time with Alex! (Two Stories about Star Wars)

45:43 – John Williams – Imperial Probe/Aboard the Executor

54:55 – The Amazing Interplanetary Flash Gordon – Flash Is Still Invisible!

70:22 – John Williams – Asteroid Field

82:22 – A reading from A Princess of Mars: Chapter 21 – An Air Scout for Zodanga

102:52 – John Williams – Arrival on Dagobah

A long time ago, on a radio show far, far away … David, David, and Alex devote an episode to the times and history of the fantastic movie saga that spawned a mediocre movie saga – Star Wars. We play an episode of the 1981 radio dramatization of A New Hope, and delve into Star Wars‘ influences with an episode of Flash Gordon and a selection from Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars. Then Alex gets in a lightsaber duel.

SP! Episode One:

Meet Captain Gulliver Nash, his first mate Georgina “George” Pursell, and the crew of their pirate airship The Feathered Beagle. When Nash and company raid the workshops of Belgian industrialist Baron Klaus von Grupp, they get a bit more heat than they bargained for – and the villainous Grupp gets an ally for his sinister plans.

5:19 – Dick Tracy – Pat Hypnotized

22:11 – Oren Lavie – Her Morning Elegance

25:59 – KWUR Theater of the Air – Sky Pirates! Episode One

39:54 – Cotton Jones – Up A Tree (Went This Heart I Have)

46:40 – Little Orphan Annie – The Wright Brothers’ 33rd Anniversary

64:23 – El Goodo – Talking to the Birds

71:00 – Newsworthy Ghost Productions – Artemis St. Clair in “The Andean Wombat”

79:40 – Interview with composer Robert Panico

89:02 – KWUR Chamber Orchestra of the Air – Sky Pirates! Main Theme

91:20 – Story Time! with Alex Jensen

105:17 – Newsworthy Ghost Productions – Montana Morris and the Pickaxe of Fate

This week, the KWUR Theater of the Air is proud to present the first high-flying, thrill-seeking episode of Sky Pirates!, an all-new, all-original Theater of the Air show. In honor of its premiere, David, David, and Alex do a 1930s and 40s themed episode. Listen to Dick Tracy, Little Orphan Annie, and originals Artemis St. Claire and Montana Morris.

They look like this:

You can get a general KWUR Theater of the Air poster here.

And a special poster advertising the series premiere (This Thursday!) of our original series Sky Pirates! here.

When Alex gets stolen by aliens, David and David are forced to go it alone. Appropriately, they turn to science fiction. Listen to strange dinosaur tales from X-Minus One, the excellent first episode of the NPR Star Wars radio adaptation, and the 100% original science-fictiony adventures of Nikolai Tesla, Thomas Edison, and paleontologist Montana Morris.

This week, everyone’s got a story to tell. We listen to selections from The Moth live storytelling series, where speakers tell true stories from their lives in front of an audience. Alex contributes her own Tale of Danger. Plus, David R. and Alex have a crazy surprise for David B!

Who likes Westerns? David, David, and Alex are hoping it’s you! In this episode, we corral a few episodes of the classic radio western “Hopalong Cassidy,” and present the all-original Western adventures of cowboy cryptozoologists Leeroy, Curtis, and Maura.

11:16 – Andrew Bird – “Oh No”

17:25 – Newsworthy Ghost Productions – “Legendary Squink Adventures”

25:14 – Raine Maida – “Careful What You Wish For”

33:18 – “Pat Novak, for Hire: John Brown’s Gambling Ring”

63:45 – Animal Collective – “Summertime Clothes”

72:29 – Newsworthy Ghost Productions – “I Love Island Trek”

88:00 – “Pat Novak, for Hire: Rubin Calloway’s Pictures”

KWUR Theater of the Air is back with another triumphant season! For our inaugural episode, David, David, and Alex are reunited with their one true love – THE SEA. We’ve got dockside noir with “Pat Novak for Hire” and a slew of original sketches as we move into a super-sized two hour format.

10:01 – Sherlock Holmes: The Musical, Original London Cast – “Sherlock Holmes”

12:45 – Original London Cast – “Without Him There Can Be No Me”

21:52 – Original London Cast – “Anything You Want To Know”

30:58 – Original London Cast – “Look Around You”

36:09 – Original London Cast – “Women Like Me”

44:20 – Star Wars: The Musical, Original Cast – “One Season More”

50:51 – Original Cast – “The Walls Are Closing In”

54:02 – Original Cast – “Let’s Blow This Thing”

Ever hear a musical so bad it’s good? We have! We call it Sherlock Holmes: The Musical. Excerpts from this masterpiece as well as from Star Wars: The Musical on this, the last episode of the season for KWUR Theater of the Air.

