More than 75 audio titles are available from Joe Bev at http://joebev.com/buy.html
On this month's BEAR MANOR RADIO shows:
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Lorie's Book Nook
Interviews with Bear Manor authors Hosted by Lorie Kellogg, Produced by Joseph Bevilacqua (Joe Bev)
THIS MONTH'S SHOW:
Guest Bob Colonna &
Blast from the Past: Jerry Colonna with Bob Hope
Lorie Kellogg started her education at the Kansas City Art Institute. There she studied painting, printmaking, photography, commercial design and video. She continued to Graduate School at the California Institute of the Arts where she received her MFA in Film/Video. Lorie is a graphic designer creating websites, logos, newsletters, newspaper & magazine layout, package design, ad design, and edits video & audio. On Comedy-O-Rama, Lorie also voices Ranger Lorie, Olive Pitts, Lkie (Sqweeky), Mrs. Terwilliger, and the other half of voices in the Pedro cartoons.
GREETINGS, GATE! THE STORY OF PROFESSOR JERRY COLONNA
by Bob Colonna
Ah, yes! It is here! The story of everyone's favorite mustache, Jerry Colonna, coming from the bulging eyes of his son, Bob. Teeming with personal, unpublished photos from this wacky author's private collection, this book will keep you up all night! And then some! But that's a good thing. Foreword by Star Wars composer, John Williams!
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Fred Frees Favorites,
an Audio Book Sampler
Produced by Joseph Bevilacqua,
Hosted by Fred Frees
THIS MONTH'S SHOW:
Final Cuts & The Laugh Makers
FINAL CUTS: THE LAST FILMS
OF 50 GREAT DIRECTORS
by Nat Segaloff
Critic-producer Nat Segaloff was granted access to private papers, production records, never-before-published interviews, and specialized archives in reconstructing the colorful, touching, and sometimes scandalous stories behind the making of the last films of some of Hollywood’s top directors. Winningly readable and yet meticulously researched, its substantial entries range from Robert Aldrich and Robert Altman to Peter Yates and Fred Zinnemann, and John Ford and Howard Hawks to Otto Preminger and Richard Brooks.
Certain to attract controversy because of whom it ignores as well as whom it includes, Final Cuts presents fifty widely varied chronicles of success and failure, inspiration and ennui, elation and heartache, and every other emotion enjoyed or endured by the greatest filmmakers that Hollywood ever knew.
BOOK: http://www.bearmanormedia.com
AUDIO BOOK: http://www.bearmanormedia.com
THE LAUGH MAKERS:
A BEHIND-THE-SCENES TRIBUTE
TO BOB HOPE'S INCREDIBLE GAG WRITERS
by Robert L. Mills, J.D.
"In The Laugh Makers, Bob Mills takes us on a delightful, side-splitting journey back to the slapstick sketch comedy of television's
Golden Age - a long-ago era of variety, song-and-dance, brilliant patter and a seemingly endless parade of laughs - sprung from the genius of 'gag men,' that talented group of wit-blessed wordsmiths to whom the book pays well-deserved homage.
The Laugh Makers what is a priceless collection of heretofore unpublished recollections revealing untold secrets and goings-on behind the scenes on the Bob Hope Show from Stockholm to Bora Bora; London to Peking. It's jam-packed with stories, anecdotes and 82 un-retouched photos of Hope, His guest stars and his writers -- all from a fondly remembered past that will have you chuckling from start to finish."
The Laugh Makers:
A Behind-The-Scenes Tribute To Bob Hope's
Incredible Gag Writers By Bob Mills
BOOK: http://www.bearmanormedia.com
AUDIO BOOK: http://www.blackstonelibrary.com
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Voiced by Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Joe Barbera, Leonard Maltin, Bob Clampett, Stan Freberg, Daws Butler, Mel Blanc, Bill Marx, June Foray, Craig Marin, Janet Waldo
Length: 2 hours & 51 min.
