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openSarcastic Christmas Carol Recording Radio
There isn't a medium for audio or cassette tapes, but I'm searching for an old Christmas Carol lesson from school with a super sarcastic narrator. One of the jokes he used to explain about literary exaggeration, was how no real child is as angelic as Tiny Tim, and an actual kid his age would not care if you died if you had no candy for them. Then he narrated the scary story from Charles Dicken's youth, Captain Murderer with sarcastic commentary.
openRock/Pop? Earthbound? Radio
Last night I was in my friend’s car and a song came on that I really liked. I couldn’t see his center console so I asked what the song was called and he said that it just said “Earthbound.” I had to focus on the song to actually make out lyrics and all I heard the male singer way was “Earthbound” It was a rock or pop rock song on a radio station that played a mix of early pop, rock, and classic rock. I just can’t find the song! It was really catchy
openShow with Janet Waldo Radio
One time when I was a kid, I heard part of an old radio show that was re-aired as a part of Those Old Radio Shows. I think one of the characters was voiced by Janet Waldo, because she sounded like Judy Jetson, and at one point she said, “We’ll pray for you.” Shortly after that line, a man was talking about something that someone could find somewhere, but I think there was a long censor bleep covering up his line for some reason.
openSteak Medallion... Radio
Old spot that aired on the radio. May have been an ad, may have been a public service announcement, I'm not sure. Really old, probably at least a decade or more ago. I don't really expect anyone to remember it, but I thought I'd try anyway. An announcer intones "This man is not a park ranger," and the man in question goofily comments "No, really! It's a steak medallion! Just put it around your neck!" The announcer continues "He cannot tell you anything."
openBritish panel show where guests play games they invented themselves Radio
Probably from the BBC, this show is a typical British panel show, except that there sort of is no premise. The shtick is that each guest — I think there were three on each episode — would bring a game of their own invention. The guests would mostly be British comedians, and the banter would be the focus. I think there was a permanent host, probably male. It's probably defunct now, but probably started and ended in the 2010's, running for at least a couple of series.
Bonus points if you know of a way to listen to it online (outside the UK); I listened to at least a few episodes only a couple of years ago, but somehow I'm blanking on most every element of this.
openPolka song Radio
I heard a polka song on the radio. Super catchy but I can't remember the name. The lyrics of chorus are; as far as I remember something along the lines of "Hey there Mr.(name I can't remember) no one can polka like you can." that was a very poor version of Chorus. The song in general is about a woman complimenting a neighbor or someone she knows on how well he does polka.
Edited by JakthelaughingstockopenA podcast (radio show?) about vanity projects and development hell Radio
Someone I know once described a podcast where each episode, they'd delve into some project that was either the result of the creator's ego trip (some examples I remember are Lady in the Water, Heaven's Gate, Battlefield Earth), spent a long time in Development Hell (e.g. Duke Nukem Forever, The Thief and the Cobbler), or were ripped from the control of the creator (e.g. Brazil). They don't remember what it was either.
Edited by KingWumpusopen'Go, go, go! Discover the world!' Radio
Does anyone know a radio ad for a travel agency played commonly in Canberra, Australia sung by what sounds like a young man and young woman? It goes something like this: Go, go, go! Discover the world! [Can't understand the name] Travel! Take a plane, or a train, Or a cruise, come and choose!
openRock/Metal song that sounded like it could be in a video game Radio
Just to start: the song itself did not come from a video game.
A few days ago, I was listening to a rock/metal station and heard something that could've easily been boss battle music in a video game.
Sadly, that's about all I have to go on. Sounded like it could've been Korn, but I'm not having any luck on youtube listening to their songs.
openKids Radio cassette Radio
I had a cassette tape in the early 2000s. The story was kind of in the style of war of the worlds where a radio show was putting on a fake broadcast, but it also shows the perspective of an older and younger brother who are trying to find their mom. The younger brother has watched a scary alien movie and thinks they are being invaded. I believe it might have been Halloween themed.
openVery specific audiobook of Huck Finn Radio
This may be a bit of an odd request: I'm looking for a specific audiobook recording of The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, that I listened to as a child (we got it from our local library, sometime between 2000-2008). It was on CD, and each disc ended with a different bit of era-appropriate-Old-South-style instrumental music, to let you know the disc was over. I remember the narrator used a very deep voice for Jim, and I think the deleted "Raftsmans Passage" scene was a bonus track at the very end. It was also uncensored (read: it kept all the book's racial slurs). Thank you in advance!
openStory about a portal Radio
I believe this was on the Moth Radio Hour. It was about a family with two kids who find a portal in their garden. They go through it, and it goes to different places. The only one I remember is it taking them to an alternate dimension similar to theirs. They came out in a parking lot behind the local library. I believe the people in this world looked strange. They began to feel ill, so they left. they also went to a place fill with dangerous, unpleasant gas, which they quickly left. Over time, the portal wold take them to worse and worse places, until the family eventually lost interest and stopped going through the portal. I think it may have been a section from a larger book.
openWeird Bilingual Christian Radio Station, Southern California Radio
Alright, so this is probably kind of an unusual YKTS, but bear with me. I live in the greater greater Los Angeles area area in Southern California, specifically Pasadena, and a while back I had a rental car that had the radio preset to this really weird Christian radio station. The signal was pretty weak, so I don't think it was a Pasadena station, but I was able to receive it, so it can't have been that far away.
