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My Dad and Pre-Socratic Thought
From KUFM - Montana Public Radio | Part of the Notes From the Huntley Project series | 29:44
A man recalls the crazy stories his father told him, and within those stories he attempts to explain his father, which requires he explain about the peanut butter torture, discipline by prosthetic arm, and a trustworthy drunk.
In Notes from the Huntley Projec t, Jay Kettering's comedic and thought-provoking radio series, a middle-aged man reflects on a childhood spent in small-town space-time, where love meets mysticism and adventure meets imagination.
Episode I: My Dad and Pre-Socratic Thought
In this monologue, a man recalls the crazy stories his father told him, and within those stories he attempts to explain his father, which requires he explain about the peanut butter torture, discipline by prosthetic arm, and a trustworthy drunk. After you hear the world's greatest oatmeal salesman tell the story of the turpentine miracle, you may find yourself pondering the stories you remember from your own father. This can be a very philosophical thing to do, because the stories of the father always shed light on the story of the storyteller.
My Dad and Pre-Socratic Thought was written and directed by Jay Kettering
Performed by Bernie O'Connor
Recorded by Beth Anne Austein in the studios of Montana Public Radio
Edited and produced by Chérie Newman
Episode II: How I Learned To Tell Time
Episode III: The Church of Pancakes
How I Learned To Tell Time
From KUFM - Montana Public Radio | Part of the Notes From the Huntley Project series | 57:48
The inability to tell time has forced six-year-old Jaybird to become an outlaw and to face a darkness that did not exist to him before now.
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In Notes from the Huntley Project , Jay Kettering's comedic and thought-provoking radio series, a middle-aged man reflects on a childhood spent in small-town space-time, where love meets mysticism and adventure meets imagination.
Episode I: My Dad and Pre-Socratic Thought
Episode II: How I Learned to Tell Time
In this play, comedy and tragedy ride double. You see, the inability to tell time has forced six-year-old Jaybird to become an outlaw and to face a darkness that did not exist to him before now. After stabbing his first-grade teacher in the thigh with the big hand of Clock Man, he is living life on the run. The loud librarian is sympathetic to his plight, but ultimately exposes his hideout and Jaybird must pay for his crime of ignorance. Luckily, Jaybird's trusted friend and mentor, George Georgie, is there to help him navigate through the strange landscape that is eastern Montana — where playgrounds are the size of small towns and foot-eating devils and floorboard angels reveal secrets of life and death. Only one thing is for sure in this odyssey to understand the ticking of the clock--time is on their side.
How I Learned To Tell Time was written by Jay Kettering
Directed by Teresa Waldorf
Performed by:
David Mills-Low: Narrator, Jaybird
Rebecca Schaffer: Mrs. Andsum, Miss Glowtier, Mom
Will Tilton: Stewart Pie, random kid, George Georgie, Rodger, Charlie Sheriff
Jessica Adam: Miss Flip, Nurse, Mrs. Bomb
Aaron Roos: Joe Shramski, Greg Bomb, Bill, Dad, Highway Patrolman
Recorded by Beth Anne Austein in the studios of Montana Public Radio
Edited and produced by Chérie Newman
Episode III: The Church of Pancakes