X Minus One - Tunnel Under the World (#42)

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7 жыл бұрын

03/14/56, episode 42
This episode provided by the Old Time Radio Researchers Group
www.otrr.org
I've had bad mornings, but not like this. Guy Berkhart wakes up screaming on June 15. He dreams of an explosion and something hitting his head. The same thing happens again the next day, and the next day, and the next. IEEEEEE. Only two people aren't affected by this "deja vu all over again." (Quoting Yogi Berra, not the writer of this story, Frederik Pohl.) A combination of Halloween III, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, and Groundhog Day. You're led to think one thing, then another, then another twist. (from "The Critical X Minus One" by Jim Fanisher)
Credits (Goldin): Frederick Pohl (author), Fred Collins (announcer), George Lefferts (adaptor), John Larkin (narrator), Daniel Sutter (director), Les Damon, Ginger Jones, Bob Hastings, Connie Lembcke, Stan Early, Kermit Murdock, William Welch (producer)

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@shawnmalone9711 7 ай бұрын

The first time, I heard this episode was in 1976 on a cassette tape that I checked out from my local library. I remember reading in John Dunning's "Tune In Yesterday, A History of Old Time Radio" that this episode was broadcast in the final days of old time radio and this story was left to your vivid imagination. It could only be heard on radio and your mind had to visualize this story . Well, anyway, I still enjoy listening to this radio program even though I know how the story ended.

@winstonmcleod5364 3 жыл бұрын

Just want to say that I love this story

@dennisfarabee5216 4 жыл бұрын

Love radio drama

@creeg84 3 жыл бұрын

Great Sci Fi story. Thanks for downloading 👍

@DressedForDrowning 3 ай бұрын

you mean uploading?

@creeg84 3 ай бұрын

@@DressedForDrowningwhatever

@betsya7054 Жыл бұрын

Marvelous

@quicksilvertongue3248 11 ай бұрын

Boy, Henry sure didn't ride that bus for long....

@scottuehlinger7887 4 жыл бұрын

Pohl has always been one of my favorite SF authors! Just finished the book Astounding...about the origin of the Golden Age of Sci-Fi...greatly recommended!

@gargoylestories 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE the twist ending. I definitely didn't see that coming! Thanks for posting this!

@DigitalEelRich 4 жыл бұрын

BRILLIANT story. Thanks!

@papichulo7415 3 жыл бұрын

It’s 6/15/2021 while I’m listening to this.

@howardoller443 6 ай бұрын

It's 12/08/2023 while I'm reading your comment.

@MrPolarisstar78 3 жыл бұрын

Been listening to your playlist off and on for the past several months. Had never heard of this series. A big thank you for sharing ❤

@RelateGREAT 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, thank you! I’ve even listening to these as I go to sleep each night. Nostalgic.

@fattymcfatso1083 3 жыл бұрын

The reveal is totally unexpected. What an imagination.

@NeoConNET7 3 жыл бұрын

Scary Sci-Fi 😁

@kafan439 Ай бұрын

Sometimes when I hear the broadcast date is in the '50's on these recordings, I get a little sad, as it means the end of old time radio was nearing, but I also must say, the quality of the shows, the script, performances were so good and polished that the result is a masterwork like this episode. Thank you for sharing it with us. 🙏Also Frederick Pohl has just become a writer I will remember and look for more stories by. This could have been a predictable plot, but that "little" twist at the end, I did not see coming.

@christianburroughs4805 4 жыл бұрын

This was phenomenal

@CyanBlackflower 3 жыл бұрын

Tops! - P.K. Dick meets T. Sturgeon.

@DressedForDrowning 3 ай бұрын

Top story! I read it some time ago in a Frederick Pohl Best Of book.

@jeremybear573 Жыл бұрын

Wow!

@timeindigenoustimeseeker7059 5 жыл бұрын

I really miss these I was a kid and I enjoy listening LISTENING

@Seven-Planets-Sci-Fi-Tuber 7 ай бұрын

From a brilliant short story by Frederik Pohl. Authors must be credited! On a very similar theme, Simulacron 3 by Daniel F. Galouye is recommended.

@cornellwaters9089 4 жыл бұрын

☢️ Thank You!

@quicksilvertongue3248 11 ай бұрын

Guy Berkhart. The original Don Draper.

@sickman1655 3 жыл бұрын

It is a snapshot of when America was in her prime. Like I commented before, after all night every night you forget our country is out of control. Like I said, this kind of propo will have to all be destroyed for the new world 😟

@asteroidkatfacts1036 Жыл бұрын

The origin of all those "Groundhog Day" rip offs.

@antwan1357 5 жыл бұрын

Just like groundhog day.

@BilboB 3 жыл бұрын

and the matrix as well

@quicksilvertongue3248 11 ай бұрын

Only a good bit more terrifying. By the way, Dark City is a better parallel than the Matrix.

@sickman1655 3 жыл бұрын

Is it if we reference America being great ?🤔

@paulsarnik8506 2 ай бұрын

Another Elroy! 😮🤓😎✌🏻🚀

@reiteam2593 2 жыл бұрын

CACTUS !!

@sickman1655 3 жыл бұрын

Its bad when a benign comment is censored. More and more, its pointless to comment or read them because they're not real if not of the individuals mind and heart.🤨

@OTRR 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know what you are talking about.

@sickman1655 3 жыл бұрын

@@OTRR Well, I took the time to comment a heart felt bunch of words . Went back to correct and gone ? Might be my end however, I have been seeing this quite often. I most certainly apologize if I'm wrong, its just I'm sensitive to censorship and it is rampant.

@OTRR 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't remove any comment by you. I hadn't visited our comments today until after you posted the above and I responded.

@sickman1655 3 жыл бұрын

@@OTRR If not you, not me then its a third-party. I'm a horrible writer, so I edit alot if I catch. More and more when I try to edit, gone or maybe moved to a database where its listed under your name. Certain terms, words or maybe a group of phrases defiantly gets comment deleted.

@Seven-Planets-Sci-Fi-Tuber 7 ай бұрын

@@sickman1655 Yep.