Muckey Landing
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Creator: Mucked Up Productions
Comedy Audio Drama
Synopsis:
Welcome to Muckey Landing, Delaware, a place mostly known for being not too far from someplace you’d rather be. While you’re here, stop by the Muckey Landing Market, Diner and Hardware Emporium at the corner of St. Jones and Broad, and say hi to proprietors Virgil Slatter and Harmon Truesdale. If it’s Tuesday, try Harmon’s bologna special. Then sit back and enjoy this award-winning full-cast comedy fiction sitcom, comin’ at you in the tradition of Lum and Abner, I Love Lucy, and The Jack Benny Show. Well, it would be just like those shows if their characters smoked, drank and cussed. Prepare your funny bones, ’cause we’re gonna do our best to tickle ’em!
Format: Audio Drama
Genres: Comedy
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Episodes:
Sun, 02 Feb 2020 17:27:00 -0500
Let Virgil Slatter, co-owner of the Muckey Landing Market, Diner and Hardware Emporium, introduce you to a few of the quirky inhabitants of his sleepy little hometown.
Muckey Landing — a scripted comedy podcast. Not as sleepy as it looks.
Sat, 07 Mar 2020 09:30:00 -0500
We meet Virgil Slatter and Harmon Truesdale, proprietors of the Muckey Landing Market, Diner and Hardware Emporium. Virgil adopts Aloysius, the world’s ugliest dog. Local artist Myrtle Myrkle invites Harmon to dinner, and Police Chief Neville Cheefe shares conspiracy theories about the fire at the DuPlant chicken nugget plant.
The Late, Late Harmon Truesdale
Sun, 29 Mar 2020 11:37:01 -0400
Virgil tries not to lose his temper about Harmon being late for work every morning, to disastrous effect. Salesman Dickie Butz stops in and sells Virgil some highly effective merchandise from Japan.
Sort of a Public Service Announcement
Thu, 09 Apr 2020 07:31:09 -0400
Virgil Slatter and Harmon Truesdale, co-owners of the Muckey Landing Market, Diner and Hardware Emporium, attempt to advise you about staying safe while shopping at their store. Muckey Landing: sort of like Lum and Abner, but with profanity.
Thu, 16 Apr 2020 12:49:59 -0400
With the town of Muckey Landing still in quarantine, Virgil and Harmon discuss what they want to discuss without coming to much of a conclusion.
Fri, 01 May 2020 10:30:00 -0400
Still quarantined, Virgil attempts to forge ahead with recording a history of Muckey Landing for Mitch Pohunk to play on the radio, while Harmon is getting tired of Joe Biden constantly calling him up to talk about nothing.
Virgil Slatter - Mike Polo
Harmon Truesdale - Bruce Leister
Muckey Landing - a Sort of a Podcast was named Outstanding Comedy Fiction Podcast at the 2021 New Jersey Web Fest and is a Gold Listening Selection of the 2021 Hear Now Festival.
Wed, 20 May 2020 05:23:00 -0400
Still quarantined, Virgil attempts yet again to make a serious recording, this time highlighting the travails of Muckey Landing business owners, but has to reckon with Harmon, who has just gotten a new smartphone.
Thu, 23 Jul 2020 22:13:15 -0400
Harmon drops the tape recorder in the kitchen and breaks it, but assures Virgil that he’s fixed it. The guys go on to record a sincere but fairly dubious history of Muckey Landing and the state of Delaware, touching on pirate ships, casinos, and Natalie Wood. At least, they think they do. We listen as Mitch Pohunk broadcasts the unfortunate result on the radio.
Sun, 16 Aug 2020 08:39:53 -0400
Harmon does battle with a batch of sticky buns, Virgil spars with his old nemesis Doral when she calls the store asking for Harmon, Harmon and Doral get personal, and embarrassing secrets are revealed.
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 21:20:40 -0400
It's Bologna Week, Harmon's annual tribute to the joys of baking with bologna, and he's pulling out all the stops at the lunch counter! Stopping by to inquire about the feast are Radio RMUK station manager Mitch Pohunk, who's taken up a new hobby to help him keep from blowing a gasket or a heart valve; Sammy Fraudiddler, Youth Minister at the Flames of Fire and Grace Right Primitive Baptist Church; and the guys' old enemy Doral, who phones in an order and quickly gets under everybody's skin.
