BRADBURY 13 "Night Call, Collect" narrated by Paul Frees

[@SwazAttack]

Chills went up my spine as I heard this again. So many memories of how I felt as as I heard these for the first time as a young man. Rest in peace Ray.

[@MysteryTheaterRadio]

Fantastic! Ray Bradbury was one of my favorites growing up. Love this!

[@atcoleness]

We always checked this series out of the library on cassette tape when I was a kid. Loved these stories.

[@winstonmiller9649]

We never had these on cassette in our library as a kid. And i only discovered Bradbury in books when I was 14 y.o.a. I'm sure I'd have enjoyed this radio series. Instead I enjoy it now on youtube aged 60. 📚😊😊👍🏽

[@quicksilvertongue3248]

Here lies Emil Barton, 2017-2097. Forever alive in our hearts.

[@maureenobrien3250]

I appreciate that there is no creeking door in the beginning! Thank you.

[@MIS315]

I love that creeky door

[@noahsallen7226]

Anyone else brought here by Rich Evans?

[@MrGregory777]

yes. made a reddit post

[@Geospasmic]

Yes, his short description was pretty accurate.

[@placer7412]

nope but its cool rich knows about these tapes

[@sbrazenor2]

Red Letter Media has generally sent me down some pretty interesting rabbit holes.

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Yes

[@eduardo_corrochio]

A simple tale told well, with a melancholy mood. Boy, that Paul Frees, he's probably the second best old time radio voice besides Orson Welles. Why do I like this episode when it's such a desolate story ... maybe because it taps into our fears and dread of loneliness, and science fiction can be a way for us to deal with those feelings.

[@chloefound]

Had this and Sound of Thunder on tape as a child. Helped me sleep. Such great content. 😁

[@Bebecat477]

I love Bradbury. I greatly enjoyed the story. Thank you.

[@comixproviderftw_02]

I admit, that Captain Rockwell bit actually got me.

[@330benzobenzovangogh5]

"Thru the mysterious, eerie mist we go" yasss let's go

[@bittybitty8233]

Ty this was a good one....strange but interesting.

[@flywheelshyster]

rich evans of RLM in one of their black spine episodes brought me here.

[@KoboldCloaca]

Same lol

[@vanivor]

Loved this, thank you for the upload.

[@lynnrobinson8885]

I have enjoyed Ray Bradbury for so many years, and have all his stories in his books. He was definitely from another era, like me. Sir Edge, have you come across any of Charlie Beaumont’s stories ? I have both his books of stories : supernatural, horror, noir, science fiction, fantasy and more, and a number of his stories were used for the Twilight episodes. Charlie was only 38 when he died. Dean Koontz had given him a good write up years ago. My favourite one was : “The New People”. Thank you for the Bradbury’s ! See you in the evening show! ❤🫠

[@gregstewart6429]

Love Ray Bradbury. The elder Barton sounds like Dick Dasterdly from the Wacky Races.

[@astridl1848]

I've read a few stories with this basic premise, but this may be the most unusual. Certainly the darkest. Young Barton sounds awfully like a demon....I wonder if the theme was that evil always destroys itself...

[@clfcchris1]

Loved this awesome 😀😎

[@anndbritch-barney8378]

I wish these programmes would have a positive ending sometimes. Or am I just being childish?

[@fluffy1973]

Young Barton sounds like Jim Carrey

[@chlorinedream]

Kinda depressing. But very well done.

[@halthammerzeit]

Reminds me of House on Mars song by Ayreon.

[@crazyhorseaz5224]

LONELINESS

[@nf5973]

This is delightfully mad

[@monv.b.1439]

someone knows who is the writer of the poem at the beginning of the story? I have a translation in Spanish and I can not find references to it. Thanks n__n Or if you have the poem in english it would be fantastic

[@patricka.crawley6572]

Mon V.B. Which words are the poem?

[@k3lash174]

Poem? tell us more please.

[@quicksilvertongue3248]

It's not a poem, it's just a sort of preamble to the story. All thirteen episodes of this series use this format: Ray Bradbury intro, Paul Frees narrating a prologue, "Ray Bradbury's ", the main story, and the credits.

[@quicksilvertongue3248]

Hair'issmnt? Sounds like something a robit would do.

[@quicksilvertongue3248]

Of all the B13 episodes, if not Bradbury's entire bibliography, this must be the most ridiculous premise. It makes a decent two-man story, but there's just a complete and utter lack of anything resembling logic. The idea that Barton could create all these recordings and then forget about it, that the "telephonic brains" can sometimes predict old Barton's responses but other times can't..... zero sense being made, for all that it's poetic. That's the problem with soft sci-fi... prompting the audience to think, and then punishing them for it.