Monday Matinee

Welcome to the Roast Squib sketch show! This mini-series was written by Jonithan Patrick Russell in 2019. Enjoy the laughs as we begin with "The Trailer"!

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It is said that Pheidippides, an Athenian herald, was sent to Sparta to request help when the Persians landed at Marathon, running 150 miles in just two days. After this, he then ran another 25 miles from the battlefield near the town of Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon with the word “Νενικήκαμεν”, meaning ‘We have won’. He then collapsed and died on the spot due to exhaustion. Many years later; in the town of Sheffield, we find ourselves focused on the adventures of a very unfit man trying to complete his first ever Marathon. He’s only just started and already he’s thinking about catching a bus…

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This week in honour of Mutual Audio Network's crackerjack fourth season, Jack and David have a listen with American Radio Theater's recreation of Mutual RADIO Theater's "Oh, Really? No, O'Reilly", when a boomtown goes bust some local merchants hatch a scheme to preserve their prosperity.

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Federal Stonecipher opens the Matinee for July with Sonic Society #723- Really, It's Mutual, Hitting the Wall, and Roast Squib #101- The Trailer!

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Live old-time radio theater show at Joplin's Java coffeehouse, Waukegan, IL on June 11, 2010. Original commercial written and performed for live show featuring re-creations of Pete Kelly's Blues and The Jack Benny Show. George Burns: David Drazin. Gracie Allen: Carol Seymour. Music by David Drazin.

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In the far future, humanity has expanded out to explorer the outer reaches of the solar system. In the process, leaving behind the radioactively poisoned planet once known as Earth, but now more commonly referred to as the “Forbidden World”. However, ‘Captain Robert Newsam’ is about to discover that the planet is not as desolate as he once imagined and that sometimes the only way to get where you’re going is “The Drop”…

“The Drop” is based on the short story by John Christopher and is the first in our new series of updated versions of classic radio productions from the 1950’s.

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This week Jack and David bring a run from a fun science fiction mini-series from Theatre of Tomorrow with the first three episodes of The Lost Logs of the Saratoga! Fun retro radio drama!

Be sure to do your part to help the crowd funded show from Faustian Nonsense- Super Suits! Go to http://seedandspark.com/fund/super-suits before March 10th!

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Federal Stonecipher ends the Matinee for June with Sonic Society #722, The Drop, and Northside/Southside Radio Players: "George and Gracie" at the Brick Cafe, Waukegan

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Live radio theater re-creation of the classic Jack Benny Show parody of the famous western movie "High Noon." The play was performed by an Evanston, Illinois-based group of actors and musicians at Joplin's Java Coffeehouse in Jack Benny's hometown of Waukegan, Illinois in 2010.

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It was a long, late night and Julie finds herself being woken up from a dreamworld by Karen, her best friend since childhood. Together, on this bright morning they will discuss many things, including their past, present and future and maybe they’ll find out why Julie left the front door unlocked. It seems strange though, why would she forget ‘The Lock’?

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