Thanksgiving and Football (or maybe Vice Versa) - Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer

Thanksgiving Day, 1924. The recently-established
tradition of the University of Pittsburgh Panthers football team
hosting the Pennsylvania State Nittany Lions on the afternoon of
the national autumnal holiday continues.


Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is sent to cover
the Pitt-Penn State “Keystone Classic” of 1924; in so doing, he
discovers a throughline of the football-on-Thanksgiving tradition
going back to 1621 (okay, actually, that’s going back to 1869)
and reminds us that high-level football games on Thanksgiving are
nearly as old as the official Thanksgiving holiday itself.  


Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is an audio
drama podcast from Number 80 Productions and the
Sports History Network.


Thanksgiving and Football (or maybe Vice Versa) script
& story by Os Davis.


Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer stars
Doug Fye, Ilona Fye, and
Eric Bodwell. Thanksgiving and Football
(or maybe Vice Versa) co-stars, in order of appearance,
Caedmon Holland, Forrest Hartl and Wayne Brett.


Additional direction by Eric Bodwell. Sound recording and primary
editing by Don McIver.


The theme song of Orville Mulligan: Sports
Writer is “the Dayton Triangles Rag”
and was arranged and performed by Bruce
Smith. 


Other tracks in this episode include


•  “Jazz Club” by Kriss (available through fair-use
agreement via FreeMusicArchive.org);


•  “Litany of the Street” by Silverman Sound Studios;


•  “Bimini Bay” (1921) by the Benson Orchestra of Chicago;
and


•  “Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer (Outro)” by
David Liso of Dynamo
Stairs.


Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer is produced by Os Davis
and Darin Hayes. Series concept by Darrin Hayes.


Stay tuned for more episodes of Orville Mulligan: Sports
Writer – coming soon!