The Enormous Crocodile


2015-09-13: Master storyteller Roald Dahl was born on this day 99 years ago. Jarvis reads us Dahl's devilish children's story The Enormous Crocodile. We also hear clips of the author speaking, related music, discover the 'Dahlicious Dress-Up Day' and learn about the first draft of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. More On This Day: railway worker Phineas Gage miraculously survived a horrific accident, the first version of Super Maris Bros. was released and today is International Chocolate Day. Birthdays: Fiona Apple, Yma Sumac, Ray Charles, JB Priestley, both Zak Starkey and Stella McCartney, Shane Warne, Bill Monroe, Leonard Feather, Maurice Jarre and Peter Cetera.

Liberez - …of Blood
Fiona Apple - Pure Imagination 
Yma Sumac - Birds/Enchantment 
Ray Charles - Sticks and Stones 
The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash 
Mel Tormé - Right Now 
Pocket Size (Nintendo) - Super Mario Bros. 
London Philharmonic and Andrew Skeet - Super Mario Bros. Theme 

The Beatles - Cry Baby Cry 
Jarvis reads The Enormous Crocodile, Part 1 (with thanks to the Estate of Roald Dahl and Penguin) 
Echo and The Bunnymen - Monkeys 
Booker T and The MGs - Sunday Sermon 
Orchestre du Montplaisant - Vegetation 
If He Dies, If If If If If If - Ink in the Eyes 
The Phoenix Foundation - Myth 
Jarvis reads the Enormous Crocodile, Part 2
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Soundtrack - I've Got a Golden Ticket 
Hot Chocolate - Could Have Been Born in the Ghetto 
Bill Monroe - In the Pines 

Rico Rodriguez - Ska Wars 
Jarvis reads the Enormous Crocodile, Part 3
Freddie and The Dreamers - See You Later, Alligator 
Langston Hughes and Leonard Feather - Blues Montage 
Maurice Jarre - Kwan 
The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes 
Lemon Jelly - Soft