Show Notes
Dracula: The Danse Macabre is off this week, but while we work on Episode 2 we wanted to share a show we love with all of you. This week: Shipwrecked Comedy's hilarious noir adventure The Case of the Greater Gatsby! Listen to the whole show on their Spotify feed. Visit Shipwrecked Comedy's Youtube Page. Support their work on their Patreon! A transcript for this first episode can be found here.
* * * A transcript for the message at the top of today's episode: Gabriel Urbina: Hi everyone. Series creator Gabriel Urbina here. Dracula: The Danse Macabre releases every two weeks, and this is one of the weeks when we... don't have a new episode out for you all. I'm sorry! But - but - but... I do have something to make it up to you. During these off weeks, I want to share with all of you episodes of other fiction podcasts that I love, and which I think you'll love as well. Think of it as... companion pieces to Dracula. If you've liked what you've heard of our show so far, you'll probably like these shows and should check them out. Gabriel Urbina: The first podcast that I want to highlight here is The Case of the Greater Gatsby, by the fine folks over at Shipwrecked Comedy. It is a hilarious take on the conventions of film noir, as we follow the adventures of taciturn private eye Ford Phillips and his fast-talking partner Fig Wineshine. The two of them have to delve into the muck of 1940's Hollywood as they try to solve the murder of acclaimed novelist, F. Scott Fitzgerald. Gabriel Urbina: Now, just from that description, you can probably already tell why I love this show. It's fast, it's snappy, it's got great dialogue, and it blends the lines between a literary adaptation and historical fiction in all of these really smart, creative ways. But I don't think anything I could say here would properly convey just how charming the characters are, how genuinely gripping the mystery plotline in the show is, and just how many fun, clever things they do with the audio format. So, instead of trying and failing, I want to just play for you the first episode of The Case of the Greater Gatsby. How does that sound? Good? All right, I thought so too. I am going to leave you now in the capable hands of Fig and Ford, as they take you away to 1940's LA. Gabriel Urbina: Enjoy, and I'll see you back here next week, for Episode 2 of Dracula, A Stranger in a Strange Land.
* * * THE CASE OF THE GREATER GATSBY Written and Created by Sean Persaud and Sinead Persaud Directed by William J. Stribling
FEATURING Sean Persaud as Ford Phillips and Jimmy Stewart Sinead Persaud as Fig Wineshine Tim de la Motte as Archibald Maitland Tom DeTrinis as Robert Leonard Matthew Mercer as Mo Beats Mary Kate Wiles as Vivian Nightingale Joey Richter as Danny Saxman Dante Swain as Bixby Crane Sarah Grace Hart as Wilhelmina Vanderjetski And Christopher Higgins as the Emcee
Original music by Dylan Glatthorn Additional music by Kevin Luce Audio recording by Ears Up Studio and Noah Hunt Audio Mixing and Sound Design by Lizzie Goldsmith Executive Producers Paul Komoroski & Michael Walsh Produced by Sean Persaud, Sinead Persaud, and Mary Kate Wiles Special thanks to Kickstarter backers Katie Adamczyk, Ally Brown, Zainab Khan, Shao Chih Kuo, Jane Leach, Avalee Long, Lisel Perrine, Halsea Root, The Rude Mechanicals, Heather Tennant, and Justin Waterman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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