Featuring Mike Polo as Virgil Slatter, Bruce Leister as Harmon Truesdale, Kevin P. Smith as Mitch Pohunk, Andrew Hertzberg as Sammy Fraudiddler, and Patti Gatto as Doral Bernstein. Sound design and engineering by Mike Polo. Music by the politely infraggable Jim Rezac. Written and directed by Chris Polo. Muckey Landing is a Mucked Up Production.
Sun, 01 Nov 2020 12:55:46 -0500
It promises to be an exciting weekend in Muckey Landing: Virgil's sister, Velma, is reopening her gentleman's club, The T&G, for the first time since she closed on account of the pandemic, and Virgil couldn't ask for a better venue to celebrate Harmon's upcoming birthday. What could possibly go wrong, besides everything?
Our Cast:
- Mike Polo as Virgil Slatter
- Bruce Leister as Harmon Truesdale
- Kristen Garramone as Velma Bellazamboni
- Patti Gatto as Doral Bernstein
Sat, 05 Dec 2020 16:38:30 -0500
In this episode, uber-receptionist Doral has landed yet another new job, this time at the local radio station, where she ends up interviewing Myrtle Myrkle in place of Mitch, who’s sleeping off his most recent bender on the floor of his office. Harmon explains his totally perplexing and utterly exhausting relationship with Myrtle to Virgil, Booty Sheets and his BVDs stop by the store to make a phone call, and Velma invites Harmon to dinner, much to Harmon’s consternation.
Our website: muckeylanding.com
Our cast:
Mike Polo - Virgil Slatter
Bruce Leister - Harmon Truesdale
Patti Gatto - Doral Bernstein
Gina Shuck - Myrtle Myrkle
Kevin Smith - Mitch Pohunk
Chris Polo - Mrs. Pucker/Host
Darin Dell - Booty Sheets
Dave Crown - Psycho Bob
Kristin Garramone - Velma Bellazamboni
Music by Jim Rezac
Sound by Mike Polo
A Very Muckey Christmas (Bonus Episode)
Thu, 24 Dec 2020 03:31:26 -0500
It’s nearly Christmas, and Harmon and Virgil work on their entry in the Christmas poem contest put on by the local radio station.
Starring Mike Polo as Virgil Slatter
Bruce Leister as Harmon Truesdale
Original music arrangements by Jim Rezac
Sound design by Mike Polo.
Visit us at muckeylanding.com
Sat, 30 Jan 2021 00:01:00 -0500
Doral's finding out that being the morning deejay at RMUK, the local radio station, isn't exactly what it was cracked up to be, and Harmon's in a panic because he just remembered Myrtle Myrkle never gave him the painting she painted of the two of them "in flagrante erecto." Psycho Bob pops in to see Harmon, and Mabel Sprout stops by with alarming news about Myrtle's upcoming art show down in Ditchwater.
Our website: muckeylanding.com Enjoying the show? You can help us out with a small donation on our Buy Me a Coffee page: www.buymeacoffee.com/muckeylanding -- we guarantee Harmon will use it to buy bologna for the lunch counter.
Our cast:
Mike Polo - Virgil Slatter
Bruce Leister - Harmon Truesdale
Patti Gatto - Doral Bernstein
Gina Shuck - Mabel Sprout
Dave Crown - Psycho Bob
Theme song by Jim Rezac
Sound by Mike Polo
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 18:15:35 -0400
We're celebrating our first anniversary, so this episode has details about how to enter our celebration giveaway and win cool Muckey Landing stuff!
Harmon's all in a lather about tonight's planned heist of Myrtle Myrkle's erotic painting from the Fuzzy Duck Gallery, but first, he and Virgil have to get through a regular workday. When six cans of ScrappyTime Scrapple Whip go missing from the store, Harmon swings into action to catch a suspected shoplifter, enlisting the help of Buck Firken, Muckey Landing's highly enthusiastic but impossibly dim rookie firefighter. Throw the Yoders, Flames of Fire and Grace Right Primitive Baptist youth minister Sammy Fraudiddler, Psycho Bob, and Doral into the mix, and it's a wonder Virgil still has his sanity!
Our Cast:
Mike Polo as Virgil Slatter
Bruce Leister as Harmon Truesdale
Will McVay as Luke Yoder
Claude Warnick as Uncle Yoder
Jeff Bellon as Buck Firken
Andrew Hertzberg as Sammy Fraudiddler
Dave Crown as Psycho Bob
Patti Gatto as Doral Bernstein
Muckey Landing theme is written and performed by Jim Rezac
Sound design is by Mike Polo
Produced by Chris Polo
Visit muckeylanding.com for info about the show!
