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 Dagwood

Abbott & 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.

As heard on Sirius XM Radio and NPR stations!

Philip Morin Freneau (January 2, 1752-December 18, 1832) was a notable American poet, nationalist, polemicist, sea captain, and newspaper editor, sometimes called the “Poet of the American Revolution.” This half-hour historical drama was adapted into play form by Joe Bevilacqua, in association with W. John Bauer, English Professor, Kean University. It was first toured on stage with grants from the Monmouth County Historical Society and the New Jersey Historical Commission.

The play details Freneau’s fascinating life alongside the leaders of the Revolution, from George Washington to Ben Franklin, and features a fine cast, including Joe Bevilacqua as Philip Freneau, with William Melillo, Alison Nead, Rick Ramos, Leslie Spital, and Cathi Tully.

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)

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

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.

A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Volume 1 is an anthology representing more than forty years of storytelling by Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a Joe Bev, the award-winning actor, writer, producer, and director.

Each half-hour is beautifully produced with original a cast of professional actors, sound effects, and music.

Volume 1 includes:

– “The Mystery of the Creepy Hack Writer” by Joe Bevilacqua – “Arise from the Angry Seas” by J. C. Del La Torre – “Oedipus Noir” by Ralph Tyler – “The House of Wax” by Joe Bevilacqua – “Seven Letters of Love” by William Melillo – “The Silhouette Meets His Reflection” by Joe Bevilacqua – “On with the Show!” by Alan Reed – “Stench of the City” by Victor Gates – “The Bear” by by Anton Chekhov – “Trouble in Simuland” by Charlie Morrow – “Hermes” by J. C. Del La Torre – “Pedro’s Parodies” by Pedro Pablo Sacrist+in

A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Volume 2 is an anthology representing more than forty years of storytelling by Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a Joe Bev, the award-winning actor, writer, producer, and director.

Each half-hour is beautifully produced with original a cast of professional actors, sound effects, and music.

Volume 2 includes:

– “I’ll Teach You! … or A Box of Nothing” by Joe Bevilacqua – “A Call from the Storm” by Jim Nixon – “Uncle Dunkle and Aunt Rapunzel Tell about the Birds and Bees” by Daws Butler and Joe Bevilacqua – “More Poetry Than Truth” by Daws Butler – “The Adventures of Teaman” by Mitchell Pearson – “The Curse of the Bashful Spider” by Bob Martin – “Pedro’s Cartoons” by Pedro Pablo Sacrist+in – “A Young Actor’s Journey” by Alan Reed – “Attack of the Creepy Crawly Things from Outer Space” by Justin Felix – “A Halloween Happening” by Daws Butler – “Pedro’s Halloween Fables” by Pedro Pablo Sacristan

This collection offers more audio drama, comedy, biography, and documentary from veteran award-winning radio dramatist Joe Bevilacqua (a.k.a. Joe Bev). Together with his wife, Lorie Kellogg, Bevilacqua has amassed thousands of hours of audio entertainment through his Waterlogg Productions and Blackstone Audio.

Each half hour is beautifully produced with an original cast of professional actors, sound effects, and music.

Volume three includes

“We Take You Now to Grover’s Mill” by Joe Bevilacqua”War of the Welles” by William Melillo”Son of Harpo Speaks, Part 1″ by Bill Marx”Homeland Security Comes to Camp Waterlogg” by Joe Bevilacqua”Akrotiri” by J. C. De La Torre”My Dinner at Baker Street” by Joe Bevilacqua”A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Part One”If We All Talked like Allen Jenkins” by Joe Bevilacqua”The Village Life” by Alan Reed”Stench of the City” conclusion by Victor Gates”The Japanese Sandman” by Jack French”Huckleberry Hound Goes to the Moon” by Carl Memling”The Laugh Makers” by Bob Mills

Don’t miss this fourth volume of audio drama, comedy, and biography from veteran award-winning radio dramatist Joe Bevilacqua. Together with his wife, Lorie Kellogg, Joe Bev has amassed thousands of hours of audio entertainment through both Waterlogg Productions and Blackstone Audio.

This collection includes

“Holy Smoke, or The Red-Suited Man” by Joe Bevilacqua”The Christmas That Almost Never Was” by Daws Butler”Sherlock Holmes’ Creepy Christmas” by Joe Bevilacqua”A Pedro Christmas Sampler” by Pedro Pablo Sacristan”A Call from the Storm” conclusion by Jim Nixon” Scenes from the Dawes Butler Workshop, Part Two” by Daws Butler”Settling In” by J. C. De La Torre”Uncle Dunkle’s Umbrella, Tire, and Jalopy” by Daws Butler”Son of Harpo Speaks, Part 2″ by Bill Marx”More Teaman and Friends” by Mitchell Pearson”A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Part Two” by William Shakespeare “This Here Is Your Life, Sherlock Holmes” by Dawes Butler”Perils of the Tiger Barn” by Roger Smith

In A Joe Bev Cartoon Collection, award-winning radio producer and voice actor Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a. Joe Bev, presents …

Hard-Boiled Joe Bev: A Joe Bev Cartoon, Volume 1An hour of film noir parodies, including

The Mysterious Thief of ThievesThe SafeThe Japanese SandmanThe Mystery of the Missing CoinThe Camp Kilmer Case

Joe Bev at Sea: A Joe Bev Cartoon, Volume 2An hour of sea adventure parodies, including

An Octopus in TroubleBritty the StarfishThe Good PiratePete the PelicanLola the WhaleBirth of the TurtlesSherlock Snail Finds a HomeThe Cockerel, the Duck, and the MermaidsStickybeard’s TreasureA Warm WhaleMaddie’s Treasure

Joe Bev Joins the Circus: A Joe Bev Cartoon, Volume 3An hour of big-top parodies, including

The Careless ClownThe Happy SweeperPerils of the Tiger BarnSticky WicketThe Mysterious Juggling ClownThe Traveling Extravaganza, or, His Name is Bub

Joe Bev Goes West: A Joe Bev Cartoon, Volume 4Two hours of horse opera parodies, including

The Deductive Mr. HorseflyThe Mystery of the Bodiless HorsemanJohnny the LizardThe Lonely RangerDeadeye DunbarRapunzel and the BanditThe Old RangerThe Full Warren

Joe Bev in Outer Space: A Joe Bev Cartoon, Volume 5An hour of sci-fi parodies, including

The Crashed MartianThe Red MoonThe Best RobotThe HypersensorSquidge AttackHuck Goes to the MoonDrums in SpaceTimmy in the FutureRobot with a VirusThe Old Man on the Moon

Joe Bev up the Jungle: A Joe Bev Cartoon, Volume 6An hour of jungle adventure parodies, including

A Lion without a RoarJohnny the GiraffeThe Colorless TigerIce in the JungleThe Tickling ScalesThe Mocking TigerJemima the Nosy GiraffeNever Make Fun of a RhinoThe Photographic ElephantPeter Bergman and the End of the WorldThe Boo Boo Monkeys

In A Joe Bev Cartoon Collection, Volume Two, award-winning radio producer and voice actor Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a. Joe Bev, presents…

Haunted Joe Bev: A Joe Bev Cartoon, Volume 7 (190, minutes)

Joe Bev au Naturel: A Joe Bev Cartoon, Volume 8 (125 minutes)

Joe Bev Hanna-Barberian, A Joe Bev Cartoon, Volume 9 (120 minutes)

Joe Bev Loves Lorie: A Joe Bev Cartoon, Volume 10 (125 minutes)

Joe Bev the Musical, A Joe Bev Cartoon, Volume 11 (121 minutes)

Thurbered Joe Bev: A Joe Bev Cartoon, Volume 12 (135 minutes)

Waterlogg Productions is a full service audio/video entertainment company, founded in 2002 by husband and wife creative duo Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg. Together, they have been responsible for over 150 titles, including many comedy titles, distributed exclusively by Blackstone Audio. Check out their website at http://www.waterlogg.com.

In July 2003 the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, invited members to discover the many talents of a person who became an icon in animation and inspired an entire generation of voice actors: Daws Butler.

Hosted by Butler prot+(r)g+(r) Joe Bevilacqua (a.k.a. Joe Bev), the event included special guests June Foray (Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Witch Hazel, and Granny), Corey Burton (Justice League, Captain Hook), and Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson, Rugrats). The entire panel shared their stories of Daws and performed several of Daws’ workshop scripts live.

Also played at the event was the rare sound of Daws performing one of his own scripts. At the end, Corey Burton and Joe Bevilacqua signed copies of Scenes for Actors and Voices by Daws Butler.

ASIFA-Hollywood is a California-based nonprofit organization established over thirty-five years ago to promote and encourage the art and craft of animation.

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 Roast

The 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.

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 West

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.

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.

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 License

Stan 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.

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 Show

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.

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.

The Joe Bev Holiday Treat is a joyful and surprising one-hour compilation of Christmas themed stories—some true, some fictional—hosted by veteran public radio producer Joe Bevilacqua.

The stories included are “Sleepy Santa,” “The Christmas I Saved Macy’s,” “Sherlock Holmes’ Creepy Christmas in Scotland,” “A Rockabilly Christmas,” and “Willoughby and the Professor Spend Christmas in the Middle East.”

