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AUNT BERTHA'S LOWER BERTH MARK, OR...
October 23, 2020 10:00pm

 

Ask Dr Hal
AUNT BERTHA'S LOWER BERTH MARK, OR...
...BILLY AND TIMMY GO TO HELL. Computer-related troubles (natch) have prevented us from podcasting this re-run show for two weeks, and from posting it in this space for three weeks... until now. This is for those who did not try twice to listen at our regular, assigned time. But really-- who would? After all, "the burnt chile shuns the fire." An aphorism which encapsulates the late "Aunt Bertha's" educational method. Horrendous stories, mini-radio plays, were crudely presented, back in the day, by that vast, shadowy organization, the Children's Bible Hour, presided over, and featuring the unmistakable "Aunt" Bertha Trover Shooks. They told of adenoidal urchins who attempted to ignore A.B.'s Fundamentalist precepts and in consequence received, in every case, a hideous retribution. These eruptions into the Noosphere did not go unnoticed by Dr. H. Owll and his now deceased brother, Dr. Ygrundas Quinby, Jr. And so the practice of lovingly crafting (heh, heh!) our OWN "Auntie B" episodes had its genesis. Years later, fine work has been done in the SubGenius Marches, the borders of "Bob's" domain, by the irrepressible Phineas Narco, just one of the voices you will hear. Yes... but this is, as we say, a re-run-- so all these shows are --until Radio Valencia at last defeats the inboard obstructions of indolence, and goes striding boldly forward into broad, sunlit uplands. In the meantime, it would be remiss of us not to direct your attention to something that IS going out regularly (once a month on every second Sunday) in the form of a newly-generated version of the Ask Dr. Hal! Show. 7:00 PM Pacific Standard Time is when the Webinar begins. It is then you should go to the web site at https://gonzotronics.net/adh/ where you will be guided in to make a safe landing. CAUTION: as far as the downloading of this present offered podcast is concerned, be aware-- be very aware-- that the show may not actually start when it is supposed to and will almost definitely not end when it is supposed to. But keep the faith, we entreat, and continue to listen. We'd change that temporal mix-up, too, if we could. But how did everything get so mutated, convoluted and twisted in the first place? Need you ask? It's 2020...


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