"The Strange Island of Doctor Nork" / The Weird Tales of Robert Bloch: Episode 8
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- Опубліковано 7 чер 2024
- THE WEIRD TALES OF ROBERT BLOCH
Episode 8: "The Strange Island of Doctor Nork"
"The Strange Island of Doctor Nork" first appeared in Weird Tales in March 1949. A parody of H. G. Wells' "The Island of Doctor Moreau", the story tells of an eccentric doctor, and his 'comically' odd experiments...
00:00 - Introduction
00:44 - One
01:32 - Two
03:30 - Three
05:58 - Four
08:52 - Five
16:54 - Six
20:42 - Seven
27:21 - Eight
40:52 - Nine
43:50 - Ten
51:10 - Further Listening
Narrated by Ian Gordon for HorrorBabble
Music and production by Ian Gordon & Jennifer Gill
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"I have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk." -Robert Bloch
@Gary Lorette He said that in an interview. Much later the inferior writer Stephen King cribbed it.
He was devoting most of his time to becoming an octogenarian, has been for the past 80 years. :D What a fun tale this turned out to be.
Never thought I’d hear something this funny on this channel.
It takes the piss out of everything that was in vogue in ‘40s pulp fiction-jungle adventures, mad scientists, weird menaces...it’s the best in the series.
‘Before they hired me I was just another broken down Nobel Prize winner...’
Bloch's hilarious take on The Island of Doctor Moreau. Lots of chuckles!
I like this a lot more than that!
Robert Bloch was basically writing "The Venture Bros." before it was a thing.
I came for a scary story but didn't leave disappointed
The gorilla politely taking his luggage was a great image.
"2-Dollar Rogers" killed me lol
This gave me some good chuckles. I'm finding that I quite enjoy Bloch's sense of humor.
In perfect world, this would’ve made into a movie directed by Mel Brooks
EXACTLY what I was thinking!
This is "laughing out loud" (which I did several times) hilarious. Very enjoyable.
"I resign!" - I shouted as he booted me down the stairs.
Just classic. Reminds me of Henry Kuttner's and Alfred Bester's short stories. Maybe you'll branch into comedic stories as well? A deadpan delivery helps certain types of humor a lot.
Reminds me of George on Seinfeld.
You have quite a knack for humor, Ian. Your timing and delivery are top shelf.
She wore a leopard skin ... which was very pretty in spots.
This is so much fun. This author is one of my favorites, and Ian's delivery is perfect!
The Island of Dr Moreau on cocaine....😂🤣
I never expected to see such a mirthful, goofy, *delightful* story come out of the 40s. This story provides a tasteful sense of humor as well as some entertaining ideas and some commentary on the early comics industry that aged *particularly well.* The narration takes what was funny and well done on its own and elevates it to a true treat to listen to. Fantastic all around!
How!?
How have you found even a handful of Bloch stories that I haven't lol
LOVE IT!! Happy Thanksgiving to you all.
Thanks for the weird tales again 👍
Haha that was great. Weird tale indeed.
loved this, was not expecting such fun, delivered as ever with a fantastic reading, thank you for brightening up another dreary day at work
Loving these!!
That was absolutely wild and I loved it! 😂
Great story and narration!
This one made me chuckle.
Thanks!
another great weird tale - congratulations on 100 K subscribers Ian and Jen
I love it when dingbats dodder around the confines of palatial estates
I have tried - and failed - to track down a Bloch story called,if memory serves, The Black Lotus. I’m really hoping that one of these evenings it will appear here. Any chance?
It's out there, Marc. First published in 'Unusual Stories' back in 1935. Unfortunately, it isn't in the public domain.
Hilarious and disturbing. Great story, and another AWESOME reading.
This was a rollicking good time. Thanks so much!
That was pretty amusing 😀
Аmazing and beautiful story.
Thank you very much dear Ian!
100k!! Up, up, and away! Thanks for being the light in the darkness that u are, Ian🎠. I’d be a way border bastard if not for horrorbabble. Amazing selection and delivery as always. 🛣🛤🪓💉🖤
CONGRATULATIONS HORROBABBLERABBLE !!!
Such a clever and funny story, thanks for bringing it to light.
