Owl Stretching Time on WJMU

09/14/2024

Our second compilation thingy! Perfect for listening while you clip your nails or knit a tea cozy.

Action! Heartbreak! Diet soda! It all spells LATE-NIGHT CHEESECAKE-EATING SESSION! And if you jumble up the letters a bit, take a few out, put a couple other...

09/07/2024

Intrigue! Suspense! Cabbages! It all spells DRAMA, and it's all here in this sketch compilation!

Intrigue! Suspense! Cabbages! It all spells DRAMA, and it's all here in this installment of The Frank Macaluso Sketchbook!Featured Sketches:- Psychiatrist Bl...

06/06/2024

It's yet again!

This week's sketch, from Season 4, pokes a little fun at those old Parkay Margarine commercials. You know the ones.

From Episode 39. A parody of those old Parkay Margarine commercials. You know the ones.

06/04/2024

We've put together a compilation of every sketch featuring our favorite(?) snake oil salesman, Dr. (Prof.? Rev.?) Jonathan Gielgud!

Portrayed by Antonio Verdera, Dr. Jonathan Gielgud made his debut in WJMU's 47th anniversary special, "Everything You Wanted to Know About WJMU (But Were Afraid to Ask)". Verdera had such fun playing the character—and series creator Frank Macaluso had such fun writing for the character—that he was brought onto Owl Stretching Time proper starting in Season 3 (making his OST debut in the Season 3 premiere, in fact).

Every sketch featuring Dr./Prof./Rev. Jonathan Gielgud, our favorite snake-oil salesman! Plus, the good doctor's two (count 'em, TWO) cameos in Owl Stretchin...

05/30/2024

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This Season 4 sketch, featuring Antonio Verdera and Michael Santos, is a remake of one recorded for Season 1, with Garrett Mayberry and Frank Macaluso in the parts Verdera and Santos would eventually play.

From Episode 33. Actor George Palmer (Antonio Verdera) and a hesitant assistant (Michael Santos) advertise a new brand of perfume designed specifically for t...

05/28/2024

We've put together a compilation of every sketch featuring our favorite(?) young conspiracy theorist, Zebulon!

Created and portrayed by OST cast member and writer Mat Jester, Zebulon made his debut late in our second season, and became a recurring character in the fourth. He even made an appearance in one of our hour-long post-series specials!

Every sketch featuring Zebulon, our favorite(?) conspiracy theorist! Plus, Zeb's brief cameo in Owl Stretching Time's series finale.Zebulon was created and p...

05/16/2024

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This sketch comes from Season 2, and was inspired by a popular clothing store in Downtown Decatur.

From Episode 16. A unique decorating idea leads to more looky-loos than customers, much to the chagrin of a store manager (Erica Caruso) and her employees (B...

05/09/2024

It's once again!

This week's post comes from our final season. It's a redo of one of our summer shorts, and it's very, very silly.

From Episode 37. Two landowners (Antonio Verdera, Mackenzie Barnett) encounter Antonio Banderas (Emilio Canals) in their lettuce patch.

05/02/2024

It's , me buckos!

This week's post is from our last post-series special, Once More for Fun, and is guaranteed to strengthen enamel (guarantee void in Nebraska).

Two representatives from the Flubblemint Gum Company (Samuel Laro, Jocelyn Spring) interrogate five dentists about their feelings toward their company's prod...

04/25/2024

It's yet again!

This week's post is from our first post-series special, Transportation the Marmoset. Anyone else in the mood for Chinese food?

Two friends (Mat Jester, Michellina McNaughton) get caught up in a debate over the last Crab Rangoon.

04/18/2024

From Episode 2: Boo the Police! Dana (Jocelyn Spring) tries to brush up on her Spanish before Spring Break, but finds her old language tapes from high school...

04/11/2024

Our post this week is imported from RFJ! Hope you enjoy!

From Episode 3: Join the Dark Side—We’ve Got a Bitchin’ Dental Plan. Dr. Margaret Maslow-Freen (Hannah Magy) extols the virtues of minimalism.

04/04/2024

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This week, we look back on this sketch from our first post-series special, Transportation the Marmoset.

Wendy Jamison (Ariya Hawkins) will take on any case, no matter how flimsy or ridiculous it is.

04/01/2024

It's , me buckos!

To commemorate this day dedicated to mirthfulness, numbskullery, and general overall foolishness, we've compiled some sketches of ours (and, yes, those Johnny-come-latelys at The Radioactive Frog Juncture, too) that celebrate (or at least accurately portray) tomfoolery!

It's April Fools' Day, and we're celebrating with a compilation of sketches from all our series featuring characters who are fools, characters who have fools...

03/28/2024

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This surreal sketch parodies the notorious Eagle Man commercials that began airing in Chicagoland in 1993. Not necessarily something a Decatur audience would immediately be hep to, but nonetheless something we felt oddly compelled to do. Can't remember why...

A car insurance commercial takes a weird turn.

12/23/2023

Happy Festivus, everyone! Here's hoping this throwback from Season 2's finale doesn't cause you any grievance!