The Camp Waterlogg Summer Freeze Special: Stinky in Winterland is The Wizard of Oz meets The Little Rascals when a freak summer blizzard hits Camp Waterlogg, leaving poor arts and crafts counselor Olive Pitts, Sgt. Left, Chef Ron, Rasta-Lasta (the new music instructor), and twenty-seven camp kids trapped in the Abner Bibberman Memorial Barn.

In act one, Olive tries to teach the kids some songs, Sgt. Lefty takes the kids on an “indoor” hike, Stinky has a crush on Rasta-Lasta, and the kids are caught “singing” in the latrine. In act two, the bored camp kids make up a musical fairy tale: Stinky in Winterland, with our hero saving the camp from the evil Iceman, with the help of Chippy the Chipmunk, Carla the Hummingbird, and the Wizard of Lunch.

Cast:

Stinky: Cousin Kenny SavoySqueaky: Lorie KelloggLittle Jimmy: Jim FollyLil’ Orphan Andy: Joe BevilacquaOlive Pitts: Lorie KelloggSgt. Lefty: Joe BevilacquaRasta Lasta: Carla RozmanCarla the Hummingbird: Carla RozmanChef Ron Drysdale: The Wizard of Lunch: Jim FollyRalph the Woodcutter: Tom GiannazzoEdward the Candle-Maker: Tom GiannazzoThe Iceman: Joe BevilacquaAnnouncer: Joe Bevilacqua

A Waterlogg Double Feature from husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg

The Joe Bev Valentine Treat

This is a charming hour of stories (real and fictional) about love, hosted by veteran public radio producer Joe Bevilacqua. The hour includes “Who’s Afraid of a Virginian’s Wrath?,” a parody of the Edward Albee play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, as played by George and Martha Washington; “A Valentine from Graham Nash’s Mac”: On February 12, 1996, an email from rock artist Graham Nash’s Macintosh laptop triggered a series of bizarre coincidences, which led to the meeting of Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg; “Ode to a Transfer Station,” or “Love Poem for the Dump”; “A Mathematical Valentine,” in which Joe Bevilacqua tracks down his former mathematics professor, Ron Reummler, to hear how math can explain lost love; “The Love of Lee the Horselogger,” in which Joe Bevilacqua meets a man who set out in a covered wagon in 2006 to find his childhood sweetheart and fell in love with America instead; “Marian the Librarian Finds Love at the Bookmobile,” the true story of love, in Marian’s own words; and “Valentine Vignette,” a sketch by Daws Butler.

The Comedy-O-Rama Valentine Special: Cupid Comes to Camp Waterlogg

This comic one-hour radio play is written by Joe Bevilacqua and performed by real-life husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg, plus Cousin Kenny Savoy, Jim Folly, Tom Giannazzo, and Reagan Bonjorno Leonard. It was recorded in the woods of Napanoch, New York, and at Carolyn’s on Broadway in New York City.

Abbott & Costello in the Catskills is an authentic recreation of a 1930s Borscht Belt variety show, recorded before a live audience in the Catskills.

In this New Oldtime Radio Hour, Lou Costello (Bob Greenberg) follows Bud Abbott (Joe Bevilacqua) to the Catskills when Abbott is hired as sole Master of Ceremonies of a Borscht Belt variety show. Meanwhile, guest stars George Burns and Cab Calloway miss their train, forcing Abbott to sing and dance in their place! Guest stars that do show up include Gracie Allen (Lorie Kellogg), Harpo Marx (Kenny Savoy), Ruth Waters (DeLois House), and Sophie Tucker, Last of the Red Hot Mamas (Teri Paris).

Musical numbers are performed by Ukulele Elaine & The Hurleyville Ukulele Orchestra, Banjo Steve Levine, and Leon Sandow and His Columbia Captivators: Leon Hilfstein (piano), Buddy Allen (saxophone), and Bill Margargle (drums).

Comedy sketches performed include “Lambchops” (Bud Abbott and Gracie Allen) and “Who’s on First?” (Bud Abbott and Lou Costello). During the curtain call, Bud Abbott sings “Minnie the Moocher.”

All Things Joe Bev: The Best of Public Radio is a collection of sixteen short audio features created for public radio by veteran award-winning producer Joe Bevilacqua (a.k.a. Joe Bev).

1. “A Guy Named Joe Bevilacqua” – Joe Bevilacqua goes on a search for other people with his name and discovers some uncanny coincidences.

2. “Father’s Day” – Joe Bevilacqua recounts how a volatile father’s gift led him to another father figure and an eventual career.

3. “Losing a Best Friend” – Joe Bevilacqua chronicles the rise and fall of a longtime friendship.

4. “Lessons from Daws Butler” – Joe Bevilacqua’s book passes on cartoon legend’s tricks of the trade.

5. “A Tribute to Joe Barbera” – Joe Bevilacqua, Leonard Maltin, and Joe Barbera himself talk about the start of the Hanna-Barbera animation studio.

6. “Archiving Classic Animated Films and Cartoons” – Joe Bevilacqua reports on how some members of America’s animated-film industry are building a new digital archive to preserve classic cartoon footage.

7. “The Kerrville Folk Festival” – Joe Bevilacqua reports on one of the longest-running open-air music events in North America.

8. “Threadgill’s Turns 70” – Joe Bevilacqua reports on the seventieth anniversary of Threadgill’s in Austin, Texas, the musical landmark that helped launch the career of many country and rock stars, including Janis Joplin.

9. “Artist Colony Celebrates Its Centennial” – Joe Bevilacqua profiles the one-hundred-year-old Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, nestled deep in the forest of Woodstock, New York.

10. “Math + Love” – Joe Bevilacqua tracks down his former math professor Ron Reummler to hear how math can explain lost love.

11. “A Valentine from Graham Nash’s MAC” – Joe Bevilacqua recounts how on February 12, 1996, an e-mail from rock legend Graham Nash’s MAC laptop triggered a series of bizarre coincidences, which led to the meeting of Joe’s future wife, Lorie Kellogg.

12. “Living within Your Means as a Choice” – When Joe Bevilacqua lost his job, he made some drastic changes to his lifestyle that turned out to be the best thing that could have happened to him.

13. “The Christmas I Saved Macy’s” – The story of how a five year old Joe Bevilacqua stamped out a fire in the ladies lounge of Bamberger’s department store in Newark, New Jersey, in December of 1964.

14. “A Rockabilly Christmas” – Joe Bevilacqua presents rockabilly pioneer guitarist Ray Campi.

15. “An Old Hollywood Story” – In a two-part story, Joe Bevilacqua reports on an extensive archive of interviews with early Hollywood stars conducted by California schoolteacher and rockabilly pioneer Ray Campi.

16. “An Old Hollywood Story” – Part two of Joe Bevilacqua’s story on Rays Campi’s celebrity interviews.

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 Largo

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.

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.

Part improvisation, part audio cartoon, The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles, Seasons 1-5 is a five-volume collection of the successful comedy show created by two radio-theater veterans.

Each volume contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sergeant Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger, and all the wacky denizens of Camp Waterlogg, the dilapidated camp for kids in the Catskills. The creation of husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) and Lorie Kellogg, theses episodes are part of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour, a successful radio theater show on Sirius XM Radio.

Part improvisation, part audio cartoon, The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles, Seasons 6-10 is a five-volume collection of the successful comedy show created by two radio-theater veterans.

Each volume contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sergeant Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger, and all the wacky denizens of Camp Waterlogg, the dilapidated camp for kids in the Catskills. The creation of husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) and Lorie Kellogg, theses episodes are part of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour, a successful radio theater show on Sirius XM Radio.

A diagnosis of cancer is never welcomed by anyone. But for veteran radio producer Joe Bevilacqua, his diagnosis had a silver lining. He struck up an unexpected friendship with the cab driver who took him to his radiation treatments, a Chilean immigrant named Patrick Nilo (owner of CJ Cabs, Ellenville, New York) who came to the United States in 1973. We go for a ride with them.

This intimate audio verite conveys a candid realism that will make listeners feel as if they are in the cab with Joe and Patrick as they share the very personal stories of their lives. It was recorded in November and December 2014 by Joe during one-hour cab rides from his home in Napanoch to the Dyson Center for Cancer Care in Poughkeepsie, New York, and back again.

“As I told Patrick during one of our cab rides, I feel like getting cancer was my lucky charm. I met so many new people and had so many new experiences that have made me a better person. Patrick has called me ‘a winner’ and has encouraged me to get my positive story out to the world,” reveals Joe Bev.

Joe Bev completed his prostate cancer treatments on December 1, 2014, with a clean bill of health after forty-eight radiation treatments. A brief collage of his cab ride recordings was broadcast on National Public Radio’s Latino USA on March 13, 2015.

Bonus Tracks: Also included in this set is an interview with Joe Bevilacqua, conducted by Steve Mendoza.

The Adventures of Tea Man, Volume 2

Like a Jay Ward cartoon in audio, The Adventures of Tea Man, Volume Two is a hilarious, wacky collection of radio theater, written and performed by Mitchell Pearson and the DQD Theater of Philadelphia and produced by Joe Bevilacqua. Get ready for two hours of comedy entertainment!

Yogi Comes to Camp Waterlogg

When a bear gets in the Camp Waterlogg chicken coop, young Squeaky Lkie dreams that it’s Yogi Bear.

