Local writer Jason Panella offers up a great critique of the show, while also calling on today's youth to explore the lost art of pulpy radio adventure:
While there’s a wide-eyed sense of wonder about the radio show, it’s written with tongue rooted in cheek. Mike and James (with addition voice guru Michael Hinzman) saturate their radio shows with deadpan and offbeat humor. And it works quite well. Their writing has grown significantly since they began; while the first few shows had a few laughs, the crew’s most recent shows have caused me to cry from laughing so hard. The interaction between the supporting cast is my favorite thing — Mike and James have created a world so intricate that minor characters like monomaniacal newspaper editor Ted Brubaker or Dodge’s pathetically inept grandfather Edsel Intrepid feel like real people.You can read the entire article here.
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