{"product_id":"book-d98b","title":"A Parody Outline of History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Parody Outline of History\u003c\/i\u003e is hilarious but scathing anti-war satire of \u003ci\u003eThe Outline of History\u003c\/i\u003e (1920) by H. G. Wells, written by Donald Ogden Stewart, in the styles of popular authors of the day, and first published in 1921 only a year after World War I ended.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis ear-popping audio dramatization was produced and voiced by Joe Bevilacqua (aka Joe Bev)—enhanced with music and sound effects—in the style of the popular performers of 1920s and 30s, including The Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, Jack Benny, W.C. Fields, Gary Cooper, and John Wayne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStories in this set:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. CRISTOFER COLOMBO: A Comedy of Discovery\u003cbr\u003eWritten in the manner of James Branch Cabell\u003cbr\u003ePerformed in the manner of a Marx Brother movie\u003cbr\u003eCast of Characters\u003cbr\u003eNarrator: Paul Frees\u003cbr\u003eCristofer Columbo: Chico Marx\u003cbr\u003eRusty the Sorcerer: Harpo Marx\u003cbr\u003eKing Ferdinand: Groucho Marx\u003cbr\u003eQueen Isabella: Margaret Dumont\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. MAIN STREET: Plymouth, Mass\u003cbr\u003eWritten in the manner of Sinclair Lewis\u003cbr\u003ePerformed in the manner of a Laurel and Hardy movie\u003cbr\u003eCast of Characters\u003cbr\u003eNarrator: Paul Frees\u003cbr\u003ePricilla: Zasu Pitts\u003cbr\u003eKennicut: James Finlayson\u003cbr\u003eMiles Standish: Stan Laurel\u003cbr\u003eJohn Alden: Oliver Hardy\u003cbr\u003eManager of Heaven: Oliver Hardy\u003cbr\u003eDrunk: Arthur Housman\u003cbr\u003eFriend: Edgar Kennedy\u003cbr\u003eHeaven Reporter: Walter Winchell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH\u003cbr\u003eWritten in the manner of F. Scott Fitzgerald\u003cbr\u003ePerformed in the manner of a Laurel and Hardy movie\u003cbr\u003eCast of Characters\u003cbr\u003eNarrator: Paul Frees\u003cbr\u003eMiles Standish: Stan Laurel\u003cbr\u003eJohn Alden: Oliver Hardy\u003cbr\u003ePricilla: Zasu Pitts\u003cbr\u003eAuntie Brewster: Billie Burke\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. THE SPIRIT OF ‘75: Letters of a Minute Man\u003cbr\u003eWritten in the manner of Ring Lardner\u003cbr\u003ePerformed in the manner of The Jack Benny Show\u003cbr\u003eCast of Characters\u003cbr\u003eMinute Man: Jack Benny\u003cbr\u003eWife: Mary Livingstone\u003cbr\u003eDriver: Rochester\u003cbr\u003eWaiter: Frank Nelson\u003cbr\u003eTea Party Indian: Dennis Day,\u003cbr\u003eTea Party Indian: Don Wilson,\u003cbr\u003eBystander: Fred Allen\u003cbr\u003eEnglish Horse: Mel Blanc\u003cbr\u003eDrunken Singers: Mel Blanc with The Sportsman Quartet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. THE WHISKY REBELLION\u003cbr\u003eWritten in the manner of a bedtime story Manner of Thornton W. Burgess\u003cbr\u003ePerformed in the manner of a W.C. Fields movie\u003cbr\u003eCast of Characters\u003cbr\u003eStoryteller: W.C. Fields\u003cbr\u003eAunt Polly: Mae West\u003cbr\u003eJed: Walter Brennan\u003cbr\u003eAssorted Drunken Yodeling Children with Guns\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. HOW LOVE CAME TO GENERAL GRANT\u003cbr\u003eWritten in the manner of Harold Bell Wright\u003cbr\u003ePerformed in the manner of a Frank Capra movie\u003cbr\u003eCast of Characters\u003cbr\u003eNarrator: Paul Frees\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Ulysses S. Grant: Gary Cooper\u003cbr\u003eGeraldine Rhinelander: Olivia De Havilland\u003cbr\u003eMrs. Rhinelander: Emma Dunn\u003cbr\u003eElla Flowers: Katherine Hepburn\u003cbr\u003eMrs. Vandergriff: Margaret Dumont\u003cbr\u003eReverend: Charles Ruggles\u003cbr\u003eDrunk #1: Arthur Housman\u003cbr\u003eDrunk #2: W.C. Fields\u003cbr\u003eThe Crippled Newsboy: Jackie Cooper\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. CUSTER’S LAST STAND\u003cbr\u003eWritten in the manner of Edith Wharton\u003cbr\u003ePerformed in the manner of a John Ford movie\u003cbr\u003eCast of Characters\u003cbr\u003eNarrator: Paul Frees\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Custer: John Wayne\u003cbr\u003eGeneral George Custer: Walter Brennan\u003cbr\u003eMary Custer: Maureen O’Hara\u003cbr\u003eLittle George\u003cbr\u003eLittle Mary\u003cbr\u003eFrench Waiter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE WORLD: A Drama of the Great War\u003cbr\u003eAct I—Written in the manner of Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews\u003cbr\u003eAct 2—Written in the manner of Eugene O’Neill\u003cbr\u003ePerformed in the manner of a Laurel and Hardy movie (directed by Preston Sturges)\u003cbr\u003eCast of Characters\u003cbr\u003eNarrator: Paul Frees\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Soldiers: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Ned Sparks\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Lieutenant Edmund Kockenlocker: William Demarest\u003cbr\u003ePrussian Soldiers: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Leon Askin\u003cbr\u003eEllen Ratzkywatsky: Betty Hutton\u003cbr\u003eMrs. Finlayson: Esther Howard\u003cbr\u003eThe Landlady: Mary Carr\u003cbr\u003eAngels: Zasu Pitts, W.C. 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