1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:05,200 The comedy4cast Network. Let's dog ear that for now. 2 00:00:06,940 --> 00:00:13,320 Oh hi, Clinton here. Welcome to the Dog Days of Pumpkin Spice Season. 3 00:00:13,980 --> 00:00:20,460 Yes, August got away from me because life. So this is my unofficial extension of Dog Days. 4 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:25,280 For more information on that, go to dogdaysofpodcasting.com. 5 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:30,060 I always use Dog Days to give you 31 episodes full of some interesting, 6 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:32,799 yet totally useless, odd news. 7 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:37,120 And this year, to celebrate the Platinum Vnniversary of comedy4cast, 8 00:00:37,299 --> 00:00:44,080 or PAC for short, I'll end each Dog Days episode with part of a classic comedy4cast episode. 9 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:48,780 So, let's get started with... Odd News, PAC! 10 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:55,780 In the song One Call Away, Charlie Puth claims Superman got nothing on me. 11 00:00:55,980 --> 00:01:01,120 But here's news about something that might have one up on Sup's arch-rival, Lex Luthor. 12 00:01:01,340 --> 00:01:07,940 In 1978's Superman the Movie, Lex's lair is located at Metropolis's Grand Central Terminal. 13 00:01:08,220 --> 00:01:12,459 Well, 200 feet below Grand Central Terminal to be more precise. 14 00:01:12,780 --> 00:01:16,860 And if anyone ever discovered he was down there, it wouldn't be good. 15 00:01:16,860 --> 00:01:20,940 But he could avoid all that now if he's willing to relocate to England. 16 00:01:21,020 --> 00:01:23,440 He can telecommute to his crimes, can't he? 17 00:01:23,660 --> 00:01:28,640 He'd just have to head to Oxford, where he'd find accommodations that are far more legit. 18 00:01:28,980 --> 00:01:31,260 Smaller, perhaps, but legal. 19 00:01:31,599 --> 00:01:35,740 That's because there's a street in Oxford with a median between the north and 20 00:01:35,740 --> 00:01:38,880 southbound sides of St. Giles. Hmm? 21 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:46,320 They pronounce it Giles? That's weird. Anyway, on that median strip, 22 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,120 you'll find cast-iron railings that frame two sets of stairs. 23 00:01:50,580 --> 00:01:54,720 The stairs were built in 1895, during the reign of Queen Victoria. 24 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:59,660 They lead down to... A bank vault? A pocket dimension? Uh-uh. 25 00:02:00,150 --> 00:02:06,090 Restrooms. Or at least that's where they did lead until being taken out of service in 2008. 26 00:02:06,410 --> 00:02:11,810 And quite frankly, that would have been the end of it, except the location got a new lease on life. 27 00:02:12,090 --> 00:02:16,010 Now branded as the Netty, which is northern slang for toilets, 28 00:02:16,370 --> 00:02:20,889 the underground space has been completely renovated and turned into quite possibly 29 00:02:20,889 --> 00:02:22,930 England's smallest hotel. 30 00:02:23,270 --> 00:02:27,870 The updated space has been divided into two suites. One has a bit of a pink 31 00:02:27,870 --> 00:02:29,710 theme, the other has some blue. 32 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:35,590 To give a nod to the idea of men's and women's restrooms without being too obvious. 33 00:02:35,970 --> 00:02:39,490 But other than that, it would be hard to guess the former life of these two 34 00:02:39,490 --> 00:02:40,810 subterranean lodgings. 35 00:02:41,070 --> 00:02:46,030 Now they feature contemporary furnishings and accent pieces with rich textures 36 00:02:46,030 --> 00:02:51,350 and custom details that were inspired by collections in Oxford's Ashmolean Museum, 37 00:02:51,610 --> 00:02:53,130 located right next door. 38 00:02:53,530 --> 00:02:57,710 Well, upstairs and next door. Remember, this hotel is underground. 39 00:02:57,710 --> 00:03:02,530 But even so, it is supplied with a bit of natural light, which comes filtering 40 00:03:02,530 --> 00:03:05,190 through pavement glass embedded in the median above. 41 00:03:05,630 --> 00:03:10,270 See? Two suites. I'm sure Otis would be the first member of the gang to point 42 00:03:10,270 --> 00:03:16,150 out that one suite could be for Miss Teschmacher and the other for himself and his best bud, Lex. 43 00:03:16,470 --> 00:03:18,870 And I think Lex would love the idea. 44 00:03:19,370 --> 00:03:22,530 With one small change. But cheer up, Otis. 45 00:03:22,650 --> 00:03:28,030 I hear that you only have to travel a few kilometers down the motorway to reach the next nearest hotel. 