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Yabba Dabba Doo! The Alan Reed Story
by Alan Reed
voiced by Alan Reed Jr.
with Bill Marx as Fred Allen, Commentary by Joe Bevilacqua
Length: 5 hours
& 6 min.
The autobiography of the voice of Fred Flintstone is brought to life by veteran radio-theater producer Joe Bevilacqua and Alan Reed Jr., featuring rare interviews with Alan Reed himself, an interview with Joe Barbera, and clips from Reed's radio, TV, and film career, including The Fred Allen Show, The Shadow, The Life of Riley, Life with Luigi, Duffy's Tavern, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Viva Zapata, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and The Flintstones.
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The New Oldtime Radio Hour:
'Fibber McGee' and 'Duffy’s Tavern'
By Joe Bevilacqua Narrated by Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Kenny Savoy, Jim Folly, Aundrae Dair, Joan Bierschenk, Paul Salomone
Length: 59 min.
Includes: Fibber McGee and Molly:"The House of Wax". It's 1953 and Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve makes a less than triumphant return to Wistful Vista to introduce Vincent Price at the Wistful Vista Bijou premiere of the 3-D movie The House of Wax. Meanwhile, Fibber tries to save five cents by making his own 3D glasses. Teeny, Mr. Oldtimer, Wally Wimple, Mrs. Uppington, Harlow Wilcox, and even Fibber's closet... are all here in this brand-new "Fibber" tale! |
Duffy's Tavern: "If We All Talked Like Allen Jenkins". Archie, Finnegan, Eddie, Miss Duffy and all the gang are back "where the elite meet to eat" in this first new Duffy's Tavern outing since 1952. Archie tries to lure the Shriner's Convention to the tavern with promises of big stars he can't deliver, not knowing the real Warner Brothers movie actors Edward G. Robinson and Allen Jenkins are hiding in the kitchen. |
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The Best of Cartoon Carnival, Volume One: 'The Interviews'
by Joe Bevilacqua
Voiced by Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Joe Barbera, Leonard Maltin, Bob Clampett, Stan Freberg, Daws Butler, Mel Blanc, Bill Marx, June Foray, Craig Marin, Janet Waldo
Length: 2 hours
& 51 min.
As the protégé of cartoon voice legend Daws Butler (Yogi Bear), the veteran award-winning broadcaster (NPR, Sirius-XM Radio) Joe Bevilacqua is no stranger to the cartoon world. Joe Bev. even co-authored his mentor's authorized biography, Daws Butler, Characters Actor, available from Amazon.com. From Mel Blanc to June Foray, from Disney to Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Carnival is a lively hour of rare and classic cartoon audio, children's records, cartoon music and sound effects, new radio cartoons, interviews, and mini-documentaries about the wonderful world of animation. |
ISBN: 978-1-4507-9454-1
In this first collection are interviews with Joe Barbera, Leonard Maltin, Bob Clampett, Stan Freberg, Daws Butler, Mel Blanc, Bill Marx, June Foray, Bill Scott, Hoyt Curtin, and Craig Marin. Plus, audio from Warner Brothers and Hanna-Barbera cartoons: The Jetsons, The Flintstones, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Ruff n Reddy, Magilla Gorilla, Bob Clampett's Time for Beany, Jay Ward's Rocky and Bullwinkle, Fractured Fairy Tales, Fractured Flickers, The Chuck McCann Show, Winchell-Mahoney Time (Paul Winchell), and The Sandy Becker Show. |
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Daws Butler’s Halloween Happening
The Best of Cartoon Carnival, Volume 3
By Daws Butler
Voiced by Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg
Length: 45 min.
A new production of the classic radio play by the voice of Yogi Bear, Daws Butler! Produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran radio-theater producer Joe Bevilacqua, and performed by husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg.
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ISBN: 978-1-4507-9449-7
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Pedro Pablo Sacristan
Halloween Stories for Children
Translated into English
By Pedro Pablo Sacristan
Voiced by Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg
Length: 45 min.
