COR HOUR Camp Waterlogg -ELECTION SPECIAL

THE
COMEDY-O-RAMA VALENTINE SPECIAL
"Cupid Comes to Camp Waterlogg"

This sound rich hour of radio theater, standup comedy and improvisation tells the charming story of Ranger Joe and Ranger Lorie, who host a big Valentine’s Eve Square Dance at Camp Waterlogg, with a big “kiss off” at the stroke of midnight. Everyone falls in love and you might too!

Track 1:
Promo (00:60)
Track 2:
Part One (26:49)
Track 3:
Part Two (32:33)
Track 4: Underwriting Announcement (00:60)
LISTEN NOW!
HERE- PART ONE

LISTEN NOW!
HERE- PART TWO

ON XM SATILLITE RADIO’S SONIC THEATER CHANNEL 163
AND PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY

Give yourself an “audio” Valentine’s card with
“The Comedy-O-Rama Valentine Special: Cupid Comes to Camp Waterlogg,”
With all the gloom and doom in today’s news, we at Comedy-O-Rama want to bring a smile to your faces. Our special is in the grand old tradition of the classic radio theater of the past. The style can be considered Bob & Ray Meets Jack Benny
Meets Bob Newhart.

Now, here are the reviews:

"After dinner, I prepared for the evening's entertainment. No, not a DVD or a rundown on the day's news, but Part Two of Comedy-O-Rama's Valentine Special. Outside it had started to snow, another cold front visiting Kodiak Island from Alaska's Interior where today's temps bottomed out at minus 45 degrees, so I stoked the wood stove and cracked open the damper. In the kitchen, the tea kettle whistled, so I stirred some cocoa mix into a cup of coffee and zig-zagged down the hall to my office. Settling into a comfy chair, I logged on to PRX and clicked the 'play' icon... I thoroughly enjoyed listening, no, experiencing 'Cupid Comes to Camp Waterlogg.' Call it sweet, call it charming; I appreciate Joe and Lorie's courage and commitment to produce such a piece in the midst of the rat-a-tat bombardment of information that we're subjected to each day. It was refreshing to just close my eyes and let my mind create the scenes as they unfolded. (I've heard exercising the brain keeps you young!) The plot builds (you have to wait for the 'kiss' to come around) and there are mini-lessons embedded in the script, but not to the point of distraction. The script was very imaginative, the sound effects complex and well-balanced, the production, superb. At the end, 'everybody has somebody to kiss.' When the RealPlayer counter hit :59 minutes (the end of Part Two) my cup of mocha had gone cold and all I could of was "Wow, what will the Comedy-O-Rama team come up with next?""
-Marion Owen

"Who was it that said, "Dying is Easy; Comedy is Hard"? Based on the opinion of last reviewer, I think that is true. How brave of Joe Bevilacqua then to attempt to inject a smile into the gloom and doom of public radio. For my money, Bevilacqua succeeds in grand style. As someone who grew up on the subtle interplay of Nichols and May, Bob Newhart and Shelley Berman, CAMP WATERLOGG is definitely a place I want to visit again and again. There are also some not-so-subtle homages in this happy hour to Max Fleischer's early version of "Popeye," "The Three Stooges," the Tex Avery cartoon "I Love to Singa!" and "The Little Rascals," punctuating a story about falling in love. What could be better? Is the hour "hilarious"? No. But it doesn't appear that was the intention. This story is about warmth and love. If you think the gross-out humor of "South Park" is funny, this special might just be a bit too tame for you. But if you want to spend an hour with some very nice people sharing the big kiss at the story's climax (no pun intended), then sit back and enjoy a NEW story in an older, kinder tradition before Saturday Night Live and National Lampoon made it cool to be mean. Bevilacqua brings such joyfulness to the characters, you can't help but fall in love with them yourself."
-Ginger Berendt

