WFMU: Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from May 2, 2022

Listener comments!
	👻 5:36pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	5:41pm SW: Well I can't listen live at all today, so I thought I'd say hi Austin and everyone and hope the show is nicely dramatic :grin:
	👻 5:59pm Austin Rich: Bummer, @SW. See you next time!
	6:00pm Charles: I am ready for radio stories.
	6:01pm HyperDose: Hey Austin! How were the birthday celebrations? Looks like you got a good haul this year!
	👻 6:01pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Charles! Nice to see you and HyperDose in the chat!
	👻 6:01pm Austin Rich: I did okay, HyperDose! The shoes were the big thing.
	6:02pm Scott67: G'day Austin & Audio Riches! ☕😎🤙
	👻 6:02pm Austin Rich: Nice to see you in the chat, Scott67!
	6:03pm spacebrother: D'OH! Ran over again. Sorry!
	👻 6:03pm Austin Rich: A reference to Dan's service in the war. You're fine, @spacebrother. There's no one on after me.
	6:03pm Scott67: Spot on by my clock Greg.😎🤙
	6:04pm spacebrother: Sounds like there's like 10 people in the audience.
	6:04pm spacebrother: At the fight, I mean. Like 5 actors saying "boo, boo."
	👻 6:05pm Austin Rich: As I sort of referenced in the chat last week, this show is airing three days after Thanksgiving. (Sunday Night.) Chances are it's been a long weekend, with the family, and you're settling in to listen to a radio story... And it's a boxing tale.
	6:05pm Mr Fab: Yep, the draft was a fact for American men. i can't imagine the terror of spending two years in the military. I guess men of that generation would have called me "yellow."
	👻 6:06pm Austin Rich: My grandfather was a teacher, and somehow talked his was into being a radio operator, instead of having to see combat. Still, he hated the war. I'm sure he wasn't alone.
	👻 6:08pm Austin Rich: Anyone who has seen, "Barton Fink," knows that, while never mainstream, there was an audience for "Boxing Pictures." And, of course, this bled over into radio, too. I've heard a number of shows who have done a boxing story, eventually. I think that's just one of the story tropes that was common at the time.
	👻 6:08pm Austin Rich: Considering that Johnny was in the war with Dan, Johnny must also be suffering from some sort of PTSD.
	👻 6:10pm Austin Rich: I'm with you, Mr. Fab. I was exactly the wrong age to be drafted, and even if I had signed up, I sort of missed all the conflicts that the US got involved in. Still, I was never interested, and never ran the risk of really being drafted. That was certainly different that the generations previous to me.
	6:11pm Mr Fab: Boxing was one of most popular sports in America at the time, along with horse racing. They dwarfed football, basketball and hockey at the time.
	👻 6:12pm Austin Rich: Yeah, you don't find many radio stories about those other sports. Maybe on football.
	6:12pm Scott67: I ain't just white feather worthy Mr.F. I'm the whole fucken chicken! ✌️😎🌻
	👻 6:18pm Austin Rich: I would be curious if this "gum" thing is authentic. I can't remember hearing / seeing it anywhere except in this story. Anyone have any insight?
	6:19pm Listener Robert: Maybe Andy Breckman would know.
	6:23pm HyperDose: Barton Fink was a crazy movie. Very uncomfortable slow burn
	👻 6:24pm Austin Rich: I think "Barton Fink" and "Miller's Crossing" are the Coen's at their best. They've done some great movies since, but both of those are just wonderfully written, and strange, and... just over the top. In the best possible way.
	👻 6:24pm Austin Rich: I mean, I don't really "dislike" any of their movies. But those two are SOOOOOO good.
	👻 6:26pm Austin Rich: "Good for the nerves." Did people used to say that about gum?
	👻 6:27pm Austin Rich: "And that's the end of that chapter."
	6:29pm Charles: By the way Austin I love those commercials/sponsors you do for the show. Great stuff!
