Index of Topics from The Papa Prell Show LIVE!
The Papa Prell show originally aired live Sunday nights at 9:45 pm on KZSU (formally KSU) studios, Stanford (next to Hoover Institution). Circa 1987-1990. "It must be him!"
July 1987:
First Show Topic: Politics. Premier episode where Prell gets his sea legs. 7/5/87
Next: Olimania. (Oliver North in the News. 7/12/87)
Next: Aid for AIDS (7/17/87)
Drive by shootings. 7/26/87
August 1987
Abortion, Artificial Insemination & Sperm Banks. 8/2/87
Nakasaki Bombing of Japan: Guilt or Pride? 8/9/87 .
Fat People- Do they carry their own weight? 8/16/87
Hissing Rudolf Hess (his recent death, still in prison. 8/23/87)
September 1987
Civil Disobedience, are protestors on the right (train) track? 9/6/87
The Pope: Stud or Spud? (Pope visits Stanford) 9/13/87
Justice for Justice Bork? (his confirmation hearings, 9/20/87)
Borrowing Biden (Joe Biden steals speech) 9/27/87
October 1987
Confederate Flags: Banish or brandish? 10/4/87
Robertson the Romantic (Pat Robertson’s pre-marital romances discussed. 10/11/87
Cain & Disabled. (Is forcing S.F. buses to have wheel chair lifts, driving up prices on the poor riders, fair?) 10/18/87
Stock in Stock (probably about the stock market crash) 10/25/87 ***
Affirmative Action. (instead of Jesse Jackson, should we continue affirmative action?)
November 1987
Is the Supreme too high a court? (The latest Supreme court rejection discussed)
Should Murdering Minors Get the Max? (Should under 18 murders get reduced sentancing?)
Cuban Castration Lite. (The latest “deal” swapping a few hundred Cuban criminals but getting thousands more with unknown pasts.)
Reel 8:
Celebrity Love Birds or Jail Birds? (Shaun Penn & Madonna discussed.)
Should we Rush In with the Russians? (Missile negotiations discussed.)
Miss Mystery Playhouse? (Should KZSU kill Mystery Playhouse to expand Prell show?)
Reel 9:
Is Gary’s Heart on his sleeve or up it? (Is Gary Heart re-entering the race to cheat the US out of matching funds, or does he really think he can win?)
Prell Family Reunion 1988 (Includes lots of WEGL actors, including Laen August as Ethan, and Susan Holbrook as Gladis.)
Did Dan (Rather) Ambush Bush, or rather Push (George) Bush?
Reel 10:
Finding a Needle in a Gay Stack. (AIDS via drugs and gay sex discussed.)
Should the Army bend over for Gays? (“Don’t ask, don’t tell” discussed.)
Swinging (Jimmy) Swaggart. (Swaggart’s sexual sins discussed.)
Reel 11:
San Fran—city of the Rejects. (Why does the city reject the USS Missouri, The Olympics, and the Giants?)
Contra-Diction (Cutting off Contra aid… again.)
Should we be curt to Kurt Waldheim?
Reel 12:
Contra Perception (How do the controversial Contras look these days?)
Is Jesse (Jackson) Jiving? Can Jesse really win?
Saints for Singleton? A cult wants to take-in the convicted killer.
Reel 13:
Animals Rights or Wrongs? (extended show: 30 min.)
Rock & Roll—should it stay or should it go? (Demonic music for kids?)
Reel 14:
What’s My Sign? (Whitehouse revelations about Reagan and astrology are discussed.)
Lowering the Boom on the High Seas. (Coast Guard policy of zero tolerance discussed.)
Prell Primaries. (Prell’s guide for Super Tuesday)
Reel 15:
Mad about Manard? (Should Stanford students be mad about a “nobody” commencement speaker?)
Papa’s Day 1988 (A fireside Chat with Prell on Father’s Day)
Listening to Listeners. (Listeners finally get to decide the topic this show for once.)
Reel 16:
Mello Melvin or Melvin the Murderer? (Did Melvin Belie try to kill his wife?)
Irate Iranians (Downed Iranian airbus controversy discussed.)
Peace for (Ed) Meese.
Reel 17:
Are tax payers getting run down? (Motor Dept. abusing their power?)
Duke or Kook? Is Dukakus crazy?
Gype the Japs?
Reel 18:
The Great Prell/ (Dr.) Morgan Debate
Is a Quayle in the Hand worth two for the Bush? (Bush VP pick)
Voting Rights from the Left (San Fran wants to register homeless voters)
Reel 19: 10/23/88
The Master Debators (Group discussion on current issues) Prell's panel include Peter Thiel, Chip Woods, Nancy Millican, and Windy Olson.