The Camp Waterlogg Halloween Party

Get in the Halloween spirit with this new two hour comedy title from veteran award-winning actor, writer, director, and producer Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev). He is joined by Lorie Kellogg and Fred Frees (Paul Frees’ son).

Waterlogg Productions is a full service audio/video entertainment company, founded in 2002 by husband and wife creative duo Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg. Together, they have been responsible for over 150 titles, including many Camp Waterlogg titles, distributed exclusively by Blackstone Audio. Check out their website at http://www.waterlogg.com.

This collection features five audio programs.

1. A Waterlogg Double Feature

The Joe Bev Holiday Treat is a compilation of Christmas themed stories–some true, some not–hosted by veteran public radio producer Joe Bevilacqua. Stories include “Sleepy Santa,” “The Christmas I Saved Macy’s,” “Sherlock Holmes’ Creepy Christmas in Scotland,” “A Rockabilly Christmas,” and “Willoughby and the Professor Spend Christmas in the Middle East.”

The Camp Waterlogg Summer Freeze Special: Stinky in Winterland is The Wizard of Oz meets The Little Rascals when a freak summer blizzard hits Camp Waterlogg, leaving poor arts and crafts counselor Olive Pitts, Sgt. Left, Chef Ron, Rasta-Lasta, and twenty-seven camp kids trapped in the Abner Bibberman Memorial Barn.

2. The Adventures of Tea Man: More of The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour, Vol. 5

Like a Jay Ward cartoon in audio, this is a hilarious, wacky collection of radio theater, written and performed by Mitchell Pearson and the DQD Theater of Philadelphia.

3. The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins: A Radio Adaptation from the Voice of Yogi Bear

This never-before-released recording of a Dr. Seuss story, dramatized by Daws Butler, is performed by Daws and his sons Chas and Don. It was produced by Joe Bevilacqua, who talks with Daws’ sons before the play.

4. The Ology of Isms: A Nigerian Twist on The Emperor’s New Clothes

Emmanuel Adeleye was born in Nigeria and worked as a playwright, actor, and artist before coming to the United States, where he studied theater. In 1981 he teamed with Joe Bev to produce his first radio play ever presented in the United States, The Ology of Isms.

5. Trouble in Simuland: A Joe Bev Audio Theater

This comic futuristic nightmare finds Ned Nardly using his new theme park for his own evil purposes. Featuring a full cast, produced with sound effects and music by Joe Bevilacqua, this radio play has aired on radio stations and podcasts worldwide. BONUS: Includes episode one of Joe Bev’s Willoughby and the Professor.

This comedy hour combines audio from classic Laurel and Hardy movie clips with a new radio theater production in which “the boys” open a fix-it shop and recall their past failures as they handle a barrage of wacky customers.

In the new moments, full of funny sound effects and music, Joe Bev voices not only Stan and Ollie but James Finlayson, Billy Bletcher, Edgar Kennedy, and other characters, including a dog. All of the female roles, including Mae Busch, are voiced by Lorie Kellogg.

Along the way listeners are treated to hilarious moments from Hal Roach’s classic Laurel and Hardy sound films. Among the highlights of the special is when Bev intercuts a scene from the English film Blotto with the Spanish version, La vida nocturna, one of the films in which Laurel and Hardy spoke phonetically.

The duo was one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. Composed of thin Englishman Stan Laurel and large American Oliver Hardy, they became well known during the late 1920s for their slapstick comedy, with Laurel playing the clumsy and childlike friend of the pompous Hardy. They made over one hundred films together, initially two-reelers (short films) before expanding into feature-length works in the 1930s. Their films include Sons of the Desert, the Academy Award-winning short film The Music Box, Babes in Toyland, and Way out West. Hardy’s catchphrase, “Well, here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into!” is still widely recognized.

Dunkle Does Aesop is a three-hour flurry of furry family friendly fun, based on the characters of Daws Butler and Aesop.

These twenty-eight fantastically funny fractured fables were written, voiced, and fully produced, with sound effects and music, by Joe Bevilacqua.

They are based on actual Aesop fables but embroidered by Uncle Dunkle with a little help from surprise cameos by Yogi Bear, Boo Boo, Mr. Jinks, Foghorn Leghorn, Hokey Wolf, Fibber Fox, Wally Gator, Gary Cooper, Laurel & Hardy, and others! In this set are:The Cat and the MonkeyThe Goat and the WolfThe Tortoise and the DucksThe Crab and His MotherThe Ox and the FrogsThe Lame Duck and the Wild DucksThe Owl and the GrasshopperThe Rooster, the Dog, and the FoxThe Oak and the ReedsThe Snail and the OctopusThe Birdwatcher and the SparrowThe Cane and the UmbrellaThe Turtle and the ToadThe Tail of a PigThe Possum and the DogThe Starfish and the SnakeThe Elephant and the HyenaThe Pelican and the HawkThe Robin and the OwlThe Turtle and the RabbitThe Jellyfish and the OctopusThe Possum and the PigThe Seal in the CircusThe Boy, the Kite, and the BearThe Dwarf and His BrothersThe Tortoise Goes to a WeddingThe Giraffe and the HyenaThe Bear and the Bees

Forty Fantastically Funny Fables is forty fables for the whole family! And they’re funny!

This audio collection was written, performed in different voices, and fully produced with sound effects and music–in the style of the Jay Ward cartoons by Daws Butler (Yogi Bear) protege Joe Bevilacqua.

Stories in this set:

The City Mouse and the Country Mouse, The Laughing Giraffe, A Whale Tale, The Birds who Couldn’t Fly, Mr. Bobble’s Re-sewed Wheat, A Country Boy Goes to the City, The Curious Jellyfish, The Possum who Wouldn’t Play Possum, The Snail Race, The Turtle who was Never Satisfied, The Little Girl and the Mean Old Tree, The Pig with a Straight Tail, The Biggest Giant of All, Little Robin Lost, A Silly Silly King, Mr. Arbuthnot Meets the Mean Magician, Mr. Rabbit’s Fantastic Warren, The Tightrope Waddling Duck, Such a Lovely Vegetable Patch, Aliens Underwater, A Penguin, Reindeer and Fox, The Tale of a Lizard’s Tail, The Bumbling Bee, A Forgetful Pachyderm, A Very Messy Prince, When Pelican Fooled the Hawk, The Tortoise and the Mole, The Egotistical Tiger. Mr. Magpie Lost his Coin, Fun with the Sun, Margery Dickerson, The Turtle’s Still Not Satisfied, The Sleepwalking Burglar, A Push-Over Penguin, Meet Donnie and Wootsy, Mr. Horsefly’s Post Office, Fox Bets on Penguin, Lil Ol’ The Muddiest Possum, Herman Haha Goes Bird Watching, Rod Meets Santa.

Trying to decide which audiobook is best for you? Let Fred Frees pick out some samples for you! This series of hour-long programs presents the first chapters of Fred’s handpicked favorite BearManor and Waterlogg audiobooks.

This collection includes:

The Last Films of 50 Great Directors by Nat SegaloffThe Laugh Makers: Bob Hope’s Incredible Gag Writers by Bob MillsSon of Harpo Speaks by Bill MarxAn Interview with Arthur MarxDon’t Wear Silver in the Winter by Janet Cantor GariJourney thru the Unknown by the Unknown ComicYabba Dabba Doo! The Alan Reed Story by Alan ReedScenes from the Daws Butler Workshop by Daws Butler and Joe Bevilacqua3712 by Ben Ohmart, performed by Fred FreesSons of the Father by Janette Anderson, read by Mike DennisAnother Nice Mess by Raymond Valinoti, narrated by Jack de GoliaPedro’s Parodies by Pedro Pablo Sacrist+in, performed by Joe Bevilacqua

Veteran award-winning producer Joe Bevilacqua hosts this hour-long program outlining the history of Threadgill’s and Armadillo World Headquarters, their contribution to the birth of the Austin music scene, and their influence on the Nashville sound and country rock.

“This program offers a soup to nuts history of Austin’s growth into the live music Mecca that it’s become today. The show is more than just contemporary talking heads and music–it features an amazing collection of archival interviews and recordings (including tape of some never-before-heard early Janis Joplin performances, which should qualify as an authentic archival treasure). The production is well put-together, flowing smoothly between many different elements.”–Eric Nuzum, NPR’s vice president of programming

Spooky comedy, including: “The Monster in The Wardrobe”, “Forever a Monster”; “A Halloween Happening”, “Bewitched Tongues”, “A Camp Waterlogg Halloween”, “The Ugly Fairy”; and “The Evil Millispore”, “The Poor Bunny’s Magic Bouquet”, “The Flying Contest”, “The Incredible Black Rain”, and “Rain Drop, Snow Flake”.

In this two-hour public-radio documentary, husband and wife Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) and Lorie Kellogg explore the rural byways within four miles of their home in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains of New York State and find local business owners working to promote healthy lifestyles that have a national impact.

1. Sheldon Lublin has traveled the world, hitchhiked across the country, met Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, and recently retired from his successful psychotherapy practice in New York City.

2. Dick and Pat Peters, owners of Peter’s Market, in Napanoch, New York, went on a journey to becoming a healthy alternative market.