	6:29pm Charles: Dan had it coming...
	👻 6:29pm Austin Rich: Ha! He was knocked unconscious again! That won't permanently affect him for years to come!
	👻 6:32pm Austin Rich: Thanks @Charles! While I'm editing the shows, I usually script out the commercials (roughly, in some cases) based on some of the content from the show. (Sometimes not; sometimes based on commercials I hear on commercial radio / podcasts that I want to parody.) I usually write them off the top of my head, and then revise as I read back through them later. I try to make them a little stilted - like old commercials used to be. I've done a lot of "commercials" over the years, probably most well known in "The Adventures of Marcus Little." marcuslittleadventures.com
	👻 6:33pm Austin Rich: The title of this episode of "The Scarlet Queen" is never mined for double entendres, perhaps for our benefit.
	6:34pm Charles: I did notice it had this old timey style, nice touch.
	6:35pm Listener Robert: I'm guessing ads then sounded stilted deliberately, so the audience would notice them.
	👻 6:36pm Austin Rich: Good point, @Listener Robert. I also imagine that reading the ads live had a little impact on them, too.
	6:37pm Charles: Is it just me or that Scarlet Queen episode sounds really good?
	👻 6:38pm Austin Rich: This kind of plot - a bunch of guests join a crew on their ship and shenanigans ensue - is such a well-worn trope that I think you could argue most people stole it from Chaucer. But I've heard versions of this story as recently as on the show Firefly.
	6:38pm spacebrother: Strained baby food - a likely story.
	👻 6:38pm Austin Rich: Good ear, @Charles. Yes, the sound is very good on this one, better than normal. I did a small about of EQ, just to up the game a little, but the source recording is particular good for this episode.
	👻 6:48pm Austin Rich: "Sweater Girl." Huh.
	👻 6:48pm Austin Rich: Sounds like @spacebrother was right!
	👻 6:49pm Austin Rich: Poison seems to be a leitmotif today on Dimestore Radio Theater.
	6:56pm HyperDose: Millers Crossing beats out almost any movie in my book. Absolute masterpiece.
	👻 6:57pm Austin Rich: Yeah, you can't go wrong with that cast and that dialog.
	6:57pm Scott67: A massacre!!
	👻 6:59pm Austin Rich: Yeah. This episode has a strangely high body count.
	7:02pm Listener Robert: The close of Scarlet Queen is pretty consistently an anticlimax of wisecracks and routine nautical jargon. But I like the way the star's voice often jumps into a higher register at that point. It'd be something most actors would probably try to avoid, but it's his trademark. Not this time, though.
	7:05pm Rich in Washington: The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen just happened to be an old girlfriend's euphemism for her 'time of the month'.
	7:05pm Listener Robert: Good succinct way of explaining what's happened to pro boxing.
	7:07pm Mr Fab: Right, in those old shows, they're always going out to "the fights." Like they were just going to the movies or sumthin. You don't hear anyone say that much anymore.
	7:07pm Mr Fab: Rich: Boom!
	7:07pm Scott67: You were waiting for her ship to sail Rich. 🍻😎🤙
	7:10pm Listener Robert: The decline in spectator and gambling popularity of boxing seems to have been a major factor in making room for pro football. Some think the causality ran the other way. Pro basketball may have benefited as well.
	7:12pm Listener Robert: I'm interested in the trends over time in popularity of both participant and spectator sports.
	7:16pm Mr Fab: Robert, i read somewhere that horse racing was the most popular sport in America until TV. The horse tracks thought that no one would come to to the races if they could watch 'em on tv, thus allowing the sports that were televised to gain popularity, and spending "a day at the races" fell.
	7:21pm Listener Robert: The tracks in the USA (except for Nevada) also had a legal monopoly on the betting thereon, and opposed the opening of legal off-track betting parlors. And yes, by some measures they may have been the most popular spectator sport. There are so many ways to measure, though -- and that's even if you limit it to SPECTATOR popularity. Supposedly the bowling alleys claim bowling to still be the most popular participant sport, but there are many ways to measure that too.
