Skirting the realm of believability, Frank and Thom explore the games people play navigating society’s behavioral customs while dealing with their own head games around receiving a $100,000 bribe from a Sheldon-Leonard type wise guy to play for pay, on the air, the official alma mater for Uganda University and that country’s national anthem. Mike […]
From below the deepest roots of the 1970s comedy radio series, the original Dead Air, Frank Cotolo and Thom Savino plant the seeds of what would become over five decades (and counting) of each of their various broadcast incarnations in this episode. Witness the planting of one seed in Frank Cotolo’s 53rd Street Brooklyn home […]
Conflict ensues right from the start over the show’s theme music “Duck’s on Parade” when Frank complains to his cohost about his “unusual opening” – Thom’s mouth, while Thom begrudgingly complains about Frank’s adherence to a more traditional intro. Prudence Purity, Dead Air censor objects to Thom’s use of a girly magazine centerfold as the […]
Dead Air’s Radio Announcer advises listeners that this episode pre-empts the president of the United States usually heard at this time. Short Don Rebel interviews the whacky UFO expert Derrick Von Lonagen whose baffling theory that Christ is responsible for UFOs ends with his singing “Pennies from Heaven.” Prudence Purity, the Dead Air censor complains […]
Zany chaos of the Casino Loot Production’s writers lead to arguments about a shoddy theme and Thom’s observation that Dead Air doesn’t have a sound effect for open heart surgery. Then “Wasteland Playhouse Presents: Magnet” a spoof on TV’s Dragnet. Poet Rod McCrutchen shares his poem “I Got My Job thru The Times.” Next, hear […]
Bob Hope & Bing Crosby sing “Teamwork,” the perfect theme for the early, and burgeoning college-radio collaboration of Thom Savino & Frank Cotolo. Their early comic patter and humorous bits are interspersed here with an eclectic mix of music starting with “The Resurrection Shuffle.” Thom’s nasty cold forces his use of cough drops that smells […]
The roots of Dead Air are heard in this and the next (Roots 2) episode as Frank & Thom spin records as “DJs” on their college radio station music at the New York Institute of Technology’s WNYT Radio in 1970. But, their desire and talent for humor is evident in each of the shows. Follow […]
· Composers’ Roundtable interviews Joe Bim creator of his Boss’ Nova music. · Wasteland Playhouse: “Magnet: The La Brea Tar Pits” · Wasteland Playhouse: “Mason Dixon: The Tennis Racket Murder” · Rod McCrutchen poet reads “The Pain of Memorabilia” · Wasteland Playhouse: “Sea Search: Tiny Toads of Atlantis” Follow Thom Savino on Twitter @tjsavino. Read […]
A compilation of hilarious outtakes from the recording sessions of Dead Air. Follow Thom Savino on Twitter @tjsavino. Read more on Thom’s blog Topical Tweets & Titillations. Follow Frank Cotolo on Twitter @FrankCotolo. Read more on Frank’s blog Cotolo Chronicles.
Frank complains to Thom who’s decided not to speak, but, instead, open the show telepathically. On the subject, Short Don Rebel interviews Yuri Melbert psychogenesis expert whose psychic skills can’t decipher different meanings of homonyms causing it to “rain” in the studio when it was “reign” he was looking for. The Friendly Mailman delivers Thom’s […]