3. John Hiller and Carol Debberman created vegetarian Sunshine Burgers in Ellenville, New York, and they are sold at Peter’s Market and in markets across the country.

4. A collage of water sounds recorded in the Catskills.

5. Oleh and Nadia Maczaj are the owners of Rusty Plough Farm, a small family farm that grows certified organic vegetables, flowers, and berries, as well as eggs from free-range hens. The farm is located in Ulster County, New York, nestled between the Shawangunk Mountains and the Catskills. It consists of thirty-six acres, including crop fields; wild blueberry stands; woodlots; a pond; a maze of old stone walls; an old rusty plough; wild turkeys, deer, hawks, squirrels; the occasional bear; multitudes of frogs and newts; Sneakers and Sandy the barn cats; and the house, barn, and greenhouse.

Award-winning radio producer and voice actor Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a. Joe Bev, presents an hour of sea adventure parodies. This volume includes

An Octopus in TroubleBritty the StarfishThe Good PiratePete the PelicanLola the WhaleBirth of the TurtlesSherlock Snail Finds a HomeThe Cockerel, the Duck, and the MermaidsStickybeard’s TreasureA Warm WhaleMaddie’s Treasure

Award-winning radio producer and voice actor Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a. Joe Bev, presents an hour of big-top parodies. This volume includes

The Careless ClownThe Happy SweeperPerils of the Tiger BarnSticky WicketThe Mysterious Juggling ClownThe Traveling Extravaganza

Nature comedy, including “The Magic Tree”, “The Tree and the Vegetables”, “The Lazy Bird”, “A Frog in a Frying Pan”, “A Drop of Water”, “The Last Dinosaurs”, “Billy Peck, Tight Rope Waddler”, “Batbird”, “The Little Stone Bird”, “Friends from the Vegetable Patch”, “Colorful Animals”, “The Grumpy Tree”, “Birth of the Turtles”, “The Unfriendly River”, “The Toothy Toad”, “Sparky Hooves”, “Scuttleball, Soccer for Ants”, “The Red Moon”, “The Carnivorous Plant”, “Tubby the Pot-Bellied Cat”, “The Old Man on the Moon”, “The Pet Sack”, “Peggy’s Talking Pets”, and “The Duck Race”.

Award-winning radio producer and voice actor Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a. Joe Bev, presents two hours of horse opera parodies. This volume includes

The Deductive Mr. HorseflyTom Mix and the Mystery of the Bodiless HorsemanJohnny the LizardThe Lonely RangerDeadeye DunbarRapunzel and the BanditThe Old RangerThe Full Warren

A tribute to the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons with brand new stories, including “Yogi Bear and the Three Bears”, “Mr. Jinks Plays with the Sun”, “Hokey Wolf and the Big-Mouth Fox”, “Huckleberry Hound and the Cloud-Eating Giant”, “Super Snooper and the Mystery of the Missing Coin”, “Blabber Bee”, “Humble Jinks”, “Doggy Daddy and the Lost Worm”, “Quick Draw McRiding Hood”, “Jinks the Night Owl”, “Wally Gator Goes to a Wedding”, “Snagglepuss and the Mocking Tiger”, “Bigelow Mouse in August Heat”, “Jinks Goes to the Ball”, and “Yogi Bear and the Beans Talk”. Includes never-before-performed scripts by Daws Butler, JoeBev’s mentor and the original voice of these characters, now interpreted by JoeBev.

Award-winning radio producer and voice actor Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a. Joe Bev, presents an hour of sci-fi parodies. This volume includes

The Crashed MartianThe Red MoonThe Best RobotThe HypersensorSquidge AttackHuck Goes to the MoonDrums in SpaceTimmy in the FutureRobot with a VirusThe Old Man and the Moon

Included in this comedy variety show, Lorie Kellogg performing “Bob Dylan Sings Mother Goose”, “The Big Match”, “The Vegetable Patch”, “Elise’s Bachelor Party” part 1 (from The Comedy-O-Rama Hour), “The Girl with the Beautiful Face”, Kitchen Scene from “Our Miss Brooks: One Principle Too Many, One Principle Too Meany”, “The Island of Invention”, “Elise’s Bachelor Party” part 2 (from The Comedy-O-Rama Hour), “Uncle Goopie: Too Big or Too Small Store” (from The Comedy-O-Rama Hour), “Lamb Chop” (Burns and Allen routine before a live audience), and “Boo Boo Monkeys” (B-52s spoof)

In the variety hour, Joe Bevilacqua performs his own jazz compositions, accompanied by Paul Salomone on piano, Edward Fuqua on bass, Leif Eric on guitar, and Jim Mason on drums. In addition, Joe Bev performs Daws Butler’s Magic Drums with Joe Gatto on drums, and sings Cab Calloway and Irving Mills’ Minnie the Moocher as his Camp Waterlogg character Sgt. Lefty and the Chipmunks, featuring Julian Baker on trombone and keyboard. The selections are gleaned from Bevilacqua’s hundreds of hours of audio work that spans more than 40 years, including The Whithering of Willoughby and the Professor, Uncle Dunkle and Donnie, and Camp Waterlogg, including: “Do I Dare Believe”, “I’m Big, You’re Small”, “You Can’t Tell Me What to Do” (instrumental), “You Can’t Tell Me What to Do” (vocal), “Make the Earth Say Beans”, “What You See, You Must Believe”, “The Magic Drums”, “Living in a Witchway” (rehearsal), “Living in a Witchway (vocal)”, “Living in a Witchway” (instrumental), “Minnie the Moocher,” “Mosquito Mother”, “Dances-with-Sven”, “Which Way is it that a Witchway Goes” (instrumental), “Which Way is it that a Witchway Goes” (vocal), “Ring-Around-the-Rosey Blues”.

Award-winning radio producer and voice actor Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a. Joe Bev, presents an hour of jungle adventure parodies. This volume includes

A Lion without a RoarJohnny the GiraffeThe Colorless TigerIce in the JungleThe Tickling ScalesThe Mocking TigerJemima the Nosy GiraffeNever Make Fun of a RhinoThe Photographic ElephantPeter Bergman and the End of the WorldThe Boo Boo Monkeys

As heard on Sirius XM Radio and NPR stations!

Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady was written, produced, directed, and narrated by veteran NPR producer Joe Bevilacqua. One of the most licensed audiobooks on The Public Radio Exchange and iTunes, it is Bevilacqua’s award-winning audio documentary examining the challenges and achievements of this extraordinary woman. The hour combines never-before-released archive audio gleaned from thousands of hours of recordings from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, period news broadcasts, private conversations with Lyndon Baines Johnson, and the words of Lady Bird Johnson from an interview that has never before been released to the public.

Bevilacqua spent nearly five months listening to the rare tapes and traveled to Washington, DC, to interview Mrs. Johnson’s colleagues and friends. The program features Lyndon Johnson Administration staffers Liz Carpenter, Bess Abell, and Nash Castro; Washington Post owner Katherine Graham; Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum director Harry Middleton; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center director Robert Glass Breunig; Lady Bird biographer Jan Jarboe Russell; and first ladies Betty Ford and Barbara Bush. Other voices heard on the program include Kirk Douglas and Helen Hayes reading from LBJ’s and Lady Bird’s love letters. The production was produced in association with KUT Radio in Austin, Texas, and overseen by a panel of scholars and experts, including Lewis Gould, retired University of Texas (UT) at Austin professor of history; Walt Rostow, UT professor emeritus; Elspeth Rostow, former dean of the UT LBJ School of Public Affairs; Carl Anthony, Washington, DC, historian; and Don Carleton, director of the Center for American History at UT.

Veteran radio producer Joe Bevilacqua hosts this entertaining, informative hour, recorded in the French Quarter of New Orleans and featuring jazz great Wynton Marsalis, jazz author and historian Donald Newlove, WNYC Radio talk show host Leonard Lopate, members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and others. They discuss the origins of jazz and the life and music of legendary trumpeter Louis Armstrong. Also featured is the music of Armstrong throughout his long career and some rare recordings, including audio from a 1957 CBS television documentary with Edward R. Murrow.

It’s Ladies Night at J. August’s when past lovers meet, setting off a series of flashbacks that reveal loves found and loves lost. This “Thirty-Something” style radio drama was written by William Melillo was recording live at J. August’s in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It was produced and directed by Joe Bevilacqua.

“Joe Bev” is primarily known as a 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, actor, and even cartoonist.

Since 1980, Bevilacqua has produced many award-winning radio programs for National Public Radio, Sirius XM Radio and others.

In 2012, Bevilacqua signed an exclusive distribution deal with Blackstone Audio, for his more than 40 years of audio work. He is releasing hundreds of hours of audio documentaries, comedies, dramas, autobiographies and more.

Not content to hide behind his microphone, Bevilacqua will be seen acting in the upcoming feature films: “The Green Blade Rises” directed by A.J. Edwards, “The Fly Room” directed by Alexis Gambis, “Cold in July” directed by Jim Mickle, and “Hits” directed by David Cross.

Bevilacqua is the 2013 recipient of the Kean University Distinguished Alumni Award. His documentary “Lady Bird Johnson Legacy of a First Lady” won the 2001 New York Festivals Award. He won a 2007 New York Festivals Awards for his “Tribute to Joe Barbera” which aired on NPR’s All Things Considered. And his NPR Weekend Edition story “A Guy Named Joe Bevilacqua” won the 2004 National Federation of Community Broadcasters Award.

