1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,040 The comedy4cast network. Let's dog ear that for now. 2 00:00:08,951 --> 00:00:14,551 This is comedy4cast, Episode 808. We lost the meats. 3 00:00:16,251 --> 00:00:22,351 It's time once again for the Dog Days of Podcasting, a call for podcasters to 4 00:00:22,351 --> 00:00:25,571 try to put out a podcast every day in August. 5 00:00:25,851 --> 00:00:32,071 For more information and to hear all the shows, go to dogdaysofpodcasting.com. 6 00:00:32,351 --> 00:00:38,331 Here at the comedy4cast studios, we've been working on a new format for this year's Dog Days. 7 00:00:38,951 --> 00:00:45,291 Sure, like in years past, there will be an actual odd news story, but that's not all. 8 00:00:45,551 --> 00:00:50,451 So, let's get started with Odd News Plus. 9 00:00:51,411 --> 00:00:57,311 Here are our odd news stories for Friday, August 16th, 2024. 10 00:00:58,291 --> 00:01:03,451 First up, this fall, your coat is going to need to make a fashion statement. 11 00:01:03,451 --> 00:01:08,871 Faux fur, fringe, and feathers will be on-point ways to make it happen. 12 00:01:09,111 --> 00:01:14,931 But leading designers like Kirby Jean-Raymond, Rihanna, Vivienne Westwood, 13 00:01:15,091 --> 00:01:19,291 and Heidi Slimane are all in on one bold idea. 14 00:01:20,071 --> 00:01:26,111 Scrap fabric patchworks. The look was inspired by what designer Stella McCartney 15 00:01:26,111 --> 00:01:32,371 says was, the realization that the lot of us end up with a ton of useless small bits of fabric. 16 00:01:32,911 --> 00:01:38,011 It's all over the floor. So we all got together and tossed all that junk into a bin. 17 00:01:38,671 --> 00:01:42,591 That's why no two scrap fabric patchworks are quite the same. 18 00:01:43,151 --> 00:01:48,111 That means this year, don't be surprised if you ask someone, who are you wearing? 19 00:01:48,331 --> 00:01:52,731 And they rattle off two dozen names. They're not wrong. 20 00:01:53,891 --> 00:01:57,711 Now let's get to our actual for real odd news story. 21 00:01:58,071 --> 00:02:03,031 For this Pizza Friday story, we head to Los Angeles, get off the 101 and head 22 00:02:03,031 --> 00:02:05,711 down Sunset Boulevard. Our destination? 23 00:02:06,351 --> 00:02:13,131 Arby's Roast Beef. Hold on, this isn't a story about someone trying to put horsey sauce on a pizza. 24 00:02:13,671 --> 00:02:19,111 I hope that's not a real thing. In fact, it's not about roast beef, 25 00:02:19,331 --> 00:02:23,731 and there isn't even an Arby's restaurant at 5920 Sunset anymore. 26 00:02:24,471 --> 00:02:28,511 Last month, Arby's announced that their restaurant on Sunset, 27 00:02:28,551 --> 00:02:32,811 which had been in operation since 1969 was closing. 28 00:02:33,131 --> 00:02:38,051 While some were going to miss the food and would have to begin asking, who has the meats now? 29 00:02:38,571 --> 00:02:43,131 Other people were lamenting the loss of the classic Arby's roast beef sign. 30 00:02:43,491 --> 00:02:49,591 A giant 10-gallon cowboy hat outlined in yellow with red letters in neon proclaiming, 31 00:02:49,591 --> 00:02:52,591 Arby's roast beef sandwich is delicious. 32 00:02:53,191 --> 00:02:58,191 Hey, it's no Simon and Garfunkel sounds of silence neon sign, but it works. 33 00:02:59,301 --> 00:03:05,221 These behemoths once dotted the country, but as times and tastes changed, so did the signs. 34 00:03:05,941 --> 00:03:08,521 Precious few of the Vegas-worthy versions remain. 35 00:03:09,541 --> 00:03:12,701 Disclaimer here, this reporter once worked at Arby's. 36 00:03:13,401 --> 00:03:17,081 Okay, all that is well and good, but what does it have to do with pizza? 37 00:03:17,541 --> 00:03:22,901 Well, the sign has gotten at least a temporary reprieve, because Prince Street 38 00:03:22,901 --> 00:03:27,801 Pizza, a New New York City-based restaurant chain will be using the former Arby's 39 00:03:27,801 --> 00:03:32,021 location as a pop-up drive-thru pizza location until Halloween. 