...AND THAT'S WHY I PLAYED FREBERG. Yes, Stan Freberg. He worked with Bob Clampett of Warner Bros. cartoons fame. Throughout this episode some of Stan's great audio gags may be heard. This presentation, however, is mainly devoted to Eschatology. No, not Scatology. Leave the low-comedy guffaws to bleary-eyed, belching barflies, and understand we are on the topic of the Doctrine of the Last Things; the End of the World, the closing of the Time of Humanity-- these concern us here. Eschatology was originally a Western term, referring to Jewish, Christian and Muslim beliefs about the end of History, the Resurrection of the Dead, the Last Judgment, the Messianic era, and the problem of Theodicy. No, not THE ODYSSEY of blind Homer, though we do mention that-- but more in passing-- we do come to refer more thoroughly to Virgil's great later poem, THE AENEID, as we wander through our subject matter. Eschatology classically refers to the vindication of God’s justice. Historians of religion have applied the term to similar themes and concepts in the religions of non-literate peoples, ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cultures, Eastern civilizations and deliberately misled, pig-ignorant Republicans. Genuine Eschatological archetypes also can be found in various secular liberation movements. Sure, burn it all down; it's coming to an end anyway. That is NOT the train of thought(lessness) endorsed by the Ask Dr. Hal! Show. No indeedy. We DO admit to being all over the map, as usual. But what a map! And we are the most interested in the unexplored regions shown upon the map, the unknown realms at the edges. F'rexample, "Here there be Dragons--" we reintroduce the topic of the preferred taxonomy and probable biology of the Dragon-- the Western Dragon, or Wyvvern. Let's hope that the whole megilla doesn't, well, drag on. Get it? Ahh, you're a lousy audience. No, just kidding.

Hey, WATCH the online ASK DR. HAL! Show THIS SUNDAY the 17th, also St. Patrick's Day, Faith and Begorra. 6:00 PM, Pacific Standard Time. Go to www.askdrhalshow.com and... and that's all you have to do! It's FREE! Unless, that is, you wish to PARTICIPATE by asking Dr. H. Owll (financially) sponsored Questions. We got monsters, a cartoon (seasonally featuring Leprechauns), Ray Harryhausen's Hansel and Gretel (Dr. Hal Show version), Michael Peppe doing his great Behaviormusik at the S. F. Art Institute back in the day... and much more. Watch from the beginning so's not to miss any of our mind-breaking Special Effects. Then join us in the Chat Room afterward to congratulate, gloat or commiserate. Miss the show? There's no prob, with "Bob!" From that selfsame web site youse can download ANY of our shows, at any time. This will be our 35th Episode.