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Gremlin Time

Gremlin Time is the bedtime radio show for grown-ups. We present original texts by great writers. Sad stories that make deep people happy. Tales of action & mystery that challenge the intellect. Accounts of  terror & romance for the too comfortable. And funny stories for the serious minded.  

 Jack London, Damon Runyon, F.Scott Fitzgerald,  Edith Warton, Raffael Sabtini, Zora Neal Hurston, , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ,  Sosiki Natsumi, and Robert E. Howard are amoung those shows posted here for your listening enjoyment.

 Listeners who want to hear a good story, tune in for a full hour on the 3rd Monday of every month as part of KBOO's 11PM Monday Radio Theatre Block.

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The Secret of the Nautilus by Michael Mallory

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Gremlin Time
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Mon, 01/16/2012

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 mysterious stranger, Captain Nemo fears will resurface and then board his beloved submersible to retrive this secret? And, what are the sinister plans of a mysterious group of  power hungry, ruthless men, who have been pursuing this secret for decades?  All will be revealed on tonight's story.

  • Length: 47:48 minutes (43.76 MB)
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History Lesson by Arthur C. Clarke

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Mon, 11/21/2011

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 much of Clarke's work, this story  speculates on mankind's place in the cosmos.

  • Length: 23:52 minutes (21.85 MB)
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Dean and Me by Jerry Lewis

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Mon, 08/15/2011

We present some excerpts from Dean and Me a Love Story, by Jerry Lewis. Which recalls his days working with Dean Martin, long before The Rat Pack, and even Elvis, when mobs of people would  fill the streets around the theaters they were appearing in.

Starting in the summer of 1946 Martin and Lewis became the most popular comedy team of all time. Performing before the largest sell out crowds anyone had ever seen, in every major city.  Also appearing on early television broadcasts and on radio. By 1950, they arrived in Hollywood and would make 16 movies before going their separate ways in 1956. Both going on to such fabulous careers of their own, that their pardnership is practically unknown to young audiences.



  • Length: 54:39 minutes (50.04 MB)
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The Valley of the Lost by Robert E. Howard

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Sun, 07/03/2011

 After surviving a bloody ambush, as result a long running feud between families on the open ranges of West Texas, and with the murderous McQuil clan in hot pursuit, John Reynolds hides out in what is known as a 'haunted valley'. To say anything more than this, would spoil the enjoyment of this amazing tale by Robert E. Howard.

Your rating: None Average: 4.7 (3 votes)

The Case of the Irate Witness by Earl Stanley Gardner

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Mon, 06/20/2011

On his way to a well deserved, fishing vacation, famous trial lawyer Perry Mason, finds himself enlisted to defend a man accused of stealing a company town's payroll. Not only does the defendant have a criminal record, but part of the stolen money is found at his home. 

Unlike what is falsely stated in the introduction of this program. This is the only short story written by Earl Stanley Gardner featuring Perry Mason with courtroom 'fireworks'! First printed in Collier's Magazine in 1953, four years before the long running CBS television series began in 1957. It was later expanded, with the addition of a murder, to become the 11th episode of the show's third season, in January of 1960, as The Case of the Violent Village.

Our presentation was originally broadcast when Gremlin Time was a weekly, 30 min. show. And back then we read an abridged version. For this program, Fortunato reads the edited out opening passages, and Red Ryder presents the main part of the story. We've also filled out the show with a couple of selections to evoke the 1950s presented as a musical break.

We open this program with an audio homage to the great TV series Perry Mason, featuring the voices of series regulars Raymond Burr as Perry Mason, Barbara Hale as Della Street, William Hopper as Paul Drake, and William Talman as D.A. Hamilton Burger. Also, a special appearance by guest star Edgar Buchanan.

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This Moment of the Storm by Roger Zelazny

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Tue, 04/19/2011

In a far future, 566 hundred year old marshal, Justin Godfrey Holmes, and the colonists on a distant planet brace for the many dangers unleashed by a massive storm. Besides the normally hostile, native animals of the planet, now driven out of the woods and rivers by the wide spread flooding, the colonists themselves start to turn on each other.

3D Radio presents This Moment of the Storm, a classic science fiction tale written by Roger Zelazny, and first published in the June 1963 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.  Featuring Woody Creek, Mrs White, and Fortunato.

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Gremlin Time presents Moving Pictures by Gar Anthony Haywood

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Mon, 03/21/2011

A 3D Radio  adaptation of Moving Pictures by Gar Anthony Haywood. Danny Floyd and Farrel Johns team up to break into the big time Hollywood screenwriting game. Unfortunatly, the only way they are able to get any attention from the Hollywood press is to commit murder! This 3D Radio Production features Woody Creek, Captain Redgoat MacHaggus, Eddie Gold, Fortunato, Tommy Hollywood, and Blue Mallard. Program contains Adult Language that is not suitable for young listerners!

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Gremlin Time presents a story of feline cunning.

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Mon, 01/17/2011

We present 'How a Cat Played Robinson Crusoe', by  Charles G.D. Roberts. Accidentally stranded on an off shore, barrier island, a cat must use all her hunting skills and feline cunning to survive the coming winter. But her situation worses as first a large storm brings an invasion of rats. And, as winter snows cover the island, owls from the mainland make nightly hunting sorties.  Read by Rose Noir

 

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The Bungalow House by Thomas Ligotti - A Gremlin Time Halloween Special

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Gremlin Time
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Tue, 11/23/2010

For Halloween, we present a short story about a young man who is captivated by the errie descriptions of abandoned houses and factories which he hears on the strange recordings of an unknown performance artist.  Fortunato is joined by Van Dyke Brown and Ruby Red in presenting this tale by one of the modern masters of horror fiction Thomas Laggotti.

Your rating: None Average: 4.7 (3 votes)

The Treasure Ship by Rapheal Sabbatini

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Mon, 03/15/2010

Irishman Peter Blood and his crew of escaped slaves and political prisoners have taken their captured Spainish Galleon to the free port of Tortuga to elude both the Spainish and British Navies. But their ship is undermaned, and they soon realise that she is prised by other bigger and more ruthless pirate crews. Especially that commanded the notorius Captain Easterling. So, Captain Blood and his men set sail one night, hoping to make a Dutch port where they can resupply for a crossing back to Europe. But Captain Easterling and his bloodthursty crew of pirates are in hot pursuit.

Fortunato reads this High Seas Adventure, set during the glory days of the Spainish Main, written by the master of the swashbucking adventure, Rapheal Sabbatini, and featuring his most famous hero Captain Blood.

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