The Swedish Slice

Sweden loves this particular pizza pairing. In the penultimate episode of Odd News+ for 2024, we travel to Sweden and bite into a strange pizza combination. Plus, your daily horoscope and a new attempt to compare apples and oranges. We've covered some strange pizza stories, but perhaps none so strange as what Sweden has done to the traditional pizza pie. If you're a Scorpio, today's daily horoscope is all about you! We've tried to compare apples and oranges before. But, this time, we're sending out lab mice to investigate this eternal conundrum. >> 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 822, The Swedish Slice.
It's time once again for the Dog Days of Podcasting. For more information and
to hear all the shows, go to dogdaysofpodcasting.com.
Let's get started with Odd News Plus.

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Here are our odd news stories for Friday, August 30th, 2024.
First up, a look at your daily horoscope. If you're a Scorpio,
you need to avoid all the drama that today will bring.
Refuse to go along. Just be careful. Your understudy will take advantage of
this and try to replace you in the show.

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Now let's get to our actual for real odd news story.
If you ever wondered what the heck minions would eat if they were to go to Sweden, wonder no more.
The little yellow creatures would head to their nearest Swedish pizzeria and
order the Tropicana pizza, or, as it's otherwise known, Swedish pizza.
This Frankenstein's monster of a plate starts off with tomato sauce and cheese.

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Okay, but then comes the pineapple and ham.
Wait, you say, that's a Hawaiian pizza. I know, because someone in my family used to like them.
And you say, used to? What happened?
And I say, we disowned them.
But where was I? Oh, right. Tomato sauce, cheese, pineapple, and ham.

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Now, let's bring it home with our last two mystery ingredients.
Curry and banana. No, there's nothing wrong with your ears. I said curry and banana.
Apparently, Swedes love bananas, which is totally bananas.
And Tropicana Pizza feeds that banana need on a Friday night.

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Hopefully a Friday night that doesn't involve alcohol. Because I think the only
thing this pizza pairs with is prune juice.
For even more fun, consider one of the additional toppings the Swedes love to
pile onto the spawn of evil. Peanuts and or shrimp.
And or no. We here at Odd News Plus love to hear about odd things.

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And Sweden, you do you. But please, don't put instructions on how to make this
in with any of your IKEA furniture.
Or, if you do, make them impossible to understand.
So, like your standard instructions. And finally, apples versus oranges.
Have we ever decided how to really compare these two things?

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Is it even possible? To find out, we sent out four lab mice to...
Oh, excuse me a moment.
It's the four lab mice. What did you guys...Sounds of mice attacking.

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That about wraps it up for today's Odd News Plus.
A big thanks to the comedy4cast patrons for helping make this show possible.
Story, voices, and original music by Clinton Alvord. Copyright 2024.
All rights reserved. Talk to you next time. But for now, that's it.

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We're done, done, done, done, done. Bye-bye.
Music.