Archived Index of early Mystery Playhouse Episodes
Mystery Playhouse Media Collage (1985-1986)
These were media barrage / collage shows, weaving different stories together into a common theme.
Episodes #1-#22 (starting Winter 1985 - Spring 1986)
The first 22 episodes were collages of newer radio dramas/ comedies/ & movie soundtracks
Mystery Playhouse Media Barrage/ Collage Version
Episodes 1-22 (playlist)#1 Great Dicks! (dated 10/6/85): (current copy running slightly slow, remove pause after The Shadow)
Baseball broadcast interupted by punk music intro
The Shadow (The Nursery Rhyme Murders)
Nick Danger (Cut Them Off at the Past)
The Goon Show (The Dreaded Batter-Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea)
In The Movies (KZSU comedy w/ Kurt Kuersteiner (KK) & Lynn Worthing spoofing the 3 year Palo Alto City Council debate over cable providers)#2 Daze of Future's Past Show:
2001 Martian landing intro (KZSU comedy w/ KK & Laen August)
Spiderman's "Mark of the Man-wolf"
National Lampoon's "Land A Million"
The Story of Dracula, Frankenstein, & The Wolfman
Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre "Tackinite"
David Ossman's "How Time Flies"
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century#3 Episode Three:
Star Wars grant Intro
Goon Show (Pithy the Elder)
Tom Lehrer (So Long Mom, I'm Off to Drop the Bomb)
Captain America & Phoenix
(possible copy of National Lampoon's "Mr. Reagan's Neighborhood" )
Firesign Theater (How Can You Be In Two Places At Once When You're Not Anywhere At All?)
Hitchcock clone presents Buck Rogers
National Lampoon's Gay Audience
Multiplication Rock “My Hero Zero”(?)
(possible copy of Tom Leher's "National Brotherhood Week"#4 Halloween Special 11/3/85:
Dark Shadows intro (KZSU comedy w/ KK & unknown helper)
Batman (True Story)
Batman Theme
Disney's Haunted House “The Fuse”
The Body Snatchers
Mr. Rogers
Monty Python's Death Scene
Prisoner I.D.
The Hulk
Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks)
Hitchcock clone presents “Three Skeleton Key” (Escape)
Legend of Sleepy Hollow#5 Episode Five:
Spiderman grant Intro
Batman Theme & Joker Story
Star Trek Theme “Mirror to Futility”
Hitchcock clone presents “Bloodbeath” (Escape)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pt. 1
Rap'n Ron#6 Election Show:
Patton's Speech intro (KZSU comedy w/ KK)
State of the Humor Address
Firesign Theater's Papoon
Mel Brooks (French Revolution)
Reagan's Station ID
Hitchcock clone presents “Circumstantial Terror” (Suspense)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pt. 2#7 Episode Seven (11/17/85): (4:15 minutes previous church program delay.)
"The Whistler" OTR intro (KZSU comdey w/ Laen August & KK)
Goon Show “Treasure of Loch Lomond”
Hitchcock clone presents “Present Tense” (Escape)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pt. 3#8 Episode Eight (10” recording): (:40 seconds previous church program delay.)
Omen II (3:00)
KZSU Richard Simmons intro (KZSU comedy w/ KK (3:00))
Star Trek “Stampede”
Mel Brooks Superman Theme take-off
Superman w/ Mxyzptlk
Hitchcock clone presents “Judgment Day at Cripple Deer” (Escape?)
The Hulk (at Bay)
Multiplication Rock “6 is a Magic Number”
Mel Brooks “Jews in Space”
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pt. 4#9 Episode Nine (12/1/85):
Omen music (1:00)
Papa Prell “America for Non-Americans” w/ Tina Thompson intro (KZSU comedy w/ KK & Lynn Worthington (9:00))
Superman “Tomorrow the World”
Hitchcock clone presents “The Dunwich Horror” (Suspense)
School House Rock “4 Legged Zoo”
Monty Python's Galaxy Song
Mr. Rogers “Why-y-y?”
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pt. 4.5#10 Episode Ten (12/8/85):
The Goon Show
Wonder Woman Lp (“The War God” & “The Secret of the Magic Tiara”)
Batman & Penguin
Mr. Rogers (sings)
Joker Interview Intro
Hitchcock clone presents “The Perfect Alibi” pt. 1#11 Creepy Young Love(12/15/85):
Backmasking skit (KZSU comedy w/ Lynn Worthington & KK)
Sex explained for children record
Superman
Wonder Woman
Jungle Jim
Star Trek#12 Xmas pt. 1 (12/22/85): (Replace Prell intro with clearer copy)**
Prell Family Reunion (recopy Prell Family Reunion)
Christmas Carol
Batman's Xmas
Muppet Song
Life of Brian (Monty Python)
Batman I.D.
More Monty Python
Xmas in Heaven#13 Xmas pt. 2 (12/29/85):
Xmas Carol /Coma Intro skit (missing?)
National Lampoon (What is God?)
Life of Brian (Monty Python)
Wonder Woman
Superman
Father Sarducci
George Carlin
Crazy Christians parody ad#14 Invaders(10” recording) 1/12/86:
Sci-fi Intro (missing?)
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Dune intro
McKenzie themes
Firesign Theater “Everything You Know is Wrong”
War of the Worlds Opera (Rick Wakeman/ Jeff Wayne)
Father Sarducci#15 Monsters w/ Ghoul & Ghost Host (10” recording) 1/19/86:
Thriller skit (KZSU comedy w/ KK & Helen Chang)
Frankenstein & Dracula Speak!
Werewolf, Dracula, Frankenstein Lp
The Haunted Mansion (Disney Lp)
Bauhaus (Bela Lugois's Dead)#16 Moon Trip (10” recording):
Trip to the Moon Lp
Big Adventurer w/ Wernher Von Braun
Star Wars
Star Wars/ R2D2 grant (in middle)
Flash Gordons Trip to the Moon#17 Empire:
Moody Blues (Slide Zone) intro
Empire Strikes Back Lp
Hal/ Sal parody from WEGL (How Time Flys)
Moody Blues#18 Jedi Return (10” recording) 2/9/86:
Return of the Jedi Lp
Flight of F-I-N-A-L
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy “Restaurant at the End of the Universe”
God Grant announcement (in middle)#19 Cartoon Chaos:
Batman Intro (w/ Mr. Freeze)
Superman “Alien Creatures”
Fantastic Four (The Beginning)
(More) Hulk “At Bay”
Wonder Woman “The Amazons from Space”
Spider Man (the beginning)
The $6 Million Man “The Birth Of”
Avengers
Popeye “Skin Diving” (Robin Williams)
Fartman (Dream vs. Reality)#20 Medieval Evils (two 10” reels) 2/23/86:
Monty Python homage intro (KZSU comedy w/ KK & unknown Lp narrator)
Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail
Legend of Wolf Angel
He-Man & She-ra#21 Seamen:
Message in a Bottle intro (KZSU comedy w/ KK & Lynn Worthington)
Martin Mull's “Men”
Story of 1st Mate Bob
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (w/ & w/o James Mason)
Flippers New Adventure
Treasure Island#22 Computer World:
Computer Destruct intro (KZSU comedy w/ KK & Lynn Worthington)
Dr. Who (“The Derelicts” pt. 1 & pt. 2)
Battlestar Galactica
2010, A Space Odyssey Lp
(Summer of 1987 began Mystery Playhouse 60 (the hour long version) with a Rick Kabrich as Dr. Morgan)
See also the Horror Half Hour Index, (the 30 minute edited version of Morgan's show)
Rev. 8.20.23b