Comedy

The Louisiana Cajuns

by Maurice Martin & Moocat le Meaux

Here, for the first time, freely available on the Internet is the partially treasured, non-Pulitzer-winning radio comedy series (19:54):

Side A

  • Expulsion from Canada1:21
  • Settlement in La.2:24
  • War of 18121:52
  • Superstitions4:03

Side B

  • Secret Conclave1:47
  • Oil3:16
  • Huey Long2:05
  • Cajun Fad3:15

In 1985, the Louisiana State Government may or may not have funded a group of intrepid historians intent on bringing new insight into the trials and triumphs of a people long marginalized by the fact that they live on the margins of the U.S. landmass, culture, S.A.T. scores, and nutritional guidelines.

These brilliant scholars would have assembled a crack team of historical thespians and allegedly employed advanced, historically accurate recording techniques to produce these would-be highly prized tapes documenting the entire history of Acajuniana.

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Maurice Martin grew up in Lafayette, Louisiana. He is a Prairie Cajun, not a Bayou Cajun. Anybody who says he's a Bayou Cajun better be ready to FIGHT. Yes, I'm talking to you!

Moocat le Meaux taught comedy writing at Emerson College (Boston) and The Writer's Center (Bethesda, MD). He has written for several radio comedy shows and written for or performed in comedy troupes The Culture Report, Radio X, Swolen (sic) Monkey Showcase, and Last Flight Out. His cartoons have appeared in The Daily Reveille and Washington Media Ear.