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Pedro Pablo Sacristan's Spanish Christmas Stories for Children:
Translated into English

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We are posting each Pedro story for free
for the 12 days before Christmas. 

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the 10th DAY's story was

"A Colorful Head"
What happens when a boy is not happy with his hair color?

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 Visit Santa at the North Pole, witness the birth of Baby Jesus, go inside Noah's Ark and more - with these 12 timeless short stories, by noted Spanish children's author Pedro Pablo Sacristan. They'll charm and entertain your whole family! Produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran radio-theater producer Joe Bevilacqua, and performed by husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg. 

Christmas stories include: "The Best Choice", "A Forced Christmas", "Bula the Traveler", "Christmas Presents", "The Please-o-Meter", and "The Little Christmas Star." There are also the stories "The Tidy Toys", "The Match and the Toy Men", "Problems on the Ark", "A Colorful Head", "A Drop of Water", and "Balloon Acrobatics".

AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Pedro Pablo Sacristan is back with yet another collection of Spanish stories for children, translated into English. And just in time for the holidays, this collection includes 12 whimsical stories with a Christmas theme. This is my third Sacristan anthology and I have to say that I have enjoyed them all very much. Sacristan's stories are written in a simple style that children will love. And parents will love the important life lessons their children will gain from these tales.  Audiobook Reviews from Audiobook-Heaven
©2011 Pedro Pablo Sacristan (P)2011 Pedro Pablo Sacristan, Joe Bevilacqua

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Yabba Dabba Doo!  The Alan Reed Story
by Alan Reed

Voiced by Alan Reed Jr. with Bill Marx as Fred Allen, commentary by Joe Bevilacqua
 An audio biography/documentary with rare interviews of Alan Reed and Joe Barbera,
re-mastered audio of Reed's radio, TV and film work. 

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"Clip-filled tribute to a master character actor"

A lively tribute to the life of character actor and cartoon voice Alan Reed, spiced by background music and audio clips of radio/TV shows and movies. Most of it is read by Alan Reed Jr. (whose father had died in 1977) but there are some bits spoken by Reed himself from 1970s interviews. Joe Barbera is heard commenting on Alan's work with The Flintstones (as Fred) and the creation of the series. Bill Marx narrates some letters Fred Allen wrote to Reed.

Teddy Bergman, later to become Alan Reed, was determined to be a stage actor, including a job in Oklahoma City and a dramatic academy. He found his way into what we now call old time radio (comedy/drama) and there are many clips of hilarious or dramatic moments from Baby Snooks, The Shadow, Fred Allen (where he did the Falstaff character), The Mel Blanc Show (an early partnership, years before they played Fred and Barney). Movie clips, too, and it's amazing to hear all the parts Alan played over the years. Joe Bevilacqua, who turns up doing some narration, puts in backing music and various clips which make this a nostalgia trip into the Golden Age of Radio. I really enjoyed all the clips, the inside info, and the journey into the life of a skillful character actor--the man who decided the best way to express Fred Flintstone's exuberance at life was to shout out, "Yabba Dabba Doo!"
- Bob Nelson (review on Audible.com)

Joe Bev's Waterlogg Productions offers new autobiography of the voice of Fred Flintstone

Yabba Dabba Doo! The Alan Reed Story: audiobook available on CD, Kindle, Audible, Amazon, Blackberry, Android, iTunes, iPhone, iPad, iPod

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PRLog (Press Release) - Oct 27, 2011 -
New from Waterlogg Productions! The autobiography of the voice of Fred Flintstone is brought to life by veteran radio-theater producer Joe Bevilacqua and Alan Reed Jr.

This 5-hour unabridged audiobook is enhanced with rare interviews with Alan Reed himself, an interview with Joe Barbera, and clips from Reed's radio, TV, and film career, including The Fred Allen Show, The Shadow, The Life of Riley, Life with Luigi, Duffy's Tavern, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Viva Zapata, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and The Flintstones.

Veteran radio dramatist and award-winning NPR and Sirius -XM Radio contributor Joe Bevilacqua is still telling stories 40 years after his father first bought him a tape record when his was 12. Now, 52, Joe Bev. has put out 25 new audiobooks many in a radio theater style, and some featuring classic characters of the past.

