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Chapter 33 - They Rode into Town on a Yacht Made of Swans

The Saga of the European King

Release Date: 09/16/2020

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The King’s invasion of Washington D.C. begins with a thousand sickly snaps as he uses all his strength and cunning to barrel through all resistance. Now that he has two gods, a saint and a gorilla on his side can anything stop him?

 

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Written and edited by Tom McNally

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PERFORMED BY

Amy Sutton, Joshua Crisp, Tom McNally and Ben Edwards.

 

Joshua Crisp played Ba’al, GoGoGorilla, Waukheon and the Chief of the Capitol Police

Amy Sutton played Saint Francis and Nanook

Tom McNally did the narration and played the King

 

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MUSIC

Theme tune and musical stings composed by Nicolai Roos

 

Narration music was

Gloom Runs To A Road (computer-generated track #6955) generated by Computoser

 

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SFX

 

Sound effects not made by Tom McNally are courtesy of the wonderful freesound.org community. This episode included the following:

 

VOLLEY OF GUNFIRE

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ANIMAL FRIENDS

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208031__mewsel__chihuahua-whines

532235__shaunhillyard__frog-croaking-uk-common-frog

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463789__shyguy014__mouse-squeaks

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348513__quetzalcontla__rabbit-1

182509__swiftoid__lamb-and-mother

504923__fiezewarthog__robin-calling

442904__qubodup__pig-squeak

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266689__edufigg__baby-lamb-calling-his-mother

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SPLASHES

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POTOMAC RIVER

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THE STORM

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GOGOGORILLA’S SPECIAL SHOES

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POWER OF THE GODS

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FIGHTS AND MISC

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SFX used here that are made by us and on Freesound 

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This episode also included several sounds of birdcalls from the Macaulay Library

ML185037951 Tundra Swan (Bewick's) by (Ai) Tao Liu from Macaulay Library

ML185037021 Tundra swan (Bewick's) by (Ai) Tao Liu from Macaulay Library

ML203914121 Tundra swan (Bewick's) by Josep del Hoyo from Macaulay Library