We plan early in the radio business. But not this early. This is just me having an idea itch around my head for a few months and deciding it was time to put it to paper (or screen I guess). Every Halloween on KCOW we do a two-hour special featuring classic radio thrillers “War Of … Continue reading Is It October Yet?
So, in 2014 KCOW celebrated its 65th anniversary. We did a weeklong programming event, four hours live each afternoon for five days with Kalin Krohe, Sir Ian Nelson and me. We did two different contests that week: One was our “time machine” which was played during the morning show…I will probably do a blog about … Continue reading Alliance Retromercials
I have created another “header” for ye olde blogge…I have several of these in rotation and the new one features prominently “that Oscar-winning wabbit” Bugs Bunny. I saw Bugs and Daffy and Tweety and the gang 3 or 4 hours a week between weekday afternoons and the epic 90-minute “Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show” on Saturday … Continue reading Born 112 Years Ago This Weekend: Mel Blanc!
Hello, and welcome to a Russian doll blog post. Writing within writing within writing. This is 2020, tubby, quarantined, occasionally irritable for no discernible reason Wenty. I was watching DVDs of “Here’s Lucy” this evening (yeah, yeah, your taste in stuff sucks too) and I remembered that I met Lucie Arnaz in 2005. It’s not … Continue reading The Old Time Radio Convention (Always Try To Hook Your Audience With An Exciting Headline)
I would actually record and produce this script, but Bob is locked in the basement until this coronavirus thing blows over. (His pet pig Hot Dog and pet chicken Ranchy are also quarantined with him. When I write scripts for these guys I sometimes write dialogue for Hot Dog because Bob and I speak fluent … Continue reading Bob and Wenty Quarantine PSA
Today’s blog post is a double feature. First: we did two new commercials today for Alliance’s beloved Dairy Queen. Alliance’s Dairy Queen is beloved because their burgers and fries are awesome, their employees are swell, and they do a Free Cone Day every year. Now, on Free Cone Day one might think it enough to … Continue reading New Commercials & “Crack Or No Crack?”
This is a Halloween post in February. I know a lot of people love Halloween, and I guess I do too. Not the dressing up part. Not the drinking to stupification part. But the “lots of candy being around” part, and the “making radio stuff” part…that’s my jam Halloween-wise. And so we come to a … Continue reading Jason and the Monsters
Bob S. Bestos, basement-dwelling weirdsmobile, is starring in a brand new commercial for Bloedorn Lumber Alliance. Bob has held the “celebrity spokesweirdo” role for Bloedorn for quite some time now, and in this instance the commercial does not promote any specific products but instead offers a little Valentine’s Day playlet. When an advertiser runs a … Continue reading Cyrano de Bobgerac
It’s been a while since I posted a health update. And this is not much as updates go. But on January 13th I headed to UC Denver Health, where the neuro-team said my Chiari malformation was not doing anything. Good night everybody! If you read a little irritation into this, I’m writing irritation into it. … Continue reading Health Update(ish) And More
In 2004 my friend David Kuskie and I started doing what we call “internet radio shows”. They’re not podcasts because they are scripted and produced stories with sound effects and music. Dave and I have done dozens of these, joined most frequently by Kalin Krohe and Jeremy Fifield. (Kalin, Jeremy and I do our own … Continue reading “SCARE ON THE AIR: Flatfoot Fenster Christmas Show”
