Audiobooks by Joe Bevilacqua

The New Adventures of Johnny Dollar, Vol. 2

"By popular demand, The New Adventures of Johnny Dollar, Volume Two, is a followup to Volume One, dramatized pastiches of the great old time radio detective series by Joe Bevilacqua (“Joe Bev”). This second volume features The Bowery Boys Matter, The James Forbes Matter, The Sarah Martin Matter, The Ugly Pattern Matter, The Walter Patterson Matter, and The Larson Arson Matter. Also, included are bonus tracks of some of Joe Bev’s old time radio parodies of Sherlock Holmes, The Shadow, and The Green Hornet. Reviews of The New Adventures of Johnny Dollar, Volume One:“A must buy for anyone who is a fan of cartoon voices or of old radio shows.”“Joe’s personal flair gives these recreations a life of their own.”“I love the works of Joe Bev. He’s done fun radio shows in the past and can impersonate lots of famous voices.”“Clever scripts and great that you use the language of the day.”“Good choice of incidental music, all in keeping with the style of a Johnny Dollar episode. We’ll done.”“These shows have been lovingly recreated and the production, editing, and mixing are first rate. Highly recommended just for that!” The original Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a radio drama that aired on CBS Radio from February 18, 1949, to September 30, 1962. The best-known incarnation was with Bob Bailey starring in “the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account-America’s fabulous freelance insurance investigator.” There were 809 episodes, plus two not-for-broadcast auditions, in the 12-year run, and more than 720 still exist today out of 886 total performances."

Joe Bevilacqua (Author), A Full Cast (Narrator)

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A Bud & Lou Festival

"A Bud & Lou Festival is a hilarious collection of tributes, parodies, and rarities of the Abbott & Costello comedy team—written, produced, and performed by Joe Bev. Bonus tracks feature remastered episodes of their radio broadcasts. Included in this set: The Unemployment RateA Dollar a DayU-DriveGoing HuntingNobody’s in Right?Calling Gracie AllenJack and the Beans Talked?The Vaudeville Show, Who’s on First?The Bank RobberyMeet Bugs Bunny and Lucille BallMeets Peter LorreMeet Blondie and DagwoodAbbott & Costello were an American comedy duo composed of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work on radio and in film and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and 1950s. Their patter routine “Who’s on First?” is one of the best-known comedy routines of all time, and set the framework for many of their best-known comedy bits."

Joe Bevilacqua (Author), Joe Bevilacqua (Narrator)

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The Excruciating Hello: Brute Ballingham, Private Detective

"Move over Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade. There’s a new gumshoe named Brute Ballingham. Together with secretary Moolada and nephew Pinky, this hard drinking private detective is sucked into the seedy 1940s New York crime underworld. The Excruciating Hello is a five hour wild and bizarre post-modern pastiche of such hardboiled crime noir fiction as The Long Goodbye, The Maltese Falcon, To Have and Have Not, The Red Wind, The High Window, Trouble is My Business, The Lady in the Lake, Farewell, My Lovely, The Big Sleep, and other noir classics originated by such writers as Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. Chapter One: The Camp Kilmer CaseChapter Two: The Sizable SlumberChapter Three: The Burmese AlbatrossChapter Four: Pinky’s Pancake ProblemChapter Five: The Greasy TideChapter Six: To Have A Lot and Not Have A LotChapter Seven: Treble is My BusinessChapter Eight: The Green WindChapter Nine: The Lady Up a CreekChapter Ten: The High WidowChapter Eleven: Adiós Me DamasChapter Twelve: That Monkey Has No Tail"

Joe Bevilacqua (Author), Joe Bevilacqua (Narrator)

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A Jimmy Durante Festival

"A Jimmy Durante Festival is a collection of tributes, parodies, and rarities of “The Great Schnozzola” entertainer with the gruff voice—written, produced, and performed by Joe Bev. Bonus tracks feature remastered audio from classic radio, TV, and cartoons. Included in this set: Who Gets All Da Mackerel?My Little Worm is Lost!A Possum’s Tail wit’ a Crow CameoDoggy Daddy’s Dude RanchDurante Eats Kellogg’s CornflakesHappy Fadder’s Day, Dear Ol’ Dad!Alias Jack GeronimoDurante Meets Bogie & BacallDesi Arnaz Teaches Durante SpanishDurante Makes a Movie with Lucille BallDurante & DinoGood Night, Mrs. Calabash!James Francis Durante (February 10, 1893–January 29, 1980) was an American singer, pianist, comedian, and actor. His distinctive clipped gravelly speech, Lower East Side Manhattan accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of America’s most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s."

