"The Invader" [remastered] Sci-Fi from ESCAPE! Classic Radio • HOWARD "Floyd" McNEAR
An alien race picks up a HAM radio signal from earth, after the flash of light from a nuclear bomb test catches their attention. Naturally, the aliens are far ahead of us technology-wise and they're also quite friendly, but they do have a couple of things going against them. Listen to find out what they are!
This episode features Howard "Floyd" McNear as the whipped husband who makes first contact. The sound quality is excellent.
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•••••••••• Broadcast date: March 29, 1953 ••••••••••
✓√✓√✓×✓+√×✓STUFF and such: Listen closely at the show's beginning, and you'll here a familiar sound effect! (if you watch Star Trek TOS)
✓√×✓+√×✓+√×✓+✓×√ MORE Stuff: A little about HOWARD MCNEAR: He was a busy actor long before he settled down in Mayberry to become a barber! He appeared in quite a few Suspense and Escape episodes, he was a regular on the great cop drama "The Lineup," plus he would turn up here & there, now & then on many of the "Theater & Playhouse" type shows. He was "Doc" on classic radio Gunsmoke until he went to Mayberry to cut hair, which he did for a few years until he had a stroke. After he stroked out he'd just sit in the barber's chair all day.
✓√ ✓√✓ More Mayberry trivia: After the stroke Ernest T. Bass would sneak up behind Floyd, then spin him around & around barber's chair.
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I liked the way the husband grew a pair and told his wife to f off
March 29 1953....69 years, 9 months, 21 days ago this was broadcasted. They're all dead by now.
This story is very similar to an episode of Dimension X or X Minus 1 I’ve looked but can’t find the title, the difference being a government scientist was involved and the public knew they were coming. When the ship arrived it was tiny as well but instead of being destroyed in water they were crushed by the pressure of the atmosphere. And this may be a bigger stretch but in s2 e15 of the original Twilight Zone The Invader w/Agnes Moorhead an episode that had no dialogue except Rod Serling and one or two words from a Robot the story was flipped and the tiny space craft is revealed as coming from earth and the giant (Agnes Moorehead ) is the alien. If I’ve stepped on toes here and said to much let me know and I won’t do it again.
@SuspenseESCAPEremastered
3 жыл бұрын
You're fine. I've seen every Twilight Zone a dozen times! I like your comparison of the tiny space craft.
@dmrr7739
3 жыл бұрын
There were several radio scripts following the same “tiny invasion” idea. One featured an alien ship that learned to communicate in English as it approached, only to disintegrate in a rain storm. Another featured an ark ship that crash landed and eventually perished on a backyard ant hill. You could also include _Surface Tension_ in this sub-genre, but that story was so much more imaginative, it simply stands on its own. Douglas Adams made fun of the whole idea in Hitchhiker’s Guide when a galactic invasion fleet is sent to destroy Earth, only to be swallowed by a small dog. Considering the staggering number of episodes produced by NBC alone, it’s not surprising stories got recycled. Episodes were expected to be broadcast a few times before being lost to the airwaves forever. A writer can be forgiven for revisiting and revising an idea.
@bumpusjones.1978
3 жыл бұрын
@@dmrr7739 your first example was my first example but my description was obviously not clear enough for you to notice. The size of the aliens is not something science fiction in entertainment deals with anymore as a central issue or at least I can’t think of an example recently that that was dealt with that other then the slight difference in Battlefield Earth although that’s a “true” story so that might not fit.
@dec66.18
Жыл бұрын
Yes, I've heard that.Same story, but as you say, different characters.Think they saw snails as monsters when they landed😊
Floyd D Barber hahaha
I have NO LIFE AT ALL....ESCAPE! (great show.)
I get Escape mixed up with Suspence. Another great show.
@SuspenseESCAPEremastered
2 жыл бұрын
They are VERY similar - one of the reasons I put them together!
@eddieboggs8306
2 жыл бұрын
@@SuspenseESCAPEremastered Thank you.😁 Sometimes I will be thinking about a show as if I saw a movie or television show. Then it occurs I only heard it. Theater of the mind .Gotta love it!
@dec66.18
Жыл бұрын
Yes, both very similar.I think Escape was kind of the junior show,not many movie stars appeared etc.. Nonetheless the equal, sometimes better than Suspense.
Very clear audio.Great series.
@SuspenseESCAPEremastered
Жыл бұрын
Escape is my most favorite series!
@dec66.18
Жыл бұрын
@@SuspenseESCAPEremastered Yes, thanks for remastering.I like sci fi,so I'll be checking out your other episodes.
I appreciate your love for Howard/Floyd!
@SuspenseESCAPEremastered
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad you noticed! I think everybody loves Floyd!!
@cherylcampbell9369
Жыл бұрын
@@SuspenseESCAPEremastered Parley Baer was in one i listened to, a day or so before this one. i recognized his voice immediately. I love looking up those character actors from the past, male or female. It can be quite the rabbit hole!
@SuspenseESCAPEremastered
Жыл бұрын
@@cherylcampbell9369 I've got a playlist with all of Parley Baer and Howard's episodes - go to my channel and scroll thru the playlists!
That felt so real, the fact that the officer didn't want to look like crazy and did exactly what I would do LOL
so is this how m. knight got his idea for the movie "signs"...
@SuspenseESCAPEremastered
4 жыл бұрын
It could be!
@Fannin7
2 жыл бұрын
Halfway through and nothing like Signs. Are you confused?
@dec66.18
Жыл бұрын
Signs was a dud movie imho.
Did you guys hear “podcast” @ 4:25
@SuspenseESCAPEremastered
Жыл бұрын
she said "bomb test"