August 11, 2008 - 801117 - The Eleventh Plague

[wadenjulie]

This week's CBSRMT Show of the Week is presented
by forum member wadenjulie:

801117 The Eleventh Plague 32kbps (http://rapidshare.com/files/136672091/CBSRMT_-_801117_1136_The_Eleventh_Plague.mp3) (13MB)

written by Henry Slesar; starring Russell Horton, Ian
Martin, Lloyd Batista .

Encode quality: Fair (digital artifacts)
Episode #1136
Commercials and News: Yes
Station: Unknown
Preview: Yes

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The sound quality of this encode is not up to my
regular standards but the show is too good to pass it
by. Please forgive any distortion or other distractions
caused by the digital encode.

[Ross]

I have a very clean copy of this IIRC. I originally taped it back in the day, '81 or so. I liked it a lot. Another religious theme and coupled with space/science fiction, but it worked. I wonder in today's society how many people would actually know about and understand the plagues? But it showed how teamwork and a common enemy bonded the crew, so there is that lesson too.

- Ross

[CardsFan]

I was reminded of the EC "Weird Science" comic book as I listened to this story. I wish we had had a scene in which the magician had conceded his trickery. It is interesting that the crew members came to hate, and even kill, each other in less than 3 years. Won't a mission to Mars take that long or longer? I hope we don't have a repeat; that would be big waste of taxpayer dollars!