SCIENTIFICTION PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS:

Episode 1: CONUNDRUM IN THE DESERT by Matt McIrvin

Episode 2: THE MYSTERIOUS DR. SOCRATES by Matt McIrvin

Episode 3: DRY BONES by Louis Nick III

Episode 4: VISITOR FROM OUTER SPACE by Louis Nick III

Episode Giant H: LORD OF THE DUCKS by Ian York and Sam Wilkinson

Episode 5: THE POWER OF BRINE by Jacob Haller

Episode 6: AND YET TO DREAM by Jacob Haller

Scientifiction Playhouse is series of half-hourtelevision scripts, conceived by the distinguished Matt McIrvin , to parody the not-so distinguished 1950's television series, Science Fiction Theater. Both series have no-budget cheesiness, are devoid of scientific plausibility, and are severely entertaining as a result. 

The first two episodes of Scientifiction Playhouse were written by Matt McIrvin, and the third and fourth were written by myself.  In at least those four stories, the eminently-qualified if comedically deranged James "Kibo" Parry was consulted for joke-tuning.  He doesn't just make the things you find unfunny funny, he makes the things you find funny funnier. (That last sentence was finally fixed after 4 years of making no sense.)

The HTML code for these pages was not merely borrowed but stolen, with permission, from Matt McIrvin's web page, and also from his BR4NE, to which I have no link. Additionally, I am indebted to him for use of his style sheet, the same one used by his own episode's pages.  Since current browsers aren't written to properly make use of Style Sheets, they may cause trouble printing or, in some OS/Browser/webpage combinations, they can crash your system. Caveat Browser, D00D! This disclaimer is not required by Leader Kibo!

Episode Giant H is a special hybrid post which finds itself squarely in line with this page. "Lord of the Ducks" was composed by Ian York and rounded out by Lady Mercer herself, Samantha Wilkinson.  Not long ago, Matt noted that each of these episodes were, more or less, a collaboration between two people.

The most recent additions are by Jacob Haller, a paranormally talented person who squeezes well over 30 hours into each day, at least a third of which involves providing informal tech support to his peers. Unfortunately I did not see either "The Power of Brine" or "And Yet To Dream" when they were first posted to USENET, but like microchips in amber, both episodes are preserved on the web.