The Day America Wept (Docu-drama on Allen Prell’s assassination) (Available on-line)
Papa’s Poll Picks (Papa’s picks to vote November 1988, 11/6/88)
Reel 20: 11/13/88
The Master Debators (Election 1988 reviewed)
Will There Be Peace in the Middle East? (Israel / PLO peace prospects discussed)
Nomore Muammar (Gaddafi) (Should we bomb Gaddafi to bits?)
Reel 21: 1/22/89
The Master Debators (Topics: Superbrawl, Mush for Bush, Abort Abortion? & Toasting (Ted) Bundy. 1/22/89
Prell Profiles Richard Nixon (air copy) (See Main Page)
Missing Prell: Fans Call in to Fill in for Missing Prell: 2/5/89
Reel 23
Master Debaters 2/12/89 (Topics: Nazi Bar, Wresting about wresting, Jerry Brown(noser), the Leaning (John) Tower nomination.
Gary Gygax Interview (an actual interview that I did with Gary (of D&D fame) & re-edited for comedic effect) (See Main Page)
Master Debaters 2/26/89 (Topics: Komaniac, Spook David Duke, Ok for AK-47s?, Senator Nun So Virtuous, Fishy Satellite Dishy) [This show is missing the Show music theme —it needs to be added below the intro and exit comments.]
Reel 24
Controversy Calling Norma Edwards, Ghost Writer (30 minutes.)
Prell Profiles Himself.
Reel 25
Controversy Calling Ivan Stang (Church of the Subgenius—recorded live)
Controversy Calling Sexist Author of “The Wall”. (Missing music theme needs to be added below intro and exit comments).
Controversy Calling Life Extension Foundation (Missing music theme needs to be added below intro and exit comments).
Jan: 1990 (Reel 26):
The Master Debaters: Anniversary of MLK, (Notes say “intro & outro only of The Day American Wept”. Not sure what that means.)
Pell Reruns the 1980s (Notes say “wet and dry versions, back to back” So one version may have fewer sound effects & music, and the other maybe the on-air copy made as those other sounds were mixed live.)
Prell Profiles the Pet-Rest Funeral Home. (Papa calls an animal funeral home for the inside dirt on the pet death biz.)
Reel 27:
Controversy Calling: GE’s INFECT (Prell grills a defense contractor critic. Needs music theme added at beginning and end.)
Prell VS. SCAM (Prell interviews the Central American Action Network. Ethan Prell calls in, live.) (Available on-line)
Free Speech: Should is stay or should it go?
Reel 28
Master Debaters 3/18/90 (Gorby the Great, Ich Bin ein Berlin, and Nixing Nicaragua)
Rock & Roll Music: Melody or Felony?
Aprell Fools Day 1990 (Available on-line)
Special Show REPEATS from Main Prell Page:
Reel 29
Wise Acres - A recreation of Papa's first day at KZSU.
Reel 30
Diary of a Madman (Recreated journal of Allen Prell’s Assassin.) (Available on-line)
(was Reel 31)
An Allen Prell Retrospective (20 min) Papa play's Allen's last will & testiment.
Prell Reruns Prell (15 min)
(was Reel 32)
Chuck Yeager Papa Interviews the famous pioneer test pilot.
ASS-U Controversy.
Men for Women
Mr. Mineral, Rock Expert (15 min) Prell profiles a real rock star, Mr. Mineral.
Also Included:
The Day America Wept (the Death of Allen Prell) (Available on-line)
Allen Prell on Current Affairs “Everything You Know Is Lies!” (The seedier side of Allen is explored by jealous TV muck rakers)
Prell Vs. Dr. Suicide (Real interview with Dr. Jack Kevorkian with Papa Prell—who keeps calling him “Dr. Convulsion”). It needs his theme “It Must Be Him” played over the intro and outro. (Available on-line)
The UFO Controversy- A complete expose on the EBE invasion!-- Special two part show: Part I is 28 minutes (starts after 10 second delay) and Part II is 15 minutes (includes the complete John Lear UFO testimony recorded just before his death and subsequent replacement.)
Prell Family Reunion 1988 - The gang's all here! Papa, Fred, Allen's ex (Gladis), and even Allen's long lost twin, Ethan!
Senator Joe McCarthy Tribute (Tail Gunner Joe!) (Both already digitized on-line).
Prell: Face the Station 7/5/1987 (See Reel #1, first segment)
Papa’s Day master tape (some sort of reunion?)
Prell Vs. Grapples (Probably Grapples Jabronski, aka Hugh Alenda, from WEGL)
Prell interviews Richard Nixon
Prell Profiles Himself master tape. See reel 21. (Available on-line)
The Atomic Test Tape
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