Sun, 16 May 2021 18:12:51 -0400
Harmon and Virgil rendezvous at the store and then head out under cover of darkness to boost Myrtle's erotic painting from the Fuzzy Duck gallery in Ditchwater. When Harmon gets cold feet on the way down, Virgil butchers a lot of Latin while explaining why what they're doing is perfectly legal. Will they really go through with it? And can they stay out of jail if they do?
CAST and CREW:
Bruce Leister as Harmon Truesdale
Mike Polo as Virgil Slatter
Muckey Landing theme song and incidental music is written and performed by Jim Rezac
Sound design and editing by Mike Polo
SFX from Pond 5
Visit us at muckeylanding.com and enter our first anniversary giveaway to win cool Muckey Landing merch!
The Mamalorian - Season 1 Finale
Sun, 13 Jun 2021 09:01:14 -0400
In the final episode of Season 1, the fire crew cleans up as Virgil and Harmon hash out how they've come to find themselves under arrest in the back seat of Jenny Pilsner's police car. Meanwhile, police chief Cheefe and volunteer fire chief Bunny Slatter mull over possibilities; while their theories about the cause range from contrails to terrorists to spontaneous combustion, officer Jenny Pilsner believes there’s a more mundane explanation for the mysterious fires that have recently plagued the Muckey Landing-Ditchwater Lesser Metropolitan Area.
*Muckey Landing is a Gold Selection of the 2021 Hear Now Festival*
Our Cast and Crew
Mike Polo as Virgil Slatter
Bruce Leister as Harmon Truesdale
Mike Barko as Ruger Codger
John Hulse as Floyd Grimes
Kane Mowrey as Lt. Jenny Pilsner
Will McVay as Fire Chief Bunny Slatter
Dick Pack as Chief Neville Cheefe
Gina Shuck as Mabel Sprout
Erin Rich as Mama Slatter
Muckey Landing theme song and incidental music is written and performed by Jim Rezac
Sound design and editing by Mike Polo
Visit us at muckeylanding.com!
Muckey Landing - a Sort of a Podcast was named Outstanding Comedy Fiction Podcast at the 2021 New Jersey Web Fest and is a Gold Listening Selection of the 2021 Hear Now Festival.
Season 2 Trailer - Happy Thanksgiving!
Tue, 23 Nov 2021 19:26:19 -0500
Announcing Season 2 of Muckey Landing! We’ve been on hiatus for a while, but we’re back in production with Virgil, Harmon, and everybody else in Muckey Landing. We’re not sure if this is a trailer or a bonus episode, but we hope you enjoy it. Watch for future episodes!
** Gold Selection - 2021 Hear Now Festival**
** Outstanding Comedy Fiction Podcast — 2021 New Jersey WebFest **
Visit us at muckeylanding.com
Our Cast:
Virgil Slatter - Mike Polo
Harmon Truesdale - Bruce Leister
Psycho Bob - Dave Crown
Raven Yoder - Lisa Vest
Editing and sound design by Mike Polo
Written and directed by Chris Polo
Backstage Muckey Landing - Jim Rezac (Bonus Episode)
Sun, 05 Dec 2021 12:42:29 -0500
Get to know the folks behind the scenes at Muckey Landing! Mike Polo (Virgil Slatter), Bruce Leister (Harmon Truesdale) and Chris Polo (Creator/Writer/Director/etc.) talk with music director Jim Rezac, who wrote and performed our award-winning Muckey Landing theme song. First in a series.
Thu, 23 Dec 2021 14:43:01 -0500
Season 2 of Muckey Landing is finally here!
In our season opener, Harmon makes himself pretty for Vinnie Jean, Virgil's sexy little sister, who's coming to work at the store as part of her probation for whomping her ex-boyfriend upside the head with a frozen pork loin. While they await her arrival, Virgil and Harmon discuss Charles Berlitz, the biblical origins of modern language, the wisdom of buying cologne on the internet, and past mistakes. The unexpected appearance of an old nemesis sends both guys into a tailspin, while Vinnie Jean's arrival isn't everything Harmon had it cracked up to be.
