Ubu Hour

Hosted by: 
Rolf Semprebon
Produced by: 
KBOO
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The Ubu Hour, inspired by Alfred Jarry's absurdist Ubu plays, airs experimental radio theater with dada/Surreal elements

Topic tags: 
Radio Theater
Genre(s): 
Radio Theatre, Experimental
Related show host(s): 
Ken Jones, Matthew Clark
Related program(s): 
Sudden Radio Project, The Holy Crowley Hour, Gremlin Time
Streams: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
Retired

Albert Camus's THE PLAGUE

Airs at: Sun, 05/03/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
The Ubu Hour adapts Albert Camus's THE PLAGUE just in time for the swine flu pandemic... Actually we ran a longer version of this show 3 years ago, when people were worried about avian flu and how the Bush administration would react to it.  So we took that 1 hour show, chop... Read more

The Kidnappers

Airs at: Sun, 05/03/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
The Kidnappers - A man comes home to find his wife has been kidnapped. A strange drama with many twists and turns, this peice was origanally written for the Writers On-the-air Workshop, and then adapted for the Ubu Hour. Read more

Robot Skit

Airs at: Thu, 04/09/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
This untitled melodrama too crass for our normal voice talent, so the entire peice is performed by robot voices...     Read more

Our Little Mayor Part 2

Airs at: Sun, 04/05/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
OUR LITTLE MAYOR PART 2 continues the adventures of the gay mayor of an major metropolitan city, whose act of onsensual sex with another adult leads to mayhem...   Read more

Ubu Script 172

Airs at: Sun, 04/05/2009 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
UBU SCRIPT 172 is a surreal tale of a writer trying to deliver the goods to the KBOO studio in time for a radio theater show. Based on a true story....   Read more

BECAUSE THEY BELEIVE IN GOD

Airs at: Sun, 03/01/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
BECAUSE THEY BELEIVE IN GOD - A group of robots make light of the pathetic condition of humanity.   Read more

NATIONS OF THE WORLD EXPLAINED

Airs at: Sun, 03/01/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
NATIONS OF THE WORLD EXPLAINED - A very silly peice where the Ubu-istas manage to offend nearly every nationality and ethnicity ... Read more

Our Little Mayor

Airs at: Sun, 03/01/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
OUR LITTLE MAYOR - When an openly gay public official has consensual sex with an adult, all hell breaks out with the media.. Read more

Devour

Airs at: Sun, 03/01/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
DEVOUR - Medical professionals try to save a mighty creature in this fable about a broken system and the experts who try to stimulate it back to life.. Read more

SLAYTHEON

Airs at: Sun, 03/01/2009 at 4:00pm
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
SLAYTHEON - Weopons 'R' Us satire... Read more