Favoriting Dimestore Radio Theater with Austin Rich: Playlist from April 18, 2022 Favoriting

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Join us for two hours of old time radio dramas, as we present four different pulp fiction stories, every week! Noir Stories with everymen getting wrapped up in dangerous adventures! Sea-faring Tales that are as two-fisted as they are filled with romance! Mysterious Magicians from the Far East, or maybe a Science Fiction yarn from the Atomic Age! Dimestore Radio Theater offers a chance to engage in Theater of The Mind, and enter a world of incredible tales from both yesterday and tomorrow!

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Favoriting April 18, 2022: Episode #13

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Box 13  "Damsel In Distress"   Favoriting 14 November 1948  Mayfair Productions 
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Artie Shaw  Summit Ridge Drive [Excerpt]   Favoriting    
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The Voyage of The Scarlet Queen  "Shore Leave and the Unhappy Wife"   Favoriting 25 September 1947  Mutual 
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Chandu The Magician  "Rendezvous In The Garden"   Favoriting 13 July 1948  Mutual–Don Lee Networ 
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Dimension X  "A Logic Named Joe"   Favoriting 1 July 1950  NBC Radio 
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Listener comments!

Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 4:32pm
Austin Rich:

Good Hello.
  6:00pm
Charles:

I'm teady fir my weekly reunion with Holiday. Hello all!
  6:01pm
Ellen Lovebug:

Hey all
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:01pm
Austin Rich:

Good Hello, Charles!
  6:01pm
Charles:

*ready for.. I can't contain my exitement obviously..
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:01pm
Austin Rich:

Good Hello, Ellen!
  6:01pm
SW:

Hi! Story time again 😁
  6:02pm
Ellen Lovebug:

Halliday always has his work cut out for him. He could make a scrapbook of it
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:02pm
Austin Rich:

Getting the gang together for another excellent night of stories.

Hello, SW!
Avatar 6:03pm
Mr Fab:

don't know if youre still here egould, but another one might be "Down At The nightclub" by The Creeps.
  6:03pm
Ellen Lovebug:

My aunt had a speaking part, which unfortunately was cut, and my kindergarten best friend had a bit part in, a film called Chicago Overcoat, which is a reference to a mob means of murder, cement shoes, or another word for coffin
  6:04pm
John R:

Greetings Austin and all!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:04pm
Austin Rich:

That's pretty great, Ellen! I'll have to check out that film.

Good Hello, John R!
  6:04pm
Charles:

Mr. 13.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:05pm
Scott67:

G'day Austin & Cheap Seats!
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Avatar 6:06pm
spacebrother:

Gotta escape to go help my dad before the traffic, have a great show, Austin!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:06pm
Austin Rich:

Thanks spacebrother!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:06pm
Austin Rich:

Dan seems to find himself having drinks with "kids" and "teenagers" more often than his own peers.
  6:07pm
Ellen Lovebug:

Oh the classic ransom letter
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:08pm
Austin Rich:

It's nice to know that in 1948, the "cut out newspaper letters" ransom note was already a trope.
Avatar 6:08pm
HyperDose:

DRAMA QUEEN!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:08pm
Austin Rich:

Good to see you, HyperDose!
  6:09pm
Ellen Lovebug:

Before the days of caller ID
  6:09pm
Ellen Lovebug:

Did he really suspect these girls would poison him?
  6:10pm
Ellen Lovebug:

Maybe he thinks they're faking this to make a break from the school?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:11pm
Austin Rich:

I think he was being dramatic, implying that he can't handle the "poison" of the average teenage drink. (He complained about the drinks the other kid ordered for him in the previous episode.)
  6:11pm
Ellen Lovebug:

I remember my 5th grade teachers, too
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:12pm
Austin Rich:

That teacher is terrible. C'mon! ACAB!
  6:12pm
Ellen Lovebug:

I look forward every week to the clarinet music. And the snark! Wow that was funny
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:13pm
Scott67:

Is that you returning fire at the bottom of the Noir steps Austin?
  6:15pm
Ellen Lovebug:

I used to have a special airplane jacket with a remarkable number of pockets
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:15pm
Austin Rich:

Oh no. Detective Austin doesn't carry a gun. He uses his wits... and his aikido training he received while he was training with mystics in the far east.
Avatar 6:16pm
HyperDose:

He just tells people to leave πŸ˜‚
  6:16pm
Ellen Lovebug:

so-called mind
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:17pm
Scott67:

just wondering, the contemporary clothes on that bottom are a riddle?
  6:17pm
Ellen Lovebug:

That's the second homoerotic joke this episode
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:17pm
Scott67:

Bottom guy that is!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:18pm
Austin Rich:

There's a lot of homoerotic subtext in old film noirs / detective stories. I think it's part of the package.
  6:18pm
Charles:

I'll never get tired of Halliday and Cling(?)'s interactions.
  6:18pm
Ellen Lovebug:

Haha no pun intended
  6:19pm
Ellen Lovebug:

a psychiatrist! hm
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:19pm
Scott67:

My comment was inadvertent innuendo too!
Avatar 6:20pm
HyperDose:

If someone treats me to a malted I'll do whatever they want for the next two hours. I'm hella easy
  6:20pm
Ellen Lovebug:

Hahahahaha I love happy accidents like that
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:21pm
Austin Rich:

Depends on the malted treat, but yeah, I'll probably follow for a while, anyway.
  6:21pm
Ellen Lovebug:

I love malteds. I actually got robins eggs, candy-coated malted chocolate balls
  6:22pm
Ellen Lovebug:

I'd love to go to a lake cabin
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:23pm
Scott67:

i'll stick with the Malt thanks!
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Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:23pm
Austin Rich:

This has got a little bit of "The Big Lebowski" in it, too. I think the Coens were possibly familiar with Box 13, as there have been a few plot points that got re-used in The Big Lebowski. But the "fake kidnapping to make money" is a pretty good plot.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:24pm
Scott67:

Been a long time since I pulled a snatch!
  6:24pm
Ellen Lovebug:

I love The Big Lebowski. Wait that was an unexpected twist
Avatar 6:25pm
Mr Fab:

She's "plain" so probably doesn't get many dates.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:25pm
Austin Rich:

Yeah. I guess personality just doesn't cut it in the world of Box 13.
  6:27pm
Ellen Lovebug:

Oh my!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:27pm
Austin Rich:

What's creepier? His dating a client, or his dating an underage girl?
  6:27pm
Charles:

Didn't see that coming.
Avatar 6:27pm
Mr Fab:

Aaaw, sweet - a pity-date for the plain girl.
  6:27pm
Ellen Lovebug:

I definitely didn't see Dan taking her to the dance coming!
  6:28pm
Ellen Lovebug:

Belle of the Ball haha
  6:28pm
Charles:

Maybe Halliday just want to learn a few of those moves that's all the rage with kids and teenagers.
  6:28pm
Ellen Lovebug:

I can't even imagine eating that much all at once
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:28pm
Austin Rich:

Apparently, in the world of Box 13, ice cream treats are just "disgusting" to all the characters.
  6:29pm
SW:

This week was weirdly creepy with low stakes lol
  6:29pm
Ellen Lovebug:

When my childhood best friend graduated 8th grade, she took her and me out for ice cream, and we had a mutual dare to consume all of a "Pig's Trough" they called it, which basically was a banana split with 3 scoops of ice cream. It was rough!
Avatar 6:30pm
HyperDose:

Revolting radio is the best kind
  6:31pm
Ellen Lovebug:

I have to get back to work but I'll try to drop by tomorrow. Love you all
Avatar 6:31pm
HyperDose:

Take care, Ellen!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:31pm
Austin Rich:

While the sound on this episode is actually pretty good for "Voyage of The Scarlet Queen," I did do a little clean-up and EQ on this one, to improve it a bit.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:31pm
Austin Rich:

See you next time, Ellen!
  6:31pm
Charles:

Until the next mystery Ellen!
  6:32pm
Ellen Lovebug:

<3
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:34pm
Austin Rich:

We will run out of "Scarlet Queen" episodes sooner than the others, and this slot in the line-up of our show is sort of the "World / International Adventure" category. Do we want more of that kind of content, or would it be better to find a completely different kind of show? Or, should I run more detective shows, instead of this adventure stuff? What makes sense?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:34pm
Austin Rich:

(We could even look for more sailing adventures, but I'm not sure how many I can find.)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:35pm
Austin Rich:

Kang has been mentioned in all of the episodes of The Scarlet Queen since the beginning, but this is the first time he has appeared in an episode, in spite of previous promises.
Avatar 6:35pm
Mr Fab:

I have this theory about why I don't like superheroes, but I do like mysteries: no one knows whodunnit (until the end), because that's human nature - anyone might be guilty. No one runs around proclaiming themselves to be a villain. Almost no one thinks they're eeeevil, even murderers. That hit a much stronger chord in me when I was growing up than heroes in tights. Seemed like a realistic way to deal with the concept of good vs evil.
Avatar 6:36pm
HyperDose:

Next time I go out I'm asking for corn squeezings when they ask what I want to drink
  6:36pm
Charles:

I for one am glad to finally hear Mr. Kang.
  6:37pm
Charles:

Out of curiosity Austin, what kind of genre are you thinking about that wouldn't be similar to the three other shows? Unless I misunderstood your question, my english fails me at time.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:38pm
Austin Rich:

I certainly feel more of a connection to noir and that kind story, but I did read a lot of superhero comics as a kid. Not so much as I get older.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:39pm
Austin Rich:

Charles: I have several ideas for other shows I could run, including a show that is completely different. And a show that is an International Adventure show. And then another short-run detective show. (And a few other ideas that could work, too.) I'm mostly curious what other people are interested in.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:41pm
Scott67:

I used to read War Comics, they were more Noir than Superhero Comics.
  6:43pm
Charles:

Well my vote would go for something completely different, my curiosity is picked.
Avatar 6:46pm
HyperDose:

Oh my goodness, what a twist!
  6:46pm
SW:

I'm happy to hear anything you think is worth listening to. The current ones are fun in their own ways.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:46pm
Austin Rich:

Good to know, Charles. I'll keep that in mind.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:48pm
Austin Rich:

I think we're getting a couple shows that will have come Comedy on them, so I might steer clear of that (save for certain special occasions, perhaps). But I think detective / adventure / noir type shows might be the general theme, with a few exceptions. I might try a western someday.
Avatar 6:48pm
HyperDose:

"He went where he thought he'd be safe"...foreshadowing?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:49pm
Austin Rich:

Scott67: I used to read Sgt. Rock occasionally, and stuff like that. But they were not as common to find, compared to Superhero stuff.
Avatar 6:49pm
HyperDose:

"the shark was thiiiis big" ok sure buddy πŸ˜„
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:51pm
Austin Rich:

If I added a horror show, I might re-arrange things, so that Hour 2 is Sci-Fi and Horror, and hour one is Detectives and Chandu.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:52pm
Scott67:

My local Corner Shop always had the Commando Brand War Comics, from Britain. I would buy one weekly, had a favourite Artist too.
  6:52pm
Charles:

Sounds great Austin!
Avatar 6:53pm
HyperDose:

I love when the music comes in and distorts the shit out of the speaking before the scene transition
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:53pm
Austin Rich:

I'm only just starting to get into British comics. It was hard to find in the US for a long time. I LOVE Peter Milligan's style, and those 2000 AD books are hard to come by.
  6:54pm
Charles:

I don't think I know what war comics are. Comics about soldiers in WW2 and the likes?
  6:55pm
Charles:

HyperDose, ahah me too. It makes it even more intense.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:55pm
Austin Rich:

This is the series I used to read:

en.wikipedia.org...
Avatar 6:57pm
HyperDose:

@Austin Do you have any old radios? Would be cool to listen to these through those old speakers.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:57pm
Austin Rich:

I know I've mentioned this before, but the existing "Scarlet Queen" episodes exist because of fans collecting home recordings (and a couple transcription discs, when they can be tracked down). So the sound quality is not so good, depending on which recording, was made by who, and where, etc.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
Austin Rich:

I have one old radio, and it needs repair. I'm hoping to connect it up to some vintage speakers (it has a turntable in the unit), so I can listen to records and old radio shows.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
Scott67:

Commando Comics reprints are still published. They're about the size of a Readers Digest, but not as thick. very handy for a kid. I had some friends I would trade with.
  6:58pm
{AN} EeL:

Enjoying the show ~!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
Austin Rich:

Nice to see you in the chat, {An} EeL!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:01pm
Scott67:

www.commandocomics.com
  7:02pm
Listener Robert:

Mr. Fab, last night a friend showed us video of a recent super-horror movie, "Brightburn". I noticed a character stood in front of a poster that said "GRACE" in such a way that the camera caught only "ACE". I'm pretty sure that was a clever allusion to a name or kind of bad-guy "office" called "Ace" in the DC comics Universe.
  7:02pm
{AN} EeL:

Wooo ~!Anyone remember the HAUNTED TANK Comic ?
  7:04pm
SW:

Well I've got to go for sleep based reasons. Cool dramatic show again! Laters peoples 😁
  7:07pm
Listener Robert:

I've read "The Glass Key". Is the movie as good?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:14pm
Austin Rich:

I like The Glass Key, but I'm a sucker for film from that era, and noirs, so there's that. But yeah, I liked it!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:17pm
Austin Rich:

