WFMU: Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from January 8, 2024

Listener comments!
	👻 8:12pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:58pm Imaginos: Ahoy!
	9:01pm Webhamster Henry: Rocky is back! knock out in 8 mins!
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @8:58 Nice to see you in the chat! After all that holiday nonsense... it's back to our regularly scheduled programs.
	9:01pm Imaginos: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:01 I give him 7
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:01 Webhamster! Yes, we're back to the usual grind... but I think that's why people tune in!
	👻 9:02pm yerfriendpaul: Hey Austin, everyone!
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: I wish I could find this song that he talks over, without him talking. I'm sure it's out there somewhere... but I can't find it.
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ yerfriendpaul @9:02 yerfriendpaul! Are you ready for the squared circle?
	9:03pm asheville jon: Howdy!
	👻 9:03pm Austin Rich: Asheville Jon! Thanks for joining us.
	👻 9:03pm yerfriendpaul: ↳ Austin Rich @9:02 Ready as I’ll ever be ha ha!
	👻 9:04pm Austin Rich: As this show was "around the new year" from 53 to 54, and since we just did the same, this episode was broadcast almost exactly 70 years ago.
	9:05pm asheville jon: Ha, "lip dribble"
	9:05pm Webhamster Henry: "Can da lip dribble."
	👻 9:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: ""The Prize Fight Fix"" by "Rocky Fortune" There will be a couple of features of this episode that will be unique to this particular story, as it will include a couple elements from the "AFRS" version of this show. (Armed Forces Radio Service.) I'll point them out when we get there.
	👻 9:06pm yerfriendpaul: “boss, can i hit him just once maybe “ Fantastic
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: Rocky Fortune was very popular on AFRS, and ran for years and years on their airwaves. So the official AFRS versions of this show were slightly different than the regular versions.
	9:07pm Charles: Headache's keeping me awake longer than normal but that's a good thing on a monday ;)
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ yerfriendpaul @9:06 I could listen to the dialog in this show all the time.
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ Charles @9:07 Charles! Thanks for listening. Rocky is always fun, hopefully even with a headache?
	👻 9:08pm WR: Tonight Rocky's assignment is to be knocked out.
	👻 9:08pm Austin Rich: Eight minutes and he gets a kiss... sort of like getting knocked out?
	9:09pm Webhamster Henry: Are those changes like the slightly racier "Pvt. SNAFU" cartoons, spinning cautionary tales for the Armed Forces?
	👻 9:09pm Austin Rich: Nine minutes and he gets knocked out!
	👻 9:09pm WR: ↳ Austin Rich @9:08 and he's out.
	👻 9:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:09 Nothing like that. I'll mention it when we get there.
	9:09pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ WR @9:08 It's kind of cheating to put Rocky in a prizefight situation.
	👻 9:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:09 But that would have been a great idea!
	👻 9:13pm Austin Rich: I've mentioned this before, but it's been a while, so I'll mention this again: "Rocky Fortune" was written by one of the script adapters for "X-Minus One," and both shows were for NBC. So some of the backing music, and incidental music, that they use for Rocky Fortune are commonly heard sound cues on NBC... and therefore, on X-Minus One, too.
	👻 9:13pm WR: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:09 Ah ha the twist is that he "knocked out" the other fighter. Should have seen that coming but didn't.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: "That's clever..."
	👻 9:14pm yerfriendpaul: I picture the young skinny Sinatra in the boxing ring with oversized gloves
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: I just love wise guy chat. I could listen to the dialog in "Miller's Crossing" all day long, just for the wise guy dialog.
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ yerfriendpaul @9:14 I love that image!
	9:17pm Imaginos: Poison lipstick?
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @9:15 Certainly, Rocky Fortune was part of Franks efforts to rehabilitate his reputation, as a skinny and weak crooner, who ladies loved because he was sensitive. You'll notice: no singing in Rocky Fortune, in spite of being asked to do so. He was hoping to cultivate a "tough guy" image, which he honed with his future Hollywood and music endeavors.
	👻 9:17pm yerfriendpaul: ↳ Imaginos @9:17 I was thinking the same thing!
	9:19pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Austin Rich @9:15 Your wish... knucklesandgloves.blogspot.com...
	👻 9:20pm yerfriendpaul: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:19 YES!!
