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A full-cast comedy production recorded live in Minneapolis

Cyber Bob is the ultimate old-school computer pro. There isn’t a system out there that he can’t hack with just a couple of punch cards, so he’s ideally suited to answer the question the Silicon Kid and Nadia, the most super of all supermodels, want answered: Is the Kid a boy or just another $200 billion android?

A full-cast comedy production from the Great Northern Audio Theatre

Linda Kim Shelmerdine discovered her considerable powers during her hormonal years (the Sun was having similar problems then). But she read the superheroes’ guide books, and her years in 4-H helped too.

Now fifty-nine, SpaceGirl is somewhat disillusioned with the way superheroism is viewed these days, both by the public and by other superheroes. But she takes her job seriously and enjoys the occasional vacations at her crater-side retreat on the moon.

Her PR guys, the Hungarian Dwarf Parade, take her side at the hearings and fight for her when the lawsuits start, but there’s only so much they can do to keep her morale up.

A full-cast comedy production recorded live at Convergence in Bloomington, Minnesota

Villains on Parade, starring Chuck McCann, Wally Wingert, and the rest of our usual troupe, features an evil sorceress, bumbling henchmen, the annual Storming of the Castle, the Plunderers Day Parade, the Lost Orc Commentaries, and other extreme silliness. The bad guys have their say, and the pros take the stage and bring down the castle.

Additional pieces include a closeup of the Plunderers Day Parade and “Unrelated Random Short Form Bad Guy Cliché Community and Dinner Theater” (the title is almost longer than the bit itself).

A veritable cornucopia of silliness and misinformation, Jokes in Space will give you the latest on abandoned warehouses, dead Tribbles, interstellar disasters, Internet get-rich scams, and tips to sell your planet in today’s competitive marketplace.

Jokes in Space was performed before a live audience, and the listener is assured that no plots were used or harmed during the making of this production.

A full-cast comedy production from the Great Northern Audio Theatre

David Ossman of the Firesign Theatre returns one last time to the live, raucous stage to play Cyber Bob, who leaves his position as cart-wrangler at the Mart to lead a digital expedition into the digital glade in search of the beautiful yet elusive Digital Nymph.

There’s a history between the two, and they aren’t playing … well, they are playing games. And when the Nymph asks if Cyber Bob wants to “take the leap,” there’s only one answer for the old campaigner.

A full-cast comedy production from the Great Northern Audio Theatre

A stolen dream-driven dirigible, an evil steam-powered spider, and a Styrofoam grail all have the fair dream mistress Princess Doyle à la Carte and the decidedly bubbly Count Pierre d’Orc on the run beyond the overtaxed capacity of their Heisenberg Hyperextended Reversal Dream Drive.

Steampunk and other steam-like stuff take a bath in this Brian Price and Jerry Stearns satire. Thwack That Dirigible features special appearances by the Tonight Show’s Wally Wingert, Transylvania Television’s Gordon Smuder, and the Hungarian Dwarf Parade.

A full-cast comedy production recorded live at Convergence in Bloomington, Minnesota

What does it take to jump-start an economy? Why, consumers! So what do politicians do to jump-start an economy? They create millions of new consumers by emancipating creatures and monsters, real and fictional. But is the public ready to accept creature-made entertainment features? What do politicians care?

A full-cast comedy production from the Great Northern Audio Theatre

Treasure hunters board a three hundred-year-old generation starship, the Professor Irwin Corey, in search of legendary jewels. As usual, they find pirates, adventures, adorable children, and plenty of squeaky toys.

A full-cast production recorded live at Convergence in Bloomington, Minnesota

The Ramon Raquello Orchestra was supposed to get their big break that night in 1938, on Orson Welles’ Mercury Theater show, but they kept getting cut off. The rest of that program became famous. Still is. But what happened to the band? We join them many years later at a reunion, and it seems that they can’t seem to escape the influence of the Martians.

“High Moon”David Ossman, Kevin Swan, Jane Yolen, Richard Fish, Steve Perry, Kara Dalkey. Sound effects by Brian Westley. Music by David Emerson. Cover by Ken Fletcher. Recorded live at Minicon 32, March 1997, Bloomington, MN.

“Tell Them NAPA Sent You”David Ossman, Michael Sheard, Windy Bowlsby, Tim Wick, Irene Ruderman, Preston Ossman, Richard Fish. Sound effects by Jerry Stearns. Music by Mike Wheaton. Recorded live at Convergence, July 2003, Bloomington, MN.

“Wizard Jack”David Ossman, Philip Proctor, Melinda Peterson, Jane Yolen. Sound effects by Brian Westley. Music by Mike Wheaton. Recorded live at Minicon 33, March 1998, Bloomington, MN.

A full-cast comedy production recorded live at Convergence in Bloomington, Minnesota

The rogue comet Skippy is headed right for Big City. The mayor is looking for a superhero to save everyone, but most of them are busy at the moment. Super Pal is discussed, but he isn’t their first choice. In this superhero mockumentary, we hear about Super Pal from his friends, his agent, and his girlfriend, and we find out about his childhood.

A full-cast comedy production by the Great Northern Audio Theatre

What if computers ran colleges and nobody came to class? This 1993 mockumentry was so far ahead of its time, it has already happened. The droll documentary style would make Christopher Guest proud.