Ubu Hour

Hosted by: 
Rolf Semprebon
Produced by: 
KBOO
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The Ubu Hour, inspired by Alfred Jarry's absurdist Ubu plays, airs experimental radio theater with dada/Surreal elements

Topic tags: 
Radio Theater
Genre(s): 
Radio Theatre, Experimental
Related show host(s): 
Ken Jones, Matthew Clark
Related program(s): 
Sudden Radio Project, The Holy Crowley Hour, Gremlin Time
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Retired

Aug 2009 Intro

Airs at: Sun, 08/02/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Another hilarious intro bit for the Ubu Hour .. Part of it was ripped off of Sudden Radio's intro last week.. And station ID provided by Andrei Codrescu. Read more

Swine Flu Over the Cuckoos Nest

Airs at: Mon, 07/06/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Faux News gasbags Swill O'Reilly and Ann Coultergeist return with this hilarious episode, Swine Flu Over the Cuckoos Nest... More great political parody from G Violetta  Read more

Dead Babies: Another Public Service Announcement from the Ubu Hour

Airs at: Sun, 07/05/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Another public service announcement from the Ubu Hour, where we care about the sanctity of life... Read more

Intro July 09

Airs at: Sun, 07/05/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
The Intro to the July 2009 Ubu Hour show, with special guest Andrei Codrescu giving the station ID and the disclaimer... Read more

Golden Parachute

Airs at: Sun, 07/05/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Golden Parachute, a suspenseful audio-drama about wealth, money, class, estate taxes, and death.  Inspired by the fact that because of Bush's tax cuts for the rich several years ago, in 2010 the estate tax completely vanishes, adn then in 2011 it returns. So why would anyon... Read more

The Health Care Ad

Airs at: Sun, 05/31/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
America means freedom, and nothing says freedom more than the freedom of health care... A major health care lobby gives us reasons to be against single-payer universal health care and for the profit-driven system that we have now. Read more

An Evil, Evil Man

Airs at: Sun, 05/31/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
AN EVIL, EVIL MAN - Starring the voice of Richard Bruce Cheney, this audio peice involves a former vice-president accused of torture and war crimes who appears again on the air waves for even more fear mongering.  A collage of scary sounds and creepy pronouncements from an ... Read more

The Obama Piece

Airs at: Sun, 05/31/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
This is the untitled peice at the beginning of June's Ubu Hour..  First some right wingers come on to rant on how we don't satirize Obama like we've done to Bush and Cheney, and then we listen to a clip of O'Bomb'ya talk about his wonderful policies in Afghanastan and Pakis... Read more

Our Little Mayor Part 3

Airs at: Sun, 05/31/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Our Little Mayor Part 3 - Catch up on the latest adventures of Our Little Mayor Slam Assbuns and his problems with the media hounding him for consensual sex with another adult... This peice involves car crashes, 12-lane highway bridges, and a new soccor stadium.  Written an... Read more

Dinosaur Cage

Airs at: Sun, 05/31/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
A short story by Seattle cartoonist Jim Woodring about the wonders of childhood and the mysteries of the great wide world is brought to the radio airwaves by director S.W. Conser and the One Take Pony players: David Chelsea, Zoe Loranger, Emily Young, and Mike Russell. Read more