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The Voice Actor Show
with Joe Bev
Interviews with top voice actors. Produced & Hosted by Joseph Bevilacqua
THIS MONTH'S SHOW:
Guest June Foray &
Blast from the Past: June Foray with Stan Freberg
"Like millions of people, I've been listening to June Foray for most of my life. I remember when I first encountered Rocky and Bullwinkle in their first season on TV, and falling under the spell of Jay Ward's sharply-written, wonderfully performed cartoons.
What I can't remember is when I learned that the same woman who provided the voice of Rocky also acted as Natasha, Nell, and a host of other characters on the series, including the gravely-voiced fairy godmother who was patterned after character actress Marjorie
Main. But as a diehard cartoon fan, it didn't take me long to memorize the names of the actors in the show's credits (fleeting though they were).
"Around the same time I became enamored of Stan Freberg's comedy records, including such hit singles as "St. George and the Dragonet" and classic albums like Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America. The rich, colorful voices on those records became permanently ingrained in my consciousness, and in time I connected the dots and realized that June, Paul Frees, and Daws Butler were the same people I heard on so many cartoon soundtracks."
- Leonard Maltin, from his Foreword
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Old-Time Radio Parodies:
The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour, Season Two
By Joe Bevilacqua, William Melillo, Robert J. Cirasa
Voiced by Joe Bevilacqua, Rick Ramos, Alison Nead, Cathi Tully , William Melillo, Jay Snyder, Peter Cummings, Thomas Babakowski, Peter Nevargic, James Cronin
Length: 2 hours & 53 min.
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The J-OTR Show
with Joe Bev
A mix of new and old time radio. Produced & Hosted by Joseph Bevilacqua (Joe Bev)
THIS MONTH'S SHOW:
The Green Hornet
Meets the Red Hornet
Joe Bev presents a new & old time radio mash-up. In this hour, the Dec. 25th, 1945 of the Green Hornet, followed by the parody The Red Hornet.
As heard on Sirius XM Radio and NPR stations! Old Time Radio Parodies, Volume Two of The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour, produced
and directed by Joe Bevilacqua, written by Joe Bevilacqua, William Melillo, and Robert J. Cirasa. These are not old-time radio shows
but incredible simulations! Created by veteran audio theater producer Joe Bevilacqua, these humorous half-hours take off on such
classic old time radio shows as The Shadow, The Lone Ranger, The Green Hornet, War of the Worlds, Suspense and The Jack Benny
Program. The fine cast includes Joe Bevilacqua, Rick Ramos, Alison Nead, Cathi Tully, William Melillo, Jay Snyder, Peter Cummings,
Thomas Babakowski, Peter Nevargic and James Cronin.
Includes:
"The Silhouette", "The Old Ranger", "The Red Hornet", "Brute Ballingham, Private Detective", "Suspension: Waiting for Rochester - To
Stop", and "War of the Welles:".
What the Critics Say "Old-time Radio Parodies is up to the usual Waterlogg Productions high standards, featuring a full cast of talented voice actors, and cinema quality music and sound effects. I promise you’ll never be disappointed with how a Waterlogg Production sounds. They even have parodies of commercials like Shouty-O’s (shout for Shouty-O’s!) cereal, and Blue Coal Tires (the only tires you can burn in your furnace after they go flat). We’re talking three hours of non-stop laughs here. Don’t miss out!"
(Audiobook Heaven, audiobook-heaven.com)
"We are excited to collaborate again with the extraordinarily talented Joe Bevilacqua," said Ben Ohmart, president of Bear Manor Media, the publisher of books about old Hollywood. Through Blackstone Audio, he has released more than 90 audio titles, on MP3 and CD, including hundreds of hours of audio documentaries, comedies, dramas, autobiographies. Available at http://joebev.com/buy.html
Old-Time Radio Parodies
AUDIO BOOK: http://www.downpour.com/old-time-radio-parodies-1
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The Comedy-O-Rama Hour...
