This week: "Drones vs. Santa or The Christmas Eve Battle of New Jersey." The annual holiday episode of the “Donald Drumpf Theatre” radio show ends with New Jersey skies lit up after a battle. Opening theme includes clips from Rod Serling; Bill Cosby; Donald Drumpf; Eric Cartman; Richard Nixon; Kent Brockman; and Jon Stewart. Thanks for the songs from Golden Earring ("Twilight Zone"), Dooley Wilson (“Knock on Wood” from “Casablanca”), and Creedence Clearwater Revival (“It Came Out of the Sky”). Clips and excerpts from “The War of the Worlds;” Norah O'Donnell; John Berman; Stephen Colbert; Seth Meyers; “The Late Show” Jake Tapper; Will Austin; Jeff Van Drew; Michael Kosta; Troy Iwata; Jack from “The Nightmare Before Christmas;” and Bernie Sanders. Episode 218.
Below, the source material for this show.
"Donald Drumpf Theatre" is the weekly radio theatre show about a fictional presidency, with parody radio coverage of the radio and its headlines. Now with computerized news readers, and fewer meddling reporters, plus aggregated reporting, and automated music. It is often a mash-up of the week's news, and sometimes a radio news fantasy with song parodies and covers all mixed in a style similar to Spike Jones, Dickie Goodman, Dr. Demento, or Richard Foreman with comedy skits, sketches, radio waves, and more. Produced by Tom Roe. Clips and songs are from some of the sources below.
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