The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd
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The Radio Adventures Of Dr. Floyd is a short audio and video series distributed via podcasting
Podcasting
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...

. Created by Grant Baciocco and Doug Price, it is a family friendly show in the style of old-time radio
Old-time radio
Old-Time Radio and the Golden Age of Radio refer to a period of radio programming in the United States lasting from the proliferation of radio broadcasting in the early 1920s until television's replacement of radio as the primary home entertainment medium in the 1950s...

. The show also draws much inspiration from The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show. The show first began in April 2004 on Dementia Radio but gained its popularity via podcasting
Podcasting
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. The show originates from Hood Avenue Studios in Burbank
Burbank, California
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, California
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.

Season 1 - 6 (and live episodes)

When his Time and Space Travel Device is stolen by the evil mastermind Dr. Steve and his sock-shaped assistant Fidgert. Dr. Floyd, his young protégé Dr. Grant and their faithful robot companion C.H.I.P.S. must do what they can to get it back. Bent on achieving fame and fortune, Dr. Steve plans to race through history, stealing historical items and then returning to the future to sell them on eBay
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. Can Dr. Floyd and his crew thwart the evil machinations of Dr. Steve and Fidgert?

In almost every episode the cast visits a famous historical figure.

At the end of Season 6, Dr Grant passed his "Protégé 101" test (with a score of 98%) and thus tested out of protégé classification (and therefore must leave Dr. Floyd); C.H.I.P.S.' parents are in dire trouble and C.H.I.P.S must help them without Dr. Floyd's help (because bringing humans to C.H.I.P.S.' planet is forbidden and would get C.H.I.P.S. into big trouble); and Dr. Steve returns the Time and Space Travel Device to Dr. Floyd (because Dr. Floyd has stopped him every time he has used it for personal gain.)

Season 7

At the start of Season 7, Dr. Steve (and later Dr. Floyd) go down to the Saddle River City Library to do some book browsing. The Librarian asks if there is some Doctor Convention in town, mainly because there have been so many doctors coming to the library. Dr. Floyd heads to the classical literature section placed in the basement of the Library. He finds Dr. Steve trying to find a book on 'the life and times of Berry Malaho'. Dr. Floyd then gives Dr. Steve a lesson on the Dewey Decimal System
Dewey Decimal Classification
Dewey Decimal Classification, is a proprietary system of library classification developed by Melvil Dewey in 1876.It has been greatly modified and expanded through 23 major revisions, the most recent in 2011...

 and then says he's in the wrong area as the classical literature is in the 800's. As Dr. Floyd shows him to the right section of the Library, they are stopped by three Doctors in different coats who are named collectively 'The Literati'. Their goal is to 'bring about the total destruction and complete annihalation of Dr. Floyd!' The Literati invented the Translitora which "looks somewhat like a laser cannon", but was built to destroy Dr. Floyd.

Dr. Steve however says that there can only be one person against Dr. Floyd- himself. Dr. Steve pushes the button on the Translitora, its effect grabbing both Dr. Floyd and Dr. Steve. In a flash Dr. Floyd and Dr Steve both vanish. The Literati are thrilled that they have now gotten rid of Dr. Floyd. However, Dr. Floyd finds that he and Dr. Steve are now stuck in the stories of Classic literature with the remote control.

In every episode in Season 7, the cast visits a famous classical novel/book.

The final two episodes of Season 7 try to wrap up this Season by sending Dr Grant and CHIPS back to Dr Floyd's Lab, (with mini episodes only found on by members of the show, e.g. The Imagination Nations Rangers/Members and eventually getting Dr Steve and Dr Floyd out of Classical Literature. Eventually Fidgert steals the Time and Space Travel Device and Dr Floyd, Dr Grant and CHIPS are again trying to chase Dr Steve and Fidgert.

History

The first episode was aired on Dementia Radio on April 4, 2004 and began podcasting
Podcasting
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...

 on November 7, 2004. Each episode is approximately 7 minutes long, though some are longer and some are shorter. The shows have featured guest stars from around the entertainment world playing historical figures. June Foray
June Foray
June Foray is an American voice actress, best known as the voice of many animated characters...

, Jeffrey Tambor
Jeffrey Tambor
Jeffrey Michael Tambor is an American actor, perhaps best known for his roles as George Bluth Sr. and Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development and Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show.-Early life:...

, Don Novello
Don Novello
Don Novello is an American writer, film director, producer, actor, singer, and comedian. Novello is best known for his work on NBC's Saturday Night Live, from 1977 until 1980, and then 1985 until 1986, often as the character "Father Guido Sarducci". Novello has appeared as "Sarducci" on many...

, Frank Conniff
Frank Conniff
Frank Conniff is a writer and actor who is perhaps best known for his portrayal of TV's Frank on Mystery Science Theater 3000 .-Early work:...

, Rick Overton
Rick Overton
Richard "Rick" Overton is an American screenwriter, actor and comedian. His writing credits include Dennis Miller Live, and his acting credits include Willow and The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne.-Life and career:...

, Kira Soltanovich
Kira Soltanovich
Kira Soltanovich is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actress best known for her work on prank-oriented reality shows such as Oxygen Network's Girls Behaving Badly and TV Guide Network's Trapped by TV Guide. She is also known as the voice of a talking photo booth in a sketch on The Tonight Show...

 and Ron Lynch are among the celebrities who have played parts on the show.

The show was nominated for Best Comedy Podcast in the first ever Podcast Awards. It has also been featured on the front page of the iTunes
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 Podcast Directory; in SPIN Magazine and iProng Magazine; as well as the Tivo
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 Podcast directory.

The show has received recognition and several awards since its inception, has been continued to be featured on the iTunes Store
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, and has even been considered for a Grammy nomination for THE RADIO ADVENTURES OF DR. FLOYD – THE COMPLETE SEASON 5 CD

In September 2010, the creators announced on their website that Season 8 (their current season) would be their final season and that after the final episode is aired, they will be releasing all their episodes online for free to download.

Characters

  • Dr. Floyd - (Doug Price) "The World's Most Brilliant Scientist" and the hero of the show. His main pet peeve is that Dr. Grant always talks about his small head.
  • Dr. Grant - (Grant Baciocco) Dr. Floyd's young protégé
  • C.H.I.P.S. - (Moira Quirk
    Moira Quirk
    Moira Shannon Quirk is a British actress, voice actress and sex symbol who was the referee of the Nickelodeon game show Nickelodeon GUTS for four seasons....

    ) Dr. Floyd and Dr. Grant's faithful robot companion
  • Dr. Steve - Evil mastermind and Dr. Floyd's arch-nemesis
  • Fidgert - Dr. Steve's "sock-shaped" assistant

Minor characters

  • Mr. Narrator - narrator of the shows, who interacts with the characters at times
  • Flight Attendant Krystee - a flight attendant on Dr. Floyd's Time & Space Ship
  • Ensign Tim Porary - red shirted expendable crewman
  • Mrs. Doris Floyd - (Leslie Carrara-Rudolph
    Leslie Carrara
    Leslie Carrara-Rudolph is an American actress, singer, performer and puppeteer. She is sometimes credited as Leslie Carrara or the mis-spelling Leslie Carrera-Rudolph.-Early life and career:...

    ) mother of Dr. Floyd
  • Mr. Beardychins - Mrs. Floyd's Pomeranian puppy
  • Dr. Doug - wayward protégé of Dr. Floyd

Historical figures

  • Al Capone
    Al Capone
    Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone was an American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate. The Chicago Outfit, which subsequently became known as the "Capones", was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities such as prostitution, in Chicago from the early...

    - (Ryan Smith
    Ryan Smith
    Ryan Smith may refer to:*Ryan Smith *Ryan Smith *Ryan Smith *Ryan Smith , Canadian rugby union player...

    ) Episodes 105, 106 & 107
  • Wilbur Wright - (Chris Waffle) Episodes 109 & 110
  • Orville Wright - (Tim Waffle) Episodes 109 & 110
  • Molly Pitcher
    Molly Pitcher
    Molly Pitcher was a nickname given to a woman said to have fought in the American Revolutionary War, who is generally believed to have been Mary Ludwig Hays...