"I grew up loving the classic cartoons of Hanna-Barbera," beams Bevilacqua, who adds, "I am very happy to share the life of the man who coined the phrase 'Yabba Dabba Doo!"

Yabba Dabba Doo! The Alan Reed Story autobiography audiobook is available on CD, Kindle, Audible, Amazon, Blackberry, Android, iTunes, iPhone, iPad, iPod at joebev.com.

The print book which can be purchased at: amazon.com.

See Joe Bev LIVE October 29th, 8:00pm at Shadowland Theatre in Ellenville, NY.

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Waterlogg Productions is a multi-media entertainment company founded by husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg. Their combined talents spanning over 40 years have garnered many awards in radio. In 2009 Waterlogg Production ventured into the world of audio books and in 2011 video.

Feel free to contact them for your audio, video and entertainment needs.

NEW REVIEW & FREE AUDIO - DAY 8 - CELEBRATE the 12 days of Christmas with Waterlogg Prod.

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Enjoy Christmas with the family...We are posting each Pedro story for free for the 12 days before Christmas. 

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8th DAY was: 

"The Match and the Toy Men" Listen to Your Mother!

(click to hear to buy stories) 8 of 12

Visit Santa at the North Pole, witness the birth of Baby Jesus, go inside Noah's Ark and more - with these 12 timeless short stories, by noted Spanish children's author Pedro Pablo Sacristan. They'll charm and entertain your whole family! Produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran radio-theater producer Joe Bevilacqua, and performed by husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg. 

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Christmas stories include: "The Best Choice", "A Forced Christmas", "Bula the Traveler", "Christmas Presents", "The Please-o-Meter", and "The Little Christmas Star." There are also the stories "The Tidy Toys", "The Match and the Toy Men", "Problems on the Ark", "A Colorful Head", "A Drop of Water", and "Balloon Acrobatics".

(Audiobook Reviews from Audiobook-Heaven)

Spanish Christmas
Stories for Children
(Audiobook Reviews from
Audiobook-Heaven)

AUDIOBOOK REVIEW:Pedro Pablo Sacristan is back with yet another collection of Spanish stories for children, translated into English. And just in time for the holidays, this collection includes 12 whimsical stories with a Christmas theme. This is my third Sacristan anthology and I have to say that I have enjoyed them all very much. Sacristan's stories are written in a simple style that children will love. And parents will love the important life lessons their children will gain from these tales.
©2011 Pedro Pablo Sacristan (P)2011 Pedro Pablo Sacristan, Joe Bevilacqua

Let me walk you through a few of my favorites from this collection:

In The Best Choice, a little boy learns that presents are fun, but sometimes they can distract us from the really important things in life.

In The Little Christmas Star, the angels must choose one special star to illuminate a very special event that is taking place on Earth. The brightest and most beautiful star in Heaven thinks the job is too small, so the angels must turn to someone else.

In The Tidy Toys, a little boy likes to play with all his toys and not put them away when he's done, until his toys finally take it upon themselves to teach him an important lesson.

In Problems on the Ark, the large boat suddenly develops a leak! None of the animals are able to stop the leak on their own; it looks like everyone will have to work together.

And that's just for starters. In all, there are twelve charming stories, each with an important lesson for young and old alike.

Handling the narration duties for Sacristan's stories once again is the husband and wife team of Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg. You'll enjoy Joe and Lorie as they create literally dozens of silly and engaging voices that bring the stories to life. Your kids will feel right at home with the cartoon-style characterizations.

Spanish Christmas Stories for Children is just the thing to occupy your young ones on a rainy (or snowy) afternoon. Better yet, sit down and listen along with them. You won't regret spending some time with them, and you won't regret these stories either. It's fun for the whole family.


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FREE AUDIO - DAY 7 - CELEBRATE the 12 days of Christmas with Waterlogg Prod.

LORIE'S VIDEO

 
Enjoy Christmas with the family...

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©2011 Pedro Pablo Sacristan;
(P)2011 Pedro Pablo Sacristan, Joe Bevilacqua

We will be posting each Pedro story for free

for the 12 days before Christmas. 

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FOR TODAY's
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7th DAY was: 

"The Tidy Toys"
Toys need love and respect

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7 of 12

Visit Santa at the North Pole, witness the birth of Baby Jesus, go inside Noah's Ark and more - with these 12 timeless short stories, by noted Spanish children's author Pedro Pablo Sacristan. They'll charm and entertain your whole family! Produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran radio-theater producer Joe Bevilacqua, and performed by husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg. 

