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Happy New Year! On this episode of The Damn Dirty Drive-In (split into two parts for your convenience, because otherwise it would be f***ing enormous), we look back at holiday specials past. In Part 1, we revisit "It's A Krazunka-Wunkerful Life", in which George Bailey learns the true meaning of Christmas with the help of some grubby knock-off puppets. Starring Amber Oliver, Ryan Smith, Robb Maynard, Greg Tally, Ron McAdams, and Greg Sestero. In Part 2, "Soylent Scrooge", we visit Victorian London, where Ebenezer Scrooge is feeding the masses by grinding and pulping the poor. Will he learn the true meaning of Christmas, or continue to make the citizens of the British Empire into unwitting cannibals? Starring Troy Schulze, Hayley Tolley and Grant Baciocco, and featuring Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff and Carolina Hidalgo.
Happy New Year! On this episode of The Damn Dirty Drive-In (split into two parts for your convenience, because otherwise it would be f***ing enormous), we look back at holiday specials past. In Part 1, we revisit "It's A Krazunka-Wunkerful Life", in which George Bailey learns the true meaning of Christmas with the help of some grubby knock-off puppets. Starring Amber Oliver, Ryan Smith, Robb Maynard, Greg Tally, Ron McAdams, and Greg Sestero. In Part 2, "Soylent Scrooge", we visit Victorian London, where Ebenezer Scrooge is feeding the masses by grinding and pulping the poor. Will he learn the true meaning of Christmas, or continue to make the citizens of the British Empire into unwitting cannibals? Starring Troy Schulze, Hayley Tolley and Grant Baciocco, and featuring Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff and Carolina Hidalgo.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! There are some exciting changes coming to the Damn Dirty Geeks podcast! We are pleased to announce that the Damn Dirty Geeks podcast is teaming up with the The Revival Leaguepodcast to bring you something a bit different from our usual programming. This collaboration will present comedy radio plays to entertain you between our continued interview and discussion episodes. In the past, The Revival League has presented very clever radio plays such as “Soylent Scrooge” and “The Tragical Histoire of Plan the 9,” a Shakespearean version of PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE. We have plans for the Damn Dirty Geeks to participate in upcoming and future episodes, as performers and writers of new material. Our first-ever Revival League/Damn Dirty Geeks Cross-Stream Production: “Shorts in a Bunch: Back to School!” Starring the Revival League regulars (joined by the lovable albeit annoying Kruzunka Wunkas), as well as special guests Frank Conniffand Trace Beaulieu(MST3K’s The Mads), Frank Dietz(Zombie Nightmare/Damn Dirty Geeks) and Carolina Hidalgo(SiriusXM/The Mads Are Back! Podcast), this brand new radio play passes the test when it comes to putting the “ass” back in “class.” From an awkward blind date with a singing social outcast, to a gorilla that knows exactly when to lend a hand, to the single most spot-on Donald Trump impersonation of all time, “Shorts in a Bunch: Back to School” features a busload of silly skits written and performed by the Revival League Podcast gang! ***Warning! This radio play is rated NSFW, Not Safe For Work. It contains strong language and adult situations. Listener discretion is seriously advised.***
The Revival League Playhouse proudly presents our original black comedy radio play, “Soylent Scrooge; Or, Christmas Is Made Of People.” England, 1893. The height of the Industrial Revolution. London is prosperous and well-fed. And yet, something sinister is afoot at the Soylent Scrooge Canning Manufactory, famous for feeding all of Great Britain its wildly popular brands of holiday slurry. So when Christmas Eve production grinds to a halt after captain of industry Jacob Marley falls into the whirling knives and gears of Soylent Scrooge, it's up to intrepid Food Inspector Bucket to get to the bottom of things. It's a black-hearted conspiracy that eats away at the very heart and soul of the British Empire ... and all strands of the crooked web lead back to Marley and his business partner, Ebenezer Scrooge! Can Scrooge survive the dogged sleuthing of Bucket, all while being haunted by the ghosts of Christmas? Cannibalism! Canning! Atrocious English Accents! What the Dickens will happen next, in the dastardly world of Soylent Scrooge? Listen and nibble act by act, or binge listen all at once! So please pop some popcorn, make some hot cocoa, curl up under a warm blanket and gather around the radio to listen to this fiendish holiday feast. This play is rated NSFW -- Not Safe For Work, at least not without earbuds. It contains violence, grown up language and situations, and may not be suitable for small children. This radio play was written by Greg Tally and Ryan