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Firesign Theatre's David Ossman (as George Tirebiter), comedy legend Shelley Berman, and former SNL comedian Senator Al Franken join the cast of The Comedy-O-Rama Hour for another six misadventures of Sgt. Lefty, Ellis da Boatkeeper, Adam Maxwell, Andy, and Woody (all voiced by Joe Bev); Olive Pitts, Ellis, Mrs. Terwilliger, and Lkie (all voiced by Lorie Kellogg); Ron Drysdale and Jimmy (both voiced by James Folly).

A W. C. Fields Festival is a collection of tributes, parodies, and rarities of the great bulbous nosed comedian - written, produced, and performed by Joe Bevilacqua. Bonus tracks feature remastered classic radio broadcasts. 

From master voice actor Daws Butler, the voice of Yogi Bear, comes a rare collection of radio plays, cartoon scripts, and acting tutorials.

Award-winning radio producer and voice actor Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a. Joe Bev, presents two hours of horse opera parodies.

His voice can be heard in countless classic animated cartoons, still seen on TV daily around the world. He was Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Baba Looey, Super Snooper, Blabbermouse, Snagglepuss, Augie Doggy, Mr. Jinks, Wally Gator, Elroy Jetson, Cap'n Crunch, and hundreds of others. Yet you have probably never heard of him. Daws Butler, Characters Actor brings you up close and personal into the life of the man who many consider to be the greatest voice actor of the 20th century.

A tribute to the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons, with brand new stories. Includes never-before-performed scripts by Daws Butler, JoeBev's mentor and the original voice of these characters, now interpreted by JoeBev.

Listeners are fully immersed in the world of mid-Victorian England like never before in this thrilling, action-packed "theater of the mind" made for both serious Sherlockians and casual mystery lovers. "The Question of the Clever Cat Burglar" is just one of 16 Sherlock Holmes mysteries in this new audio drama collection - written, produced, directed, voiced, and enhanced with stereo soundscape and music by veteran award-winning audio artist Joe Bev.

 A Marx Brothers Festival is a hilarious collection of tributes, parodies, and rarities - written, produced, and performed by Joe Bevilacqua. Bonus tracks feature remastered radio and TV performances by Groucho, Chico, and Harpo.

By popular demand, The New Adventures of Johnny Dollar, Vol. 2, is a follow-up to volume one, dramatized pastiches of the great old time radio detective series by Joe Bevilacqua (“Joe Bev”). This second volume features The Bowery Boys Matter, The James Forbes Matter, The Sarah Martin Matter, The Ugly Pattern Matter, The Walter Patterson Matter, and The Larson Arson Matter. Also, included are bonus tracks of some of Joe Bev’s old time radio parodies of Sherlock Holmes, the Shadow, and the Green Hornet.

The original Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a radio drama that aired on CBS Radio from February 18, 1949, to September 30, 1962. The best-known incarnation was with Bob Bailey starring in "the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account-America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator." This first new volume includes: "The Suicidal Bicycle Matter", "The Clever Chemist Matter", "The Where the Elite Meet to Eat Matter", "The Thelma Ibsen Matter", "The Jack Benny Matter", "The Murder Is a Merry-Go-Round Matter", and "The Expose Matter". 

A collection of the best interviews, radio theater, and classic old-time radio moments from the BearManor Radio Network, which streams 24/7 online.

Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, this play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet is instructed to enact on his uncle, Claudius. Claudius had murdered his own brother, Hamlet's father, and subsequently seized the throne. He also married his deceased brother's widow, Gertrude.

These hilarious radio theater comedy moments, complete with sound effects and music, were originally intended as introductions and closings to the Bear Manor Radio Network programming. But now you enjoy them anytime. This audio production was written, produced, and directed by veteran award-winning radio theater wizard Joe Bevilacqua and voiced by Fred Frees in honor of the character Ludwig Von Drake, originally voice by his dad, Paul Frees, and Sid Caesar, who's Professor character inspired both.

In July 2003, the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, invited members to discover the many talents of a person who became an icon in animation and inspired an entire generation of voice actors: Daws Butler.

Long before Sgt. Lefty and the Camp Waterlogg gang took over, The Comedy-O-Rama Hour residents were parody versions of mysteries (Sherlock Holmes), old-time radio ( The Shadow, The Lone Ranger, etc.), sci-fi ( Willoughby and the Professor), superheroes (Teaman and Polfroon), and more. The original scripted Comedy-O-Rama came to a conclusion in 2008, a victim of the SiriusXM merger. In 2012, Joe Bev revamped The Comedy-O-Rama Hour.

These are the further misadventures of the pertinacious professor and his perky partner who pucker around the globe and through time and space, in a vain attempt to "cure the world of all its ills".

Part improvisation, part audio cartoon, The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles, Seasons 6 - 10 is a five-volume collection of the successful comedy show created by two radio-theater veterans. Each volume contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sergeant Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger, and all the wacky denizens of Camp Waterlogg, the dilapidated camp for kids in the Catskills.

Part improvisation, part audio cartoon, The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles, Seasons 1 - 5 is a five-volume collection of the successful comedy show created by two radio-theater veterans. Each volume contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sergeant Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger, and all the wacky denizens of Camp Waterlogg, the dilapidated camp for kids in the Catskills.

A Phil Silvers Festival is collection of tributes, parodies and rarities of the great con man comedian-written, produced and performed by Joe Bevilacqua. Bonus tracks feature remastered classic radio and TV broadcasts. This set includes "Jack Robinson at Your Service", "The Wolf and the Goat", "The Fox and the Penguin", "His Second to Last Bow", "This Here is Your Life", "Robin Cat", "Command Performance", "The Tailor Shop", "Aunt Sooty's Neighbor", "The Efficiency Expert", "Slowly I Turn", and "The Slowest Gun in the West".

This collection from husband-wife team Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg includes five audio programs - over six hours of audio entertainment!