We are honored to formally announce the addition of
"RIP JARVIS OF THE SPACE CADETS"
to our website!
This hilarious spoof of Science Fiction radio of the 40's, was produced in the 80's, and is SOON to have brand new episodes! Read more about the origin of RIP JARVIS of the SPACE CADETS!
The Origin of Rip Jarvis
by C. Wayne Owens
The birth of our “More
Fiction than Science Fiction” Hero was a long time coming. Rip is
equal parts
of several parents. He was
born, first, of the old Science Fiction serials. Flash Gordon and
Buck Rogers took us to the stars without making us ever have to
wonder about how. Follow that with my love of old time radio ala Stan
Freeberg, who showed us that anything could happen if we put it
between your ears. Then there came another inspiration, and that was
Chicken-man. A five day a week, five minute a day radio phenomenon of
the 1970’s. Quick jokes cloaked in an adventure serial that was off
the hook every day. Put them together and you start seeing our
protagonist in the making. Then you get a producer like Bob Reeder to
put it all together, writer/performers the quality of Rachel Kaub and
Joshua Upshaw and soon you see the whole insanity in high gear. Rip
and his Robot Sidekick ZPD-Doo-Dah flying the universe battling such
menaces as Dr. Blagard and the Dreaded, many-headed Kwai for the
honor of Princess Comely of the planet Pulcra-2. It’s just plain
silliness taken to the ninth degree. Keep listening. Rip and Doo-Dah
are really in it this time!
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