Gremlin Time

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Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2024 at 11:00pm - 12:00am
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The bedtime radio show for grown-ups.

 

 

Readings and Dramatic Presentations of Action & Mystery to Challenge the Intellectual. Humorous Narratives for the Serious Minded. Journeys of Discovery for those who are Lost. Sad Stories that make Deep People Happy. And Tales of Terror & Romance for the Too Comfortable.

 A full hour on the 3rd Monday of every month as part of KBOO's 11PM Monday Radio Theatre Block.

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Tribute to Ray Bradbury

Airs at: Mon, 06/18/2012 at 12:00am
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In honor of his recent passing, we will present two short stories written by Ray Bradbury. From 1946 comes, "The Night", one of his first works to be published in the slick paper fiction magazines, selected at the time for publication by a young editor named Truman Capote. ... Read more

Social Error by Damon Runyon

Airs at: Wed, 04/18/2012 at 12:00am
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Handsome Jack has fallen for Midgie Maldune, Mister Ziegfield's new chorus girl. But she doesn't care for 'tough guys'. Which distresses Jack so much he ends up shooting a parrot! And things really get complicated. A story by Damon Runyon, read to us by Napoles Yellow. Read more

A Piece of Pie by Damon Runyon

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2012 at 12:00am
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It's New York verses Boston! We present a short story by Damon Runyon, entitled A Piece of Pie, about  an eating contest, that also becomes a battle of the sexes! Miss Violet Strumberger sits down across the dining table to uphold the honor of the Big Apple, and a $10,000 b... Read more

Gremlin Time on 02/20/12

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2012 at 11:00pm - Tue, 02/21/2012 at 12:00am
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This month Fortunato reads 'Mrs Union Station' by Seattle writer, Douglas Welch. Newly wed Mrs Applegate finds that her husband's passion for trains and railroading is destroying their marriage. She didn't mind that their honeymoon was spent riding every train line between ... Read more

Mrs Union Station by Douglas Welch

Airs at: Mon, 02/20/2012 at 12:00am
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Long before there were role playing video games there were model railroads. Tonight's story, 'Mrs Union Station', by Douglas Welch, is about how a young couple's marrage is about to be destroyed by the alure of railroads and model trains. Read more

Gremlin Time on 01/16/12

Airs at: Mon, 01/16/2012 at 11:00pm - Tue, 01/17/2012 at 12:00am
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This month Fortunato reads a Steam Punk Adventure, 'The Secret of The Nautilus' by Michael Mallory. A sequel to the classic 19th Century,  techno-thrillers by Jules Verne. What is the catastrophic secret Captain Nemo must hide within the sunken hull of The Nautilus?  Who is... Read more

The Secret of the Nautilus by Michael Mallory

Airs at: Mon, 01/16/2012 at 12:00am
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Fortunato reads a Steam Punk Adventure, 'The Secret of The Nautilus' by Michael Mallory. A sequel to the classic 19th Century,  techno-thrillers by Jules Verne. What is the catastrophic secret Captain Nemo must hide within the sunken hull of The Nautilus?  Who is the myster... Read more

History Lesson by Arthur C. Clarke

Airs at: Mon, 11/21/2011 at 12:00am
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Just posting the last part of a recent show that featured three short stories by science fiction  master Arthur C. Clarke, the author of Childhood's End, The City and the Stars, and Rendezvous with Rama.  This story appears in the collection Expedition to Earth. As with muc... Read more

From the Tidless Sea by William Hope Hodgson

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2011 at 12:00am
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Fortunato presents a classic nautical horror story by William Hope Hodgson. After surviving a tremendous storm at sea, a  ship is blown into the endless conglomerate of weeds know as the Sargasso Sea. Something dangerous lurks unseen in the trackless wilderness of weeds. An... Read more

Gremlin Time on 08/15/11

Airs at: Mon, 08/15/2011 at 11:00pm - Tue, 08/16/2011 at 12:00am
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 In light of the recent, abrupt dismissal of long time host Jerry Lewis from the Labor Day MDA Telethon, Fortunato reads excerpts from Dean and Me a Love Story by Jerry Lewis and James Cablin. A look back at the amazing career of the greatest comedy team ever, Dean Martin a... Read more