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It has been said the times are rarely precedented and this was just as true in the holiday season of 2021 as it is now. Was this bit originally aired in December. Yes. Is it still hilarious? Yes, again. Bet on it.
Written and directed by Jared McDaris.
Jared McDaris as Crumble Bumbletum,
Ansel Burch as Simon Sillypants.
Kat Evans as Twinkle Sprinkle McBinkle.
Arielle Leverett as Ziggy Wigglypoo.
Audio edited by Jared McDaris.
The SRD Theme song was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
This is our final short from Cassandra Rose for a while. * Gasp! * We know. Shocking, right? We’re so thrilled for her and the company that had the good judgement to hire her for an amazing, time-consuming job. That said, it’s appropriate to have a revelation to present for you to whet your appetite for this piece.
Kat Evans as Detective Graveling, Mrs. Evelyn Davenport and Ms. Eugenia Marshall.
Jared McDaris as Mr. Hollins.
Ansel Burch as Burgs.
Audio edited by Ansel Burch.
The SRD Theme Song was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
This episode is for all of you who have been craving a dose of gun smoke and dramatic lighting in your audio comedy. Isidore is the invisible detective, the only gumshoe in the city with the spirit to investigate a death from the afterlife.
Written and directed by Ansel Burch.
Featuring the vocal talents of:
Jared McDaris as Isidore.
Kat Evans as Alice.
Ansel Burch as Ernie.
Audio edited by Ansel Burch.
The SRD Theme Song was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
Some stories are too good to be true but so good we’re willing to let go of verity in favor of our own happiness. These legends can take hold of the hearts of a nation, becoming part of the very fabric of its identity. Some of them are just bullshit though. We should probably do something about that.
Written and directed by Jared McDaris.
Featuring the vocal talents of:
Jared McDaris as Rip.
Kat Evans as Judith.
Ansel Burch as Mister Jonathan Doolittle.
Audio edited by Jared McDaris.
The SRD Theme Song was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
If you ever have questions about the afterlife, you’re in the right place. We have the best luck with ghost hunters managing to actually touch the other side or at least having the other side touch them. Sometimes, even paranormal investigators should be careful wat they wish for.
Written and directed by Jared McDaris.
Featuring the vocal talents of:
Arielle Leverett as Duchess Archipelaga De l'Orange.
Kat Evans as Tammy Taters.
Ansel Burch as Morty.
Jared McDaris as Tod.
Audio edited by Jared McDaris.
The Starlight Radio Dreams Theme Song was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
What a time to be alive when thousands of people can ignore you all at once and forever. It’s all the rage for our age. Chances are good you’re not reading these words right now thanks to the void we shouted it into. If you’ve ever felt like throwing all of your work into a big black hole in hopes that one or two people will press a button to give you some serotonin, boy is this the comedy short for you!
Written and Directed by Ansel Burch.
Featuring the vocal talents of:
Kat Evans as Voice.
Jared McDaris as OtherVoice.
Arielle Leverett as Marlene and Customer.
Ansel Burch as Artist.
Audio edited by Ansel Burch.
The SRD Theme was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
It is a fact universally acknowledged that going to a ball leads to drama and just as society today can’t get enough of the Bachelor, it seems the drama between Lady Bucksley and Lord Grishenwald was just as gripping. Will they? Won’t they? Either way, the local set are sure to be watching keenly!
Written by Cassandra Rose. Directed by Ansel Burch.
Featuring the vocal talents of:
Jared McDaris as Lord Thornton Grishenwald.
Arielle Leverett as Lady Eloise Bucksley.
Ansel Burch as Sir Reginald Drake III.
Audio edited by Ansel Burch.
The SRD theme was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
Tammy Taters has been haunting the airwaves ever since she first used podcasting as the natural outlet for her vengeful poltergeist energies. Having not been freed from this plane yet, she returns as a guest of sorts on Phantom Smashers. I think we can all agree, she steals the show.
Written and directed by Jared McDaris. Featuring the Vocal Talents of:
Jared McDaris as Tod.
Ansel as Morty.
Kat Evans as Tammy Taters.
Sound edited by Jared McDaris.
The SRD Theme Song was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
Shoot for the stars we said. Perhaps we never thought anyone would actually follow through on that as a literal life goal. Yet, the number of people with holiday snapshots from beyond the von Karman line is growing already. In this fantasy short about aliens, that is. What an awful signifier of the wealth equalities present in this fictional world private space travel is…
Written and Directed by Jared McDaris.
Featuring the vocal talents of:
Kat Evans as Leebox.
Ansel Burch as Dayv.
Jared McDaris as Bob and Skiorr Cosmox.
Audio edited by Jared McDaris.
The SRD Theme Song was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
We’ve all been there. The best thing for us is often right in front of our faces but we don’t have the sense to see it. Look at grilled cheese? When was the last time you had one of those? Opportunities missed, every one. Can Elizabeth help save Chloe from the curse of missing the satisfaction of an opportunity that’s right in front of her? Find out in this lovely new short!
Written by Cassandra Rose. Directed by Ansel Burch. Featuring the vocal talents of:
Kate Evans as Chloe.
Sarah Moore as Elizabeth.
Audio edited by Ansel Burch.
The SRD Theme Song was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
This spectacular monologue come to us from the Fluffy Foods Network which licensed this piece and this piece only out to ours. Why might they have done that? There’s no telling but we think you’ll agree that there are only a few things more precious in the mind of the average American than pineapple upside down cake and the Fourth of July. We think that this short is likely to remind you of at least one thing that should be right there on the top of your own list of things to hold dear.
Written and Directed by Jared McDaris.
