Edgar Rice Burroughs fans

I’m not seeing Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins in the roles. Which one is which? I am, however, keeping an open mind. Willem Dafoe as Tars Tarkas keeps growing on me. Okay. Kitsch is John Carter. And he wasn’t bad as Gambit in The X-Men. John Carter just better not have a Cajun accent. And Collins is nice looking enough. It’s just that Dejah Thoris should be exotic in a way I can’t define, but I know it when when I see it. I hope they pull it off. If an X-Man was going to be John Carter, I’m with the crowd that said long ago that Hugh Jackman would have been great for the role. Maybe Jackman is getting too old, but Kitsch really looks to be too young.

From 1936, a Tarzan fan gathers an expedition to find the Apeman …

Dateline Jasoom’s first birthday. Thanks to Pete Ogden at ERBANIA, we bring you a 1960s interview with Joan (Burroughs) Pierce that includes a soundbite of ERB dictating a Tarzan novel. Also: Johnny Carson as the Apeman. Originally uploaded Feb. 10, 2007.
 
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A Barsoomian Blade reporter on Poloda. Introducing Della. And, “Damsels in Distress”– a panel discussion from WindyCon 2006 led by S.T. Clemmons. (Listener discretion is advised. Rated PG-13.) Originally uploaded Jan. 27, 2007.
 
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Thanks to the Comic News Insider podcast, an interview with the Disney Tarzan cartoon series’ voice of Jane, Olivia d’Abo. Also, a Forry Ackerman interview sent in by Ted McKosky at ERB Media List. Originally uploaded Jan. 13, 2007.
 
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Part 2 of Hardcover Theater’s 2006 stage production of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ first novel, A Princess of Mars. Originally uploaded Dec. 30, 2006. ( Listen to Part 1 in Episode 23, below. Interviews with cast members in Episode 8. )
 
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Part One of Hardcover Theater’s production of “A Princess of Mars.” Although produced for the stage, it works exceptionally well as an audio play. Originally uploaded Dec. 16, 2006.
 
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From Windycon, a discussion of early science fiction pulps by Robert Weinberg and Jack McDevitt. Also: The Yodel Song. Props to the Podsafe Music Network. Originally uploaded Dec. 2, 2006.
 
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During an interview at the 2006 Windycon in Chicago, SF author Mike Resnick told Dateline Jasoom about his days with the Burroughs fanzine ERB-Dom, shared memories of Doc Smith, Jack Williamson, Isaac Asimov and others, and talked about his many trips to Africa. Originally uploaded Nov. 17, 2006
 
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Da Bears versus da giant Warhoons. Huck Huckenpohler discusses Professor Archimedes Q. Porter, Jane’s father. Elmo talks about the old radio show X Minus 1. Carl Sagan on making an apple pie from scratch. Originally uploaded Nov. 4, 2006.
 
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