Theme Time Radio Your DJ Bob Dylan

Submitted by julesyoung on Tue, 04/03/2007 - 10:20
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  2. 2006 - 2008
  3. 1.1 Episode 1: Weather
  4. 1.2 Episode 2: Mother
  5. 1.3 Episode 3: Drinking
  6. 1.4 Episode 4: Baseball
  7. 1.5 Episode 5: Coffee
  8. 1.6 Episode 6: Jail
  9. 1.7 Episode 7: Father
  10. 1.8 Episode 8: Wedding
  11. 1.9 Episode 9: Divorce
  12. 1.10 Episode 10: Summer
  13. 1.11 Episode 11: Flowers
  14. 1.12 Episode 12: Cars
  15. 1.13 Episode 13: Rich Man, Poor Man
  16. 1.14 Episode 14: The Devil
  17. 1.15 Episode 15: Eyes
  18. 1.16 Episode 16: Dogs
  19. 1.17 Episode 17: Friends & Neighbors
  20. 1.18 Episode 18: Radio
  21. 1.19 Episode 19: The Bible
  22. 1.20 Episode 20: Musical Map
  23. 1.21 Episode 21: School
  24. 1.22 Episode 22: Telephone
  25. 1.23 Episode 23: Water
  26. 1.24 Episode 24: Time
  27. 1.25 Episode 25: Guns
  28. 1.26 Episode 26: Halloween
  29. 1.27 Episode 27: Dance
  30. 1.28 Episode 28: Sleep
  31. 1.29 Episode 29: Food
  32. 1.30 Episode 30: Thanksgiving Leftovers
  33. 1.31 Episode 31: Tennessee
  34. 1.32 Episode 32: Moon
  35. 1.33 Episode 33: Countdown
  36. 1.34 Episode 34: Christmas & New Year's 2 hour show
  37. 2.1 Episode 35: Women's Names
  38. 2.2 Episode 36: Hair
  39. 2.3 Episode 37: Musical Instruments
  40. 2.4 Episode 38: Luck
  41. 2.5 Episode 39: Tears
  42. 2.6 Episode 40: Laughter
  43. 2.7 Episode 41: Heart
  44. 2.8 Episode 42: Shoes
  45. 2.9 Episode 43: Colors
  46. 2.10 Episode 44: Texas
  47. 2.11 Episode 45: Trains
  48. 2.12 Episode 46: More Trains
  49. 2.13 Episode 47: Fools
  50. 2.14 Episode 48: New York
  51. 2.15 Episode 49: Death & Taxes
  52. 2.16 Episode 50: Spring Cleaning 2 hour show
  53. 11.1 Episode 51: Hello
  54. 11.2 Episode 52: Young and Old
  55. 11.3 Episode 53: Days of the Week
  56. 11.4 Episode 54: California
  57. 11.5 Episode 55: Classic Rock
  58. 11.6 Episode 56: Cadillac
  59. 11.7 Episode 57: Head to Toe
  60. 11.8 Episode 58: Smoking
  61. 11.9 Episode 59: Dreams
  62. 11.10 Episode 60: Party
  63. 11.11 Episode 61: Second Countdown
  64. 11.12 Episode 62: Number One
  65. 11.13 Episode 63: Walking
  66. 11.14 Episode 64: Around the World I
  67. 11.15 Episode 65: Around the World II
  68. 11.16 Episode 66: Lock & Key
  69. 11.17 Episode 67: Mail
  70. 11.18 Episode 68: Presidents' Day 2 hour show
  71. 11.19 Episode 69: Doctors
  72. 11.20 Episode 70: Danger
  73. 11.21 Episode 71: Birds
  74. 11.22 Episode 72: More Birds
  75. 11.23 Episode 73: Joe
  76. 11.24 Episode 74: Heat
  77. 11.25 Episode 75: Cold
  78. 1.1 Episode 76: Money: Part 1
  79. 1.2 Episode 77: Money: Part 2
  80. 1.3 Episode 78: Night
  81. 1.4 Episode 79: Beginnings, Middles, and Ends
  82. 1.5 Episode 80: Blood
  83. 1.6 Episode 81: War 90 min. show
  84. 1.7 Episode 82: Fruit
  85. 1.8 Episode 83: Street Map
  86. 1.9 Episode 84: Famous People
  87. 1.10 Episode 85: Numbers Eleven And Up
  88. 1.11 Episode 86: Work
  89. 1.12 Episode 87: Nothing
  90. 1.13 Episode 88: Something
  91. 1.14 Episode 89: Cats
  92. 1.15 Episode 90: Madness 90 min. show
  93. 1.16 Episode 91: Happiness
  94. 1.17 Episode 92: Cops And Robbers
  95. 1.18 Episode 93: Sugar And Candy
  96. 1.19 Episode 94: Questions
  97. 1.20 Episode 95: Truth And Lies
  98. 1.21 Episode 96: Family
  99. 1.22 Episode 97: Noah's Ark: Part 1
  100. 1.23 Episode 98: Noah's Ark: Part 2
  101. 1.24 Episode 99: Clearance Sale 2 hour show
  102. 1.25 Episode 100: Goodbye 90 min. show
  103. This is a listing of the episodes of the first season of Theme Time Radio Hour (TTRH), hosted by Bob Dylan, which ran from May 3, 2006 to April 18, 2007 on XM Satellite Radio for a total 50 shows.
