The 3:57 by William E. Spear

THE RAVEN By Edgar Allan Poe Release date: 21 October 2023 Start excerpted transcript: (The Raven Intro and Outro comes on) Hello and welcome to The 3:57. I am the host, William E. Spear. This episode contains a grieving heart - not to be confused with a tell-tale heart - and avian anxiety that first flew in the middle of the nineteenth century. Edgar Allan Poe published THE RAVEN in 1845. Immedia...

IT SUITS HER, Episode 12 Release date: 17 October 2023   Start excerpted transcript:   (Theme for It Suits Her fades up and under)   Hello. This is Celia Court for The 3:57. The regular host, William Spear, is still suffering from quote "too many milkshakes" endquote. Wink, wink. Maxie offered to host again but, candidly, I am better.   And welcome back to our current series ca...

IT SUITS HER, Episode 11 Release date: 10 October 2023   Start excerpted transcript:   (Theme for It Suits Her fades up and under)   Hello. I'm Maxie Williams and this is The 3:57 by William E. Spear. Normally Spear is the host but he had too much milkshake and asked me to step in. This is our current series called IT SUITS HER.   I was within moments of getting my suit when Mr...

IT SUITS HER, Episode 10 Release date: 3 October 2023   (Theme for It Suits Her fades up and under)   Hello and welcome to IT SUITS HER . . . the current series from The 3:57 by me, William E. Spear.   The bloom of friendship between Celia and Maxie has wilted under the raging frost of their mutually-inflicted antagonism.    What started as caustic barbs interrupted by mom...

CASEY AT THE BAT By Ernest Lawrence Thayer Start excerpted transcript:   (Take Me Out to the Ballpark comes up) Hello. This is The 3:57 and my name is William Spear. This episode is one of the all-time sports classics - CASEY AT THE BAT. Every sports fan knows the sting of defeat when a favorite team loses. From football to bowling to curling, fans take losses hard. But one story has captured...

IT SUITS HER, Episode 09 Release date: 26 September 2023   Start excerpted transcript:   (Theme for It Suits Her fades up and under)   Hello and welcome to The 3:57 by William E. Spear. I am the host of the program and this is our series IT SUITS HER.    Celia and Maxie have connected through a related moment in their past. Maxie shared a scene from his greatest film trium...

IT SUITS HER, Episode 08   Release date: 19 September 2023   Excerpt of Intro:   (Theme for It Suits Her fades up and under)   Hello. I am William Spear and the host of The 3:57. This is our series IT SUITS HER.   Once again the common ground between Celia and Maxie is trampled upon. This time, his gesture of good will toward her parents caused Celia to reveal they have be...

The Table   A simple table with settings for six awaits its guests. But who are the guests and will they come? Perhaps, more importantly, can they come?   The Table, which is drawn from the Missing Man Table and Honors ceremony, is offered as a monument to reflect upon the men and women who have “served the nation in a special and now unending way.”   Introduction:   Hello and...

IT SUITS HER, Episode 07   Release date: 12 September 2023   Excerpt of Intro:   (Theme for It Suits Her fades up and under)   Hello. I am William Spear and the host of The 3:57. This is our series IT SUITS HER.   For the first time since meeting each other, Celia and Maxie were having a civil, rather than caustic, conversation. UNTIL Maxie told Celia he used to be a big s...

IT SUITS HER, Episode 06 Release date: 5 September 2023   Excerpt of Intro: (Theme for It Suits Her fades up and under) Hello. I am William Spear and the host of The 3:57. This is our series IT SUITS HER. Celia Court, "Ceel" to her friends, works as an Assistant Manager in Smart Styles tailoring shop. Maxwell "Maxie" Williams needs his suit from the shop for an appointment. Each is running aw...

IT SUITS HER, Episode 05   Release date: 29 August 2023   Excerpt of Intro:   (Theme for It Suits Her fades up and under)   Hello. Welcome to The 3:57 and our series IT SUITS HER. I am the host William Spear.   In the last episode, Maxie tried lying to get his suit but Celia was having none of that. Round one went to her but he is determined to withstand her verbal onslaug...

IT SUITS HER, Episode 04 Release date: 22 August 2023   Excerpt of Intro:   (Theme for It Suits Her fades up and under)   Hello and welcome to The 3:57 by William E. Spear. My name is William Spear and this is our series IT SUITS HER.   Last time, Maxie was trying to pick up his suit and arrived moments after the tailoring shop closed. Celia was trying to save her job and deman...

IT SUITS HER, Episode 03 Scheduled release: 15 August 2023 Excerpt of Intro:   (Theme for It Suits Her fades up and under)   Hello and welcome to The 3:57 by William E. Spear. I am the host, William Spear and this is our series IT SUITS HER.   Please accept apologies for not being here last week. I had an allergic reaction to my milkshake and had a terrible headache for three days....

