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A Geek Christmas Story

“Mattie Stevens, a young boy of the early 80′s, dreams of owning a Commodore 64. He sets out to convince everyone this is the perfect gift. But, along the way runs into opposition from his parents and everyone around him including old Santa Claus”

 

 

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Written By:
Kreg Steppe and Douglas E. Welch

Produced By:
George Starcher – Typical Mac User Podcast
Victor Cajiao – Typical Mac User Podcast – - Typical Shutterbug Podcast
Steve Holden – Tech News Radio - Jersey Boys Podcast – AztecMedia.net

Cast of Players:
Narrator: Kreg Steppe – Technorama
Harvey Stevens: Dad – Kevin Devin
Mandy Stevens: Mom – Susie Murph – How to Grow your Geek Podcast
Mattie Stevens: Son – Daniel Devin
Sandy Stevens: Little Brother – Spencer Holden
Curtz Eisenberg: Friend to Mattie – Harrison Steppe
General Beringer: General – Douglas E. Welch
Lieutenant: Steve Holden – Tech News Radio
Mrs. Little: Katie Floyd – Mac Power Users Podcast
Santa’s Helper: Chuck Tomasi – Chuckchat.com
Santa: Larry Pesce – Pauldotcom.com Podcast
Judge: Victor Cajiao – Typical Mac User Podcast – Typical Shutterbug Podcast
Andrew Carnagie: Andy Helsby – Absoblogginlutely!
J.P. Morgan: Grant Bichocco – Mr.Grant.com
UPS Guy: Paul Asadoorian- Pauldotcom.com Podcast
Skipper: Rylie Starcher

Tip of the Hat to the old Christmas Commodore 64 Demo

Previous FiT Holiday Specials:

This has been a Friends in Tech Production.

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  • chucktomasi

    A work of art guys. I just listened to it at work – bad idea. I was laughing out loud.

    Now on Christmas Day I'm going to play it over and over for 24 hours.

  • http://www.facebook.com/sherry.dedman Sherry Dedman

    Oh my gosh – I used to peer longingly into the computer store in Walnut Creek in the early 80s, pining for a Commodore 64. Very poignant post!

  • http://twitter.com/JohnAtilano John A. Atilano II

    Great job! Did everyone record together or did you record separately? If you did it together I bet there is a great blooper reel! You should post the highlights.

    Brings back a lot of great memories.

    My very first computer was a Commodore 64 (age 10). It saved files to a cassette tape. I still remember the first program I ever wrote.

    10 X = 0
    20 PRINT X
    30 X=X+1
    40 GOTO 20

    My parents were so impressed that I could “make the computer count.”

    Well done!

  • http://welchwrite.com douglaswelch

    Since we are scattered all over the US, we each record our parts separately and some very talented members edit the entire thing together from these pieces.

    Unfortunately, this means no blooper real. Maybe we should create one, like Pixar does. :)

  • http://www.spyndle.com steppek

    I am sure there are bloopers somewhere, I know I had my share…but we do all record separately.

  • http://www.facebook.com/mikemac29 Mike McBride

    Everyone did a great job on this, especially the kids! :)

  • johngerber

    “A Geek Christmas Story” is bound to become a Christmas classic; at least in geek families. Everyone did a great job. Thank you all for a great Christmas present for all your listeners.

  • Nigel Rumsey

    Great, well done to everyone involved. I loved it and I'm not even a geek! ;)

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  • http://www.georgestarcher.com georgestarcher

    Heh. I just fired this off on my iPad in HandBasic. curious how high it can go before crashing. so far up to 166000 and climbing.

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    Seems a pretty good story. This gives a lot of lesson to learned.