A tribute to the golden age of radio from veteran producer Joe Bevilacqua, The New Stories of Old Time Radio is a collection of radio dramas and parodies featuring beloved radio characters and shows.

The New Stories of Old Time Radio: Volume One, Set One

Produced, directed, and voiced by Joe Bevilacqua, with Lorie Kellogg, this is the first anthology of new fiction based on the beloved old-time radio characters and shows.

The New Stories of Old Time Radio: “Fibber McGee” and “Duffy’s Tavern”

A follow-up to the first volume, this radio theater production features two new old-time radio stories, complete with sound effects and music.

Old Time Radio Parodies: The Best of Comedy-O-Rama Hour, Season Two

Producer Joe Bevilacqua parodies some of the most beloved old-time radio shows, including The Shadow, The Lone Ranger, The Green Hornet, and War of the Worlds.

As heard on Sirius XM Radio and NPR stations!

These are not old-time radio shows but incredible simulations! Created by veteran audio theater producer Joe Bevilacqua, these humorous half-hours take off on such classic old time radio shows as The Shadow, The Lone Ranger, The Green Hornet, War of the Worlds, Suspense, and The Jack Benny Program. The fine cast includes Joe Bevilacqua, Rick Ramos, Alison Nead, Cathi Tully, William Melillo, Jay Snyder, Peter Cummings, Thomas Babakowski, Peter Nevargic, and James Cronin.

Stories include “The Silhouette,” “The Old Ranger,” “The Red Hornet,” “Brute Ballingham, Private Detective,” “Suspension: Waiting for Rochester–to Stop,” and “War of the Welles.”

Founded by Rod Kennedy, the Kerrville Folk Festival has run annually since 1972. It is the longest continuously running music festival of its kind in North America. For eighteen straight days and nights each May and June, over thirty thousand guests come from all over the world to experience the magic of what the folks there simply call “Kerrville.” The festival is known internationally as a mecca for singer-songwriters of varying musical styles. It’s a place where those just developing their skills have the opportunity to play their music alongside master craftsmen.

Over 1,500 outstanding singer-songwriters have been presented on the festival’s stages since the beginning. More than just a “folk music” festival, Kerrville offers music of many styles, including traditional folk, bluegrass, acoustic rock, blues, country, jazz, and Americana. The common thread is songwriting. The focus of the festival is to promote emerging artists while giving the audience exposure to both new and recognized, seasoned talent. Major-label artists such as Lyle Lovett, Willie Nelson, Michelle Shocked, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Robert Earl Keen, Lucinda Williams, and Nancy Griffith played Kerrville early in their careers. Through the years, the Kerrville stage has seen other nationally known artists like Peter Paul & Mary, Judy Collins, Janis Ian, and Arlo Guthrie, while others such as singer/songwriter/actor Ronny Cox play on the stages any given year.

Producer Joe Bevilacqua and his wife, Lorie Kellogg, camped out at the festival for five days to create this hour-long collage.

These hilarious radio theater comedy moments, complete with sound effects and music, were originally intended as introductions and closings to the BearManor Radio Network programming. But now you enjoy them anytime.

This audio production was written, produced, and directed by veteran award-winning radio theater wizard Joe Bevilacqua and voiced by Fred Frees in honor of the character Ludwig Von Drake, originally voice by his dad, Paul Frees, and Sid Caesar, who’s Professor character inspired both.

Tracks include:

An Introduction to Professor WhatchamacallitProfessor Whatchamacallit’s Second ComingProfessor Whatchamacallit’s RenovationsProfessor Whatchamacallit Locked OutProfessor Whatchamacallit’s ElevatorProfessor Whatchamacallit’s Time Machine

The 1959-60 television season was the height of success for the animated cartoon creative team of Messrs. Hanna-Barbera and one Daws Butler. Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Mr. Jinks, Quick Draw McGraw, and Baba Looey were household names with young and old alike. Huckleberry Hound fan clubs sprouted around the country.

In this fourth volume of rarities, Butler prot+(r)g+(r) Joe Bevilacqua has once again uncovered recordings of the legendary voice genius that were thought lost and remastered them for this collection. Among the audio treasures, Daws Butler’s son Chas plays straight man to Yogi Bear and Mr. Jinks in several original comedy sketches, which Butler wrote and which eventually led to his Uncle Dunkle and Donnie fractured fables.

This collection includes

A Huckleberry Hounddog Type o’ Howdy;Yogi Bear Calls Seattle Radio Station KING from Jellystone Park;Mr. Jinks & Chas: A Baby Setter Sitter, Take 1;Mr. Jinks & Chas: A Baby Setter Sitter, Take 2;Yogi Bear & Chas: Little Red Riding Hood;Mr. Jinks & Chas: Little Red Riding Hood;Mr. Jinks & Chas: Jack and the Beans Talk;Daws on Truth or Consequences, with Bob Barker;Daws on Art Linkletter’s House Party, with guest host George Fennemen;Daws on About Faces, with Ben Alexander;Daws on The Bill Weaver Show; andBlooper’s Soap Revisited.

A tribute to the golden age of radio from veteran producer Joe Bevilacqua and comic strip artist Donnie Pitchford, The 2nd New & Old Time Radio Collection is a series of new stories and parodies featuring beloved radio characters and shows.

A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Volume 1

This half-hour anthology represents more than forty years of storytelling by Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a Joe Bev, the award-winning actor, writer, producer, and director. Each half-hour is beautifully produced with original a cast of professional actors, sound effects, and music. Volume 1 includes numerous audio plays by Joe Bevilacqua, J. C. Del La Torre, Ralph Tyler, William Melillo, Alan Reed, Victor Gates, and many more!

A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Volume 2

Another beautifully produced anthology by award-winning actor, writer, producer, and director Joe Bevilacqua. Volume 2 includes numerous audio plays by Joe Bevilacqua, Daws Butler, Mitchell Pearson, Bob Martin, Pedro Pablo Sacrist+in, Alan Reed, and many more!

The All New “Lum & Abner” Comic Strips

Lum & Abner, the classic American network radio comedy show, was created by Chester Lauck and Norris Goff and aired from 1931 to 1954. Now for the first time since 1954, veteran radio theater producer Joe Bevilacqua and comic strip artist Donnie Pitchford bring you one hundred new “Lum & Abner” audio comic strips!

This collection of four Waterlogg productions is sure to entertain the whole family!

Uncle Dunkle and Donnie, Vol. 3: The Master’s Tapes

A must-have for collectors, these recently discovered master reels of cartoon-voice legend Daws Butler performing all the voices for twenty-one of his hilarious fractured fairy tales have been digitally remastered by Butler prot+(r)g+(r) Joe Bevilacqua.

Rare Daws Butler, Vol. 4: 1959-1960

In this fourth volume of rarities, Butler prot+(r)g+(r) Joe Bevilacqua has once again uncovered recordings of the legendary voice genius that were thought lost and remastered them for this collection. Among the audio treasures, Daws Butler’s son Chas plays straight man to Yogi Bear and Mr. Jinks in several original comedy sketches, which Butler wrote and which eventually led to his Uncle Dunkle and Donnie fractured fables.

A Joe Bev Live Tribute to Daws Butler

In July of 2003, ASIFA-Hollywood invited members to discover the many talents of a person who became an icon in animation and inspired an entire generation of voice actors: Daws Butler. Hosted by Butler prot+(r)g+(r) Joe Bevilacqua, the event included special guests June Foray, Corey Burton, and Nancy Cartwright. The entire panel shared their stories of Daws and performed several of Daws’ workshop scripts live.

Yogi Comes to Camp Waterlogg: A Comedy-O-Rama Special

When a bear gets in the Camp Waterlogg chicken coop, young Squeaky Lkie dreams that it’s Yogi Bear. Joe Bevilacqua, prot+(r)g+(r) of renowned voice-actor Daws Butler, uncovered rare recordings of Butler as Yogi Bear and, along with his wife, Lorie Kellogg, improvised this hour-long story. This special edition of Bevilacqua’s Comedy-O-Rama Hour has aired on Sirius-XM, NPR stations, and podcasts throughout the world.

This exciting collection of radio comedy from Waterlogg Productions features four must-listens.

1. Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Missing Countess

Scotland Yard is puzzled. A young countess has gone missing, and Sherlock Holmes is summoned. Accompanied by the redoubtable Watson, Holmes must juggle the clues. What does he see? Why does he instruct Watson to bring his wife to the circus three days later? And why does Watson keep sneezing? This original Holmes adventure is one of Holmes’ more whimsical cases.

2. A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Vol. 3

This third collection of audio drama, comedy, biography, and documentary from veteran award-winning radio dramatist Joe Bevilacqua–beautifully produced with a cast of professional actors, sound effects, and music–includes We Take You Now to Grover’s Mill; War of the Welles; Son of Harpo Speaks, Part 1; Homeland Security Comes to Camp Waterlogg; Akrotiri; The Unlucky Merchant; If We All Talked Like Allen Jenkins; The Village Life; Stench of the City; Huck Goes to the Moon; and If You Find an Opening, Jump In.

