Ubu Hour

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Hosted by: 
Rolf Semprebon
Produced by: 
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The Ubu Hour, inspired by Alfred Jarry's absurdist Ubu plays, airs experimental radio theater with dada/Surreal elements

Topic tags: 
Radio Theater
Genre(s): 
Radio Theatre, Experimental
Related show host(s): 
Ken Jones, Matthew Clark
Related program(s): 
Sudden Radio Project, The Holy Crowley Hour, Gremlin Time
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Retired

Albert Camus's THE PLAGUE

Airs at: Sun, 05/03/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
The Ubu Hour adapts Albert Camus's THE PLAGUE just in time for the swine flu pandemic... Actually we ran a longer version of this show 3 years ago, when people were worried about avian flu and how the Bush administration would react to it.  So we took that 1 hour show, chop... Read more

The Kidnappers

Airs at: Sun, 05/03/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
The Kidnappers - A man comes home to find his wife has been kidnapped. A strange drama with many twists and turns, this peice was origanally written for the Writers On-the-air Workshop, and then adapted for the Ubu Hour. Read more

Robot Skit

Airs at: Thu, 04/09/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
This untitled melodrama too crass for our normal voice talent, so the entire peice is performed by robot voices...     Read more

Ubu Script 172

Airs at: Sun, 04/05/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
UBU SCRIPT 172 is a surreal tale of a writer trying to deliver the goods to the KBOO studio in time for a radio theater show. Based on a true story....   Read more

Our Little Mayor Part 2

Airs at: Sun, 04/05/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
OUR LITTLE MAYOR PART 2 continues the adventures of the gay mayor of an major metropolitan city, whose act of onsensual sex with another adult leads to mayhem...   Read more

NATIONS OF THE WORLD EXPLAINED

Airs at: Sun, 03/01/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
NATIONS OF THE WORLD EXPLAINED - A very silly peice where the Ubu-istas manage to offend nearly every nationality and ethnicity ... Read more

Our Little Mayor

Airs at: Sun, 03/01/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
OUR LITTLE MAYOR - When an openly gay public official has consensual sex with an adult, all hell breaks out with the media.. Read more

Devour

Airs at: Sun, 03/01/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
DEVOUR - Medical professionals try to save a mighty creature in this fable about a broken system and the experts who try to stimulate it back to life.. Read more

SLAYTHEON

Airs at: Sun, 03/01/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
SLAYTHEON - Weopons 'R' Us satire... Read more

BECAUSE THEY BELEIVE IN GOD

Airs at: Sun, 03/01/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
BECAUSE THEY BELEIVE IN GOD - A group of robots make light of the pathetic condition of humanity.   Read more