  104. With the exception of the Halloween show - Episode 26 - introduced by comedian Steven Wright, all TTRH episodes in Season One were introduced by an uncredited Ellen Barkin who would open with the lines, "It's night (or night time) in the Big City" and then describe a city scene - such as a woman walking in the rain, a shopkeeper closing his doors, angry hookers arguing on a street corner - before introducing the show and "your host, Bob Dylan." Barkin would identify herself in a Christmas greeting delivered to listeners on Season One's Christmas/New Year Special - Episode 34 - ending fan speculation as to whether it was her voice in the introduction. Simon Nielsen (UkuleleElvis) created a multimedia presentation matching the Barkin voice-overs to the Official Theme Time Radio Hour Poster created by Jaime Hernandez. Barkin was also named as the show announcer in an XM press release for Season Two.
  105. Season One's closing credits were delivered by announcer "Pierre Mancini," probably a pseudonym of producer Eddie Gorodetsky, whose voice - which can be heard in several movies as well as in the Peter Wolf song, "Mars Needs Women" - sounds identical to "Mancini's."
  106. Interspersed between the music on TTRH Season One shows are old station promos and jingles; pre-recorded show promos and commentary from personalities such as Penn Jillette, Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman; Dylan answering email the show has supposedly received (most, if not all, of the emails are obviously made up); Dylan reading poetry, often citing the author as a "def poet;" occasional food and drink recipes; even household cleaning tips from Dylan; and his comments on the music and musicians TTRH is featuring. Although most of Dylan's monologues are scripted - keen-eared listeners can hear him turning pages and members of various Dylan Web forums have pointed out the similarities between his stories and Wikipedia entries on the same subject - he has had the occasional memorable outburst which sounded as if it came directly from the heart, such as this one on country music from the "Friends and Neighbors" episode (Episode 17):
  107. “Now I love country music, but I say ‘What happened to it?’
  108. "You hear a song like this and it’s obvious it’s about real people, and real emotions, and real problems, that’s all, that’s the country music we learned to love. Now days they want to sweep all the problems under the rug and pretend they don’t exist.
  109. "Well guess what folks – they do exist! And if you try and sweep 'em under the rug, they’re just gonna pop up somewhere else. So we might as well all just face it and listen to the old style country music, the real country music. You know, about drinking and sleeping around. That’s my kinda country music, and I hope yours!"
  110. All but three of Season One's episodes ran one hour in length, the exceptions being the 2-hour Christmas/New Year special, the 2-hour season finale (Episode 50 - "Spring Cleaning") and Episode 24, "Time," which ran for 77 minutes, apparently in a joking reference to the episode's subject matter.
  111. The program is now broadcast on Phantom 105.2, the independent alternative rock radio station for Dublin every Sunday night at 21:00 local time from November 11, 2007 .[1]
  112. Season Two of Theme Time Radio Hour began on September 19, 2007 and ended April 2, 2008.
  113. Season Three of Theme Time Radio Hour premiered on Wednesday, October 8, 2008, the same week that saw the release of a new edition of the Bootleg Series, Tell Tale Signs. Somewhat eerily, given that it aired during the week of a worldwide financial crisis caused by the collapse of the credit markets, the first show's theme was "Money: Part 1."
  114. Season Three concluded on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 with the airing of the show's 100th original episode. The theme of that show was "Goodbye." It is unknown whether Theme Time Radio Hour will continue into a Season 4.