3. A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Vol. 4

This fourth volume includes Holy Smoke, or The Red-Suite Man; The Christmas That Almost Never Was; Sherlock Holmes’ Creepy Christmas; A Pedro Christmas Sampler; A Call from the Storm; Edgarton Voss Steps Out But Not Too Far; Settling In; Uncle Dunkle’s Umbrella, Tire, and Jalopy; Son of Harpo Speaks, Part 2; More Teaman and Friends; This Here Is Your Life, Sherlock Holmes; and Perils of the Tiger Barn.

4. Simon Studio Presents, Vol. 1

The Simon Studio is a training and performance theater company where actors, writers, directors, artists, and thinkers freely mix in a workshop environment. This first collection of Simon Studio Presents includes Oedipus Noir by Ralph Tyler, Dancing in the Dark by Vivian Green, The Portrait by Sarah Levine Simon, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare.

Many years before AMC’s “Mad Men” was a hit, Daws Butler (Yogi Bear) wrote “The Ad Game.” Adam is the top copy writer at his firm when he finds himself in a career crisis that baffles his wife Melissa and his father-in-law Ed, who is his boss.

Joe Bevilacqua, also known as Joe Bev is primarily known as a 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, actor, and even cartoonist. Joe has produce many of his mentor Daws Butler’s comedic and dramatic scripts.

Since 1980, Bevilacqua has produced many award-winning radio programs for National Public Radio, Sirius XM Radio and others.

In 2012, Bevilacqua signed an exclusive distribution deal with Blackstone Audio, for his more than 40 years of audio work. He is releasing hundreds of hours of audio documentaries, comedies, dramas, autobiographies and more.

Not content to hide behind his microphone, Bevilacqua will be seen acting in the upcoming feature films: “The Green Blade Rises” directed by A.J. Edwards, “The Fly Room” directed by Alexis Gambis, “Cold in July” directed by Jim Mickle, and “Hits” directed by David Cross.

Bevilacqua is the 2013 recipient of the Kean University Distinguished Alumni Award. His documentary “Lady Bird Johnson Legacy of a First Lady” won the 2001 New York Festivals Award. He won a 2007 New York Festivals Awards for his “Tribute to Joe Barbera” which aired on NPR’s All Things Considered. And his NPR Weekend Edition story “A Guy Named Joe Bevilacqua” won the 2004 National Federation of Community Broadcasters Award.

A collection of the best interviews, radio theater, and classic old-time radio moments from the BearManor Radio Network, which streams 24/7 online

This collection contains six full hour-long episodes, including:

The Voice Actor Show with Joe Bev

Veteran award-winning radio theater wizard Joe Bevilacqua (a.k.a. Joe Bev) interviews famous voice actors about their lives and craft.

Lorie’s Book Nook with Lorie Kellogg

Actress, comedian, and graphic artist Lorie Kellogg leads a lively discussion with BearManor Media authors in this series, produced by Joe Bevilacqua.

The J-OTR Show with Joe Bev

This series of hour-long mash-ups of old- and new-time radio is hosted, written, produced, directed, and voiced by Joe Bevilacqua.

Fred Frees Favorites: An Audiobook Sampler

Not sure which audiobook you want to buy? Let Fred Frees pick out some samples for you! This series of hour-long programs presents the first chapters of Fred’s handpicked favorite BearManor and Waterlogg audiobooks.

Professor Whatchamacallit’s Interstitials

These hilarious radio theater comedy moments, complete with sound effects and music, were originally intended as introductions and closings to the BearManor Radio Network programming. But now you can enjoy them anytime. This program is written, produced, and directed by veteran award-winning radio-theater wizard Joe Bevilacqua and voiced by Fred Frees, in honor of the character Ludwig Von Drake originally voice by his dad, Paul Frees, and Sid Caesar, who’s Professor character inspired both.

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 1 contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sgt. Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger, and all the wacky denizens of Camp Waterlogg, the dilapidated kids camp in the Catskills. The creation of husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg, The Comedy-O-Rama Hour has evolved into a wacky mix of family friendly humor, radio theater, audio cartoons, and improvisation.

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 1 includes “Cupid Comes to Camp Waterlogg,” “Homeland Security Comes to Camp Waterlogg,” “Camp Waterlogg, Bon Appetite,” “The Camp Waterlogg Offensive,” and “Camp Waterlogg: The Animals Are Revolting.”

Part improvisation, part audio cartoon, The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 10 is a collection of variety show productions, created by two radio-theater veterans.

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 10 contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sergeant Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger, and all the wacky denizens of Camp Waterlogg, the dilapidated camp for kids in the Catskills. The creation of husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) and Lorie Kellogg, The Comedy-O-Rama Hour has evolved into a wacky mix of family friendly humor, radio theater, audio cartoons, and improvisation.

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 10 includes: “April Fools Me Once, Fools Me Twice,” “Chores & Pours & Porcupine Wars,” “Lefty Goes Colombian, or A Pancake for Andy,” “Sun, Rain & The Draft Horse Show,” “Little Andy Lost,” and “Ellis the Boatkeeper’s Coconut Bubbles Troubles.”

Firesign Theatre’s David Ossman (as George Tirebiter), comedy legend Shelley Berman, and former SNL comedian Senator Al Franken join the cast of The Comedy-O-Rama Hour for another six misadventures of Sgt. Lefty, Ellis da Boatkeeper, Adam Maxwell, Andy, and Woody (all voiced by Joe Bev); Olive Pitts, Ellis, Mrs. Terwilliger, and Lkie (all voiced by Lorie Kellogg); Ron Drysdale and Jimmy (both voiced by James Folly); and Stinky Peter Moss (voiced by Kenny Savoy), as well as the rest of the cabal of crazy Camp Waterlogg characters.

Included in this set:

“Camp Waterlogg Homeland Security Needs to Go-Go-Go!””A Happy Camp Waterlogg Father’s Day from Uncle Goopie””A Camp Waterlogg July 4th Fundraiser””Camp Waterlogg: Firesign Gets Waterlogged””The Camp Waterlogg Election Special””Camp Waterlogg: Shelley Revisited, Part 1”

The Comedy-O-Rama Hour is story- and character-driven improvisation that goes beyond sketch comedy to blossom into full-fledged radio theater. Recorded in and around husband-and-wife creative team Joe Bev and Lorie Kellogg’s Napanoch, New York, house in the woods, the series first aired on XM Radio in 2002. More than 120 shows and thirteen years later, the series is heard weekly on public radio stations nationwide, streamed on the web at bearmanormedia.com, and podcast anytime all over the Internet, including on Waterlogg.com.

Joe Bev says, “We have been doing most these characters for more than twelve years now and some I have been voicing for more than forty years. We no longer have to write what we want to say. The Comedy-O-Rama Hour has also evolved from a scripted to a fully improvised hour of radio theater.”

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 2 contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sgt. Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger, and all the wacky denizens of Camp Waterlogg, the dilapidated kids camp in the Catskills. The creation of husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) and Lorie Kellogg, The Comedy-O-Rama Hour has evolved into a wacky mix of family friendly humor, radio theater, audio cartoons, and improvisation.

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 2 includes: “Ask Dimitri,” “Uncle Goopie’s Birthday,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Ranger Joe, Part 1,” “Abbott & Costello Meet Ranger Joe, Part 2,” “Peter Bergman and the End of the World,” and “Sgt. Lefty Goes Hollywood.”

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 3 contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sgt. Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger, and all the wacky denizens of Camp Waterlogg, the dilapidated kids camp in the Catskills. The creation of husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) and Lorie Kellogg, The Comedy-O-Rama Hour has evolved into a wacky mix of family friendly humor, radio theater, audio cartoons, and improvisation.

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 3 includes: “Yogi Bear A-Go-Go,” “To Julie Newmar, with Love, Ellis,” “Seedling Fever Hits Ranger Lorie,” and “The Wedding of Ellis & Elise” parts 1, 2, and 3.

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 4 contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sgt. Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger, and all the wacky denizens of Camp Waterlogg, the dilapidated kids camp in the Catskills. The creation of husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) and Lorie Kellogg, The Comedy-O-Rama Hour has evolved into a wacky mix of family friendly humor, radio theater, audio cartoons, and improvisation.

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 4 includes: “The Honeymoon of Ellis and Elise,” “Fireworks at Camp Waterlogg” parts 1 and 2, “Something Fishy at Camp Waterlogg or Ellis Goes Native,” “The Beluga Battles,” and “We’ve Lost the Kids but Gained Some Chickens!”

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 5 contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sgt. Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger, and all the wacky denizens of Camp Waterlogg, the dilapidated kids camp in the Catskills. The creation of husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) and Lorie Kellogg, The Comedy-O-Rama Hour has evolved into a wacky mix of family friendly humor, radio theater, audio cartoons, and improvisation.

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 5 includes: “Olympics Fever Hits Camp Waterlogg,” “A Visit From Uncle Moss,” “The Beluga Battles Continue,” “A Visit from Marcello & Luigi” parts 1 and 2, and “Camp Waterlogg Goes to the RenFaire.”

Part improvisation, part audio cartoon, The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 6 is a collection of variety show productions, created by two radio-theater veterans.

