Segments

Shine your astro-spurs and hitch your cyber-steed, it’s time for two-fisted action with Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars! With grumbling heroism, this lawman sent from earth rights the outlaw wrongs on Mars. Ably assisted by his faithful Martian companion Croach the Tracker, Marshal Nevada contends with a host of colorful characters, such as the addle-brained Barkeep, crazed scientists, restless Martian natives, fearful settlers, giant spiders, all sorts of havoc-wreaking robot rogues, and of course his own emotional unavailability.

Each show is unique, consisting of a selection of story segments, announcements from our fictional sponsors, musical numbers, and occasional one-off sketches.

Meet Frank and Sadie Doyle: the toast of the upper crust. Headliners on the society pages. And, oh yes, they see ghosts. Trading quips and tossing back cocktails, the Doyles take what they want and hoodwink their clientele for the rest. Ghosts, vampires, werewolves, mummies, even diabolical gingerbread men are nothing but obstacles in the way of the liquor cabinet for our fast-talking, hard-drinking sleuths.

A clandestine war is being waged against the Reich, and at the frontlines of this sometimes mystical, often monstrous battle, is Jefferson Reid, America’s only super-soldier. Aided by his super-sweetheart, Agent Abby Adams (who hates nothing as much as she hates a dirty Kraut), and his plucky sidekick, Brownie Finn, Jefferson Reid, Ace American is a jingoistic romp through a World War II that never existed.

In this “Hollywood noir,” the year is 1954, and Ben Chapman, the movie-extra who wore the mask of the titular Creature in “The Creature from the Black Lagoon”, has been framed for murder. As he makes his way across Tinsel Town clearing his name, he encounters iconic old Hollywood characters the likes of Alfred “Papa Bear” Hitchcock, Shirly Temple, Jimmy Stewart, and Jay Silverheels (The Lone Ranger’s Tonto). Chapman soon discovers that when it comes to the movies and the people who make them, truth is often stranger than fiction.

The fey Colonel polices the fractured timeline for Her Majesty’s Royal Chrono Patrol, interrupting not-always-terribly-well-researched historical moments and facing down the occasional villain, including the Greenwich Meanie, Auntie Meridian and the occasional dinosaur, from pre-history and all that. Pip pip!

As camp as the old Batman show, facing off against ridiculous villains such as the Numbler, the Die-brarian, and Shape-Ape, Captain Laserbeam protects Apex City while trying not to lose his patience with his excitable Adventurekateers or trip himself up emotionally with the pretty new police commissioner. The longest running show on the air, Captain Laserbeam consistently falls short of the ratings and star-power of the effortless fan favorite Sparks Nevada. This lends the show an air of desperation as episode after episode they try earnestly to jump the shark.

Spinning out of the pages of Ace American! Amelia Earhart faked her death in 1938 and went to work for the American Victory Commission. Now, she uses her Lockheed Elektra to crisscross the time stream to stop the Reich from rising where it shouldn’t.

Your hosts for the evening, fictionalized alter-egos of the show’s creators. They are a comedy team in the classic mold, and oh do they have quirks. One is comically obese! The other is hilariously stingy! Singing songs, making jokes, and generally setting the tone of the show, all the while proving that radio is the king of all media!

A hobo fairytale. During the Great Depression, a millionaire’s son fell in love with a woman he thought was his societal equal. In truth, she was the Hobo Princess. She fled, leaving behind only a fingerless glove. Now, under the assumed identity of Banjo Bindlestuff, the millionaire’s son rides the rails with his hobo-mentor Gummy, in search of his one true love he believes will be found in the possibly make-believe hobo-paradise: Moonshine Holler.