Saturday, October 26, 2019

Episode 6. Andy “Jason Gridley” Nunez: Why Elmo Lincoln didn't get the speaking role of Tarzan in “Tarzan the Ape Man.” Steve “Ghak the Hairy One” Wadding promotes the 2006 ECOF convention in Rockville, Maryland. Bit: A preview of the dinner speaker for a 2006 Burroughs convention. Real news about that convention, which would be held in 2006 in Maryland, in an interview with Bill Ross of the National Capital Panthans, a chapter of the Burroughs Bibliophiles. “It's a great place to meet and become friends with people who share your interest,” Bill says. A chat with Bill Hillman, curator of erbzine.com, about what conventions are like. He recalls the “fight to the death” he and Bob “Tarak” Woodley had with Johnny Weissmuller's knife at the 1999 Dum-Dum in Tarzana. More details on plans for the Tarzan on Broadway production.

Monday, October 21, 2019

Episode 5. The tail end of “Kodos, the Executioner” by the Karidian Players leads into Dateline Jasoom on the Gridley Wave Network. An interview with Steve Schroer, who wrote and directed a stage production of “A Princess of Mars” for Hardcover Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2006. Elmo notes the passing of great ERB fan and scholar Bob Hyde

Episode 4. A hypnotized Mr. Apeman describes his dream about Nazis. An interview with Mike Conran, editor of the fanzine “Edgar Rice Burroughs News Dateline,” who talks about collecting ERB before the internet – and how much easier it is today. “Burroughs is such a great author, you just get lost in the adventure,” he says. Emails from David Critchfield and Phil Normand. Bill Hillman, curator of erbzine.com, talks about a “Land That Time Forgot” movie set in modern times and produced by The Asylum. (It would appear on the SyFy channel in 2009.) A shout out to Pete Ogden, editor of the fanzine ERBANIA, for mentioning Dateline Jasoom in the (then) current issue. ERBANIA had been published for 50 years at the time of this 2006 podcast

Episode 3. Herbo Gooli of the Barsoomian Blade reports on more problems encountered by a Jasoomian documentary crew on Mars. (Banths!) A Stiiv Ryan song, “My name is John Carter.” Artificial Life Protection laws for synthetic men, by Andy Nunez. Elmo talks with Bill Hillman, curator at erbzine.com, about what should be in a John Carter movie. A short discussion of Disney's Tarzan and the preview Disney Studios gave fans during the 1999 Dum-Dum

Here is the video of Stiiv Ryan's "John Carter of Mars" mix.

Episode 2. The BBC reports that the wreckage of the Fuwalda has been found. An interview with fan Laurence Dunn of England about his many trips to ERB conventions in the U.S. Bill Hillman, curator of erbzine.com, talks about Tarzan on Broadway. The song “Lost Civilization” by Satya, via the Podsafe Music Network. Jason Gridley (Andy Nunez) pitches the Gridley Wave Network. Bill Ross plugs Dateline Jasoom

Episode 1. Elmo describes the idea behind Dateline Jasoom and his favorite Edgar Rice Burroughs worlds. Includes a bit about a documentary crew from Earth running into trouble with white apes and another about the Dolly Dorcas Cruise Line in Pellucidar. Fans Gerald Spannraft, Ray Le Beau and Laurence Dunn make appearances. A song by Stiiv Ryan celebrates Tarzan and Jane. Elmo's wife gives a shout-out to “Tarzan widows."

Episode 0. A few highlights from the Dateline Jasoom podcast, which was launched in 2006 and ran for more than 50 episodes. This announces that the show dedicated to the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs and his fans is now being archived