Ubu Hour

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Hosted by: 
Rolf Semprebon
Produced by: 
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The Ubu Hour, inspired by Alfred Jarry's absurdist Ubu plays, airs experimental radio theater with dada/Surreal elements

Topic tags: 
Radio Theater
Genre(s): 
Radio Theatre, Experimental
Related show host(s): 
Ken Jones, Matthew Clark
Related program(s): 
Sudden Radio Project, The Holy Crowley Hour, Gremlin Time
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Retired

Ubu Hour November 2011

Airs at: Mon, 11/07/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
This is the entire Ubu Hour show that aired Nov 7, 2011..  the schedule of the show with starting times is... 0:00  A short intro/station ID..  1:15    Class Warfare.. A radio theater peice that starts off with the rules of class warfare as currently practiced by the one per... Read more

Ubu Hour on 10/03/11

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2011 at 11:00pm - Tue, 10/04/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Tonight on Ubu Radio Theater we bring you another episode of THE CITY THAT ONCE WORKED, and a parody of Kurasawa's film Yojimbo, called YO! JIMBO!..  and there might be some other surprises as well.. Read more

Yo! Jimbo!

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Ubu Hour attempts to adapt Akira Kurasawa's classic samurai film Yojimbo to radio theater... Yo! Jimbo! spoofs that film and other samurai material... Read more

The City That Once Worked: Lard's Hard

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
A new episode of the City That Once Worked:  Rightwing talkshow host Lard Lardon/ Gets an inappropriate hard on/ Jason fails to get an Ubu show/ so he decides to sabotage the whole..  okay, okay, in this episode people do not speak in rhyme, but still, it's another hilariou... Read more

Ubu Hour on 09/05/11

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2011 at 11:00pm - Tue, 09/06/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Ubu Hour Radio Theater presents ALEC IN WONDERLAND/ or ALICE IN PLUNDERLAND. The White Rabbit brings Alice back to Wonderland, to combat ALEC (The American Legislative Exchange Council), The Red Queen (Michele Bachmann) and the utterly Mad Tea Party as they subvert freedoms... Read more

Alice in Plunderland/ALEC in Wonderland

Airs at: Mon, 09/05/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Ubu Hour Radio Theater presents ALEC IN WONDERLAND/ or ALICE IN PLUNDERLAND. The White Rabbit brings Alice back to Wonderland, to combat ALEC (The American Legislative Exchange Council), The Red Queen (Michele Bachmann) and the utterly Mad Tea Party as they subvert freedoms... Read more

Ubu Hour on 08/01/11

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2011 at 11:00pm - Tue, 08/02/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Tonight on the Ubu Hour.. Someone pisses in the reservoir and the economy still sucks in a new episode of THE CITY THAT ONCE WORKED. A radio show's act of audio terrorism becomes exposed in THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME REVEALED. And an angry letter from a roommate and more.. Tune... Read more

Sleepless Nights

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
This peice derived from an angry roommate letter, so the writer of the peice is in fact Anonymous (or perhaps Ann Nahnonomus) but it was read by Viirginia Furr and produced by the Notorous NT Read more

The City That Once Worked Episode ?

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Another episode of THE CITY THAT ONCE WORKED. When a drunk pisses in one of the City's reserviors, Andy Saltyman and his sleazy business co-horts plot to use the incident to cover up the reservoirs..  Read more

The Most Dangerous Game Revealed

Airs at: Mon, 08/01/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
This audio broadcast will reveal how a radio theater show used audio terrorism over the airwaves, directed at a person who dared to go against powerful media thugs. Learn the inside story behind one of the Ubu Hour's most contraversal programs in  THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME RE... Read more