Camp Waterlogg:
A Visit from Uncle Ross
PODCAST: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id572142422
Animal Planet's hit TV reality show "Whale Wars" gets the Joe Bev treatment when radio's The Comedy-O-Rama Hour. The creation of husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) and Lorie Kellogg, The Comedy-O-Rama Hour has evolved since its successful run on Sirius XM Radio, into a wacky mix of family friendly humor, radio theater, audio cartoons and improvisation.
During the hour, the Camp Waterlogg gang are visited by Ross Moss (played by Joe Bev) the uncle of one of the camp kids Peter Moss (played by Kenny Savoy). Meanwhile, Ellis (Joe Bev) and Elise (Lorie Kellogg) confront narcoleptic Captain Ezekiel Zero (Jim Folly) and his parrot (Kenny Savoy) in the continuing saga of the "Beluga Battles," Joe Bev's "Whale Wars" parody.
The hour will also feature the world premiere of "Sherlock Snail Finds a Home) a new Uncle Dunkle radio cartoons written and voiced entirely by Joe Bev based on the characters of his mentor Daws Butler (Yogi Bear), and two radio cartoons written by Pedro Pablo Sacristan: "The Incredible Black Rain" (voiced by Lorie Kellogg) and "Dark Wizard, Spark Wizard" (voiced by Joe Bev.)
Joe Bev says of his cast:
"Lorie Kellogg is not only a great voice artist who can play woman, man, girls, boys, frogs, trees, chairs, or anything... she also comes up with half the funny plots we improvise!"
"Jim Folly is the funniest man alive! Jim has been a member of our troupe Liquid Comedy since we formed it in 1979. Jim is Don Rickles, Chico Marx and Allen Jenkins all rolled into one!"
"Kenny Savoy can do voices and read a script as well as any actor I know, but what makes Kenny special is is bright open upbeat personality. He lifts the energy of everyone he meets. Kenny is also a great improviser."
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The Jazz-O-Rama Hour...
Who's Yehoodi?
Jerry Colonna 78s
PODCAST:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id611001393
1. Cab Calloway - Who's Yehoodi- (Yehudi-)
2. Bell Bottom Trousers
Performed by Jerry Colonna, Recorded c. February 1945, Words and Music by Moe Jaffe
3. Sweet Adeline By Jerry Colonna 1953 - overdubbed
4. V-Disc 699 A Farmer's Life is a Very Merry Life
Jerry Colonna w/ Frank DeVol and his Orchestra. Issued Nov. 1946, Dinah Shore,Spade Cooley, Jerry Colonna
5. Cow Pasture Polka (Lift Your Feet - 3)- Jerry Colonna and His San Fernando Valley Pals- Capitol 1942
6. "Ebb Tide" is a popular song, written in 1953 by the lyricist Carl Sigman and composer Robert Maxwell.
7. 1946 Jerry Colonna - Josephine Please No Lean On The Bell
Jerry Colonna w/ Frank DeVol and his Orchestra
8. I Cried for You
V-Disc 512 Harry James, Jerry Colonna, Stan Kenton, Sept. 1945
9. Martha Tilton - -Who's Yehouti- from Varsity Vanities (1940)
10. Your My Everything Jerry Colonna 1950
11. 1946 single- Jerry Colonna - Casey (The Pride Of Them All)
Colonna's take on "Casey At The Bat," with accompanying Disney animation, was one of the shorts included in the feature "Make Mine Music." The soundtrack version has been posted previously, so here is the commercial recording that he made for Capitol. Capitol 249 - Casey (The Pride Of Them All) (Gilbert-Darby-Daniel) by Jerry Colonna, with vocal trio and orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol
12. Jerry Colonna - On The Road To Mandalay
13. My Fickle Eye
V-Disc 699 Dinah Shore,Spade Cooley, Jerry Colonna
14. I Came To Say Goodbye - Jerry Colonna
Jerry Colonna wrote this himself.
