News release January 17, 2011

Media contact: Lee Colony 262.564.2512

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WGTD Radio Theater to air “Cartoons for the Radio” show

Yabba-dabba-doo! The award-winning 91.1 Players kicks off its seventh season with the fourth annual “Cartoons on the Radio” show which will air 11:15 a.m. Jan. 29 featuring the popular cartoon families of the Jetsons and

Flintstones.

This original script, written by executive producers Steve Brown and

Michael Ullstrup, is this season’s premiere program. The program will be produced before a studio audience at Room 120 of Gateway’s Center for

Bioscience and Information Technology on the Kenosha Campus, 3520-30th Ave.

Audience members are welcome and admission is free. The audience should arrive by 10:45 a.m. In addition to being aired over WGTD, the program will also be streamed live online at WGTD.org. WGTD can be heard in Racine and Kenosha counties at 91.1 FM, in the Elkhorn area at 101.7 FM, and in the

Lake Geneva area at 103.3 FM.

“These cartoon shows were always two of my favorites, and it just seemed natural to pair them together,” said Brown. “And yes, we will have at least one

‘yabba-dabba-doo,’ and George Jetson will have several of his famous discussions with his dog, Astro.” “The Flintstones” was an animated, prime-time American television sitcom

that ran from 1960 to 1966, on ABC. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions,

“The Flintstones” was about a working-class Stone-Age man’s life with his family and his next-door neighbor and best friend, Barney Rubble and his wife, Betty.

“The Jetsons” was a prime-time animated sitcom also produced by

Hanna-Barbera, originally airing from 1962-1963 and again from 1985-1987. It was Hanna-Barbera’s Space Age counterpart to “The Flintstones,” a half-hour family sitcom projecting contemporary American culture and lifestyle into another time period.

“While the Flintstones live in a world with machines powered by birds and dinosaurs, the Jetsons lived in a futuristic utopia in the year 2062 of elaborate robotic contraptions, aliens, holograms and whimsical inventions,” said co- executive producer and co-writer, Mike Ullstrup. “We bring most of that to our audience in our live production of these cartoon shows on the radio.”

Stars from the 91.1 Players will bring these lovable animated characters to life: Terry Lawler (Fred Flinstone), Viki DuMez (Wilma Flinstone and Pebbles),

Bill Isley (George Jetson), Kathy Zuhlke (Jane Jetson and Betty Rubble), Rene

Thomas (Judy Jetson), Evan Zuhlke (Elroy Jetson and Bamm-Bamm), Gary

Stamm (Astro the Dog and Barney Rubble), Mary Isley (Rosie the Robot), John

O’Lesky (Mr. Spacely and Mr. Slate), Siegfried Christoph (Spencer Cogswell),

Don Jensen (Host and Narrator).

The show’s director is Don Jensen.

For more information, contact Steve Brown at (262) 564-3882. Gateway Technical College collaborates with communities in Kenosha, Racine and Walworth counties to ensure economic growth and viability by providing education, training, leadership and technological resources to meet the changing needs of students, employers and communities.

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