Smith, and based upon the collected works of Charles Dickens and the short story "Soylent Scrooge" by Greg Tally. Dramatization produced and directed by Ryan Smith and Greg Tally. Your IBS Radio Announcers were Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, and Carolina Hidalgo. This program was narrated by Hayley Tolley. Starring Troy Schulze as Ebenezer Scrooge. Ron McAdams as Jacob Marley. Rebecca Herron as The Ghost of Christmas Past. Greg Tally as The Ghost of Christmas Present. Zach Thompson as The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Jackey Neyman Jones as Mrs. Cratchit. Ryan Smith as Tiny Tim. Tim Blaney as Fezziwig. Kate Page as Fan. Zoe Plait as Belle Trent. Kit Davlin as Fred;. Jaime Flowers Ashley as Fred's wife. Natalie Ryan as Daniel Quilp. And Grant Baciocco as Borb Cratchit. Additional vocal performances by: Erik Koski, Robb Maynard, Ron McAdams, Ian Morrison, Kate Page, Erica Rodriguez-Hylton, James Rohling, Natalie Ryan, Ryan Smith, and Greg Tally. Music supervision by Greg Tally; Editing by Ryan Smith. Vintage commercials directed by Ron McAdams. Commercials written and performed by Ron McAdams, James Rohling, Natalie Ryan, Erik Koski, Robb Maynard, Phillip Stephens, Erica Rodriguez-Hylton, Deana Dolphin, and Ryan Smith. Song, "Sex With A Mermaid," written by Greg Tally. Songs, "Sex With A Mince Pie" and, "Sex With A Badger" written by Natalie Ryan. Radio play text copyright 2017 by Ryan Smith and Greg Tally. Commercial text copyright 2017 by Ron McAdams, James Rohling, Natalie Ryan, Erik Koski, Robb Maynard, Erica Rodriguez-Hylton, Greg Tally, and Ryan Smith. Production copyright 2017 by Jefferson Hospitality, LLLP. Promotional artwork by Daniel Vincent Bigelow. This audio program is satire. The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the writers, performers or sponsor. But if you don’t understand satire there is no hope for you and you probably shouldn’t be consuming fiction of any kind. All rights reserved.
It’s our Boxing Day special, a day late because Ryan lost track of time! On this episode of the podcast, Greg, Kate and Ryan welcome guests Natalie Ryan, Ron McAdams and Pam Brisjar. The gang discusses Christmas plans and Erik hands out samples of Ikea’s proprietary soda. It’s just as good you’d expect a furniture manufacturer’s soda to be. Then the gang chats about the making of the Revival League’s Christmas special, “Soylent Scrooge; or, Christmas is Made of People.” All this and a dozen calendars mailed to Ryan, on this week’s episode of the Revival League Podcast! (This podcast does not represent Alternaversal, Shout Factory or the Kickstarter campaign in any official capacity). EDITOR’S NOTE: In June 2019, this podcast merged with the Damn Dirty Geeks Podcast and became The Damn Dirty Drive-in. These are our classic back catalog episodes, dating back to March 2016. Please enjoy! The new Drive-In podcast opens for business with original sketches, movie discussions, interviews, weird food tastings and more at Episode 168.
The Revival League Podcast proudly presents our original black comedy radio play, “Soylent Scrooge; Or, Christmas Is Made Of People.” England, 1893. The height of the Industrial Revolution. London is prosperous and well-fed. And yet, something sinister is afoot at the Soylent Scrooge Canning Manufactory, famous for feeding all of Great Britain its wildly popular brands of holiday slurry. So when Christmas Eve production grinds to a halt after captain of industry Jacob Marley falls into the whirling knives and gears of Soylent Scrooge, it's up to intrepid Food Inspector Bucket to get to the bottom of things. It's a black-hearted conspiracy that eats away at the very heart and soul of the British Empire ... and all strands of the crooked web lead back to Marley and his business partner, Ebenezer Scrooge! Can Scrooge survive the dogged sleuthing of Bucket, all while being haunted by the ghosts of Christmas? Cannibalism! Canning! Atrocious English Accents! What the Dickens will happen next, in the dastardly world of Soylent Scrooge? Listen and nibble act by act, or binge listen all at once! So please pop some popcorn, make some hot cocoa, curl up under a warm blanket and gather around the radio to listen to this fiendish holiday feast. This play is rated NSFW -- Not Safe For Work, at least not without earbuds. It contains violence, grown up language and situations, and may not be suitable for small children. This radio play was written by Greg Tally and Ryan Smith, and based upon the collected works of Charles Dickens and the short story "Soylent Scrooge" by Greg Tally. Dramatization produced and directed by Ryan Smith and Greg Tally. Your IBS Radio Announcers were Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, and Carolina Hidalgo. This program was narrated by Hayley Tolley. Starring Troy Schulze as Ebenezer Scrooge. Ron McAdams as Jacob Marley. Rebecca Herron as The Ghost of Christmas Past. Greg Tally as