Dateline Jasoom

Opening clip: “Super Argo and the Faceless Giants.” 2007 Louisville Dum-Dum discussion of local chapters of the Burroughs Bibliophiles. James G Huckenpöhler talks about the National Capital Panthans. Bill Ross also talks about the benefits of forming a local Burroughs group.

Brazilian TV commercial clip: “The chimp who drank Coke became a very close friend of Tarzan. The chimp who drank Pepsi became a very close friend of ...” Dateline Jasoom researches the archives of the Chicago Daily Tribune and finds references that almost certainly helped inspire “The Mucker.” A soundbite from “His Girl Friday.” Comedian Sean Cullen sings, “The chimp and the woman.”

Opening clip: “Tarzan, Silver Screen King of the Jungle,” featuring ERB fan and scholar Tracy Griffin. Tracy joins Chicago Muckers Jim Hadac, Joan Bledig and Elmo for a tour of Oak Park and Chicago sites related to Edgar Rice Burroughs. Elmo interviews Frank Lipo, who heads the Oak Park historical society. Burroughs lived in four homes in Oak Park and rented an office there during his early prolific period. Tracy and some of the Muckers use the same bathroom ERB would have used in that office building. They also visit 414 Augusta Avenue in Oak Park, where Burroughs wrote Thuvia, Cave Girl, Mad King, Pellucidar, The Mucker and others; and 700 Linden, where he wrote The Oakdale Affair and The Land That Time Forgot. In Chicago, they visit Billy Byrne's neighborhood and 3 Tree Studios, a former artists colony where J. Allen St. John worked.

Trailer for “Tarzan and the Great River.”  Will Pepe make friends with old Baron? Can Tarzan escape the crocodiles? Can the lady doctor save the village with her medicine? Clip from the Tarzan Filmation cartoon series from the 1970s. The 2007 Burroughs Bibiophiles Achievement Award was introduced by Laurence Dunn at the Dum-Dum in Louisville: John Tyner. “This is totally unexpected,” John says. Elmo chats with ERB fan Don Gray. A soundbite from Bobby Williams' “They call me Tarzan.”

Opening Bit: Carson Napier calls OnStar for directions to Mars. Elmo interviews ERB artist Richard Hescox, who says his favorite Carson cover that he illustrated was Escape on Venus. Later, Hescox is presented with a Golden Lion award and speaks during the 2007 Dum -Dum banquet in Louisville, Kentucky. “I probably would not have been an illustrator were it not for my love of Edgar Rice Burroughs,” he says. Hescox describes his lifelong love of Burroughs and how he came to do the Venus covers.

Opening Bit: Jane Goodall observes the 2007 Dum-Dum proceedings in Louisville, Kentucky. A talk by Sky “Apeman” Brower during that Dum-Dum. He discusses how fans rallied around Gordon Scott during the final months of his life. Sky reads a letter from Eve “Jane 1958” Brent addressed to fans at the convention. He also conveys comments about Gordon from Elaine Hollingsworth, who played Angie in “Tarzan's Greatest Adventure.”

Opening clip from the 2007 Flash Gordon TV series, which Elmo hated. Then a clip from the 1930s radio serial, which Elmo loved. From the 2007 Dum-Dum, a talk by Mike Chapman about the Herman Brix/Bruce Bennett Tarzan movie/serial, “Tarzan and the Green Goddess.” Mike wrote the Bennett biography, “Please don't call me Tarzan.” Lots of details about his conversations with Bennett. “Going down to Guatemala was a life changing experience,” Bruce told Mike, referring to his Tarzan movie.

George McWhorter and Mike Conran give Tarzan yells. Dedication of the Bob Hyde ERB collection at the University of Louisville during the 2007 Dum-Dum by Bob's son, John Clayton Hyde. “My father's life passion has made for some interesting times.”

Opening Bit: “Harvey Paul” tells the rest of the story about Billy Byrne, the mucker. (My impression of Paul Harvey is embarrassingly bad.) Celebrity Jeopardy with Sean Connery, star of “Tarzan's Greatest Adventure.” Futurama clip: Bender does a Tarzan yell. A breaking story from the Barsoomian Blade: Another naked Jasoomian wins the hand of a Martian princess and becomes royal. Canadian television program clip: Cheta wins lifetime achievement award. Information about 2007 Dum-Dum in Louisville, Kentucky. A reading from “The God of Tarzan,” courtesy of the Pometheus Podcast. Elmo gets sentimental about ERB.

Opening bit: “Take a cruise on the Lural Az.” (Ray Le Beau) A 2007 interview with Brooks Agnew, leader of the proposed “North Pole Inner Earth Expedition,” then scheduled to take place in 2008. “This is a very ancient idea,” he says. “It's kind of looked at as science fiction today.”