The Pole Vault Championship of the Entire Universe

De: Conor Lastowka

Narrado por: Eliza Skinner, Janet Varney, Al Yankovic, Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett, John DiMaggio, Paul F. Tompkins, Sasheer Zamata, Jackie Kashian, Dulce Sloan, full cast

Audible Originals and the team from RiffTrax present an intergalactic tale of intrigue and Olympic heroism in this multicast, sci-fi comedy adventure!

Kara Everglades has just finished her first year of high school and is longing for an adventure. So far, her only option is an invitation from some upperclassmen to watch them race a bunch of bullfrogs in a ditch. To be honest, she was hoping for something a bit more exciting.

Her grandfather, Cornelius Everglades, is a family legend (and a loose cannon), who founded his own island micronation. Unfortunately, the rest of the world refuses to acknowledge it (possibly because he’s gone about the nation-building process using wildly illegal and unethical means).

When Cornelius shows up at Kara’s door needing her help and promising an adventure, Kara agrees to go along with his far-fetched plan, even though a) she thought Cornelius was dead, and b) his scheme depends heavily on Kara wearing a mascot costume.

If Kara had only known about the giant alien spaceship currently speeding toward her grandfather’s country with the intent to subjugate and humiliate mankind, she might have reconsidered.

Full cast of voice actors and performers: Bill Corbett, John DiMaggio, Jackie Kashian, Colin Mahan, Kevin Murphy, Mike Nelson, Eliza Skinner, Dulce Sloan, Reggie Steele, Paul F. Tompkins, Janet Varney, Scott Vermeire, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and Sasheer Zamata.

©2019 Audible Originals, LLC (P)2018 Audible Originals, LLC.

Light-hearted and fun!

I really enjoyed it! The plot was fun and surprising and the production was excellent. Reminded me a lot of Hitchhiker's Guide, both in the story and the audio styling - the full cast and sound effects were reminiscent of the original BBC production. And any audio book with Bender (John DiMaggio), Avatar Korra (Janet Varney), and Weird Al Yankovic doing voices must be good!

Weird, quirky and funny!

OMG! I bought this on a total whim because I saw that so many MST3K alums did the voices. I finished it in a day--now I want to listen to it again! The story is all over the map. It all begins when Kara's supposedly dead grandfather appears in a stolen sports car and wants to take her to HAWAll (note--this does not say Hawaii), and she jumps at the chance to escape her dreadful summer job with her weepy school principal (Weird Al Yankovic!). Things start out a little weird and gradually become completely bizarre. People who love off-beat humor (like Weird Al and MST3K) will love this book. I am hoping for more from this author, hopefully with the same cast to do the voices. The production was nicely thought out with incidental noises in the background to help set the scenes. I really liked that it was humorous without insulting my intelligence. If you will like this book, you probably already know it. Already waiting for the next one...

the cast is AMAZING

had fun with this listen. laughed out loud many times. ending could have been punchier but i enjoyed it a lot. cheered me up when i was upset.

Hilarious!

A must listen for fans of MST3K and Rifftrax! I hope there's a sequel!

All Star Cast Crushes Lastowka's Absurdist Tale

I didn't know there was a way to possibly improve upon Conor Lastowka's sophomore effort, The Pole Vault Championship of the Entire Universe, but now there obviously is, and that is to recruit an All Star Cast to just crush it.

Lastowka, a senior writer at RiffTrax, started off writing novels with the unexpectedly compelling tale of time travel and life on the open sea in the 2013 classic, Gone Whalin'. And in keeping with his ability to come up with names that tell you everything you need to know about a book, he followed it up in 2018 with this cosmic romp. And in doing so, he's positioned himself into a head start to being the definitive literary absurdist voice of the 2020s. He has such a unique voice and style, that to leave anything he writes on the shelf should be considered a very serious crime.

But then there is this thing, something so amazing I can't even wrap my mind around it yet. The galaxy of A-list talent involved in this audiobook dwarfs anything that could be imagined in the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies combined. MST3K/RiffTrax stars Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett is just the beginning. You have Janet Varney, star of The Adventure of Korra, John DiMaggio, the voice of Bender from Futurama, Paul F. Tompkins of Mr. Show fame, and to top it all off, the king of absurd himself, Weird Al Yankovic. They are all on top of their game like you would not believe, every single one of them bring their A-game for an amazing experience you will not soon forget.

If this cast telling this story is not enough to warrant the purchase and consumption of it, then I honestly do not know what would be. This has cult classic written all over it. Get it now so you can say that you "liked it before it was cool."