More Great Reviews for Waterlogg Audiobooks, 2012 Plans Announced

Dec. 30, 2011 - PRLog -- Waterlogg Productions has announced its 2012 lines of audiobooks.

In 2011, veteran Sirius XM and NPR broadcaster Joe Bevilacqua (Joe Bev.) released over 600 hours of audio entertainment in many genres--audiobooks, radio theater, new stories of old-time radio, memoirs, biographies, comedies, dramas, children's stories, science fiction fantasy and cartoons. All to rave reviews.

"We are very excited about of 2012 line of audiobooks," says Bevilacqua, who recently signed new deals with Audible, Amazon, iTunes, Sirius XM and others.

Among the titles planned for 2012:

Rise of the Ancients: Annuna - the sequel to Jc De La Torre's successful SCI-FI epic "Ancient Rising".

Rare Daws Butler: Volume Two - More great comedy from the voice of Yogi Bear!

The Whithering of Willoughby and the Professor, Volume Two - The continuing comic misadventures of Joe Bev's wacky creations.

Uncle Dunkle and Donnie: Volume Two - More fractured fables by Joe Bevilacqua & Daws Butler.

Plus more Spanish Children's Stories Translated into English bu Pedro Pablo Sacristan, new titles for Valentine's Day, Fourth of July and Christmas, and a lot more.

The entire line of Waterlogg Productions audio entertainment is available on Amazon, iTunes, and Audible for Kindle, Blackberry, Android, iPhone, iPod or iPad download, or CD purchase or rental. at http://www.waterlogg.com.

Here are some excerpts of reviews, the complete text of many can be found at: www.audiobook-heaven.com/search/label/joe%20bevilacqua

The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour, Season One

"Fans of the legendary figure of Sherlock Holmes are sure to get a kick out of this. These full-cast audio productions include the voice talents of Vernon Morris as Sherlock Holmes, Henry J. Quinn as Dr. John Watson, Jan Meredith as Miss Hudson, Ed Hyland as Professor Moriarty, and William Gillette as Arthur Conan Doyle. Other voice artists include Terry Price, Gwendolyn Lewis, B. H. Barry, and Joe Bevilacqua. Don’t worry if you aren’t familiar with these names, their voice characterizations are as good as any you’ll hear. Like I said, fans of Sherlock will get a real kick out of these comedies. Personally, I’m not very familiar with Holmes, but I got a kick out of these anyway. The humor is sometimes campy and sometimes rather clever and subtle. And the acting and sound effects are of the highest quality." (Steven Brandt, Audiobook Heaven, audiobook-heaven.com)

Old-Time Radio Parodies: The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour, Season Two

"Preserving -- and recreating -- the sounds of old-time radio is Joseph Bevilacqua's passion. Although he did grow up long after radio's golden days, Mr. Bevilacqua, at the tender age of 4, began drawing cartoons and making up voices. Recently, Mr. Bevilacqua put together a series of old-time radio parodies. For example, there's 'The Ol-l-ld Ranger," the 60-yeart-old cowboy has to bit the (aluminum) bullet, since the silver market has been cornered by that powerful corporate type, Tonto."- Sandra Gardner, The New York Times

"Old-time Radio Parodies is up to the usual Waterlogg Productions high standards, featuring a full cast of talented voice actors, and cinema quality music and sound effects. I promise you’ll never be disappointed with how a Waterlogg Production sounds. They even have parodies of commercials like Shouty-O’s (shout for Shouty-O’s!) cereal, and Blue Coal Tires (the only tires you can burn in your furnace after they go flat). We’re talking three hours of non-stop laughs here. Don’t miss out!" (Steven Brandt, Audiobook Heaven, audiobook-heaven.com)

The Whithering of Willoughby and the Professor: Their Ways in the Worlds - The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour Season Three
http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_20?asin=B0055PGFG8&qid...

