The SmorgShow Podcast (Smorgasbord Radio)

An episode too hot to be contained to a single episode, so we broke it into two installments! Episode 94 to be released 4.22.18.

For the first time since 2011, we are joined live in the studio with both Dave Jackson and Jerry Malauskas from the original Smorgasbord Radio days. We went into the show with all good intentions of not discussing our medical issues, but unfortunately Chris had a pretty major medical scare last month that is worth talking about. Other topics/features include:

• Dave is performing live again – and we are very proud of him!
• What's the deal with all the Mattress Firms that are opening up across the country?
• Gender Pronouns
• The disturbing condom-snorting trend
• Baba Gonesh Breaking News
• Introducing Geoffrey Gleason, Tech Guy and a new segment called 'Tech Talk". Check out Geoffrey's YouTube channel for his library of helpful tech hints.
• Chris's contribution to Earth Day – 1981's "Slime" from the Cow Dung and Chicken Tongue collection.

This episode was streamed on YouTube Live. If you missed it, you can watch the video posted on our YouTube channel.

Former WDGC-FM Smorgasbord Radio Show contributor Jerry Malauskas co-hosts this episode with Chris. Jerry has been a close friend of the show for over 35 years and we are excited to have him back in our studio to share his perspective on all things Smorg.

Philip Donald uses his one-call allowance to call us from jail to set the record straight about his recent arrest on a Baltimore elementary school playground. Baba sends in two updates from India while preparing for the upcoming 2018 Holi Festival. He shares his perspective on what Holi is and why we all should care. Baba also provides his exclusive beauty tips for celebrating this special occasion the right way. Finally a shout-out to Ally who turns 20!! Happy Birthday, Ally!

SmorgShow Flashback Bit: The Dating Game (2010).

With Ally out of town on a youth group retreat, original Smorgasbord Radio Show Co-Host, Dave Jackson joins Chris in the studio for this first episode of the new year. The show opens with a news flash concerning the shocking arrest of SmorgShow music contributor, Philip Donald. We play a previously aired exclusive interview that Chris and Dave did with Philip back in 2011.

Baba Gonesh uses Dropbox to send in a new installment of "Thought for the Day" from India. We then place a phone call to former WDGC-FM radio host, Jerry Malauskas who discusses his blood report. And as expected from a bunch of guys now in their 50's, we hear more than we need to know about lipid panels, HDL and LDL cholesterol levels, and blood pressure.

Featured Artist of the Week: Ally's band 'Wanderlove' and the band's first single "New Kids".

We are so excited to finally present our latest radio play that we have been working on since August. Normally the SmorgShow players re-enact classic radio dramas, but in this episode, we aim to deliver something a bit different. This time, we present to you a radio adaptation of "Rope", a 1948 American psychological crime thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the 1929 play of the same name by Patrick Hamilton.

In our story, just before hosting a dinner party, Philip Morgan and Brandon Shaw strangle a mutual friend to death with a piece of rope, purely as a Nietzsche-inspired philosophical exercise. Hiding the body in a chest upon which they then arrange a buffet dinner, the pair welcome their guests, including the victim's oblivious fiancée and the college professor whose lectures inadvertently inspired the killing.

The Cast (In Order of Appearance):

• Brandon Shaw – Thomas Larsen
• Phillip Morgan – Geoff Wells
• Mrs. Wilson – Chris Wells
• Kenneth Lawrence – Kip Coon
• Janet Walker – Ally Bockay
• Mr. Henry Kentley – Jerome Malauskas
• Mrs. Anita Atwater – Kim Bockay
• Rupert Cadell – Chris Bockay
• Man on Street – Baba Gonesh

Chris and Dave reunite again for another episode of the SmorgShow. This time, prepare yourself to kick back in the SmorgShow jazz lounge while Chris and Dave take a journey down memory lane and discuss how they met and decided to pair up together on high school radio station WDGC-FM.

The duo revisit their passion for radio and the individual life paths each has taken. Ally then visits the studio and talks about what pairing up with her dad for the SmorgShow Podcast has meant to her during her formative years. This is a very nostalgic and introspective episode compared to prior episodes, but one that gives a very intimate glimpse into the lives of three individuals.

