The Monat Dixon Line

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We're Donald Monat and June Dixon, two writer-producer-performers whose professional work together has taken them to three different continents in more than fifty years of constant production for the theatre, radio, television, film and the simple, printe


    • Sep 3, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
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    15: A new helping of classic satire and unusual song

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2015 25:14


    This episode features some hysterical examples of strangulated English in foreign hotels and other businesses … the challenges of teaching the 3 Rs in a new, ultra-liberal school … a big, production number from the musical "The Game's Afoot" ... and a splendid melodrama of a Wicked Squire and a Merry Milkmaid.

    14: A short radio play titled “Through Glasses Darkly”

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2015 27:20


    The latest episode of our podcast brings you another original radio play from our series ‘Comedy International'. This one stars Virginia McKenna & Rex Garner as a short-sighted young lady and an optometrist in a very tight situation!

    13: More offbeat satire, and a song from our first TV musical

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2015 25:11


    This edition features some thoughts on how a British duke, famous for his stately home, might work out as the manager of his country's touring cricket team ... a 2-part song from our first musical comedy for television ... and a stirring saga of the French Foreign Legion with a delightfully reluctant hero.

    12: Back to our regular format with more offbeat satire and song

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 24:03


    A new episode that features a different look at the first Apple salesman .... a song for a right-wing US senator and his daughter on a mission to Latin America ... a fragment from a recently discovered Elizabethan play that might be the work of Master Will's ... and a splendidly sinister story of family life as it might have been seen in the macabre mind of cartoonist Charles Addams.

    11: The eleventh episode – which contains a complete radio play

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2014 27:58


    This episode, like #6, contains a complete radio play from our series ‘Comedy International”. It stars the distinguished British actor, Leslie Philips, as a reluctant spy in the crazy world of the 1970s.

    10: Our tenth selection of classic radio satire in words and music

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2014 22:02


    This episode features the challenges of big-city traffic problems and the people who cause them ... a song for a civil service stripper ... and a mysterious detective story that may hound your dreams.

    9: Our ninth session of classic satire and unusual songs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2014 22:11


    A new episode with some offbeat thoughts on the rewards of yachting, a musical tribute to the charms and talents of showgirls, and the adventures of a passionate follower of the legendary Lady Chatterley.

    8: A new sampling of satire & song from our vintage recordings

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2014 23:22


    This episode features some thoughts on the selling of men's wear that might just suit your needs, a lively song for two traveling detectives, and the revelations of a veterinary psychiatrist.

    7: a New Year retrospective that looks back to 1964

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2014 26:17


    This episode celebrates the New Year of 2014 with a remembrance of what we were doing 50 years ago in satirical comedy, and also features a great song of the time that has become a classic ballad.

    6: More original comedy - this time with a complete, short radio play.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2013 24:36


    This episode features an original comedy starring Sidney James as a government clerk who daydreams of becoming a rich and famous computer genius.

    5: More unusual satire and song from Donald & June at the Monat-Dixon Line

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2013 23:48


    This new edition features some advice for a local politician desperately seeking publicity … a ballad for a ballerina with a height problem … and a surprising saga of Elizabethan showbiz.

    4: A jumbo-sized fourth session, with extracts from two live-audience, comedy shows.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2013


    This episode features highlights from two of our radio comedy shows, including a recreational drug-user's creative path to redemption ... a celebratory song from a lady who knows just what to do on a Roman holiday ... and three brief, satirical sketches spoofing some famous movie classics.

    3: Another session of songs & satire touching on sex, political correctness & a troubador's troubles.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2013 16:40


    The third episode of the offbeat podcast from the Monat-Dixon Line. This one includes a couple of suggestions for spicing up senior citizens' travel plans ...some thoughts on how a UN committee might rewrite the Declaration of Independence ... and a sardonic song for a trio of young gang members from the fabulous fifties.

    2: More Satire & Songs - with a wacky Health Guru & a singing Cleopatra

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2013 18:55


    Episode two of the podcast from the Monat-Dixon Line. This one features a chaotic interview with an ageing expert on healthy living ...  some thoughts on the frustrations of telephone answering systems ... the Queen of Egypt's love-life ... and a cheerful marching song for unhappy policemen!

    1: Satire & Songs - with a Shipwreck & Sherlock Holmes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2013 17:14


    The first episode of a new podcast introduces two, British-born writers and performers with a unique blend of satirical comedy and unusual songs in a wide-ranging, audio entertainment.   This one  features a different kind of Antiques Road Show ... a song from a lady with an affinity for accidents ...  how a PR person can put a positive spin on a major disaster ... and a final few  minutes with an unusual Sherlock Holmes & Doctor Watson!  

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