The Official SITFUSO Audio Programme Q&A File Last Updated: 2005.12.12 00 - Updates ------------ A. Renamed this document B. Changes to 01A C. Changes to 02A 01 - General Info ----------------- A. What is SITFUSO and what does it mean? B. Who comprises the SITFUSO the cast? C. How frequent are the shows? D. Is there an episode list? 02 - Technical Info ------------------- A. Where can I listen to SITFUSO? B. What is the best way to listen to the show? 03 - Mailing List Info ---------------------- A. What is the purpose of the mailing list? B. How can I sign up? 04 - Trivia ----------- A. What does the female Hitler say in episode 01? B. What does the female Hitler say in episode 02? 05 - Miscellaneous ------------------ A. What sources have provided inspiration/ripping off possibilities? B. What sort of technical things do you do? 06 - Trivia Answers ------------------- A. What does the female Hitler say in episode 01? B. What does the female Hitler say in episode 02? 07 - Contact Info ----------------- A. How can I contact the creators? ----- 00 - Updates ------------ A. Renamed this document. People don't really ever ask the questions answered in this file, so I thoguht it was silly to call it a "Freuqently Asked Questions" document. B. Changes to 01A - Added Episode 006 and included last names for cast members. Also Changed Episode Numbers to 3 digits. C. Changes to 02A - Changed "All Episodes" to "Episode Archive" and "SITFUSO CDs" to "SITFUSO on CD." Added iTunes and Podcast information. 01 - General Info ----------------- A. What is SITFUSO and what does it mean? SITFUSO is a comedic audio programme created by Charles Daniels which is available for streaming/download over the internet. The name of the show comes from the well known computer term GIGO, "Garbage In, Garbage Out." It was adapted by Israel Brown in his frustration with his computer into the new term SITFUSO, "Shit In, Totally Fucked Up Shit Out." Charles Daniels fell in love with the term and thus it came to his mind to use this coinage of Israel's as the title for the programme. B. Who comprises the SITFUSO the cast? Charles Daniels is the creator, writer, and co-script editor. He has final approval on the show and is basically the person who thinks up most of the material. His most notable roles from episode 1 are as Charles Daniels AND his nemesis the Narrator. Charles had to take on the narrator role due to strange scripting anomalies and no one else's willingness/ability to do all of the lines. Andrew Hobbs writes many sketches and helps flesh out ideas. He uses his vocal talents in episode 1 most notably as The Canadian Nazi, Bob, and the Senator of Deltaville. Some of his best material is currently planned for use in episodes 2 and 3. Israel Brown is the script editor, sound editor, file compiler, real audio encoder, director, sound engineer, and, well, basically God. He does almost absolutely everything that actually gets SITFUSO as you know it on the web. You may recognise him most easily from his roles in our first episode as Fizzlebottom and the Video Pirate converting from NTSC to PAL. Claire is the educated British person of the cast. Her addition to the cast was a great surprise and benefit as it allowed us, for the first time, to seriously consider female roles and experience someone not faking an accent. She plays every single female voice you hear in episode 1. These four people comprise the main starting cast. It is the desire of SITFUSO to embrace talented people from all over the globe who wish to donate their time, voices, noises, and writing for a good laugh. Everything from one pick up line to entire sketches would be fabulous. C. How frequent are the shows? The original plan was to have an episode once every month or so. However, Jobs and School have come in the way of that. The new plan is to get them finished when we can. So you can expect a new episode anywhere between 1 and 6 months. Most likely it'll be 2-4 months once things have settled down a bit (if they do). D. Is there an episode list? Yes... mostly because at this point it's so easy to compile! Episode 001 - Masterpiece by Default Release Date: 2000.12.08 The touching story of Omegaville, its people, and their leader. Listen as the Great Narrator toys with people's lives and reveals dark secrets! Written by: Charles Daniels Starring: Charles Daniles Andrew Hobbs Israel Brown Claire Daniels --- Episode 002 - Gates of Delirium Release Date: 2001.04.20 Four months in the making... Many hours spent meticulously scrutinizing and editing sound files... It sure doesn't sound that way! Welcome to HELL - SITFUSO Style. Written by: Charles Daniels & Andrew Hobbs Starring: Charles Daniels Claire Daniels Andrew Hobbs Israel Brown --- Episode 003 - Pair a' Dice Release Date: 2002.01.18 God created our world in 7 days. It's taken us more than 37 times as long to create this 20 minute episode! What does that say about us? We're fucking lazy! Written by: Chris Rednour, Charles Daniels, & Andrew Hobbs Starring: Charles Daniels Israel Brown Andrew Hobbs Claire Daniels --- Episode 004 - Hungarian Death Machine Release Date: 2002.06.28 His desire was to make something that would change the world. However, like most visionaries, he got screwed. Find out what the hell I'm talking about in this new 30% LONGER episode! Written by: Charles Daniels Starring: Charles Daniels Israel Brown Andrew Hobbs Claire Daniels With: Brian Shields --- Episode 005 - Life is Suffering Release Date: 2003.10.13 Everybody has that one friend in their life that selflessly gives advice, based on their interpretation of Buddhism and life experiences, to help shape and guide their future... don't they? Well, these are a few stories told by one such friend. Written by: Charles Daniels, Andrew Hobbs, and Chris Rednour Starring: Charles Daniels Andrew Hobbs Israel Brown Claire Daniels --- Special - 2003 Christmas Release Date: 2003.12.24 This is a gift to all of our beloved SIT'Heads. Enoy! Written by: Charles Daniels Starring: Charles Daniels Andrew Hobbs Israel