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The comedy4cast network. Let's dog ear that for now.

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This is comedy4cast, Episode 815, Museum Quality Pizza.

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It's time once again for the Dog Days of Podcasting. For more information and

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to hear all the shows, go to dogdaysofpodcasting.com.

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Let's get started with Odd News Plus.

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Here are our odd news stories for Friday, August 23rd, 2024.

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Now that Polaroids and vinyl albums have made a comeback, what will be the next

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retro product to slow boomerang back into our lives?

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We have our first clue. Sony is taking a gamble and bringing back the Betamax.

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A company executive is quoted as saying, Our target audience is people who are

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old enough to remember that their parents had a VCR, but not old enough to remember it was VHS.

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Now let's get to our actual for real odd news story.

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Today's hashtag pizza Friday story takes us to the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia, PA.

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Here is where we will find what is billed as the world's first and the largest pizza museum.

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Because when you think Philly, you think pizza? Actually, when the owners of

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the museum were doing their initial research in 2011.

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They were surprised to discover that there wasn't already a pizza museum in

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Italy, or New York, or Chicago.

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So why not Philadelphia? The museum is named Pizza Brain, probably because pizza

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mouth or pizza stomach would be too disturbing.

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And it's not a huge, multi-level, purpose-built, pizza-slice-shaped building.

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Although that would be cool. It's in an average-looking storefront in the Fishtown neighborhood.

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The idea for the museum evolved out of a pizza art exhibit.

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There was such a strong reaction to the exhibit, the organizers knew they were onto something.

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Shortly thereafter, the exhibit collection and a lot more were being readied for display.

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There was even a huge Pizza-delphia mural created for the outdoor courtyard.

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When you step inside Pizza Brain, you'll notice album covers and 45s on the walls.

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Each one related to pizza. Check out the collection of games, puzzles, and toys.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Got them. USS Enterprise Pizza Cutter? Check.

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Peter Parker slash Spider-Man delivering pizza via motorcycle?

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Of course. The Noid? Got one.

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And a Domino's delivery car topper, too.

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And, of course, you'll find a poster for Mystic Pizza among the movie items.

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In fact, there are so many pizza-related items here that this place has a,

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you guessed it, Guinness World Record for largest collection of pizza-related items.

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And here is the best part.

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It's not just a museum, it's also a pizzeria.

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Order up a pie and dine amongst the memorabilia. So, if you can't make it to

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Arby's Prince Street Pizza on Sunset in Hollywood, head to Philadelphia and

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Pizza Brain and have a slice from me, will ya?

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And finally, coming up this weekend on Odd News Plus, malls across the country are closing.

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What will we do with them? We visit one that has been converted into the world's

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longest bowling alley. A released ball takes two minutes to reach the pins,

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and an average game takes up to three hours to play.

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Still, most bowlers agree it's better than the food court-length curling ice

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sheet Toronto's Eaton Centre is building.

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That about wraps it up for today's Odd News Plus.

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A big thanks to the comedy4cast patrons for helping make this show possible.

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Talk to you next time. But for now, that's it. We're done, done,

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done, done, done. Bye-bye.

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Music.