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Airs at: Mon, 08/19/2024 at 11:00pm - 12:00am
Hosted by: 
Matthew Clark
Produced by: 
KBOO
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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.

Genre(s): 
Experimental, Radio Theatre, Arts and Culture
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
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Gremlin Time on 01/16/12

Airs at: Mon, 01/16/2012 at 11:00pm - Tue, 01/17/2012 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
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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
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
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
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
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
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
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

Dean and Me by Jerry Lewis

Airs at: Mon, 08/15/2011 at 12:00am
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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... Read more

The Valley of the Lost by Robert E. Howard

Airs at: Sun, 07/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
 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 ... Read more

The Case of the Irate Witness by Earl Stanley Gardner

Airs at: Mon, 06/20/2011 at 12:00am
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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.  Unl... Read more

This Moment of the Storm by Roger Zelazny

Airs at: Tue, 04/19/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
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 wid... Read more

Gremlin Time on 03/21/11

Airs at: Mon, 03/21/2011 at 11:00pm - Tue, 03/22/2011 at 12:00am
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Danny Floyd had his doubts about teaming up with film geek Farrel Johns, and setting off for Hollywood. But being a failed screenwriter turned out to be not as bad as being wanted for murder! Tonight's dramatization is adapted from a short story by Gar Anthony Haywood. This... Read more