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Christmas stories include: "The Best Choice", "A Forced Christmas", "Bula the Traveler", "Christmas Presents", "The Please-o-Meter", and "The Little Christmas Star." There are also the stories "The Tidy Toys", "The Match and the Toy Men", "Problems on the Ark", "A Colorful Head", "A Drop of Water", and "Balloon Acrobatics".

6th DAY: 

"The Little Christmas Star"
All the stars wanted to be THE star

(click to hear buy) 6 of 12

5th DAY: 

"The Please-o-Meter" The Machine that Helps Santa decide

(click to hear buy) 5 of 12

4th DAY: 

"Christmas Presents"
Visit the Christmas Conference

(click to hear buy) 4 of 12

6th DAY: 

"The Little Christmas Star"
All the stars wanted to be THE star

(click to hear the free audio) 6 of 12

5th DAY: 

"The Please-o-Meter"
The Machine that Helps Santa decide

(click to hear the free audio) 5 of 12

4th DAY: 

"Christmas Presents"
Visit the Christmas Conference

(click to hear buy) 4 of 12

3rd DAY: 

"Bula the Traveler"
The story of a kingand the birth of Jesus 

(click to hear buy) 3 of 12

2nd DAY:
"A Forced Christmas"
A holiday wish fulfilled

(click to hear buy) 2 of 12

1st DAY:
"The Best Choice"
A visit to Santa at the North Pole
(click to hear buy) 1 of 12

For text of these stories and more, visit: http://freestoriesforkids.com.

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"The husband and wife narrating team of Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg were made for this type of narration. Their clever and funny caricatures are sure to bring a smile to the faces of any who listen. More importantly, their multitude of cartoonish voices, much like the voices your children hear every Saturday morning, are sure to draw, and hold, your kids’ attention for the entire hour and forty-five minute collection. In addition, the stories are enhanced with music and sound effects, making it even more like watching a cartoon in your mind. The sound quality and production are very top-notch."  

- Click to read the full Audiobook Heaven review

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 We are posting a Pedro story for free for the 12 days before Christmas. 

TWO TODAY!!!!!!!!!! 

6th DAY:

"The Little Christmas Star"
All the stars wanted to be THE star

(click to hear the free audio) 6 of 12

5th DAY: 

"The Please-o-Meter"
The Machine that Helps Santa decide

(click to hear the free audio) 5 of 12

 

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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Alan Reed and Daws Butler Speak Today

How many people were involved with old cartoons would you love to hear from, but their time has passed and they’re no longer alive to give interviews? You’d probably stop counting after awhile because coming up with a number would be a fruitless task.

Part of the problem is a lot of people didn’t care about cartoons. Interviewers dismissed them as unworthy of their time. Well, some didn’t. Mike Barrier recorded many conversations with some of the lesser-known people in classic animation, people like Mike Maltese and Dick Bickenbach who played huge roles in the early Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Eventually, I hope, Mr. Barrier will get around to transcribing them and posting them on his site. But there’s no financial gain for him to do it, so we’ll have to wait until he gets the time and inclination for it to happen.

Someone else who did a couple of interviews, once upon a time, was an aspiring voice actor named Joe Bevilacqua. As a young man, Joe learned to use his voice from a master, Daws Butler. And he’s been using it ever since.

When we last left Joe on this blog, he was hosting a programme called ‘Cartoon Carnival’ on Shokus Internet Radio. It was a fairly eclectic, and somewhat freeform, mix of soundtracks of old cartoons, Joe’s voice work, interview snippets and other bits of audio Joe accumulated over the years.

Shokus has morphed from a streaming radio station into a two-hour live interview show on the web (with a next-to-no-cost archive of old chats).