The Ghost of Christmas Present. Zach Thompson as The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Jackey Neyman Jones as Mrs. Cratchit. Ryan Smith as Tiny Tim. Tim Blaney as Fezziwig. Kate Page as Fan. Zoe Plait as Belle Trent. Kit Davlin as Fred;. Jaime Flowers Ashley as Fred's wife. Natalie Ryan as Daniel Quilp. And Grant Baciocco as Borb Cratchit. Additional vocal performances by: Erik Koski, Robb Maynard, Ron McAdams, Ian Morrison, Kate Page, Erica Rodriguez-Hylton, James Rohling, Natalie Ryan, Ryan Smith, and Greg Tally. Music supervision by Greg Tally; Editing by Ryan Smith. Vintage commercials directed by Ron McAdams. Commercials written and performed by Ron McAdams, James Rohling, Natalie Ryan, Erik Koski, Robb Maynard, Phillip Stephens, Erica Rodriguez-Hylton, Deana Dolphin, and Ryan Smith. Song, "Sex With A Mermaid," written by Greg Tally. Songs, "Sex With A Mince Pie" and, "Sex With A Badger" written by Natalie Ryan. Radio play text copyright 2017 by Ryan Smith and Greg Tally. Commercial text copyright 2017 by Ron McAdams, James Rohling, Natalie Ryan, Erik Koski, Robb Maynard, Erica Rodriguez-Hylton, Greg Tally, and Ryan Smith. Production copyright 2017 by Jefferson Hospitality, LLLP. Promotional artwork by Daniel Vincent Bigelow. This audio program is satire. The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the writers, performers or sponsor. But if you don’t understand satire there is no hope for you and you probably shouldn’t be consuming fiction of any kind. All rights reserved. (This podcast does not represent Alternaversal, Shout Factory or the Kickstarter campaign in any official capacity). EDITOR’S NOTE: In June 2019, this podcast merged with the Damn Dirty Geeks Podcast and became The Damn Dirty Drive-in. These are our classic back catalog episodes, dating back to March 2016. Please enjoy! The new Drive-In podcast opens for business with original sketches, movie discussions, interviews, weird food tastings and more at Episode 168.
On this episode of the Revival League Podcast, Kate once again ropes in special guests Ron McAdams and the ghost of James Rohling to fill in while Greg and Ryan are locked away completing the Christmas special. Kate, Ron and Ghost James chat about upcoming movies and whether Tommy Wiseau is an alien, and Kate decides that James just can't live up to Ryan's rage quotient. And in a previously recorded interview, Ryan and Kate chat with RiffTrax writer Sean Thomason about his love for MST3K, getting the job at RiffTrax, and surviving "Batman v. Superman". In "Reviewers in the MST," James and Ron examine the calamity that is "Pumaman". Will they survive the experience? Will Ryan ever tire of the cruel and unfunny joke that James is a ghost? The answers to all this and a wronged platypus out for revenge on this week's episode of the Revival League Podcast! PLUS: Make sure to tune in next week for the Revival League Podcast's epic, feature-length comedy radio play: "Soylent Scrooge; or, Christmas is Made of People" -- a heartwarming retelling of "A Christmas Carol", with all the cannibalism and fourth-wall-breaking Dickens would've wanted. Starring Troy Schulze, Hayley Tolley and a host of Revival League favorites. Featuring guest performances by Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Carolina Hidalgo, Zach Thompson, Grant Baciocco, Tim Blaney and Jackey Neyman Jones. (This podcast does not represent Alternaversal, Shout Factory or the Kickstarter campaign in any official capacity). EDITOR’S NOTE: In June 2019, this podcast merged with the Damn Dirty Geeks Podcast and became The Damn Dirty Drive-in. These are our classic back catalog episodes, dating back to March 2016. Please enjoy! The new Drive-In podcast opens for business with original sketches, movie discussions, interviews, weird food tastings and more at Episode 168.
With Greg and Ryan locked in a basement completing the Christmas special, Kate has recruited Ron McAdams and the late James Rohling to sit in for this week's podcast. Kate, Ron and James's ghost chat about "Thor: Ragnarok", Turkey Day at the Dino Hotel, and the Revival League's forthcoming Christmas radio play, "Soylent Scrooge". And in a previously recorded interview, Greg and Kate talk to MST3K writer Tammy Golden about the show, meeting Joel, and how Patton Oswald helped her land her dream job. All this and an eventual (but hollow) promise to James that we'll stop pretending he's dead, on this week's episode of the Revival League Podcast! (This podcast does not represent Alternaversal, Shout Factory or the Kickstarter campaign in any official capacity). EDITOR’S NOTE: In June 2019, this podcast merged with the Damn Dirty Geeks Podcast and became The Damn Dirty Drive-in. These are our classic back catalog episodes, dating back to March 2016. Please enjoy! The new Drive-In podcast opens for business with original sketches, movie discussions, interviews, weird food tastings and more at Episode 168.