40 00:03:32,601 --> 00:03:37,421 Unlike other Prince Street pizza locations, the Sunset Store will only serve 41 00:03:37,421 --> 00:03:40,681 pizza by the slice and only via the drive-thru. 42 00:03:40,861 --> 00:03:45,301 The entire inside of the building has been converted into a kitchen for the project. 43 00:03:45,821 --> 00:03:50,501 Hold on, you say. Now Now the sign out front must now be Prince Street Pizza 44 00:03:50,501 --> 00:03:52,601 and not Arby's Roast Beef. 45 00:03:52,881 --> 00:03:55,761 So much for saving the old clock tower, McFly. 46 00:03:56,561 --> 00:04:01,681 Nay, nay. While the building itself has been painted white with signature green 47 00:04:01,681 --> 00:04:07,861 accents and signage, the 10-gallon hat sign out front remains the same as it's always been. 48 00:04:08,341 --> 00:04:14,421 The smaller sign below, with removable letters for specials and the like, now reads, L.A. 49 00:04:14,521 --> 00:04:17,081 Traffic sucks a lot less with a slice. 50 00:04:18,041 --> 00:04:22,481 And no ranch. Oh, and one more thing. 51 00:04:22,701 --> 00:04:28,021 Why, you might ask, does Arby's use a 10-gallon hat as its icon? The answer? 52 00:04:28,701 --> 00:04:30,741 Just because it would catch your attention. 53 00:04:31,501 --> 00:04:37,801 Yee-haw. The Arby's Prince Street Pizza location on Sunset is open daily from 54 00:04:37,801 --> 00:04:40,601 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. through the end of of October. 55 00:04:41,081 --> 00:04:43,481 Stop by and have a slice for me, will ya? 56 00:04:44,841 --> 00:04:48,181 And finally, Halloween is just around the corner. 57 00:04:48,401 --> 00:04:53,441 For theme parks, it's already started, and for some people, it never really ends. 58 00:04:53,861 --> 00:04:58,041 But is there anything new out there? Anything to up the scare factor? 59 00:04:58,881 --> 00:05:03,441 One haunted house thinks so. Located at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 60 00:05:03,781 --> 00:05:08,341 Cower-Angst of Burlington, Vermont, the long approach to their farmhouse is lined 61 00:05:08,341 --> 00:05:13,741 with skeletons, jack-o'-lanterns, cobwebs, and several large-screen TVs. 62 00:05:14,541 --> 00:05:18,161 Hector Cower-Angst explains that as people approach the house, 63 00:05:18,461 --> 00:05:23,761 AI-assisted monitors track the guests, observing their behavior and listening 64 00:05:23,761 --> 00:05:24,821 to their conversations. 65 00:05:25,601 --> 00:05:30,221 By the time the trick-or-treaters reach the front gate, sophisticated profiling 66 00:05:30,221 --> 00:05:32,681 software has determined what the visitor's deepest, 67 00:05:33,798 --> 00:05:40,958 darkest, most horrific fears are. Then, image-rendering software generates lifelike 68 00:05:40,958 --> 00:05:45,658 pictures of those fears and begins projecting them onto the huge monitors. 69 00:05:46,238 --> 00:05:51,298 The candy-seekers must make their way through this hellish gauntlet before reaching the front door. 70 00:05:51,738 --> 00:05:56,278 Some visitors never make it, while others end up crawling to the threshold, 71 00:05:56,518 --> 00:05:58,538 sobbing uncontrollably. 72 00:05:59,458 --> 00:06:04,198 Hysteria Cower-Angst explains that it's all worth it as the stalwart survivors 73 00:06:04,198 --> 00:06:08,018 are rewarded with a box of raisins. 74 00:06:11,618 --> 00:06:17,438 That about wraps it up for today's odd news plus a big thanks to the 75 00:06:17,438 --> 00:06:22,658 comedy4cast patrons for helping make this show possible. Story, voices, 76 00:06:22,898 --> 00:06:27,418 and original music by Clinton Alvord Copyright 2024, 77 00:06:28,158 --> 00:06:34,138 All rights reserved. Talk to you next time But for now, that's it. We're done, 78 00:06:34,218 --> 00:06:35,958 done, done, done, done Bye-bye. 79 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:47,208 Music.