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Short and some times funny bits from the video archives of the Trans-Iowa Canal Company (TICC). TICC is a science-fiction oriented theatre troupe working out of Des Moines, Iowa.

TICC West / Joe Struss


    • Jan 29, 2008 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 3m AVG DURATION
    • 19 EPISODES


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    Episode 19: Geeko Insurance Bits from "Studio D on the DemiCon Strip"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2008 3:57


    Geeko Insurance segments from "Studio D on the DemiCon Strip" performed on May 18, 2007 at DemiCon 18 in Des Moines, IA. Written by Leslie Roth & Jeannette Roth with assistance by Bo3b Harper.

    Episode 18: Bottle play segement from "BabbleCon 5- The Fall of Prohibition" and "You Might be a Fan.."

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2007 3:44


    Bottle switching bit from "BabbleCon5 - The Fall of Prohibition" and the "You Might be a Fan..." sketch performed at DemiCon 7 on May 3, 1996.

    Episode 17: "Road to Madagascar" segments consisting mostly of penguin, superhero and lemur bits.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2007 2:54


    TICC performed "The Road to Madagascar" on Sept. 30, 2005 at ArchCon 29 in St. Louis. The segments here consists mostly of the penguin bits with some lemur and superhero bits thrown in as well. "Road to Madgascar" is sort of a combination of a superhero movie with War of the Worlds, the Madagascar cartoon and a little Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory thrown in for good measure. Watch out - I'm using the bigger ipod format here! It blows up nice but is about four times bigger.

    Episode 16: Star Wars and Stargate Commercials from "Serendipity"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2007 3:14


    This is from a more recent Trans-Iowa production called "Serendipity" which was performed at DemiCon 17 on 7/28/06. This clip contains two of the advertisements from the show which include the Star Wars Master Card commercial and the Stargate Barbie commercial. "Serendipity" was sort of a combination of Firefly, Mr. and Mrs. Smith and V for Vendetta- all rolled into one. (Now in the larger ipod format.) This vodcast contains the third "off-season" segment so that you can get caught up on where TICC players are currently appearing.

    Episode 15: Stage right routine from Act 1 of "TICC'd Off"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2006 4:04


    TICC'd Off is a take-off of "Noises Off" and looks behind the scenes at a TICC show. This segment shows a blocking discussion (stage right/stage left routine) and introduces Seltzer who's been with TICC since before the beginning. Video is from a DemiCon 12 performance that took place on May 4, 2001. This vodcast contains the second "off-season" segment so that you can get caught up on where TICC players are currently appearing.

    Episode 14: Filkronomicon rap from the "Haunting of Haldeman House" plus off-season update

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2006 3:34


    Filkronomicon rap from the "Haunting of Haldeman House" which was performed at DemiCon 2 on April 26, 1991 in Des Moines, Iowa. This vodcast also contains the first update on off-season endeavors from various members of the TICC players.

    Episode 13: "Holy Church" segments from Kill Bill Shatner, Vol. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2006 2:55


    Parts of the "Holy Church" segments from Kill Bill Shatner, Volume 2. Performed at DemiCon 16 on July 29, 2005 in Des Moines, IA. Additional card segment from Kill Bill Volume 1.

    Episode 12: "The Sciffy Horror Picture Show" segments including "How to Speak Fannish"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2006 4:09


    Segments from "The Sciffy Horror Picture Show" including "How to Speak Fannish", Entryway, Animaniacs segment, and the musical Finale. All segments were performed on May 1, 1998 at DemiCon 9 in Des Moines, IA.

    Episode 11: The "Discovering Alois" Sequence from "Weekend at Beanies"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2006 3:01


    The "Discovering Alois" Sequence from "Weekend at Beanies" performed May 5, 2000 at DemiCon XI in Des Moines, IA.

    Episode 10: Cannon Fodder Barbie Commercial & Fishing Segment from Gilligan Trek

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2006 4:10


    We dig way back here to 1995. From "VillageCon" we have the Cannon Fodder Barbie commercial as well as the fishing segment from "Gilligan's Trek". Both of these were from DemiCon VI in Des Moines on May 5, 1995.

    Episode 9: Progressive Advert. & Banner Seq. from "League of Extraordinarily CrazyFhen"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2006 3:24


    Progressive Advertisement & Banner Sequence from "League of Extraordinarily CrazyFhen" performed on Oct. 3, 2003 at Archon 27 in St. Louis.

    Episode 8: Flight Sequence from "Fhannish Treasure"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2006 3:52


    Some buried TICC gold here of the flight sequence from the "Fhannish Treasure" production which was performed on May 28, 2005 at ConQuesT 36 in Kansas City.

    Episode 7: "Monster's, Inc." segment from "Five Short 'Films' About Hugo"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2006 3:50


    The first segment of the "Monsters, Inc." parody from "Five Short 'Films' About Hugo" performed at Archcon 26 in St. Louis on Oct. 4, 2002.

    Episode 6: Commercial segments from Night Foolery

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2006 2:22


    Commercial Segments of "When Candy is King", "Roswell Med" and "It's What's for Dinner" from Night Foolery that was performed at World Horror Con on April 19, 2003. Scary crowd that night.

    Episode 5: Audio of A Night in Mordor (full length)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2006 5:53


    This is the complete audio track of the "A Night in Mordor" section from Fnord of the Rings. A little too long to put the whole thing on video but still quite fun. Frodo: Diane Dunlap; Sam: Sallie Abba; and Gollum: Laurre Bremen

    Episode 4: A Night in Mordor segment from Fnord of the Rings

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2006 3:15


    The is a segment of the "A Night in Mordor" section from Fnord of the Rings. Sort of a combination of "Lord of the Rings" and the Marx Brothers. Heaven help us! It was performed on April 30, 2004 at DemiCon XV in Des Moines, IA.

    Episode 3: Fannish Sense from TICC Dark #2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2006 3:08


    Preview of the "Fannish Sense" from TICC After Dark #2. It was performed on May 6, 2000 at DemiCon XI in Des Moines, IA. Now in the larger video ipod format.

    Episode 2: Temple Segment from Kill Bill Vol 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2006 2:14


    Temple Segment from Kill Bill Shatner Vol. 1 which was performed on Oct. 1, 2004 at ArchCon 28 in St. Louis. (Now in the larger ipod format.)

    Episode 1: Fanzai! bit from TICC After Dark #3: Moulin Smooth

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2005 4:02


    Fanzai! bit from TICC After Dark #3: Moulin Smooth performed on May 1, 2004 in Des Moines, IA at DemiCon 15. (Now in the larger video iPod format.)

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