Joe, meanwhile, succumbed to the workload of assembling and editing a weekly show, but he’s still busy on the internet and has a couple of projects that may be of interest. One to fans of The Flintstones. Alan Reed, the voice of Fred, is no longer with us, but Joe’s done his damndest to bring him back in a five-hour, six minute audio book called “Yabba Dabba Doo!: The Alan Reed Story.” From Joe’s site is gleaned this summary:

Narrated by Alan Reed Jr., Alan Reed Sr., Joe Bevilacqua, Joe Barbera, Tony Reed, Bill Marx.The autobiography of the voice of Fred Flintstone is brought to life by veteran radio-theater producer Joe Bevilacqua and Alan Reed Jr. This is an enhanced unabridged audiobook of the print book features rare interviews with Alan Reed himself, an interview with Joe Barbera, commentary by Joe Bevilacqua, and clips from Reed's radio, TV, and film career, including The Fred Allen Show, The Shadow, The Life of Riley, Life with Luigi, Duffy’s Tavern, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Viva Zapata, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and The Flintstones.

Fans of old radio shows should be delighted to hear that contained within the mound of audio (if audio came in mounds) is Bill Marx narrating letters Fred Allen wrote to Reed. People may not realise Alan’s Falstaff Openshaw character was an early resident of Allen’s famous Alley; Allen used the Falstaff character to comment on political and social affairs through rhyming verse. Allen gave ownership of Falstaff to Reed when he left the show. The Openshaw voice was the one Reed used for ‘Frederick’ Flintstone in “The Split Personality” (1960).

“What’s the URL?” you’re asking. Patience, dear reader.

Joe has also combed through those mounds of audio (if I may mix metaphors) to come up with Volume One of “The Best of Cartoon Carnival.” This features Joe’s personal interviews, some of whom are no longer around to talk today: Joe Barbera, Leonard Maltin, Bob Clampett, Stan Freberg, Daws Butler, Mel Blanc, Bill Marx, June Foray, Bill Scott, Hoyt Curtin, and Craig Marin. The almost three-hour compilation show also features narration from Doug Young (Doggie Daddy) and Janet Waldo (Judy Jetson), both happily still with us today.

Give ‘em the URL? Quiet, Joe. This is my blog.

Anyway, just a sampling of the other things Joe has put together.

► “Daws Butler Teaches You Dialects. Lessons from the Voice of Yogi Bear!” Can you possibly learn from anyone better?

► “Rare Daws Butler: Comedy from the Voice of Yogi Bear!”
Where to start? Mr. Jinks reciting ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’ in his own, like, you know, cooool hipster fashion? How about Daws teaching you how to get Bert Lahr upset (ie. voicing Snagglepuss)? There’s a lot packed into under an hour of audio.

As you can see, this is stuff by the wonderful Mr. Butler that you won’t find in the Neiman-Marcus catalogue, no matter how hard you look. It’s only on Joe’s site, lovingly crafted by Joe himself. And, without wishing to make this sound like an advertisement, I’ll bet it costs less than anything in the Neiman-Marcus catalogue. And is a lot more fun.

Oh, yes, that URL. Joe’s web site is HERE. And he has a blog as well.

Alan Reed’s gone and Daws Butler are gone. But, thanks to old cartoons and radio shows, and one Joe Bev, they really are still here.

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Listen LIVE anywhere
EVERY SATURDAY
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Waterlogg Productions is a multi-media entertainment company founded by husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg.  Their combined talents spanning over 40 years have garnered many awards in radio.

FREE AUDIO - DAY 5 & 6 - CELEBRATE the 12 days of Christmas with Waterlogg Prod.

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©2011 Pedro Pablo Sacristan;
(P)2011 Pedro Pablo Sacristan, Joe Bevilacqua

Enjoy Christmas
with the family...

We will be posting each
Pedro story for free
for the 12 days before Christmas. 

CLICK HERE
FOR TODAY's
FREE STORY 

6th DAY was: 

"The Little Christmas Star"All the stars wanted to be THE star

(to buy only now)  6 of 12

5th DAY was: 

"The Please-o-Meter"
The Machine that Helps Santa decide

(click to hear the free audio) 5 of 12

4th DAY was: 

"Christmas Presents"
Visit the Christmas Conference

(click to hear buy) 4 of 12

Visit Santa at the North Pole, witness the birth of Baby Jesus, go inside Noah's Ark and more - with these 12 timeless short stories, by noted Spanish children's author Pedro Pablo Sacristan. They'll charm and entertain your whole family! Produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran radio-theater producer Joe Bevilacqua, and performed by husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg. 