Stories include:
"The Creature in the Attic", "A Different Take on Halloween", "Waking Nightmare", "The Evil Goblins", "The Brave Boy and the Multicolored Ghost", "The Monster in the Closet, "Forever a Monster", Bewitched Tongues", "The Ugly Fairy", "The Sweet Witch", "Katrina the Capricious Witch", "The Evil Millisphore"
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ISBN: 978-1-4507-9450-3
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Pedro Pablo Sacristan
Spanish Christmas Stories for Children
Translated into English
By Pedro Pablo Sacristan
Voiced by Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg
Length: 1 hour & 4 min.
Christmas stories include: "The Best Choice", "A Forced Christmas", "Bula the Traveler", "Christmas Presents", "The Please-o-Meter", and "The Little Christmas Star." There are also the stories "The Tidy Toys", "The Match and the Toy Men", "Problems on the Ark", "A Colorful Head", "A Drop of Water", and "Balloon Acrobatics". For text of these stories and more |
ISBN: 978-1-4507-9453-4 |
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The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes:
The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour,
Season One
By Joe Bevilacqua, Daws Butler,
Robert J. Cirasa
Voiced by Vernon Morris, Henry J. Quinn, Jan Meredith , Ed Hyland, Terry Price, Gwendolyn Lewis, B. H. Barry
Length: 4 hours
& 56 min.
The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes, Volume One of The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour, produced and directed by Joe Bevilacqua, written by Joe Bevilacqua, Daws Butler, and Robert J. Cirasa. Comedy and mystery are happy bedfellows in The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes. Veteran award-winning radio producer Joe Bevilacqua's 10-part radio theater series pays humorous homage to the classic characters of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories are filled with sly references to the original "canon", as it is called. Even the Baker Street Irregulars and other Holmesian groups and scholars have enjoyed this about the series. The fine cast of British and American actors includes Sherlock Holmes: Vernon Morris; Dr. John H. Watson, M.D.: Henry J. Quinn; Ms. Hudson: Jan Meredith; Professor Moriarty: Ed Hyland; Irene Adler: Terry Price; Mary Morstan: Gwendolyn Lewis; Tavis Mac Millian: B.H. Barry; Arthur Conan Doyle, William Gillette, Bert Stover ,and roles: Joe Bevilacqua.
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ISBN: 978-1-4507-7295-2
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Titles include: Episode One: "The Mystery of the Creepy Hack Writer"; Episode Two: "My Dinner at Baker Street"; Episode Three: "Sherlock Holmes in Trouble"; Episode Four: "A Study in Lavender"; Episode Five: "The Death of Mr. Sherlock Holmes"; Episode Six: "The Giant Rat of Sumatra"; Episode Seven: "Tales from the Vienna Wards"; Episode Eight: "His Second to Last Bow"; Episode Nine: "Revenge of the Beekeeper"; Episode Ten: "Holmes' Creepy Christmas". |
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We Take You Now to Grover's Mill: The Making of the 'War of the Worlds' Broadcast
by Joe Bevilacqua
Voiced by Joe Bevilacqua, John Houseman, Howard Koch, Arthur Anderson
Length: 30 min.
In this 1988 documentary, award-winning NPR producer Joe Bevilacqua looks at how the landmark broadcast came about and examines its impact on broadcast history. The half-hour program includes rare interviews with Mercury Theater producer John Houseman and writer Howard Koch, actor Arthur Anderson, and the people of Grover's Mill, New Jersey, who lived through the "Martian invasion". |
ISBN: 978-1-4507-7297-6 |
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Uncle Dunkle and Donnie, Fractured Fables by Daws Butler, Vol. 1
By Joe Bevilacqua
Length: 4 hours
& 56 min.
Almost five hours of family entertainment! A seal who can't balance? An elephant who always forgets? A green cow who walks on her front feet? These are just some of the wacky characters from the unique mind of Daws Butler, the man who voiced most of the classic Hanna-Barbera characters: Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, and Snagglepuss, to name a few. Uncle Dunkle and Donnie is a collection of imaginative, never-before-released cartoon scripts by Butler, who also worked on Jay Ward's classic 1960s Fractured Fairy Tales and Aesop and Sons animated cartoons.
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ISBN: 978-1-59393-157-3
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The New Stories of Old-Time Radio:
Volume One, Set One
By Joe Bevilacqua
Voiced by Joe Bevilacqua
Length: 3 hours and 47 min.
