Digital Box Set
Episodes 01 - 08 |
Instantly download a complete anthology of live audio theatre performances by Great Northern Audio Theatre, with a running time of nearly six hours!
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"Dialogue with Martian Trombone"
Episode 01 |
2004. The Ramon Raquello Orchestra was supposed to get their big break that night in 1938, on Orson Welles Mercury Theater show, but they kept getting cut off because of that darn War of the Worlds alien invasion. We join them many years later, at a reunion of the band, and it seems that they can't seem to escape the influence of the Martians. It's a long story and starts (and finishes) with a lone trombone. Recorded before a live audience For the Mark Time SF Audio Awards show at CONvergence, Minneapolis, July 2004.
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"Three Wizard Tales"
Episode 02 |
2004. "High Moon," "Tell Them NAPA Sent You," and "Wizard Jack." Not your usual tales of wizards and magic. Think more of auto parts and the tango of time. Featuring David Ossman and Phil Proctor of the legendary Firesign Theatre, and multi-award-winning fantasy writer, Jane Yolen. Recorded before various live audiences.
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"Cyber Bob and the Silicon Kid"
Episode 03 |
2007. Cyber Bob is an old style hacker. He can do wonders with a stack of punch cards. Now the Silicon Kid, and his girlfriend, Nadia the most super of all supermodels, want Bob to find out if the Kid is really an android. Featuring David Ossman, of the Firesign Theatre. Recorded before a live audience For the Mark Time SF Audio Awards at Minicon, Mineapolis, March, 2000.
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"The Learning Curve"
Episode 04 |
2007. To help the economy help itself, everything from wookies to tribbles are emancipated and given the title "consumer." But, is Hollywood ready for creature produced features? Big, Big, Big! Featuring David Ossman of the Firesign Theatre, and popular Hollywood voice talent, Wally Wingert. Recorded before a live audience For the Mark Time SF Audio Awards at CONVergence, Minneapolis, July 2007.
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"Drummers Dome"
Episode 05 |
2002. Drummer Crowley is finally able to build the house he always dreamed of, a geodesic dome in the woods. That's because they finally re-released the three albums his band, Bent Sunshine, made back in the Sixties. But now he's finding that the inside of the dome seems to behave strangely. Drummer is feeling better than he has in years, and that carpenter, well, she's starting to look awfully cute.
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"Peter Galaxy, Instellar Envoy"
Episode 06 |
2003. Can two retired, old-time radio actors find work for 300 billion illegal aliens? Michael Sheard (Star Wars, Dr. Who) and David Ossman (Firesign Theatre) join forces to show just how much fun answering that question can be. Recorded before a live audience For the Mark Time SF Audio Awards at CONvergence, Minneapolis, July 2003. Sponsored by MISFITS
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"SuperPal: The Saving of the World"
Episode 07 |
2005. The rogue comet, Skippy, is headed right for Big City and they need someone to save them. We hear the story from Super Pal's friends, the city leaders and other heroes in this superhero mockumentary. Recorded before a live audience For the Mark Time SF Audio Awards show at CONvergence, Minneapolis, July 2005.
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"The Jewels of the 11th Generation"
Episode 08 |
2006. Treasure hunters board the 300-year-old generation starship, The Professor Irwin Corey, looking for legendary jewels, and, as usual, find pirates, love, adorable children and plenty of squeaky toys. Starring David Ossman of the Firesign Theatre. Recorded before a live audience For the Mark Time SF Audio Awards at CONvergence, Minneapolis, July 2006.
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"Solid State University"
Episode 09 |
1993. What if computers ran colleges and nobody came to class? A comic documentary in which we meet with students, faculty, the virtual vice-presidents, and the head of the Department of Obstructions. Featuring Dan ("Dr. Science") Coffey. Winner of the Golden Reel for Best Audio Drama from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters.
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"Tumbleweed Roundup"
Episode 10 |
1995. The Tumbleweed Roundup films, now lost, were performed by real cowboys on the Wyoming ranch of Major Jack Aisdell, an Englishman rancher. There was a western realism that was natural and believable and not apparent in other films of the era. Yet there was also a fantastic element from the unexplainable special effects. They don't show up on late-night TV or in video stores. So, journalist, Mack Brown, runs into some pretty crazy characters trying to track the story behind the cowboy and aliens westerns down. Tumbleweed marked the first Great Northern production and is a member of the Mark Time Science Fiction Audio Hall of Fame.
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"The Velveteen Submission"
Episode 11 |
2002. Master Pangborn arrives unexpectedly on a lighthouse in space, startling the caretaker and his wife. Then Ripley shows up, looking for Pangborn. Then Ripley's father, Space Pirate Captain Squid, arrives looking for his daughter. Soon they all discover that the lighthouse is about to be smacked by an approaching passenger space cruiser unless they can do something. A hot bath is suggested. Featuring David Ossman, of the Firesign Theatre and Roger Gregg of Crazy Dog Audio and recorded before a live Minicon science fiction convention audience for the Mark Time Audio SF Awards show, Minneapolis, March 2001.
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