I too find several amusing things in this...such as the caveman's voice. (Interesting how he roared like a lion atop the plateau, but seemed to have a normal, almost conversational volume when he was accepting the food from the archaeologist and his military friend.)

I agree with you on the 20 themes, and think it would be interesting to create a database on how each of the 1,300 RMT episodes break down by theme. However, in [i:1ba836db02]this[/i:1ba836db02] set of programs we almost had a "cookie cutter" effect. As I hinted earlier, listen to Rose's opening dialogue over that "oboe-and-bassoon" music bed in the first act of each of these plays...notice how he says "I suppose" in each one.

Later, you hear him say "wow" or "oh, wow" in each episode...and you hear the "protagonist" say "We're rich, Jason...we're RICH!" ("The Laughing Maiden") or "We're going to be RICH!" ("Yesterday's Giant"). Then there are the plot similarities: three characters in each play, no women involved, one guy thinks he's found something from the past to get rich from, that same guy's a shady character (anyone who heard this program think that Ralph Bell's guy was responsible for what they repeatedly called "that Utah man business"?), he tricks Rose's character into coming along into a high-risk mission, the shady character is absolutely RULED BY his dreams of wealth, etc.

It seemed the RMT guys had a formula in January 1978. And thanks to the execution of the actors, and in spite of the extreme similarities, for me that formula worked.