	👻 9:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:19 Wow! What an image!
	👻 9:21pm Austin Rich: Twice in one episode! Rocky must have brain damage.
	👻 9:25pm yerfriendpaul: Lotta bullets flying tonight
	👻 9:25pm Austin Rich: "I ran into a door." Yikes. That's awkward.
	👻 9:26pm Austin Rich: Since Frank's later reputation was for his movies and his singing, and since this radio show was so popular on AFRS, a lot of listeners expected him to sing on this show, since there were a couple examples of dramatic shows with singing in them, too. So the AFRS versions of Rocky Fortune often contained one of Frank's hits edited into the show, to meet this expectation. And, since most Rocky Fortune shows ran short without commercials, adding a song for AFRS served another function, too. This particular episode tonight was archived twice by OTR nerds, so I've included the song that was common in the AFRS version here.
	👻 9:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @9:26 This song is titled "S'posin'"
	9:27pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Austin Rich @9:26 FRRANKIE!
	9:27pm Imaginos: What would happen if Rocky were put in stasis and woke up in the sub basement at Network XXIII?
	👻 9:27pm yerfriendpaul: ↳ Austin Rich @9:26 Glad they added a tune! Big fan of his music (this era)
	👻 9:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @9:26 Again, not part of the original broadcast, but added for the regular AFRS broadcasts.
	👻 9:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:27 I would love that story!
	👻 9:29pm Austin Rich: The longer "outro song" was unique to AFRS broadcasts, too. Someone there must have created this, and tacked it onto AFRS shows.
	👻 9:29pm Austin Rich: I love that weird "driving at night" PSA.
	👻 9:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ yerfriendpaul @9:27 I have a TON of Sinatra albums. They used to be really cheap at thrift stores in the 90's.
	👻 9:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:27 I could see Rocky and Reg getting along quite well.
	👻 9:32pm yerfriendpaul: ↳ Austin Rich @9:30 I’ve got a bunch too. Greatness!
	👻 9:32pm Austin Rich: "I hate it." Bogart cracks me up.
	9:32pm laurapanic: listening, lurking, doing house jobs
	👻 9:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ yerfriendpaul @9:32 He has some gems, for sure.
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:32 We love our lurkers! You can lurk any time.
	9:33pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:32 I wonder what Rocky would think of Bryce and Max.
	👻 9:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:33 Rocky seems to be focused on survival, taking what jobs he can, relying on his wits to get out of scrapes. I suspect that Bryce and Max wouldn't really surprise him, so long as they aren't trying to knock him out or get in his way of a job.
	👻 9:37pm Austin Rich: "Was that you having a thought, Slate?"
	9:41pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:35 Good point. I think Rock's biggest worries other than Breughal would be Simon Pepper and Plantagenet.
	9:41pm Imaginos: Peller.
	9:42pm laurapanic: this doctor tho
	👻 9:42pm Austin Rich: Funny how Slate always manages to find another woman to flirt with.
	👻 9:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:42 Super suspect, as they kids say.
	9:44pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:42 It would be funny if the lady Slate went for went for Sailor instead
	9:44pm asheville jon: I wonder who killed him
	👻 9:44pm Austin Rich: An actual knife in the back as a metaphoric knife in the back.
	👻 9:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:44 If this show were written now, that would happen all the time.
	9:45pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:45 Yep. Both ways.
	👻 9:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ asheville jon @9:44 If only there were some clues...
	9:48pm Imaginos: If Imaginos took place in the time of Bold Venture, I could see him getting along well with Slate
	👻 9:50pm Austin Rich: "No Doctor every talked to me like that before."
	9:52pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:50 The lunatic is running the asylum
	👻 9:54pm Austin Rich: "Let's all go inside and join the National Geographic." Ha!
	9:54pm Imaginos: Freudian slip?
	10:02pm Imaginos: You did
	👻 10:06pm yerfriendpaul: Love that organ sound
	10:09pm Webhamster Henry: KARel CHApek << pronunciation guide
	10:09pm Webhamster Henry: en.wikipedia.org...
	10:10pm Imaginos: BBC does great science fiction. H2G2 got its start there
	10:11pm Imaginos: Blackstone
	10:13pm Imaginos: You ever hear the Night and Day blooper?