The New Stories of Old Time Radio, Volume One, Set One, produced, directed and voiced by Joe Bevilacqua, with Lorie Kellogg. The first anthology of NEW fiction based on the beloved OTR characters and shows we know and love. Old Time Radio fans have something new to listen to! Includes: Our Miss Brooks: "One Principal Too Many, One Principal Too Meanie" by Clair Schulz; Tom Mix: "Tom Mix and the Mystery of the Bodiless Horseman" by Jim Harmon; Candy Matson Yukon 2-8209: "The Japanese Sandman" by Jack French;
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ISBN: 978-1-59393-162-X
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cont. The Clyde Beatty Show: "Perils of the Tiger Barn" by Roger Smith; The Green Lama: "The Case of the Bashful Spider" by Bob Martin; Sgt. Preston of the Yukon: "A Call from the Storm" by Jim Nixon. |
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Old-Time Radio Parodies:
The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour, Season Two
By Joe Bevilacqua, William Melillo, Robert J. Cirasa
Voiced by Joe Bevilacqua, Rick Ramos, Alison Nead, Cathi Tully , William Melillo, Jay Snyder, Peter Cummings, Thomas Babakowski, Peter Nevargic, James Cronin
Length: 2 hours
& 53 min.
Includes: Our Miss Brooks: "One Principal Too Many, One Principal Too Meanie" by Clair Schulz; Tom Mix: "Tom Mix and the Mystery of the Bodiless Horseman" by Jim Harmon; Candy Matson Yukon 2-8209: "The Japanese Sandman" by Jack French; |
ISBN: 978-1-4507-7301-0
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cont. The Clyde Beatty Show: "Perils of the Tiger Barn" by Roger Smith; The Green Lama: "The Case of the Bashful Spider" by Bob Martin; Sgt. Preston of the Yukon: "A Call from the Storm" by Jim Nixon. |
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A Freneau Sampler:
The Prose and Poetry of Revolutionary War Writer Philip Freneau
By Joe Bevilacqua
Voiced by Joe Bevilacqua, William Melillo, Alison Nead, Rick Ramos, Leslie Spital, Cathi Tully
Length: 31 min.
A Freneau Sampler: The Prose and Poetry of American Revolutionary War Writer Philip Freneau, produced and directed by Joe Bevilacqua. Philip Morin Freneau (January 2, 1752 - December 18, 1832) was a notable American poet, nationalist, polemicist, sea captain, and newspaper editor, sometimes called the "Poet of the American Revolution". This half-hour historical drama was adapted into play form by Joe Bevilacqua, in association with W. John Bauer, English Professor, Kean University. It was first toured on stage with grants |
ISBN: 978-1-4507-7298-3
from the Monmouth County Historical Society and the New Jersey Historical Commission.
The play details Freneau's fascinating life alongside the leaders of the Revolution, from George Washington to Ben Franklin, and features a fine cast including Joe Bevilacqua as Philip Freneau, with William Melillo, Alison Nead, Rick Ramos, Leslie Spital, and Cathi Tully. |
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The Whithering of Willoughby and the Professor: Their Ways in the Worlds
The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour Volume Three
by Joe Bevilacqua
Voiced by Joe Bevilacqua
Length: 8 hours
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8 min.
This is epic science-fiction fantasy comedy, in the Monty Python/Terry Gilliam vein, about a boy and his professor who travel willy-nilly across time and space in a failed attempt to ''cure the world of all its ills''. Produced, directed, and voiced by Joe Bevilacqua, with David Garland and Margaret Juntwait, written by Joe Bevilacqua and Robert J. Cirasa, theme music by David Garland, |
ISBN: 978-1-4507-7296-9
musical numbers written by Joe Bevilacqua, performed by the Paul Salomone Trio with Paul on piano, Ed Fuqua on bass, and Jim Mason on drums. |
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Twenty-Five Spanish Children's Stories: Translated into English
By Pedro Pablo Sacristan
Voiced by Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg
Length: 1 hour
& 45 min.
