Thrilling adventure hour episode guide Continue Click here to download Acker - Blacker's Star Wars-themed Book Release Variety Show - Benefit for Public Counsel. Celebrating the release of Acker and Blacker's star wars: Join the Resistance, a variety show starring Weird Al Yankovic, folk-soul singer Gaby Moreno, Janina Gavankar (Sleepy Hollow), composer Michael Giacchino (Rogue One), Busy Philipps (Freaks and Geeks), Ahmed Best (Jar Jar Binks), singer/songwriter Sara Watkins, Open rapper Mike Eagle, Mark McConville (Superego), Matt Gourley (I Was There Too), rapper/comic Zach Sherwin, Steve Agee (The Sarah Silverman Program), Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friend's Wedding), musician Don Williams, director Kirk Thatcher (Neil's Dreams Puppet), director David Silverman (The Simpsons Movie) and Tom Everett Scott (Thing That You Do!). BUY NOW! Digital-Exclusive SPARKS NEVADA #0 and BEYOND BELIEF #0! Get these exclusive digital downloads, with prequel tales from SPARKS NEVADA: MARSHAL ON MARS and BEYOND BELIEF, leading directly into the thrilling Adventure Hour series being run by Image Comics! It's been a busy and emotional month here at WorkJuice Corp,'s between the monthly live shows coming to an end and finally sending out the remaining Kickstarter rewards from the DVD concert film and graphic novels. Click here to read what's in Acker and Blacker's minds. HungryFEED cannot get power. Don't be mad at HungryFEED. SimplePie Reported: CURL Error 22: The Requested URL Return Error: 404 Not Found You can download the Podcast via Nerdist or wherever the thin pods are cast. Get a glimpse of the other side of the production style scene with the radio feel of yesteryear and learn what goes in each performance. It's energetic, sometimes frantic, but most of all, it looks like a ton of fun. Ben Blacker and Ben Acker created The Thrilling Adventure Hour about nine years ago. It all started with a live reading of a feature film Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars script, and the show evolved from there. In addition to hearing Blacker and Acker, the first episode features director Aaron Ginsburg and many members of the primary cast - Workjuice players - including Marc Evan Jackson, Paul F. Tompkins, Hal Lublin, Annie Savage, and many more. And yes, some guest stars make appearances. Each podcast is unique, consisting of a selection of stories from the live show, announcements from our fictional sponsors, and occasional one-time sketches. Nevada Sparks, Marshal on Mars Croach the Tracker, Inside Out in Outer Space Drawn from the popular show and podcast scene, The Thrilling Adventure Hour is a collection of original tales that dates back to genre entertainment. Written by TAH creators Ben Acker and Ben Blacker, this 136-page hardcover anthology presents ten new stories from the worlds of the exciting adventure era. Brought to life by Artists from the comic community, each standalone tale celebrates and invigorates a different classic genre, including science fiction, fantasy, westerns, superheroes, horror, war dramas, and many others. A unique, timed blend of silver-age pulp and post-modern pop, this one-of-a-kind anthology promises something for everyone as this cult phenomenon jumps off the stage, from your headphones and onto the page for the first time! Click here for the graphic novel Thrilling Adventure! John Hodgman, Deranged Millionaire Len Wein, Creator of Wolverine Jackson Publick, Creator of ''The Venture Brothers'' Thrilling Adventure Hour (August 2011) L-R: Josh Malina, Busy Philipps, Marc Evan Jackson, Linda Cardellini, Nathan Fillion, and Mark Gagliardi The Thrilling Adventure Hour was a radio- directed production and podcast in the style of radio of yesteryear that took place monthly in Lago , a Los Angeles nightclub located in the former Theatre The show ran from March 2005[1] to April 2015. Each episode featured three non-serialized segments as well as songs and advertisements from fictitious sponsors. The show was written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker; and directed by Aaron Ginsburg. The original songs of the show were written by Acker and Blacker with composer and band leader Andy Paley. Story The roots of the thrilling adventure hour began in Blacker's living room where he and Acker held a reading of their script for a space western called Nevada Sparks, Marshal on Mars. Struck by the quality of the performances, they decided to launch a show with a radio vanity, so that the performers had the luxury of holding scripts in their hands and blocking at a minimum. The vanity allowed Acker and Blacker not to impose too heavily on their actor friends, while maintaining a regular deadline to generate material, refine their craft and workshop content in front of an audience. The Thrilling Adventure and Supernatural Suspense Hour began a five-year race at the M Bar in Hollywood in March 2005. WorkJuice's