    - (Carla Ulbrich
    Carla Ulbrich
    Carla Ulbrich is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, author, and self-described "professional smart aleck" from Clemson, South Carolina.-Career:...

    ) Episodes 201 & 202
  • Johann Pachelbel
    Johann Pachelbel
    Johann Pachelbel was a German Baroque composer, organist and teacher, who brought the south German organ tradition to its peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secular music, and his contributions to the development of the chorale prelude and fugue have earned him a place among the most...

    - (Rob Paravonian
    Rob Paravonian
    Rob Paravonian is a comedian, best known for his "Pachelbel Rant" which parodies the use of the chord progression from Pachelbel's Canon in many popular songs.-Music:...

    ) Episodes 203 & 204
  • David Livingstone
    David Livingstone
    David Livingstone was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and an explorer in Africa. His meeting with H. M. Stanley gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr...

    - (Grant Baciocco) Episodes 208, 209 & 210
  • Henry Morton Stanley
    Henry Morton Stanley
    Sir Henry Morton Stanley, GCB, born John Rowlands , was a Welsh journalist and explorer famous for his exploration of Africa and his search for David Livingstone. Upon finding Livingstone, Stanley allegedly uttered the now-famous greeting, "Dr...

    - (Doug Price) Episodes 208, 209 & 210
  • Cleopatra - (Deven Green
    Deven Green
    Deven Green is a comedian, comedy writer, and musician. She is best known for her performances with the comedy duo Devon & Joel and her parody work as Betty Bowers, "America's Best Christian".-Biography:...

    ) Episodes 211 & 212
  • Mark Antony
    Mark Antony
    Marcus Antonius , known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general. As a military commander and administrator, he was an important supporter and loyal friend of his mother's cousin Julius Caesar...

    - (Joel Bryant) Episodes 211 & 212
  • Meriwether Lewis
    Meriwether Lewis
    Meriwether Lewis was an American explorer, soldier, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition also known as the Corps of Discovery, with William Clark...

    - (Jeff Smith
    Jeff Smith
    Jeff Smith may refer to:*Jeff Smith , coach in the Minnesota Twins' organization*Jeff Smith , councillor in Manchester*Jeff Smith , creator of the comic book Bone...

    ) Episodes 302 & 303
  • William Clark - (Matthew Dunn
    Matthew Dunn
    Matthew Dunn is a former Olympic freestyle and medley swimmer swimmer who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for Australia, starting in 1992....

    ) Episodes 302 & 303
  • P.T. Barnum - (Luke Ski
    Luke Ski
    Luke Ski is a parody, filk and rap artist who writes, records and performs comedy music. He had the #1 most requested song on the Dr...

    ) Episodes 304, 305 & 306
  • H.G. Wells - (Rick Overton
    Rick Overton
    Richard "Rick" Overton is an American screenwriter, actor and comedian. His writing credits include Dennis Miller Live, and his acting credits include Willow and The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne.-Life and career:...

    ) Episode 308
  • Orson Welles
    Orson Welles
    George Orson Welles , best known as Orson Welles, was an American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio...

    - (Rick Overton) Episode 308
  • Annie Oakley
    Annie Oakley
    Annie Oakley , born Phoebe Ann Mosey, was an American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter. Oakley's amazing talent and timely rise to fame led to a starring role in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, which propelled her to become the first American female superstar.Oakley's most famous trick is perhaps...

    - (Kira Soltanovich
    Kira Soltanovich
    Kira Soltanovich is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actress best known for her work on prank-oriented reality shows such as Oxygen Network's Girls Behaving Badly and TV Guide Network's Trapped by TV Guide. She is also known as the voice of a talking photo booth in a sketch on The Tonight Show...

    ) Episodes 311 & 312
  • Buffalo Bill Cody - (Frank Conniff
    Frank Conniff
    Frank Conniff is a writer and actor who is perhaps best known for his portrayal of TV's Frank on Mystery Science Theater 3000 .-Early work:...

