Author: David Benedict

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Saturday Morning Kids Shows

28 minutes, 12.8 MB

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No voice intro for this show. Despite miscommunication and general behind the scenes random mayhem, this week’s podcast is NOT canceled.

There *was* a voice intro recorded. It was meant to sound off the cuff and laid back and funny, but it ended up sounding half-planned and disorganized. (It was.) Anyway, the show lineup has changed several times in the last few hours.

In no particular order:

We have 2 episodes of “Rory Rammer, Space Marshall:” written by Ron N. Butler. One is “The Island of Dr. Marceau” and the other is only ever talked about in hushed, furtive whispers: “The Lost Episode.”

And, an episode of “Mildly Exciting Tales of Astonishment,” by Jonathan Strickland: Ps and Q’s.

Also included are a pair of Public Service Announcements from the “Brotherhood of Damn Sassy Mutants,” by Sketch Quinn.

No time for credits. If you want to know, you’ll just have to ask nicely.

 

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To Dine with the Devil

(32 Minutes, 14.9 M)

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by Ivan Turgenev
Adapted for Audio by Joyce Leigh
Performed Live at Sci Fi Summer 2003 in Atlanta, Georgia

The old Russian proverb states:
“Those who dine with the devil may end up on the menu.”

If you like H.P. Lovecraft, you’ll love this….Not for the squeamish.

Credits:

Voice Talent (in alphabetical order): David Benedict, Phil Carter, Doug Kaye, Clair Kiernan, Daniel Kiernan, Joyce Leigh, Trudy Leonard
Original Music by Alton Leonard and Brad Weage
Directed by Doug Kaye
Sound Engineering by David Carter and William Alan Ritch assisted by Ray Spitz
Sound Effects by Henry Howard
Live Foley by Lili and Sonya and assisted by Anthony Fuller

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The Colour Out of Space

Size: 18.2M Duration: 39:55

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Hope everyone is having a happy new year.  To start out 2007 we’re going to get back to our roots by presenting The Colour Out of Space by H. P. Lovecraft, adapted by Ron N. Butler, and performed live at Dragon*Con 2006.  This was our only show at Dragon*Con this year, so if you missed it then this is your chance!  We’ve performed at every Dragon*Con since the first, and Lovecraft has always been one of our mainstays.

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An Atlanta Christmas, Episode 5

Size: 11.4 MB Time: 25:00

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One last look at Christmas for the year…

Opening Music: An Old Atlanta Christmas, Alton Leonard.

USO Christmas, Thomas E. Fuller and performed by William Brown & Lou Brock.

Are You Lonely Tonight, written by Thomas E Fuller and Daniel Taylor, performed by Daniel & Clair Kiernan.

The Experts, by Ron N Butler featured the voices of Kelly Swilley, Lou Brock, and Daniel & Clair Kiernan. (Useless trivia: The Kiernans played characters with the same first names as those in Are You Lonely Tonight. But now they’re actually Mr. & Mrs. Zabrinski.) My apologies to Hal Wiedeman who went uncredited in the podcast: He played the towtruck driver.

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An Atlanta Christmas Episode 4

Size: 15M, Duration: 32:31

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Our annual gift to our listeners continues with more excerpts from An Atlanta Christmas.  This week we bring you three short pieces and another lovely song.  We hope you enjoy it.

The Santa Claus Blues, by Thomas E. Fuller
Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: A Visit From St. Rex, by Ron N. Butler
The Tree Comes to Atlanta, by Thomas E. Fuller
O Holy Night, performed by the ARTC Chorus

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An Atlanta Christmas Episode 3

Time: 27:36 Size: 18.9 MB

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Pour youself some of Collins’ Best Coffee (Christmas Blend) and stay tuned. Because this week’s podcast contains a special episode of Bumper’s Crosroads: Ernie the Christmas Snail – by Daniel Kiernan. This is followed by Davy Crockett and Me – written by Thomas E. Fuller. We have a musical portion of the show too: The Carol of the Birds. (traditional)

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An Atlanta Christmas episode 2

Time: 27:05 Size: 12.7M

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An Atlanta Christmas Episode 02

The Elves Strike Back.

