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

Lydia's Funeral Part 1

Airs at: Sun, 02/01/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Part 1 of LYDIA'S FUNERAL, an hour long audio-noir suspense drama. Jerome and April meet at the funeral of a mutual friend, Lydia. The closer they get to each other, the darker and more sinister becomes the relationship as their lives spiral downward... all centered around t... Read more

Lydia's Funeral Part 2

Airs at: Sun, 02/01/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Part 2 of LYDIA'S FUNERAL, an hour long audio-noir suspense drama. Jerome and April meet at the funeral of a mutual friend, Lydia. The closer they get to each other, the darker and more sinister becomes the relationship as their lives spiral downward... all centered around t... Read more

Anna & the Eco-Terrorists

Airs at: Sun, 01/04/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
A weird and erotic psycho-suspense audio drama about environmentalists, FBI agents, the Green Scare, and the woman at the center of it all.    Read more

Intro and apology

Airs at: Sun, 01/04/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
The Intro and the Apology for the January 2009 Ubu Hour... Read more

In Love With a Computer Voice

Airs at: Sun, 01/04/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
A strange and twisted tale of a girl who's love goes beyond the realm of human experience... Read more

ShieldAll and yet another apology: Ubu Xmas Part 1

Airs at: Sun, 11/30/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Ubu Christmas Special Part 1... Another apology and a commercial for ShieldAll... Read more

Santa Claus is Coming: Ubu Xmas Part 2

Airs at: Sun, 11/30/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Santa Claus Is Coming, Part 2 of the Ubu Hour's 2008 Xmas Special. What can we say? Rudolf is drunk and puking, Santa is a mean old grump who whips his reindeer too hard, Homeland Security stops him for flying over American air space, and Jesus even makes an appearance in t... Read more

Final Christmas at the Tush Whitehouse

Airs at: Sun, 11/30/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
It's the final Christmas at the Tush Whitehouse.  Dubya's mother, Babs, gets to work rallying relatives to appropriate all the furnishings before the new first family moves in, while Prick Cheney works Dubya overtime in signing over everything to their corporate allies. It'... Read more

Christmisery Day : Ubu Xmas Part 4

Airs at: Sun, 11/30/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
The final part of the Ubu Xmas Special for 2008 gives us this rather depressing radio theater peice about some poor guy spending Chrismas alone, and unable to reach his friends or family.   We've also tacked on the credits and stuff for the rest of the show.  Read more

The Ubu Hour November Apology

Airs at: Sun, 11/02/2008 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
The Ubu Hour begins November's show with an apology for last month's last show, when we outed Ann Coulter as a dead-head, and also referred to Sarah Palin as Governor Porkin'. We repeat in this apology that Palin is not a pig. Read more