Our Cast and Crew:
Mike Polo as Virgil Slatter
Bruce Leister as Harmon Truesdale
Patti Gatto as Doral Bernstein
Shelby Bradford as Vinnie Jean Slatter
Sound design is by Mike Polo
Theme song and incidental music are composed and performed by Jim Rezac of JimRezacMusic.com
Sound effects provided by SoundIdeasCom and applehillstudio/ Pond5
Muckey Landing - a Sort of a Podcast was named Outstanding Comedy Fiction Podcast at the 2021 New Jersey Web Fest and is a Gold Listening Selection of the 2021 Hear Now Festival.
Backstage Muckey Landing - Patti Gatto (Bonus Episode)
Thu, 30 Dec 2021 16:39:06 -0500
Get to know the folks behind the scenes at Muckey Landing! In this New Year bonus episode, Mike Polo (Virgil Slatter), Bruce Leister (Harmon Truesdale) and Chris Polo (Creator/Writer/Director/etc.) talk with Patti Gatto, who voices Doral Bernstein, Muckey Landing's uber-receptionist with an attitude. Second in a series.
Vinnie Jean Bloopers (Bonus Episode)
Wed, 02 Feb 2022 15:11:03 -0500
The east coast blizzard this past weekend derailed all of our recording sessions for our second episode of the season, so Mike put together this bonus episode to give you guys something to listen to and hopefully laugh at. This episode features Mike (Virgil Slatter) and Bruce (Harmon Truesdale) stumbling their way through the first episode of the season, Vinnie Jean Is Not My Lover.
Our next full-length episode, Harmon Hears a Moo, will be available soon — watch for it!
Muckey Landing - a Sort of a Podcast was named Outstanding Comedy Fiction Podcast at the 2021 New Jersey Web Fest and is a Gold Listening Selection of the 2021 Hear Now Festival.
Thu, 17 Feb 2022 20:19:21 -0500
The first snowstorm of the season is a real nor’easter, so Harmon and Virgil settle in for a quiet morning at the store with Virgil’s “special” coffee and a fire in the wood stove. The morning is soon complicated by a disturbing noise that has Harmon on edge, disturbing news for Virgil about his sister Vinnie Jean, and disturbing vibes from Virgil’s sexy sister Velma that have Harmon in a tizzy. As the storm grows in intensity, so does the mysterious noise — do Virgil and Harmon really want to know what’s waiting for them outside?
Our Cast and Crew:
Mike Polo as Virgil Slatter
Bruce Leister as Harmon Truesdale
Kristen Garramone as Velma Slatter Bellazamboni
Written and directed by Chris Polo
Sound design and editing by Mike Polo
Stock media by Pond 5
Muckey Landing - a Sort of a Podcast was named Outstanding Comedy Fiction Podcast at the 2021 New Jersey Web Fest and is a Gold Listening Selection of the 2021 Hear Now Festival.
Backstage Muckey Landing - Mike Polo, Bruce Leister, Chris Polo (Bonus Episode)
Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:38:40 -0500
In celebration of Muckey Landing's second anniversary, Mike Polo (Virgil Slatter, and also Muckey Landing's sound designer and editor), Bruce Leister (Harmon Truesdale) and Chris Polo (Muckey Landing creator/writer/director) sat down and talked about how Muckey Landing came to be. A bourbonized version of Virgil's wood stove coffee was also involved.
Mon, 14 Mar 2022 16:42:33 -0400
As the nor'easter rages outside, we finally find out who -- or what -- has been outside screaming at Harmon all morning. When the intruder traps Harmon in the kitchen, Virgil is forced to call in reinforcements to rid the store of its terrifying visitor!
Cast and Crew
Virgil Slatter - Mike Polo
Harmon Truesdale - Bruce Leister
Psycho Bob - Dave Crown
Raven - Lisa Vest
Doral Bernstein - Patti Gatto
Luke Yoder - Will McVay
Uncle Yoder - Claude Warnick
Sound design and editing by Mike Polo
Theme song and incidental music composed and performed by Jim Rezac of JimRezacMusic.com
Sound effects by Pond 5
"Harmon Hears a Moo" was written and directed by Chris Polo
Muckey Landing - a Sort of a Podcast was named Outstanding Comedy Fiction Podcast at the 2021 New Jersey Web Fest and is a Gold Listening Selection of the 2021 Hear Now Festival.
Lox, Socks, and Two Smoked Bolognas
Thu, 01 Sep 2022 19:18:33 -0400
When a couple of new Muckey Landing residents show up at the Market, Diner and Hardware Emporium with strange accents and a suspicious shopping list, Harmon jumps to all sorts of conclusions.
