The comedy4cast network. Let's dog ear that for now.
We interrupt our normal episodes for the following month of special episodes.
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 always take this month to provide you
with some interesting, yet totally useless, odd news.
And this year, to celebrate 20 years of comedy4cast,
an event we're calling the Platinum Anniversary of comedy4cast,
or PAC for short, we'll end each Dog Day episode with part of a classic comedy4cast episode.
So, let's get started with Odd News PAC.
It's the first Pizza Friday of Dog Days, and here is our first pizza-related story.
This time, we're traveling all the way to London, Kentucky, and the home of the Hubbard family.
Ooh, does this family have a special secret pizza recipe?
Well, first of all, if I told you, it wouldn't be a secret now,
would it? But, well, no, they don't.
But what they do have is a garage.
And in that space, they have created a retro Pizza Hut restaurant,
complete with booth seating, arcade games, and authentic lighting and signage.
This all began back in 2022.
Stephanie and Chris Hubbard had purchased a few Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
arcade machines to set up in the garage.
Obviously, that got them thinking about pizza. But more specifically, past trips to Pizza Hut.
They began reminiscing about how much fun they had had as kids,
playing the arcade games at the Hut.
In fact, the whole experience of going out to a restaurant brought on waves of nostalgia.
Stephanie explained, in not this voice, As cliche as this sounds,
it was a time that was so much more simple.
We didn't have everything at our fingertips.
Eating at a sit-down restaurant was a rare occurrence. So when you put that
together with the video games, a jukebox, and the Pizza Hut lighting,
you were living the dream.
All the feels right there.
In fact, Chris began to wonder, again, not in this voice, what if we made this
area look like a Pizza Hut?
Stephanie was instantly all in on the idea. Fast forward to today.
I said, fast forward to today.
2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. To date, the Hubbards have spent around $3,000 on the
pop-up Pizza Hut project.
And as the project rolled along, it began to inspire friends and family to lend a hand.
Soon, the Hubbards were receiving authentic Pizza Hut items as gifts for birthdays and Christmas.
Although some jewelry or power tools might have been nice too.
Stephanie says even her mother did scouting around and found signature Pizza
Hut red cups at a Goodwill store in Dayton.
In fact, the Hubbards have so much restaurant ephemera, it fills an entire display case in the space.
Items like glass mugs, salt and pepper shakers, even a complete J.C.
Penney Pizza Hut party set.
Yes, that was a thing. The furthest they have driven for a piece was five hours
to Illinois. That was to pick up a pizza delivery car topper that Chris made
into a light fixture for above the arcade machines.
And if you think the Hubbards are alone in their Pizza Hut pursuits,
apparently authentic Hut items go quickly when they do become available.
Some of the biggest lucky finds in the Hubbard Hut include an actual booth and
two tables, as well as an authentic Please Wait to be Seated sign.
There's no indication if the Hubbards' kids, Weston and Cassidy,
have to wait to be seated.
Weston does have vague memories of going to Pizza Hut, while Cassidy says she's
warming to the idea of having a pizza parlor in their garage.
The Hubbards also share the pizza fun with their friends.
In fact, for Stephanie's 40th birthday, they hosted a prom right there in their
own private Pizza Hut. Pretty cool.
And now let's celebrate 20 years of comedy4cast with this classic clip.
This clip is from episode 20, released on August 27, 2005.
In the sketch, my wife and son, played cleverly enough by my wife,
Bonnie, and our son, Nathan, have convinced me that it's time to ditch the Commodore
64 and get a new computer.
Of course, my logical next question is, what type of computer will we get to replace it?
Here's a cool computer that's on sale.
Hmm, interesting. But it says that all the accessories are separate.
That's where they get you, you know. The accessories.
We've thought of that. We've gone over the list of items that we'd need. Go on. I'm listening.
First, we'd need a mouse. We're thinking USB.
Hey, hey, hey. I won't have that kind of talk in my house. Huh?
Those are initials. USB.
Now I see where he gets it. Maybe we'd better skip to the next item.
We'll talk about this later. We need a new monitor.
LCD. Well, that's better. I see you're practicing your Spanish.
LCD. That means the CD, right? Right, Dad. Rich Corinthian leather.
Moving on, we'd want to get a new printer, but we can't decide between inkjet and laser.
Ooh, ooh, laser. Let's do laser. Then we can have it like in those movies where
they use the laser beams spread out over the room for security.
Neat! I like it! But, Dad, you can't... Never mind. Be happy he made a decision.
Don't forget about the extra memory.
That's pretty funny. Huh? Forget about the memory.
Look, this sounds like it's getting pretty expensive. Anything else?
We'd want a connection to the internet and maybe a wireless setup. Wi-Fi.
I give up. Wi-Fi. No, Dad, Wi-Fi, you know, like wireless G.
I don't know anything about those wrappers on MH1, son.
You know, this is all very confusing. I guess I'm just going to have to trust
you two to pick out the new computer setup.
I just have one simple request. What?
Can we get one of those music players, too? But nothing too expensive.
This should be easy. Don't count on it.
What about an iPod shuffle? Oh, you kids with your crazy dance names.
Is that what you do when you're listening to Wireless G?
Huh? But seriously, what about the music player? Let me try.
What about Rio? You have to go that far to get one? How about iRiver?
Oh, well, that's how you could get there. That might work. But what does that
have to do with a music player? Creative Zen? When did we switch to philosophy?
Nomad? Tan Ru? V'ger?
That about wraps it up for today's Odd News PAC, but first,
a shout-out to the comedy4cast Patreon patrons,
including our producer-level patron, Paul Barrie, from the A Window to the Magic
podcast at windowtothemagic.com.
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In this episode, the part of Bonnie was played by Bonnie Kenderdine,
and the part of Nathan was played by Nathan Alvord.
Additional voices, as well as story and music, by me, Clinton Alvord. Copyright 2025.
All rights reserved. Talk to you again next time. But for now,
that's it. We're done, done, done, done, done. Bye-bye.