December 1924. When Orville Mulligan, Sports Writer for the Pittsburgh Guardian newspaper is assigned to cover the Rose Bowl in five days, he figures he’s out of luck – until learning he’ll be traversing the country in a whole new way: Via air.
Piloting Orville to the big game is Walter Lees, a private-sector test pilot, member of the Caterpillar Club, and top competitor in the recently-born world of air-racing.
Along the journey of 3,000 miles, Orville learns of the early history of aeronautics and gets of view of the commercial possibilities for the exciting new technology.
Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is an audio drama podcast from Number 80 Productions and theSports History Network.
Flight script and story by Os Davis.
Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer stars Doug Fye, Ilona Fye, and Eric Bodwell. Flight co-stars in order of appearance Forrest Hartl, Os Davis and John Roberts.
The theme song of Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is “the Dayton
Triangles Rag” and was arranged and performed byBruce Smith. Other tracks in this episode include
• “Cletus Train Music” by Mike and Gene Monroe;
• “Piano Concerto no. 2” (1924) by Sergei Prokofiev;
• “Helena’s Lament,” “Climb” and “Get a Little” by Silverman Sound Studios;
• “Pasadena” (1923) by Bert Firman; and
• “Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer (Outro)” by David Liso of Dynamo Stairs.
Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is produced by Os Davis and Darin Hayes. Series concept by Darrin Hayes.
Stay tuned for more episodes of Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer – coming soon!
