Saturday, January 18, 2020

Episode 18. Opening bit: Professor Maxon calls Dr. Frankenstein to compare notes. Jim Hadac discusses the portrayal of Jane in fan fiction and pastiches. Jim and the other panelists – Joan Bledig, Cole Richardson and Huck Huckenpƶhler – take questions for a wide-ranging discussion of Jane in all of her incarnations.

Saturday, January 11, 2020

Episode 17. Opening bit: A seemingly eternal season of baseball comes to an end with a game between the Chicago Cubs and the Sari Sabertooths in Pellucidar Park. A conversation with Bill Hillman about “Brother Men,” the book by Matt Cohen about Edgar Rice Burroughs' correspondence with his best friend, Herbert T. Weston. And Matt himself discusses the project during the 2006 ECOF.

Friday, January 10, 2020

Bonus: Mike Resnick on ERB. An interview with science fiction author Mike Resnick about his days as an associate editor of the Edgar Rice Burroughs fanzine ERB-Dom. The full interview with Mike, who died on Thursday, January 9, 2020, will be included in Episode 21 of Dateline Jasoom.

Friday, January 3, 2020

Episode 16. The Oct. 1, 1939 Texaco Star Theater radio show featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs – shared with Dateline Jasoom by longtime ERB fan Ted McKosky. ERB on Tarzan Finds a Son: “We thought it was pretty good. Of course there's always room for improvement. We're pretty happy with Johnny. Good Tarzans are always hard to find.” ERB on dreaming up strange worlds: “Purely imagination. Before I wrote a word I used to sit around and dream of weird people and weird places just for my own entertainment.” During the 2006 ECOF, Joan Bledig provides an insightful look at Jane of the novels and Huck Huckenpohler talks about Jane as portrayed in the movies. Cole Richardson talks about Jane in the comics. This episode is a must for any fan of Jane Clayton, Lady Greystoke. And certainly for anyone who has never heard the voice of Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Friday, December 27, 2019

Episode 15. A 2006 interview with longtime ERB fan Mark Wheatley – comic book author, illustrator, graphic artist, musician and all around radical dreamer. The show includes selections of his music. In 2019, Mark won the Burroughs Bibliophiles Golden Lion Award. Coincidence? Visit the Facebook page for Mark's fans at https://www.facebook.com/WheatleyMarks/ Late breaking news: The 2007 Dum Dum will be held in Louisville, Kentucky. And Paramount has NOT renewed its options on “A Princess of Mars.” A snippet of Edgar Rice Burroughs' appearance on a 1939 radio show. (The full appearance will appear on Episode 16.)

Saturday, December 21, 2019

Episode 14 From the 2006 ECOF convention in Rockville, Maryland. Interviews with fans Steve Wadding and Robert Jones. Shirley LeBeau says hi. George McWhorter opens banquet with a Tarzan yell. Speakers: Laurence Dunn, Dorothy D.J. “Usha” Howell, Mike Conran, Jim Thompson, and Alan Hanson, winner of the 2006 Golden Lion award, and John Tyner. Elmo announces the formation of the Chicago Muckers.

Sunday, December 15, 2019

Episode 13. Ray LeBeau introduces Dateline Jasoom. Steve “Ghak the Hairy One” Wadding reads his fan fiction, “Computer Engineer of Mars.” Bit: Kantos Kan's new and used fliers. Elmo talks about how his grandfather grew up in the same neighborhood as Billy Byrne on Chicago's Great West Side, and addresses the notion that ERB was racist.