“KIDS Radio Show Christmas Special” first aired in December 1981

This episode features an early version of the KIDS Radio theme song and the well-known Christmas Song White Christmas, a story song by Peter, Paul, and Mary. Show engineer Chris Cozort wishes everyone a Merry Christmas! Kel reads The Giving Tree story written by Shel Silverstein. Kel gives a Christmas wish.

Carolyn Meyer’s 5th-grade music class students from Highland Park Elementary School sing a Christmas song recorded during a live performance at the school with Carolyn accompanying them on the piano, 5th grader Ch is Holt on drums, and 5th grader Jeremy Skidmore on bass.

Starring:

Miss Carolyn – Carolyn Meyer

Guest Starring:
Santa Claus – John Wilguess (KSPI 94FM employee)

If you’re a fan of good stories and dogs, you won’t want to miss out on carolynwestmeyerbooks.com. Carolyn shares the fascinating travel tales of her and Kel’s pups, a journey you can experience through her engaging books, available in paperback and ebook formats.

Credits:

Each episode was co-produced and directed by Carolyn Meyer and Kel Pickens.

Kel Pickens wrote episodes, and Chris Cozort did the audio engineering.

Sound engineering for the KIDS Radio Show theme song was provided by Mike Hufford at Lamb Recording Studio.

Jon Dickey created the artwork for the KIDS Radio Show T-shirt.

Analog to digital conversion provided by Don Mitchell.

Chris Peters published the podcast.

“The Music of Our Language” first aired on Sept. 3, 1983

Miss Carolyn helps the KIDS Radio crew learn our language through song.

Of note: The original reel-to-reel recording was not salvageable for digitization, so Carolyn and Kel proved they still got it and jumped into the studio to re-record their lines.

Starring:

Theodore, The Giant Blueberry, and Mr. Invento – Kel Pickens

Miss Carolyn – Carolyn Meyer

Songs:

• The Vowel Boogie
• The World is Full of Opposites
• Homonyms
• Verbs are Action Words
• The Plural Snakes
• Capital Letters Reggae
• Punctuation Parade

All of the songs featured in this show are from Carolyn Meyer and Kel Pickens’s album “The Music of Our Language” and were all written by Carolyn and Kel.

The musicians on the album were as follows:

• Carolyn Meyer: lead and background vocals, piano, Moog Opus 3 Synthesizer, vibraslap, claves, wind chimes, and whistle
• Kel Pickens: punctuation sounds, snake hisses, “Run for your lies!”, laughter sound effects, “Mmmm,” with cookie crunch
• Mike Hufford: drums, bongos, seeds in a small canister and engineering the whole recording
• Donnie Mitchell: bass guitar
• Jim Blair: banjo, acoustic rhythm guitar
• Randy Pease: acoustic rhythm guitar
• Rod Boutwell: slide guitar, lead guitar, pedal steel guitar, background vocal reggae guitar
• Mark Lyon: lead guitar, slide guitar, background vocal
• Paul Montemurro: trumpet

If you’re a fan of good stories and dogs, you won’t want to miss out on carolynwestmeyerbooks.com. Carolyn shares the fascinating travel tales of her and Kel’s pups, a journey you can experience through her engaging books, available in paperback and ebook formats.

Credits:

Each episode was co-produced and directed by Carolyn Meyer and Kel Pickens.

Kel Pickens wrote episodes, and Chris Cozort did the audio engineering.

Sound engineering for the KIDS Radio Show theme song was provided by Mike Hufford at Lamb Recording Studio.

Jon Dickey created the artwork for the KIDS Radio Show T-shirt.

Analog to digital conversion provided by Don Mitchell.

Chris Peters published the podcast.

“Dogs for a Day!” first aired on May 10, 1986

Bernard, Mr. Invento’s dog, is missing! Carmen Gigantica assists the German inventor in his search.

Starring:

Narrator, Mr. Invento, Theodore and The Giant Blueberry – Kel Pickens

Miss Carolyn, Carmen Gigantica and Daphne – Carolyn Meyer

Guest Starring:

Little Girl, Her Father and a Labrador Retriever named Cat – Mike Staubus

Dog Catcher – Ron Gabe

Bernard – Adam Hughes

If you’re a fan of good stories and dogs, you won’t want to miss out on carolynwestmeyerbooks.com. Carolyn shares the fascinating travel tales of her and Kel’s pups, a journey you can experience through her engaging books, available in paperback and ebook formats.

Credits:

Each episode was co-produced and directed by Carolyn Meyer and Kel Pickens.

Kel Pickens wrote episodes, and Chris Cozort did the audio engineering.

Sound engineering for the KIDS Radio Show theme song was provided by Mike Hufford at Lamb Recording Studio.

Jon Dickey created the artwork for the KIDS Radio Show T-shirt.

Analog to digital conversion provided by Don Mitchell.

Chris Peters published the podcast.

“Columbus Discovers the Gnu World” first aired on Oct. 8, 1985

Mr. Invento’s time boat sails Mrs. Carolyn and the South African Gnu back to 1492. The Queen of Spain pressures Christopher Columbus to bring back news of something Gnu.

Starring:

Miss Carolyn and Daphne – Carolyn Meyer

The South African Gnu, Mr. Invento, and First Mate Michael – Kel Pickens

Guest Starring:

Christopher Columbus – John Wilguess (KSPI 94 FM employee)

If you’re a fan of good stories and dogs, you won’t want to miss out on carolynwestmeyerbooks.com. Carolyn shares the fascinating travel tales of her and Kel’s pups, a journey you can experience through her engaging books, available in paperback and ebook formats.

