The Comedy-O-Rama Hour is the brainchild of husband and wife Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) and Lorie Kellogg. After a successful four year run on Sirius XM Radio, the improvisational comedy radio theater. It is now a podcasts for everyone to enjoy! Please subscribe on iTunes!
The Comedy-O-Rama Hour & The Jazz-O-Rama Hour air every Saturday 1 pm (ET) / 10 am (PT) at cultradioagogo.com.
It's raining cats and dogs (and children) this Fourth of July and the Camp Waterlogg gang are trapped indoors recalling a holiday of the past. Along the way, there is also a Daws Butler parody placing George and Martha Washington in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
That's the premise for this Saturday's special edition of The Comedy-O-Rama Hour, Joe Bev and Lorie Kellogg's weekly radio theater show airing every Saturday 1 pm (ET) / 10 am (PT) on Internet radio station http://www.cultradioagogo.com (CRAGG).
The husband and wife team create a brand new hour of radio comedy every week, providing most of the character's voices, writing and improvising the story-lines and adding music and sound effects. This week's show also features Liquid Comedy's Cousin Kenny Savoy.
The Comedy-O-Rama Hour has been highest rated radio show on Cult Radio A-Go-Go! for many weeks. Joe Bev's other radio show, The Jazz-O-Rama Hour debuted last Saturday at number 2.
CRAGG creator-owners Terry & Tiffany Dufoe called Bev "the only host in CRAGG history to host two separate 60 minute shows at the same time!"
The show had a four year successful run on Sirius XM Radio. Since returning, Comedy-O-Rama has attracted such celebrity guests as Rick Overton, Stuart Pankin, Bob Camp, Phil Proctor, June Foray, Nancy Cartwright, Bob Greenberg, Julie Newmar, Judy Tentua. Upcoming guests include Denny Dillon, Elayne Boosler, Chuck McCann, and Janet Waldo.
Joe Bev attributes the positive response to his radio show as a sign today's audiences are craving radio theater.
"We are creating a fully realized storyline every week, with continuing characters, sound effects, music, full production values... plus we're funny!" says Bev, who performs nearly half the characters on the show, including Ellis the Boatkeeper, Sgt. Lefty, Adam Maxwell, Lil Orphan Andy, and others.
Lorie Kellogg performs many characters on the show including Elise, Olive Pitts, Mrs. Cowlick, Ellis & Elise's mother, Lkie, Mrs. Terwilliger and others.
For this week's show, Kellogg and Bev create a crowd of new camp kids voices.
Joe Bevilacqua is the winner of the 2012 New York TANYS Award for Excellence in Acting. He has performed at the Improv, Caroline's on Broadway, Catch a Rising Star, the Comic Strip, opened for Uncle Floyd, worked with Al Franken, Shelley Berman, Louis Black and Rick Overton. Joe has also MC'd shows featuring Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Mahr and Gilbert Gottfried. He has been regularly heard on National Public Radio and Sirius-XM Radio. Joe hosts and produces The Comedy-O-Rama Hour and The Jazz-O-Rama Hour on Cult Radio-Go-Go! as well as Cartoon Carnival and other radio programs and audiobooks.
Lorie Kellogg started her education at the Kansas City Art Institute. There she studied painting, printmaking, photography, commercial design and video. She continued to Graduate School at the California Institute of the Arts where she received her MFA in Film/Video. Lorie is a graphic designer creating websites, logos, newsletters, newspaper & magazine layout, package design, ad design, and edits video & audio. On Comedy-O-Rama, Lorie voices Ranger Lorie, Olive Pitts, Lkie (Sqweeky), Mrs. Terwilliger, and the other half of voices in the Pedro cartoons.
Part two of The Comedy-O-Rama Hour: "Fireworks at Camp Waterlogg Revisited" airs next Saturday July 7, 1 pm (ET) / 10 am (PT) at cultradioagogo.com.