	7:23pm Listener Robert: For a long time fishing was said to be the most popular. I don't know if that was nationwide or world.
	7:23pm Ellen Lovebug: Hi, all. I actually slept through Box 13! Normally my nap attempts are unsuccessful. Then, ironically, I had a phone appointment with my sleep doctor...during which I twice nearly nodded off. My sleep cycle rivals Chris's for unpredictability....
	👻 7:24pm Austin Rich: Hi Ellen! Great to see you in the chat!
	👻 7:24pm Austin Rich: Sorry your sleep is so messed up. That seems to be common to a lot of folks these days.
	👻 7:24pm Austin Rich: My Grandfather and Father both LOVED fishing. I went went them, and tired to get into it... but hunting and fishing just wasn't my thing.
	👻 7:25pm Austin Rich: I liked records and comics and radio, more than that stuff.
	7:27pm Listener Robert: To your point of a while ago, I think the reason superhero radio shows weren't more popular is that without the visuals, they were just detective shows -- of which there were already plenty.
	👻 7:29pm Austin Rich: @Listener Robert: Hmmmmm. Good observation. Perhaps you are right! The Shadow - which was really almost a crime / horror show more than a superhero show - is probably the main exception. I think once comics really became super popular in the 40's, the superhero stories on the radio in the 30's and 40's just couldn't compete.
	7:30pm Ellen Lovebug: Interesting point
	👻 7:31pm Austin Rich: There wasn't really any Chandu in this episode. Guess the actor got the day off.
	👻 7:32pm Austin Rich: This was a Friday episode, so listeners had to wait the whole weekend to hear the next story beat. But we have to wait a whole week. (Chandu was daily, originally.)
	👻 7:33pm Austin Rich: I'm pretty sure I've mentioned this, but at this stage in the run of Dimension X, Wheaties was the sponsor. If you cut out the sponsor breaks, Dimension X is a LOT shorter.
	7:33pm Ellen Lovebug: My dad remembers listening to Chandu
	7:33pm Ellen Lovebug: The music for Dimension X is pretty rad
	👻 7:34pm Austin Rich: I remember an episode of Don Joyce's "Over The Edge," where he was using various versions of this story (The Man in The Moon) as part of an elaborate cut-up. I remember really loving that episode of Over The Edge, and I've been afraid to sample this episode for that very reason. I can't compete with Don.
	7:35pm Ellen Lovebug: goodness me
	👻 7:37pm Austin Rich: This was just after a number of new rules had been put in place, so that stations had to space themselves out, so the signals wouldn't interfere with the signals of other stations. Big fines were being issues for anyone who would try to broadcast on bandwidths that other stations were already broadcasting on. This show was probably reinforcing those rules. And the writers - old radio writers - would be familiar with the FCC's new rules being passed out.
	👻 7:37pm Austin Rich: "So long Orson Welles." A reference to the classic "War of The Worlds" broadcast.
	7:37pm Mr Fab: "Holy jumpin Jehoshaphat" - your Slang Term Of The Day.
	👻 7:38pm Austin Rich: I love old-timey slang like that, @Mr. Fab.
	7:40pm Ellen Lovebug: I wonder how radiowaves bounce off the moon, or if that was an invention of this storyteller
	7:41pm Ellen Lovebug: It will be interesting to see whether the purpose of the SOS call is to say "I need help here on the moon" or "I can see from here on the moon that the Earth needs help"
	👻 7:42pm Austin Rich: @Ellen: I think that's true, or based on something you can do with the right equipment. I feel like radio waves bounce off the atmosphere, too, if I recall correctly.
	👻 7:43pm Austin Rich: Uhm... The Kidnapper? That's easy. I know that one.
	7:44pm Listener Robert: Moonbounce is real, Ellen.
