ICE Girls
13 episodes
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Creator: Dan McLaughlin
Full cast Satire and Spoof Serial Audio Book
Synopsis:
The story of the Little Match Girl from management's perspcetive and how using street urchins is a win/win for all concerned. Read by Cynell Jackson. Also heard is Mark Sellin as Hans Chistian Andersen and Margit Schmitt, Dan McLaughlin, Mike Schmitt, Bailey Jackon, Tom Hubbard, Nick Smith, Mark Sellin, and Marie Plug as bureauceats. Margit also read the fables.
From a book by Dan McLaughlin.
Format: Audio Book
Continuity: Serial
Writing: Scripted
Voices: Full cast
Narrator: First Person
Genres: Satire and Spoof
Soundscape: Voices only
Completion status: Finished
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Episodes:
Chapter 1: The Status of The Danish Match Industry Before the Match Girl Concept
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:14:27 +0000
Before, someone had to have the idea of little waifs selling matches. It was a team from Marketing. Here is described the conditions and constraints they were working under before they had their brianstorm.
Chapter 2: The Idea Gains Traction
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:12:22 +0000
Problems are antcipated and then overcome about using the urban homless to sell matches with up-to-date manageral techniques. Success! The idea marches forward.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:10:47 +0000
The speech that unviels the concept.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:10:00 +0000
Initial success with the plan and marketing Successes during the warm summer days leads to a misplaced sesne of wellness.
Chapter 4 Winter Brings Problems
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:04:40 +0000
Problems which were not forseen and were not my fault. I tried to warn them.
chapter4a Meet Mr. Andersen, star reporter
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:53:39 +0000
Things begin to go wrong once mr. Hans Christen Andersen catches wind of the strory. He investigates.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:52:48 +0000
Damage control at the firm which hires starving waifs.
Chapter 5 Part 1 Marketing Brainstorms
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:49:46 +0000
A besieged merketing team brainstorms how to turn a mob at the corporate gates as a good thing.
They fail, but maintain focus.
Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:48:52 +0000
A final showdown which, somewhat implausibly, tunrs into as anti-mime screed. A happy ending for all ensues, except for the starving waifs, of course.
The Steadfast Tin Soldier BONUS (a parable read by Margit Schmitt)
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:17:45 +0000
The meaning of the story is that while there might be a fine line between being steadfast and being a stalker, but it feeds the same to the object of his attentions.
Princess and the Pea BONUS (A parable read by Margit Schmitt)
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:05:00 +0000
The morale here is that is a rigorus testing program will not necessarily give you the results you desire.
The Red Shoes BONUS (A Parable Read by Margit Schmitt)
Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:03:10 +0000
The moral of this one is somewhat ambigious, like most things religious, but seems to involve the church willing to turn anything into a spectacle.
Emperor's New Clothes BONUS (A parable read by Margit Schmitt)
Tue, 21 Jan 2025 21:02:55 +0000
A parabe about being too clever and the power of nudism.