Includes: "The Lazy Bird", "The Poor Bunny's Magic Present", "The Drawing That Talked", "The Mysterious Juggling Clown", "The Mocking Tiger", "The Carnivorous Plant and the Butcher", "August Heat", "The Happy Sweeper", "The Tree and the Vegetables", "The Opera Singer", "The Beauty Contest", "The Deductive Mr. Horsefly", "The Hypersensor", "The Crashed Marian", "A Pessimistic Dog", "The Wicked Prince", "The Respectful Prince and the Dwarfs",
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ISBN: 978-1-4507-7300-3
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cont. "The Resentful Thumb", "The Unfriendly River", "The Robot with a Virus", "A Frog and a Frying Pan", "Stickybeard's Treasure", "The Colorless Tiger", "Manute the Brave", "Bigmouth Fox". |
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Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady
By Joe Bevilacqua
Narrated by Joe Bevilacqua, Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, Barbara Bush, Kirk Douglas, Helen Hayes and Katherine Graham
Length: 58 min.
Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady, written, produced, directed, and narrated by Joe Bevilacqua. One of the most licensed audiobooks on The Public Radio Exchange and iTunes, Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady is veteran NPR producer Joe Bevilacqua's award-winning audio documentary examining the challenges and achievements of this extraordinary woman. The hour combines never-before-released archive audio, gleaned from thousands of hours of recordings housed at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, period news broadcasts, private conversations with Lyndon Baines Johnson, and the words of Lady Bird Johnson from an interview that has never before been released to the public. Bevilacqua spent nearly five months listening to the rare tapes and traveled to Washington, |
ISBN: 978-1-4507-7302-7
D.C., to interview Mrs. Johnson's colleagues and friends. The program features Lyndon Johnson Administration staffers Liz Carpenter, Bess Abell, and Nash Castro, Washington Post owner Katherine Graham, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum Director Harry Middleton, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Director Robert Glass Breunig; Lady Bird biographer Jan Jarboe Russell, and First Ladies Betty Ford and Barbara Bush.
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Ancient Rising:
The 3D Audiobook Experience [Unabridged]
by JC De La Torre (Author),
Voiced by Joe Bevilacqua
Length: 11 hours
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13 min.
Six years after its initial publication, Ancient Rising still captures the hearts and minds of adventurous readers (and now listeners) beginning their trek into the world of the Ancients. With Book I of the Rise of the Ancients saga, JC De La Torre puts together a fast paced adventure of a lifetime. Now, award winning radio theater artist Joe Bevilacqua breathes new life into the characters that make Ancient Rising one of the most exciting tales out there. Bevilacqua introduces you to the Bev-O-Vision 3D audiobook experience, designed to completely immerse you into the story. He weeps when the main character Dan Ryan loses someone close to him. He cries out when Ryan exclaims in pain. He becomes Ryan, Doc Constant, Mina, Hermes, and all of the
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colorful characters. JC De La Torre takes you on a breathless search for the lost continent of Atlantis and Bevilacqua delivers each and every action packed moment. From the debut of the Greek God Hermes, to the pits of Hades and the rise of Atlantis, Ancient Rising puts you on course for action-packed fun. |
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The Bear: A Classic One-Act Play
By Anton Chekhov
Voiced by Joe Bevilacqua, Cathi Tully, Bob Miller, William Duff-Griffin
Length: 29 min.
The Bear, the classic one-act play by Anton Chekhov, produced, directed, and adapted by Joe Bevilacqua. Written in 1900, The Bear is one of the great works of Anton Chekhov, about the strange beginnings of love between the recently widowed Mrs. Popov and Grigory Stepanovich Smirnov. In Russian the word for "bear" which has two meanings: an animal or a rather rude, clumsy, awkward man. The play is alternately titled The Boor. The fine cast includes Cathi Tully, Bob Miller, and William Duff-Griffin. |
ISBN: 978-1-4507-7299-0 |
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The Pace of Youth: The Classic Short Story
By Stephen Crane
Voiced by Joe Bevilacqua, Bill Mellilo, Cathi Tully, Peter Cummings, Leslie Spital
Length: 25 min.
Though best known for The Red Badge of Courage, his classic novel of men at war, in his tragically brief life and career, Stephen Crane produced a wealth of stories that stand among the most acclaimed and enduring in the history of American fiction. This adaptation of Crane's classic short story "The Pace of Youth" was produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran radio-theater producer Joe Bevilacqua, |
ISBN: 978-1-4507-9451-0
who is joined in the fine cast by William Melillo, Cathi Tully, Peter Cummings, and Leslie Spital. |
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Daws Butler Teaches You Dialects:
Lessons from the Voice of Yogi Bear!