Joe Bevilacqua (Author), Joe Bevilacqua (Narrator)

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A Phil Silvers Festival

"A Phil Silvers Festival is collection of tributes, parodies, and rarities of the great con man comedian—written, produced, and performed by Joe Bevilacqua. Bonus tracks feature remastered classic radio and TV broadcasts. This set includes: Jack Robinson at Your ServiceThe Wolf and the GoatThe Fox and the PenguinHis Second to Last BowThis Here is Your LifeRobin CatCommand PerformanceThe Tailor ShopAunt Sooty’s NeighborThe Efficiency ExpertSlowly I TurnThe Slowest Gun in the WestJoe Bevilacqua, also known as Joe Bev, is a public radio producer and radio theater dramatist. However, his career has taken him into every aspect of show business, including stage, film, and television as a producer, director, writer, author, actor, journalist, documentarian, and even cartoonist. He is also a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York City. Phil Silvers (May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedic actor, known as “The King of Chutzpah”. He starred in The Phil Silvers Show, a 1950s sitcom set on a U.S. Army post in which he played Master Sergeant Ernest (Ernie) Bilko."

Joe Bevilacqua (Author), Joe Bevilacqua (Narrator)

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An Edward G. Robinson Festival

"An Edward G. Robinson Festival is a collection of tributes, parodies, and rarities of the great film actor—written, produced, and performed by Joe Bevilacqua. Bonus tracks feature remastered classic radio dramas. This set includes: If We All Talked Like Allen JenkinsMurder is a Merry-Go-RoundThe ReflectionHobo HawkWillaby Meets the GodfatherThe Man who Wanted to be Edward G. RobinsonThe TrapKey LargoJoe Bevilacqua, also known as Joe Bev, is a public radio producer and radio theater dramatist. However, his career has taken him into every aspect of show business, including stage, film, and television as a producer, director, writer, author, actor, journalist, documentarian, and even cartoonist. He is also a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York City. Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg; Yiddish: ײמאַנועל גאָלדענבערג‎; December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was an American actor of stage and screen during Hollywood’s Golden Age. He appeared in 40 Broadway plays and more than 100 films during a 50-year career and is best remembered for his tough-guy roles as gangsters in such films as Little Caesar and Key Largo."

Joe Bevilacqua (Author), Joe Bevilacqua (Narrator)

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A Stan & Ollie Festival

"A Stan & Ollie Festival is a hilarious collection of tributes, parodies and rarities of the Laurel & Hardy comedy team—written, produced and performed by Joe Bev. Bonus tracks feature remastered clips of their classic performances on radio, stage and screen. Included in this set: For the Freedom of the WorldFatherland Security OfficersA Pilgrim’s ProgressThe Courtship of Miles StandishOllie Ox and Stanley FrogFor the BirdsDeconstructing Laurel and HardyKnuclear KnuckleheadsMr. Slater’s Poultry MarketThe Marriage of Stan LaurelThe Driver’s LicenseStan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were a popular comedy duo during early classic Hollywood. Between 1927 and 1955, they performed their unique brand of slapstick, wearing their iconic bowler hats, to the silly tune of “Dance of the Cuckoos,” with Laurel the childlike friend of pompous Hardy. They appeared as a team in 107 films, starring in 32 short silent films, 40 short sound films, and 23 full-length feature films still popular around the world today."

Joe Bevilacqua (Author), Joe Bevilacqua (Narrator)

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A Jack Benny Festival

"A Jack Benny Festival is a hilariously historically apocryphal collection of tributes, parodies, and rarities of the world’s stingiest man—written, produced, and performed by Joe Bev. With Mary Livingston, Rochester, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Mel Blanc, Frank Nelson and the Sportsmen Quartet and special guest stars Paul Revere, Captain Horatio Hornblower, Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Jerry Colonna, Johnny Dollar, and Jean-Paul Sartre. Bonus tracks feature remastered recordings of Benny himself. Jack Goes to a Tea PartyThe Hornblower Sails at MidnightHow High the NoonCasablanca JackThe Jack Benny MatterWaiting for Rochester—to StopJackie Bunny’s Fantastic WarrenJack Benny FiddlesJack Benny’s Second Album"

Joe Bevilacqua (Author), Joe Bevilacqua (Narrator)

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A Hollywood Heroes Festival

"A Hollywood Heroes Festival is collection of tributes, parodies, and rarities of great actors of the past: Humphrey Bogart, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, and John Wayne—written, produced, and performed by Joe Bevilacqua. Bonus tracks feature remastered classic radio broadcasts. This set includes: Love Finds General Grant (Gary Cooper)Casablanca Jack (Humphrey Bogart)The Clever Cat Burglar (Cary Grant)How High the Noon (Gary Cooper)Custer’s Last Stand (John Wayne)The Camp Kilmer Case (Humphrey Bogart)Mr. Horsefly’s Prairie Post Office (Gary Cooper)The Mystery of the Thief of Thieves (Humphrey Bogart)Johnny the Laughing Giraffe (Gary Cooper)The Awful Truth (Cary Grant)Pride of the Yankees (Gary Cooper)To Have and Have Not (Humphrey Bogart)"