Featuring the Vocal Talents of Kat Evans.
Audio edited by Jared McDaris.
The Starlight Radio Dreams Theme Song was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
We all have our demons. This sketch does too. They’re just pretty literal. You know, super literal. We figure that might actually be a little bit nice if you’re feeling overwhelmed by all the figurative stuff going on all over the place.
Also, if you’re checking this out on release day, happy American Thanksgiving. It’s a complicated holiday but it comes with pie. The Production Team of Starlight Radio Dreams would like to acknowledge that the land on which we live and do our work is occupied land unceded by the Council of the Three Fires: the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations. Many other tribes such as the Miami, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Sac, and Fox also called this area home. Their losses and the cost of our current state are too great to be appreciated fully. Let us gather mindful of this debt.
Written and Directed by Jared McDaris.
Featuring the Vocal Talents of:
Kim Fukawa as Mephisto.
Lisa Burton as Dagon.
Kat Evans as Eve and Leviathan.
Ansel Burch as Heckler and Azazel.
Jared McDaris as Chris and Narrator.
Audio Edited by Jared McDaris.
The SRD Theme Song was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
Love comes for us all. That’s the saying right? In love no one can hear you scream? No. It mostly comes at night, mostly… Okay, Love may not be something we’re super experts at but we know it when we see it. For example, we love the work Cassandra Rose brought to us this month and were thrilled to bring it to life for you, dear listeners.
Written by Cassandra Rose.
Directed by Ansel Burch.
Featuring the vocal talents of:
Kim Fukawa as Joan.
Julia Kessler as Emma.
Audio Edited by Ansel Burch.
The SRD Theme song was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
If you’ve been afflicted with an outbreak of fun, people living their own dang lives and a general sense that your worldview may be slowly being outmoded; then you may just have a problem with witches. Not to worry dear friend. Society has been kept from advancing faster than the locality would prefer for centuries by loyal Witchfinders like the ones featured in this historically accurate representation.
Written and Directed by Jared McDaris.
Featuring the vocal talents of:
Kat Evans as Lavender Lemonbalm.
Ansel Burch as Basil Rosewurt.
Jared McDaris as Dill Carraway and Catesby.
Audio Edited by Jared McDaris.
The SRD Theme song was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
This one goes out to all the people out there who wear bustiers whether it makes your assets unreal or surreal Bustier Boulevard might just be the place to go for your next lifty squeezy garment for both business and pleasure.
Written and directed by Kat Evans.
Featuring the vocal talents of:
Hanna Blazer as Hippolyta.
Kat Evans as Dulcinea.
Ansel Burch as Mousie.
Jared McDaris as Skippy.
Audio edited by Ansel Burch.
The SRD Theme was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
Stretch your mind out and find that while you can imagine a lot, you cannot actually touch anything that way. Figuratively then, touch the spirits of the people in your life with a lesson in metaphysics and transcendence from Sand Walker, well known low speaker and expert in comforting your chakras. In this episode she welcomes Dr. Singleton inventor of the multi-wave laser.
Written and directed by Ansel Burch.
Featuring the vocal talents of:
Lisa Burton as Sand Walker.
Kim Fukawa as Dr. Singleton.
Audio edited by Ansel Burch.
The SRD theme was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
There’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that dating is hard. It does keep getting harder too with… well, you know. Something that has remained almost reassuringly consistent though is the true height of romantic awkwardness, the unannounced date. The date that has not been named. The date that might have just been a nice night out. Will Sonya and Petrov overcome it or will it stay on the shelf until the third act?
Written by Cassandra Rose. Directed by Ansel Burch.
Foley and Sound Design by Ele Matelan.
Kat Evans as Sonya.
Jared McDaris as Petrov.
Audio Edited by Ansel Burch.
The SRD Theme was written and performed by Arne Parrott.
The Fellows family has lived in Uppington Parish for time out of mind and golly they are not letting anyone forget about it. Enjoy the stories of these well to do people who still have problems of their own, which they are not really doing much about. Also hear from the servants whose work they rely on and who also have problems which the Fellows family are not doing much about.
Written and Directed by Jared McDaris.
Kat Evans as Narrator, Angie the Confident Dressmaker, Earl.
Ansel Burch as Cecil the Butler, Priest.
Jared McDaris as Carl the Curmudgeonly Driver, Baroness.
Hanna Blazer as Master Fellows and Julie the Idealistic Chimneysweep.
Audio edited by Jared McDaris.
The SRD theme was written by Jared McDaris.
Here at SRD we love tradition. Mostly because there are few things sillier than sticking to a decision that a dead person made in different circumstances when it’s not doing you any favors. The counterpoint, of course, is maypole dancing, fine old tradition that everyone enjoys unironically for the good of the community’s future. Have you ever danced a maypole? Our listener demographics indicate you likely have.
Written and Directed by Jared McDaris.
Featuring the vocal talents of:
Kat Evans as Lady Constance Marzipan and Dickensian boy.
Ansel Burch as Sir Diddilus of Cranbury.
Jared McDaris as Tom Chandler.
Audio edited by Jared McDaris.
The SRD Theme was written and performed by Arne Parrott
On the eve of the release of our most recent writing work, we give you a plea from the inner minds of writers like ours. Specifically ours. Please validate our work they cry, well, we cry. Anyway… enough about us. How are you doing?
Written and Directed by Ansel Burch
Kim Fukawa as Marta.
Kat Evans as Kelley.
Jared McDaris as Dad.
Ansel Burch as Frank.
Audio edited by Ansel Burch.
The SRD Theme was written and performed by Arne Parrott