first players were Dave 'Gruber' Allen, Paget Brewster, Craig Cackowski, Mark Gagliardi, Marc Evan Jackson, Hal Lublin, Annie Savage and Paul F. Tompkins. In episode six, Eban Schletter performed a live musical accompaniment. Schletter wrote the theme song for Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars. In episode seven, the show was joined by Andy Paley. Acker - Blacker and Paley created musical content for the show. Paley arranged Schletter's Nevada sparks theme and performed themes and songs with his Andy Paley Orchestra, which at the time consisted of Jillinda Palmer, Ben Jaffe, and Brittney Westover. In eight, the show was joined by Joel Spence, a Foley artist and actor. Soon after, Aaron Ginsburg joined as director. Soon after, Samm Levine, Danny Strong and John DiMaggio joined the cast. Then James Urbaniak, John Ennis Ennis Autumn Reeser. The band Common Rotation made an appearance on the show and subsequently played. Common Rotation has become a regular staple after the thrilling adventure hour. Marc Evan Jackson hosted the Common Rotation segment, which included songs performed by Common Rotation as well as WorkJuice players and guest stars. The last performance of The Thrilling Adventure and Supernatural Suspense Hour at M Bar was reported in January 2010. In March 2010, The Thrilling Adventure Hour shortened its title and began its run in Largo at the Coronet where it continued. Starting in January 2011, the time for thrilling adventure began to podcast skits of past performances. [ In January 2011, the cast took to the road for the first time and presented two shows at SF Sketchfest. In October 2011, the Thrilling Adventure Hour podcast joined the podcast network published by Chris Hardwick's Nerdist Industries. At SDCC 2014, Thrilling Adventure Hour gave a live crossover show with the cast of Welcome to Night Vale titled Thrilling Adventure Hour - Welcome to Night Vale Crossover, which went on sale on Night Vale Bandcamp and the iTunes music store on October 1, 2014. In 2015, it was announced that after 10 years of thrilling adventure hour monthly performances, the last such performance would be On April 11, 2015. [7] [8] Also announced, was that there will be two new monthly comics in the Nevada Sparks and Beyond Beliefs scenarios, starting in February 2015. The podcast will continue in the form of audio versions of the comics. The Thrilling Adventure Hour has returned for new episodes in October 2018. [citation needed] Recurring Segments Most episodes include both Nevada Sparks and Beyond Belief. Normally Nevada starts a show and Beyond Belief ends the show. Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars Sparks Nevada is a Space Western located a thousand years into the future. Marc Evan Jackson plays Sparks Nevada, the marshal who protects the red planet from the robotic outlaws of the universe, alien invaders, and other galactic threats. And it's from Earth. Mark Gagliardi plays the faithful Martian sparks Nevada native Croach the Tracker. Busy Philipps plays The Red Plains Rider, a human raised by Martians who straddles the red plains of Mars in vigilante fashion. Nathan Fillion plays Jim Cactoid, wild as a cactoide, mayor of Mars, King of the Martian Border. Linda Cardellini plays Rebecca Rose Rushmore, a popular writer of space cowboy novels who came to Mars from Earth to experience the kind of adventures she had only written about. Josh Malina plays Space's barkeep He doesn't want trouble for him. Jenny Wade plays Mercy Laredo, intergalactic bounty hunter and ex-girlfriend of Sparks Nevada from her Space Academy days. Molly Quinn plays Pemily Stallwark, winner of Punishment Soccer and Sparks' Sparks' for a while, before becoming a marshal on the Moon. Paul F. Tompkins plays Jib Janeen, a spy for Jupiter, and K Of The Cosmos, an inter-dimensional Mister Mxyzptlk-like imp who regularly gets into trouble for Nevada Sparks and Croach in the name of fantasy. Craig Cackowski plays the local Goton. Spinoffs The Red Plains Rider Starring Busy Philipps as The Red Plains Rider Cactoid Jim, King of the Martian Frontier Starring Nathan Fillion as Cactoid Jim Tales of the Troublesurers Starring Jenny Wade as Mercy Laredo These Jupiter Janeens! With Paul F. Tompkins as Jib Janeen Tales of the United Solar System Alliance with James Urbaniak as Captain Gene Peeples of the Orsino Ship. Beyond Belief Paul F. Tompkins and Paget Brewster play Frank and Sadie Doyle, a pair of married psychics who speak quickly in the vein of Nick and Nora Charles. Although this pair of high society types prefer to enjoy the martinis and the company of each other, Frank and Sadie usually end up solving paranormal mysteries. Hal Lublin has regularly acted as an advertiser for the segment. The Chronopatrol universe Although not an official title, the Chronopatrol universe is a convenient way to refer to several mid-show segments that share characters and themes.