Happy birthday to you… happy birthday to you…
September 26th, 2008Happy 25th birthday to Arthur (Sal) Homa!
Hope you have a good day, brother! 
Beneath Monkey Island, Part 06
August 27th, 2008Based on the Monkey Island games by Lucas Arts, containing characters created by Ron Gilbert.
Excerpted from “The Memoirs of Carl, the Swordmaster of Jambalaya Island: The Monkey Island years”
“Just when I thought that I couldn’t take any more of this swashbuckling adventure with my less-than-sanitary crew, we find that the ship has washed up on the shores of a certain far off distant land…”
Starring:
Justin Franklin as Guybrush Threepwood
Matthew Smith as Carl, the Swordmaster of Jambalaya Island
Stanley Brain as Valora DeCazador
Written and produced by Matthew Smith
‘No Woman, No Cry’ by Bob Marley
My birthday is in November
July 3rd, 2008Lost Cause I: There’s No Hope! Part 06
June 25th, 2008Lost Cause I: There’s No Hope! Part 06
‘The Saga in Five Minutes.’
Darth Vader’s Dud Star has captured the Millenium Compliant, which is holding two droids which may or may not hold the plans to the Dud Star. Mouldy-Bun Baloney is busy trying to deactivate the tractor beam, and Lube, Ham, and Pooey come up with a plan to save the princess…
Starring:
Lawrence Aitchison as Narrator, Lube Skystalker
Matthew Smith as Darth Vapour, Mouldy-Bun Baloney, See-Creepio and Pooey the Wookiee
Stanley Brain as Number Two, Ham Slowmo
Written and produced by Matthew Smith
“Rich Girl” - by Selwyn
Beneath Monkey Island, Part 05
June 18th, 2008Based on the Monkey Island games by Lucas Arts, containing characters created by Ron Gilbert.
Excerpted from “The Memoirs of Carl, the Swordmaster of Jambalaya Island: The Monkey Island years”
“Well we’ve overcome our first major foes. In fact, we kicked their ass! Those evil pirates will regret the day they decided to cross swords with a genuine swordmaster! But I’ve got a sneakin’ suspicion that there’s somethin’ else involved here…”
Starring:
Justin Franklin as Guybrush Threepwood
Matthew Smith as Carl, the Swordmaster of Jambalaya Island and LeChuck
Stanley Brain as Number Two and Sum Ting Wong
Brian Goodrich as Sir Creigh Blue
Written and produced by Matthew Smith
‘Wasting Time (The Isla Vista Song)’ by Animal Liberation Orchestra
‘Listen to DJ’s’ by Long Beach Dub Allstars
Performing some maintenance
May 18th, 2008I need to upgrade Wordpress and Podpress due to some vulnerability with our current installs. There might be a bit of an outage while things get adjusted, so apologies for that, and I hope to see you on the other side.
Update: I think we’re good for now…thanks for your patience.
Beneath Monkey Island, Part 04
May 12th, 2008Based on the Monkey Island games by Lucas Arts, containing characters created by Ron Gilbert.
Excerpted from “The Memoirs of Carl, the Swordmaster of Jambalaya Island: The Monkey Island years”
“My swashbuckling adventure, if that’s what you want to call it, hasn’t entirely gotten off to the best start. Barely out of Melee Island, and look where we find ourselves: crossing swords with the likes of Guybrush at my side, I’m not sure who I should be scared of!”
Starring:
Justin Franklin as Guybrush Threepwood
Matthew Smith as Carl, the Swordmaster of Jambalaya Island
Stanley Brain as Valora DeCazador and Sum Ting Wong
Brian Goodrich as Sir Creigh Blue
Written and produced by Matthew Smith
‘Is This Love’ by Bob Marley
‘Kung Fu Fighting’ by Carl Douglas
Lost Cause I: There’s No Hope! Part 05
May 5th, 2008Lost Cause I: There’s No Hope! Part 05
‘The Saga. Can’t do it. Not Today.’
The Millennium Compliant (along with all aboard) is tractor beamed into the fast food fly-thru to order their food. Unfortunately for them, as they come up with a plan to save the princess, Darth Vapour feels a disturbance in the force…
Starring:
Lawrence Aitchison as Narrator, Lube Skystalker
Matthew Smith as Darth Vapour, Mouldy-Bun Baloney and Pooey the Wookiee
Stanley Brain as Number Two, Ham Slowmo
Written and produced by Matthew Smith
“Tilt Ya Head Back” - by Nelly
Have you ever wanted to be a mighty pirate?
April 13th, 2008
Auditions are now open for the roll of Guybrush Threepwood!
Nightlight Productions is in the process of assembling a radio play called ‘Beneath Monkey Island’. Three parts are in the can, and the majority of the remainder are recorded. All that remains is to find someone to play Guybrush Threepwood.
What’s that, I hear you say? You’ve always wanted to go on a swashbuckling adventure? Well here’s your chance!
Simply record your best effort as Guybrush Threepwood’s voice. Make your recording clear and crisp as possible. Then send them on to galactichand@hotmail.com! Who knows what adventures may await you! Don’t forget to catch up on the first three parts of Beneath Monkey Island in the radio series page, to jog your memory!
You don’t know exactly what to say? Here are some handy audition lines for you, with many thanks to Shadriss in his debute roll as the French pirate, Sir Creigh Blue!
Guybrush: People consider my fists to be lethal weapons!
Creigh: I’m sowwy, but your bweath should be equawy weckoned!
Guybrush: My what should be what what?
Creigh: I got this scar on my face duwing a mighty stwuggle!
Guybrush: Errr… what’s a stwuggle?
and finally…
Guybrush: I’m Guybrush Threepwood, a mighty pirate! Yarrrrr!
Lost Cause I: There’s No Hope! Part 04
April 13th, 2008Lost Cause I: There’s No Hope! Part 04
‘The Saga? Continuing. Right Here.’
There is no rebel base on Pantooine, and Darth Vapour feels hurt and betrayed by Princess Leer. Meanwhile Lube Skystalker and Mouldy-Bun Baloney are escaping on the Millennium Compliant, with Ham Slowmo and a Wookiee named Pooey!
Starring:
Lawrence Aitchison as Narrator, Lube Skystalker
Matthew Smith as Darth Vapour, Mouldy-Bun Baloney and Pooey the Wookiee
Stanley Brain as Number Two, Ham Slowmo
Written and produced by Matthew Smith
“Heya” - by Outkast