The Plot to Overthrow Christmas - A present for Dopers

[Larry_Mudd]

As a special holiday treat for my fellow Dopers, I’ve posted a 1945 recording of[ul][list]The Plot To Overthrow Christmas
[sup](No worries, mods, it’s safely in the public domain.)[/sup]
[/ul][/list]This classic radio show first aired Christmas night in 1938, and clearly influenced Mr. Geisel’s How The Grinch Stole Christmas. The story, told entirely in rhyme, involves a conspiracy by Mephistopheles and some of Hell’s more notorious inmates to eliminate Christmas.

In this stygian grott
The notables of limbo hatched a plot
And what went on in the sulphurous hole
We’ll soon pick up by remote control.
Of course, such a pick-up is not made quickly,
As a matter of fact it’s rather trickily.
You mustn’t mind if it sounds erratic
That’s merely intra-terrestrial static.
Don’t be surprised if you’re deafened by thunder
Just as we start on our journey under:
You’ll hear earthquakes and all of the commoner varieties
of natural phenomenon.
And so below,
Via radio,
To regions where
Legions of the dam-ned go.

(A full transcript is available on the page for those unsure if they want to download a 6MB .mp3 file.)

Enjoy!