Credits:

Each episode was co-produced and directed by Carolyn Meyer and Kel Pickens.

Kel Pickens wrote episodes, and Chris Cozort did the audio engineering.

Sound engineering for the KIDS Radio Show theme song was provided by Mike Hufford at Lamb Recording Studio.

Jon Dickey created the artwork for the KIDS Radio Show T-shirt.

Analog to digital conversion provided by Craig White at White Rose Recording Studio in Guthrie, Oklahoma.

Chris Peters published the podcast.

“Rockin’ Rodeo” first aired on April 5, 1986

Theodore enters a calf roping rodeo and receives high marks from the judges, but another contestant makes an unforgettable, almost robotic impression.

Starring:

Miss Carolyn and Daphne – Carolyn Meyer

Theodore, Mr. Invento and a rodeo clown played by The Giant Blueberry – Kel Pickens

Guest Starring:

Claude, Mr. Invento’s cousin who is a cowboy and rodeo announcer – Lance Foster

If you’re a fan of good stories and dogs, you won’t want to miss out on carolynwestmeyerbooks.com. Carolyn shares the fascinating travel tales of her and Kel’s pups, a journey you can experience through her engaging books, available in paperback and ebook formats.

Credits:

Each episode was co-produced and directed by Carolyn Meyer and Kel Pickens.

Kel Pickens wrote episodes, and Chris Cozort did the audio engineering.

Sound engineering for the KIDS Radio Show theme song was provided by Mike Hufford at Lamb Recording Studio.

Jon Dickey created the artwork for the KIDS Radio Show T-shirt.

Analog to digital conversion provided by Don Mitchell.

Chris Peters published the podcast.

“The Halloween Show #2” first aired on Oct. 31, 1982

Miss Carolyn tries to convince monsters that they're not real. Kel read his original story, “The Boy Who Drew Monsters,” based on his son, Jeff, who was still in elementary school and an excellent artist.

Starring:

Miss Carolyn – Carolyn Meyer

Igor – Kel Pickens

Guest Starring:

Bros and Count Dracula – Jeff Kopecky

If you’re a fan of good stories and dogs, you won’t want to miss out on carolynwestmeyerbooks.com. Carolyn shares the fascinating travel tales of her and Kel’s pups, a journey you can experience through her engaging books, available in paperback and ebook formats.

Credits:

Each episode was co-produced and directed by Carolyn Meyer and Kel Pickens.
Kel Pickens wrote episodes, and Chris Cozort did the audio engineering.
Sound engineering for the KIDS Radio Show theme song was provided by Mike Hufford at Lamb Recording Studio.
Jon Dickey created the artwork for the KIDS Radio Show T-shirt.

Analog to digital conversion provided by Don Mitchell.
Chris Peters published the podcast.

“The Halloween Show #1” first aired in October 1982

Miss Carolyn serves up spooky tunes and scary stories before All Hallows Eve.

Starring:

Miss Carolyn – Carolyn Meyer

Guest Starring:

Tillie the Witch – A KSPI FM employee

The Good Ghost – Famous Amos Ewing

If you’re a fan of good stories and dogs, you won’t want to miss out on carolynwestmeyerbooks.com. Carolyn shares the fascinating travel tales of her and Kel’s pups, a journey you can experience through her engaging books, available in paperback and ebook formats.

Credits:

Each episode was co-produced and directed by Carolyn Meyer and Kel Pickens.
Kel Pickens wrote episodes, and Chris Cozort did the audio engineering.
Sound engineering for the KIDS Radio Show theme song was provided by Mike Hufford at Lamb Recording Studio.
Jon Dickey created the artwork for the KIDS Radio Show T-shirt.

Analog to digital conversion provided by Don Mitchell.
Chris Peters published the podcast.

Episode artwork by Paul Long.

“Friday the 13th” first aired April 14, 1984

The South African Gnu regrets inviting The Giant Blueberry over while moving into his gnu… new house one unlucky Friday afternoon.

Starring:

Miss Carolyn and Daphne – Carolyn Meyer

The South African Gnu, The Giant Blueberry and Mr. Harry Foote – Kel Pickens

Of Special Interest: Carolyn’s song, “Start Your Day With Music,” from her first album, “Music Is For Everyone!” is featured in this episode.

Musicians performing on it are:

Rex Thomas – Banjo

Drums and Percussion – Jack Gilfoy

Electric Bass – Steve Dokken

Keyboards, Arranging and Producing – Tom Brooks

Frog Croaks – John Meyer

Toad Burp – Mickey

Natasha the Cat Meowing by Sweet Nina

Lead Vocal – Carolyn Meyer

This album was recorded at Pinebrook Recording Studio in Alexandria, Indiana, in March of 1980, and the Executive Producer is Don Mitchell, co-owner of Good Apple, Inc., Carthage, Illinois.

If you’re a fan of good stories and dogs, you won’t want to miss out on carolynwestmeyerbooks.com. Carolyn shares the fascinating travel tales of her and Kel’s pups, a journey you can experience through her engaging books, available in paperback and ebook formats.

Credits:

Each episode was co-produced and directed by Carolyn Meyer and Kel Pickens.
Kel Pickens wrote episodes, and Chris Cozort did the audio engineering.
Sound engineering for the KIDS Radio Show theme song was provided by Mike Hufford at Lamb Recording Studio.

Jon Dickey created the artwork for the KIDS Radio Show T-shirt.

Analog to digital conversion provided by Don Mitchell.
Chris Peters published the podcast.