Episode 137: The End of the Sphinx Affair (For Now)

August 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Yankee Clipper Audio DramaThis week we conclude our run of episodes by Boston-based Colonial Radio Theater, the “Yankee Clipper and the Adventure of the Golden Sphinx.”

The third episode just gets us to the action as it’s heating up, but head over to Spoken Network to hear more.

Following up the episode is an exclusive interview with Colonial Radio’s Jerry Robbins… Stay tuned!

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Radio Drama Revival – Episode 137

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Episode 136: The Golden Sphinx Gets Gone

August 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Yankee Clipper Audio DramaThis week we continue the series by Boston-based Colonial Radio Theater, the “Yankee Clipper and the Adventure of the Golden Sphinx.”

With two guards of a mysterious golden sphinx found dead, and the sphinx itself found missing, the crew of the Yankee Clipper finds themselves with unknown dangers and major mysteries to deal with.

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Radio Drama Revival – Episode 136

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Episode 135: A Sail on the Yankee Clipper with Colonial Radio Theater

August 14, 2009 By 3 Comments

Yankee Clipper Audio DramaThis week we welcome Boston-area Colonial Radio Theater on the Air to the show with their series “Yankee Clipper and the Adventure of the Golden Sphinx.” Colonial Radio is a long-running and prolific production company whose work has appeared on satellite radio, terrestrial radio, and on the web at their own website, Lulu, and The Spoken Word Network.

The story today puts us into 19th century Egypt, where lost crypts of ancient pharoahs were still being unearthed and secrets revealed… In episode 1, the courageous crew of the Yankee Clipper takes on new cargo that is more than they bargained for.

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Radio Drama Revival – Episode 135

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Fred’s Fuze: The Halloween Tree

July 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Sansa FuzeTitle: The Halloween Tree
Author: Ray Bradbury (Adapted)
Producer: Colonial Radio Theater
Type: Adaptation of a Short Story
Genre: Fantastic Drama
Availability: Paid Release

My Two Cents: Jerry Robbins and The Colonial Radio Theater have had the incredibly awesome pleasure of working with Ray Bradbury and their treatment of his work doesn’t disappoint. The Halloween Tree is Bradbury at his imaginative best, and Colonial does a fine job as realizing that imagination in a fantastic audio adventure. This is a worthy listen that won the Silver Ogle Award this year.

If you would, imagine A Nightmare Before Christmas and its richly realized caricature of a Hallowen world, and you’ll have an idea of the kind of job Colonial has done in The Halloween Tree. A group of young kids, dressed in their Halloween best, go searching around a haunted house and find themselves chasing after one of their lost number into a series of more outrageous underworldly locations. The music and sound effects are completely over the top, which is befitting this high-adventure story.

If audio had CGI, this would be it. Luckily, we can do in sound what it takes millions of dollars for computers to do, and have our imaginations tickled more than the movies ever can. Bravo.

Filed Under: American, Colonial Radio Theater, comedy, Fred's Fuze