	10:14pm Webhamster Henry: The upcoming Zero Hour is a great Bradbury tale. My son was in a theatrical show based on The Illustrated Man with that in it. There are lots of Zero Hour adaptations.. including the TV show "The Whispers" , which like the story features stupid adults and alien friendly kids: en.wikipedia.org...
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @10:13 I am not familiar!
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @10:14 Yeah, this story might have been the first "X-Minus One" stories I ever heard.
	10:19pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @10:14 Getting sleepy
	👻 10:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @10:19 Sleep well!
	10:20pm Imaginos: Thank you
	👻 10:20pm Austin Rich: Some people say that the "bobby soxer" craze for Frank was just as wild as Beatlemania.
	👻 10:21pm yerfriendpaul: I was very lucky one day when out of the blue, Tony Bennet entered our floor (I worked at Nickelodeon in Times Square, the MTV building) and I just happened to be walking by as he entered. I was heading to the kitchenette area and fortunately so was he. I quickly said hello and thanked him for his music. Then I asked him, “what was the first record that couldn’t get enough of?”. He paused for a second to think and then replied, “I think it was Mel Torme and the Meltones”. He really praised his singing. I told him that I was going to run across the street to the Virgin Megastore and buy that record. It was thrill to meet him and I did go across the street to get the record but of course it wasn’t in stock. I ordered it online and got it a few weeks later. Good stuff!
	👻 10:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ yerfriendpaul @10:21 What a great story! Mel is a little underrated. He had a bad reputation for a while, but his records hold up.
	👻 10:25pm Austin Rich: I'm always so humble when I meet people who have done cool things. I feel like I should just thank them and listen to their stories. I'm sure Tony Bennet would have had that effect on me, too.
	👻 10:26pm yerfriendpaul: ↳ Austin Rich @10:25 He was incredibly gracious and kind. I immediately called my parents to tell them the exciting news.
	10:31pm Webhamster Henry: Blue Beetle will use his nippers! And: the third person.
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @10:31 Blue Beetle is like Cerebus in that respect.
	👻 10:31pm Heather Z: ↳ yerfriendpaul @10:26 That's so cool! I am so happy that I got to see him several times here in Rochester, NY. Terrific shows, all! I never got even close to him but I always had the sense he was a very kind and gracious man. Warms my heart to read your story!
	👻 10:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:31 Heather Z! Nice to know you were lurkin' with laurapanic.
	👻 10:33pm yerfriendpaul: ↳ Heather Z @10:31 Hi Heather! That’s so great that you saw him perform! Wish I had gotten a chance to. My folks saw him around that time (late 1990s) and raved at how good he was.
	👻 10:37pm Austin Rich: There were so many shows in the 90's and early 00's that I wish I'd seen. So many acts that just don't / can't play now. The only thing I regret is the shows I DIDN'T see.
	👻 10:37pm Heather Z: ↳ yerfriendpaul @10:33 Hi Yerfriendpaul! Tony Bennett had a goth contingent here in town, not even oddly, and lawn seats at the amphitheater weren't too.costly back then. He would even do the drop the mic down and project into the outdoor stands and we could hear him loud and clear. In maybe.... 2003? My folks took me and my friend Sarah to see him at the Eastman Theater. I'll never forget how nice that was of them and they loved the show, too.
	👻 10:38pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:33 I've been here except when the audio was muffled because I was washing out the hair dye! Then I guess I was still here but just drowning myself in the sink. Good times!
	👻 10:39pm yerfriendpaul: ↳ Heather Z @10:37 Oh wow - I remember my Dad telling me a similar story, where he would just sing without amplification and his voice would carry through the big room. That is so cool!
	👻 10:40pm Heather Z: ↳ yerfriendpaul @10:39 Yes! He did that every show I saw! And every time, it was so lovely and impressive!
	👻 10:41pm Austin Rich: That's how they used to have to do it ALL the time, back in the day. Amplification was not a guarantee, until some point in the 50s, and even then, it didn't sound great until the 70's.
	👻 10:42pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:41 I've heard that about Vaudeville, for sure. I would have been a hit! Is my voice good? No. Can I belt? Yes!
