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Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Chief Archivist Brendan Jones takes you to the Tesla City Limits where you’ll learn the fascinating origins of the Tesla City Stories. It’s the history of the TBC and its eccentric architects, as well as the odd tale of how one obsessed fan brought it to light. TeslaCityStories.com
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
“Viola’s Pied Pipes”: Viola thinks she’s landed her first star turn at a low-rent downtown theater with a bit of a pest problem!
The Off-key Life of Viola Harper is a vintage sitcom detailing the travails of a hapless, would-be Broadway chanteuse. Viola’s a small town girl in the big city trying to make her show biz dreams come true. She’s got a lot of what it takes to make it – a positive attitude, a never-say-die spirit, a supportive sister, a good-hearted boyfriend and a dogged, if eccentric, manager. The only thing she hasn’t got? Talent! TeslaCityStories.com
Thursday Dec 15, 2022
Thursday Dec 15, 2022
Director Brendan Jones and executive producer Jerry Chrisman provide an introduction to the podcast version of their popular live show The Tesla City Stories. They cover the history of the Tesla Broadcasting Company of the 1940s and the behind-the-scenes circumstances that led to the revival of the TBC shows that they are now sharing with today’s audiences.
The Tesla City Stories
Since 2014, the Tesla City Stories have been presenting an evening of live “radio” theater derived from the recently uncovered archives of the ultra-obscure Tesla Broadcasting Company (1943-1945). In addition to the live performances, we now bring you the shows recorded in the studio and distributed with all this new fangled and fancy technology! The Tesla City Stories is “pop archaeology” as performance art, or, more simply, a fun collection of serialized episodes of vintage entertainment! The shows of the TBC run the gamut from sitcom to thriller, from mystery to romantic-comedy, with forays into westerns, sci-fi and horror to boot. But all of these shows, regardless of genre, are tied to the fictional locale of Tesla City. That’s part of what makes the output of the TBC so unique and sought-after by historians and collectors