<<Cue Music (Something ominous from John Williams that ARTC can’t possibly afford the rights to) – and then Under the Narrator>>

In addition to the plays of Thomas Fuller’s Atlanta Christmas, the writers of ARTC have produced a number of shorts which provide a comic counterpoint. Think of this as the lighter side of Christmas.

All of these pieces are surreal (as if the entire concept of Santa Claus and the Northpole Workshop isn’t). Some (all?) may be in questionable taste. One of these pieces will be performed in this years Christmas show program. There can be only one.

<<Cut Williams Theme; Cue Kazoos and Seal Horns for two bars of Holiday Music with Whoopee cushion finale and out for>>

You have been warned. <<Rory Rammer Echo effect>>

<< Cue ARTC theme – Something NPR-ish with strings and horns – and under for >>

This podcast includes the following pieces from our live performances at Stone Mountain and Parkview High School.

“Roger, the Jolly Little Christmas Elf” by Gerald W Page (2000)
“The Legend of the Poinsettia” by Brad Strickland (2004)
“Unresolved Mysteries Solved While U Wait – the Grinch” by Ron N. Butler (2000)
“Zen Santa Claus” by Tracy V Wilson (2005)

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An Atlanta Christmas episode 1

Time: 22:29 Size: 10.5M

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Welcome, welcome one and all to our family Christmas! To every family Christmas that ever was or ever will be! Behold the traditional Christmas tree weighted down with ornaments and decorations! Every five year old’s Christmas morning writ large and come true!

For one day a year, the Theater of the Mind gives way to a warm hearth and a bowl of gingerbread — and when from the roof there arises a clatter, it’s neither a faceless monster nor a Martian.

It’s Christmas.

Christmas is memories.  For the next 5 podcasts, ARTC will be bringing you some of our favorite memories from our holiday programming, drawing heavily from Thomas E. Fuller’s An Atlanta Christmas, but with a few other surprises along the way.

This week we bring you The Ultimate Christmas Pageant and O Tannenbaum by Thomas E. Fuller, and Some Assembly Required, by Daniel Taylor.

These were recorded live in 2003 at Stone Mountain Park’s Fruitcake Festival.  Featured in the cast were the voices of Joyce Leigh, Daniel Taylor, Ron N. Butler, Neil Butler, Colin Butler, Daniel Kiernan, Clair Kiernan, Tamara Morton, Justin Ameri, Katie Brass, Megan Jackson, Juliana Finch, Sarah Taylor, Josh Adams, Jack Mayfield, and Caran Wilbanks.

Foley sound effects were created by Lili, Deanna Ameri, and Sheila Ameri.  Music performed by Brad Weage.  Sound engineering by David Carter, Ray Spitz, and Elayna Little.  The show was produced and directed by William Alan Ritch.

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Rory Rammer: The Lance of Justice/Time for Station Identification

Size: 15.05 MB Duration: 32:54

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Recorded at Camp Will-A-Way inside Ft Yargo State Park. This was one of my favorite shows, because the audience was especially appreciative, and I think that adds to a performance as much as anything else. Also, we performed outside and it didn’t rain, which is always a plus.

We also got a nice introduction from Annie Maxwell, which I have included.

This week’s shows:

Rory Rammer, Space Marshall in “The Lance of Justice.”

and

Time for Station Identification.

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Frontier Days part 1

Size: 13.6M Time: 29:08

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Ah, the ever-popular technical difficulties, how we do love thee.

So if you read the post that was previously in this spot you are expecting another episode of “Rory Rammer, Space Marshal”.  Unfortunately we’re having to push that back a bit, so look for it next week.  Sorry.

In the meantime, we bring you this.

In May of 2004 we were invited to perform at Stone Mountain Park’s Frontier Days Festival.  We eagerly accepted the opportunity…and then learned that the theme was Georgia between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.  With our specialties being in the area of science fiction, fantasy, and horror…well, our selection of available material was a bit thin.

But our writers rose to the challenge and wrote us 11 new scripts, including rehearsals and rewrites, in about three months.  It was an exciting time and we got some great new material out of it.  Today we bring you a bit of historical bridging, “A Sage Conversation” by Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, “A Feast at Sycamore Grove” by Bill Arp, and we finish with “The Triumph of Natural Justice” by Ron N. Butler.

Oh, and we performed it outdoors on the Plantation Grounds, which just goes to prove that we can do a show just about anywhere.