46 00:03:28,310 --> 00:03:31,370 I believe it's in Otisburg-Upon-Fault Line. 47 00:03:32,230 --> 00:03:38,090 And now let's celebrate 20 years of comedy forecast with this classic clip. 48 00:03:38,700 --> 00:03:42,520 This clip was part of an episode released in July of 2013. 49 00:03:43,180 --> 00:03:46,940 Say hello to Spammy the Clown. Here's the clip. 50 00:03:47,980 --> 00:03:53,020 Hey boys and girls, welcome back from commercial. It's me, Spammy the Clown. 51 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:58,080 I think it's time for me to visit my old pal Magic Mirror and get today's secret 52 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,400 word. You wait right here. 53 00:04:04,540 --> 00:04:12,200 Hello, Magic Mirror. It's me. Spammy the Clown Hello Spammy It's good to see 54 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,180 you And gee Magic Mirror It's good to see, 55 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:24,060 Myself That never gets old Wow I've had an amazing day today I met a fireman 56 00:04:24,060 --> 00:04:28,880 Made a construction paper Eiffel Tower And learned to sing. 57 00:04:30,180 --> 00:04:37,100 Frere's Jocka I just kind of sat here And stared at myself In myself Magic Mirror, 58 00:04:37,380 --> 00:04:40,060 I think it's time for today's secret word. 59 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:44,480 Yes, I've been thinking about that. What do you mean, Magic Mirror? 60 00:04:44,779 --> 00:04:47,839 It's just that every time I give you a secret word, somehow, 61 00:04:48,140 --> 00:04:50,760 everyone in the country seems to know it within seconds. 62 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:56,380 What are you getting at? Well, if I didn't know better, I'd think you weren't keeping it a secret. 63 00:04:56,640 --> 00:05:00,540 I don't know what you're talking about. Oh, don't you? 64 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:05,520 Come on, Magic Mirror, we can deal with this later, okay? When you're only here 65 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:09,680 for an hour or so every day, and then you leave. And I'm stuck here. 66 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:14,240 Alone. In the dark. Wow, that sounds pretty scary. 67 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:18,600 And you know what I do when I'm scared? I sing a song. 68 00:05:19,420 --> 00:05:25,940 Frere's a jock. Uh, Frere's a... Nope. That won't work this time. 69 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:29,140 I want out of here. I want to see the world. 70 00:05:29,500 --> 00:05:32,080 Visit a farm. Have a day at the beach. 71 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:37,600 Get dysentery on a stranded cruise ship. Well, Magic Mirror, that's a lot to do. 72 00:05:37,740 --> 00:05:41,820 I don't think we can do all that right now. Alright. Let's start easy. 73 00:05:42,399 --> 00:05:47,279 Why don't we switch things up and have you tell me the secret word? 74 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:49,260 I'll be sure to keep it a secret. 75 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:53,680 I'm not sure that's a good idea, Magic Mirror. Okay. 76 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:59,380 How about we start with me suing you for intolerable working conditions? Okay, okay. 77 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:03,000 You win, Magic Mirror. We'll play it your way. 78 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:10,520 Here, let me just lean in here a little closer and I can whisper it to you. Wait. 79 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,680 What are you doing with that giant sack of rubber chickens? 80 00:06:42,220 --> 00:06:45,380 That about wraps it up for today's Odd News PAC. 81 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:49,240 But first, a shout-out to the comedy4cast Patreon patrons, 82 00:06:49,580 --> 00:06:54,300 including our producer-level patrons, Paul Barrie from the A Window to the Magic 83 00:06:54,300 --> 00:06:59,480 podcast and Kirby Bartlett-Sloan from the 20-megabyte Doctor Who podcast. 84 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:04,440 You, too, can support comedy4cast and get episodes before everyone else 85 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,800 for as little as $2 a month. 86 00:07:07,060 --> 00:07:13,240 Just search for comedy4cast, all one word with the number 4 on patreon.com. 87 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:19,520 Script, voices, and original music by me, Clinton Alvord. Copyright 2025. 88 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:24,020 All rights reserved. Talk to you again next time. But for now, 89 00:07:24,340 --> 00:07:27,180 that's it. We're done, done, done, done, done. Bye-bye.