Couch and Coffee Table

Last year for October Nights, Couch And Coffee Table presented the 1948 hour long version of Donovan's Brain from Suspense. This year, Couch And Coffee Table present the two part version from 1944 starring Orson Welles. Part one of Donovan's Brain aired on May 18,1944 and Part two aired on May 25,1944.

Mike and Heather discuss The Phantom Of The Opera in its many forms from the original book to film to musical and back again. Mike and Heather also present Lux Radio Theater's adaptation of the 1943 film on radio. Lux Radio Theater presents The Phantom Of The Opera aired Sept.13,1943. Basil Rathbone starred in this adaptation as the phantom.

Mike and Heather Perry discuss Edgar Allan Poe and his various works including The Oblong Box. Later, Mike and Heather present CBS Radio Mystery Theater's adaptation of The Oblong Box as it aired on Jan.8,1975. Two poems by Edgar Allan Poe are read in this episode, Silence and Alone.

Continuing on with our October Nights series for this year, we present the radio series Quiet Please with their episode Don't Tell Me About Halloween. This episode of Quiet Please aired on Oct.27,1947.

Continuing on with our October Nights for this year we present The House In Cypress Canyon. This episode from Suspense is still considered one of the more scarier episodes of radio. Although this episode takes place at Christmas time, it is not a Christmas story. The House In Cypress Canyon from Suspense aired Dec.5,1946.

This episode kicks off October Nights 2022 for Couch And Coffee Table. We present Lux Radio Theatre's adaptation of the 1944 film The Canterville Ghost. Charles Laughton and Margaret O'Brien reprise their roles from the 1944 film for this radio presentation which aired on June 18,1945.

Couch And Coffee Table presents a radio adaptation of the 1940 film The Ghost Breakers starring Bob Hope. This adaptation was produced by the Screen Director's Playhouse and has Bob Hope reprise his role from the film for radio. This Presentation of The Ghost Breakers aired on April 4,1949.

For the last week of September, we thought we'd do a couple of horror comedies. First up, The Abbott and Costello Show with Bela Lugosi. This Show has been logged with two different titles to it, the first is called The New Sheriff and the second one is called Bela Lugosi's Haunted House. This show aired on May 5,1948 which was a month before Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein hit theaters. (gi...

Continuing on with their discussion from the last podcast, Mike and Heather talk about Wizards, Witches and Magicians in film and television. They also talk about magic systems in various story formats.

This show marks exactly one year of Couch And Coffee Table so for this episode the subject is Magic In Film, at least the first part of the conversation anyway.

For today's podcast, we present another episode of The Danny Kaye Show with guest star Orson Welles appearing on the show. This show was transcribed by Armed Forces Radio Service. This episode of The Danny Kaye Show aired on March 1,1946.

For this episode, we present Danny Kaye in the first episode of his own radio show. The show is called The Danny Kaye Show and it aired on Jan.6,1945.

Lux Radio Theatre is known for their film to radio adaptations and for this podcast we present Fancy Pants starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball. This first aired on Sept.10,1951.

For this podcast of Couch And Coffee Table, we present another adaptation of Love's Lovely Counterfeit. This time around James Cagney stars in this hour long adaptation from Suspense which aired Jan.17,1948.

Today, it's another one time appearance by a unique performer. Humphrey Bogart in Love's Lovely Counterfeit from Suspense which aired Mar.8,1945.

Continuing on with unusual guests for the radio series Suspense, we present our second podcast of Suspense starring Danny Kaye. This story is called I Never Met The Dead Man and it aired on Jan.5,1950.

This episode of Suspense stars Danny Kaye in The Too Perfect Alibi, which aired on Jan.13,1949. This episode is unique because Danny Kaye is on Suspense, (not his only time) and it's also our one hundredth episode.

It's another Suspense with another comedian who did just one for the Suspense series. This time it's Red Skelton in The Search For Isabel from Nov.3,1949.

On this episode of Couch And Coffee Table, another unusual casting choice is made when Judy Garland appears on Suspense. Like Bob Hope, this would be Judy Garland's only appearance on Suspense. Judy Garland Stars in Drive In which aired on Nov.21,1946 on Suspense. Both this episode and the one before it with Bob Hope spotlight both of these stars who are really stepping out of their comfort zone a...

For today's episode we present Bob Hope in his one and only appearance on Suspense in Death Has A Shadow. This aired on May 5,1949 and also stars William Conrad of Cannon fame.

Mike and Heather discuss sympathetic monsters for this episode, along with a little bit of anti-hero and scoundrel thrown in.

This is another great film to radio adaptation, Lux Radio Theatre presents the radio adaptation of the 1944 film Laura. Airing in 1945 and starring Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney and Vincent Price who reprise their film roles here. It aired on Feb.5,1945.

Mike and Heather's topics of discussion were tabled for this episode due to unforeseen circumstances. So, Lux Radio Theatre's adaptation of Universal's Buck Privates starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello is presented instead.

Heather and Michael highlight films that have used interesting scenes centering around food.

Continuing on with their previous discussion Mike and Heather talk more Godzilla and Anime along alot of other things that come to mind.