Past My Bedtime

An Oral History of the Fastest Failure in Late Night History

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Past My Bedtime

By: Max Silvestri, Leah Beckmann
Narrated by: David Harbour, Whoopi Goldberg, Zach Galifianakis, Lennon Parham, Jenny Slate, Benjamin Pajak, Tim Robinson, Claudia O’Doherty, John Levenstein, James Austin Johnson, Nick Kroll, John Early, Seth Meyers, D’Arcy Carden, full cast
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 Please note: This show is for mature audiences only. It contains explicit language, sexual references, and adult themes. Discretion is advised. In 2003, the first ever late-night talk show hosted by a 10-year-old boy premiered live for six minutes, before it was violently pulled from the air and abruptly canceled. Its host, Donnie Dixon, hasn’t been heard from since. Past My Bedtime: An Oral History of the Fastest Failure in Late Night History is journalist Phillip Jackal’s audio documentary following his obsessive quest for the truth about what happened that ill-fated night. Can he finally uncover the truth about Donnie Dixon? Or why the government destroyed all evidence of the broadcast? After chasing this story for almost two decades, it’s finally time for Jackal to tell it. This mockumentary features an all-star cast including David Harbour, Zach Galifianakis, Whoopi Goldberg, Lennon Parham, D’Arcy Carden, Tim Robinson, Jenny Slate, Nick Kroll, Seth Meyers, Sam Richardson, John Early, Kate Berlant, Bob Balaban, Mae Whitman, Claudia O’Doherty, James Austin Johnson, and John Levenstein. Past My Bedtime: An Oral History of the Fastest Failure in Late Night History drags listeners down a satirical rabbit hole using a mix of less-than-reliable interviews, confessionals, and faux archival footage. The truth is out there, and Phillip doesn’t care how many lives he has to ruin to get the answers he wants.©2022 The Broadway Video Group, Inc. (P)2022 The Broadway Video Group, Inc.
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  • Past My Bedtime Trailer

    Past My Bedtime Trailer
    Nov 3 2022
    Please note: This show is for mature audiences only. It contains explicit language, sexual references, and adult themes. Discretion is advised. In 2003, the first ever late-night talk show hosted by a 10-year-old boy premiered live for six minutes, before it was violently pulled from the air and abruptly canceled. Its host, Donnie Dixon, hasn’t been heard from since. Past My Bedtime: An Oral History of the Fastest Failure in Late Night History is journalist Phillip Jackal’s audio documentary following his obsessive quest for the truth about what happened that ill-fated night. Can he finally uncover the truth about Donnie Dixon? Or why the government destroyed all evidence of the broadcast? After chasing this story for almost two decades, it’s finally time for Jackal to tell it. This mockumentary features an all-star cast including David Harbour, Zach Galifianakis, Whoopi Goldberg, Lennon Parham, D’Arcy Carden, Tim Robinson, Jenny Slate, Nick Kroll, Seth Meyers, Sam Richardson, John Early, Kate Berlant, Bob Balaban, Mae Whitman, Claudia O’Doherty, James Austin Johnson, and John Levenstein. Past My Bedtime: An Oral History of the Fastest Failure in Late Night History drags listeners down a satirical rabbit hole using a mix of less-than-reliable interviews, confessionals, and faux archival footage. The truth is out there, and Phillip doesn’t care how many lives he has to ruin to get the answers he wants.
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    4 mins
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  • Episode 1: Discovering Donnie

    Episode 1: Discovering Donnie
    Nov 3 2022
    An email from his ex-wife sends Phillip on a journey into his tortured past. A disgraced television executive finds the answer to her prayers on the local news.
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    30 mins
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  • Episode 2: The Dixons Take Manhattan

    Episode 2: The Dixons Take Manhattan
    Nov 3 2022
    Donnie Dixon and his mother are dazzled by their first trip to New York and an incredible TV opportunity. But his father sees danger for the family everywhere he looks.
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    35 mins
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I had the giggles and really enjoyed the excellent cast performances with well loved characters and ridiculously funny. I listened to more than once and still laughed.

Very funny

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Laugh out loud funny. David Harbour, fantastic, as always. The story fantastical and hilarious.

Brilliant

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Starts really well in the early episodes.
Sets up a really interesting intrigue, when the story finally arrives at the pay off in the later episodes, very, very disappointing.
Feels like the writers reached the point where they needed to reveal the big controversy, panicked and blew all the great writing and performances set up from the very beginning.
Performance cast does a great job with what they've been given to work with.

Great build up, rubbish payoff.

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Maybe funny to those in the industry I gave it a shot, waste of my time moving on.

Funny for those in the industry frustrating for the rest of us

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