Joe Bevilacqua (Author), Joe Bevilacqua (Narrator)

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A Marx Brothers Festival

"A Marx Brothers Festival is a hilarious collection of tributes, parodies, and rarities—written, produced, and performed by Joe Bevilacqua. Bonus tracks feature remastered radio and TV performances by Groucho, Chico, and Harpo. In this set: The Uncle Lefty ShowA Comedy of ErrorsShe Fell DownAt the BistroWith Apologies to William What’s-His-NameFlywheelHollywood AgentsDr. HackenbushJack BennyBurns and AllenAt the Shamrock InnFriars RoastThe Marx Brothers were an American family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in motion pictures from 1905 to 1949. Five of the Marx Brothers’ thirteen feature films were selected by the American Film Institute (AFI) as among the top 100 comedy films, with two of them, Duck Soup (1933) and A Night at the Opera (1935), in the top twelve. Joe Bevilacqua, also known as Joe Bev, is a public radio producer and radio theater dramatist. However, his career has taken him into every aspect of show business, including stage, film, and television as a producer, director, writer, author, actor, journalist, documentarian, and even cartoonist. He is also a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York City."

Joe Bevilacqua (Author), Joe Bevilacqua (Narrator)

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A W. C. Fields Festival

"A W. C. Fields Festival is a collection of tributes, parodies, and rarities of the great bulbous nosed comedian—written, produced, and performed by Joe Bevilacqua. Bonus tracks feature remastered classic radio broadcasts. This set includes: Laughter Demands as a Kind of NecessityThe Whiskey RebellionThe Red HornetThe Brittle StarfishThe Blind BeeJosh Billings Allminax AxiomsA Good After-Dinner SpeechWhat the Statute Didn’t SayPoppyMeets Jack BennyMeets Charlie McCarthyThe PharmacistThe Charlie McCarthy ShowThe Talking SealThe Skunk TrapWith Charlie McCarthyThe Chase and Sanborn ShowJoe Bevilacqua, also known as Joe Bev, is a public radio producer and radio theater dramatist. However, his career has taken him into every aspect of show business, including stage, film, and television as a producer, director, writer, author, actor, journalist, documentarian, and even cartoonist. He is also a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York City. William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880–December 25, 1946), better known as W. C. Fields, was an American comedian, actor, juggler, and writer. Fields’s comic persona was a misanthropic and hard-drinking egotist, who remained a sympathetic character despite his snarling contempt for children."

Joe Bevilacqua (Author), Joe Bevilacqua (Narrator)

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The Question of the Clever Cat Burglar, and 15 Other Sherlock Holmes Mysteries

"Horse hooves on cobblestones through a pounding rain. A door opens and closes. Footsteps hurry up 17 steps to 221B Baker Street. Listeners are fully immersed in the world of Mid-Victorian England like never before in this thrilling action-packed “theater of the mind” made for both serious Sherlockians and casual mystery lovers. “The Question of the Clever Cat Burglar” is just 1 of 16 Sherlock Holmes mysteries in this new audio drama collection—written, produced, directed, voiced, and enhanced with stereo soundscape and music by veteran award-winning audio artist Joe Bev. The set includes over 8 hours of new dramatizations of Canonical*, Extra-Canonical** and Non-Canonical*** Sherlock Holmes stories: The Adventure of the Six Napoleons* How Watson Learned the Trick** The Question of the Clever Cat Burglar*** The Story of the Man with the Watches** The Adventure of the Dying Detective* The Problem of Pantalone’s Understudy*** The Case of the Poisoned Scotch*** The Adventure of the Creeping Man* The Puzzle of Empty Bank Vault*** The Story of the Lost Special** The Yellow Fever Conundrum*** The Singular Affair of the Cloven Mathematician*** The Mystery of the Invisible Brother*** The Field Bazaar** The Curse of Kem Alu Kaburu*** The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge, Chapter One: The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles; Chapter Two: The Tiger of San Pedro* Sherlock Holmes is a popular fictional character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes is an amateur detective with powerful observation and deduction abilities. The original canon was written between 1887 and 1927 in 62 cases (4 novels and 58 short stories)."

Joe Bevilacqua (Author), Joe Bevilacqua (Narrator)

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