Dead Dog Cafe Comedy Hour [Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Tom King (Author), Kathleen Flaherty (Director)

Book Description

Series: Dead Dog Cafe Comedy Hour | Publication Date: March 2000

Yet another 24 fabulously hilarious episodes in the now-famous series, featuring Jasper Friendly Bear, the wise cafe owner Gracie Heavy Hand, and poor old Tom King.

Volume 4 brings you the last season of the Dead Dog Cafe radio program. As they come to terms with the fact that their grant has run out, get ready to laugh as all the regulars try to figure out what they will do when the doors of the Dead Dog Cafe close.

The Dead Dog Cafe started with Tom King's novel 'Green Grass, Running Water'. The cafe of the book features all sorts of "dead dog" items on the menu, such as the ever-popular deep fried puppy whatnots. This cafe came to life when Kathleen Flaherty (Dead Dog Cafe producer/director) and Tom King got together to think about a short radio series. Tom came up with the idea of running the show from a cafe, with three native characters who didn't know anything about radio. Since the name 'Dead Dog Cafe' did him good service in the novel, he decided to revive it for the radio series. Besides, it's inherently funny.

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Editorial Reviews

From AudioFile

The first 24 episodes of a hopelessly idiotic Canadian attempt at a humorous radio series, the touted popularity of which mystifies the Yank. In a mythical cafŽ, three American Indians cavort amateurishly from lame scripts, at times interviewing prominent Native Americans and slipping in some bona fide lore. Despite--or possibly because of--its faults, the project has some ingenuous charm. No episode is long enough to wear on one's patience, but we still suggest listening in short chunks. Y.R. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC Audio) (March 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0660175797
• ISBN-13: 978-0660175799
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,490,396 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars People will wonder why you're laughing so loudly and often., August 27, 2002

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juan valdez "burro" (hamilton, canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dead Dog Cafe Comedy Hour (Audio Cassette)

I'm Canadian (but not First Nations) and laughed so much during the first of these cassettes that I had to stop and buy all of them. The humour is consistent, the delivery is excellent, and the topics are hilarious - I keep listening just to find out how many different ways Jasper Friendly Bear can make Tom buy his coffee.

5.0 out of 5 stars People will wonder why you're laughing so loudly and often., August 27, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Dead Dog Cafe Comedy Hour (Audio Cassette)

I'm Canadian (but not First Nations) and laughed so much during the first of these cassettes that I had to stop and buy all of them. The humour is consistent, the delivery is excellent, and the topics are hilarious - I keep listening just to find out how many different ways Jasper Friendly Bear can make Tom buy his coffee.