Tag: Ted Geisel
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SNAFU STORY MEETING
How an idea becomes a story. Spoiler Alert: This post doesn’t give away any plot points, but you’ll appreciate it more if you read it after listening to Season 2, Episode 5 (“Mother”). OLLIE: I have an idea… PHIL EASTMAN: Great. What is it? OLLIE: Well, it’s kind of dumb… GEISEL: Ollie, there are no…
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Private Snafu
GEISEL: Remember when you told me that the best way to teach is to make students laugh? OLLIE: Yeah. GEISEL: Well, that’s what we’re trying to do with these, each one about this idiot screwing up in every way possible… In Episode #2: “New Job,” Ted Geisel shows Ollie the trailer for the Private Snafu,…
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S2 E5: “Mother”
Season 2, Episode 5: “Mother” Ollie participates in a Private Snafu story meeting, gets his animation tour from Julie and, with Lois and Shelly, meets Elle’s mother… WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING: with… Produced under the auspices of a SAG/AFTRA Micro-Budget Podcast Agreement. MUSIC: SOUND EFFECTS courtesy of Soundly. While On The…
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LEON SCHLESINGER PRODUCTIONS
Leon Schlesinger Productions Where Warner Brothers cartoons were made! OLLIE: And what is it they do? JULIE: They’re animators. We make the Warner Brothers cartoons here. You know, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck… Asked to identify the company associated with the cartoons that featured Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck et al, most people would answer…
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S2 E4: “Suspect”
Season 2, Episode 4: “Suspect” Accused by police, Ollie finds an unlikely savior… WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING: with… Produced under the auspices of a SAG/AFTRA Micro-Budget Podcast Agreement. MUSIC: SOUND EFFECTS courtesy of Soundly. While On The Tinsel Front purports to tell a true story, all the characters are fictional except for…
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S2 E3 “Shock”
Season 2, Episode 3: “Shock” Ollie desperately seeks information, and is interviewed by police… WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING: with… Produced under the auspices of a SAG/AFTRA Micro-Budget Podcast Agreement. MUSIC: Martin Landström, Wicked Man. Courtesy of Epidemic Sound SOUND EFFECTS courtesy of Soundly. While On The Tinsel Front purports to tell…
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S2 E2 “New Job”
Season 2, Episode 2: Ollie lands a transfer to the U.S. Army 834th Signal Corps unit; and is stunned by an article in the Los Angeles Times… WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING: with… Produced under the auspices of a SAG/AFTRA Micro-Budget Podcast Agreement. MUSIC: Thanks to the U.S. Government for the soundtrack…
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S2 E1 “Uncertainty”
Season 2, Episode 1: As the filming of “This Is The Army” comes to the close, Ollie wonders what he’s going to do next. Elle, meanwhile, has gone missing… WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING: with… Produced under the auspices of a SAG/AFTRA Micro-Budget Podcast Agreement. MUSIC: Sound Effects courtesy of Soundly. While…
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Season 2 Teaser
The teaser/trailer for Season 2 of ON THE TINSEL FRONT. Season debuted on September 5, 2026. 1942. Washed out of flight school and inexplicably assigned to the U.S. Army Air Forces “First Motion Picture Unit,” Private Oliver Whelan tumbles down the rabbit hole of wartime Hollywood! A hilarious, fascinating and touching full cast audio comedy/drama…
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S1 E5: “Lunch With Father”
Season 1, Episode 5: “Lunch With Father” SEASON FINALE Ollie introduces himself to a Dartmouth alumnus, receives a summons from his father, and visits the Hollywood Canteen to see Elle… WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED by Christopher Bomba STARRING… with… MUSIC: SOUND EFFECTS courtesy of Soundly, Epidemic Sound and Freesound While On the Tinsel Front…
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Ted Geisel aka “Dr. Seuss”
Ollie: “I saw a man I recognized… and never thought I’d see in Hollywood. It was the cartoonist who publishes under the name Dr. Seuss. And he was in uniform with captain bars!“ Ollie: “… I made sure I read every cartoon you did for PM. I admired the way you took a stand against…
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Series Trailer
1942. Washed out of flight school and inexplicably assigned to the U.S. Army Air Forces “First Motion Picture Unit” in Culver City, California, Private Oliver Whelan tumbles down the rabbit hole of World War II Hollywood. A hilarious, fascinating and touching FULL CAST AUDIO COMEDY-DRAMA inspired by the real-life people and places of the U.S. Army’s…