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 6 contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sergeant Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger, and all the wacky denizens of Camp Waterlogg, the dilapidated camp for kids in the Catskills. The creation of husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) and Lorie Kellogg, The Comedy-O-Rama Hour has evolved into a wacky mix of family friendly humor, radio theater, audio cartoons, and improvisation.

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 6 includes: “Bed-In,” “Bikes, Planes, and Dumbbells,” “Japanese Dinner with Olive & Lefty,” “Welcome Sophie!,” “Halloween, Part 1,” and “Halloween, Part 2.”

Part improvisation, part audio cartoon, The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 7 is a collection of variety show productions, created by two radio-theater veterans.

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 7 contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sergeant Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger, and all the wacky denizens of Camp Waterlogg, the dilapidated camp for kids in the Catskills. The creation of husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) and Lorie Kellogg, The Comedy-O-Rama Hour has evolved into a wacky mix of family friendly humor, radio theater, audio cartoons, and improvisation.

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 7 includes: “Hurricane Sandy Comes to Camp Waterlogg,” “Really Real Reality,” “Hide and Seek,” “The Return of Stinky,” “In Training,” and “The Adoption of Andy.”

Part improvisation, part audio cartoon, The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 8 is a collection of variety show productions, created by two radio-theater veterans.

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 8 contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sergeant Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger, and all the wacky denizens of Camp Waterlogg, the dilapidated camp for kids in the Catskills. The creation of husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) and Lorie Kellogg, The Comedy-O-Rama Hour has evolved into a wacky mix of family friendly humor, radio theater, audio cartoons, and improvisation.

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 8 includes: “2012, a Year in Review,” “Andy in the Underground, Stinky in the Cheese,” “Thingamabob!,” “Mustangs & Beans,” “When Two Parties Collide,” and “Marriage Fever Hits Camp Waterlogg-A-Go-Go!”

Part improvisation, part audio cartoon, The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 9 is a collection of variety show productions, created by two radio-theater veterans.

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 9 contains six one-hour segments of the comic misadventures of Sergeant Lefty, Olive Pitts, Ellis the Boatkeeper, Squeaky Lkie, Stinky Peter, Mrs. Terwilliger, and all the wacky denizens of Camp Waterlogg, the dilapidated camp for kids in the Catskills. The creation of husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev) and Lorie Kellogg, The Comedy-O-Rama Hour has evolved into a wacky mix of family friendly humor, radio theater, audio cartoons, and improvisation.

The Camp Waterlogg Chronicles 9 includes: “Lefty & Olive’s Bollywood Wedding,” “Lefty & Olive’s Bollywood Honeymoon,” “Lefty & Olive’s Bollywood Movie,” “The Bollywood Debacle Continues,” “Yogurt Pudding Love,” and “Camp Waterlogg is … Waterlogged.”

Ellis and Elise are installing security cameras around Camp Waterlogg as Andy and Lkie enjoy spooky stories by the guest’s of Ranger Joe and Lorie’s pre-Halloween party. Meanwhile, Sgt. Lefty and Olive Pitts meet the camp’s new dog Sophie. .

It’s Halloween when Mrs. Terrwilliger, Sgt. Lefty and Olive Pitts think the camp is haunted by the ghost of Pierre Terrwilliger(played by special guest star Fred Frees). It is really Ellis and Elise accidentally playing his last will video over the camp’s new security system. Meanwhile, Andy and Lkie get spooky stories instead if candy for trick or treat.

Husband and wife team Joe Bev and Kellogg not only produce, direct and write the weekly comedy hour, except for guest star Fred Frees, they improvised all the character’s voices, including four the radio cartoons: “Waking Nightmare”, “The Evil Goblins”, “The Crashed Martian”, and “The Creature in the Attic” by Pedro Pablo Sacristan.

Now available in one collection for you to enjoy!

Long before Sgt. Lefty and the Camp Waterlogg gang took over, The Comedy-O-Rama Hour residents were parody versions of Mysteries (Sherlock Holmes), Old-time Radio (The Shadow, The Lone Ranger, etc.), SCI-FI (Willoughby and the Professor), Superheroes (Teaman and Polfroon), and more.

“Those were the XM years,” explains Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev), who not only produced Comedy-O-Rama, but also wrote and voiced 80% of the productions, which aired four years on XM Satellite Radio.

Joe Bev, explains, “The idea started in 1996 as a website paying tribute to old-time comedians. When XM Program Direct Steve Karesh asked me to turn the website into a weekly radio show, I wrote many hours of radio theater, complete with sound effects and music. Many others contributed and ended up making 60 hours worth!”

The original scripted Comedy-O-Rama came to a conclusion in 2008, a victim of the SiriusXM merger. During the show’s hiatus, Joe Bev created a number of other successful radio shows, including The Jazz-O-Rama Hour, The Joe Bev Experience, Cartoon Carnival, and The Joe Bev Audio Theater, all still produced and running today on many radio stations, as well as podcasts.

In 2012, Joe Bev revamped The Comedy-O-Rama Hour as an totally improvised radio theater experience involving the fictional Camp Waterlogg. Over 70 hours of those have since been produced, and all are available, under separate titles, from Blackstone Audio.

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: Adios Me DamasChapter Twelve: That Monkey Has No Tail

This series of hour long mash-ups of old and new time radio is hosted, written, produced, directed, and voiced by veteran award-winning radio theater wizard Joe Bevilacqua.

Episodes include:

“The Green Hornet Meets the Red Hornet””Fibber McGee Meets Fibber McGee””Tom Mix Meets Tom Mix””Proctor & Bergen Meets Proctor & Bev””The Shadow Meets the Silhouette””Deconstructing Laurel & Hardy”

Veteran Radio Personality (NPR, Sirius XM Radio) Joe Bev presents his favorite conversations with such highly diverse people as Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, Barbara Bush, John Houseman, June Foray, Diana Canova, Fred Frees, Bob Bergen, Phil Proctor, Joe Alaskey, Steve Mendoza, Noel Blanc, David Ossman, Janet Waldo, Fred Grandinetti, and others!

Bonus Track! Joe Bevilacqua hosts an hour with Bernie Sanders, Spike Lee, Susan Sarandon, Harry Belafonte, Danny Glover, Sarah Silverman, Lorie Kellogg, and Tim Robbins.

The Joe Bev Experience is an anthology series representing the depth and breath of Joe Bevilacqua’s 40-plus year career in audio storytelling.

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, and even cartoonist.

Waterlogg Productions is a full service audio/video entertainment company, founded in 2002 by husband and wife creative duo Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg. Together they have been responsible for over 150 titles distributed exclusively by Blackstone Audio. Check out their website at http://www.waterlogg.com.

Comedy and mystery are happy bedfellows in The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes. Veteran award-winning radio producer Joe Bevilacqua’s ten-part radio theater series pays humorous homage to the classic characters of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories are filled with sly references to the original “Canon,” and even the Baker Street Irregulars and other Holmesian groups and scholars have enjoyed this about the series.

Titles include: Episode One: “The Mystery of the Creepy Hack Writer”Episode Two: “My Dinner at Baker Street”Episode Three: “Sherlock Holmes in Trouble”Episode Four: “A Study in Lavender”Episode Five: “The Death of Mr. Sherlock Holmes”Episode Six: “The Giant Rat of Sumatra” Episode Seven: “Tales From the Vienna Wards”Episode Eight: “His Second to Last Bow”Episode Nine: “Revenge of the Beekeeper”Episode Ten: “Holmes’ Creepy Christmas”

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 twelve-year run, and more than 720 still exist today out of 886 total performances.

Actors who portrayed Johnny Dollar:

Dick Powell (audition show in 1948)

Charles Russell (February 1949 to January 1950)

Edmond O’Brien (February 1950 to September 1952)

John Lund (November 1952 to September 1954)

Gerald Mohr (audition show in 1955)

Bob Bailey (October 1955 to November 1960)

Bob Readick (December 1960 to June 1961)

Mandel Kramer (June 1961 to September 1962)

Joe Bev (2018 to 2019)

This first new volume includes:The Suicidal Bicycle MatterThe Clever Chemist MatterThe Where the Elite Meet to Eat MatterThe Thelma Ibsen MatterThe Jack Benny MatterThe Murder Is a Merry-Go-Round MatterThe Expose Matter

Plus sample chapters of upcoming Joe Bev Productions, including new episodes of The Lone Ranger, Sherlock Holmes, and The Green Lama.

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.

OTR fans rejoice! Tired of listening to the same shows? Here are two new OTR stories, produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran radio theater producer Joe Bevilacqua. This hour of comedy was recorded before a live audience at SUNY Dutchess in Poughkeepsie, New York on March 20, 2007.

Includes:

Fibber McGee and Molly: “The House of Wax” It’s 1953 when Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve makes a less than triumphant return to Wistful Vita to introduce Vincent Price at the Wistful Vista Bijou premiere of the 3-D movie The House of Wax. Meanwhile, Fibber tries to save five cents by making his own 3-D glasses. Teeny, Mr. Oldtimer, Wally Wimple, Mrs. Uppington, Harlow Wilcox, and even Fibber’s closet are all there in this brand new “Fibber” tale!