	7:44pm Mr Fab: "Earth–Moon–Earth communication, also known as Moon bounce, is a radio communications technique that relies on the propagation of radio waves from an Earth-based transmitter directed via reflection from the surface of the Moon back to an Earth-based receiver." Thanks, Mr wiki!
	7:45pm HyperDose: Crazy to think some of these shows ran daily. People were so spoiled back then!
	7:45pm Charles: I find this episode really interesting. I'm curious where it'll go.
	👻 7:45pm Austin Rich: We've got about 15 minutes left. Thanks everyone for tuning in, and joining me on this journey. I do enjoy this program, and these shows are always fun to revisit. There we are, Mr. Fab! (And listener Robert.)
	👻 7:45pm Austin Rich: @HyperDose: Chandu was daily, I should clarify. Dimension X was weekly.
	👻 7:46pm Austin Rich: But the production cycle on Dimension X was FAST, so I'm sure it felt like it was daily to some.
	7:47pm Charles: Holy mackarel...
	7:49pm Ellen Lovebug: Intriguing
	👻 7:49pm Austin Rich: I think you can see what Don Joyce liked this story so much. Jammed signals, Sci-Fi trappings... radio broadcasts from strange places. It's pretty much the kinds of stories Don did when he wrote scripted stuff for OTE.
	👻 7:50pm Austin Rich: Imagine a hot, July evening, during COLD WAR paranoia, and hearing this on the radio.
	7:51pm Ellen Lovebug: Scary
	7:51pm HyperDose: Would be fun to work on a daily show like that
	7:52pm Ellen Lovebug: Always odd to hear Chevy Chase as the location in Maryland and not as the performer
	👻 7:52pm Austin Rich: I always think of the writer's on a Daily Show like that. Cranking out those scripts, probably hours before the actual broadcast. Pretty wild stuff.
	7:52pm Listener Robert: It would make sense for one of them to be an agent.
	7:53pm Mr Fab: so...no one notices ROCKETS regularly leaving the planet?
	👻 7:53pm Austin Rich: I mean, a lot of people don't look up, I guess?
	7:54pm Mr Fab: and their rockets apparently use noise-reduction mufflers.
	7:55pm Listener Robert: Oh, I remember hearing this one!
	7:55pm Ellen Lovebug: I wonder the origin of "the willies"
	👻 7:55pm Austin Rich: Sometimes, I suddenly remember the ends of these WHILE I'M LISTENING TO THEM.
	👻 7:56pm Austin Rich: @Ellen: Good question.
	7:56pm Ellen Lovebug: Eerie Deja Vu
	7:56pm Listener Robert: I remember going thru the same process of figuring out the solution the previous time I listened, too.
	7:57pm Ellen Lovebug: Why send more people when there is not enough oxygen?
	👻 7:58pm Austin Rich: I almost never figure out how stories end until I hear them. But I often forget endings, listen to a story, and then have the experience of realizing I've heard it before while I'm getting to the end.
	7:58pm Ellen Lovebug: Hope to see you all tomorrow, back to work for me!
	👻 7:58pm Austin Rich: In 1950 I don't know if they thought the moon didn't have an atmosphere.
	7:59pm Mr Fab: Fun stuff! Thank you, Austin The Storyteller.
	👻 8:00pm Austin Rich: Thanks Everyone. See you next Week!
	8:00pm HyperDose: Excellent dramatic music! Thanks, Austin
	8:00pm Scott67: Thanks Austin, couldn't chat, too riveted! ☕😎🤙
	👻 8:00pm Austin Rich: Nighty Night!

Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from May 2, 2022

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May 2, 2022: Episode #15

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
Box 13	"Double Right Cross" ""Double Right Cross"" by "Box 13"	28 November 1948	Mayfair Productions	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Voyage of The Scarlet Queen	"The Tattooed Beaver & Baby Food for Pare Pare"	9 October 1947	Mutual	0:32:18 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Artie Shaw	Dancing in The Dark "Dancing in The Dark" by "Artie Shaw"			1:01:07 (Pop-up)
Chandu The Magician	"Betty Is Kidnapped"	15 July 1948	Mutual–Don Lee Network	1:20:32 (Pop-up)
Dimension X	"The Man In The Moon"	14 July 1950	NBC Radio	1:31:44 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 5:36pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	5:41pm SW: Well I can't listen live at all today, so I thought I'd say hi Austin and everyone and hope the show is nicely dramatic :grin:
	👻 5:59pm Austin Rich: Bummer, @SW. See you next time!
	6:00pm Charles: I am ready for radio stories.
	6:01pm HyperDose: Hey Austin! How were the birthday celebrations? Looks like you got a good haul this year!
	👻 6:01pm Austin Rich: Good Hello, Charles! Nice to see you and HyperDose in the chat!
	👻 6:01pm Austin Rich: I did okay, HyperDose! The shoes were the big thing.
	6:02pm Scott67: G'day Austin & Audio Riches! ☕😎🤙
	👻 6:02pm Austin Rich: Nice to see you in the chat, Scott67!
	6:03pm spacebrother: D'OH! Ran over again. Sorry!
	👻 6:03pm Austin Rich: A reference to Dan's service in the war. You're fine, @spacebrother. There's no one on after me.
	6:03pm Scott67: Spot on by my clock Greg.😎🤙
	6:04pm spacebrother: Sounds like there's like 10 people in the audience.
	6:04pm spacebrother: At the fight, I mean. Like 5 actors saying "boo, boo."
	👻 6:05pm Austin Rich: As I sort of referenced in the chat last week, this show is airing three days after Thanksgiving. (Sunday Night.) Chances are it's been a long weekend, with the family, and you're settling in to listen to a radio story... And it's a boxing tale.
	6:05pm Mr Fab: Yep, the draft was a fact for American men. i can't imagine the terror of spending two years in the military. I guess men of that generation would have called me "yellow."
	👻 6:06pm Austin Rich: My grandfather was a teacher, and somehow talked his was into being a radio operator, instead of having to see combat. Still, he hated the war. I'm sure he wasn't alone.
	👻 6:08pm Austin Rich: Anyone who has seen, "Barton Fink," knows that, while never mainstream, there was an audience for "Boxing Pictures." And, of course, this bled over into radio, too. I've heard a number of shows who have done a boxing story, eventually. I think that's just one of the story tropes that was common at the time.
	👻 6:08pm Austin Rich: Considering that Johnny was in the war with Dan, Johnny must also be suffering from some sort of PTSD.
	👻 6:10pm Austin Rich: I'm with you, Mr. Fab. I was exactly the wrong age to be drafted, and even if I had signed up, I sort of missed all the conflicts that the US got involved in. Still, I was never interested, and never ran the risk of really being drafted. That was certainly different that the generations previous to me.
	6:11pm Mr Fab: Boxing was one of most popular sports in America at the time, along with horse racing. They dwarfed football, basketball and hockey at the time.
	👻 6:12pm Austin Rich: Yeah, you don't find many radio stories about those other sports. Maybe on football.
	6:12pm Scott67: I ain't just white feather worthy Mr.F. I'm the whole fucken chicken! ✌️😎🌻
	👻 6:18pm Austin Rich: I would be curious if this "gum" thing is authentic. I can't remember hearing / seeing it anywhere except in this story. Anyone have any insight?
	6:19pm Listener Robert: Maybe Andy Breckman would know.
	6:23pm HyperDose: Barton Fink was a crazy movie. Very uncomfortable slow burn
	👻 6:24pm Austin Rich: I think "Barton Fink" and "Miller's Crossing" are the Coen's at their best. They've done some great movies since, but both of those are just wonderfully written, and strange, and... just over the top. In the best possible way.
	👻 6:24pm Austin Rich: I mean, I don't really "dislike" any of their movies. But those two are SOOOOOO good.