7:32 – Zap Mama – “Allo Allo”

11:52 – Blood, Sweat and Tears – “Go Down Gambling”

19:30 – Desmond Dekker – “0.0.7. (Shanty Town)”

22:02 – Moxy Fruvous – “You Will Go To The Moon”

25:48 – Nat King Cole – “I Wanna Be A Friend of Yours”

27:58 – Camille – “Ta Douleur”

32:28 – Serge Gainsbourg – “Le Poinconneur Des Lilas”

35:09 – The Chad Mitchell Trio – “The Tarriers’ Song”

37:07 – Jolie Holland – “Mad Tom of Bedlam”

42:03 – Do As Infinity – “Mahou No Kotoba (Would you marry me?)”

46:21 – Yo-Yo Ma, Claude Bolling – “Baroque in Rhythm”

53:04 – Paul Simon – “You’re The One”

57:26 – Ben Charest – “Belleville Rendez-Vous (demo version)”

1:00:48 – The Folksmen – “Never Did No Wanderin’”

Yes, the rumors are true. This week, David R. is left alone to fend for himself. He does a music show! Take a brief radio theater respite and rock out to some killer tunes.

4:56 – KWUR Improv Theater of the Air – “Mop-Thousand X-60!”

8:30 – KWUR Improv Theater of the Air – “Fudge Off”

12:03 – Noah and the Whale – “5 Years Time”

26:20 – Newsworthy Ghost Productions – “Tree Surgeon”

27:30 – Newsworthy Ghost Productions – “Bees”

31:01 – Little Teeth – “Applegate (1)”

37:11 – Newsworthy Ghost Productions – “Minions”

57:36 – Newsworthy Ghost Productions – “Extreme Banking”

Here at KWUR Theater of the Air, we know that sometimes the epic struggle between good and evil is totally awesome. That’s why this week we’ve got a full show of original content related to that very conflict. It’s buddy-cops vs. terrorists, mops vs. spills, vegetables vs. fudge, trees vs. chainsaws, men vs. bees … you get the idea.

10:05 – The sexy new STATION ID

10:22 – The sexy new STATION ID (again)

15:08 – Newsworthy Ghost Productions – “SpiderBat”

24:26 – Another, slightly less sexy new STATION ID

29:45 – Newsworthy Ghost Productions – “Mr. Jeffries’ Nearby Residents”

44:30 – The Hustle Week Song! And the STATION ID

47:52 – Newsworthy Ghost Productions – “I Love Island Trek”

This week is Hustle Week – KWUR 90.3 FM’s very own pledge drive. David, David, and Alex beg for your money with some brand new, 100% original radio theater. KWUR Improv Theater of the Air presents peasants and commercials for your enjoyment.

3:33 – Barrett Strong – Money (That’s What I Want)

5:59 – Jerry Butler – He Will Break Your Heart

10:27 – Hank Ballard and the Midnighters – Finger Poppin’ Time

12:19 – Brenda Lee – That’s All You’ve Gotta Do

21:19 – Dinah Washington – Baby, You’ve Got What It Takes

26:54 – Johnny Horton – North To Alaska

35:27 – The Ventures – Walk, Don’t Run

42:22 – Chubby Checker – The Hucklebuck

44:47 – Elvis Presley and the Jordanaires – A Mess of Blues

50:34 – Ike and Tina Turner – A Fool in Love

As fate would have it, this episode was broadcast LIVE on election night! We spent the night talking about the unlikely campaign a young Democratic senator waged against the more experienced, jowly Republican candidate, played some of the year’s biggest hits, and had plenty of chances for listeners to call in to the show.

4:16 – The Capitol Steps – The Sound of Moose-Sick

13:19 – KWUR Improv Theater of the Air – Hurricane Ike

20:14 – The Explorers Club – Last Kiss

23:52 – The Firesign Theater – The Lonesome American Choo-Choo Don’ Wan’ Stop Here No Mo’

33;12 – Kings of Leon – Closer

37:36 – A call from Senator Obama

45:09 – The Firesign Theater – Le Trente-Huite Cunegonde

52:16 – XXTeens – Round

OMG the election is coming! Who will victoriously ascend the steps of the White House? And who will return to Wasilla in shame and defeat? David, David, and Alex present a pair brand new politically-minded improv sketches, a musical review comprised entirely of former Washington staffers, and some Firesign Theater.

