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Is Anyone Alive Out There?
- Narrated by: Julia Mattison, Noel Carey, Gilbert Gottfried
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
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- Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Music
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Publisher's Summary
Dying is easy. It’s the Apocalypse that’s hard. Before the outside world devolved into a fiery pit of hell, Noel and Julia hosted a successful and wonderfully pretentious community radio show. Now their basement studio is their survival bunker, and they find themselves completely alone. With no escape and nothing left except an increasingly eclectic selection of questionable records, Noel and Julia proudly debut their new show: Is Anyone Alive Out There?. How could they create a stellar show when they really just need to survive? How could they possibly find guests for their show under these circumstances? In this musical, the two hosts navigate life without food, water, resources, comforts, and other people. As the absurdity grows and the situation becomes dire, Noel and Julia realize that if the heat doesn’t kill them, their own passive-aggressiveness will.
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Publisher's Summary
Dying is easy. It’s the Apocalypse that’s hard. Before the outside world devolved into a fiery pit of hell, Noel and Julia hosted a successful and wonderfully pretentious community radio show. Now their basement studio is their survival bunker, and they find themselves completely alone. With no escape and nothing left except an increasingly eclectic selection of questionable records, Noel and Julia proudly debut their new show: Is Anyone Alive Out There?. How could they create a stellar show when they really just need to survive? How could they possibly find guests for their show under these circumstances? In this musical, the two hosts navigate life without food, water, resources, comforts, and other people. As the absurdity grows and the situation becomes dire, Noel and Julia realize that if the heat doesn’t kill them, their own passive-aggressiveness will.

About the Creator and Performer
Julia Mattison lends her considerable acting skill to the performance of Is Anyone Alive Out There?. She has appeared on Broadway (Godspell) and television (Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Show with David Letterman), in film (How To Be Single), and in a couple of yogurt commercials. Julia wrote, directed, and starred in her debut short film Stomach People, which was EP’d by Michael Showalter (The Big Sick). She is the co-creator of Brooklyn Sound, which won a Streamy Award for Best Indie. She is a multi-year alum of the New York TV Festival, where she was awarded Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Brooklyn Sound, and has development deals with Comedy Central (Brooklyn Sound), MTV (How to Live Like a Lady), and Audible (Is Anyone Alive Out There?). Recent credits include: Thoughts and Prayers with Darrell Hammond (Funny Or Die), Road to Hollygrove (Comedy Central), and Doug Loves Movies. Julia and Noel have debuted original shows in New York at Joe’s Pub (Noel and Julia’s Wayward Brainchildren) and Feinstein’s/54 Below (Ruby Manger), among others.
Created, written and performed by Julia Mattison and Noel Carey
Directed by Daniel Goldstein
Executive producers for Gotham Grit, Terence Gray and Michael Schmidt
Executive producers for Audible, Will Rogers and Jim Colgan
Produced by Erin Day, Ian Thake, Henna Silvennoinen and Nick Stargu
Production support by Renee Vargas and Maureen Sullivan
Sound editing and engineering by Nick Stargu
Live Recording by Craig Billmeier
Sound designed by Tyler Kiefer
Original Orchestrations and Track Production by Charlie Rosen
Studio Recording and Mixing by Lorenzo Wolff
Starring:
Noel Carey
Julia Mattison
with special guest Gilbert Gottfried
Special thanks to:
Chris Batstone, Jeff Dudzick, Neil Baczek, James Hickey, Jayme Catsouphes, Michelle Postelle and Beverly See
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- Marrrteen
- 08-15-19
I give it 1.21 gigawatts!
What a fantastic duo! Their repartee is quick and smart and very funny, and their musical elements were stellar. Woven into the story were some great send-ups of lost records one might find in the vault of a lonely public radio outpost, but the high water mark for me was the infectious number they crafted around a classic movie. Very talented performers and writers.
There is also an interesting unlisted special guest that was a cool surprise.
An excellent listen!
11 people found this helpful
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- O. Marcus
- 09-20-19
Brilliant comedy
It is fresh, smart, unexpected and above all funny piece of content. Had a great time listening to it.
4 people found this helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-14-19
Brilliant fun
Noel and Julia are a tremendously talented duo who bring the fun script to life. Their singing is superb and the musical parodies are brilliant. This was a delight from beginning to end.
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- Malcom Harvey
- 08-16-19
brilliant
so short and snappy. a good story, and funny. I loved the BACK TO THE FUTURE skit
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-20-20
Boring
This book is boring and not clever or funny. I could not force myself to finish it.
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- Beachy49
- 12-03-20
So fun and somewhat timely?
Loved the story and performance! During these times of staying home due to Covid 19 seemed very funny! Loved the music choices. These had to be original to story.
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- ben scotti
- 01-17-20
Fun and Entertaining
It's funny, very entertaining, wish I could have seen it live. The surprise appearance of Gilbert Gottfried was amazing!
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- Mike M
- 10-19-19
Funny but that great. Waste of 1 credit.
It is quite short compared to most books/stories, it slapstick humor which wears out quickly. Probably good for a few people but not most.
2 people found this helpful