	👻 10:43pm yerfriendpaul: I saw Elvis Costello do that at The Beacon when the power suddenly went out for about 10 or 15 minutes. The band took a break and Elvis grabbed his acoustic guitar and just belted it out. We loved it
	👻 10:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ yerfriendpaul @10:43 That's pretty excellent! He's got a good catalog that could translate well to acoustic.
	👻 10:44pm Heather Z: ↳ yerfriendpaul @10:43 Omg that sounds so wonderful. I've never seen Elvis Costello and would very much like to!
	👻 10:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: ""Zero Hour"" by "X-Minus One" You'll notice this X-Minus One episodes is very short. X-Minus One would occasionally air a very short episode, and then others would be nearly 30 minutes. I think it depended on when they had sponsors, and whatnot. This might be the shortest episode they aired.
	👻 10:48pm yerfriendpaul: Ha ha! Love the kid’s enthusiasm
	10:49pm Webhamster Henry: Sit tight for a futuristic video phone call!
	👻 10:49pm Austin Rich: To me, this is the quintessential X-Minus One episode. I think it sort of perfectly captures the kind of story that you hear regularly on this show.
	👻 10:49pm WR: "Fifth Column" historical context.
	👻 10:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @10:49 While there is a lot of Cold War imagery and symbolism going on in X-Minus One as a whole, I think this episode REALLY hits that point, pretty hard.
	10:50pm Webhamster Henry: Not to be confused with Rod Serling's radio show : archive.org...
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @10:49 Earlier than the one in 2001. I wonder what earlier ones you can find?
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @10:50 Which I'm a big fan of! I was thinking about running it someday.
	10:52pm Webhamster Henry: Nice scream!
	👻 10:52pm Austin Rich: "She's a Scare-Baby, anyway." I need to start saying that more.
	👻 10:52pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:51 Run it!! Rod Serling is.... ahh
	👻 10:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @10:51 (I meant you in the general sense. I wasn't trying to assign homework.)
	👻 10:53pm Austin Rich: We're getting close to the end... thanks again everyone for tuning in! Glad to be back to the "regular" run of shows again.
	10:53pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Heather Z @10:52 There are also very good radio adaptations of the Twilight Zone: archive.org...
	👻 10:53pm Austin Rich: In the future they still go to the theater? Holy cats...
	👻 10:53pm yerfriendpaul: Zero hour is 5pm. Parents are gonna be too tired (from work) to take the kids seriously
	👻 10:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @10:53 There are!
	👻 10:54pm Austin Rich: ↳ yerfriendpaul @10:53 The aliens are smart.
	👻 10:55pm yerfriendpaul: This is legitimately suspenseful. I’m loving this
	👻 10:55pm Austin Rich: I love this ending. So creepy!
	👻 10:55pm Heather Z: Night all! Thanks for an awesome show, Austin, and a fun chat time once I got out from under that tap!
	10:56pm Webhamster Henry: There are lots of other Bradbury radio adaptations to listen to!: archive.org...
	👻 10:56pm Austin Rich: Peek-A-Boo!
	👻 10:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @10:56 Oh yeah! Bradbury is my jam!
	👻 10:56pm yerfriendpaul: Ha ha!! Tremendous!! Thank you Austin! Enjoyed the show! Good night all!
	👻 10:57pm Austin Rich: I sometimes wonder if Devo had heard this, before writing their song, "Peek-A-Boo."
	👻 10:57pm WR: thank you Austin. later folks.
	10:58pm asheville jon: Thanks Rich
	10:59pm Webhamster Henry: Nicely hosted! Till next week!

Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from January 8, 2024

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January 8, 2024: Episode #77

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
Rocky Fortune	"The Prize Fight Fix"	29 December 1953	NBC		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Bold Venture	"Crazy Old Carlo" ""Crazy Old Carlo"" by "Bold Venture"	31 December 1951	Santana Productions		0:30:02 (Pop-up)
John Musilli	Frank Sinatra: The Voice of Our Time (Part 1)	Frank Sinatra: The Voice of Our Time	Camera Three Productions	1990	1:12:57 (Pop-up)
The Blue Beetle	"Sabotage And Liquidation Part 2"	17 May 1940	Mutual–Don Lee Network		1:27:13 (Pop-up)
X-Minus One	"Zero Hour" ""Zero Hour"" by "X-Minus One"	23 November 1955	NBC Radio		1:41:46 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 8:12pm Austin Rich: Good Hello.
