Episode Twelve: A Gleaming Staff of Hottest Mercury

Darren steadfastly denies that he has a problem. We hear a selection from the Canadian National Radio Archives from 1965 featuring Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. Then Darren ends the show, trying all the while not to wake up his grandmother. Doesn't sound like enough stuff for a whole episode, does it? And yet there you have it!

Airdate: March 27, 2011.
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Episode Eleven: Neckerchiefs Neckerchiefs Neckerchiefs

A man we have never met before, and whose name remains unknown to us, recounts the glorious, centuries-old history of this radio program. A 911 call takes an interesting turn. A man rather rudely interrupts a literary reading. Then Darren ends the show with a discussion of his own personal bellhop Gregor and the unusual ways in which he relaxes.

Special guests: Wendy Huot and Jonathan Gaboury.

Airdate: March 20, 2011.
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Episode Ten: A Todger of the Tubes

Darren explains in great detail how all of you have angered him. Another man explains the situation he's in. A third man reads his will from beyond the grave. A fourth man attempts to recount the plot of Citizen Kane, and largely fails. Then Darren ends the show with a description of his new R&B alterego.

Airdate: March 13, 2011.
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Episode Nine: The Shameful Throb of Generations

A radio critic hijacks the opening to give his appraisal of the program. A radio show devoted to film is interrupted by a surprise guest. A man tries to remember the plot of E.T. An ad for a new movie is heard. Then Darren concludes the show by discussing subjects great and small, quoting in the process an old saying about the mouth and the lips.

Special guest: Amanda Balsys.

Airdate: March 6, 2011.
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Episode Eight: Abdominal Syrup

Darren describes the most repulsive monster known to humankind. A man tries to remember Monty Python's "dead parrot" sketch. A hockey game takes a surprising turn. A man (the same man from before?) tries to remember Abbott and Costello's "Who's On First?" routine. Then Darren closes the show by telling a tale involving Andrew Dice Clay and the public library.

Special guests: Steve Guy and Matthew Scribner.

Airdate: February 27, 2011.
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Episode Seven: Dear God, the Wainscoting

Darren remembers a certain terrible thing that we will never forget.  A radio personality interviews a member of a rather unusual local group. Some music from Sly and the Family Stone is heard. You are told what is airing on television tomorrow night. Then Darren ends the show by discussing such topics as Pinkerton detectives and lint.

Special guest: Mark Streeter.

Airdate: February 20, 2011.
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Episode Six: The Thick Creamy Pudding of Apathy

Darren complains at some length about his roommate, who is also his cat. An early, drastically different version of Waiting for Godot is discussed, with excerpts. An actor plots his comeback.

Note: As with last week's episode, this one was broadcast live as part of CFRC's funding drive, which means there are live elements not included on this edited version.  For the full thing, visit cfrc.ca and access the archives. Thank you to anyone who donated to the station. If you didn't, maybe it's time to put your very soul under the microscope. Do not flinch at what you may see.

Special guests: Kate Hallemeier, Jonathan Gaboury and Mark Streeter, with technical support from James Goddard.

Airdate: February 13, 2011.
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