Audiobooks narrated by Joe Bevilacqua

That's Still Not All, Folks: An Autobiography by Joe Alaskey

"The autobiography of master impressionist Joe Alaskey takes listeners on a fun-filled behind-the-scenes look at Hollywood and how he became Mel Blanc’s replacement as the voices of Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, and many of the Warner Bros. cartoon characters. Joe Bevilacqua performs as Alaskey and even demonstrates some of the voices along the way, including a sketch that pits Daffy Duck against Columbo, and Archie and Edith Bunker as Romeo and Juliet. Bevilacqua was trained with Mel Blanc and Daws Butler (Yogi Bear)."

Joe Alaskey (Author), Joe Bevilacqua (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 Parody Outline of History

"A Parody Outline of History is hilarious but scathing anti-war satire of The Outline of History (1920) by H. G. Wells, written by Donald Ogden Stewart, in the styles of popular authors of the day, and first published in 1921 only a year after World War I ended. This ear-popping audio dramatization was produced and voiced by Joe Bevilacqua (aka Joe Bev)—enhanced with music and sound effects—in the style of the popular performers of 1920s and 30s, including The Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, Jack Benny, W.C. Fields, Gary Cooper, and John Wayne. Stories in this set: 1. CRISTOFER COLOMBO: A Comedy of DiscoveryWritten in the manner of James Branch CabellPerformed in the manner of a Marx Brother movieCast of CharactersNarrator: Paul FreesCristofer Columbo: Chico MarxRusty the Sorcerer: Harpo MarxKing Ferdinand: Groucho MarxQueen Isabella: Margaret Dumont 2. MAIN STREET: Plymouth, MassWritten in the manner of Sinclair LewisPerformed in the manner of a Laurel and Hardy movieCast of CharactersNarrator: Paul FreesPricilla: Zasu PittsKennicut: James FinlaysonMiles Standish: Stan LaurelJohn Alden: Oliver HardyManager of Heaven: Oliver HardyDrunk: Arthur HousmanFriend: Edgar KennedyHeaven Reporter: Walter Winchell 3. THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISHWritten in the manner of F. Scott FitzgeraldPerformed in the manner of a Laurel and Hardy movieCast of CharactersNarrator: Paul FreesMiles Standish: Stan LaurelJohn Alden: Oliver HardyPricilla: Zasu PittsAuntie Brewster: Billie Burke 4. THE SPIRIT OF ‘75: Letters of a Minute ManWritten in the manner of Ring LardnerPerformed in the manner of The Jack Benny ShowCast of CharactersMinute Man: Jack BennyWife: Mary LivingstoneDriver: RochesterWaiter: Frank NelsonTea Party Indian: Dennis Day,Tea Party Indian: Don Wilson,Bystander: Fred AllenEnglish Horse: Mel BlancDrunken Singers: Mel Blanc with The Sportsman Quartet 5. THE WHISKY REBELLIONWritten in the manner of a bedtime story Manner of Thornton W. BurgessPerformed in the manner of a W.C. Fields movieCast of CharactersStoryteller: W.C. FieldsAunt Polly: Mae WestJed: Walter BrennanAssorted Drunken Yodeling Children with Guns 6. HOW LOVE CAME TO GENERAL GRANTWritten in the manner of Harold Bell WrightPerformed in the manner of a Frank Capra movieCast of CharactersNarrator: Paul FreesGeneral Ulysses S. Grant: Gary CooperGeraldine Rhinelander: Olivia De HavillandMrs. Rhinelander: Emma DunnElla Flowers: Katherine HepburnMrs. Vandergriff: Margaret DumontReverend: Charles RugglesDrunk #1: Arthur HousmanDrunk #2: W.C. FieldsThe Crippled Newsboy: Jackie Cooper 7. CUSTER’S LAST STANDWritten in the manner of Edith WhartonPerformed in the manner of a John Ford movieCast of CharactersNarrator: Paul FreesPhilip Custer: John WayneGeneral George Custer: Walter BrennanMary Custer: Maureen O’HaraLittle GeorgeLittle MaryFrench Waiter 8. FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE WORLD: A Drama of the Great WarAct I—Written in the manner of Mary Raymond Shipman AndrewsAct 2—Written in the manner of Eugene O’NeillPerformed in the manner of a Laurel and Hardy movie (directed by Preston Sturges)Cast of CharactersNarrator: Paul FreesAmerican Soldiers: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Ned SparksAmerican Lieutenant Edmund Kockenlocker: William DemarestPrussian Soldiers: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Leon AskinEllen Ratzkywatsky: Betty HuttonMrs. Finlayson: Esther HowardThe Landlady: Mary CarrAngels: Zasu Pitts, W.C. Fields, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Jack Benny, Gary Cooper, John Wayne, Arthur HousmanConstruction Site Foreman: Billy Bletcher"

Donald Ogden Stewart (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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Audiobooks Narrated by Joe Bevilacqua