Saturday, April 4, 2020

Episode 28. Opening bit: The BBC reports that the orphaned son of Lord and Lady Greystoke has been found. (Laurence Dunn and Jerry Spannraft.) Della's favorite author is Otis Adelbert Kline, which causes Elmo to blow a circuit. A clip from the 1994 Dum-Dum features Sam Moskowitz speaking about the alleged “feud” between ERB and Kline. Guillermo del Toro appears on Jimmy Kimmel to talk about a Tarzan movie project (which never happened.) A clip from Stiiv Ryan's Trek Tune, “Agonizer”

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Episode 27. In February 2007, Dateline Jasoom celebrated its first anniversary. The opening featured a few clips. New material: Pete Ogden submitted a clip from the radio show “Monitor” that has audio of ERB dictating lines from a Tarzan novel and an interview with ERB's daughter, Joan Pierce. A clip of Joan and her husband, James, from their Tarzan radio show. Johnny Carson and Betty White parody Tarzan and Jane. Plug for Ted McKosky's “Say Tarzan” DVD. Ends with Jim Hadac, Mike Conran and Laurence Dunn reading the lines from “Tarzan and the Madman” that ERB dictated.

Saturday, March 7, 2020

Episode 26. Opening bit: Edward Murrow reports from Poloda. Elmo's assistant, a computer named Della, introduces herself. A late-night panel discussion from Windy Con about “Damsels in Distress.”

Sunday, March 1, 2020

Episode 25. Opens with a clip from the Disney cartoon series, “The Legend of Tarzan.” Editor: “You know what you need, Ed? Inspiration!” The Comic News Insider podcast allowed Datline Jasoom to play portions of an interview it did with Olivia d'Abo, who played Jane in the series. “She's sort of a wild and crazy girl,” Olivia says. Ted McKosky submitted an interview he found with Forest J. Ackerman, who talks about meeting Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Saturday, February 22, 2020

Episode 24. Part Two of Hardcover Theater's 2006 stage production of “A Princess of Mars.” Written and directed by Steve Schroer. Jami Rassmussen as John Carter. Amber Swenson as Dejah Thoris. Jesse Ray as Tars Tarkas. Terri Elofson Bly as Sola.

Episode 23 Carl Sagan describes Barsoom in the Cosmos episode, “Blues for a Red Planet.” Part One of Hardcover Theater's 2006 stage production of “A Princess of Mars.” Written and directed by Steve Schroer. Jami Rassmussen as John Carter. Amber Swenson as Dejah Thoris. Jesse Ray as Tars Tarkas. Terri Elofson Bly as Sola.

Saturday, February 15, 2020

Episode 22. Opens with the “Yodel Song” created by Elmo from various Tarzan yells, mixed with “A Tribe of One” by Doctor Awkward from the Podsafe Music Network. During the 2006 Windy Con, Robert Weinberg and science fiction author Jack McDevitt discuss early science fiction in pulp magazines. From 1970 to 1981, Weinberg edited and published Pulp, a fanzine devoted to pulp magazines. He died Sept. 25, 2016.