This is a listing of the episodes of the first season of Theme Time Radio Hour (TTRH), hosted by Bob Dylan, which ran from May 3, 2006 to April 18, 2007 on XM Satellite Radio for a total 50 shows.
With the exception of the Halloween show - Episode 26 - introduced by comedian Steven Wright, all TTRH episodes in Season One were introduced by an uncredited Ellen Barkin who would open with the lines, "It's night (or night time) in the Big City" and then describe a city scene - such as a woman walking in the rain, a shopkeeper closing his doors, angry hookers arguing on a street corner - before introducing the show and "your host, Bob Dylan." Barkin would identify herself in a Christmas greeting delivered to listeners on Season One's Christmas/New Year Special - Episode 34 - ending fan speculation as to whether it was her voice in the introduction. Simon Nielsen (UkuleleElvis) created a multimedia presentation matching the Barkin voice-overs to the Official Theme Time Radio Hour Poster created by Jaime Hernandez. Barkin was also named as the show announcer in an XM press release for Season Two.
Season One's closing credits were delivered by announcer "Pierre Mancini," probably a pseudonym of producer Eddie Gorodetsky, whose voice - which can be heard in several movies as well as in the Peter Wolf song, "Mars Needs Women" - sounds identical to "Mancini's."
Interspersed between the music on TTRH Season One shows are old station promos and jingles; pre-recorded show promos and commentary from personalities such as Penn Jillette, Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman; Dylan answering email the show has supposedly received (some of the emails are obviously made up. However, at least one email read on the "Friends and Neighbors" episode, came from a real listener.); Dylan reading poetry, often citing the author as a "def poet;" occasional food and drink recipes; even household cleaning tips from Dylan; and his comments on the music and musicians TTRH is featuring. Although most of Dylan's monologues are scripted - keen-eared listeners can hear him turning pages and members of various Dylan Web forums have pointed out the similarities between his stories and Wikipedia entries on the same subject - he has had the occasional memorable outburst which sounded as if it came directly from the heart, such as this one on country music from the "Friends and Neighbors" episode (Episode 17):
“Now I love country music, but I say ‘What happened to it?’
"You hear a song like this and it’s obvious it’s about real people, and real emotions, and real problems, that’s all, that’s the country music we learned to love. Now days they want to sweep all the problems under the rug and pretend they don’t exist.
"Well guess what folks – they do exist! And if you try and sweep 'em under the rug, they’re just gonna pop up somewhere else. So we might as well all just face it and listen to the old style country music, the real country music. You know, about drinking and sleeping around. That’s my kinda country music, and I hope yours!"
All but three of Season One's episodes ran one hour in length, the exceptions being the 2-hour Christmas/New Year special, the 2-hour season finale (Episode 50 - "Spring Cleaning") and Episode 24, "Time," which ran for 77 minutes, apparently in a joking reference to the episode's subject matter.
The program is now broadcast on Phantom 105.2, the independent alternative rock radio station for Dublin every Sunday night at 21:00 local time from November 11, 2007 .
Season 1 - Episodes 1 to 50
Episode 1: Weather
First aired on May 3, 2006.
- Blow Wind Blow — Muddy Waters (1953)
- You Are My Sunshine — Jimmie Davis (1940)
- California Sun — Joe Jones (1961)
- I Don’t Care if the Sun Don’t Shine — Dean Martin with Paul Weston & His Dixieland Eight (1950)
- Just Walkin' in the Rain — The Prisonaires (1953)
- After the Clouds Roll Away — The Consolers (1961)
- The Wind Cries Mary — The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)
- Come Rain or Come Shine — Judy Garland (1963)
- It’s Raining — Irma Thomas (1962)
- Didn’t It Rain — Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1947)
- Rainin' in My Heart — Slim Harpo (1961)
- Jamaica Hurricane — Lord Beginner (1950)
- Let the Four Winds Blow — Fats Domino (1961)
- Stormy Weather — The Spaniels (1957)
- A Place in the Sun (Italian Version) — Stevie Wonder (1966)
- Summer Wind — Frank Sinatra (1966)
- Uncloudy Day — The Staple Singers (1957)
- Keep on the Sunny Side — The Carter Family (1928)
Episode 2: Mother
First aired on May 10, 2006.
