Joe Bev will then play his deconstruction, The Red Hornet: "The
Motorboat Mystery" - part of Bev's Old-Time Radio Parodies.
"The Green Hornet Meets The Red Hornet" airs on the May 4th
edition of The Joe Bev Experience, at 4:30 PM ET. 1:30 pm PT,
part of The Joe Bev 3-Hour Block, starting 2:30 pm ET / 11:30
am PT on cultradioagogo.com.
The Green Hornet originated on January 31, 1936, on WXYZ, the
same local Detroit station that originated its companion shows
The Lone Ranger and Challenge of the Yukon. Beginning April 12,
1938, the station supplied the series to the Mutual Broadcasting
System radio network, and then to NBC Blue and its successors,
the Blue Network and ABC Network, from November 16, 1939,
through September 8, 1950. It returned from September 10 to
December 5, 1952. It was sponsored by General Mills from January
to August 1948, and by Orange Crush in its brief 1952 run.

Distinguished by its use of classical music for themes and for
bridges between scenes, The Green Hornet was "one of radio's
best-known and most distinctive juvenile adventure shows". The
series detailed the adventures of Britt Reid, debonair newspaper
publisher by day, crime-fighting masked hero at night. With his
faithful valet Kato, Britt Reid, daring young publisher, matches
wits with the Underworld, risking his life so that criminals and
racketeers within the law may feel its weight by the sting of
the Green Hornet!
The complete Old-Time Radio Parodies: The Best of the
Comedy-O-Rama Hour, Season Two is available at
Waterlogg.com.
Old time radio fans have something NEW to listen to: Old Time
Radio Parodies, Volume Two of The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama
Hour, produced and directed by Joe Bevilacqua, written by Joe
Bevilacqua, William Melillo, and Robert J. Cirasa.
These are not old-time radio shows but incredible simulations! Created by veteran audio
theater producer Joe Bevilacqua, these humorous half-hours take
off on such classic old time radio shows as The Shadow, The Lone
Ranger, The Green Hornet, War of the Worlds, Suspense and The
Jack Benny Program. The fine cast includes Joe Bevilacqua, Rick
Ramos, Alison Nead, Cathi Tully, William Melillo, Jay Snyder,
Peter Cummings, Thomas Babakowski, Peter Nevargic and James
Cronin.
Stories include: "The Silhouette", "The Old Ranger", "The Red
Hornet", "Brute Ballingham, Private Detective", "Suspension: Waiting for Rochester -
To Stop", and "War of the Welles".
"Fans of old-time radio classics are in for a real treat. From
Joe Bevilacqua and his Waterlogg Productions, makers of the
hilarious Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes, and Uncle Dunkle and
Donnie, comes volume 2 in the Best of the Comedy-o-Rama Hour.
And it couldn't come at a better time. The current trend in
audiobooks is the revitalization of the classic radio program,
and all the publishers are doing it. From Doc Savage, to The
Black Mask, to NPR's Car Talk, it seems that America is
rediscovering the joys of the spoken word. And Joe Bev is adding
some very worthwhile products to the market. Old-time Radio
Parodies is up to the usual Waterlogg Productions high
standards, featuring a full cast of talented voice actors, and
cinema quality music and sound effects. I promise you'll never
be disappointed with how a Waterlogg Production sounds. They
even have parodies of commercials like Shouty-O's (shout for
Shouty-O's!) cereal, and Blue Coal Tires (the only tires you can
burn in your furnace after they go flat). We're talking three
hours of non-stop laughs here. Don't miss out!" - Steven Brandt,
Audiobook Heaven

"Preserving -- and recreating -- the sounds of old-time radio is
Joseph Bevilacqua's passion. Although he did grow up long after
radio's golden days, Mr. Bevilacqua, at the tender age of 4,
began drawing cartoons and making up voices. Recently, Mr.
Bevilacqua put together a series of old-time radio parodies. For
example, there's 'The Ol-l-ld Ranger," the 60-yeart-old cowboy
has to bit the (alumiunum) bullet, since the silver market has
been cornered by that powerful corporate type, Tonto."
- Sandra
Gardner, The New York Times