Friday Follies

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Lightsaber training catches on In today's edition of Odd News+ we travel to Mexico for some Jedi training. Also, a group has feelings about tax free holidays and Danny Hillcrest gives us the lowdown on upcoming movies that were inspired by the success of "Deadpool & Wolverine." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stalked by an ex-boyfriend she can't get rid of, Madison borrows Boston Blackie's gun to show she means business. But when her ex turns up murdered, Blackie will have to try and prove her innocence. If she is innocent… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September laughs begin as host Clinton brings us Madison on the Air #33- Boston Blackie, Comedy4Cast: Heading Towards the Light, and Tek Diff #183! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm a little piqued about something. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This year's essential Paris souvenir Today, as part of Dog Days of Podcasting, we continue our month-long "Odd News+" series. In this episode we give a very profitable horoscope, provide an answer to a recent brain teaser and talk about the must-have item you need to find on your trip to Paris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Madison sets out to find Tonto and save him from his horrible Native American stereotype. But she finds herself indebted to a career criminal who wants her to help with his latest score. Can she get through to Tonto, avoid the law, and turn the tables on the Lone Ranger? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Summer's last weekday ends with relaxing laughs! Host John brings us Madison on the Air #32, Comedy4Cast: We're Just Scratching the Surface and Tek Diff #182: Rantasy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slip is late for the news. A live remote. The Army. Easter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dealing with change is a snap Today on Odd News+ we look at a seismic shift in the way some people are consuming beverages. It's a whole new twist on the subject. Plus, a new fake report may change the way you think about getting in your 10,000 steps a day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Madison is back in Dr. Watson's shoes for another Sherlock Holmes adventure! A trip to the French Riviera in 1900 proves you can have bad luck even when you aren't playing the roulette wheel. Is there a rash of suicides from gambling losses, or is there murder in the salty Mediterranean air? Madison will bet it all on black, but blood red will be the real winner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At the end of your long week, host John is here to give you the laughs! The Follies begins with Madison on the Air #31, with Comedy4Cast: It All Hinges on This, and Tek Diff #181- Slip is Late! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New show! More Adventure, more blood, more horses, more skin cancer...wait, what? The back-up noise...the back-up noise...And a track from Negativland! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Getting by with what you have Today on "Odd News+," you'll learn about a young woman who is making the most of a diet that is rather restrictive. There's also some home repair advice, courtesy of Lucas, the repair person who comes in to fix things in the comedy4cast studios. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On her first dangerous assignment as a government agent, Madison is sent to Haiti to retrieve lost anti-submarine plans. But Madison knows the assignment is really a cover story for her big birthday celebration! Madison accepts her Birthday Quest and travels deep into the Haitian jungle for the ultimate party. But obstacles stand in her way including a magazine photographer, a Haitian jungle guide, a folklore professor, a white plant man, and a boy in a leather flight jacket. And are those Vodou drums really for Madison's party, or something else? Join us for Madison's craziest birthday ever! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Follies! Host John brings us Madison on the Air #30, Comedy4Cast: Limited Options, and Teknikal Diffikulties $180- Once Bitten... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New show! Not much to add to that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A state trooper has a close encounter Welcome to day 3 of our August Dog Days of Podcasting "Odd News+" format. In this episode we issue a rare retraction and ask big thinkers about the future. But the main story involves a state trooper pulling over a vehicle for a traffic violation. He gets more than he bargained for when the situation turns into a close encounter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With an office in New York and an assistant to fetch her coffee, Madison is ready to be a detective in her own right. But when her very first client asks her to find Martians living in the city, will working the case prove he's crazy, or drive Madison crazy? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Bell reopens the Follies this week with Madison on the Air #29, Comedy4Cast- Flying under the Radar, and Tek Diff #179- ADVENTURE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mildly perverted... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People did a double take at this graduation. Our Dog Days of Podcasting month-long "Odd News+" format continues with a story about an eight-grade "moving up" ceremony that had people questioning their eyesight. We also celebrate #pizzafriday and look ahead to what is coming up this weekend on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to the Lux Radio Theater, we have this 1950 broadcast of "The Wizard of Oz." When Madison steps into the ruby slippers, her trip over the rainbow is a journey unlike any Dorothy could ever have dreamed up. The citizens of Oz will do their best to get Madison home, whether she wants to leave or not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to August! This week host John is back with Madison on the Air #28, Comedy4Cast: It takes 2 and 2 and 2, and Tek Diff #178- Crazy Eights Bonkers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A trying week of crazy noise. Whee. Anyway, I brung the laffs, you bring the chips and cheese! I did a Transformers Rejects for tformers.com I don't think it's up yet, but keep an eye out for it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We take a international competition in stride It's time to kick off Dog Days of Podcasting for 2024. Dog Days is a challenge for podcasters to put out a show every day in August. This year, we're taking our old Dog Days "Odd News" concept and raising things up a notch with "Odd News". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CROSSOVER EPISODE WITH CANARY P.I. PODCAST! When Madison and Canary both show up to Richard Diamond's office while he's out of town, the two will have to work together on a very unusual case. It's diamonds, a double cross, and a very hungry sea lion. Can Canary P.I. work with a partner?  Especially when that partner is Madison? Grab a bag of Cheetos and join us for “The Canary and the Seal.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to your comedy break for the week with Madison on the Air #27, Comedy4Cast: A Hobby You Can Stick With, and Tek Diff #177! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm back! What's to say. More comadee.... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buzz gives a surprise endorsement to these previews. Can it be? Has Buzz "Scoop" Crackerjack Thomas actually changed his mind? Does he now approve of the way Danny Hillcrest preview reviewing movies? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TWO Christmas Adventures in ONE!  First, it's Christmas Eve, yet it's anything but a silent night when a villainous plot tries to keep Batman and Madison from a charity event at the Southside Mission!  Then, stepping in for Diana Prince, Madison has to face one of Wonder Woman's most evil foes who has done the unthinkable… kidnapped Santa! DON'T CHANGE THAT DIAL! It's an action-packed holiday season! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Enjoy your Fridays as host Clinton brings the Folliws with Madison on the Air #26, Comedy4Cast: Danny Hillcrest Previews More 2024, and Tek Diff #176! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the Fourth! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

And Danny has a new "sponsor," too! After an all-too-short hiatus, Danny Hillcrest is back to review more movies. This time, he'll give you the lowdown on some of this Summer's hottest upcoming blockbuster films. And, as usual, he hasn't seen any of them. Danny learns everything he needs to know about the movies by watching trailers on YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the early 1950s, the show “Defense Attorney” centered around female attorney, Martha Ellis Bryant. Ah-mazing, right? So, natch, Madison had to put on her best Elle Woods and step in for the lady lawyer. The case: a wealthy elderly man worries that one of his three no-good sons is trying to kill him for the inheritance.  Can Madison figure out just which son in time to stop a murder?  And can she score with one of the other rich sons? (No judgement!) The defense won't rest while Madison is on the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Line up for laughs! Host Clinton brings us Madison on the Air #25, Comedy4Cast: Danny Hillcrest Reviews, and Tek Diff #175- 4ourth! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Show! Comm-a-dee! Frank's adventure! And some weather news! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to bring the table back. Clinton receives a call on the Super Secret Phone Line that reminds him about a long-gone show segment – the Virtual Table of Random Things. But, newer listeners might not know about the Virtual Table. To solve that, Clinton explains the origins of this mysterious piece of virtual furniture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On October 30th, 1938, Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater re-envisioned the 1897 H.G. Wells' classic “War of the Worlds” as a Halloween treat and created a global sensation.  Adapted from Orson Welles' adaptation, Madison embarks upon her own journey through the infamous Martian invasion in her hometown of Los Angeles across landmarks like the Griffith Park Observatory, Hollywood Boulevard and the La Brea Tar Pits. It's Madison vs. Martians… who will survive the invasion? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's American Independence Day! And host Clinton brings you the independent laughs with Madison on the Air #24- War of the Worlds, Comedy4Cast: Cast and Recall, and Tek Diff #174- Titleless Show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Detective Haartte gets into the act. Detective Haartte takes a night off to enjoy a live musical production. But he should have known better than to think that trouble ever takes a holiday. Soon enough, light opera turns into heavy crime. One of the cast members is found dead during intermission. And they aren't acting! Can Haartte figure out who caused the untimely demise of Duke Bassett? Can you? Match wits with Middling Fair's best (and only) private detective in this baffling case of music, mayhem and murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices