I've been hearing some rumours that you guys have a lead on twelve of the episodes from the thought to be lost Hoverboy radio series from the forties and fifties. This is exciting news!
I remember at our OTR club when one of our members brought in a 78 of a chapter from the radio serial Hoverboy - In The Clutches Of The Harpy!. IIRC, the serial dealt with a mad female scientist, The Harpy, who despised all men and was planning to create an all-female uberace, not unlike a human ant farm, with her as the queen! Only in order to put her plan in motion, she needed to drain Hoverboy of his "essence" in order to get the required genetic material. So she set a trap for him, using a series of bombings of girdle factories, bridal shops and hair salons to gain his attention and follow the clues - to his doom!
There were lots of robots in the story, who constantly said "Eliminate! Eliminate!" in gruff metallic voices (I think Terry Nation may have heard this and it gave him the idea for the Daleks) Also, at one point he was joined in his quest by Argentina's own superhero, the Gay Gaucho - who really didn't like being called that ("Stop calling me Gay, el pista del
comparadimiento! It just doesn't sound right!" No need to get personal, amigo - you don't sound too
happy about it!") and a cliffhanger involving a hypnotized Hovergirl doing the Harpy's bidding ("Hovergirl? But I thought you were decapitated!"I made her better, Hoverboy - much better! Hovergirl - apply the catheter, you know where it goes! Muahahahahaha!")
I even remember the speech of indignation Hoverboy gave:
Female scientist!? Science itself is pure evil, but when mixed with femininity..... Women shouldn't think! They should do the things expected of them that give them contentment, like scrubbing floors, doing the laundry, baking brownies and birthing babies! No wonder you're mad, you evil bi - er, witch!
Sadly the 78 got destroyed when a fight broke out amongst the club's members. I doubt it was the patriotic neanderthalism of the story that did it, I think it was an escalation of an argument of which episode of Dark Fantasy sucked the hardest between two of our members. Thankfully the cops came by before any more gunfire happened. As for me, I think I still have the shrapnel from that 78 lodged in my shoulder....
Anyway, I hope to hear more of those exciting episodes of Hoverboy.......
I remember at our OTR club when one of our members brought in a 78 of a chapter from the radio serial Hoverboy - In The Clutches Of The Harpy!. IIRC, the serial dealt with a mad female scientist, The Harpy, who despised all men and was planning to create an all-female uberace, not unlike a human ant farm, with her as the queen! Only in order to put her plan in motion, she needed to drain Hoverboy of his "essence" in order to get the required genetic material. So she set a trap for him, using a series of bombings of girdle factories, bridal shops and hair salons to gain his attention and follow the clues - to his doom!
There were lots of robots in the story, who constantly said "Eliminate! Eliminate!" in gruff metallic voices (I think Terry Nation may have heard this and it gave him the idea for the Daleks) Also, at one point he was joined in his quest by Argentina's own superhero, the Gay Gaucho - who really didn't like being called that ("Stop calling me Gay, el pista del
comparadimiento! It just doesn't sound right!" No need to get personal, amigo - you don't sound too
happy about it!") and a cliffhanger involving a hypnotized Hovergirl doing the Harpy's bidding ("Hovergirl? But I thought you were decapitated!"I made her better, Hoverboy - much better! Hovergirl - apply the catheter, you know where it goes! Muahahahahaha!")
I even remember the speech of indignation Hoverboy gave:
Female scientist!? Science itself is pure evil, but when mixed with femininity..... Women shouldn't think! They should do the things expected of them that give them contentment, like scrubbing floors, doing the laundry, baking brownies and birthing babies! No wonder you're mad, you evil bi - er, witch!
Sadly the 78 got destroyed when a fight broke out amongst the club's members. I doubt it was the patriotic neanderthalism of the story that did it, I think it was an escalation of an argument of which episode of Dark Fantasy sucked the hardest between two of our members. Thankfully the cops came by before any more gunfire happened. As for me, I think I still have the shrapnel from that 78 lodged in my shoulder....
Anyway, I hope to hear more of those exciting episodes of Hoverboy.......
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