	8:58pm Imaginos: Ahoy!
	9:01pm Webhamster Henry: Rocky is back! knock out in 8 mins!
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @8:58 Nice to see you in the chat! After all that holiday nonsense... it's back to our regularly scheduled programs.
	9:01pm Imaginos: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:01 I give him 7
	👻 9:01pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:01 Webhamster! Yes, we're back to the usual grind... but I think that's why people tune in!
	👻 9:02pm yerfriendpaul: Hey Austin, everyone!
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: I wish I could find this song that he talks over, without him talking. I'm sure it's out there somewhere... but I can't find it.
	👻 9:02pm Austin Rich: ↳ yerfriendpaul @9:02 yerfriendpaul! Are you ready for the squared circle?
	9:03pm asheville jon: Howdy!
	👻 9:03pm Austin Rich: Asheville Jon! Thanks for joining us.
	👻 9:03pm yerfriendpaul: ↳ Austin Rich @9:02 Ready as I’ll ever be ha ha!
	👻 9:04pm Austin Rich: As this show was "around the new year" from 53 to 54, and since we just did the same, this episode was broadcast almost exactly 70 years ago.
	9:05pm asheville jon: Ha, "lip dribble"
	9:05pm Webhamster Henry: "Can da lip dribble."
	👻 9:05pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: ""The Prize Fight Fix"" by "Rocky Fortune" There will be a couple of features of this episode that will be unique to this particular story, as it will include a couple elements from the "AFRS" version of this show. (Armed Forces Radio Service.) I'll point them out when we get there.
	👻 9:06pm yerfriendpaul: “boss, can i hit him just once maybe “ Fantastic
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: Rocky Fortune was very popular on AFRS, and ran for years and years on their airwaves. So the official AFRS versions of this show were slightly different than the regular versions.
	9:07pm Charles: Headache's keeping me awake longer than normal but that's a good thing on a monday ;)
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ yerfriendpaul @9:06 I could listen to the dialog in this show all the time.
	👻 9:07pm Austin Rich: ↳ Charles @9:07 Charles! Thanks for listening. Rocky is always fun, hopefully even with a headache?
	👻 9:08pm WR: Tonight Rocky's assignment is to be knocked out.
	👻 9:08pm Austin Rich: Eight minutes and he gets a kiss... sort of like getting knocked out?
	9:09pm Webhamster Henry: Are those changes like the slightly racier "Pvt. SNAFU" cartoons, spinning cautionary tales for the Armed Forces?
	👻 9:09pm Austin Rich: Nine minutes and he gets knocked out!
	👻 9:09pm WR: ↳ Austin Rich @9:08 and he's out.
	👻 9:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:09 Nothing like that. I'll mention it when we get there.
	9:09pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ WR @9:08 It's kind of cheating to put Rocky in a prizefight situation.
	👻 9:09pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:09 But that would have been a great idea!
	👻 9:13pm Austin Rich: I've mentioned this before, but it's been a while, so I'll mention this again: "Rocky Fortune" was written by one of the script adapters for "X-Minus One," and both shows were for NBC. So some of the backing music, and incidental music, that they use for Rocky Fortune are commonly heard sound cues on NBC... and therefore, on X-Minus One, too.
	👻 9:13pm WR: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:09 Ah ha the twist is that he "knocked out" the other fighter. Should have seen that coming but didn't.
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: "That's clever..."
	👻 9:14pm yerfriendpaul: I picture the young skinny Sinatra in the boxing ring with oversized gloves
	👻 9:14pm Austin Rich: I just love wise guy chat. I could listen to the dialog in "Miller's Crossing" all day long, just for the wise guy dialog.
	👻 9:15pm Austin Rich: ↳ yerfriendpaul @9:14 I love that image!
	9:17pm Imaginos: Poison lipstick?
	👻 9:17pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @9:15 Certainly, Rocky Fortune was part of Franks efforts to rehabilitate his reputation, as a skinny and weak crooner, who ladies loved because he was sensitive. You'll notice: no singing in Rocky Fortune, in spite of being asked to do so. He was hoping to cultivate a "tough guy" image, which he honed with his future Hollywood and music endeavors.
	👻 9:17pm yerfriendpaul: ↳ Imaginos @9:17 I was thinking the same thing!