Excited for more Bloch! Thanks Ian! Happy Turkey/Genocide Day all! Cheers!
That was absolutely delightful 👍
7:03 “I shrugged my heart back out of my mouth and down to where it belonged.” - Yeah, if a gorilla started talking with me I’d have a similar reaction! This was a wonderfully comical surprise.
Fantastic story! I enjoyed it immensely!
Nothing at all what I expected but very good as always, thank you
excellent as always
Reminds me somewhat of books in the Cineverse series such as Slaves of The Volcano God.
god i have not read them in years, wonder if i still have the books....
6 minutes in and I'm rolling around, holding my belly. _Screaming rainbow_ - now that's an image
Many thanks !
Wow, this has got more bad puns than one of Piers Anthony's Xanth novels! Loved it!!
Very clever and enjoyable.
Congratulations on reaching 100k subscribers.
This one was weird... I really liked it!!
Brilliantly nutty 👍🏻
Great story A regular lafff riot As a comic book fan I enjoyed it immensely Thank you especially for this one
Who would've thought that the author of "Psycho" was such a "punny" guy!
This sory is suittailored for Terry Gilliam to make a movie out of.
THAT was UTTERLY LUSCIOUS!
Few people know that Robert Bloch was a master Pun-slinger. My mentor, the author Caradoc Ap Cador (wrote a short story "The Silkie" published back in the day. I forget which mag.) met him in his youth, as he was starting his writing carreer. Mr. Bloch greeted him with "People tell me that I have the heart of a small child. It's true! I keep it in a jar, in the top drawer of my desk."
😆 Lovely fellow!
Thank you Horrorbabble. And, thank you Ian, for reading it with a straight face. Kudos.
Your deadpan delivery is perfect.
Bloch can be as funny as he can be gratuitous.
Have you found The Horror Out of Lovecraft? You'd do it justice!
Nice man
I love the reference to the White Princess.
what a peculiar lil story
The mention of a Burma shave sign .....Am I the last of the people who knows what they were...?? Old stories remind me that I'm old....oh hell...
I’m just at the start of this story, and I don’t want any spoilers, but it seems like we’re heading into a comedy rather than tale of terror.
ok, yes, just got to the pepsi bottle. All is good.
They don't call it a Weird Tale for nothing! ;)
This was... Unexpected. 😂
Hilarious!!! 😃 🤣
almost 100K !
Some "strong virile man to come along and woo me!" That's hilarious... Wait till you see 2020 dearie... You'll be amused to say the least.😂😂this was grand Ian!
That was so clever. All the little jokes and everything. I feel like I want to cast the film. Bet he had a great time writing this. Faceless fiend.... comic book mad scientist. Funny story idea. Insane schemes. 😆🪞📝
That title is a bit Carry On/Kenny Everett !
A "marvel"ous story! Did not know Bloch did humor like this.
"Spoing!" Lmao
23 45 very interesting dialogue...the idea about comics might be referred to ghost stories as well ...from my point of view.
Not pure horror. What begins as a humorous homage of sorts to the 1896 novel The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells, becomes a comic commentary on the pulp fiction and comic culture of the time in which it was written. "Gutch, that's a new one, eh doc?" Spoing! Boing! In short: "The mastermind of all the comic books". A lot of puns, btw.
i'm very fond of his story "iron mask" would you consider recording it?
Well I wasn't expecting humor but I'm not complaining. lol
Kind of reminds me of Rocky Horror.
Scary-as-shit cool!!🙂🖤💀☠🧛♂️🧛♀️🦇🦇🕷🕸
YO MOTHERLOVIN, MELONFARMIN 100 K MOTHERLOVERS !!!!!
these are the kind of noble jobs we will lose to AI :(((((
Dear Ian could you please clarify
The expression used here...17 20
I just wear the red bird for s k e t c h e s
Cheers🇬🇧🇷🇺
Cute!
Well this was a bit of a departure, yet somehow not.
After reading the comments. I chickened out.!!????!!(chicken 🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔).
LOL
she wore a leopard skin bra and shorts. “it was very pretty - in spots.” 😋🐯🌷🌱
ROFLMAO!!
Story
horror? ...more like comedy!
I really wish you had read this slower.
Dingbat. 🤣🤣