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A review by Anthony Buccino
Billed as an audio-movie, Creatures from
Calumet City!! is a 4-CD recording that traces the efforts of two
down-and-out detectives against the title creature and other characters.
Think of it as a book on CD, with sound effects. It's well-done. It's
remindful of a better Firesign Theatre sketch, but much longer. Much, much
longer.
Creatures from Calumet City!! claims to be 4.7 hours of comedy sci-fi thriller. Perhaps you shouldn't force yourself
to sit through the whole show at once. It makes you realize how long the
Creatures from Calumet City!! is, and that's long. But it is amusing, and
professional. Kudos to Danny D'Agostino for this 'full acted' audio-movie or
whatever-you-want-to-call-it. It is entertaining despite its length.
As for the author's injection of authentic
Italian-American flavoring, well, it's in there, but you might sneeze and
miss it. Creatures from Calumet City!! also has regional humor which
loses some of its kick outside the Windy City area. Perhaps Calumet City
itself is a punch line, but we didn't quite get the joke. It might be like
people in Newark making fun of people from Camden?
In the long run, the adventures of Stan and
Leroy Hangjab against the evil genius Dr. Stein turns out for the best, and
there are some laughs along the way. The entire adventure is quite the trip
without luggage.
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