"Descendents of Laurel and Hardy and Holmes and Watson, among others, Willoughby and the Professor bring radio listeners along on a series of adventures, often in exotic lands and always in the more exotic land of the imagination. Judging from the hundreds of letters WNYC Radio has received about 'Willoughby,' a couple of characters who can go anywhere in the world while remaining inside the listener's radio and head is just the ticket." (David Hinckley, New York Daily News)

"We chose to add 'Willoughby and the Professor' to our Contemporary Radio Humor  collection because it is unique. There's not a whole lot of comedy on radio these days. One person does all the voices. Bevilacqua was a student of Daws Butler, a master of cartoon voices. It is a very interesting program." (Ken Mueller, Radio Manager, The Museum of Television and Radio)

"13,000 Roaches in a Box. For most artists working in radio theatre, the projects tend to be group efforts, with actors, a producer and director, writers, engineers, and sound effects personal. But Joe Bevilacqua is producing a successful radio theatre series almost single-handedly. The great part about radio theatre is you can portray 'any subject in any location in any circumstance, from another part of the world to the past to another dimension. You can create a whole world unto itself'. For example, in on episode, there was a box full of 13,000 roaches and, through a mishap, the box exploded. Even in TV or film, Bevilacqua asks, how could you have 13,000 roaches raining down?" -(Amy Hersh, Backstage)

Rare Daws Butler: Comedy from the Voice of Yogi Bear!

"Where to start? Mr. Jinks reciting ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’ in his own, like, you know, cooool hipster fashion? How about Daws teaching you how to get Bert Lahr upset (ie. voicing Snagglepuss)? There’s a lot packed into under an hour of audio. As you can see, this is stuff by the wonderful Mr. Butler that you won’t find in the Neiman-Marcus catalogue, no matter how hard you look. It’s only on Joe’s site, lovingly crafted by Joe himself. And, without wishing to make this sound like an advertisement, I’ll bet it costs less than anything in the Neiman-Marcus catalogue. And is a lot more fun." (Don Yowp, yowpyowp.blogspot.com)

Daws Butler’s Halloween Happening

"If there was an award for best husband and wife narrating team, I think the clear winners would be Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg. Come to think of it, why isn’t there an award for best husband and wife narrating team? Somebody needs to look into that. Anyway, individually, Joe an Lorie are both extremely talented voice artists. They can both do lots of entertaining voices, not just characterizations but whole personalities, and they both have a fine flair for drama, satire, and comedy. Put them together and, well, need I say more? If you haven’t heard these two at work, you’re missing out on something special." (Steven Brandt, Audiobook Heaven, audiobook-heaven.com)

Ancient Rising: The 3d Audio Experience

"This audio production of Ancient Rising is touted as a “3-D Audiobook Experience.” I was pretty curious about that; what is a 3-D audiobook anyway? Well, it didn’t take me long to find out. Ancient Rising is performed, and I do mean performed, by long-time theater and radio talent Joe Bevilacqua. Don’t confuse him with other Joe Bevilacqua’s, the name is Joe K Bevilacqua. Joe does great voices for all the characters, and the whole thing is recorded in stereo. The main narration comes through the center channel as usual, but the character voices, along with sound effect enhancements, come from the left or right channels, giving the audiobook a real 3-D feel. With Joe’s voices, the sound enhancements, and the 3-D recording, this is a top-notch audio production. Ancient Rising is a non-stop thrill ride through the world of the ancients. I found De La Torre’s blend of history and mythology to be fascinating and compelling. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed with this one." (Steven Brandt, Audiobook Heaven, audiobook-heaven.com)

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Waterlogg Productions is a multi-media entertainment company founded by husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg.

Their combined talents spanning over 40 years have garnered many awards in radio.
In 2009 Waterlogg Production ventured into the world of audio books and in 2011 video.

In 2010 Joe Bevilacqua signed a new deal with Audible to distribute all of his audio books including radio drama, science fiction, documentary, comedy and biography.

In 2011 Joe signed a deal with Sirius/XM [[Sirius XM Radio]] to broadcast his work on the Book radio Ch. 80.

iPhone game coming out Christmas 2011 Joe Bevilacqua voiced Commander Crumpet for the Bob Camp co-founder of and director for Ren & Stimpy [Spümcø] designed iPhone game Tanks of Fury produced by Iversoft.

Feel free to contact them for your audio, video and entertainment needs.