    ) Episodes 311 & 312
  • Jimmy Hoffa
    Jimmy Hoffa
    James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa was an American labor union leader....

    - (Doug Price) Episode 401
  • Ted Hustead & Wall Drug
    Wall Drug
    Wall Drug Store, often referred to simply as "Wall Drug", is a tourist attraction located in the town of Wall, South Dakota, United States. It is a shopping mall consisting of a drug store, gift shop, restaurants and various other stores. Unlike a traditional shopping mall, all the stores at Wall...

    - (Grant Baciocco) Episode 403 & 404
  • Alva J. Fisher - (Tony Foster) Episode 405
  • George Washington
    George Washington
    George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...

    - (Jeffrey Tambor
    Jeffrey Tambor
    Jeffrey Michael Tambor is an American actor, perhaps best known for his roles as George Bluth Sr. and Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development and Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show.-Early life:...

    ) Episodes 407 & 408
  • Alexander Hamilton
    Alexander Hamilton
    Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury...

    - (Chris Hardwick
    Chris Hardwick
    Christopher Ryan "Chris" Hardwick is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, musician, podcaster, television personality, and voice artist...

    ) Episode 407
  • Thomas Jefferson
    Thomas Jefferson
    Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...

    - (Jeremy Aengel) Episode 407
  • Henry Knox
    Henry Knox
    Henry Knox was a military officer of the Continental Army and later the United States Army, and also served as the first United States Secretary of War....

    - (Doug Price) Episode 407
  • Edmund Randolph
    Edmund Randolph
    Edmund Jennings Randolph was an American attorney, the seventh Governor of Virginia, the second Secretary of State, and the first United States Attorney General.-Biography:...

    - (Grant Baciocco) Episode 407
  • Martha Washington
    Martha Washington
    Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Although the title was not coined until after her death, Martha Washington is considered to be the first First Lady of the United States...

    - (Leslie Carrara-Rudolph
    Leslie Carrara
    Leslie Carrara-Rudolph is an American actress, singer, performer and puppeteer. She is sometimes credited as Leslie Carrara or the mis-spelling Leslie Carrera-Rudolph.-Early life and career:...

    ) Episode 408
  • Gilbert Stuart
    Gilbert Stuart
    Gilbert Charles Stuart was an American painter from Rhode Island.Gilbert Stuart is widely considered to be one of America's foremost portraitists...

    - (Mike Hollingsworth) Episode 408
  • Benjamin Franklin
    Benjamin Franklin
    Dr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat...

    - (Chuck McCann
    Chuck McCann
    Chuck McCann is a film actor, television actor, stage actor, and a voice actor from Brooklyn, New York.-Early career:...

    ) Episodes 410 & 411
  • Pablo Picasso
    Pablo Picasso
    Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the...

    - (Lance Anderson) Episode 413
  • Galileo - (Don Novello
    Don Novello
    Don Novello is an American writer, film director, producer, actor, singer, and comedian. Novello is best known for his work on NBC's Saturday Night Live, from 1977 until 1980, and then 1985 until 1986, often as the character "Father Guido Sarducci". Novello has appeared as "Sarducci" on many...

    ) Episodes 414 & 415
  • Susan B. Anthony
    Susan B. Anthony
    Susan Brownell Anthony was a prominent American civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights movement to introduce women's suffrage into the United States. She was co-founder of the first Women's Temperance Movement with Elizabeth Cady Stanton as President...

    - (June Foray
    June Foray
    June Foray is an American voice actress, best known as the voice of many animated characters...

    ) Episodes 501, 502 & 503
  • William Bradford (1590-1657)
    William Bradford (1590-1657)
    William Bradford was an English leader of the settlers of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, and served as governor for over 30 years after John Carver died. His journal was published as Of Plymouth Plantation...

    - (John Billingsley
    John Billingsley
    John Billingsley is an American actor, known for his role as Doctor Phlox on the television series Star Trek: Enterprise.-Career:...