"This is more than radio! This is an "audio movie"! I almost turned it off after the first ten minutes, mainly because I am used to much simpler, shorter radio than this. But I am very glad I stuck it out for the entire hour. After all, I would not expect to get the entire story of a movie in the first ten minutes and wouldn't walk out on the movie. I'd sit through the whole film and get the full range of plot and characters before deciding if it was a good story. Sadly, we live in a world of shorter and short attention span and expect everything to be explained and made easy for us. Well, like I said, I am VERY glad I stuck out for the entire hour. The story is just wonderful! The characters are interesting and the scenery rich and "real". I felt like I was transported TO Camp Waterlogg and spent a joyful Valentine's holiday party with these quirky but lovable people. I encourage every radio station to give their listeners this Valentine's gift! The big "kiss off" at the end is AMAZING!!! Three thumbs up!"
-Nancy Chow

"What a treat for Valentine's Day! If you think radio theater has to be serious and boring or something old fashioned, this hour will change your mind. Not only was I impressed with the acting and realistic sound of the setting (how'd they do that?), but it was a pleasure to listen to from beginning to end. Imaginative and fun, I really got into the characters and wanted them to all fall in love. The BIG KISS-OFF at the end is a hoot! My local NPR station, Michigan Public Radio, should play this special! Imagine listeners curling up next to the radio and being treated to a happy story to counter all the bad news reported all day long. The Comedy-O-Rama Valentine's Special is an antidote for the Winter blues!"
-Rodney Collins

"A nice seasonal piece, very modern in content but warm and full of old-fashioned good humour. Deverse characters make you want to listen and follow the storyline. Setting the story in the Catskills makes everyone more interesting. I found the actors very skilled in their changing from one voice to another. Also the sounds and mixing to be spot on and a well placed non-obtrusive addition to the story. All in all it was well worth listening to, and would make an hour, on a cold winters night, warm and engaging."
-corky everett

“The Comedy-O-Rama Valentine’s Special is an antidote for the Winter blues!”
- Rodney Collins, Public Radio Exchange listener, Flint, MI

“The Comedy-O-Rama Hour is one of the most unique and original productions out there these days. With Joe’s talent for different voices, I never know what’s coming next, or what it will sound like. Another thing that makes these shows stand out is that it is quite obvious to the listener that Joe and his cast are having fun making these shows, and that makes them fun to listen to as well.”
- Steve Karesh, Program Director, Sonic Theater XM Satellite Radio

“There’s one simple reason Comedy-O-Rama attracts the attention of creative PDs it’s fun. It’s PRPD’s Core Value of ‘humor’ delivered with a ‘uniquely human voice’. Bevilacqua is indisputably unique, and as a disciple of Yogi Bear (well, Daws Butler, actually) he’s master of scores of voices.”
- Geo Beach, Tempest Studios, Homer, AK

“This is radio-theater for the new millenium (we’re in it.) Joe Bevilacqua shines in his writing and voice-work. Thou imagination should’st run hither upon convening your ears to the pleasures of Joe Bev’s inner-world.”
- Bill Palladino, WNMC - FM Traverse City, MI

“The husband-and-wife team (Bevilacqua and Kellogg) broadcast each program from their Napanoch home, which they have redesigned to look like the Ranger Station at Hanna-Barbera’s Jellystone National Park. Because the recording is done here
instead of in a studio, and much of the comedy is improvisational, the stories have a unique, intimate feel.”
- Melissa Lajara, reporter, The Daily Freeman, New York

“An atmosphere of folk art and sophisticated sound equipment merge to create radio theater of a distinctly upbeat, G-rated variety.”
- Deborah Medenbach, reporter, Times Herald-Record, New York

Cast:
Joe Bevilacqua as: The Announcer - Stephen, the Security Guard Ranger Joe - Ellis, the Boat Keeper - Sergeant Lefty The Little Orphan Boy - Abner Bibberman - Junior Ranger Rich Mayor Ratskywatsi - Old Jewish Man
Lorie Kellogg as: The Baby of the Woods - Ranger Lorie - Olive Pitts - Squeaky Snitchy - Don the Agent - Alicia - Mrs. Terwilliger - Old Jewish Woman
Cousin Kenny Savoy as: Stinky - Louie
Jim Folly as: Chef Ron - Wheezy - Marcello
Tom Giannazzo as: Mr. G., Department of Homeland Security
Regan Bongiorno as: Suma, the Yoga Instructor - Sassy