Welcome to The Pop Culture Cafe. Thoughts and opinions from seasoned pop culture nerds. Join me, John, Scott and Paul as we explore the world of TV, movies, comics and sometimes the social issues that drive some entertainment content.
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TPCCafe Radio Presents Classic Sci-Fi, X-Minus One: The Green Hills of Earth
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It is the story of "Noisy" Rhysling, the blind space-going songwriter whose poetic skills rival Rudyard Kipling's. Heinlein (himself a medically retired U.S. naval officer) spins a yarn about a radiation-blinded, unemployable spaceship engineer crisscrossing the Solar System writing and singing songs. The story takes the form of a nonfiction magazi…
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Well boys and girls or whoever is listening. The boys are back together. So this show is part one. Our chat was long so I decided to split up all the fun. We chat about Red Box closing for good and movies and the remake of Fist Full of Dollars. Gladitor 2 looking like Training Day. Also the Watchman trailer and the Penguin trailer.…
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TPCCafe Radio Presents Classic Thrillers, Supense: One Hundred in the Dark
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A group of gentlemen in a New York writers club have just sat down for their after-dinner coffee. They are discussing the evolution of stories and it is brought up how, due to the many different human emotions, thousands of stories can be generated from just a few possible scenarios. Digitally Restored by Nicholas Hans Gary…
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TPCCafe Radio Presents Classic Sci-Fi, X-Minus One: Perigi's Wonderfull Dolls
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Perigi's Wonderful Dolls is a 1955 science fiction short story written and adapted by George Lefferts for the radio drama series X Minus One. It was originally aired without commercials by NBC on June 5, 1955, and later rebroadcast on January 18, 1956. Comparisons have been raised between several aspects of this story and the Twilight Zone episode …
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TPCCafe Radio Presents, Suspense: The Burning Court
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The Burning Court was the second story produced under the Suspense banner, but premiered a full two years after the show's first production, The Lodger, playing for the first time on June 17, 1942. For this reason, many consider The Burning Court to be the first official episode of the series. Digitally Restored by Nicholas Hans Gary…
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TPCCafe Radio Presents Classic Sci-Fi, X-Minus One: And The Moon Be Still And Bright
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X Minus One is an American half-hour science fiction radio drama series that was broadcast from April 24, 1955, to January 9, 1958, in various timeslots on NBC. Known for high production values in adapting stories from the leading American authors of the era, X Minus One has been described as one of the finest offerings of American radio drama and …
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TPCCafe Radio Presents Classic Thriller, Suspense: The Lodger
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This is the first of three adaptions for the ill-fated Suspense audition of 1940. It is believed that Joan Harrison, Alfred Hitchcock’s right-hand assistant, may have penned that script, with some additional work before broadcast by Harold Medford. It was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Herbert Marshall…
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TPCCafe Radio Classics Presents, X-Minus One: The Man In The Moon
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"The Man In The Moon". An S. O. S. is heard from the moon...and with good reason! The closing billboard and system cue have been deleted. The script was previously used on "Dimension X" on July 14, 1950, and subsequently on "Future Tense" on July 1976. The program was rebroadcast on "Monitor" in Apri 1974. Starring, Joe DeSantis, Robert Haag, Ed La…
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TPCCafe Radio Presents Classic Thrillers, Suspense: A Passage to Benares
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Adapted from T. S. Stribling’s 1926 short story of the same name. The story is about the investigation of the murder in Trinidad of a young bride a few hours after the marriage. An American tourist is caught up in the investigation. The cast: Horace Braham (Mr. Lowe), Paul Stewart (Paggioli), Berry Kroeger (Hiradus / Judge / Narrator), Alan Hewitt,…
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TPCCafe Vintage Classic Radio Presents - Knock 05.22.1955 Knock is a story of the last man on earth sitting in a room, when a knock comes on the door. This story was previously used on the series "Dimension X on May 6, 1950. Starring Lori March, Luis Van Rooten and Alexander Scourby.By The Pop Culture Cafe
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TPCCafe S12 Ep 310 A Gentle Squeeze
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This show we discuss, #TheBoys, #DoctorWho and the end of #StarTrekDiscovery. Plus we chat about the #Acolyte and the latest #JenniferLopez movie.By The Pop Culture Cafe
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TPCCafe Radio Presents Suspense - The Kettler Method
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TPCCafe Vintage Classic Radio Presents - Suspense - 42-09-16 The Kettler Method The air date was September 16, 1942. It is a chilling story about inmates taking over an asylum for the insane and trying to cure a visitor of her headache. Written by Peter Barry, and directed by John Dietz. Starring Martha Falkner, Winfield Honie, Roger De Koven, Berr…
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It is a weird tale of what it would be like to live your whole life in a single huge 100-level rocket ship complete with a mutant colony. Generation follows generation. A whole new religion springs up and legends are born. What lies on the levels above the mutant colony and most important of all that exists outside the ship? In the beginning, Jorda…
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"The Hitch-hiker". One of the great supernatural stories ever on radio, a modern classic. A cross country motorist sees a man by the side of the road, with spots of fresh rain on his shoulder!By The Pop Culture Cafe
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Vintage Radio Classics X-Minus One Marsis Heaven
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X Minus One is an American half-hour science fiction radio drama series that was broadcast from April 24, 1955, to January 9, 1958, in various timeslots on NBC. Known for high production values in adapting stories from the leading American authors of the era, X Minus One has been described as one of the finest offerings of American radio drama and …
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Vintage Radio Classcis Suspense - 42-08-19 The Cave of Ali Baba
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Suspense was a radio series broadcast on CBS from 1942 through 1962. One of the great radio programs of the Golden Age of Radio, Suspense was subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills". Suspense usually featured leading Hollywood actors of the era.By The Pop Culture Cafe
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Vintage Radio Classics X-Minus One No Contact 1955-04-24
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X Minus One is an American half-hour science fiction radio drama series that was broadcast from April 24, 1955, to January 9, 1958, in various timeslots on NBC. Known for high production values in adapting stories from the leading American authors of the era, X Minus One has been described as one of the finest offerings of American radio drama and …
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