Tropical Hot Dog Night
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Tropical Hot Dog Night is a radio drama
, produced by the ZBS Foundation
. It is the nineteenth of the Jack Flanders
adventure series and the third of the The Fantastic Voyages of Captain Jack Flanders sub-series. It combines elements of Old-time radio
with psychic
phenomena, supernatural
beings and energies.
fantasy life. The local crime bookshop owner, Johnny Seven, seems to have the answers but he's more interested in playing than talking. Sometimes however, being dressed to kill is more than just a turn of phrase…
Johnny: "You seem like the kind of woman who reads classics...Dostoevsky, Chekov guys like that. It's not the kind of books I sell."
Rose: "You mean books about tough guys?"
Johnny: "That's right."
Rose: "And tough babes who appear helpless and find some sap to buy their sob story and do their dirty work for them and the next thing you know she's skipped out with the dough, he's been framed, she's south of the border sipping Margaritas and the sap is wearing striped suits in the big house. Is that what you mean?"
Johnny: "Er.... why don't you just keep on browsing."
Amanda: "You know, people say, I gotta get some work done but you never hear them say, I gotta get some fun done."
Recorded at Froggy Acres Studios, Fort Miller, NY.
The title, Tropical Hot Dog Night, came from a song sung by Captain Beefheart
from his album Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
.
encountering mysterious and other-worldly incidents.
Radio drama
Radio drama is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story...
, produced by the ZBS Foundation
ZBS Foundation
ZBS Foundation, a small non-profit audio production company, was founded by Thomas Lopez in 1970 with a grant from Robert E. Durand as a working commune based on a donated farm in Upstate New York...
. It is the nineteenth of the Jack Flanders
Jack Flanders
Jack Flanders is the protagonist of a series of audio dramas produced by the ZBS Foundation. He is the creation of writer and sound artist Thomas Lopez and is played by actor Robert Lorick....
adventure series and the third of the The Fantastic Voyages of Captain Jack Flanders sub-series. It combines elements 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...
with psychic
Psychic
A psychic is a person who professes an ability to perceive information hidden from the normal senses through extrasensory perception , or is said by others to have such abilities. It is also used to describe theatrical performers who use techniques such as prestidigitation, cold reading, and hot...
phenomena, supernatural
Supernatural
The supernatural or is that which is not subject to the laws of nature, or more figuratively, that which is said to exist above and beyond nature...
beings and energies.
Plot
The crew are sailing towards Key Milagro - also known as Key Diablo by inhabitants of the neighbouring islands - where a mysterious fog descends each night and the inhabitants of Key Milagro find the colour draining out of everything and being replaced by a rich, hard-boiled film noirFilm noir
Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s...
fantasy life. The local crime bookshop owner, Johnny Seven, seems to have the answers but he's more interested in playing than talking. Sometimes however, being dressed to kill is more than just a turn of phrase…
Quotes
Dominique: "It's you Jack. You think I'm skinny because you have such a fat head."Johnny: "You seem like the kind of woman who reads classics...Dostoevsky, Chekov guys like that. It's not the kind of books I sell."
Rose: "You mean books about tough guys?"
Johnny: "That's right."
Rose: "And tough babes who appear helpless and find some sap to buy their sob story and do their dirty work for them and the next thing you know she's skipped out with the dough, he's been framed, she's south of the border sipping Margaritas and the sap is wearing striped suits in the big house. Is that what you mean?"
Johnny: "Er.... why don't you just keep on browsing."
Amanda: "You know, people say, I gotta get some work done but you never hear them say, I gotta get some fun done."
Credits
- Jack FlandersJack FlandersJack Flanders is the protagonist of a series of audio dramas produced by the ZBS Foundation. He is the creation of writer and sound artist Thomas Lopez and is played by actor Robert Lorick....
- Robert LorickRobert LorickRobert Lorick is an actor and lyricist, best known as a Broadway lyricist and for his work portraying Jack Flanders, a character in an ongoing series of ZBS Foundation audio adventures. In 1972, he made his debut as a lyricist with the Off-Broadway musical Hark! at the Mercer-O'Casey Theatre... - Mojo Sam - Dave Adams
- Claudine - Pascale Poirier
- Dominique - Lindsay Ellison
- Rose - Laura Roth
- Johnny and Fritzy - Hank Heimark
- Danny - Nebaden Adams
- Wolf - Susan Brink
- Producer/Director - Tom LopezThomas LopezThomas Lopez, aka Meatball Fulton, is one of the founders and president of the ZBS Foundation. He writes and produces the ZBS Foundation's audio drama productions. Some of these aired in 1984-85 as part of ZBS' stereo radio series The Cabinet of Dr. Fritz.His output includes the entire Jack...
- Story and Script - M. FultonThomas LopezThomas Lopez, aka Meatball Fulton, is one of the founders and president of the ZBS Foundation. He writes and produces the ZBS Foundation's audio drama productions. Some of these aired in 1984-85 as part of ZBS' stereo radio series The Cabinet of Dr. Fritz.His output includes the entire Jack...
- Music - Tim Clark
- Illustration and Graphics - Jaye Oliver
Recorded at Froggy Acres Studios, Fort Miller, NY.
The title, Tropical Hot Dog Night, came from a song sung by Captain Beefheart
Captain Beefheart
Don Van Vliet January 15, 1941 December 17, 2010) was an American musician, singer-songwriter and artist best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. His musical work was conducted with a rotating ensemble of musicians called The Magic Band, active between 1965 and 1982, with whom he recorded 12...
from his album Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
Shiny Beast is the tenth studio album by Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band. Originally released in 1978, it is considered to be Beefheart's comeback album following 1974's poorly received efforts, Unconditionally Guaranteed and Bluejeans & Moonbeams, and is the first of his three critically...
.
The Fantastic Voyages of Captain Jack Flanders
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The tropics is a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator. It is limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere at S; these latitudes correspond to the axial tilt of the Earth...
encountering mysterious and other-worldly incidents.
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(2006) - Tropical Hot Dog Night (2007)
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