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

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Ubu Hour on 10/04/10

Airs at: Mon, 10/04/2010 at 11:00pm - 11:55pm
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The Ubu Membership special.. though what's so special about it, is beyond me. Sure there's yet another episode of The City That Once Worked and a spoof about what one drinks at a Tea Party meeting, and some old play that Sudden Radio Project rejected, but probably the low p... Read more

The Tea Party Skit

Airs at: Mon, 10/04/2010 at 12:00am
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Have you ever wondered what kind of tea do they drink at a Tea Party? This skit may not quite answer that question, but what the hell.. Read more

Penis

Airs at: Mon, 10/04/2010 at 12:00am
Produced for Ubu Hour
This peice was a soundfile discovered in Richard Francis's folder on the KBOO computer system. Richard was a long-time host of A Different Nature, here at KBOO, as well as the main person behind the various Dada and Surrealism Festivals we've had. He was a wonderful person,... Read more

The City That Once Worked Part 24

Airs at: Mon, 10/04/2010 at 12:00am
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Another episode of the City That Once Worked, brought to you by Ubu Incorporated.. More hilarious political material, as Roy and Viv Ubu battle their corporate sponsors and even take on Glenn Bleck... Read more

Free Your Rubbers

Airs at: Mon, 10/04/2010 at 12:00am
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Another peice discovered in the Richard Francis archives.. Not much is known about it.. We were short on material here at the Ubu Hour, so what the hell, we decided to run it.. Read more

SHE OPENS HER EYES

Airs at: Mon, 09/06/2010 at 12:00am
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SHE OPENS HER EYES - An hour-long radio theater peice about a man who rescues a woman from being drowned by a pair of thugs, only to realize she's not what she seems to be. Inspired by grindhouse and pulp fiction, this audio drama contains lurid sex and violence, sci-fi and... Read more

The City That Once Worked

Airs at: Mon, 08/02/2010 at 12:00am
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Radio Theater:  Another major sex scandal rips through THE CITY THAT ONCE WORKED, when a masseuse accuses a former vice President of acting like a crazed sex poodle. Faux News air-bags Swill O'Riled and Ann Coultergeist jump into the fray. Read more

The Pink Swastika

Airs at: Mon, 08/02/2010 at 12:00am
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The contraversal history book, THE PINK SWASTIKA, written by Scott Lively and Kevin Abrams, is now an Ubu Hour audio drama! The Ubu delves into Nazis, homosexuals, special rights, and the secret "agenda" in America today to take over our schools.  Read more

Ubu Hour on 07/05/10

Airs at: Mon, 07/05/2010 at 11:00pm - Tue, 07/06/2010 at 12:00am
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Has the Ubu Hour fallen in a rut in recent months, relying on movie cut-ups, tired sequals, and re-runs of old programs? Tonight we change all that as we bring you THE NEW UBU with two new radio programs.   DOUCHE-LAND UBU ALICEA two part piece about the Ubu's attempt to fin... Read more

Douchland Ubu Alice Part 1

Airs at: Mon, 07/05/2010 at 12:00am
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This is it.,. part of the new Ubu.. trying to escape the rut of re-runs and movie cut ups that have plagued the Ubu Hour in recent months... The tale of a writer and a gun and a script that no one else wants to write...  a radio theater peice where even the narrator can not... Read more