As a continuing feature, we'll be posting, with our usual Sunday fare, a brief teaser for the following week's line-up! Please listen, won't you, and make plans to tune in.

ANNOUNCERY-TYPE FANCY-TALK: Andy Hartson-Bowyer (who also produces each week's preview show!)

CONTACT US AT [email protected] with your feedback and suggestions!

THE TABLE ROUND Chap. 10 - Christmas Cherries

The spirit of Yuletide has descended all over Britain, warming hearts from Camelot in the South all the way up to the cold rocky islands of Northern Orkney.

The tenth chapter in the ongoing full cast audio drama of the Legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

SEXAGONAL PHRASE – S2 E201 - "Into Sweet Hell"

Written and Produced by Viktor Aurelius

Having been captured by President Nimrod, Sharp/Voslo and Bud Daniels are taken to a forced-labor prison world. Lucy finds out that Earth is not as she remembers it to be. Will they be reunited? You won't know unless you listen! Oh - and make sure you listen AFTER the credits. You don't want to miss THAT scene! LOL!

CAST:

Jeff Niles as WAD-O

Ted Wenskus as Bud Daniels Cary Michael Ayers as Guy Sharp aka G'Una Voslo

Viktor Aurelius as Hurtarg and the Hologram Steve White as Sister Subordinate

Deborah Adams as Lucy Sharp Geneva Aubrey as Jenna

Dave Morgan as George Jonithan Patrick Russell as Kreghono

Carol MacPherson as the Nun Overlord Mary Genevieve Fortier as the Voice and the Robot Quartermaster

Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard as The Robot Guards C. Wayne Owens as Doctor Arlan Slaraand

THE SAGA OF THE GROG & GRYPHON, Ep 4 Part 2: Of Blood & Bane

As Acetegan comes under attack from the serpent sorcerers of Bargrador, an elf and a dwarf join the fray, The Amazonia call to their Goddess for [something]. Just a normal, dark, prophetic day, or night, in the Saga of the Grog and Gryphon…

CAST:

Fiona Conn as ACETEGAN, THE MAGE OF WIGHT Pamela Dane as OCTAVIA John Dane as DEV'RALTO Gina Hollweg as ARULLIA SWORDCLEAVER, Amazonian Warrioress Natasha Lathrop as REYNA THE RED, and BELLADONNA, the Blood Queen of Tercia Mark Kalita as BANE RENBOURNE, the Lycanna Changeling Paul Mannering as OLAFF HOUNDSMAW Rob Northrup as MURRAI the Goblin Bill Hollweg as GARULK the Barbarian, and assorted eunuchs

PROJECT AUDION 80 – LUX Radio Theatre (Australia): Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman is one of the classic America plays: the first to win both the Tony Award for Best Author, the New York Drama Circle Critics' Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Arthur Miller's intense family drama might have seemed promising material for a prestige radio adaptation, but perhaps it was too intense for American radio networks. However, Australia's radio stations had no such nervousness. The Down-Under edition of Lux Radio Theatre presented their adaptation on January 29, 1956, using two of the lead actors who originally premiered it in Australia. Now, even as a new production arrives on Broadway, Audion brings forth the Lux adaptation for Project Audion's virtual airwaves: a story of the American Dream gone wrong, and the devastating effects it has on Willy Loman and his family. Still vital, after all these decades.

Our big, widespread cast:

Les Marsden (Willy) in California

Laura Mirsky (Linda) in New Jersey

Pete Lutz (Biff) in Texas

Dana Gonsalves (Hap) in Texas

Paul Arbisi (Charley) in Illinois

Nick Wommack (Bernard/Lux Spokesman) in Texas

Rhiannon McAfee (Lux Spokeswoman/Mai Zetterling) in California

Patte Rosebank (Narrator/Miss Frances) in Toronto, Canada

David Ian (Howard/Paul Jacklin) in Oregon

Tom Konkle (Announcer) in California

Original music was by Ross Bernhardt

Transcribed and Directed by Pete Lutz

Production was supervised by Larry Groebe (who also played Stanley)

OLD-TIME RADIO ESSENTIALS Ep 58 – The Mysterious Traveler

OTR-E returns with episode 58, and due to a scheduling problem, this time it's Pete's selection again, and he's bringing us an episode of The Mysterious Traveler, entitled "The Woman in Black". As always, you're invited to join Pete, Paul, and Patte for the old-time radio, and stay for the scintillating (that's one word for it...) discussion afterwards!

As you listen, perhaps you'll learn if we feel this entry meets the following criteria:

1. Is it truly representative of that series? (Can anyone point to it and say, "Yes, that is what [NAME OF SERIES] was all about.")

2. Is it an episode worthy of inclusion in any and every OTR aficionado's private collection?

So with this in mind, we four bring you, as our fifty-eighth number (but 9th official episode of S5), this thrilling installment of The Mysterious Traveler, from 1947. We'll introduce the show, play it in its entirety, then discuss it at length. Thanks for joining us, and we hope you enjoy it!

Please show your support of the podcast by doing any of the following...

To comment on how we might improve OTR-E, or give suggestions for future discussions, please write to us at [email protected] . Put the word "Essentials" in the subject line.

Your feedback means a lot to us! A review at iTunes or at your usual podcatcher would be appreciated.

Next Time: It's Patte's pick again, finally and she'll bring us, for the edification of us Amuricanz, another CBC Radio comedy, At Home With the Lennicks, plus a special guest who appeared on that series. Join us then, won't you?

THE LONE RANGER Ep 8 - "Good for Evil"

Dan Reid crosses with a bully in town, only to find that he may have bitten off more than he can chew!

CAST:

Jon Specht as the NARRATOR

Glenn Hascall as MIKE GUFFY

Teddy Smagata as DAN REID

Ryan Hascall as TEDDY COATS

Stan Ryshak as AL SAYBROOK

Kevin Wright as STU SAYBROOK

Brian McKay as DAVE

Mike Hennessy as the SHERIFF

with

Capt. John Tadrzak as TONTO and Jim Patton as THE LONE RANGER.

THE HANGMAN'S DOZEN Ep 2 – The Drowned Man

Socialites Max and Ginger Dalton are haunted by the drowned man, no matter how much they drink or what they do; he never goes away. An original audio play written and directed by Mark Slade.

CAST: Carole Stokes, Pete Lutz, Viktor Aurelius, Jeff Niles, Sharon Blumberg, Rich Wentworth, Maggie Strain, and Claire Berg.

BLACKOUT CITY: GHOST IN THE MIST E3

Joe Smoke and the boys visit Haskell Barkley to ask about a spirit that strangles his victims. They meet the sultry Helen, and everything goes wrong.

CAST:

Pete Lutz as JOE SMOKE

Jeff Niles as MORTI

Carole Stokes as HELEN

Viktor Aurelius as DOBERMAN

CREDIT NARRATION by Sharon O Blumberg

MUSIC BY CARPENTER'S NOTCH

BLACKOUT CITY Created by Mark Slade and Frank Larnerd

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED by Mark Slade

WELCOME TO MUTANT COUNTY Episodes 12a – 12c

We don't know why these three very short bits were released separately, but for convenience's sake, we're combining them into one, still fairly short, installment of Welcome to Mutant County. The three bits are titled, "That's Just Dandy", "Station Identification", and "Damage Control".

Written and performed by Michael P. Thiessen and Peter Church. Special thanks to Cassie Garbutt and Esther Koepnick for the WLFC studio jingle.