IT SUITS HER, Episode 02 Scheduled release: 8 August 2023 (Theme for It Suits Her fades up and under) Hello and shhhh. It's me Celia and there are a few changes in this episode. It is still The 3:57 by William E. Spear and this is still our series titled IT SUITS HER. But, surprise, surprise. I am your host - the "her" in IT SUITS HER - Celia Court. I gave Spear the night off. He needed the rest....

IT SUITS HER, Episode 01 Scheduled release: 1 August 2023 (Theme for It Suits Her fades up and under) Hello this is The 3:57 by William E. Spear and I am the aforementioned William Spear. Our new series is titled IT SUITS HER. This episode will be told by one of the two lead characters, Argosy Williams . . . nicknamed Maxie. He is going to introduce himself in a moment. Expect his voice to sound l...

IT SUITS HER, Episode 00 - Trailer   (Theme for It Suits Her comes up)   Hello. My name is William Spear and this is The 3:57 by William E. Spear.   Our new series, IT SUITS HER, premieres on August 1 and tells the stories of Maxie Williams and Celia Court.   Maxie was a brillian comic actor twenty years ago and is now a recovering alcoholic working in a department store. &nbsp...

A FORCE OF POETS, Episode 04 - Phillis Wheatley   The next poet offers praise to start and end the day and an ode for a safe crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.   Hear those and more on . . . The 3:57 by William E. Spear.   (Theme for A Force of Poets comes up)   Hello my name is William Spear and this is our series titled A FORCE OF POETS.   Our fourth poet is Phillis Wheatle...

A FORCE OF POETS, Episode 03 - Christina G. Rossetti The next poet wonders WHAT'S IN A NAME? and hints at telling her secret. Hear both stories on The 3:57 by William E. Spear. (Theme for A Force of Poets comes up) Hello my name is William Spear and this is our series titled A FORCE OF POETS. Our third poet is Christina G. Rossetti. She was born in December of 1830 in London and died in 1894. Her...

A FORCE OF POETS, Episode 02 - Emily Dickinson   The next poet wrote about the bigness of the brain, the mystery of dawn, and the power of a smile.   Find out who and the lines here on The 3:57 by William E. Spear. (Theme for A Force of Poets comes up) Hello my name is William Spear and this is our series titled A FORCE OF POETS. Our second poet is Emily Dickinson.   Brief biography...

A FORCE OF POETS, Episode 01 - Helen Hunt Jackson   In this episode, we recall love and marriage in the month of May, the harvests of June, and the grogginess of early morning.   It's the start of four weeks of poets here on The 3:57 by William E. Spear.   Brief biography on Helen Hunt Jackson:   Jackson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1830. She published five collections...

Rosie is missing in the midst of a rainstorm with thunder that is shaking the mansion and lightning that is illuminating the grounds. LET ME GO TO HER is interpreted from Elizabeth Gaskell's "The Old Nurse's Story" published in 1852. Gaskell (1810-1865) was born in Chelsea, England and authored novels and short stories. More information on her life and works may be found through The Gaskell Societ...

In Episode 4, Rosie is Missing, why was James, one half of the couple who ran Furnivall Manor, so secretive about unveiling the painting? And, why was Dorothy, the other half of the couple, equally adamant about keeping it under wraps?   LET ME GO TO HER is interpreted from Elizabeth Gaskell's "The Old Nurse's Story" published in 1852. Gaskell (1810-1865) was born in Chelsea, England and auth...

In Episode 3, Discoveries, the student navigated a downpour to get Rosie to her new family. But the crumbling Furnivall Manor in upstate New Jersey is no one's idea of "Home Sweet Home." Further, when they entered the mansion, they were assaulted by organ music. But, no one was playing.   LET ME GO TO HER is interpreted from Elizabeth Gaskell's "The Old Nurse's Story" published in 1852. Gaske...

In Episode 2, Furnivall Manor, the orphaned girl Rosie is driven to the estate of soon-to-be-adopted family, Furnivals, by her cousin the would-be college student. But their reception at Furnivall Manor is unsettling.   LET ME GO TO HER is interpreted from Elizabeth Gaskell's "The Old Nurse's Story" published in 1852. Gaskell (1810-1865) was born in Chelsea, England and authored novels and sh...

A little girl is orphaned and her nearest relatives take her in. But that disrupts the plans of her cousin who is only a few days away from starting university. The LET ME GO TO HER series is interpreted from Elizabeth Gaskell's THE OLD NURSE'S STORY.published in 1852. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.