Post by sgamer82 on Feb 10, 2016 3:23:09 GMT
This post is to plug/recommend a podcast I discovered last year, just as it was ending, but really enjoyed. Enjoyed enough that I wanted to spread the word a bit.
The Thrilling Adventure Hour is a podcast I really enjoy. It describes itself as "the new time podcast in the style of old time radio" and does stories and segments in the style of radio plays from the pre-television days. Recorded from live stage shows done at Largo in Los Angeles, CA, the Thrilling Adventure ran until last summer.
Most episodes can be found on the Nerdist website, though the very earliest ones might require some hunting. Otherwise the whole set can be found on iTunes.
For an idea of what kind of shows it features, here's a few with their opening narrations/descriptions.
SPARKS NEVADA, MARSHAL ON MARS
Starring Marc Evan Jackson as Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars and Matt Gagliardi as his faithful "Marjun" companion, Croach the Tracker. Sometimes featuring Nathan Fillion as recurring character Cactoid Jim.
Kids! Shine your astro-spurs and don your robot fists, 'Cause it's time for our first feature. Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars!
Justice rides a rocket steed across the crimson plains of the fourth planet, where one man brings fear to robots and aliens; and hope to the humans who yearn to make this frontier planet their home. He is Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars!
Sparks Nevada: I'm... from Earth.
With his stalwart Martian companion by his side.
Croach the Tracker: I... am from G'loot Praktaw.
Sparks: Which is Mars.
Croach: Which you designate "Mars."
Sparks: Just call it Mars! Everybody calls it Mars!
Sparks Nevada rights the outlaw wrongs on Mars.
THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN LASERBEAM
Starring John DiMaggio as that high-flying scion of science, Captain Laserbeam, and Hal Lublin as your semi-amphibious knight, Phillip Fathom, the Deep Sea Detective.
Look! In the distance! Above the horizon! Is that a lightning bolt?
No!!
Is it some sort of shooting star or comet?
No!!
It's CAPTAIN LASERBEAM!
Yeah!!
BEYOND BELIEF
Starring Paul F Tompkins and Paget Brewster as those married mediums, Frank and Sadie Doyle.
It's time to send the little ones to dream land, and set your radios' dial to spooky. Bolt the doors, lock your windows, and steel yourself for mysterious suspense in this evening's final feature: Beyond Belief!
Meet Frank and Sadie Doyle. Toast of the upper crust. Headliners on the society pages. And, oh yes, they see ghosts. Equally at home on Park Avenue and the nether realms, the Doyles care for one another, their drinks, and little for the supernatural elements that seek their counsel.
Frank Doyle: Who cares what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
Sadie Doyle: Unless evil's carrying the martini tray, Darling.
*clink*
Other segments include The Cross-Time Adventures of Colonel Tick-Tock, Amelia Earhart: Fearless Flier, Jefferson Reid: Ace American (also played by Nathan Fillion) and Desdemona Jones: Diva Detective.
The Thrilling Adventure Hour is a podcast I really enjoy. It describes itself as "the new time podcast in the style of old time radio" and does stories and segments in the style of radio plays from the pre-television days. Recorded from live stage shows done at Largo in Los Angeles, CA, the Thrilling Adventure ran until last summer.
Most episodes can be found on the Nerdist website, though the very earliest ones might require some hunting. Otherwise the whole set can be found on iTunes.
For an idea of what kind of shows it features, here's a few with their opening narrations/descriptions.
SPARKS NEVADA, MARSHAL ON MARS
Starring Marc Evan Jackson as Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars and Matt Gagliardi as his faithful "Marjun" companion, Croach the Tracker. Sometimes featuring Nathan Fillion as recurring character Cactoid Jim.
Kids! Shine your astro-spurs and don your robot fists, 'Cause it's time for our first feature. Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars!
Justice rides a rocket steed across the crimson plains of the fourth planet, where one man brings fear to robots and aliens; and hope to the humans who yearn to make this frontier planet their home. He is Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars!
Sparks Nevada: I'm... from Earth.
With his stalwart Martian companion by his side.
Croach the Tracker: I... am from G'loot Praktaw.
Sparks: Which is Mars.
Croach: Which you designate "Mars."
Sparks: Just call it Mars! Everybody calls it Mars!
Sparks Nevada rights the outlaw wrongs on Mars.
THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN LASERBEAM
Starring John DiMaggio as that high-flying scion of science, Captain Laserbeam, and Hal Lublin as your semi-amphibious knight, Phillip Fathom, the Deep Sea Detective.
Look! In the distance! Above the horizon! Is that a lightning bolt?
No!!
Is it some sort of shooting star or comet?
No!!
It's CAPTAIN LASERBEAM!
Yeah!!
BEYOND BELIEF
Starring Paul F Tompkins and Paget Brewster as those married mediums, Frank and Sadie Doyle.
It's time to send the little ones to dream land, and set your radios' dial to spooky. Bolt the doors, lock your windows, and steel yourself for mysterious suspense in this evening's final feature: Beyond Belief!
Meet Frank and Sadie Doyle. Toast of the upper crust. Headliners on the society pages. And, oh yes, they see ghosts. Equally at home on Park Avenue and the nether realms, the Doyles care for one another, their drinks, and little for the supernatural elements that seek their counsel.
Frank Doyle: Who cares what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
Sadie Doyle: Unless evil's carrying the martini tray, Darling.
*clink*
Other segments include The Cross-Time Adventures of Colonel Tick-Tock, Amelia Earhart: Fearless Flier, Jefferson Reid: Ace American (also played by Nathan Fillion) and Desdemona Jones: Diva Detective.