As we prepare for Christmas and to close out 2016, we present to you the 10th installment of SmorgShow Theater. "Letter from Cynthia" is a re-enactment of an episode from "The Whistler" old-time radio drama series.

Originally aired on 12-25-1949, "Letter from Cynthia" finds a medical intern receiving a letter from a lost love, the love he lost to his best friend. In a strange turn of events, the man who took his love, his best friend, ends up in an accident at the hospital where he is interning. He has to make a decision between getting revenge and doing what's right.

This episode has a different feel to it when compared with our previous radio plays. We hope you take some time out this holiday season to kick back and listen. Turn out your lights, bask in the glow of your fireplace or Christmas tree lights and let our story transport you back to a simpler time when families sat around their radio for entertainment.

The Cast

• Narrator – Geoff Wells
• Dr. Neil Andrews – Chris Bockay
• Patty – Ally Bockay
• Cynthia – Kim Bockay
• Dr. Peters – Thomas Larsen
• Charlie – Steve Larsen
• Police Officer – Anthony Luperini
• Intern – Thomas Larsen
• Dr. Graham – William Bockay

We then discuss Ally's performance in the "Let It Be Christmas" musical and play a clip of her promoting the show on the Steve Cochran radio show on WGN-AM 720.

Chris and Ally return to the studio for the first time in over a year and catch on a variety of topics including Ally's first job at Chick-Fil-A and going off to college. Baba calls in from the Ratha Yatra festival in West Bengal. Ally performs live in the studio. This was our first attempt at video streaming the show via Periscope.

We are excited to bring you our 9th installment in the SmorgShow Theater series. This time around we bring to you a re-enactment of 1943's radio classic 'Sorry, Wrong Number', originally starring Agnes Moorehead.

But wait a minute, you say! Didn't you guys already do this one before? As a matter of fact, yes we did…way back in 2010 on Episode 9 of the SmorgShow Podcast. However, back then Ally was only 11 years old and we were working with really basic editing equipment.

It sounded good at the time, but listening to it now, we've come to realize that we really didn't do this classic play justice. We decided to tackle this project again. Coincidentally, the date this is being aired is April 11, 2015 (or 4-1-1).

Mrs. Stevenson is a spoiled, bedridden daughter of a millionaire. The telephone is her sole connection with the outside world. One day, while listening to what seems to be a crossed phone connection, she eavesdrops on two men planning a woman's murder. Mrs. Stevenson calls the phone company and police, only to be ignored. Adding to her dilemma is the fact that her husband is missing. After a number of phone calls, the terrorized Mrs. Stevenson begins to piece together the mystery.

The Cast:

• Ally Bockay – Mrs. Stevenson
• Chris Bockay – Man, George, Sergeant Martin
• Kim Bockay – Operator, Chief Operator, Directory Assistance Operator, Hospital Operator
• Anthony Luperini – Western Union Rep

In another feature, International News Correspondent, Baba Gonesh delivers the news to us in 90 seconds in a call from Mumbai – a story of Needle Man.

Featured Artist of the Week: Echosmith

This episode of the SmorgShow Podcast includes the latest installment of SmorgShow Theater where the SmorgShow Players re-enact Ray Bradbury's classic short story, 'The Ravine'. Written around 1936 during Mr. Bradbury's formative high school years, 'The Ravine' emerged as a true story of his childhood fears of a dark, foreboding ravine that existed just a short distance away from his Waukegan, Illinois hometown. The SmorgShow Players:

• William Bockay – Narrator
• Ally Bockay – Lavinia
• Kim Bockay – Francine, Neighbor
• Gabriella Vogel – Helen
• Geoff Wells – Drugstore Clerk
• Baba Gonesh – Mr. Tubbs
• Anthony Luperini – Police Officer
• Chris Bockay – Frank, The Lonely One
• Charlie Snyder – Douglas

Chris and Ally also catch up on events that have taken place since our last program one year ago!