3.4 β’ 683 Ratings
ποΈ 6 September 2015
β±οΈ 159 minutes
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0:00.0 | You're in the Paracast. |
0:10.0 | You're in the Paracast, the gold standard of paranormal radio. |
0:28.0 | And now, here's Gene Steinberg. |
0:32.6 | So is it true, Gags Mackay, that the bumper from our friend Chris Rutkowski, |
0:39.2 | channeling Emperor Ming, the Max Seidau version, not the Charles Middleton version, |
0:45.2 | is the absolute best the Paracass bumper ever, Gax? |
0:49.8 | Well, there have certainly been many good bumpers over the years, and I would definitely say I think it was the longest. |
0:57.0 | In fact, I was just expecting you to cut him off because it was going on too long, but he did manage to rein himself in a bit. |
1:07.0 | But yeah, it's got to be in the top three anyway. |
1:10.0 | There is a photo in the Paracast forums at Forum.com where Chris is portraying Emperor Ming in a radio play, but he's wearing the outfit. |
1:21.3 | Where did he get the outfit from? |
1:23.4 | I don't know, maybe from a costume rental or something like that. |
1:26.7 | But understand here we're dealing with two types of Emperor Ming. |
1:29.7 | We have the original. |
1:31.1 | And I still think the best was a character actor named Charles Middleton in the Flash Gordon movie serials from the 1930s. |
1:38.7 | I expect you can find him somewhere. |
1:41.0 | And the production value is very primitive, but it's in 1930s. And Flash Gordon, of course, |
1:46.3 | was played by Buster Crabb, if anyone remembers or cares. Then there was a remake, and I think the guy |
1:51.8 | who played Flash Gordon with Sam Jones, and the theme music came from Queen and David Bowie. |
1:58.7 | So that's all the trivia we need. |
2:01.8 | Well, the original, those Flash Gordon cereals, of course, are available on DVD. |
2:06.0 | I have a collection of them with the Middleton Ming. |
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