15. Who's Yehoodi-"soundie" with singer Lane Truesdale and the Kingsmen
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The Joe Bev Experience...
Louis Armstrong's New Orleans,with Wynton Marsalis: A Joe Bev Musical Sound Portrait
PODCAST:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id627773341
Joe Bevilacqua hosts this entertaining,informative hour, recorded in the French Quarter of New Orleans and featuring jazz great Wynton Marsalis, jazz author and historian Donald Newlove, WNYC Radio talk show host Leonard Lopate, members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and others, on the origins of jazz, and the life and music of legendary trumpeter Louis Armstrong. Also featured is the music of Armstrong throughout his long career, and rare recordings, including audio from a 1957 CBS TV documentary with Edward R. Murrow.
What the Critics Say
''Informational, polished, sound-rich, Joe Bevilacqua strikes again with this superb documentary on the life and music of Louis Armstrong. The rich tapestry of music, interviews, and sound from the streets of New Orleans is expertly produced. In addition to some rare recordings, the program includes interviews with Wynton Marsalis and others that really add to what is primarily a music program, rather than detract from the focus of the program. The sound quality is excellent, and the vintage recordings have been cleaned up well. The program is both entertaining and informative, and held my interest for the entire hour. I highly recommend it.'' (Phil Corriveau, Wisconsin Public Radio)
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Voiced by Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Joe Barbera, Leonard Maltin, Bob Clampett, Stan Freberg, Daws Butler, Mel Blanc, Bill Marx, June Foray, Craig Marin, Janet Waldo
Length: 2 hours & 51 min.
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Cartoon Carnival...
Jerry Colonna in Animation & June Foray in Rocky & Bullwinkle Outtakes
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PODCAST:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id624696898
INCLUDES:
The Brave Engineer - Jerry Colonna
The Brave Engineer is a 1950 Walt Disney-produced short subject cartoon, based on the exploits of legendary railroad engineer John Luther "Casey" Jones. It is narrated by madcap comic and radio funny-man Jerry Colonna and is a fanficiful re-telling of the story related in the Wallace Saunders ballad, later made famous by Eddie Newton and T. Lawrence Seibert.
Part 1 - Outtakes from a recording session for the 1963 "Rocky & Bullwinkle" episode "The Weather Lady". You'll hear William Conrad, Paul Frees, June Foray and Bill Scott break up
MM The Wacky Worm (1941)
7 min - Animation | Family | Short - 21 June 1941 (USA) Leon Schlesinger Studios
Featuring: Wacky Worm. Directed By Isadore Freleng. Produced By Leon Schlesinger.
Animated By Cal Dalton. Written By Dave Monahan.
Disney - Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Music by Mack David, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston Lyrics by Mack David, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston Sung by Ed Wynn and Jerry Colonna
Part 2 - Outtakes from a recording session for the 1963 "Rocky & Bullwinkle" episode "The Weather Lady". You'll hear William Conrad, Paul
Frees, June Foray and Bill Scott break up
LT Prehistoric Porky (1940)
7 min - Animation | Family | Short - 12 October 1940 (USA) Director: Robert Clampett Writer: Melvin Millar (story) Stars: Mel Blanc, Sara Berner, Thurl Ravenscroft, Kent Rogers
MM Greetings Bait (1943)
7 min - Animation | Comedy | Short - 15 May 1943 (USA) Director: Friz Freleng (as I. Freleng)
Writer: Tedd Pierce (story) Stars: Mel Blanc
Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals
Music by Raymond Scott
Walt Disney 1946 - Casey at the Bat
In 1922, Lee De Forest recorded DeWolf Hopper reciting the poem in DeForest's Phonofilm sound-on-film process. In 1927, a feature-length silent film Casey at the Bat was released,
starring Wallace Beery, Ford Sterling, and ZaSu Pitts—the first film adaptation of the poem.