	👻 6:26pm Austin Rich: "Good for the nerves." Did people used to say that about gum?
	👻 6:27pm Austin Rich: "And that's the end of that chapter."
	6:29pm Charles: By the way Austin I love those commercials/sponsors you do for the show. Great stuff!
	6:29pm Charles: Dan had it coming...
	👻 6:29pm Austin Rich: Ha! He was knocked unconscious again! That won't permanently affect him for years to come!
	👻 6:32pm Austin Rich: Thanks @Charles! While I'm editing the shows, I usually script out the commercials (roughly, in some cases) based on some of the content from the show. (Sometimes not; sometimes based on commercials I hear on commercial radio / podcasts that I want to parody.) I usually write them off the top of my head, and then revise as I read back through them later. I try to make them a little stilted - like old commercials used to be. I've done a lot of "commercials" over the years, probably most well known in "The Adventures of Marcus Little." marcuslittleadventures.com
	👻 6:33pm Austin Rich: The title of this episode of "The Scarlet Queen" is never mined for double entendres, perhaps for our benefit.
	6:34pm Charles: I did notice it had this old timey style, nice touch.
	6:35pm Listener Robert: I'm guessing ads then sounded stilted deliberately, so the audience would notice them.
	👻 6:36pm Austin Rich: Good point, @Listener Robert. I also imagine that reading the ads live had a little impact on them, too.
	6:37pm Charles: Is it just me or that Scarlet Queen episode sounds really good?
	👻 6:38pm Austin Rich: This kind of plot - a bunch of guests join a crew on their ship and shenanigans ensue - is such a well-worn trope that I think you could argue most people stole it from Chaucer. But I've heard versions of this story as recently as on the show Firefly.
	6:38pm spacebrother: Strained baby food - a likely story.
	👻 6:38pm Austin Rich: Good ear, @Charles. Yes, the sound is very good on this one, better than normal. I did a small about of EQ, just to up the game a little, but the source recording is particular good for this episode.
	👻 6:48pm Austin Rich: "Sweater Girl." Huh.
	👻 6:48pm Austin Rich: Sounds like @spacebrother was right!
	👻 6:49pm Austin Rich: Poison seems to be a leitmotif today on Dimestore Radio Theater.
	6:56pm HyperDose: Millers Crossing beats out almost any movie in my book. Absolute masterpiece.
	👻 6:57pm Austin Rich: Yeah, you can't go wrong with that cast and that dialog.
	6:57pm Scott67: A massacre!!
	👻 6:59pm Austin Rich: Yeah. This episode has a strangely high body count.
	7:02pm Listener Robert: The close of Scarlet Queen is pretty consistently an anticlimax of wisecracks and routine nautical jargon. But I like the way the star's voice often jumps into a higher register at that point. It'd be something most actors would probably try to avoid, but it's his trademark. Not this time, though.
	7:05pm Rich in Washington: The Voyage of the Scarlet Queen just happened to be an old girlfriend's euphemism for her 'time of the month'.
	7:05pm Listener Robert: Good succinct way of explaining what's happened to pro boxing.
	7:07pm Mr Fab: Right, in those old shows, they're always going out to "the fights." Like they were just going to the movies or sumthin. You don't hear anyone say that much anymore.
	7:07pm Mr Fab: Rich: Boom!
	7:07pm Scott67: You were waiting for her ship to sail Rich. 🍻😎🤙
	7:10pm Listener Robert: The decline in spectator and gambling popularity of boxing seems to have been a major factor in making room for pro football. Some think the causality ran the other way. Pro basketball may have benefited as well.
	7:12pm Listener Robert: I'm interested in the trends over time in popularity of both participant and spectator sports.
	7:16pm Mr Fab: Robert, i read somewhere that horse racing was the most popular sport in America until TV. The horse tracks thought that no one would come to to the races if they could watch 'em on tv, thus allowing the sports that were televised to gain popularity, and spending "a day at the races" fell.
