Missing Real with Mike D'Arrigo
Missing Real with Mike D'Arrigo
Season 10 Episode 7: Stephen King's The Stand
Adapted from one of those massive old Stephen King books that would cripple you if you dropped it on your foot, The Stand was an ambitious 1994 TV miniseries (no cussin'! These were the "prime time network television" days!) with a big cast and a 4-night run. Plus commercials! That's an awful lot of time to sit watching this post-apocalyptic saga, but if you'd read the book you knew it was King's magnum opus and they weren't airing Magnum P.I. anymore, so this would have to do! It's a really imaginative Good versus Evil kind of thing set in the wake of a plague that wipes out most of the Earth's population but still leave a huge bunch of characters alive for us to keep track of. Some fine actors (and, er...Stephen King) do their best to bring this sprawling tale to life. Now you can experience The Stand (or if you wanna relax, "The Sit") as an audio adventure with me performing every part and wasting slightly less of your time than the miniseries would.
Which side will you choose...? Good? Evil? Or Dumb?