(Monologue, 32:00) - KB's failed get-rich-quick schemes. Head on a platter; KB's boyhood home is demolished; KB reads his fathers lips; "Its no trick to make a lot of money, if all you want is to make a lot of money"; KB as Ron Popiel; a revolution in candle technology; you can sell anything in ths country; celebrity bottom feeder; the sellabilty of suckiness; Florence Foster Jenkins; KB tries professional figure skating; winning the lottery; KB attempts to go backwards in time; bonk-o-lantern and dad; "dont worry about me, geddes" Music: Brad Sucks "Bad Attraction" (bonk remix); Evan Stone w/ Speak "Essence"; Florence Foster Jenkins courtesy of Wikipedia; some clips from Citizen Kane. PROMO: Kickass Podcast!!!! http://kickasspodcast.com/ Check them out, love the show.

(Monologue, 31:45) Theme: Fathers and sons and the space between. Synopsis: Bonk the Younger is smarter than Bonkasaurus Rex; Grandpa Bonk introduced; The Sledgehammer Incident; Bonk's father's death; Shaw - A failed father figure gets his comeuppance. More robust, time-based show notes here: http://kingbonkcampfire.blogspot.com/ Music: King Bonk ("Botched Beginning"; "You Don't / Don't"); Steven Sills ("4+20" - performed by King Bonk); Halcyon High "To be Infinite"; Promo Cult of UHF

(9:00, Monologue) - A) The Clown Code of Ethics (yes... there is one) is bastardized by King Bonk. B) Proud daddy Bonk: important moment today, 1.7.05. See why. Music: King Bonk - "Puls'r Feedback'r" Mention: The G's Podcast - http://www.itsmeladyg.libsyn.com/

(Monologue, 6:30) A cosmic joke finds King Bonk identifying with something in a tree. He's thinking - "Yeah, that's me..." Music: The Consolidated Hand Mouth and Ear Institute, from the new album, Condensery. For details, contact King Bonk @ cmcgloughlin at verizon dot net

(22:30, Monologue, soundscape) This is a prologue to a following story (i.e. part 2). The Magi are confused. Around the campfire. Wandering ghosts. Orion high in the sky, and a naked eye view of the Orion nebula. What was the Star of Bethlehem? Poem: "Wandering Star". Music: "Old Joe Clark" (Traditional); "Lyndon Buck" (King Bonk) performed by King Bonk. Thanks to Dr. David Bradstreet for info on Star of Bethlehem.

WARNING-NOT WORK SAFE!EXPLICIT LANGUAGE!!(Drama/Satire, 29 min) Theme: The dilemma of the holidays. The gyre/cone of Yeats is described; the realm of the politicians; channel flipping; emergency holiday system; Santa calls; poem "Black Trenchcoat"; Santa flips out; A ATM machine sings "The Carol of the Bells"; time disintegrates; poem "A Carol". Sampled music in the mash/mix: King Bonk "Interlude (Joe Frank)"; Uma Floresta "The Roundabout"; Tortoise "His Second Story Island" & "Ry Cooder"; Beth Orton "Couldn't Cause Me Harm"

(Drama/Comedy - 34 min) The theme of the uncanny in daily life is explored: Ghosts that live in the day, not night; KB spies upon a neighbor; why he is afraid of the moon; he gets totally freaked out by Dora the Explorer. Music: Portishead, "Biscuit"; Portishead, "Humming"; Massive Attack, "Exchange"; Erik Satie, "Gymnopadie #2"