The preacher on the station was giving this long schpiel about how Jesus fulfilled the Jewish messianic prophecy, but the Jews still didn't accept him (repeatedly reminding the listener how small the chances of the prophecy being fulfilled so exactly were, never going into any detail on why the Jews don't accept Jesus but also never directly condemning them, and also never saying much else about Jesus apart from that he fulfilled the prophecy), but he never seemed to be nearing any sort of point or message or conclusion, making the whole sermon seem kind of pointless, and every couple minutes would circle back around to the beginning of his schpiel and give you the same information he'd already told you again, but with slightly different wording. The sermon wasn't trying to be inspirational. It wasn't warning anybody about hell or damnation. It wasn't working towards any sort of message about God or morals or faith or whatever. It was just sorta... there, ya know?
After every sentence the preacher read, a different voice with different audio quality would say a sentence in Spanish (I don't speak Spanish, but I assume the second voice was translating) in a tone completely devoid of emotional inflection (it's possible the second voice was synthetic, but I'm not sure). The English speaking preacher, the first voice, didn't really seem to have any accent I could identify, or even much character besides having something that almost sounded like the typical radio preacher enthusiasm, but without any of the energy.
Honestly, it was a pretty awful and terribly dull station, even as radio preacher stations go, but the station's bizarre idiosyncrasies made the overall experience just so goddamned surreal that I kinda want to mine their broadcasts for audio clips to include in some later project.
Edited by BrokenEyeopenFarcical BBC Play about impersonations and mistaken identity Radio
Can't for the life of me remember the name, but it involved a man arriving at an airport and seeing someone waiting for this famous director/producer/celebrity or other, so the man decides, on a whim, to pretend to be said celebrity. He's whisked off to a succession of parties and talks that he's able to charmingly bluff his way through, at one point giving a sarcastic confession about the whole crazy situation. The real celebrity appears and desperately tries to get people to believe he's the real one, to no avail. Every now and then it cuts to this sinister informant telling his silent master about the imposter, saying that he could use this to get back on top again. It all ends with two women watching a grand statue representing truth come crumbling down.
I feel like I remember hearing that this was adapted from a graphic novel, but don't quote me on that.
openheard this in 2013 Radio
I remember hearing some song on the radio after the wreck it ralph song when I was in the back of a car. I think the station was either radio disney, or kids place live. I don't know who it was, but I think the main lyric was: "good ideas" followed by "saw/do ____" something like that. It was fairly slow, and I'm not sure what genre it was, but it sounded like a mix of pop, and a chill trap song or something. Does anybody know what it was?
open50's Style Girl Power Anthem Radio
One of my friends is looking for a song:
"This is probably gonna sound pretty weird but i need help! There is a song, sung by a white female, seems like she was a little on the older side maybe in her 30's. Im pretty sure i saw her sing it as a guest appearance on a show (maybe american idol, americas got talent, xfactor) about 4 to 6 years ago. As i remember it she was wearing a poodle skirt and dancing around a 50's style set. It was a very catchy girl-power type song. Seems like she yelled "OHHH!" multiple times throughout the song. It was so catchy i was singing and OHH Hing right along with her. I played it many times for the family and we all really liked it. Ive been trying to remember the name for almost a year now. Please, in the name of sanity, can anyone tell me the name of that song?!"
He also says that it's not All About That Bass or Firework, and that it was sung by a brunette. Also, he's never heard the song on the radio, so it might be obscure. Can anyone help?
openNPR kids' show 1990s Radio
I remember a kids' show on NPR where it was a bunch of kids on a train who would solve mysteries using science. They had a computer that would speak to them and help them out. The only character I remember was a side character with a French accent named Claude Clueless (pronounced kloo-LAY) who hated it when people pronounced it the English way.
openNeed help figuring this out Radio
I've watched this series awhile ago I vagly remember it but I really wanna watch it again I remember it being about a mom and a boy and this boy (probably around age 12-15) goes to school and I think he had a problem bc I rember the mom helping him when he has almost like regular asthma or panic attacks. The main part I remember of the series is when the boy meets this goth girl and she is mean to him at first but he follows her I think and they are in her backyard and she kisses him. I also remember that he goes to this I think toy shop a lot, Which I believe the goth girl introduces him to. The mom could or could not of been struggling with drug addiction too.I honestly can Bearly remember it but I really wanna know what it was and it driving me crazy.
Edited by Maxwell223openStrange Christian radio shows Radio
I was trying to find a good station in a new city and discovered a weird Christian radio show. Usually it just plays music but there were two "story" episodes. One was about George Washington Carter. Two white people took him in when they found him in a barn, and he pretty much acted like a servant for them (making them breakfast, doing chores, etc.) and when the white people had to move, they left him at the house because they couldn't take him with them. It was pretty racist, with a white woman obviously doing the voice of young Carver. At one point they let him go to a "colored church". The other show was about a modern day family. The mother was talking to her kids about sacrifice, and how they should make sacrifices for God. The kids said they'd gladly sacrifice anything for God, and started talking meanly about a rich man in the neighborhood who didn't donate money to the local preacher for a mission trip or something. The rich man later offered to buy the kids' beloved dog, and the mom said they had to sell the dog and give the money to that preacher, since they promised to make sacrifices for God. The kids were really upset, so the rich man told the mother that he wanted to give their dog back, but the mom said they would have to do chores for the rich man to earn the dog back or else the sacrifice they had made was empty, or something. I was pretty horrified by that one. I am pretty sure both of them were part of certain series of radio broadcasts that this station would play. Anyone know the name of either series?
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What radio station is this referring to?