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Christmas stories include: "The Best Choice", "A Forced Christmas", "Bula the Traveler", "Christmas Presents", "The Please-o-Meter", and "The Little Christmas Star." There are also the stories "The Tidy Toys", "The Match and the Toy Men", "Problems on the Ark", "A Colorful Head", "A Drop of Water", and "Balloon Acrobatics".

3rd DAY was: 

"Bula the Traveler"
The story of a kingand the birth of Jesus 

(click to hear buy) 3 of 12

2nd DAY was:
"A Forced Christmas"
A holiday wish fulfilled

(click to hear buy) 2 of 12

1st DAY was:
"The Best Choice"
A visit to Santa at the North Pole
(click to hear buy) 1 of 12

For text of these stories and more, visit: http://freestoriesforkids.com.

BUY THE OTHER
25 STORIES on AMAZON

"The husband and wife narrating team of Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg were made for this type of narration. Their clever and funny caricatures are sure to bring a smile to the faces of any who listen. More importantly, their multitude of cartoonish voices, much like the voices your children hear every Saturday morning, are sure to draw, and hold, your kids’ attention for the entire hour and forty-five minute collection. In addition, the stories are enhanced with music and sound effects, making it even more like watching a cartoon in your mind. The sound quality and production are very top-notch."  

- Click to read the full Audiobook Heaven review

Read Local! Great ideas for the tough challenges on your giving list

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Read Local!
Great ideas for the tough challenges
on your giving list
By Anne Pyburn

 

HILARIOUS BOOKS: The Joe Bev Experience really has to be experienced to be understood. Remember the golden age of radio and the golden age of cartoons, or wish you did? Want something that'll keep a family of six laughing through a two-hour traffic jam? Napanoch residents Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie B. Kellogg have created a vast, classic, yet marvelously fresh universe of books, audio books, original and vintage radio comedy and more. Need a last minute gift or just a good laugh? They've got downloads up the yin yang- no driving, no wrapping, no shipping involved. http://joebev.com. 

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Merry Christmas from Waterlogg Productions!

We will be posting each Pedro story for free for the 12 days before Christmas. 

FREE AUDIO - DAY 4 - CELEBRATE the 12 days of Christmas with Waterlogg Prod.

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©2011 Pedro Pablo Sacristan;
(P)2011 Pedro Pablo Sacristan, Joe Bevilacqua

Enjoy Christmas
with the family...

We will be posting each
Pedro story for free
for the 12 days before Christmas. 



CLICK HERE 

FOR TODAY's 

FREE STORY 
4th DAY was: 

"Christmas Presents"
Visit the Christmas Conference

(click to hear buy) 4 of 12

3rd DAY was: 

"Bula the Traveler"
The story of a kingand the birth of Jesus 

(click to hear buy) 3 of 12

2nd DAY was:
"A Forced Christmas"
A holiday wish fulfilled

(click to hear buy) 2 of 12

1st DAY was:
"The Best Choice"
A visit to Santa at the North Pole
(click to hear buy) 1 of 12

Visit Santa at the North Pole, witness the birth of Baby Jesus, go inside Noah's Ark and more - with these 12 timeless short stories, by noted Spanish children's author Pedro Pablo Sacristan. They'll charm and entertain your whole family! Produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran radio-theater producer Joe Bevilacqua, and performed by husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg. 

BUY THIS TITLE ON AMAZON

BUY THIS TITLE ON AMAZON

Christmas stories include: "The Best Choice", "A Forced Christmas", "Bula the Traveler", "Christmas Presents", "The Please-o-Meter", and "The Little Christmas Star." There are also the stories "The Tidy Toys", "The Match and the Toy Men", "Problems on the Ark", "A Colorful Head", "A Drop of Water", and "Balloon Acrobatics".

For text of these stories and more, visit: http://freestoriesforkids.com.

BUY THE OTHER
25 STORIES on AMAZON

"The husband and wife narrating team of Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg were made for this type of narration. Their clever and funny caricatures are sure to bring a smile to the faces of any who listen. More importantly, their multitude of cartoonish voices, much like the voices your children hear every Saturday morning, are sure to draw, and hold, your kids’ attention for the entire hour and forty-five minute collection. In addition, the stories are enhanced with music and sound effects, making it even more like watching a cartoon in your mind. The sound quality and production are very top-notch."  

- Click to read the full Audiobook Heaven review