    ) Episodes 507 & 508
  • Mary Brewster
    Mary Brewster
    Mary Brewster was a Pilgrim and one of the women on the Mayflower. She was the wife of Elder William Brewster and the mother of six of his children . She is an ancestor of possibly millions of people living in America today.There is a lot of speculation over Mary Brewster's maiden name...

    - (Bonita Friederecy) Episodes 507 & 508
  • Amelia Earhart
    Amelia Earhart
    Amelia Mary Earhart was a noted American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first woman to receive the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean...

    - (Maria Bamford
    Maria Bamford
    Maria Bamford is an American stand-up comedian and voice actor. She is best known for her portrayal of her dysfunctional family and self-deprecating comedy involving jokes about depression. Her comedy style draws upon surrealism and incorporates voice impressions that good-naturedly mock various...

    ) Episodes 513 & 601
  • Fred Noonan
    Fred Noonan
    Frederick Joseph "Fred" Noonan was an American flight navigator, sea captain and aviation pioneer who first charted many commercial airline routes across the Pacific Ocean during the 1930s...

    - (Frank Conniff
    Frank Conniff
    Frank Conniff is a writer and actor who is perhaps best known for his portrayal of TV's Frank on Mystery Science Theater 3000 .-Early work:...

    ) Episodes 513 & 601
  • Blackbeard
    Blackbeard
    Edward Teach , better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies....

    - (Joel Hodgson
    Joel Hodgson
    Joel Gordon Hodgson is an American writer, comedian and television actor. He is best known for creating Mystery Science Theater 3000 and starring in it as the character Joel Robinson. In 2007 MST3K was listed as "one of the top 100 television shows of all time" by Time.com...

    ) Episodes 602 & 603
  • Sherlock Holmes
    Sherlock Holmes
    Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...

    (Stan Freberg
    Stan Freberg
    Stanley Victor "Stan" Freberg is an American author, recording artist, animation voice actor, comedian, radio personality, puppeteer, and advertising creative director whose career began in 1944...

    ) Episodes 709 & 710
  • Francois Barbe-Marbois
    François Barbé-Marbois
    François Barbé-Marbois, marquis de Barbé-Marbois was a French politician.-Early career:Born in Metz, where his father was director of the local mint, Barbé-Marbois tutored the children of the Marquis de Castries. In 1779 he was made secretary of the French legation to the United States...

    - (Doug Price) Episode SE001
  • James Monroe
    James Monroe
    James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation...

    - (Doug Price) Episode SE001
  • Robert R. Livingston - (Grant Baciocco) Episode SE001

Awards and nominations

  • 2006 Parsec Award
    Parsec Awards
    The Parsec Awards are a set of annual awards created to recognize excellence in science fiction podcasts and podcast novels. The awards were created by Mur Lafferty, Tracy Hickman and Michael R. Mennenga and awarded by FarPoint Media...

     - Best Audio Drama (Short)
    • 2006 Podcast Peer Award - Best Family Friendly Podcast
      • 2006 Just Plain Folks Music Award - Children's Storytelling - Nominee
      • 2007 Podcast Peer Award - Best Fiction Podcast
        • 2007 Parsec Award
          Parsec Awards
          The Parsec Awards are a set of annual awards created to recognize excellence in science fiction podcasts and podcast novels. The awards were created by Mur Lafferty, Tracy Hickman and Michael R. Mennenga and awarded by FarPoint Media...

           - Best Audio Production
        • 2007 Parsec Award
          Parsec Awards
          The Parsec Awards are a set of annual awards created to recognize excellence in science fiction podcasts and podcast novels. The awards were created by Mur Lafferty, Tracy Hickman and Michael R. Mennenga and awarded by FarPoint Media...

           - Best Audio Drama (Short)
        • 2007 Podcast Peer Award - Best Family Friendly Podcast
          • 2009 Parsec Award
            Parsec Awards
            The Parsec Awards are a set of annual awards created to recognize excellence in science fiction podcasts and podcast novels. The awards were created by Mur Lafferty, Tracy Hickman and Michael R. Mennenga and awarded by FarPoint Media...

            - Best Audio Drama (Short)

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