The Monat Dixon Line
The Monat Dixon Line
We're Donald Monat and June Dixon, two writer-producer-performers whose professional work together has taken them to three different continents in more than fifty years of constant production for the theatre, radio, television, film and the simple, printed word. Our podcast, The Monat-Dixon Line includes contemporary comment and samples of many aspects of our work including satirical comedy sketches … original songs from musical shows we helped to create … and excerpts from some of our radio & television programs that we hope you'll enjoy.
15: A new helping of classic satire and unusual song
This episode features some hysterical examples of strangulated English in foreign hotels and other businesses … the challenges of teaching the 3 Rs in a new, ultra-liberal school … a big, production number from the musical "The Game's Afoot" ... and a splendid melodrama of a Wicked Squire and a Merry Milkmaid.
Sep 3, 2015
25 min
14: A short radio play titled "Through Glasses Darkly"
The latest episode of our podcast brings you another original radio play from our series ‘Comedy International’. This one stars Virginia McKenna & Rex Garner as a short-sighted young lady and an optometrist in a very tight situation!
May 2, 2015
27 min
13: More offbeat satire, and a song from our first TV musical
This edition features some thoughts on how a British duke, famous for his stately home, might work out as the manager of his country's touring cricket team ... a 2-part song from our first musical comedy for television ... and a stirring saga of the French Foreign Legion with a delightfully reluctant hero.
Mar 8, 2015
25 min
12: Back to our regular format with more offbeat satire and song
A new episode that features a different look at the first Apple salesman .... a song for a right-wing US senator and his daughter on a mission to Latin America ... a fragment from a recently discovered Elizabethan play that might be the work of Master Will's ... and a splendidly sinister story of family life as it might have been seen in the macabre mind of cartoonist Charles Addams.
Dec 2, 2014
24 min
11: The eleventh episode – which contains a complete radio play
This episode, like #6, contains a complete radio play from our series ‘Comedy International”. It stars the distinguished British actor, Leslie Philips, as a reluctant spy in the crazy world of the 1970s.
Oct 10, 2014
27 min
10: Our tenth selection of classic radio satire in words and music
This episode features the challenges of big-city traffic problems and the people who cause them ... a song for a civil service stripper ... and a mysterious detective story that may hound your dreams.
Jul 2, 2014
22 min
9: Our ninth session of classic satire and unusual songs
A new episode with some offbeat thoughts on the rewards of yachting, a musical tribute to the charms and talents of showgirls, and the adventures of a passionate follower of the legendary Lady Chatterley.
May 21, 2014
22 min
8: A new sampling of satire & song from our vintage recordings
This episode features some thoughts on the selling of men's wear that might just suit your needs, a lively song for two traveling detectives, and the revelations of a veterinary psychiatrist.
Apr 2, 2014
23 min
7: a New Year retrospective that looks back to 1964
This episode celebrates the New Year of 2014 with a remembrance of what we were doing 50 years ago in satirical comedy, and also features a great song of the time that has become a classic ballad.
Jan 25, 2014
26 min
6: More original comedy - this time with a complete, short radio play.
This episode features an original comedy starring Sidney James as a government clerk who daydreams of becoming a rich and famous computer genius.
Oct 15, 2013
24 min
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