From Episode 20. Reginald Q. Farnsworth regales the audience with his interpretation of "Jack and the Beanstalk" while having to deal with interruptions from...

12/16/2023

Presenting this year's holiday compilation: Bukkit O' Crimbus 2023!

Enjoy this collection of sketches from our various projects over the years that either have a strong holiday theme or are just vaguely related to winter and/or consumption!

A compilation of hoilday- or winter-themed sketches from our various projects over the years, closing with what is probably the closest thing we've done to a...

11/20/2023

It's National Absurdity Day!

Do you know where your llamas are?

03/16/2023

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This film noir/murder mystery-type sketch, from our 2019 holiday special "Holiday Ham with Kat and Mar", features numerous cast members from Millikin's Mainstage production of "Chicago". We did that on purpose.

A hard-boiled detective (Wil Barden) aims to solve the murder of wealthy socialite Barnaby Evans.

03/10/2023

It's , and what a flashback this is!

The closing sketch of our last hour-long special, "Once More for Fun", this sketch is a loving (if very silly) tribute to WJMU, the station we call home.

Today marks WJMU's 52nd anniversary! Sorry we didn't get you a cake. We've been a bit busy lately.

The cast of Once More for Fun reenact some exciting (and mostly fictional) stories from WJMU's past. Colin McGonagle narrates.

12/22/2022

*blows dust off of page*

We've gotta stop abandoning this page.

Our first post in months and it's another post! Looking for anything—literally ANYTHING—to do to get out of the house this New Years? Let this silly little skit remind you that you really needn't rush into that kind of thing.

Looking for anything—literally ANYTHING—to do to get out of the house this New Years, let Stuff Beat's Steve Cronenberg (Frank Macaluso) remind you that you ...

08/20/2022

Ditto from the OST Crew!

Happy from the cast and crew of The Radioactive Frog Juncture! We have nothing planned!

Really. This just sorta snuck up on us.

08/11/2022

This week's post actually pre-dates Owl Stretching Time! Only by a few months, sure, but still!

In March of 2017, the WJMU Executive Board traveled to New York for the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Conference. While there, WJMU General Manager Sam Meister and a couple members of the Executive Board attended a taping of "Late Night with Seth Meyers". During a break in taping, they asked very nicely if Mr. Meyers would mind quickly recording something for our station and he very kindly obliged.

When they got back to Decatur, Prof. Meister got to work producing the liner, using it to demonstrate to his Intro to Radio Industry class how to use ProTools for audio projects. He asked his students if any of them could do a Don Pardo-type announcer voice. Guess who ran his mouth and claimed he could?

Yep! OST creator and host Frank Macaluso.

This here is the end result!

Talk about a throwback! Here's a neat little thing from Spring 2017. That's right: this little liner predates Owl Stretching Time!In March of 2017, the WJMU ...

08/04/2022

This week's post comes from Episode 31 (yes, again).

Season 4 had quite a few guest stars, and the season premiere was no exception. Here, Math Club's own Mary Heyl joins the OST Crew for a fun little Batman parody!

From Episode 31. Special guest Mary Heyl and the main cast OST present a '60s Batman parody!Hamster Woman (Mary Heyl) and her sidekick, the Sparrow (Emily Bo...

07/28/2022

This week's post comes from our last post-OST special, "Once More for Fun".

A young woman (Taylor Ekart) seeks help after a less-than-ideal encounter with a grocery store employee, but must deal with a less-than-helpful service desk ...

07/21/2022

This week's post comes from Episode 31, our Season 4 premiere.

Fun Fact: Episode 31 was the first and only episode of OST (and first project of ours overall) to be recorded and produced entirely within WJMU's Production Studio 2. Most OST episodes—and, indeed, most of our projects—are recorded and produced entirely or primarily in Production Studio 1.

From Episode 31. Host Grover Jamison (Antonio Verdera) examines the cruel and unjust firing of cashier Hal Phillips (Ben Woodcock).

07/14/2022

This week's post: One of OST's long-running recurring sketches makes a one-time reappearance in our very first post-OST special, "Transportation the Marmoset".

Host Marcia Higgins (Mackenzie Barnett) moderates a debate about with some less-than-communicative panelists (Frank Macaluso, Alex Naranjo).

07/07/2022

This week's post: The OST Crew utilize the comedy styles of Nichols and May, Burns and Schreiber, and Abbott and Costello to tell the story of Little Red Riding Hood.

From Episode 26. The OST Crew interpret the story of Little Red Riding Hood in the styles of famous comedy duos Nichols & May, Burns & Schreiber, and Abbott ...

06/30/2022

A Post!

From the Frank-less episode! Series co-writer Mat Jester, filling in as host, introduces an installment of Pointless Filler Theatre he co-wrote featuring guest star Patricia Bales.

From Episode 37. When a group of office workers (Wil Barden, Antonio Verdera, Emilio Canals, Hannah Haedike, Ben Woodcock) notice a mysterious group of squir...