- Mama Don’t Allow It — Julia Lee (1947)
- Daddy Loves Mommy-O — Tommy Duncan (1956)
- Mama Didn’t Lie — Jan Bradley (1963)
- I’ll Go to the Church Again With Mama — Buck Owens (1965)
- Mama Told Me Not to Come — Randy Newman (1970)
- Mama Get the Hammer — Bobby Peterson Quintet (1961)
- Mama Talk To Your Daughter — JB Lenoir (1954)
- A Mother’s Love — Earl King (1954)
- Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean — Ruth Brown (1953)
- Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way — Carl Smith (1951)
- Mother Earth — Memphis Slim (1951)
- Mother-in-Law — Ernie K-Doe (1961)
- Mother In Law Blues — Little Junior Parker (1956)
- Mama Tried — Merle Haggard (1968)
- Gonna Tell Your Mother — Jimmy McCracklin (1955)
- Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow? — Rolling Stones (1966)
- Mother Fuyer — Dirty Red (1949)
- Mama Said Knock You Out — LL Cool J (1990)
Episode 3: Drinking
First aired on May 17, 2006.
- Ain’t Got no Money to Pay for this Drink — George Zimmerman and the Thrills (194?)
- Wine, Wine, Wine — The Electric Flag (1967)
- Don’t Come Home A Drinkin’ — Loretta Lynn (1966)
- Daddy and the Wine — Porter Wagoner & The Wagonmasters (1968)
- I Drink — Mary Gauthier (2005)
- I Drink — Charles Aznavour (1995)
- Sloppy Drunk — Jimmy Rogers (1954)
- I Ain’t Drunk — Lonnnie The Cat (1954)
- It Ain’t Far to the Bar — Johnny Tyler and His Riders of the Rio Grande (1949)
- What’s On The Bar — Hank Williams Jr (2003)
- One Mint Julep — The Clovers (1952)
- Rum and Coca-Cola — The Andrew Sisters (1945)
- One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer — John Lee Hooker (1966)
- Who Will Buy the Wine — Charlie Walker (1960)
- Buddy Stay Off That Wine — Betty Hall Jones (1949)
- Whiskey You’re The Devil — Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem (1962)
Episode 4: Baseball
First aired on May 24, 2006.
- Take Me Out To The Ball Game — Bob Dylan (a capella) (2006)
- Take Me Out To The Ball Game — The Skeletons (1988)
- Baseball Boogie — Mabel Scott (1950)
- Home Run — Chance Halladay (1959)
- Baseball Baby — Johnny Darling (1958)
- Three Strikes And You’re Out — Cowboy Copas (1960)
- The Ball Game — Sister Wynona Carr (1952)
- Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball — Buddy Johnson (1949)
- Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio — Les Brown & His Orchestra with Betty Bonney (1941)
- Joe DiMaggio’s Done It Again — Billy Bragg & Wilco (2000)
- Don Newcombe Really Throws That Ball — Teddy Brannon Orchestra with Dickie Thompson (1950)
- Newk’s Fadeaway — Sonny Rollins Quartet (1951)
- Say Hey — The Treniers with Willie Mays (1954)
- The Wizard Of Oz — Sam Bush (2004)
- 3rd Base, Dodger Stadium — Ry Cooder with James Bla Pahinui (2005)
- You Gotta Have Heart — Damn Yankees Original Broadway Cast (1955)
Episode 5: Coffee
First aired on May 31, 2006.
- Java Jive — The Ink Spots (1940)
- One Cup of Coffee and a Cigarette — Jerry Irby (1947)
- The Coffee Song — Frank Sinatra (1946)
- Black Coffee in Bed — Squeeze (1982)
- Cigarettes and Coffee — Otis Redding (1966)
- Caffeine and Nicotine — Curtis Gordon (1954)
- Cigarettes and Coffee Blues — Lefty Frizzell (1958)
- Coffee Blues — Lightnin’ Hopkins (1951)
- Keep That Coffee Hot — Scatman Crothers (1955)
- Coffee Cigarettes and Tears — The Larks (1951)
- Black Coffee — Bobby Darin (1959)
- Raindrops In My Coffee — Sexsmith and Kerr (2005)
- Coffee and TV — Blur (1999)
- Forty Cups of Coffee — Ella Mae Morse (1953)
- Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee — Glenn Miller Orchestra (1942)
Episode 6: Jail
First aired on June 7, 2006.
- Folsom Prison Blues — Johnny Cash (1956)
- 21 Days in Jail — Magic Sam (1958)
- Send Me to the ‘Lectric Chair — Bessie Smith (1927)
- Prisoner’s Song — Warren Storm (1958)
- Back on the Chain Gang — The Pretenders (1982)
- Jail Bait — Andre Williams (1956)
- Prison Wall Blues — Cannon’s Jug Stompers (1930)
- Columbus Stockade Blues — Kenny Lane & His Bull Dogs (1960)
- Nine Pound Steel — Joe Simon (1968)
- Okie's in the Pokie — Jimmy Patton (1960)
- Christmas in Prison — John Prine (1973)
- In the Jailhouse Now — Sir Douglas Quintet (1965)
- Jailbird Love Song — The Mississippi Sheiks (1930)
- Riot in Cell Block #9 — Wanda Jackson (1960)
- Sing Me Back
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