Listen to The Comedy-O-Rama Hour every Saturday at 1 pm (ET) / 10 am (PT), followed immediately by The Jazz-O-Rama Hour at 2 pm (ET), on CRAGG Cult Radio-Go-Go! http://www.cultradioagogo.com
Listen to The Comedy-O-Rama Hour every Saturday at 1 pm (ET) / 10 am (PT), followed immediately by The Jazz-O-Rama Hour at 2 pm (ET), on CRAGG Cult Radio-Go-Go! http://www.cultradioagogo.com
A CLIP FROM LAST WEEKS SHOW: Judy Tenuta Guest Stars on Comedy-O-Rama
THIS WEEK: Post Father's Day Radio Special Features Sons of "Flinstones" Voices Paying Tribute to Their Dads, with Noel Blanc & Mel Blanc, Chas Butler & Daws Butler, Alan Reed Jr. and Alan Reed.
"Hey, what's up,doc?" Noel Blanc, the son of cartoon voice legend Mel Blanc. will be heard saying when he guest stars on this Saturday's edition of The Comedy-O-Rama Hour, Joe Bev's wacky weekly radio extravaganza.
The Comedy-O-Rama Hour airs every Saturday at 1 pm (ET) / 10 am (PT), followed by the premiere of The Jazz-O-Rama Hour, Joe Bev's of 78 RPM records from his own personal collection, at 2 pm (ET), on CRAGG Cult Radio-Go-Go! http://www.cultradioagogo.com
On the show, which mixes scripted radio theater, improvisation and real life moments, two Camp Waterlogg kids Skype Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester and Tweety, all voiced by Noel Blanc.
Joe Bev wrote Mel Blanc in 1972 and they became friends, with Blanc critiquing Bev's cassette recorded voices in nine page hand written notes on Bugs Bunny stationary, and several west coast visits in which Bev would sit in on recording sessions of "The Jetsons".
"My mentor Daws Butler was there as Elroy Jetson, Penny Singleton as Jane, Janet Waldo as Judy, Don Messick as Astro. I sat in the recording booth in between Mel Blanc (as Mr. Spacey) and Howard Morris (as The Nervous School Bus Driver). I learned from the masters. Mel was the greatest voice actor who ever lived. We all try live up to the standard he set in the 1930s," says Bev.
Also on the radio show, which is billed as a "Better Late Than Never Father's Day Special":
Alan Reed Jr. reads from his father's autobiography Yabba Dabba Doo! The Alan Reed Story.
Daws Butler as Mr. Jinks and Daws's son Chas Butler as a 7-year old, in "A Baby Setter Sitter: written by Daws Butler, from a never-before-heard 1959 recording.
"The Honeymoon of Ellis & Elise" finds the Camp Waterlogg couple (voiced by Bev. & Kellogg) afloat on a cruise ship during a Rastafarian Pastifarian Pirate attack.
Cap'n Crunch (Joe Bev) reads "Lola the Whale" and Ranger Lorie (Kellogg) reads "A Warm Whale," two radio cartoons written by Pedro Pablo Sacristan.
Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc (May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros. during the "Golden Age of American animation" as the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzales, the Tasmanian Devil, and many of the other characters from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoons. He later worked for Hanna-Barbera's television cartoons, most notably as the voice of Barney Rubble in The Flintstones and Mr. Spacely in The Jetsons. Having earned the nickname “The Man of a Thousand Voices,” Blanc is regarded as one of the most influential people in the voice-acting industry.
Noel Blanc (born October 19, 1938) is a voice actor, the son of late voice acting legend, Mel Blanc. Throughout Noel's childhood and early adulthood, he worked with his father on the Looney Tunes voices so that when the time came, he could take over for his father.[1] Following his father's death, Blanc made a number of appearances performing the voices of Looney Tunes characters. Noel has voiced the characters of Elmer Fudd, Barney Rubble, Yosemite Sam and background characters on the television show Family Guy. He also directs and produces. Noel Blanc is CEO of Warner-Blanc, a joint venture of Warner Bros. and Blanc Communications Corp.
Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler (November 16, 1916 – May 18, 1988) was a voice actor originally from Toledo, Ohio. He worked mostly for Hanna-Barbera and originated the voices of many familiar animated cartoon characters, including Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, and Huckleberry Hound. Daws Butler the voice behind some of our most beloved cartoon characters. He also provided voices for Warner Bros., MGM, Jay Ward and Walter Lantz, and he wrote and performed on the Stan Freberg records and radio show and the original live puppet version of Time for Beanie (Einstein's and Harpo Marx's favorite show) as well as acting in radio and voicing TV commercials. More about Daws at: http://www.dawsbutler.com/
Alan Reed (August 20, 1907 – June 14, 1977) was an American actor and voice actor, best known as the original voice of Fred Flintstone (whom he was said to have physically resembled) on The Flintstones and various spinoff series. Born Edward Bergman in New York City, he majored in journalism at Columbia University, and then began his acting career in the city, eventually working on Broadway. He also appeared in multiple films, such as The Tarnished Angels, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Viva Zapata! (as Pancho Villa), Nob Hill and various other films, as well as making acting appearances on various television series and he was the voice of Boris in Lady and the Tramp. Reed's autobiography Yabba Dabba Doo! is available as an audiobook at http://www.waterlogg.com
Joe Bevilacqua is the winner of the 2012 New York TANY Award for Excellence in Acting. He has performed at the Improv, Caroline's on Broadway, Catch a Rising Star, the Comic Strip, opened for Uncle Floyd, worked with Al Franken, Shelley Berman, Louis Black and Rick Overton. Joe has also MC'd shows featuring Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Mahr and Gilbert Gottfried. He has been regularly heard on National Public Radio and Sirius-XM Radio. Joe hosts and produces The Comedy-O-Rama Hour and The Jazz-O-Rama Hour on Cult Radio-Go-Go! as well as Cartoon Carnival and other radio programs and audiobooks.
Lorie Kellogg started her education at the Kansas City Art Institute. There she studied painting, printmaking, photography, commercial design and video. She continued to Graduate School at the California Institute of the Arts where she received her MFA in Film/Video. Lorie is a graphic designer creating websites, logos, newsletters, newspaper & magazine layout, package design, ad design, and edits video & audio. On Comedy-O-Rama, Lorie voices Ranger Lorie, Olive Pitts, Lkie (Sqweeky), Mrs. Terwilliger, and the other half of voices in the Pedro cartoons.
Listen to The Comedy-O-Rama Hour every Saturday at 1 pm (ET) / 10 am (PT), followed immediately by The Jazz-O-Rama Hour at 2 pm (ET), on CRAGG Cult Radio-Go-Go! http://www.cultradioagogo.com
RANGER LORIE trying to keep her cool on The Comedy-O-Rama Hour on cultradioagogo.com
Judy Tenuta Guest Stars on Comedy-O-Rama
Saturday, June 16, 1 pm (ET) / 10 am (PT) on CRAGG
"The Love Goddess" performs wedding ceremony and plays accordion on part 3 of Joe Bev's online improvisational radio theater hour, on Cult Radio-A-Go-Go!
Comedian Judy Tenuta improvises with Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) and Lorie Kellogg on this week's edition of The Comedy-O-Rama Hour, on Saturday, June 16, from 1 pm to 2 pm (ET) / 10 am to 11 am (PT) on http://www.cultradioagogo.com. In the episode of the online improvisational radio theater hour, Tenuta gives relationship advice to characters Ellis and Elise (voiced by Bev and Kellogg) and plays accordion and sings at their Pastafarian Pirate wedding and then marries them under her own religion Judyism.