By Daws Butler
Voiced by Daws Butler
Length: 53 min.
Daws Butler was the voice magician behind such classic cartoon characters as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Quick Draw McGraw. Daws talks directly to you, demonstrating his dialect technique and entertaining you at the same time! The companion book, Scenes for Actors and Voices, is available from Amazon.com.
Dialects featured: British, Cockney, Irish, Scottish, Italian, Brooklyn, Hindu, German, French, Southern. |
ISBN: 978-1-4507-7303-4
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Rare Daws Butler
Comedy from the Voice of Yogi Bear
By Daws Butler
Voiced by Daws Butler
Length: 49 min.
Daws Butler was the voice magician behind such classic cartoon characters as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Quick Draw McGraw. Daws also co-wrote and voiced many of Stan Freberg's greatest comedy records, including Saint George and the Dragonet. Here is a hilarious collection of rare, never-before-released Daws Butler comedy recordings, featuring the voices of Stan Freberg, Shep Menken, Herschel Bernardi, and Carol Hemmingway.
Included: Daws Butler’s Comedy Demo, Daws Demonstrates How to Do Quick Draw, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear and Snagglepuss, Blooper's Soap, Daws Butler's Serious Demo, Yogi Bear Meets the Celebrities, Arthur Godfrey Parody, The Flea, Margery Dickerson, Mr. Jinks Tells Mary Had a Little Lamb, Romney Tuff, Who’s Afraid of a Virginian's Wrath |
ISBN: 978-1-4507-7304-1
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Son of Harpo Speaks!
A Family Portrait
By Bill Marx
Narrated by Bill Marx
Length: 8 hours
& 46 min.
Over 9 Hours Of Entertainment! "For many years, friends and family have asked me, 'Bill, why don't you write a book about your life? You must have had quite a childhood growing up with your dad, Harpo, and those zany uncles of yours, the Marx Brothers. And what about those weird, maybe fatalistic happenings you've experienced that can only be described as 'too-Hollywood-to-believe?'" —Bill Marx
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The Laugh Makers
A Behind-The-Scenes Tribute To Bob Hope's Incredible Gag Writers
By Bob Mills
Narrated by Bob Mills
Length: 11 hours
& 24 min.
"Over 11 hours of entertainment!" says Laugh-In's Gary Owens. "In The Laugh Makers, Bob Mills takes us on a delightful, side-splitting journey back to the slapstick sketch comedy of television's Golden Age - a long-ago era of variety, song-and-dance, brilliant patter, and a seemingly endless parade of laughs - sprung from the genius of 'gag men,' that talented group of wit-blessed word-smiths to whom the book pays well-deserved homage."
The Laugh Makers is a priceless collection of heretofore unpublished recollections revealing untold secrets and goings-on behind the scenes on the Bob Hope Show, from Stockholm to Bora Bora, London to Peking. |
ISBN: 978-1-59393-151-4
It's jam-packed with stories and anecdotes - all from a fondly remembered past that will have you chuckling from start to finish. Bob Mills is well qualified to salute the famous corps of gag men who kept the comedian knee-deep in jokes.These first-hand recollections summon up the final phase of Hope's career - and the end of the trail for an entire brand of show business.
The Laugh Makers was listed in Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy - Year End Book Survey 2009. |
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A Waterlogg
Double Feature:
'The Joe Bev Valentine Treat'
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The Comedy-O-Rama Hour Valentine Special 'Cupid Comes to Camp Waterlogg'
Length: 2 hours
& 20 min.
