''Tropical Hot Dog Night'' is a

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, produced by the

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(Tropical Hot Dog Night) It is the nineteenth of the

Jack Flanders Jac Flanders, full name Jonathan L. Flanders, is the protagonist of a series of audio dramas produced by the ZBS Foundation. He is the creation of writer and sound artist Thomas Lopez and is played by actor Robert Lorick. Jac is an adventurer w ...

adventure series and the third of The Fantastic Voyages of Captain Jack Flanders sub-series. It combines elements of

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with

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phenomena,

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beings and energies.

Plot

The crew are sailing towards Key Milagro - also known as Key Diablo by inhabitants of the neighboring islands - where a mysterious fog descends each night and the inhabitants of Key Milagro find the color draining out of everything and being replaced by a rich, hard-boiled

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fantasy life. The local crime bookshop owner, Johnny Seven, seems to have the answers but he's more interested in playing than talking. Sometimes, however, being dressed to kill is more than just a turn of phrase…

Notes and themes

Part other-worldly tale and part homage to the film noir era of the 1940s and 50s. The title came from a song by

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from his album ''

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Quotes

Dominique: "It's you, Jack. You think I'm skinny because you have such a fat head."CD1 Track 1 Giant Jellyfishes 02:28 Johnny: "You seem like the kind of woman who reads classics...Dostoevsky, Chekov, guys like that. It's not the kind of books I sell."
Rose: "You mean books about tough guys?"
Johnny: "That's right."
Rose: "And tough babes who appear helpless and find some sap to buy their sob story and do their dirty work for them and the next thing you know she's skipped out with the dough, he's been framed, she's south of the border sipping Margaritas and the sap is wearing striped suits in the big house. Is that what you mean?"
Johnny: "Er.... why don't you just keep on browsing."CD1 Track 6 And back we go, Yo Ho! 06:19 Amanda: "You know, people say, ''I gotta get some work done'' but you never hear them say, ''I gotta get some fun done.''"CD2 Track 3 Gotta Get Some Fun Done 03:02

Credits

Robert Lorick Robert Lorick (died January 2016) was a lyricist, actor, and writer, best known as a Broadway lyricist and for his work portraying Jack Flanders, the lead character in a series of ZBS Foundation audio adventures produced from 1972 until Lorick's d ...

* Mojo Sam - Dave Adams * Claudine - Pascale Poirier * Dominique - Lindsay Ellison * Rose - Laura Roth * Johnny and Fritzy - Hank Heimark * Danny - Nebadon Adams * Wolf - Susan Brink * Producer/Director -

Tom Lopez Tom Lopez is an American composer of electronic music. He serves as Director of the Computer Music Program at The Walden School. Lopez is best known for his extensive history with the TIMARA Labs at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Lopez gr ...

* Story and Script - M. Fulton * Music - Tim Clark * Illustration and Graphics - Jaye Oliver Recorded at Froggy Acres Studios, Fort Miller, NY.

Track list

Tropical Hot Dog Night Disc 1 * 1. Giant Jellyfishes? 9:26 * 2. The Monster May Get You! 7:26 * 3. How To Pick Up A Dame 8:32 * 4. They Call It "Key Diablo" 10:57 * 5. Dreamland Limited 7:27 * 6. And Back We Go, Yo Ho! 11:27 Tropical Hot Dog Night Disc 2 * 1. Nipping At Our Heels 7:40 * 2. The Little Voodoo Heads 7:51 * 3. Gotta Get Some Fun Done 7:26 * 4. What A Chump! 5:27 * 5. Knew What I Know 5:17 * 6. That's My Little Secret 7:18

The Fantastic Voyages of Captain Jack Flanders

Jack, Mojo, Claudine and Dominique sail around the

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encountering mysterious and other-worldly incidents. *

Orchids and Moonbeams ''Orchids and Moonbeams'' is a radio drama, produced by the ZBS Foundation.ZBS.orlink(Orchids and Moonbeams) It is the seventeenth of the Jack Flanders adventure series and the first of The Fantastic Voyages of Captain Jack Flanders sub-series. ...

(2005) *

The Ghost Islands ''The Ghost Islands'' is a radio drama, produced by the ZBS Foundation.ZBS.orlink(The Ghost Islands) It is the eighteenth of the Jack Flanders adventure series and the second of the Fantastic Voyages of Captain Jack Flanders sub-series. It combin ...

(2006) * Tropical Hot Dog Night (2007) *

The White Castle ''The White Castle'' (original Turkish title: ''Beyaz Kale'') is a novel by Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk. Plot introduction The events of this story take place in 17th century Istanbul. The story is about a young Italian scholar sailing from Venice ...

(2008)

References

External links

ZBS Foundation

Whirlitzer of Wisdom fansite
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