The Sleazecast at Christmas

Well, here we are we with the Christmas edition of The Sleazecast.  It was touch and go whether or not I'd get this one completed on time, so many other things kept diverting my energies.  But, with more than a day to go, I finished it.  In the end I decided to drop one sequence I was working as it was just too complex to complete on time.  It would also have pushed the running time to over an hour.  Maybe next year. 

Anyway, this one features much less of me talking and far more of the re-edited archive material, original segments and the like.  Indeed, we feature several special guest stars, including Orson Welles, Monty Woolley, Lionel Barrymore, the Synthetic Voice Choir, Suzie Sleaze, Fred Allen and Ed Gardner.

But enough talk, on with the show (which runs around 44 minutes), which you can hear here:

The Sleazecast at Christmas

Alternatively, you can download it here in mp3 format. 

Here's a rough track listing:

1. Intro - Santa is dead!

2. Christmas without Santa - is it possible?  The Doc muses on the possibilities.

3. Better to give than receive - the philosophy Christmas gift giving at Duffy's Tavern.

4. Receiving the unwanted gift and what to do with it, advice from Monty Woolley and Fred Allen.

5. Seasonal overindulgence, advice from the 1940s.

6.  The tragedy of the Christmas turkey and perfect festive listening - more rudeness from Monty Woolley.

7.  Orson Welles introduces A Campbell's Soup Christmas Carol.

8. The condensed Christmas Carol - the Doc shows Charles Dickens how he should have done it.

9.  Festive News Headlines with Suzie Sleaze.

10.  Christmas in Tripoli, 1942.

11.  The replacement Santa - Monty Woolley dons the red coat.

12.  The Synthetic Voice Choir gives us their version of 'We Three Kings (Playground Lyrics)'.

13.  Wrap up - the Doc thanks everybody involved, especially himself.

14.  'We Three Kings', an early 1900s cylinder recording plays us out.

There you have it - the second annual Sleazecast Christmas Special.  I tried to make it as different as possible to last year's and, hopefully, it will provide you with some festive easy listening.  I'm pretty proud of it, the whole thing is much better than I expected.  The Sleazecast will be back next year.  Until then, have a good one!