	7:21pm Listener Robert: The tracks in the USA (except for Nevada) also had a legal monopoly on the betting thereon, and opposed the opening of legal off-track betting parlors. And yes, by some measures they may have been the most popular spectator sport. There are so many ways to measure, though -- and that's even if you limit it to SPECTATOR popularity. Supposedly the bowling alleys claim bowling to still be the most popular participant sport, but there are many ways to measure that too.
	7:23pm Listener Robert: For a long time fishing was said to be the most popular. I don't know if that was nationwide or world.
	7:23pm Ellen Lovebug: Hi, all. I actually slept through Box 13! Normally my nap attempts are unsuccessful. Then, ironically, I had a phone appointment with my sleep doctor...during which I twice nearly nodded off. My sleep cycle rivals Chris's for unpredictability....
	👻 7:24pm Austin Rich: Hi Ellen! Great to see you in the chat!
	👻 7:24pm Austin Rich: Sorry your sleep is so messed up. That seems to be common to a lot of folks these days.
	👻 7:24pm Austin Rich: My Grandfather and Father both LOVED fishing. I went went them, and tired to get into it... but hunting and fishing just wasn't my thing.
	👻 7:25pm Austin Rich: I liked records and comics and radio, more than that stuff.
	7:27pm Listener Robert: To your point of a while ago, I think the reason superhero radio shows weren't more popular is that without the visuals, they were just detective shows -- of which there were already plenty.
	👻 7:29pm Austin Rich: @Listener Robert: Hmmmmm. Good observation. Perhaps you are right! The Shadow - which was really almost a crime / horror show more than a superhero show - is probably the main exception. I think once comics really became super popular in the 40's, the superhero stories on the radio in the 30's and 40's just couldn't compete.
	7:30pm Ellen Lovebug: Interesting point
	👻 7:31pm Austin Rich: There wasn't really any Chandu in this episode. Guess the actor got the day off.
	👻 7:32pm Austin Rich: This was a Friday episode, so listeners had to wait the whole weekend to hear the next story beat. But we have to wait a whole week. (Chandu was daily, originally.)
	👻 7:33pm Austin Rich: I'm pretty sure I've mentioned this, but at this stage in the run of Dimension X, Wheaties was the sponsor. If you cut out the sponsor breaks, Dimension X is a LOT shorter.
	7:33pm Ellen Lovebug: My dad remembers listening to Chandu
	7:33pm Ellen Lovebug: The music for Dimension X is pretty rad
	👻 7:34pm Austin Rich: I remember an episode of Don Joyce's "Over The Edge," where he was using various versions of this story (The Man in The Moon) as part of an elaborate cut-up. I remember really loving that episode of Over The Edge, and I've been afraid to sample this episode for that very reason. I can't compete with Don.
	7:35pm Ellen Lovebug: goodness me
	👻 7:37pm Austin Rich: This was just after a number of new rules had been put in place, so that stations had to space themselves out, so the signals wouldn't interfere with the signals of other stations. Big fines were being issues for anyone who would try to broadcast on bandwidths that other stations were already broadcasting on. This show was probably reinforcing those rules. And the writers - old radio writers - would be familiar with the FCC's new rules being passed out.
	👻 7:37pm Austin Rich: "So long Orson Welles." A reference to the classic "War of The Worlds" broadcast.
	7:37pm Mr Fab: "Holy jumpin Jehoshaphat" - your Slang Term Of The Day.
	👻 7:38pm Austin Rich: I love old-timey slang like that, @Mr. Fab.
	7:40pm Ellen Lovebug: I wonder how radiowaves bounce off the moon, or if that was an invention of this storyteller
	7:41pm Ellen Lovebug: It will be interesting to see whether the purpose of the SOS call is to say "I need help here on the moon" or "I can see from here on the moon that the Earth needs help"
	👻 7:42pm Austin Rich: @Ellen: I think that's true, or based on something you can do with the right equipment. I feel like radio waves bounce off the atmosphere, too, if I recall correctly.
