Museum-Quality Pizza

A very cheesy collection of pizza items. A #PizzaFriday episode of our month-long Dog Days of Podcasting series entitled Odd News+. We talk about a pizza museum that has it all, find out about a retro item poised to make a comeback and a unique mall conversion. Located in Philadelphia, "Pizza Brain" is a combination museum and pizzeria. We talk about what you will find in this unique shop. Sony is attempting to bring back one of its most popular items. Will it work? Empty malls can be a problem. Some have been torn down, but we discuss an interesting alternative. >> Hear episodes from all the participants in Dog Days of Podcasting>> Support comedy4cast by becoming a patron on Patreon>> Or you can get Clinton a Dunkin' card or a cup of coffee via Ko-Fi>> Follow us on X, Instagram, Facebook, MeWe, Mastodon, and BlueSky>> Give us a call via the Super Secret Phone Line [phone]>> Drop us an email at podcast @ comedy4cast.com>> Also check out Clinton's other podcast, The Topic is Trek>> Certain sounds effects heard on comedy4cast are courtesy of freeSFX and FreeSound.org Click here for a transcript of this episode.

Episode Transcript

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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.
It's time once again for the Dog Days of Podcasting. For more information and
to hear all the shows, go to dogdaysofpodcasting.com.

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Let's get started with Odd News Plus.
Here are our odd news stories for Friday, August 23rd, 2024.
Now that Polaroids and vinyl albums have made a comeback, what will be the next
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.
A company executive is quoted as saying, Our target audience is people who are
old enough to remember that their parents had a VCR, but not old enough to remember it was VHS.
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.
Here is where we will find what is billed as the world's first and the largest pizza museum.
Because when you think Philly, you think pizza? Actually, when the owners of
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
Italy, or New York, or Chicago.
So why not Philadelphia? The museum is named Pizza Brain, probably because pizza
mouth or pizza stomach would be too disturbing.
And it's not a huge, multi-level, purpose-built, pizza-slice-shaped building.
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.
There was such a strong reaction to the exhibit, the organizers knew they were onto something.
Shortly thereafter, the exhibit collection and a lot more were being readied for display.
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.
Each one related to pizza. Check out the collection of games, puzzles, and toys.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Got them. USS Enterprise Pizza Cutter? Check.
Peter Parker slash Spider-Man delivering pizza via motorcycle?

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Of course. The Noid? Got one.
And a Domino's delivery car topper, too.
And, of course, you'll find a poster for Mystic Pizza among the movie items.
In fact, there are so many pizza-related items here that this place has a,
you guessed it, Guinness World Record for largest collection of pizza-related items.

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And here is the best part.
It's not just a museum, it's also a pizzeria.
Order up a pie and dine amongst the memorabilia. So, if you can't make it to
Arby's Prince Street Pizza on Sunset in Hollywood, head to Philadelphia and
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.
What will we do with them? We visit one that has been converted into the world's
longest bowling alley. A released ball takes two minutes to reach the pins,
and an average game takes up to three hours to play.
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.
That about wraps it up for today's Odd News Plus.
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,
done, done, done. Bye-bye.
Music.