This is one of my favorite pieces of radio ever. The story is brillaint, the Goldstein read is spot on, the music is perfect. I'm trying to create a show here at KUT just so I have an excuse to air this more than once.

Wonderfully written and crafted piece that brings the Penguin and Mary Poppins to dinner. The musical backdrop combined with a fabulous script immediately brings imagery to the mind's eye, listening to this piece I felt as though I was actually seeing the story unfold. Nicely done!

Much more interesting when it's coming from the Penguin's position than my own. This kind of piece is what makes me believe that public radio can find an audience with teenagers and twenty-somethings...an funny gimmick and surface with an incredibly relatable undercurrent of a story.

This is listed as a fundraising piece, which it would be perfect for. But it should be played just any ol' time. I'd love to hear it played between some classical music piece, with no introduction, no extroduction, just stuff it in their and listen.

I think Jonathan's work is excellent in general. I've heard it on TAL several times, and his pacing and writing reminds me of David Sedaris.

This is a wonderful exercise in the meeting up of storybook characters within a historical time. The result is droll and entertaining. It is just long enough to set up the chemistry among the characters and ends before the whimsy gets tiresome. It suggests much, much more under the surface. Goldstein has a good deadpan voice for this piece, which keeps the tone ironic and intimate.