	9:19pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Austin Rich @9:15 Your wish... knucklesandgloves.blogspot.com...
	👻 9:20pm yerfriendpaul: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:19 YES!!
	👻 9:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @9:19 Wow! What an image!
	👻 9:21pm Austin Rich: Twice in one episode! Rocky must have brain damage.
	👻 9:25pm yerfriendpaul: Lotta bullets flying tonight
	👻 9:25pm Austin Rich: "I ran into a door." Yikes. That's awkward.
	👻 9:26pm Austin Rich: Since Frank's later reputation was for his movies and his singing, and since this radio show was so popular on AFRS, a lot of listeners expected him to sing on this show, since there were a couple examples of dramatic shows with singing in them, too. So the AFRS versions of Rocky Fortune often contained one of Frank's hits edited into the show, to meet this expectation. And, since most Rocky Fortune shows ran short without commercials, adding a song for AFRS served another function, too. This particular episode tonight was archived twice by OTR nerds, so I've included the song that was common in the AFRS version here.
	👻 9:26pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @9:26 This song is titled "S'posin'"
	9:27pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Austin Rich @9:26 FRRANKIE!
	9:27pm Imaginos: What would happen if Rocky were put in stasis and woke up in the sub basement at Network XXIII?
	👻 9:27pm yerfriendpaul: ↳ Austin Rich @9:26 Glad they added a tune! Big fan of his music (this era)
	👻 9:27pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @9:26 Again, not part of the original broadcast, but added for the regular AFRS broadcasts.
	👻 9:28pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:27 I would love that story!
	👻 9:29pm Austin Rich: The longer "outro song" was unique to AFRS broadcasts, too. Someone there must have created this, and tacked it onto AFRS shows.
	👻 9:29pm Austin Rich: I love that weird "driving at night" PSA.
	👻 9:30pm Austin Rich: ↳ yerfriendpaul @9:27 I have a TON of Sinatra albums. They used to be really cheap at thrift stores in the 90's.
	👻 9:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:27 I could see Rocky and Reg getting along quite well.
	👻 9:32pm yerfriendpaul: ↳ Austin Rich @9:30 I’ve got a bunch too. Greatness!
	👻 9:32pm Austin Rich: "I hate it." Bogart cracks me up.
	9:32pm laurapanic: listening, lurking, doing house jobs
	👻 9:32pm Austin Rich: ↳ yerfriendpaul @9:32 He has some gems, for sure.
	👻 9:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:32 We love our lurkers! You can lurk any time.
	9:33pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:32 I wonder what Rocky would think of Bryce and Max.
	👻 9:35pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:33 Rocky seems to be focused on survival, taking what jobs he can, relying on his wits to get out of scrapes. I suspect that Bryce and Max wouldn't really surprise him, so long as they aren't trying to knock him out or get in his way of a job.
	👻 9:37pm Austin Rich: "Was that you having a thought, Slate?"
	9:41pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:35 Good point. I think Rock's biggest worries other than Breughal would be Simon Pepper and Plantagenet.
	9:41pm Imaginos: Peller.
	9:42pm laurapanic: this doctor tho
	👻 9:42pm Austin Rich: Funny how Slate always manages to find another woman to flirt with.
	👻 9:43pm Austin Rich: ↳ laurapanic @9:42 Super suspect, as they kids say.
	9:44pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:42 It would be funny if the lady Slate went for went for Sailor instead
	9:44pm asheville jon: I wonder who killed him
	👻 9:44pm Austin Rich: An actual knife in the back as a metaphoric knife in the back.
	👻 9:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @9:44 If this show were written now, that would happen all the time.
	9:45pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:45 Yep. Both ways.
	👻 9:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ asheville jon @9:44 If only there were some clues...
	9:48pm Imaginos: If Imaginos took place in the time of Bold Venture, I could see him getting along well with Slate
	👻 9:50pm Austin Rich: "No Doctor every talked to me like that before."
	9:52pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @9:50 The lunatic is running the asylum
	👻 9:54pm Austin Rich: "Let's all go inside and join the National Geographic." Ha!
	9:54pm Imaginos: Freudian slip?
	10:02pm Imaginos: You did
	👻 10:06pm yerfriendpaul: Love that organ sound
	10:09pm Webhamster Henry: KARel CHApek << pronunciation guide
	10:09pm Webhamster Henry: en.wikipedia.org...
