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Hitchcock Special

Airs at: Mon, 09/20/2021 at 11:00pm - Tue, 09/21/2021 at 12:00am
Produced for Gremlin Time
On tonight's show we present two dramas based on two films by Alfred Hitchcock. First, Joesph Cotton stars with Vanessa Brown in an adaptation of the 1942 suspense drama "Shadow of a Doubt". A young woman suspects that her beloved uncle is really a multiple murder. Followed... Read more

Welcome, Again, to Negativland

Airs at: Tue, 09/14/2021 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for Vinyl Pajama Party

Will There Be Blood? A “tribute trailer” to the upcoming Last Hour program “The Quatro Quentin Quarantino show”

Airs at: Thu, 09/30/2021 at 10:00pm - Fri, 10/01/2021 at 12:00am
Produced for The Last Hour
There will be blood was loosely based on the 1927 novel "Oil" by Upton Sinclair.  Jonny Greenwood scored the soundtrack for There Will Be bloo and has scored every Anderson film since; in 2018 he was nominated for an Academy Award for his score for Anderson's film Phantom ... Read more

Mr. Jones's Neighborhood - My Friend Lyssa

Airs at: Fri, 08/27/2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
On today's show, we return to our roots here on Mr. Jones's Neighborhood -- radio theater, more specifically radio comedy. Radio has a long tradition of comedy, from the Golden Age of Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Fibber McGee & Molly, Burns & Allen, and Lum n' Abner, to Stan Fre... Read more

The Night Ride of the Overland

Airs at: Mon, 08/16/2021 at 11:00pm - Tue, 08/17/2021 at 12:00am
Produced for Gremlin Time
Tonight we look at the classic days of Rail Road Fiction  and present The Night Run of The Overland by Elmore Elliot Peak. A young woman who's grown up around railroads, needs to step into the cabin of a mighty locomotive to replace her sick husband piloting a special run o... Read more

60th Anniversary of The Fantastic Four, with special appearance by Stan Lee!!

Airs at: Mon, 08/09/2021 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for The Monday Sampler
Fortunato brings the Sampler back to the studio once again for more music and crazy fun! August 2021 marks the 6oth Annivesary of the appearance of the comic book that changed the world of popular fiction. The Fantastic Four #1, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby appeared o... Read more

Mr. Jones's Neighborhood - Suzy Vitello and Cai Emmons

Airs at: Fri, 07/23/2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Just a few weeks ago, we experienced record high temperatures here in the Pacific Northwest, with the thermometer hitting an unprecedented 116 degrees in Portland. That’s very unusual for those of us living in this corner of the country. We’re used to warm, dry summers – a ... Read more

Bogart and Bacall in Bold Venture and Jack Webb in Pat Novak For Hire

Airs at: Mon, 07/19/2021 at 11:00pm - Tue, 07/20/2021 at 12:00am
Produced for Gremlin Time
Two great radio series are highlighted tonight on the bed time radio show for grownups. First, Humphrey Bogart and Lauran Bacall star in Bold Venture. Set in Havana, Slate Shannon (Bogart) and Sailor Duval (Bacall) are hired to rescue a wealthy man's daughter from the influ... Read more

Murder My Sweet

Airs at: Mon, 06/21/2021 at 11:00pm - Tue, 06/22/2021 at 12:00am
Produced for Gremlin Time
Tonight, we present a radio adaptation of the film noir classic Murder My Sweet starring Dick Powell as private eye Philip Marlow. First an excon wants Marlow to find a woman who used to work at a nightclub that has changed ownership since the excon was sent up. Then a styl... Read more

12 - Season Finale Double Feature with Fritz Kiersch

Airs at: Fri, 07/09/2021 at 3:00am - 5:30am
Produced for The Ghost of Hollywood
  As part of our Season One Finale,  Poxy and Ragan discuss the 1984 Horror classic, CHILDREN OF THE CORN, and 1985's cult classic, TUFF TURF with Director, Fritz Kiersch. Tune in as Fritz tells some of his favorite behind the scenes stories and discusses his directorial d... Read more