The Comedy-O-Rama Hour is the highest rated show on Cult Radio-A-Go-Go! Joe Bev attributes the positive response to his radio show as a sign today's audiences are craving radio theater.
"We are creating a fully realized storyline every week, with continuing characters, sound effects, music, full production values... plus we're funny!" says Bev, who performs nearly half the characters on the show, including Ellis the Boatkeeper, Sgt. Lefty, Adam Maxwell, Lil Orphan Andy, and others.
His wife and creative partner Lorie Kellogg also performs many characters on the show, including Elise, Olive Pitts, Mrs. Cowlick, Ellis & Elise's mother, Lkie, Mrs. Terwilliger and others.
The husband and wife team record the comedy hour from their home and surrounding woods of Napanoch, NY. The show takes place at Camp Waterlogg, a fictional kids camp in the Catskills. Their two dogs, two cats and 25 chickens often make it into the audio of the show.
For the wedding trilogy, Bev and Kellogg enlisted the help of Kenny Savoy and James Folly, members of the Liquid Comedy troupe since 1979. Savoy plays Cousin Kenny, Peter Moss, Dufus and others. Folly is heard as Ron Drydale, Lil Jimmy, Reverend Cowlick and more.
"The Aphrodite of the Accordion," as she calls herself, is comic Judy Tenuta. She was raised in Oak Park, Ill. and graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in theater. Best known for her brash, offbeat humor, she was the first stand-up to win Best Female Comedian at the American Comedy Awards and has released three CDs, two of which were nominated for a Grammy. Tenuta also has released books including The Power of Judyism and Full Frontal Tenudity. She has appeared in her own comedy specials on HBO, Showtime and Lifetime. More about Tenuta and her comedy can be found on her website, www.judytenuta.com.
Bev is starting another show The Jazz-O-Rama Hour coming June 23, 2 pm (ET) / 11 am (PT) on CRAGG (Cult Radio-A-Go-Go!) Each week, he will follow his Comedy-O-Rama Hour with an hour of vintage Jazz from 78RPM records from his personal collection.
He also hosts a third radio hour Cartoon Carnival, which airs on various stations worldwide.
Listen to The Comedy-O-Rama Hour and The Jazz-O-Rama Hour online every Saturday from 1 pm (EST) / 10 am (PT) http://www.cultradioagogo.com/.
Cartoon Carnival airs: Sundays at 6 pm (PT) on Classic Car Gold, the Stream, the Beyond and Hound Dog and AM 1610 FM 89.3, Albany, OR Mondays at 2 pm and 1 pm (PT), Tuesdays at 6 am (PT) on Golden Hours Radio Network, and Thursdays at 3 pm (PT) on The Powerful World of Sound, Omni Media Networks Fridays at 6 pm (PT) on KITC, 106.5 FM, Gilchrist, Oregon Saturdays at 8 am (ET) on The 1920s Radio Network, WHRO HD-3, Norfolk Va Beach Saturdays at 9 am (CT) on North Texas Radio for the Blind, NTRB- Reading & Radio Resource, Dallas, TX Saturdays at 8 pm (CT) on Wisconsin Public Radio WGTD HD3 Fridays at 9 pm (ET) and Mondays at 1 am Eastern.on Toon Radio
The Comedy-O-Rama Hour, The Jazz-O-Rama Hour and Cartoon Carnival are produced by Joe Bevilacqua for Waterlogg Productions.
For more great Waterlogg audio, via Amazon, iTunes, Audible, Kindle, Blackberry, Android, iPhone, and iPad, go to http://www.waterlogg.com.
The show had a four year successful run on Sirius XM Radio. Since returning, Comedy-O-Rama has attracted such celebrity guests as Rick Overton, Stuart Pankin, Bob Camp, Phil Proctor, June Foray, Nancy Cartwright, Bob Greenberg, Julie Newmar, Judy Tentua. Upcoming guests include Denny Dillon, Elayne Boosler, Chuck McCann, and Janet Waldo.
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