The comedy4cast network. Let's dog ear that for now.
This is comedy4cast, Episode 808. We lost the meats.
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 odd news stories for Friday, August 16th, 2024.
First up, this fall, your coat is going to need to make a fashion statement.
Faux fur, fringe, and feathers will be on-point ways to make it happen.
But leading designers like Kirby Jean-Raymond, Rihanna, Vivienne Westwood,
and Heidi Slimane are all in on one bold idea.
Scrap fabric patchworks. The look was inspired by what designer Stella McCartney
says was, the realization that the lot of us end up with a ton of useless small bits of fabric.
It's all over the floor. So we all got together and tossed all that junk into a bin.
That's why no two scrap fabric patchworks are quite the same.
That means this year, don't be surprised if you ask someone, who are you wearing?
And they rattle off two dozen names. They're not wrong.
Now let's get to our actual for real odd news story.
For this Pizza Friday story, we head to Los Angeles, get off the 101 and head
down Sunset Boulevard. Our destination?
Arby's Roast Beef. Hold on, this isn't a story about someone trying to put horsey sauce on a pizza.
I hope that's not a real thing. In fact, it's not about roast beef,
and there isn't even an Arby's restaurant at 5920 Sunset anymore.
Last month, Arby's announced that their restaurant on Sunset,
which had been in operation since 1969 was closing.
While some were going to miss the food and would have to begin asking, who has the meats now?
Other people were lamenting the loss of the classic Arby's roast beef sign.
A giant 10-gallon cowboy hat outlined in yellow with red letters in neon proclaiming,
Arby's roast beef sandwich is delicious.
Hey, it's no Simon and Garfunkel sounds of silence neon sign, but it works.
These behemoths once dotted the country, but as times and tastes changed, so did the signs.
Precious few of the Vegas-worthy versions remain.
Disclaimer here, this reporter once worked at Arby's.
Okay, all that is well and good, but what does it have to do with pizza?
Well, the sign has gotten at least a temporary reprieve, because Prince Street
Pizza, a New New York City-based restaurant chain will be using the former Arby's
location as a pop-up drive-thru pizza location until Halloween.
Unlike other Prince Street pizza locations, the Sunset Store will only serve
pizza by the slice and only via the drive-thru.
The entire inside of the building has been converted into a kitchen for the project.
Hold on, you say. Now Now the sign out front must now be Prince Street Pizza
and not Arby's Roast Beef.
So much for saving the old clock tower, McFly.
Nay, nay. While the building itself has been painted white with signature green
accents and signage, the 10-gallon hat sign out front remains the same as it's always been.
The smaller sign below, with removable letters for specials and the like, now reads, L.A.
Traffic sucks a lot less with a slice.
And no ranch. Oh, and one more thing.
Why, you might ask, does Arby's use a 10-gallon hat as its icon? The answer?
Just because it would catch your attention.
Yee-haw. The Arby's Prince Street Pizza location on Sunset is open daily from
4 p.m. to 4 a.m. through the end of of October.
Stop by and have a slice for me, will ya?
And finally, Halloween is just around the corner.
For theme parks, it's already started, and for some people, it never really ends.
But is there anything new out there? Anything to up the scare factor?
One haunted house thinks so. Located at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Cower-Angst of Burlington, Vermont, the long approach to their farmhouse is lined
with skeletons, jack-o'-lanterns, cobwebs, and several large-screen TVs.
Hector Cower-Angst explains that as people approach the house,
AI-assisted monitors track the guests, observing their behavior and listening
to their conversations.
By the time the trick-or-treaters reach the front gate, sophisticated profiling
software has determined what the visitor's deepest,
darkest, most horrific fears are. Then, image-rendering software generates lifelike
pictures of those fears and begins projecting them onto the huge monitors.
The candy-seekers must make their way through this hellish gauntlet before reaching the front door.
Some visitors never make it, while others end up crawling to the threshold,
sobbing uncontrollably.
Hysteria Cower-Angst explains that it's all worth it as the stalwart survivors
are rewarded with a box of raisins.
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.