	10:10pm Imaginos: BBC does great science fiction. H2G2 got its start there
	10:11pm Imaginos: Blackstone
	10:13pm Imaginos: You ever hear the Night and Day blooper?
	10:14pm Webhamster Henry: The upcoming Zero Hour is a great Bradbury tale. My son was in a theatrical show based on The Illustrated Man with that in it. There are lots of Zero Hour adaptations.. including the TV show "The Whispers" , which like the story features stupid adults and alien friendly kids: en.wikipedia.org...
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @10:13 I am not familiar!
	👻 10:14pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @10:14 Yeah, this story might have been the first "X-Minus One" stories I ever heard.
	10:19pm Imaginos: ↳ Austin Rich @10:14 Getting sleepy
	👻 10:20pm Austin Rich: ↳ Imaginos @10:19 Sleep well!
	10:20pm Imaginos: Thank you
	👻 10:20pm Austin Rich: Some people say that the "bobby soxer" craze for Frank was just as wild as Beatlemania.
	👻 10:21pm yerfriendpaul: I was very lucky one day when out of the blue, Tony Bennet entered our floor (I worked at Nickelodeon in Times Square, the MTV building) and I just happened to be walking by as he entered. I was heading to the kitchenette area and fortunately so was he. I quickly said hello and thanked him for his music. Then I asked him, “what was the first record that couldn’t get enough of?”. He paused for a second to think and then replied, “I think it was Mel Torme and the Meltones”. He really praised his singing. I told him that I was going to run across the street to the Virgin Megastore and buy that record. It was thrill to meet him and I did go across the street to get the record but of course it wasn’t in stock. I ordered it online and got it a few weeks later. Good stuff!
	👻 10:22pm Austin Rich: ↳ yerfriendpaul @10:21 What a great story! Mel is a little underrated. He had a bad reputation for a while, but his records hold up.
	👻 10:25pm Austin Rich: I'm always so humble when I meet people who have done cool things. I feel like I should just thank them and listen to their stories. I'm sure Tony Bennet would have had that effect on me, too.
	👻 10:26pm yerfriendpaul: ↳ Austin Rich @10:25 He was incredibly gracious and kind. I immediately called my parents to tell them the exciting news.
	10:31pm Webhamster Henry: Blue Beetle will use his nippers! And: the third person.
	👻 10:31pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @10:31 Blue Beetle is like Cerebus in that respect.
	👻 10:31pm Heather Z: ↳ yerfriendpaul @10:26 That's so cool! I am so happy that I got to see him several times here in Rochester, NY. Terrific shows, all! I never got even close to him but I always had the sense he was a very kind and gracious man. Warms my heart to read your story!
	👻 10:33pm Austin Rich: ↳ Heather Z @10:31 Heather Z! Nice to know you were lurkin' with laurapanic.
	👻 10:33pm yerfriendpaul: ↳ Heather Z @10:31 Hi Heather! That’s so great that you saw him perform! Wish I had gotten a chance to. My folks saw him around that time (late 1990s) and raved at how good he was.
	👻 10:37pm Austin Rich: There were so many shows in the 90's and early 00's that I wish I'd seen. So many acts that just don't / can't play now. The only thing I regret is the shows I DIDN'T see.
	👻 10:37pm Heather Z: ↳ yerfriendpaul @10:33 Hi Yerfriendpaul! Tony Bennett had a goth contingent here in town, not even oddly, and lawn seats at the amphitheater weren't too.costly back then. He would even do the drop the mic down and project into the outdoor stands and we could hear him loud and clear. In maybe.... 2003? My folks took me and my friend Sarah to see him at the Eastman Theater. I'll never forget how nice that was of them and they loved the show, too.
	👻 10:38pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:33 I've been here except when the audio was muffled because I was washing out the hair dye! Then I guess I was still here but just drowning myself in the sink. Good times!
	👻 10:39pm yerfriendpaul: ↳ Heather Z @10:37 Oh wow - I remember my Dad telling me a similar story, where he would just sing without amplification and his voice would carry through the big room. That is so cool!
	👻 10:40pm Heather Z: ↳ yerfriendpaul @10:39 Yes! He did that every show I saw! And every time, it was so lovely and impressive!