I think I've mentioned this before, but I cut out all the "White King Soap" advertisements from Chandu, which, unfortunately, include some very cool Organ Music behind them by Korla Pandit. I'm thinking of possibly doing an "all White King Soap" ads edit, maybe as a guest spot on The Wiggle Room?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
Austin Rich:

I like how they just let Korla play for a spell, in the middle of this episode.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
Austin Rich:

There's a lot of "Older People Hitting On Younger Kids" in this episode. Sorry about that, folks.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:25pm
Austin Rich:

Is "Little White Rose" very creepy, or is it just me?
  7:27pm
Charles:

Do you have a show that has a mix of Box 13 and Chandu's music style? That would be sick.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:27pm
Austin Rich:

I'll have to do a mash up to achieve that. But that would be rad, Charles.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:29pm
Austin Rich:

This news broadcast is sort of a "follow-up" to the one that we heard last week.
  7:30pm
Charles:

Is the news broadcast the show that will succeed the Scarlet Queen?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:30pm
Austin Rich:

I may have stolen Mertz from one of my favorite radio shows.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:31pm
Austin Rich:

There's lots of vintage news broadcasts I could re-play. That might be fun for one episode, someday.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:31pm
Austin Rich:

"1974: The Future!"
  7:32pm
Charles:

I need to use that phrase to get out of random obligations. Me? I'm a maintenance man!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:33pm
Austin Rich:

This episode has some story elements in common with, "With Folded Hands," where the similar machines were referred to as "Mechanicals" and resemble a robot, more than anything.
Avatar 7:33pm
Mr Fab:

that voice actor sounds familiar, the guy with the nasal voice...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:34pm
Austin Rich:

"Siri, Who Was The First President Of The United States..."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:34pm
Scott67:

Spooky prophetic.
  7:34pm
Listener Robert:

Recently Jan Turkenburg on this channel played a show that was interrupted by a report from over Nagasaki 15 days after the atomic bombing. I assumed it was actual, recorded off air.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:35pm
Scott67:

Just think!! A dozen machines linked!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:35pm
Austin Rich:

"Public Policy Forbids This Service." Hmmmmm...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:37pm
Austin Rich:

This sort of kid behavior is pretty common in this kind of Sci-Fi. I think in the late 40's and early 50's, a lot fo men who were writing fiction just didn't know how to relate to kids and women.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:37pm
Austin Rich:

"... a lot of men who were..."
  7:37pm
Listener Robert:

That sentiment would go very well with "Brightburn" I saw last night.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:37pm
Austin Rich:

"Service Question..."
  7:38pm
Charles:

Joe made me do it.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
Austin Rich:

I appreciate how this show routinely brings up concerns that are on the minds of people in 2022.
Avatar 7:40pm
Mr Fab:

er...
www.bbc.com...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:40pm
Austin Rich:

I mean, I think eating charcoal is probably not good for most people.
  7:41pm
Charles:

Logics are making everyone go on a fast.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:42pm
Austin Rich:

Mr. Fab: I feel like I laugh at stories like that, having been prepared for it by stories like this.

Listen to the comical music! It's all a joke, right?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:43pm
Austin Rich:

"A couple little drinks..."
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:44pm
Austin Rich:

Ahhh, the comical drunk. There's a character you don't find in shows these days.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:45pm
Scott67:

Bastard!!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:45pm
Austin Rich:

"The drink that makes happy homes." That is such a 50's kind of mindset.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:46pm
Austin Rich:

This is like when social media bots could figure out when you aren't at home, and would post to folks what houses are "open for business."
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:47pm
Austin Rich:

This is the storyline that takes a very "Black Mirror" twist.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
Austin Rich:

Imagine is Siri could find people from your past who would make good marks?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
Austin Rich:

There's that comical music again.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:50pm
Austin Rich:

There's something about this episode that has felt "relevant" every time I've heard it.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:51pm
Austin Rich:

We're at the end of this one for the week. Any last questions / comments / thoughts?

Thanks for staying in the chat, everyone! This is always a treat.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:52pm
Scott67:

Thanks Austin, riveting stuff mate!
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  7:54pm
Listener Robert:

I wonder if Mark Hurst has listened to this one.
  7:54pm
Charles:

Good times as always, thanks Austin and fellow listeners!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
Austin Rich:

Hmmmm. Good question, Listener Robert.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
Austin Rich:

Child violence. "Oh, you're a great man!"

This show is... complicated.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
Austin Rich:

Oh Ducky.
  7:59pm
Charles:

Boiiing!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
Austin Rich:

Good Night Everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
Scott67:

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HyperDose:

Good night Austin de France! 🚲
  8:00pm
Listener Robert:

There's your pronunciation key for Leinster.
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