The Thrilling Adventure Hour April Fools' Fun-Around part 2 is a special episode of The Adventures of Captain Laserbeam that is part of the April Fools' Fun-Around show.
Links[]
- Episode video on YouTube
- Episode audio is a Patreon exclusive.
Cast[]
WorkJuice Players[]
- Paul F. Tompkins - K of the Cosmos
- Craig Cackowski - Captain Laserbeam and The Platonic Ideal
- Marc Evan Jackson - Lady Haiku, Captain Laserbeam,
- Hal Lublin - Protege and Captain Laserbeam
- Autumn Reeser - King Cool and Dream Girl
- Annie Savage - Protege and Patrick
- Busy Philipps - King Cool
- Ben Blacker - Daddy-O
Guest Stars[]
- John Ross Bowie - Captain Laserbeam
- Andy Daly - Patrick, Daddy-O, and King Cool
- Felicia Day - Protege
- John Hodgman - Patrick and Daddy-O
- Lauren Lapkus - Dream Girl, The Platonic Ideal, and Daddy-O
- Mark McConville - King Cool
- Michael McMillian - Captain Laserbeam and Protege
- Ben Schwartz - Dream Girl and The Platonic Ideal
Plot[]
The main thrust of the plot of this episode was the script for Poetic Injustice (TAH #49), and a full summary may be found on that page.
This story was told within the wraparound setting of K of the Cosmos deciding to use his fun and whimsy to vex his favorite patsies, the beef-brained skinbags of the reality known as the Thrilling Adventure Hour. As the show progressed, K picked the names of the actors out of a hat as each character appeared and that actor then played that part for the duration of the episode. Later in the episode K began assigning multiple actors to each role and requiring Marc Evan Jackson to read every character on a single page.
Notes[]
- This episode was performed at Largo in celebration of the non-governmentally sanctioned holiday of April Fools. None of the actors other than, presumably, Paul F. Tompkins knew ahead of time what part they would be playing throughout the evening.
- During his introduction, K states that "everyone within the sound of my voice is part of this continuity."
- K also states "take that, wiki-smiths", thus vexing your faithful TAH wiki editors and possibly making this very wiki a part of Thrilling Adventure Hour canon.
- Also vexing is the sheer number of people to play each character, thus a deviation from our normal actor / character listing above. Instead of listing the actor for each character, we have listed each character the actor plays.
- This also marks the first and only time one of The Bens has played a character in The Thrilling Adventure Hour.
- While John Hodgman is playing Patrick, Craig Cackowski reminds Hodgman of Ben Acker's stage direction to Cackowski for Patrick: fatter. While playing Laserbeam, Cackowski congratulates Patrick on overcoming his asthma, "usually an integral part of your character."
- The episode also contains two clinks from Beyond Belief, and two of Sparks Nevada's gunshots. Jackson, apparently as Sparks Nevada for a split second, cautions the rest of the cast to "Tell No-One".
Continuity[]
- This is the 210th episode of the Thrilling Adventure Hour.
- The previous episode is The Thrilling Adventure Hour April Fools' Fun-Around part 1.
- The next episode is The Thrilling Adventure Hour April Fools' Fun-Around part 3.
- The previous episode in the The Adventures of Captain Laserbeam universe is Try Triangle Again (TAH #207), though this episode is obviously out of continuity no matter what K of the Cosmos says. (Yes, I will include this disclaimer on EVERY SEGMENT.)
- The episode in Captain Laserbeam canon prior to Poetic Injustice is Irrational Numbler (TAH #36), and the following episode is Even Bluebirds Get the Blues (TAH #55).
Production[]
This episode was recorded at Largo on April 1, 2015 and released on June 8, 2015.
- Writers: Ben Acker and Ben Blacker
- Director: Aaron Ginsburg
- Music: Andy Paley Orchestra