9:34 – Mike Nichols and Elaine May – Thank You Very Much

12:05 – Mike Nichols and Elaine May – A Little More Gauze

17:50 – Tab The Band – Looking Pretty Pretty

24:29 – Mike Nichols and Elaine May – Nichols and May at Work

33:22 – KWUR Improv Theater of the Air – Bob Ross: Radio Edition

40:13 – Lenka – Bring Me Down

45:54 – KWUR Improv Theater of the Air – John and Barack Have Dinner

It is a good week here on KWUR Theater of the Air. Why’s that? Because we’ve got a heaping helping of 1960s comedy duo Mike Nichols and Elaine May! Mostly, this involves improv sketches about doctors. Plus, we have some more original, 100% homegrown KWUR Improv Theater of the Air sketches for your listening enjoyment.

16:31 – Ra Ra Riot – Suspended in Gaffa

22:36 – Emo Philips – Girlfriend, Is This Seat Saved, and Coleslaw

34:42 – The Zydepunks – Angel Whiskey

41:27 – Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner – The 2000-year-old Man in The Year 2000

Have you ever wanted to hear a comedian at a comedy club, but hate the thought of leaving your computer? Problem solved! David, David, and Alex present the comic stylings of Maria Bamford, Emo Philips, and Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner. Full disclosure: we also debated calling this one The Weird Voices Episode.

20:34 – Jonathan Coulton – “Still Alive”

25:21 – David Sedaris – “Repeat After Me, Part 3″

38:27 – Ben Folds – You Don’t Know Me”

44:15 – John Hodgman – ” The Mall of America”

56:27 – Newsworthy Ghost Productions – “Communist Detector”

This week we have readings from David Sedaris and John Hodgeman. Believe it or not, these men wrote books, and then read those books into microphones. Naturally, hilarity ensued. Plus, David, David, and Alex present a short advertisement from the original radio theater archives.

3:02 – Nero Wolfe Radio Mysteries – “The Case of the Dear, Dead Lady”

32:40 – Fujiya & Miyagi – “Uh”

39:16 – Newsworthy Ghost Productions – “Legendary Squink Adventures”

48:22 – Faceless Werewolves – “Abracadabra”

53:32 – Newsworthy Ghost Productions – “Villainous Luncheon”

Join corpulent detective Nero Wolfe for The Case of the Dear, Dead Lady! Can our hero solve a deadly murder without leaving his home? Yes. The answer is yes. The gang also pulls out the classic video game parody Legendary Squink Adventures and a villainous luncheon from the original radio theater archives.

16:30 – Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas “Valley of the Moon Reel”

21:35 – Newsworthy Ghost Productions “Alien Jerky”

29:35 – Stan Freberg “The Yellow Rose of Texas”

33:03 – Humble Pie “30 Days in the Hole”

37:49 – The Wise Guys “Sonnenschein”

45:23 – Newsworthy Ghost Productions “1-800-BEARS”

47:11 -
Newsworthy Ghost Productions – “Cowboy Cryptozoologists”

The gang pull out Blackstone the Magic Detective from the musty shelves of 1948 and Leroy and Curtis, cowboy cryptozoologists, from their own original radio theater archives.

10:04 – Firesign Theater “The Bride Stripped Bare”

18:17 – Bob Marley & the Wailers – “Sinner Man”

22:04 – Newsworthy Ghost Productions “Artemis St. Claire”

30:21 – Boomish “Cool Jerk”

36:41 – Newsworthy Ghost Productions “Merlock Bones”

49:05 – The Russian Futurists – “Paul Simon”

57:11 – Stan Freberg “Prince’s Golden Egg Noodles”

David, David, and Alex dig into the surreal noir stylings of the Firesign Theater’s Nick Danger, Third Eye, and present two original mystery comedies.

4:25 – Stan Freberg “Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America – Overture”

6:45 – Stan Freberg “Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America – Columbus Discovers America”

18:45 – Camille “Ta Douleur”

23:12 – Stan Freberg “Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America – Pilgrim’s Progress”

26:36 – Stan Freberg “Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America – The Thanksgiving Story”

28:18 – The Divine Comedy “The Happy Goth”

32:20 – Stan Freberg “Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America – The Sale of Manhattan”

38:17 – Stan Freberg “Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America – The Boston Tea Party”

41:01 – Beck “Youthless”

45:41 – Newsworthy Ghost Productions – “The Great Moon Race”

David, David, and Alex present the work of voice actor/comedian/radio personality/advertising director Stan Freberg.

And while that’s downloading, enjoy this awesome picture of a shark attacking a helicopter!