Piece Description

"The Cartoon Carnival Presidents Day Special" - Noted fictional newsman Walter Cockeyed (Joe Bev.) offers up cartoon audio and comedy about George Washington and Abe Lincoln.
On the hour:
Stan Freberg, Peter Leeds and Barney Phillips in "Washington Crosses the Delaware" (1961), Mel Blanc and Bea
Benederet in "Yankee Doodle Bugs" (1954), Bob Newhart's take on "Abe Lincoln and Madison Avenue" (1960),
Joe Bevilacqua as Uncle Dunkle and Donnie in "The Cherry Tree Caper" (2009), Mel Torme sings "Abraham" with
the Chico Marx Orchestra (1943), Jim Henson and Frank Oz in "Kermit the Frog Interviews George Washington's
Father" (1976), Stan Freberg, Tyne Daly, June Foray, Sherman Hemsley and William Woodson in "Abe Lincoln at
Home in the White House" (1996), Lorie Kellogg and Joe Bevilacqua in "Who's Afraid of a Virginian's Wrath," excerpts from the Porky Pig cartoon "Old Glory" (1939) and the Daffy Duck cartoon "Scrap Happy Daffy" (1943).

You can get “The Cartoon Carnival Valentine Special" here:

http://www.prx.org/pieces/44937-the-cartoon-carnival-valentine-special

More Joe Bev. Valentine Specials:

http://www.prx.org/series/23013-joe-bevilacqua-valentine-programming

More "Cartoon Carnivals" are availalble at:

http://www.prx.org/series/31365-cartoon-carnival-with-joe-bev

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Available as a weekly series and/or stand-alone holiday specials, CARTOON CARNIVAL is a huge HIT with PDs and audiences at the following stations:

Weekly series airing:

1) ONLINE DAILY at 3 PM (PT) Shokus Internet Radio
http://www.shokusradio.com

2) Omni Media Networks:
SUNDAYS at 6 PM (PT) all channels(Classic Car Gold, the Stream, the Beyond Channel, and Hound Dog) and AM 1610 FM 89.3, Albany, OR
MONDAYS at 2 PM and 1 PM and TUESDAYS at 6 AM (PT) Golden Hours Radio Network
THURSDAYS, 3 PM (PT) The Powerful World of Sound
ONLINE: http://www.omnimedianetworks.org/listen.htm

3) FRIDAYS at 6 PM (PT) on KITC, 106.5 FM, Gilchrist, OR: http://kitcfm.com

4) Saturday at 9 AM (CT) on North Texas Radio for the Blind (NTRB)
Reading & Radio Resource, Dallas, TX
www.readingresource.org

5) SATURDAYS at 8 PM (CT) on Wisconsin Public Radio WGTD HD3:
http://www.wgtd.org

6) SATURDAYS at 8 AM (ET) on The 1920s Network, WHRO HD-3, Norfolk Va Beach
http://www.the1920snetwork.com

Stations airing specials:

7) KREV-LP 104.7 FM Estes Park, CO

8) KEOS-FM, 89.1, College Station/Bryan, TX.
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About Joe Bevilacqua

Joe Bev. began hosting his new "Cartoon Carnival" radio show for Shokus Internet Radio on Labor Day 2009, and

the daily hour become an instant hit and rising to become the 2nd most listened to program on the network.

As the protege of cartoon voice legend Daws Butler (the voice of Yogi Bear), the veteran award-winning broadcaster

(NPR, XM Radio) is no stranger to the cartoon world. Joe Bev even co-authored his mentor's authorized biography,

"Daws Butler, Characters Actor", available at BearManorMedia.com.

Most recently, Bevilacqua has produced a number of audio books for BearManorAudio.com, including Daws

Butler's UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE Fractured Fables -- with Bevilacqua performing all 97 different

characters, IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN: THE NEW STORIES OF OLD TIME RADIO -- fully produced with sound

effects and music and performed entirely by Bevilacqua & Kellogg, THE LAUGH MAKERS: A Behind-The-Scenes

Tribute To Bob Hope's Incredible Gag Writers -- written and read by Bob Mills with preface by Gary Owens, and

SON OF HARPO SPEAKS! A Family Portrait -- written, scored and read by Bill Marx. Available at

www.BearManorAudio.com.

From Mel Blanc to June Foray, from Disney to Hanna-Barbera, "Cartoon Carnival" is a lively hour of rare and classic

cartoon audio, children's records, cartoon music and sound effects, new radio cartoons, interviews and

mini-documentaries about the wonderful world of animation.

Listeners can hear previous episodes of "Cartoon Carnival" at: www.joebev.com/cartooncarnival.htm.

"Cartoon Carnival" also has a Facebook fan page:

www.facebook.com/pages/Cartoon-Carnival-Radio-Show/115944560605, that boasts nearly 400 fans and growing.

CARTOON CARNIVAL with Joe Bev.
"The first radio cartoon show ever!"
Listen online EVERY day at www.shokusradio.com
3 PM (PDT), 5 PM (CT), 6 PM (ET)


Press Information:
Waterlogg Productions

P.O. Box 374
Napanoch, NY 12458

Contact Person:
Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev.)
Owner / Host / Producer
Phone: 845-647-9475
email: joebev@joebev.com

Web: www.joebev.com/cartooncarnival.htm