You want me to review a 29-minute radio feature about whales? My kids have grown up and I don't have to do cuddly whales anymore!
I entered this 29-minute program with a bad attitude and arrived at the other end with a smile on my face and feeling a little bit smarter.
Now, I have no idea where I would place this in my lineup but it mostly held my attention and I found the experience amusing, entertaining and at times informative. It is difficult to find shelf space for half-hour programs let alone half-hour programs about whales.
This was a 9 segment half-hour of trippy, odd, humorous and human stories. It ranges from the angelic singing of Laura Anderson to the flatulent sound of a killer whale as recorded by Jay Allison.
Looking subjectively, I might have stacked the 9 elements differently by putting the brilliant 'Just Another Fish Story' closer to the top. This is an example of how slick editing of multiple voices- first hand accounts- an instrumental bed and a pregnant pause can be used to tell an interesting story without narration. Loved it. What a clear mental image Molly Menschel created.
And Jay Allison had me in stitches as he dryly told the story of love...between his wife and whale.
I could have done without the National Lampoon Radio Hour bit but that's probably because I wore out my Lampoon records years ago.
Review of The Plan- Whale
Bill Anderson
Posted on April 12, 2006 at 02:49 PM
You want me to review a 29-minute radio feature about whales? My kids have grown up and I don't have to do cuddly whales anymore!
I entered this 29-minute program with a bad attitude and arrived at the other end with a smile on my face and feeling a little bit smarter.
Now, I have no idea where I would place this in my lineup but it mostly held my attention and I found the experience amusing, entertaining and at times informative. It is difficult to find shelf space for half-hour programs let alone half-hour programs about whales.
This was a 9 segment half-hour of trippy, odd, humorous and human stories. It ranges from the angelic singing of Laura Anderson to the flatulent sound of a killer whale as recorded by Jay Allison.
Looking subjectively, I might have stacked the 9 elements differently by putting the brilliant 'Just Another Fish Story' closer to the top. This is an example of how slick editing of multiple voices- first hand accounts- an instrumental bed and a pregnant pause can be used to tell an interesting story without narration. Loved it. What a clear mental image Molly Menschel created.
And Jay Allison had me in stitches as he dryly told the story of love...between his wife and whale.
I could have done without the National Lampoon Radio Hour bit but that's probably because I wore out my Lampoon records years ago.