There have been two animated film adaptations of the poem by Walt Disney: "Casey at the Bat" (1946), which uses the original text (but set in 1902 according to the opening song's lyrics, instead of 1888). This version is recited by Jerry Colonna.
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8 CD Set or Download
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The Joe Bev Audio Theater...
The Clyde Beatty Show: Tales from the Tiger Barn by Roger Smith
& What the Butler Wrote: Scenes from the Daws Butler Workshop #3
PODCAST:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id723057551
Tales from the Tiger Barn is part of The New Stories of Old Time Radio, Volume One, Set One, produced, directed and voiced by Joe Bevilacqua, with Lorie Kellogg. The first anthology of NEW fiction based on the beloved OTR characters and shows we know and love. Old Time Radio fans have something new to listen to!
What the Butler Wrote: Scenes from the Daws Butler Workshop is part of The Daws Butler Collection, available on MP3 and CD from Blackstone Audio. From master voice actor Daws Butler, the voice of Yogi Bear, comes a rare collection of radio plays, cartoon scripts, and acting tutorials.
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Voiced by Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Joe Barbera, Leonard Maltin, Bob Clampett, Stan Freberg, Daws Butler, Mel Blanc, Bill Marx, June Foray, Craig Marin, Janet Waldo
Length: 2 hours & 51 min.
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The Joe Bev Hour Sunday Edition...
Cartoon Carnival
Host Joe Bevilacqua presents: Audio from TV's "Truth or Consequences" with Bob Barker and Daws Butler (Yogi Bear) from 1960, Stan Freberg in the 1957 Warner Brothers cartoon "Three Lil Bops,", a live performance of Jay Ward's "Fractured Fairy Tales" with June Foray, Joe Bev., Corey Burton, Matt Hurwitz, and Lee Harris, part two of "Willoughby and the Professor Meet Bartizan the Genie," (1975), Daws Butler teaches Joe Bev how to be a voice actor, part two (1975), and Uncle Dunkle and Donnie in "Alexander Remembers" (2009).
The Daws Butler
Collection
Length: 17.5 hours
18 CD Set or Download
From master voice actor Daws Butler, the voice of Yogi Bear, comes a rare collection of radio plays, cartoon scripts, and acting tutorials. -
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The 2nd Daws Butler Collection: Even More from the Voice of Yogi Bear!Performed by Daws Butler, Joe Bevilacqua, and a Full Cast
Length: 6.43 hours
CD Set or Download
The 2nd Daws Butler Collection is an extensive assortment of his performances, teachings, and writings, both rare and celebrated. Included are Daws Butler Teaches You How to Do Voices; Daws Butler: Voice Magician; This Here Is Your Life, Sherlock Holmes; Daws Butler Workshop ’76; and Huck, Yogi, and Quick Draw, the Lost Recordings. | 
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Joe Bevilacqua (also know as Joe Bev) has published a number of booked under the Bear Manor banner, including Daws Butler: Characters Actor, Uncle Uncle and Donnie, and Scenes for Actors and Voices.
Bevilacqua has been a staple of public radio since the 1980s, with award-winning appearances on NPR's All Things Considered and Weekend Edition. He has most recently turned his attention to online radio streaming, podcasts and audiobooks.
The veteran broadcaster has developed a number of successful public radio shows airing on stations around the world, including The Comedy-O-Rama Hour, The Jazz-O-Rama Hour, The Joe Bev Experience, Cartoon Carnival, The Joe Bev Audio Theater, and The Joe Bev Hour Sunday Edition. Stations include Pawling Public Radio, Radio New Zealand, WGTD, Wisconsin Public Radio, Dream Stream Radio, Sound Stages Radio, WHRO-Norfolk, VA, The 1920s Radio Network, Toon Radio, The Radio Book Channel and The Couch TV Network. Available at http://joebev.com/buy.html
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