ONE: "The Joe Bev Valentine Treat": This is a charming hour of stories (real and fictional) about love, hosted by veteran public radio producer Joe Bevilacqua. The hour includes: (1.) "Who's Afraid of a Virginian's Wrath?": a parody of the Edward Albee play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, as played by George and Martha Washington. (2.) "A Valentine From Graham Nash's Mac": On February 12, 1996, an email from rock artist Graham Nash's Macintosh laptop triggered a series of bizarre coincidences, which led to the meeting of Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg. (3.) "Ode to a Transfer Station", or "Love Poem for the Dump". (4.) "A Mathematical Valentine": Joe Bevilacqua tracks down his former mathematics professor, Ron Reummler, to hear how math can explain lost love. (5.) "The Love of Lee the Horselogger": Joe Bevilacqua meets a man who set out in a covered wagon in 2006 to find his childhood sweetheart and fell in love with America instead. (6.) "Marian the Librarian Finds Love at the Bookmobile": The true story of love, in Marion's own words. (7.) "Valentine Vignette": a sketch by Daws Butler. |

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TWO: The Comedy-O-Rama Hour Valentine Special: "Cupid Comes to Camp Waterlogg". A comic one-hour radio play written by Joe Bevilacqua and performed by real-life husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg, plus Cousin Kenny Savoy, Jim Folly, Tom Giannazzo, and Reagan Bonjorno Leonard. Recorded in the woods of Napanoch, New York, and at Carolyn's on Broadway in New York City. |
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BOOKS:
UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE
is a collection of imaginative,
never-before-released cartoon scripts by Butler, who also worked on the classic 1960s Jay Ward "Fractured Fairy Tales" and "Aesop and Sons" animated cartoons.
A seal who can't balance? An elephant who always forgets? A green cow who walks on her front feet? These are just some of the wacky characters from the unique mind of Daws Butler, the man who voiced most of the classic Hanna-Barbera characters--Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw and Snagglepuss, to name a few. Uncle Dunkle and Donnie is a collection of imaginative, never-before-released cartoon scripts by Butler, who also worked on the classic 1960s Jay Ward "Fractured Fairy Tales" and "Aesop and Sons" animated cartoons. The book was edited, co-written and illustrated (in retro Hanna-Barbera style) by Butler protégé Joe Bevilacqua, who has also recorded an audio "cartoon" book of UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE, doing all the voices himself! What the animation industry is saying about UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE: "It all started with Daws Butler--actor, writer, teacher--writing UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE children's stories with exquisite sophisticated humor but always resonating with gentle and subtle lessons in morality. Then came Joe Bevilacqua--also actor, writer and producer--vocally bringing to life all of the charming characters in the Daws Butler book. Reading and listening to UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE is a delightful experience that you and your family can and will enjoy!" - June Foray, legendary voice actress (Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Witch Hazel, Granny) |
"Any cartoon fan can recognize Daws Butler's multitude of voices, but few know of his writing. Butler, a purveyor of witty wordplay and twisty tales, will surprise and amuse readers. These stories now come to life as told by the hilarious Joe Bevilacqua, man of 97 voices!" - Linda Simensky (Senior Director of Programming for PBS Kids) |
DAWS BUTLER, CHARACTERS ACTOR
Book By Ben Ohmart & Joe Bevilacqua
Ben Ohmart has written books on voice actors Paul Frees and Walter Tetley, as well as biographies of Don Ameche, The Bickersons, Disney composer Buddy Baker, playwright Tim Kelly, and others. He runs BearManor Media, a small publishing company specializing in books on old radio and old film actors. BM's current and upcoming titles include biographies on The Ritz Brothers, Agnes Moorehead, Verna Felton, Guy Williams, Peggy Ann Garner, Ted Lewis, and many more. Joe Bevilacqua first wrote Daws Butler when he was 16 years old in 1975. Soon after, Daws appointed himself Joe's personal mentor and thus began a whirlwind 13-year apprenticeship. Bevilacqua has gone on to become is a veteran award-winning voice actor, radio producer, dramatist, humorist and documentarian. His credits include such documentaries as From Moonshine to Armadillos: the Birth of the Austin Music Scene (2003), One Song at a Time: Tales from the Kerrville Folk Festival (2000) and We Take You Now to Grover's Mill: The 50th Anniversary of the War of the Worlds Broadcast (1988). His documentary Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady (2001) was heard in nearly 200 public radio stations and was a finalist for best documentary at the 2001 New |
York Festivals competition. He is a frequent contributor to National Public Radio, and, in 2004, was awarded a Silver Reel Award from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters for his personal essay A Guy Named Joe Bevilacqua. |