	👻 10:41pm Austin Rich: That's how they used to have to do it ALL the time, back in the day. Amplification was not a guarantee, until some point in the 50s, and even then, it didn't sound great until the 70's.
	👻 10:42pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:41 I've heard that about Vaudeville, for sure. I would have been a hit! Is my voice good? No. Can I belt? Yes!
	👻 10:43pm yerfriendpaul: I saw Elvis Costello do that at The Beacon when the power suddenly went out for about 10 or 15 minutes. The band took a break and Elvis grabbed his acoustic guitar and just belted it out. We loved it
	👻 10:44pm Austin Rich: ↳ yerfriendpaul @10:43 That's pretty excellent! He's got a good catalog that could translate well to acoustic.
	👻 10:44pm Heather Z: ↳ yerfriendpaul @10:43 Omg that sounds so wonderful. I've never seen Elvis Costello and would very much like to!
	👻 10:45pm Austin Rich: ↳ Song: ""Zero Hour"" by "X-Minus One" You'll notice this X-Minus One episodes is very short. X-Minus One would occasionally air a very short episode, and then others would be nearly 30 minutes. I think it depended on when they had sponsors, and whatnot. This might be the shortest episode they aired.
	👻 10:48pm yerfriendpaul: Ha ha! Love the kid’s enthusiasm
	10:49pm Webhamster Henry: Sit tight for a futuristic video phone call!
	👻 10:49pm Austin Rich: To me, this is the quintessential X-Minus One episode. I think it sort of perfectly captures the kind of story that you hear regularly on this show.
	👻 10:49pm WR: "Fifth Column" historical context.
	👻 10:50pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @10:49 While there is a lot of Cold War imagery and symbolism going on in X-Minus One as a whole, I think this episode REALLY hits that point, pretty hard.
	10:50pm Webhamster Henry: Not to be confused with Rod Serling's radio show : archive.org...
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @10:49 Earlier than the one in 2001. I wonder what earlier ones you can find?
	👻 10:51pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @10:50 Which I'm a big fan of! I was thinking about running it someday.
	10:52pm Webhamster Henry: Nice scream!
	👻 10:52pm Austin Rich: "She's a Scare-Baby, anyway." I need to start saying that more.
	👻 10:52pm Heather Z: ↳ Austin Rich @10:51 Run it!! Rod Serling is.... ahh
	👻 10:52pm Austin Rich: ↳ Austin Rich @10:51 (I meant you in the general sense. I wasn't trying to assign homework.)
	👻 10:53pm Austin Rich: We're getting close to the end... thanks again everyone for tuning in! Glad to be back to the "regular" run of shows again.
	10:53pm Webhamster Henry: ↳ Heather Z @10:52 There are also very good radio adaptations of the Twilight Zone: archive.org...
	👻 10:53pm Austin Rich: In the future they still go to the theater? Holy cats...
	👻 10:53pm yerfriendpaul: Zero hour is 5pm. Parents are gonna be too tired (from work) to take the kids seriously
	👻 10:53pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @10:53 There are!
	👻 10:54pm Austin Rich: ↳ yerfriendpaul @10:53 The aliens are smart.
	👻 10:55pm yerfriendpaul: This is legitimately suspenseful. I’m loving this
	👻 10:55pm Austin Rich: I love this ending. So creepy!
	👻 10:55pm Heather Z: Night all! Thanks for an awesome show, Austin, and a fun chat time once I got out from under that tap!
	10:56pm Webhamster Henry: There are lots of other Bradbury radio adaptations to listen to!: archive.org...
	👻 10:56pm Austin Rich: Peek-A-Boo!
	👻 10:56pm Austin Rich: ↳ Webhamster Henry @10:56 Oh yeah! Bradbury is my jam!
	👻 10:56pm yerfriendpaul: Ha ha!! Tremendous!! Thank you Austin! Enjoyed the show! Good night all!
	👻 10:57pm Austin Rich: I sometimes wonder if Devo had heard this, before writing their song, "Peek-A-Boo."
	👻 10:57pm WR: thank you Austin. later folks.
	10:58pm asheville jon: Thanks Rich
	10:59pm Webhamster Henry: Nicely hosted! Till next week!

Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from January 8, 2024

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