	👻 7:43pm Austin Rich: Uhm... The Kidnapper? That's easy. I know that one.
	7:44pm Listener Robert: Moonbounce is real, Ellen.
	7:44pm Mr Fab: "Earth–Moon–Earth communication, also known as Moon bounce, is a radio communications technique that relies on the propagation of radio waves from an Earth-based transmitter directed via reflection from the surface of the Moon back to an Earth-based receiver." Thanks, Mr wiki!
	7:45pm HyperDose: Crazy to think some of these shows ran daily. People were so spoiled back then!
	7:45pm Charles: I find this episode really interesting. I'm curious where it'll go.
	👻 7:45pm Austin Rich: We've got about 15 minutes left. Thanks everyone for tuning in, and joining me on this journey. I do enjoy this program, and these shows are always fun to revisit. There we are, Mr. Fab! (And listener Robert.)
	👻 7:45pm Austin Rich: @HyperDose: Chandu was daily, I should clarify. Dimension X was weekly.
	👻 7:46pm Austin Rich: But the production cycle on Dimension X was FAST, so I'm sure it felt like it was daily to some.
	7:47pm Charles: Holy mackarel...
	7:49pm Ellen Lovebug: Intriguing
	👻 7:49pm Austin Rich: I think you can see what Don Joyce liked this story so much. Jammed signals, Sci-Fi trappings... radio broadcasts from strange places. It's pretty much the kinds of stories Don did when he wrote scripted stuff for OTE.
	👻 7:50pm Austin Rich: Imagine a hot, July evening, during COLD WAR paranoia, and hearing this on the radio.
	7:51pm Ellen Lovebug: Scary
	7:51pm HyperDose: Would be fun to work on a daily show like that
	7:52pm Ellen Lovebug: Always odd to hear Chevy Chase as the location in Maryland and not as the performer
	👻 7:52pm Austin Rich: I always think of the writer's on a Daily Show like that. Cranking out those scripts, probably hours before the actual broadcast. Pretty wild stuff.
	7:52pm Listener Robert: It would make sense for one of them to be an agent.
	7:53pm Mr Fab: so...no one notices ROCKETS regularly leaving the planet?
	👻 7:53pm Austin Rich: I mean, a lot of people don't look up, I guess?
	7:54pm Mr Fab: and their rockets apparently use noise-reduction mufflers.
	7:55pm Listener Robert: Oh, I remember hearing this one!
	7:55pm Ellen Lovebug: I wonder the origin of "the willies"
	👻 7:55pm Austin Rich: Sometimes, I suddenly remember the ends of these WHILE I'M LISTENING TO THEM.
	👻 7:56pm Austin Rich: @Ellen: Good question.
	7:56pm Ellen Lovebug: Eerie Deja Vu
	7:56pm Listener Robert: I remember going thru the same process of figuring out the solution the previous time I listened, too.
	7:57pm Ellen Lovebug: Why send more people when there is not enough oxygen?
	👻 7:58pm Austin Rich: I almost never figure out how stories end until I hear them. But I often forget endings, listen to a story, and then have the experience of realizing I've heard it before while I'm getting to the end.
	7:58pm Ellen Lovebug: Hope to see you all tomorrow, back to work for me!
	👻 7:58pm Austin Rich: In 1950 I don't know if they thought the moon didn't have an atmosphere.
	7:59pm Mr Fab: Fun stuff! Thank you, Austin The Storyteller.
	👻 8:00pm Austin Rich: Thanks Everyone. See you next Week!
	8:00pm HyperDose: Excellent dramatic music! Thanks, Austin
	8:00pm Scott67: Thanks Austin, couldn't chat, too riveted! ☕😎🤙
	👻 8:00pm Austin Rich: Nighty Night!

Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from May 2, 2022

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