Scenes for Actors and Voices
Book By Daws Butler & Joe Bevilacqua
Do you want to be a voice actor? Gosh, don't we all? If you do, Scenes for Actors and Voices by Daws Butler, edited by Ben Ohmart and Joe Bevilacqua, with a foreword by voice virtuoso Corey Burton is for you. The late Daws Butler, as if anyone needs to be reminded of his genius, did the voices of such cartoon characters as Yogi Bear, Elroy Jetson, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, and hundreds of others. This text is purely a "book of scenes, exercises and advice for voice actors," written by Daws, here published for the first time. A giant in his field, Butler ran a voice-acting workshop for years utilizing the methods contained in this book. All you aspiring characters order from BearManor Media. --Classic Images |
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IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN,
NEW STORIES
FROM OLD TIME RADIO
Chapter Fourteen
Co-written by Joe Bevilacqua
& Robert Cirasa
There are twenty short stories to be found in this book, and honestly, I can say that all of them are quite good, and they all impressively capture the flavor of the original programs. That's no easy task when you're writing short story fiction based around characters that were designed for use in an aural medium. Ohmart set few stipulations before the authors, but one of them was that the programs written about must've originated on radio. Therefore, we see no stories of The Thin Man, The Shadow, or Have Gun Will Travel. While that did knock out quite a few great shows, we still get plenty of good reading. --SPERDVAC's Radiogram
It would be impossible to comment on each of the stories in this collection, but the reviewer found the whole group to be compelling, absorbing, skillfully plotted, and often surprising. They were perfect matches for the radio shows which inspired them. The short biographies of the authors suggest a mix between experienced professionals, with lengthy credits, and first-time fiction writers, |
but all the works demonstrate a seasoned, polished construction making it difficult to select a favorite, or "best of show." The tales in this wondrous volume deserve a wide audience. --Radio Recall
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It's That Time Again 2
NEW STORIES
FROM OLD TIME RADIO
Edited by Jim Harmon
Foreword - Jim Harmon
Vic and Sade (The Stembottom Situation) – William F. Nolan
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It's That Time Again 3
NEW STORIES
FROM OLD TIME RADIO
Edited by Jim Harmon
Here it is! The "meets" volume! Ever wondered what might happen if The Whistler meets Mysterious Traveler Sherlock Holmes meets Raffles Johnny Dollar goes into Duffy's Tavern Jack Benny meets Richard Diamond Captain Midnight meets Sky King Gunsmoke meets Have Gun Will Travel The Bickersons meet Fibber McGee & Molly Mary Noble meets Lum & Abner Just Plain Bill visits the Halls of Ivy The Great Gildersleeve meets Honest Harold Vic & Sade meet Aunt Fanny from Breakfast Club The Sea Hound meets Scarlet Queen ? Discover the answers to these and more in the third volume of the popular series of NEW adventures of old-time radio fiction. Praise for Volume 1: A terrific bunch of writers, all with the ability to make these shows sound as fresh as they were in their heyday. Laura Wagner, Classic Images The enthusiasm of the writers and their respect for the period is infectious. Jon L. Breen, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine |
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It's That Time Again 4
NEW STORIES
FROM OLD TIME RADIO
Jack French (Author), William F. Nolan (Author), Jim Harmon (Editor)
Sherlock Holmes is once again after the game which is afoot, but in the West of Tom Mix. Captain Midnight takes to the air and the virtual airwaves for us to solve a spy case. Mr. District Attoney solves a historic crime. Johnny Dollar adds a page to his expense account. Chandu the Magician lifts the veil on another mystery. These beloved characters from the world of old time radio are not gone forever, but live again in these pages in brand new stories, especially prepared for this edition. These short stories are in standard reading form, not re-tread scripts. Using you own imagination you can not only read them but hear those voices and sounds in your mind. Those who loved the "Theatre of Imagination" will love these stores pertaining to it from well-known authors including William F. Nolan, Jack A. French, Richard Lupoff, Jon Swartz, Steve Kallis, and Jim Harmon.
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BEAR MANOR MEDIA:
Fred Frees as Paul Frees Ringtones 1: Boris, Narrator and Ape
By Fred Frees
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Fred Frees as Paul Frees Ringtones 2: Ghost and Ludwig
By Fred Frees
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Building Success Thru Living: Exploring the Inner You Thru
Shouting and Loud Noises
By Fred Frees
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Zombie Maria
By Fred Frees & Ben Ohmart
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