Stories from the Golden Age Pirate Interview on YouTube Raises Question of Who was the Real Captain Tom Bristol

YouTube videos bring L. Ron Hubbard's adventures to life at www.GoldenAgeStories.com

News provided by

Mar 31, 2010, 10:25 ET

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Investigative reporter Lawrence Carpetburner (actor and comedian Jim Meskimen) has proclaimed his signature "Elbows on the Table" series of hard-edged celebrity book interviews as the greatest ever recorded. (www.goldenagestories.com and www.youtube.com/goldenagestories) "This is the best of 'attack' journalism," says Carpetburner. "I really pounced on these guys."

The most recent episode finds Carpetburner challenging a man claiming that he is the real Captain Tom Bristol, not the fraud in the show's earlier Bristol interview. In the end, though, Carpetburner leaves it to the viewer to decide who the real pirate is.

The seven episodes to date show Carpetburner's cigarette smoke in-your-face style confronting multiple fiction characters from L. Ron Hubbard's pulp fiction tales of the 1930s and '40s included in the "Stories from the Golden Age" print and audiobooks (Galaxy Press, 2010).

"Carpetburner's rude and inconsiderate style results in some of the funniest book trailers ever produced," said John Goodwin, president of Galaxy Press. "But we want fans to be the ultimate judge."

The Elbows on the Table series (available at www.elbowsonthetable.com or www.youtube.com/elbowsonthetable) was conceived by Carpetburner (aka Meskimen www.appliedsilliness.com) to explore the Stories from the Golden Age fiction series of novels and audiobooks (Galaxy Press, 2010). The interviews can also be downloaded on iTunes.

"We're having a blast recording this series of character-based interviews," said Meskimen. "The mock interview format allows all the actors to have fun bringing these vividly-written characters off the page so we can enjoy them in the flesh, face to face."

The Stories from the Golden Age is a collection of 153 stories written by L. Ron Hubbard using one of his 15 pen names during the 1930s and '40s. Hubbard wrote in several genres, ranging from science fiction and fantasy, to action-adventure, mystery and western, and even a bit of romance. These stories have been reproduced in their original format as both a trade paperback using original pulp artwork and inside illustrations, and as unabridged, multi-cast audiobooks with original music and fully-produced, movie-like sound effects.

For more information go to www.goldenagestories.com or www.youtube.com/goldenagestories.

SOURCE Author Services, Inc.