The comedy4cast Network. Let's dog-ear that for now.
This is comedy4cast, Episode 794. It takes two.
And two. And two.
It's time once again for the Dog Days of Podcasting. A call for podcasters to
try to put out a podcast every day in August.
For more information and to hear all the shows, go to dogdaysofpodcasting.com.
Here at the comedy4cast Studios, we've been working on a new format for this year's Dog Days.
Sure, like in years past, there will be an actual odd news story,
but that's not all. So, let's get started with Odd News Plus.
Here are our stories for Friday, August 2nd, 2024.
First up, it's Friday, and that means it's Pizza Friday.
Did you know that the first Pizza Friday was kind of a mistake?
Giovanni Pepperoncini, often cited as the creator of this worldwide phenomenon,
originally wanted it to be Pizza Thursday.
But by the time he got his friends to all agree on which restaurant to go to,
and then talked his girlfriend out of ordering a Hawaiian pizza,
and then Cousin Phil decided to begin the meal with an appetizer of breadsticks,
even though that made no sense, I mean, it was just more dough.
Well, by that point, it was Pizza Friday.
Now, let's get to our actual for-real odd news story.
This past June, moving on to high school was a big deal in Needham, Massachusetts.
That's because 23 sets of twins graduated eighth grade at the Pollard Middle School.
Another student, who was also a twin, was part of the graduation,
but her brother attends a different school.
I'm guessing the twin that graduated from Pollard Middle School was like,
Like, ugh, Brayden, he's such a loser.
I think being a twin is cool, but Brayden hates it. He says it makes everything too competitive.
But he would say that, since he's like a whole five minutes younger than me.
Loser! The school gave a special shout-out to the 23 sets of twins during the
so-called moving-up ceremony.
Although, I could see some parents getting upset if the principal started throwing
in things like, You're the high school's problem now.
I'm having a drink, and I can assure you it won't be a double.
And you know there had to have been some teachers in a panic,
worrying that they gave the wrong twin a passing grade.
They all wear matching outfits. It's too confusing. Where's my drink?
According to the National Center
for Health Statistics, twins account for about 3% of births in the U.S.
But in this case, twins made up about 10% of the 8th grade class. Pretty impressive.
Until I came across this story.
Because right around the same time those 23 sets of twins were graduating 8th
grade in Massachusetts, Over
in Ohio, the Cleveland Clinic was caring for seven sets of newborn twins.
So Finnegan, Theodore, Reed, Elliot, and the rest, I look forward to covering
your eighth grade graduation in 2037.
Where's my drink?
And finally, coming up this weekend on Odd News Plus, pulling into a parking
space or backing into a parking space? Which is better?
We found out by turning over the car keys to 20 lab mice.
Spoiler, it did not go well. Turns out they couldn't see over the steering wheel.
On the plus side, we got plenty of viral video content.
But Squeaky, you will be missed.
That about wraps it up for today's Odd News Plus. A big thanks to the
comedy4cast patrons for helping make this show possible.
Story, voices, and original music by Clinton Alvord. Copyright 2024.
All rights reserved. Talk to you next time. But for now, that's it.
We're done, done, done, done, done. Bye-bye.
Music.