Midnight Burger
When Gloria took a waitressing job at a diner outside of Phoenix, she didn't realize she was now an employee of Midnight Burger, a time-traveling, dimension-spanning diner. Every day Midnight Burger appears somewhere new in the cosmos along with it's staff: a galactic drifter, a rogue theoretical physicist, a sentient old-timey radio, and some guy named Caspar. No one knows who built Midnight Burger or how it works, but when it appears there's always someone around who could really use a cup of coffee. "When the waves of the universe crash unrelentingly, when the stars seem indifferent to your plight, suddenly there is a diner." We open at 6.
Episodes
Now jobless in the pandemic era, Gloria takes a job interview at a lonely diner outside of Phoenix. What could possibly go wrong?
Cast: Gloria - Siouxsie Suarez Caspar - Joe Fisher Ava - Finlay Stevenson Zebulon Mucklewain - Neal Starbird Effie Mucklewain - Julie Cowden-Starbird Leif - Tom Moorman Written and Directed by Joe Fisher Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson
It's Gloria's first official shift at everyone's favorite space, time, and dimension traversing diner and the staff finds themselves setting down on a dense, forested planet, teeming with life.
I'm SURE everything on this planet is nice and benevolent. Right guys?... Guys?...
Cast: Gloria: Siouxsie Suarez Effie: Julie Cowden-Starbird Zebulon: Neal Starbird Caspar: Joe Fisher Leif: ...
You'd think working a busy shift in a time-traveling, dimension-spanning diner in 1934 Harlan County, Kentucky would keep you from being confronted by your past relationships. That's what you get for thinking.
Cast:
Caspar: Joe Fisher Ava: Finlay Stevenson Leif: Tom Moorman Gloria: Siouxsie Suarez Effie Mucklewain: Julie Cowden-Starbird Zebulon Mucklewain: Neal Starbird
Guest Star:
Camille Smicker as "The Ex"
Music:
...We've all been there... your sentient old-timey radio stops talking to you and suddenly your diner is hurtling toward a supermassive black hole, right guys?! Whom amongst us?
Cast: Gloria - Siouxsie Suarez Caspar - Joe Fisher Ava - Finlay Stevenson Zebulon Mucklewain - Neal Starbird Effie Mucklewain - Julie Cowden-Starbird Leif - Tom Moorman Written and Directed by Joe Fisher Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson
Music...
You know how sometimes an ad gets stuck in your head? Well, this time the diner has found itself in a dystopian Earth where the ads are LITERALLY stuck in your head. That's right, it's the worst dystopia of all. No mohawks, no zombies, no improvised weaponry... just more ads.
Cast: Gloria - Siouxsie Suarez Caspar - Joe Fisher Ava - Finlay Stevenson Zebulon Mucklewain - Neal Starbird Effie Mucklewain - Julie Cowden-Starbird...
You may be done with the past, but the past isn't done with you. Also the future would like to have a word...
Cast: Gloria - Siouxsie Suarez Caspar - Joe Fisher Ava - Finlay Stevenson Zebulon Mucklewain - Neal Starbird Effie Mucklewain - Julie Cowden-Starbird Leif - Tom Moorman Written and Directed by Joe Fisher Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson
Music: Sweeter as the Years Go By - Criterion Quartet Swing Low, Sweet...
There's a joke I'm trying to think of... A robot walks into a diner something something something humanity is subjective. Anybody know that one?
Cast: Gloria - Siouxsie Suarez Caspar - Joe Fisher Ava - Finlay Stevenson Zebulon Mucklewain - Neal Starbird Effie Mucklewain - Julie Cowden-Starbird Leif - Tom Moorman
Guest Star: Ian Ferguson as Steve Written and Directed by Joe Fisher Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevens...
Things can keep for a long time when they're frozen: Chicken, fish, broccoli, reminders of the futility of our actions. Be careful when you defrost...
Cast: Gloria - Siouxsie Suarez Caspar - Joe Fisher Ava - Finlay Stevenson Zebulon Mucklewain - Neal Starbird Effie Mucklewain - Julie Cowden-Starbird Leif - Tom Moorman
Guest starring Jason Lambert as Vladimir Valentinovich Alexandrov Written and Directed by Joe Fisher Produce...
Don't you hate it when you throw a party at the end of the last great Ice Age and your friend just HAS to be the center of attention?
Cast: Gloria - Siouxsie Suarez Caspar - Joe Fisher Ava - Finlay Stevenson Zebulon Mucklewain - Neal Starbird Effie Mucklewain - Julie Cowden-Starbird Leif - Tom Moorman
Guest Starring Jessica Morris as Jane Written and Directed by Joe Fisher Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson
SEASON ONE FINALE!!
Remember: When faced with a dark and mysterious force in the sky, try throwing a scientists at it. Literally.
Cast: Gloria - Siouxsie Suarez Caspar - Joe Fisher Ava - Finlay Stevenson Zebulon Mucklewain - Neal Starbird Effie Mucklewain - Julie Cowden-Starbird Leif - Tom Moorman Written and Directed by Joe Fisher Produced by Joe Fisher and Finlay Stevenson
While we're busy putting together Season 2, we're highlighting a few other independently produced shows out there. First up is "The Program Audio Series". Each episode is a self-contained story that takes place in world where The Program controls all things. If you're a fan of Black Mirror, this show will definitely be up your alley.
For more information, go to www.programaudioseries.com
See you in November!
"Spaceships" is a great show that everyone should check out so we decided to host a sample episode right here on our feed!
If you like what you hear just go to https://theafterscape.com/spaceships/ for more information.
See you in November!
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