Duffy’s Tavern: “If We All Talked Like Allen Jenkins” Archie, Finnegan, Eddie, Miss Duffy, and all the gang are back “where the elite meet to eat” in this first new Duffy’s Tavern outing since 1952. Archie tries to lure the Shriner’s Convention to the tavern with promises of big stars he can’t deliver, not knowing the real Warner Brothers movie actors Edward G. Robinson and Allen Jenkins are hiding in the kitchen.

The New Stories of Old-Time Radio is the first anthology of new fiction based on the beloved OTR characters and shows we know and love. Old Time Radio fans have something new to listen to!

Includes: Our Miss Brooks: “One Principal Too Many, One Principal Too Meanie” by Clair Schulz; Tom Mix: “Tom Mix and the Mystery of the Bodiless Horseman” by Jim Harmon; Candy Matson Yukon 2-8209: “The Japanese Sandman” by Jack French; The Clyde Beatty Show: “Perils of the Tiger Barn” by Roger Smith; The Green Lama: “The Case of the Bashful Spider” by Bob Martin; and Sgt. Preston of the Yukon: “A Call from the Storm” by Jim Nixon.

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).

Veteran award-winning radio theater wizard Joe Bevilacqua interviews famous voice actors about their lives and craft. Interviewees include cartoon voice legend June Foray; Fred Frees, voice actor and son of the legendary Paul Frees; Bob Bergen, the current voice of Porky Pig; Phillip Proctor, actor, writer, comedian, and Firesign Theatre founding member; Joe Alaskey, the current voice Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Sylvester; and Noel Blanc, son of voice legend Mel Blanc.

This is an epic science fiction/fantasy comedy about a boy and his professor who travel willy-nilly across time and space in a failed attempt to “cure the world of all its ills.”

Stories include:

Episode One: “I’ll Teach You!” or “Box of Nothing” Episode Two: “Holy Smoke” or “The Red-Suited Man” Episode Three: “More Edible Than Durable” or “You Smashed My Monkey!” Episode Four: “Oh Boy, She Looks Great!” or “Which Witchway is Which?” Episode Five: “Your Separate World Lines” or I’m Big and You’re Small” Episode Six: “Now It’s Time To Sing!” or “Unwanted Noises in the Air” Episode Seven: “I Like This Box!” or “Oh Victim Man!” Episode Eight: “Oh Dalai” or “Life is Dukka” Episode Nine: “The Traveling Extravaganza” or “His Name is Bub” Episode Ten: “More Dogs For Me?” or “Knock-a-knock-knuckles” Episode Eleven: “You’re a Messiah” or “Buboes in the Lymph Nodes” Episode Twelve: “A Box in the Dark” or “Dead Men Do Not Groan” Episode Thirteen: “Is Eloquence a Bauble” or “Where’s My Cyaneus Episode Fourteen: “I Do Not Like the Blackness of Her Nose” or “The Penguins Laugh at You!” Episode Fifteen: “The Genius of These Woods” or “I’m Also Wearing Explosives”Episode Sixteen: “Say Jacques!” or “She’s Got Kneepads!”

These are the further misadventures of the pertinacious professor and his perky partner who pucker around the planet and through time and space, in a vain attempt to “cure the world of all its ills.”

This second set of imaginative, sound-effect-rich audio cartoons, produced, directed, and voiced by veteran, award-winning radio theater artist Joe Bevilacqua, with announcing by David Garland (WNYC, WQXR) and a special guest appearance by Margaret Juntwait (the Metropolitan Opera), includes

“You’re a God, Apollo Jacques! or Boys Don’t Have Feats” – the seventeenth and final episode in the NPR/Sirius XM Satellite series”Willoughby and the Professor Meet Willaby and the Professor” – improvisations heard on Joe Bev’s Cartoon Carnival radio show”The Squidge Attack” – a short story, part of Pedro’s Fables“The Incompetent Genie” – a short story, part of Pedro’s Fables“Willoughby and the Professor Meet the Godfather” – an early prototype improvisation”Willoughby and the Professor Go to Hollywood” – an early prototype improvisation”Science-O-Rama” – the soundtracks to the first seven Popular Science magazine videos, animated by Lorie Kellogg”Dimension X Revisited, or Willoughby Goes and Gets It” – a new radio theater based on the short story appearing in the book It’s That Time Again: The New Stories of Old Time RadioThe complete music score for the series composed by David Garland and Joe Bevilacqua

Over one hour JoeBev’s interpolation of the characters of James Thurber (“Unicorn in the Garden”), including some lesser known Thurberesque stories, including the baseball saga “You Can Look it Up”. Who better to interpret James Thurber than JoeBev, who was the protege of Daws Butler, the voice of Yogi Bear.

A seal who can’t balance? An elephant who always forgets? A green cow who walks on her front feet? These are just some of the wacky characters from the unique mind of Daws Butler, the man who voiced most of the classic Hanna-Barbera characters–Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, and Snagglepuss, to name a few.

Uncle Dunkle and Donnie is a collection of imaginative, never-before-released cartoon scripts by Butler, who also worked on the classic 1960s Fractured Fairy Tales and Aesop and Sons animated cartoons. Daws Butler prot+(r)g+(r) Joe Bevilacqua performs 97 different characters in this production!

This collection provides over five hours of radio dramatizations of some of the greatest literature ever written, as adapted, produced, and directed by Joe Bevilacqua.

The Bear: A Classic One-Act Play by Anton Chekhov

The Bear, one of the great works of Anton Chekhov, tells about the strange beginnings of love between the recently widowed Mrs. Popov and Grigory Stepanovich Smirnov. In Russian the word for “bear” has two meanings: an animal or a rather rude, clumsy, awkward man. The cast includes Cathi Tully, Bob Miller, and William Duff-Griffin.

“Tobin’s Palm” by O. Henry

William Sydney Porter, known by his pen name, O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henry’s short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.Waterlogg Productions will be releasing the complete works of O. Henry.

“The Pace of Youth” by Stephen Crane

This adaptation of Crane’s classic short story was produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran radio-theater producer Joe Bevilacqua, who is joined in the cast by William Melillo, Cathi Tully, Peter Cummings, and Leslie Spital.

Hamlet

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet is instructed to enact on his uncle Claudius, who had murdered his own brother, seized the throne, and married his deceased brother’s widow. Joe Bevilacqua produced, directed, and performed in this radio adaptation. The cast includes Margaret Dunn, William Melillo, Jay Snyder, James Cronin, William Evans, Peter Cummings, Christine Solazzi, Rick Ramos, Jayson Ternan, Phil Duffy, Mark Yablonsky, John Fernandez, Thomas Babkowski, Leslie Spital, Keith Lander, Bob O’Connor, Alan Cobb, Andrew Heil, John Alston, William Conrad, Ben Wright, John McIntire, Jannette Nolan, Sammy Hill, and Fred McKie.

From award-winning NPR producer Joe Bevilacqua comes a rare and exciting collection of radio documentaries, features, and dramas.

One Song at a Time

This radio performance includes many stories about the Kerrville Folk Festival, the longest continuously running music festival in North America.

Lady Bird Johnson

One of the most licensed audiobooks on the Public Radio Exchange and iTunes, Lady Bird Johnson is an award-winning audio documentary examining the challenges and achievements of this extraordinary woman.

From Moonshine to Armadillos

Veteran NPR producer Joe Bevilacqua hosts this hour long program outlining the history of Threadgill’s and Armadillo World Headquarters, which contributed to the birth of the Austin music scene.

Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis

Recorded in the French Quarter of New Orleans, this radio program features jazz great Wynton Marsalis, and others, who talk on the origins of jazz, and the life and music of legendary trumpeter, Louis Armstrong.

Healthy Living in the Catskills

In this radio documentary, a husband and wife explore the rural byways within four miles of their home in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York, and find local business owners working to promote healthy lifestyles that have a national impact.

Radio Tales for the Road, Volume One

Combining storytelling, documentary, radio drama, and original music, Radio Tales for the Road are vivid recollections of the 1960s.

All Things Joe Bev

This radio production is a collection of sixteen short audio features created for public radio by award-winning producer Joe Bevilacqua, also known as Joe Bev.

We Take You Now to Grover’s Mill

This 1988 documentary looks at how the landmark broadcast came about and examines its impact on broadcast history. The program includes rare interviews with Mercury Theater producer John Houseman and writer Howard Koch, actor Arthur Anderson and the people of Grover’s Mill, New Jersey who lived through the “Martian invasion.”

In this 1988 documentary, award-winning NPR producer Joe Bevilacqua looks at how the landmark broadcast came about and examines its impact on broadcast history.

The half-hour program includes rare interviews with Mercury Theater producer John Houseman, writer Howard Koch, actor Arthur Anderson, and the people of Grover’s Mill, NJ, who lived through the “Martian Invasion.”

When a bear gets in the Camp Waterlogg chicken coop, young Squeaky Lkie dreams that it’s Yogi Bear.

Joe Bevilacqua, prot+(r)g+(r) of renowned voice-actor Daws Butler, uncovered rare recordings of Butler as Yogi Bear and, along with his wife, Lorie Kellogg, improvised this hour-long story. This special edition of Bevilacqua’s Comedy-O-Rama Hour has aired on Sirius-XM, NPR stations, and podcasts throughout the world.