The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>:<\/p>\nA sci-fi stage show in the style of old-time radio is how Acker and Blacker describe\u00a0The Thrilling Adventure Hour<\/em>. Actors, dressed to the nines in suits and gowns, get onstage and perform in front of microphones working from scripts they\u2019re still holding in their hands, like the Mercury Theatre of old. Except this show is all about comedy of the geekiest variety. Every genre-laden hourlong show is divided into three segments. Some are ongoing serials — like the space Western\u00a0Sparks Nevada: Marshall on Mars\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Beyond Belief<\/em>, which is basically Nick and Nora Charles\u2019 drunken adventures with the supernatural — while others are whatever fresh madness tickles Acker and Blacker at the moment. (A recent show introduced the Algonquin Four; basically,\u00a0Dorothy Parker<\/strong>\u2019s coterie if they\u2019d been bombarded with space radiation and turned into superheroic freaks, a la the Fantastic Four.) Each of those segments is punctuated by live advertisements for\u00a0Adventure Hour<\/em>\u2019s retro-fictional sponsors, WorkJuice Coffee and Patriot Brand Cigarettes.<\/p>\nI like the Thrilling Adventure Hour segment Beyond Belief <\/em>but I less than sign 3 Sparks Nevada: Marshall on Mars.\u00a0<\/em>Especially when Nathan Fillion appears, playing the part of Cactoid Jim. For just a taste of how awesome this is, here is Cactoid Jim’s theme song: The Ballad of Cactoid Jim.<\/p>\n