{"id":24688,"date":"2020-02-08T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/?p=24688"},"modified":"2020-02-07T17:18:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T23:18:49","slug":"audio-drama-review-slick-bracer-p-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/audio-drama-review-slick-bracer-p-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio Drama Review: Slick Bracer, P.I."},"content":{"rendered":"

Slick Bracer, P.I.<\/em> was a 2011 Summer series for Decoder Ring Theatre. Unlike the ongoing Red Panda Adventures and Black Jack Justice, the series was written by Eric Decker.<\/p>\n

It starts Peter Nichols as Private Eye Slick Bracer and features a soundtrack and feel that places it in the late 1970s or early 1980s as opposed to the more golden age setting of the two regular series. It featured Christopher Mott as the extremely stereotypical Detective McGillicuddy.<\/p>\n

In many ways, the series does feel a lot like the Sid Guy, Private Eye<\/em> series with its comedic send-up of detective tropes. It\u2019s not quite as adept. While it does sound like the actors were having fun, this doesn\u2019t work quite as well.<\/p>\n

Each episode tends to rely on running gags, most of which weren\u2019t that funny the first time. Every episode, Slick\u2019s secretary tells a caller that\u2019s \u201cSlick\u2019s not there\u201d however her words slur together into \u201cSlick snot.\u201d And Slick gets furious about it. Every single episode.<\/p>\n

I did enjoy the last episode, \u201cSlick Bracer and the Perils of Public Radio.” It did seem to be written with a lot of knowledge of the subject, which led to some funny jokes and even a nice running gag about a coffee mug.<\/p>\n

Overall, this was not good, but it did have its moments.
\nRating: 2.25 out of 5<\/p>\n

You can listen to Slick Bracer, Private Eye on the Decoder Ring Theatre website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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