Joe Bevilacqua
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Radio producer
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, dramatist, humorist, and documentary
Documentary film
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film producer
Film producer
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Early life
Bevilacqua grew up in Newark, New JerseyNewark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
, the son of a policeman and a housewife
Housewife
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Career
In 2011 Joe Bevilacqua signed a new deal with Audible to distribute all of his audio books including radio drama, science fiction, documentary, comedy and biography.And Joe signed a deal with Sirius/XM Sirius XM Radio to broadcast his work on the Book radio Ch. 80.
Bevilacqua frequently works as a team with his multi-talented wife Lorie Kellogg. Kellogg a graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City Art Institute
The Kansas City Art Institute is a private, independent, four-year college of fine arts and design founded in 1885 in Kansas City, Missouri....
and CalArts California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
has designed all Waterlogg Production Waterlogg Website websites and book covers. She has also lent her vocal characterizations to such projects as: Spanish Halloween Stories for Children: Translated into English, Spanish Christmas Stories for Children: Translated into English, The New Stories of Old-Time Radio: Volume One, Daws Butler’s Halloween Happening, The Best of Cartoon Carnival, Volume One: 'The Interviews'. Audiobook Heaven REVIEW: "Joe an Lorie are both extremely talented voice artists. They can both do lots of entertaining voices, not just characterizations but whole personalities, and they both have a fine flair for drama, satire, and comedy. Put them together and, well, need I say more? If you haven’t heard these two at work, you’re missing out on something special." )
Joe Bevilacqua voiced Commander Crumpet for the Bob Camp Bob Camp
Bob Camp
Bob Camp is a cartoonist, comic book artist, director, and producer. Camp has been nominated for two Emmys, a CableACE Award, and an Annie Award for his work on The Ren & Stimpy Show.-Career:...
(co-founder of and director for Ren & Stimpy of Spümcø
Spümcø
Spümcø, Inc. was an American animation production company based in Los Angeles, California. The studio produced three traditionally animated series, two Flash-animated cartoon series, two music videos, five animated shorts, and a comic book. The company also went on to produce content for a few...
) designed iPhone game 'Tanks of Fury' produced by Iversoft released Christmas 2011. His wife Lorie Kellogg voiced the character Desert Fox on the 'Tanks of Fury' game.
In 2009 Bevilacqua did a commentary for Marketplace
Marketplace
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. about his "green lifestyle".
For 25 years Joe Bevilacqua was a frequent contributor to National Public Radio, and, in 2004, was awarded a Silver Reel Award from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters
National Federation of Community Broadcasters
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for his personal essay A Guy Named Joe Bevilacqua, and two New York Festivals awards for "Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady" in 2001 and the NPR
NPR
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http://www.joebev.com/joebev-audio/joe-barbera-tribute.mp3 All Things Considered tribute to Joe Barbera in 2006.
From 2002- 2006 Bevilacqua and his wife Lorie Kellogg co-produced the Comedy-O-Rama hour XM Radio, Sonic Theater ch. 160, which is now Sirius/XM Sirius XM Radio Book Ch. 80.
He co-edited, with Ben Ohmart, a book of Daws Butler
Daws Butler
Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler was a voice actor originally from Toledo, Ohio. He worked mostly for Hanna-Barbera and originated the voices of many famous animated cartoon characters, including Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, and Huckleberry Hound.Daws Butler trained many working actors...
scripts entitled Scenes for Actors and Voices in 2003 and in 2004 co-wrote the authorized biography: Daws Butler: Characters Actor.
His credits include such radio documentaries as From Moonshine to Armadillos: the Birth of the Austin
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
Music Scene (2003), One Song at a Time: Tales from the Kerrville Folk Festival
Kerrville Folk Festival
The Kerrville Folk Festival is a music festival held for 18 consecutive days in the late spring/early summer at Quiet Valley Ranch near Kerrville, Texas. The event has run on a yearly basis since 1972. In November 2008, the Kerrville Folk Festival and Kerrville Wine & Music Festival were acquired...
(2000) and We Take You Now to Grover's Mill: The 50th Anniversary of The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds (radio)
The War of the Worlds was an episode of the American radio drama anthology series Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was performed as a Halloween episode of the series on October 30, 1938, and aired over the Columbia Broadcasting System radio network. Directed and narrated by actor and future filmmaker...
Broadcast (1988). His radio documentary
Radio documentary
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Lady Bird Johnson
Lady Bird Johnson
Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson was First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969 during the presidency of her husband Lyndon B. Johnson. Throughout her life, she was an advocate for beautification of the nation's cities and highways and conservation of natural resources and made that...
: Legacy of a First Lady
First Lady
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(2001) was heard on over 400 public radio stations.
Bevilacqua continues to regularly contribute to NPR magazines, including All Things Considered
All Things Considered
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, and the cartoon legend Joe Barbera's official obit producer.
Personal life
Bevilacqua and his wife, Lorie Kellogg, recently renovated their cottageCottage
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in the woods
Woodland
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of Napanoch, NY, to look like a (Yogi Bear
Yogi Bear
Yogi Bear is a fictional bear who appears in animated cartoons created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. He made his debut in 1958 as a supporting character in The Huckleberry Hound Show. Yogi Bear was the first breakout character created by Hanna-Barbera, and was eventually more popular than...
) Jellystone Park Ranger
Park ranger
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's Station. They live together with their three dogs, George, Gracie and Zasu, and their two cats, Offica Pup and Krazy Kat
Krazy Kat
Krazy Kat is an American comic strip created by cartoonist George Herriman, published daily in newspapers between 1913 and 1944. It first appeared in the New York Evening Journal, whose owner, William Randolph Hearst, was a major booster for the strip throughout its run...
. Their uniquely cartoonish home is the inspiration for one Bevilacqua’s radio
Radio
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comedy
Comedy
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creations: Camp Waterlogg, about a dilapidated Catskills kid’s camp populated by a cabal of crazy characters.