The Thrilling Adventure Hour

This month, we're releasing two versions of an episode that we already released years ago! Why? Because we love this episode, and we thought it'd be a fun one to do on the road for our 20th anniversary shows last year. Turns out it was!

"Prelude to a Fish" is one of those episodes that just came together, from its original ridiculous idea ("what if The Little Mermaid but also Splash but also Creature from the Black Lagoon?") to the final touch, which was a riff on "Kiss the Girl" written by our friends Paul and Storm. Paul and Paget, of course, play it perfectly every time, and the WorkJuice Players who appear as animals are absolutely hilarious and have a blast out-sillying each other.

We first staged this episode at SF Sketchfest on Jan 25, 2014 and then again at Largo in LA during our regular monthly run on Feb 1, 2014.
This recording is from the "Our Favorite Episodes" show at the Bell House in Brooklyn on Sunday, Oct 26, 2025. Jordan Katz did some killer post-production work on what was a rough recording, and we are grateful to have him!

Beyond Belief, "Prelude to a Fish" (NY variant)
Written by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker
Starring Paul F. Tompkins and Paget Brewster as Frank and Sadie Doyle; Mark Gagliardi, Joshua Malina, Annie Savage, Janet Varney, Craig Cackowski, and John Hodgman as animals; Pallavi Sharda as Pearl; Laurence Rickard as Edgar; and Hal Lublin as the Spooky Narrator.

THE THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR IS 100% INDEPENDENT.
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To support the show and the people who make it, and to gain access to our complete back catalogue including never-released episodes (from as far back as 2005!), early access to the podcast, early access to tickets to our live shows, and more, join our Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/thrillingadventurehour

Visit our store for Beyond Belief concert film DVDs!
Visit our video vault to stream a ton of live and live-to-Zoom TAH shows!

Produced by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker
Music by Jonathan Dinerstein
"Oolee oolee oolee" by Paul and Storm
Podcast produced and engineered by Jordan Katz
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, we're releasing two versions of an episode that we already released years ago! Why? Because we love this episode, and we thought it'd be a fun one to do on the road for our 20th anniversary shows last year. Turns out it was!

"Prelude to a Fish" is one of those episodes that just came together, from its original ridiculous idea ("what if The Little Mermaid but also Splash but also Creature from the Black Lagoon?") to the final touch, which was a riff on "Kiss the Girl" written by our friends Paul and Storm. Paul and Paget, of course, play it perfectly every time, and the WorkJuice Players who appear as animals are absolutely hilarious and have a blast out-sillying each other.

We first staged this episode at SF Sketchfest on Jan 25, 2014 and then again at Largo in LA during our regular monthly run on Feb 1, 2014.
This recording is from the "Our Favorite Episodes" show at the Bell House in Brooklyn on Sunday, Oct 26, 2025. Jordan Katz did some killer post-production work on what was a rough recording, and we are grateful to have him!

Beyond Belief, "Prelude to a Fish" (NY variant)
Written by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker
Starring Paul F. Tompkins and Paget Brewster as Frank and Sadie Doyle; Mark Gagliardi, Joshua Malina, Annie Savage, Janet Varney, Craig Cackowski, and John Hodgman as animals; Krysta Rodriguez as Pearl; Marc Evan Jackson as Edgar; and Hal Lublin as the Spooky Narrator.

THE THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR IS 100% INDEPENDENT.
Want every episode and more, including never-released audio, ad free? Want exclusive videos, including rehearsal videos?
To support the show and the people who make it, and to gain access to our complete back catalogue including never-released episodes (from as far back as 2005!), early access to the podcast, early access to tickets to our live shows, and more, join our Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/thrillingadventurehour

Visit our store for Beyond Belief concert film DVDs!
Visit our video vault to stream a ton of live and live-to-Zoom TAH shows!

Produced by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker
Music by Jonathan Dinerstein
"Oolee oolee oolee" by Paul and Storm
Podcast produced and engineered by Jordan Katz
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars, "Pulp Jurisdiction"
Written by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker

Starring Marc Evan Jackson as Sparks Nevada; Mark Gagliardi as Croach the Deputy; Jean Grae as Moko Morato; Annie Savage as The Space Saloon; John Hodgman as Lavon Abbondondon; Joshua Malina as the Barkeep; Jonathan Coulton as Travis Baltimore; and Hal Lublin as the Folksy Narrator.

THE THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR IS 100% INDEPENDENT.
Want every episode and more, including never-released audio, ad free? Want exclusive videos, including rehearsal videos?
To support the show and the people who make it, and to gain access to our complete back catalogue including never-released episodes (from as far back as 2005!), early access to the podcast, early access to tickets to our live shows, and more, join our Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/thrillingadventurehour

Visit our store for Beyond Belief concert film DVDs!
Visit our video vault to stream a ton of live and live-to-Zoom TAH shows!

Produced by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker
Music by Jonathan Dinerstein
Sparks theme by Eban Schletter
Podcast produced and engineered by Jordan Katz
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Beyond Belief "Big Shoes to Kill"
Written by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker
Starring Paul F. Tompkins as Frank Doyle; Paget Brewster as Sadie Doyle; Craig Cackowski as Caleb Collins; Mark Gagliardi as Conrad Drapewine; Joshua Malina as Mr. Lee; Hal Lublin as Hyde and the Spooky Narrator; and Autumn Reeser, Janet Varney and Adam Savage as the editors.

THE THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR IS 100% INDEPENDENT.
Want every episode and more, including never-released audio, ad free? Want exclusive videos, including rehearsal videos?
To support the show and the people who make it, and to gain access to our complete back catalogue including never-released episodes (from as far back as 2005!), early access to the podcast, early access to tickets to our live shows, and more, join our Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/thrillingadventurehour

Visit our store for Beyond Belief concert film DVDs!
Visit our video vault to stream a ton of live and live-to-Zoom TAH shows!

Produced by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker
Music by Jonathan Dinerstein
Sound Effects by Cayenne Chris Conroy
Podcast produced and engineered by Jordan Katz
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Captain Laserbeam "Hearts and Minds"

Written by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker
Starring Sam Richardson as Captain Laserbeam; Janet Varney as GiraffeWoman; Autumn Reeser as Adventurekateer Sean; Annie Savage as Adventurekateer Ingrid; Adam Savage as the Die-Brarian; Craig Cackowski as Stacks; and Hal Lublin as the Heroic Narrator.

THE THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR IS 100% INDEPENDENT.
Want every episode and more, including never-released audio, ad free? Want exclusive videos, including rehearsal videos?
To support the show and the people who make it, and to gain access to our complete back catalogue including never-released episodes (from as far back as 2005!), early access to the podcast, early access to tickets to our live shows, and more, join our Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/thrillingadventurehour

Visit our store for Beyond Belief concert film DVDs!
Visit our video vault to stream a ton of live and live-to-Zoom TAH shows!

Produced by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker
Music by Jonathan Dinerstein
Sound Effects by Cayenne Chris Conroy
Captain Laserbeam theme by Jonathan Coulton
Podcast produced and engineered by Jordan Katz
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.