Halloween on the Radio 2019

Tom Cherry’s Old Time Radio Show celebrated Halloween this past Saturday (10/26/19) and here’s the proof! From left to right, there’s Gabe Carpenter, Sean Orlosky, Justin Panico, Wendy Carpenter and Debby Girtman.

Photo by Cliff Lowe.

The Ross Community Center Roadshow

Tom Cherry’s Old Time Radio Show went on the road to the Ross Community Center to help celebrate their International Festival this past Saturday (September 21, 2019)! It was a beautiful day to share the magic of radio! Thank you to the kind folks at Ross for inviting the radio gang to such a worthy event! More thanks to Sean Orlosky, Wendy Carpenter, Gabe Carpenter, Bob Green, Katy Wolfe, Cliff Lowe and Dalton Knox for sharing their time and talent!

Photograph by Cindy Lowe

Halloweenies

Happy Halloween from the cast and the crew (Bob Green, Tom Cherry, Larry Beck, Jerry and Judy Cole, Jeff Shull, Sean Orlosky, Katy Wolfe, Dalton Knox, Jeff Rapkin, Rita Wessel, Gabe Carpenter, and Wendy Carpenter) of Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show!

One Funky Halloween

It’s Halloween in Waffleville and Arlo Wazzo has opened his home to some truly disturbed individuals. Fortunately for him, they are his friends! However, when some clean Halloween fun conjures up some guests from the afterlife, pumpkin bowling is forgotten and a frightful farce ensues! It’s a night full of tricks and treats as psychics, werewolf dispatchers, historical figures, and a fanboy fry cook unite for One Funky Halloween!

 Based on characters from the local comic strip/public access sitcom Those Funky Idiots by Tom Cherry, One Funky Halloween brings Arlo Wazzo and the other citizens of Waffleville to the stage for an original comedy written and directed by Sean Orlosky. The talented cast includes Gabe Carpenter, Sean Heline, Sean Orlosky, Bob Green, Rita Wessel, Wendy Carpenter, Jeff Shull, Jeff Rapkin, and Tom Cherry.

Historical Farmland USA is proud to present One Funky Halloween at the Farmland Community Center (100 N. Main St, Farmland, Indiana) on October 23^rd, 24^th, and 30^th. These performances include dinner and dessert. The dinner portion of the evening begins at 6:30 pm with the show following at 7:00 pm. Tickets for the dinner and the show are $20.00 (Seniors: $18.00). Tickets for the show are $10.00.

For tickets and other information please call (765) 468-7631.

Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear

  The Radio Gang (Front row (L-r): Missy Donahue, Wendy Carpenter, Angela Gick, Judy Cole, and Katy Wolfe. Back row (L-r): Jeff Shull, Gabe Carpenter, Bob Green, Me (Proof I have a face for radio!), and Jerry Cole)   Recently Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show expanded a bit in prime time and offered a buffet of desserts for a series of shows that ran on the weekends from Mother's Day to May 25. Despite having a variety of fun scripts performed by the most talented cast around (The best radio cast since Mercury Theatre by gum!), the shows didn't draw much of a crowd. Sadly it was a bust audience wise, but we all certainly had a grand time on stage and I continue to be blessed by being in the company of such remarkable folks who come together every now and then to play radio in Farmland. Thanks again to all those brave souls who ventured out to see us (Next time bring all of your friends! Please!), to the wonderful cooks and bakers who made our delicious treats, and most of all to my dear friends in the radio gang who inspire me with their talent and their kindness!   And remember a new episode of Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show debuts every fourth Saturday of the month at the Farmland Center @ 3:00pm! Hope to see you on the radio!   Photograph by Kristin Wolfe.

Comng Soon to a Farmland Center Near You!

  Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show celebrates Mother's Day with a dessert theatre at the Farmland Center at 1:00pm! Featuring Father Knows Best, Suspense, The Happy Hoppy Hopper Show, and The Mayor of Farmland! Plus It Pays to be Ignorant and Your Hit Parade with Gabe and Wendy Carpenter! Starring Wendy Carpenter, Bob Green, Gabe Carpenter, Katy Wolfe, Angela Gick, and our soundman and soundwoman, Jerry and Judy Cole! Pamper your mother and satisfy your sweet tooth this Sunday with the radio gang in Farmland! We'll see you on the radio!

Indy Radio

  Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show hit the road on March 31 and performed in Foundation Hall at the Marquette Retirement Community in Indianapolis! In front of a rather sizable crowd (Nearly a hundred or so), we recreated a classic script from Fibber McGee and Molly and then we introduced our attentive audience to The Happy Hoppy Hopper Show and The Mayor of Farmland. Jerry and Judy Cole sang a bit and then we had one of our best contestants on It Pays to Be Ignorant basically steal the show away from us (Thank you, Ethel Booth, for allowing us to take it back!). It was a great experience and I think everyone enjoyed themselves. I know I certainly did!   Thanks to Marilyn Martin and Casey Wente for their kindness and care as they opened their wonderful facility to us! And more thanks to our wonderful cast and crew (Wendy Carpenter, Sean Heline, Gabe Carpenter, Bob Green, Katy Wolfe, Jerry and Judy Cole, and Lindsey Cox) for creating another hour of pure radio fun! They truly are the best, folks, and it's always an honor to be in their company!   Hopefully we'll have more opportunities to take the show on the road in the near future! I'm already looking forward to it!

Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show

Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show made its debut on March 24, 2012 and The News-Gazette (Winchester, Indiana's finest and only newspaper) was there to document this historic event! More information at www.farmlandindiana.org! Our next show is April 28!