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Starring Denali Bartell, Sarak Luke and Mike Macera.
Direction and sound design by Abby Brenker (with the help of Alan Kudan.)
Sound engineering and mixing by Alan Kudan.
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Episode Transcript
Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode
of the Lunatics Radio Hourpodcast.
I am Abby Brenker sitting herewith Alan Kudan.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Hello.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
And we are kicking off summer.
It's Memorial Day weekend andwe have a very exciting topic.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Sorry, why I don't know if this is like a surprise
or what why is there a bigcassette that just says play me
Huh?
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I don't know, I didn't notice that.
You didn't know.
It's not yours, it's no?
I guess we should play it.
Speaker 4 (00:58):
On September 1st 1991 , five minutes of unexplained
footage aired on Gordon Ohiostation WTUV1, beginning at 1.15
am and concluding at 1.20 am.
Investigations into the originsof the mysterious broadcast
launched two days after theoriginal air date, but the
source of the footage remainsundetermined.
(01:18):
Today all copies of theoriginal footage have been
destroyed.
Only this audio remains.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Is it recording?
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Is the little red light on.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Where.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Right there, you've got it, bodhi.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Okay, okay, everybody stand in front.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Where do you want me baby?
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Beside me, silly and daddy.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Right here.
Hold the sign on the right sideso the camera can see it.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Everybody ready?
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Okay, Three, two one Bon voyage, bon voyage.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
Flight 449,.
This is your pilot speaking.
We've reached our cruisingaltitude of 30,000 feet, looking
at clear skies all the way toCalifornia.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Big old air jetliner don't carry me too far away.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
You're going to run the battery down.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
We brought extras.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
Oh, did we now.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
We brought extras.
You heard the?
Speaker 3 (02:25):
little lady Loads of extras.
Oh, did we now we broughtextras.
You heard the little lady Loadsof extras.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Big old air gel, I know.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
Cause it's here that I gotta stay.
We're here.
We're here.
Hold on, let Daddy get the dooropen all the way.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Which one's my room?
Any one that you want,sweetheart, just put your stuff
on the bed.
This one, this one.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
The little lady picks true A bed fit for a princess.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
A mermaid.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
How could anybody possibly forget?
Does the mermaid princess wantto get buried in the sand?
Is it on?
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Look at the red light , Mommy.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Can you move?
Go on, try, nope, stop.
Are you really trying?
I think you're turning into abutterfly under there.
Anybody who's not trapped undera ton of sand, I'll race you to
the water.
Try not to drown your father.
(03:32):
Whoa, whoa slow down.
Whatcha doing, Mommy?
Sunbathing, maybe napping?
Where's your father Swimming?
What you looking at?
Speaker 2 (03:48):
You look pretty.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
I look pretty.
Sure Means a lot from themermaid princess.
What about your father?
Does he look pretty?
Speaker 2 (03:58):
I don't see him Right there.
That's not daddy.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Right there in the, isn't that?
Joseph, joseph, holy shit.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Mommy, what's going on?
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Joe, can you hear me?
What's wrong with Daddy Bodhi?
Honey, turn that thing off.
What's wrong with him?
Go get my purse.
We need to find a phone.
Why does he look like that?
Jesus Christ, will you pointthat thing somewhere else?
How's your pizza?
Hmm, I'm sorry for yelling,it's alright.
(04:49):
And I'm sorry for cursing.
Mommy was just scared, that'sall.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Was Daddy scared too?
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Everybody gets scared sometimes.
Bodhi, are you asleep?
Bodhi, she's asleep.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Mommy and Daddy are talking.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Talk to me.
Just tell me what happened.
You owe me that.
You scared your daughter halfto death.
Well, you look like.
Well, I'm not going to say whatyou look like.
You've got a mirror.
You go on and tell me what youlook like now.
Well, I'm not going to say whatyou look like.
You've got a mirror.
You go on and tell me what youlook like now.
(05:34):
What?
You're not going to talk,you're just going to stare at me
.
Fine, whatever, I'm going tobed.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
It's going to be all right.
Go on.
I told her it wasn't daddy.
I told her it wasn't Daddy.
I told her this is the porch.
I don't know what time it is.
I couldn't sleep.
I couldn't Not with them.
Did you hear that?
Can you hear them?
They look like Mommy and Daddy,but it's not them, not anymore.
(06:08):
They're trying to find me.
Look at their hands, look attheir fingers.
That's how.
Did you hear that?
They're right outside the otherside of the door.
(06:28):
I can hear them.
They know I'm here.
They're just waiting.
I don't know what they want.
It's cold out here.
We'll wait.
I'm sorry.
(07:14):
I'm sorry.
I stayed up.
I want to go down to the water.
Let's go down.
It's the water.
Is this here?
Does that castle stay here?
Let's go down to the water.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
This has been an unabridged radio play adapted
from the script by Jacob StephenMoore, berkey Family Vacation
1988.
The production stars DenaliBertel as Bodhi, sarah Luke as
Chloe and Mike Massera as Joseph.
Sound design by Abby Brinker,with additional help and mixing
(07:58):
from Alan Kudan.
We hope you all have enjoyedthis radio drama.
It was incredibly fun for usall to put it together for you,
and a very huge and heartfeltthank you to the writer, jacob
Stephen Moore, for sending thisto us and trusting us to bring
it to life on this podcast.
As always.
Thank you so much for beinghere and remember as you splash
around in oceans and lakes thissummer.
Sometimes there's more beneaththe surface than you realize.
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