Brown --- Episode 006 - Approach the Goat Release Date: 2005.10.21 And you thought we quit doing SITFUSO! Here's a new episode starring Finn Clark. His awesome talent just makes our bad acting seem even worse than usual! Yay! ?? Written by: Charles Daniels, Andrew Hobbs, and Finn Clark Starring: Fin Clark Charles Daniels Israel Brown Andrew Hobbs Claire Daniels 02 - Technical Info ------------------- A. Where can I listen to SITFUSO? SITFUSO can be accessed via the official website: http://www.sitfuso.com The most recent episode is available through the "Latest Episode" link. Previous episodes are available in the "Episode Archive" section. SITFUSO is also available on iTunes as a podcast! Since this requires an rss feed, that also means that any other podcasting software can be used to pick up new episodes. The URL for the rss file is http://www.sitfuso.com/rss.xml Episodes 1-3 have been compiled onto a CD with extras not available anywhere else. As we make new episodes, we will be putting them Into collections. For more information on getting one of these, click on the "SITFUSO on CD" link from the main website. Quick URLs: new.sitfuso.com The latest episode all.sitfuso.com All episodes to date cd.sitfuso.com Information on CD Collections list.sitfuso.com The Official SITFUSO Mailing List B. What is the best way to listen to the show? SITFUSO sounds best when listened to rather loudly over stereo speakers. I know this sounds crazy, but it's true. We use a lot of layers of sound and, to get the most out of the show, you have to hear all of them. Headphones seem like they'd be the perfect way to listen to the show (Hell, I thought it was), but they seem to bring out some of the flaws with using real audio (slight warbley sounds). So, instead, we suggest cranking up the volume on those speakers!!!!! Additionally, if you have a Dolby Prologic system of any kind, The show will sound amazing on it. Just burn a disc with the MP3s and throw it into your DVD player or whatever you may have. It's a whole new experience! 03 - Mailing List Info ---------------------- A. What is the purpose of the mailing list? The mailing lists exists for SITFUSO listeners to talk to each other and the creators of the show. The creators currently are all members of the mailing list and are all keenly interested in discussions with listeners. The mailing list also serves to make the creators aware of those who would be interested in direct e-mail contact concerning roles and assistance in future episodes. B. How can I sign up? If you would like to become a member of the list, all you need to do is to go to http://list.sitfuso.com and sign up! 04 - Trivia ----------- This is the TRIVIA section, which I demand is played more like a good game of Trivial Pursuit than me just telling you the answers! I mean, where's the fun if everyone knows everything right away? A. What does the female Hitler say in episode 01? Good question! Just what is she saying in German? I know -- do you? Tell me your best guess! :) B. What does the female Hitler say in episode 02? More from our favorite female fascist. What on earth is she saying to the priests in Hell? 05 - Miscellaneous ------------------ A. What sources have provided inspiration/ripping off possibilities? Monty Python's Flying Circus and the Goon Show were the most obvious influences. I don't believe we are "ripping off" anything from earlier sources as much as just carrying on with that vein of presentation and exploring it ourselves. SITFUSO builds and learns from previous work (Its own and others') and also experiments and screws up in its own unique ways! :) We've been comapred to Alexei Sayle's humor by one listener. Thanks, Jon. That was very flattering! :) B. What sort of technical things do you do? Israel Brown does all the technical work. For example - "BTW, if anyone was wondering... and even if they weren't, The reason you might hear a bit of an echoy sound on some things, especially sound effects, is because I use a weird process to make 11025hz 8-bit mono sound files jive a lot better with the dominant 44100hz 16-bit stereo sound files. Basically, I load it up, convert it to 44.1khz stereo, and then I add a SLIGHT stereo reverb. It's amazing what this does to the quality. I also do a bit of noise reduction when needed." So it's good to have someone that technical.. doing... technical things. 06 - Trivia Answers ------------------- Okay, here are the answers for the trivia questions in section 04. Answers are added after enough people have guessed either in direct e-mail or on the mailing list. A. What does the female Hitler say in episode 01? Hitler: Hello, I am Hitler. I am a pretty German girl. Can you direct me to the bread shop? You see, I need to buy a loaf of bread for my sandwiches which I will use to conquer the world and promote the mayonnaise race! B. What does the female Hitler say in episode 02? The best guess on the mailing list was submitted by John Anderson. Below is an excerpt from the script of Episode 02 of the female Hitler's actual lines in english. Hitler: Hello. Hitler: Oh, good. It's so nice to be recognized. Won't you come in? Hitler: Oh, please, call me Veronica. Would you like a peanutbutter, banana and pickle sandwich? Hitler: Oh, I'm sorry, the bathroom is in the back. Hitler: Do you like my lederhosen? Hitler: Thank you, I made them myself. Do you like the butterfly patern? Hitler: Have you been to the gym yet? Hitler: It's lovely, and you can shower with other men and no one will stop you! 07 - Contact Info ----------------- A. How can I contact the creators? For general discussion of the show which may prove interesting for everyone involved, the mailing list is a good place to go. However, if you have a sketch idea or would like to help us out with some voice acting or sound effects, you should write to one of the addresses below. Note: Please DO NOT attach sound effects or voice tests to e-mail unless previous arrangements have been made. Charles Daniels charles@sitfuso.com Israel Brown israel@sitfuso.com