Cast and Crew Virgil Slatter - Mike Polo
Harmon Truesdale - Bruce Leister
Nick Costello - John Zinzi
Sal Bambino - Steve Caporiccio
Mitch Pohunk - Kevin Smith
Sound design and editing by Mike Polo
Theme song and incidental music composed and performed by Jim Rezac of JimRezacMusic.com
Sound effects by Pond 5 "Lox, Socks and Two Smoked Bolognas" was written and directed by Chris Polo Muckey Landing - a Sort of a Podcast:
Outstanding Comedy Fiction Podcast and Best Theme Song, 2021 New Jersey Web Fest
Gold Listening Selection, 2021 Hear Now Festival
Selected by the 2022 New Jersey Web Fest, 2022 Miami Web Fest, 2022 Apulia Web Fest in Apulia, Italy, and 2022 Baltimore Next Media Web Festival.
Bloopers — Lox, Socks and Two Smoked Bolognas
Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:28:48 -0400
Bruce Leister and Mike Polo, of course, are regulars in our blooper reels; they're aided in this recording session from "Locks, Socks, and Two Smoked Bolognas by John Zinzi (Nick Costello) and Steve Caporiccio (Sal Bambino).
Be sure to listen for Bruce's explanation of "bass fishing" and how John feels about being the only one stuck behind a curtain while recording!
Music is by the consistently infraggable Jim Rezac — catch more of Jim at JimRezacMusic.com
Tue, 08 Nov 2022 20:07:36 -0500
While Mike and Dixie work on editing our next full-length episode, we hope you enjoy Virgil's little summary of how election day went in Muckey Landing this year.
Sat, 03 Dec 2022 09:45:54 -0500
After overhearing Muckey Landing's newest residents, Nick Costello and Sal Bambino, discuss an apparent murder plot, Harmon panics when the pair returns unexpectedly to the Market, Diner and Hardware Emporium. When the retired mobsters offer them a shady business deal, Virgil and Harmon are stuck between a rock and a hard place: saying no could mean running afoul of the mob, but saying yes means stirring up potentially deadly trouble with the local Amish!
Muckey Landing is a multi-award-winning comedy audiofiction podcast.
***Cast and Crew***
Virgil Slatter - Mike Polo
Harmon Truesdale - Bruce Leister
Nick Costello - John Zinzi
Sal Bambino - Steve Caporiccio
Psycho Bob - Dave Crown
Doral Bernstein - Patti Gatto
Sound Design and Editing - Mike Polo
Sound effects by Mike Polo and Pond 5
Muckey Landing is created, written and directed by Chris Polo
A Very Muckey Christmas Parade
Thu, 22 Dec 2022 17:08:46 -0500
Join Virgil and Harmon to experience the unending excitement that is the annual Muckey Landing Christmas parade!
Muckey Landing is an award-winning comedy audiofiction podcast.
***Cast and Crew***
Virgil Slatter - Mike Polo
Harmon Truesdale - Bruce Leister
Psycho Bob - Dave Crown
Doral Bernstein - Patti Gatto
Additional voices - Chris Polo, Mike Polo, Bruce Leister
Sound Design and Editing - Mike Polo
Sound effects by Pond 5
Written by Chris Polo and Bruce Leister
Directed by Chris Polo
Wed, 21 Aug 2024 14:12:31 -0400
When the Yoders, retired New York mobsters Nick and Sal, and Sal's cousins, the Capicolada brothers, all show up at the Market, Diner and Hardware Emporium at the same time to stock the lunch meat counter, war is inevitable, and Harmon and Virgil are00:26:58 caught in the middle! This is the long-awaited conclusion to episodes 4 and 5 — Lox, Socks and Two Smoked Bolognas and The Bologna Connection — so you might want to give those a listen again. Stick around to the end to hear why we've been on hiatus for a year and a half!
Cast and Crew
Mike Polo as Virgil Slatter Bruce Leister as Harmon Truesdale Will McVay as Luke Yoder Claude Warnick as Uncle Yoder Steve Capariccio as Sal Bambino John Zinzi as Nick Costello Steven Dow as Angelo Capicolada Tony Gerdes as Bruno Capicolada Dave Crown as Psycho Bob Written and directed by Chris Polo Sound design and editing by Mike Polo Theme song and incidental music by Jim Rezac at JimRezacMusic.com Sound effects by Pond5.com
Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:22:54 -0500
Virgil, Harmon and Aloysius hitch a ride all the way above the canal for a long-awaited pig roast that Harmon won on the radio.