February 21, 2025 • 13 mins
Includes some of the host's favorite stories from casts so far- slapped together as a 'best of' show, while he was on vacation... with parody ads and current celebrity birthdays rounding out the show, as always...
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(00:00):
This is the real Pod Newscast with Levon Putney.
(00:07):
With a quick check on what's going on.
So here's my man to get into it.
Made it to Friday.
Well, this past week has actually been one big Friday for me, still on vacation, spending
my daughter's winter break being a dad.
So if checking this out on Friday, we're probably out somewhere or on the couch playing
Fortnite, she is much better than I am.
(00:29):
But I should hook up the old Nintendo 64 and show her how I used to mow them down on
007 GoldenEye.
Man, I'm sounding old.
So since I'm still off, just like on Tuesday, what we're gonna do right here is go back.
Yeah, we'll replay a few stories from some of the shows, throw in a few of those parody
ads and we'll still have current celebrity birthdays at the end.
(00:50):
But for now, I'll say it again and again, thank you all for coming along for the escape.
My favorite stories of the day.
Starting in Connecticut.
This is where state police say one of their troopers was thinking they would have to
mash the gas like an F1 driver early this past Sunday morning to catch up to a car zipping
down Interstate 395 at over 130 miles per hour.
(01:13):
But state police put out a news release saying the trooper hit the lights and sirens and did
pull over the driver near an exit in Norwich and those of us who have been stopped for
speeding before may know the officer usually asked the driver why they were going so fast,
which is what cops say the trooper did in this case.
Now one would think the driver would blurt out some urgent excuse like I have to pee.
(01:35):
So I'm trying to rush home.
But Connecticut State police say not this guy.
No, they say 28 year old Logan Murmoseffari told them he just wanted to get home to see
his cat.
For guessing kitty cat, police did not specify it, but did say Murmoseffari looked drunk,
sounded drunk, smelled drunk and felt a sobriety test.
So yeah, they think that excuse of driving over 130 miles per hour to get home to see
(01:59):
a cat came from alcohol.
And in the middle of last week's snowstorm, which had southern U.S. states not used to
getting any snow down there, an Alabama couple had to get out and go to the hospital because
23 year old Shania Bennett was nine months pregnant and started filling contractions
the day before her due date.
But her water broke in the car while on the way and they had to drive slow on the snow
(02:23):
covered road.
So they pulled into a parking lot called 911 and Bennett, her partner and four year old
son all did their parts in that car to help Bennett push out a healthy baby boy right
there in the parking lot of a Krispy Kreme donut shop, which was closed because of the
snow so nobody to run out and run to for help.
But an ambulance did eventually come.
(02:45):
They got to a hospital.
Everybody was fine.
Went home last Friday.
Bennett says they named the boy Dallas, but said the grandmothers both won his middle
name to be Glaze in honor of where he was born and where is actually on his birth certificate
under place of birth.
Krispy Kreme on his birth certificate and Krispy Kreme execs couldn't pass this chance
(03:08):
for some good PR.
So they put out a statement saying they are so honored the family will get free donuts
for a year, declared January 22 a Krispy Kreme holiday and that Dallas could have a birthday
party every year at one of their shops until he's 18.
And now pregnant couples everywhere will be pulling into Krispy Kreme parking lots.
(03:28):
Come on, water break to Newtown, Pennsylvania is where a woman jumped online the Saturday
before last the 18th and ordered groceries to be delivered.
But cops say she did not tell her husband that she ordered groceries to be delivered.
Now local cops were not involved because of marital communication issues, but because
she did not tell her husband about the delivery, police were involved because they say the
(03:51):
husband shot the Instacart delivery worker.
And they say when a guy walked up with the groceries around 7.30 that evening, 43-year-old
Nicholas Sabo said he thought someone was on the property to break in or still something.
And cops say he thought this because his wife, the one who ordered the groceries, got a home
security alert that their camera spotted someone outside and thought this person with her groceries
(04:13):
in hand was a burglar and not the delivery man whom she was told was on the way.
So cops say Sabo grabbed the gun, being a husband went outside and did not say a word
to the guy.
Maybe like, you know, why are you on my property holding groceries?
No, they say he just shot the man and then watched as the delivery driver hop back to
his car with a bullet in his leg.
(04:34):
And as if this story does not have enough twists, cops say the delivery guy's wife and
kid were in the car watching all this happen on the delivery run with him.
He called 911 when he got down the street and got to a hospital where doctors got that bullet
out of his leg.
Cops say he's recovering, but Sabo is now charged with reckless endangerment with more
charges pending while his wife is at home with the groceries.
(04:56):
Back in a moment, but before we break, a word from a colleague.
It's the Hip Hop and R&B journey with Greg Age.
You can download the Jams Podcast Mix for free.
Just Google search Jams Podcast Mix.
Real Hip Hop and R&B matters.
The Hip Hop and R&B journey with Greg Age.
Have you been arrested for throwing a freak off party?
(05:19):
Or for being video recorded relieving yourself on a teen girl and dead by law firm of McCracken
and Butts is the team for you.
Call McCracken and Butts at 212-555-5555.
That's 212-555-5555.
McCracken and Butts, it's what we do for you.
(05:43):
Is your brain so clogged with meaningless information that your head's become too fat
for your thinking cap?
Do other people run mental marathons while you're still stuck at the starting line?
Then you need new liquid Prano.
Yes, liquid Prano.
The easy way to shake the sludge when you're suffering from brain drain.
(06:06):
Other mind washes may be harsh and damage delicate tissues, but liquid Prano is safe,
gentle and effective.
Just one application of liquid Prano and before you know it, your cerebral sewage problem
will be in one ear and out the other.
Let's see the quadratic formula, x equals negative b plus or minus the square root of
(06:28):
b squared minus 4ac over 2a.
Hey, I can think again!
When your gray matter has too much gray and not enough that matters, you need liquid Prano,
available in regular in membo.
And now for the world around us.
(06:48):
An Italian doctor is being investigated because he loves his cat.
And he loves his cat so much that, aside from putting his career in jeopardy, this man is
accused of sneaking his pet kitty into a hospital for a cat scan.
Another story where the facts are the punchline, the Guardian newspaper is reporting John Luca
Finnelli was worried his kitty was running out of those nine lives after falling six
(07:11):
floors from a roof and Finnelli is the head of radiology at a hospital in northern Italy,
so after giving his cat that cat scan, local health officials say he took his kitty to
the unit's angiography suite and performed pneumothoracic surgery on the feline named
Athena.
And Athena survived, thanks to her owner.
But that level of dedication did not sway health officials who refer this to local prosecutor,
(07:36):
who says Finnelli could be charged with wasting public services and depriving patients of
services, even though Finnelli says he ran the cat scan on his cat and performed the surgery
after hours once all the scheduled x-rays and tests were done for the day.
And he apologized, saying he will reimburse if need be, but did not apologize for following
the Hippocratic oath for his kitty, saying if Athena died he would have never forgiven
(07:59):
himself, because his kids loved the cat.
There are no shortage of videos posted online of some young person in New York City, usually
in Brooklyn, standing on top of a moving subway train, subway surfing.
And every once in a while we hear news stories of how badly that level of thrill-seeking and
clout chasing can end.
People do fall or get knocked off and die, not the thing to do for popularity, at least
(08:24):
of trying to live to enjoy the clout and possible stuntman audition.
But a 40-year-old man in Germany was not trying to impress movie casting agents, knew he was
just trying to smoke a cigarette.
So the Hungarian native had his bags on the bullet train, but he was standing on the platform
smoking when the inner city express ICE train closed the doors and pulled off.
(08:45):
So cops say the guy jumped between two train cars and hung on for almost 19 miles or 30
kilometers, while that ice bullet train hit up to 175 miles per hour.
His hair had to be a mess.
People who saw this told the train operator who then made an unscheduled stop on the six-hour
trip, which the Hungarian man ended up finishing inside a train car once he got back on at
(09:09):
the unscheduled stop, but once they got to the scheduled stop in Nuremberg, state police
came, arrested the guy.
After also finding out he never paid for a ticket in the first place, the 40-year-old
man is expected to face misdemeanor charges for an act disruptive to operations, but
he'll have a story to tell for the rest of his life.
Why should people in self-driving vehicles have all the hands-free convenience?
(09:43):
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(10:27):
So why not get your new driving buddy today?
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Come on, bum.
I have to recharge.
DROBOTS are sold absolutely nowhere.
Time for birthdays.
Celebrity birthdays, starting with Friday the 21st.
(10:49):
Sansa Stark in the Game of Thrones, actor Sophie Turner, 29, comedian actor and director
Jordan Peele, is 46.
Actor and singer Jennifer Love-Hewitt, also 46, actor Christopher Atkins, 64, Dr. Fraser
Crane, actor and producer Kelsey Grammer, 70, Gil Grissom in CSI, actor William Peterson,
(11:12):
72, and on Saturday.
And YT's singer Tom Higginson, will be 46, actor and now talk show host Drew Barrymore
will hit 50, actor Jerry Ryan, 57, former SNL comedian Rachel Dratch, 58.
Then on Sunday, the 23rd actor Dakota Fanning will be 31, actor Emily Blunt, 42, actor and
(11:35):
comedian Aziz Ansari, also 42.
Let's give the writer some love.
Frozen co-writer and playwright, co-created Avenue Q and the Book of Mormon on Broadway,
Robert Lopez will be 50, actor and comedian Nisi Nash, 55, Charlotte, and six in the
city, actor Kristen Davis is turning 60 on Sunday.
(11:58):
Then on Monday, actor Daniel Colua will be 36, Mr. Singer Brandon Brown will be 42, actor
Billy Zane, 59.
Actor Sammy Kershaw will be 67, kitty Foreman in that 70s show, actor Deborah Jo Ruph will
be 74, actor Edward James Almos will be 78, and junior Soprano in The Sopranos, Leander
(12:28):
Whitlock and Birdwalk Empire, actor and singer Dominic Chenees will be 94.
And that's a wrap for this RealPod newscast.
All news stories coming next week.
But until then, have a great weekend, thanks as always for checking out the show and please
hit that follow button on the show's podcast page if you haven't already.
See ya!
This has been the RealPod Newscast with Levon Putney from Shownoff Productions.
(12:53):
And for more, hit up the website realpodnewscast.com.
That's Real with two E's.
This is Big Daddy Marty Allen.
Thanks for listening.
Shownoff.
This is the real Pod Newscast with Levon Putney.
(00:07):
With a quick check on what's going on.
So here's my man to get into it.
Made it to Friday.
Well, this past week has actually been one big Friday for me, still on vacation, spending
my daughter's winter break being a dad.
So if checking this out on Friday, we're probably out somewhere or on the couch playing
Fortnite, she is much better than I am.
(00:29):
But I should hook up the old Nintendo 64 and show her how I used to mow them down on
007 GoldenEye.
Man, I'm sounding old.
So since I'm still off, just like on Tuesday, what we're gonna do right here is go back.
Yeah, we'll replay a few stories from some of the shows, throw in a few of those parody
ads and we'll still have current celebrity birthdays at the end.
(00:50):
But for now, I'll say it again and again, thank you all for coming along for the escape.
My favorite stories of the day.
Starting in Connecticut.
This is where state police say one of their troopers was thinking they would have to
mash the gas like an F1 driver early this past Sunday morning to catch up to a car zipping
down Interstate 395 at over 130 miles per hour.
(01:13):
But state police put out a news release saying the trooper hit the lights and sirens and did
pull over the driver near an exit in Norwich and those of us who have been stopped for
speeding before may know the officer usually asked the driver why they were going so fast,
which is what cops say the trooper did in this case.
Now one would think the driver would blurt out some urgent excuse like I have to pee.
(01:35):
So I'm trying to rush home.
But Connecticut State police say not this guy.
No, they say 28 year old Logan Murmoseffari told them he just wanted to get home to see
his cat.
For guessing kitty cat, police did not specify it, but did say Murmoseffari looked drunk,
sounded drunk, smelled drunk and felt a sobriety test.
So yeah, they think that excuse of driving over 130 miles per hour to get home to see
(01:59):
a cat came from alcohol.
And in the middle of last week's snowstorm, which had southern U.S. states not used to
getting any snow down there, an Alabama couple had to get out and go to the hospital because
23 year old Shania Bennett was nine months pregnant and started filling contractions
the day before her due date.
But her water broke in the car while on the way and they had to drive slow on the snow
(02:23):
covered road.
So they pulled into a parking lot called 911 and Bennett, her partner and four year old
son all did their parts in that car to help Bennett push out a healthy baby boy right
there in the parking lot of a Krispy Kreme donut shop, which was closed because of the
snow so nobody to run out and run to for help.
But an ambulance did eventually come.
(02:45):
They got to a hospital.
Everybody was fine.
Went home last Friday.
Bennett says they named the boy Dallas, but said the grandmothers both won his middle
name to be Glaze in honor of where he was born and where is actually on his birth certificate
under place of birth.
Krispy Kreme on his birth certificate and Krispy Kreme execs couldn't pass this chance
(03:08):
for some good PR.
So they put out a statement saying they are so honored the family will get free donuts
for a year, declared January 22 a Krispy Kreme holiday and that Dallas could have a birthday
party every year at one of their shops until he's 18.
And now pregnant couples everywhere will be pulling into Krispy Kreme parking lots.
(03:28):
Come on, water break to Newtown, Pennsylvania is where a woman jumped online the Saturday
before last the 18th and ordered groceries to be delivered.
But cops say she did not tell her husband that she ordered groceries to be delivered.
Now local cops were not involved because of marital communication issues, but because
she did not tell her husband about the delivery, police were involved because they say the
(03:51):
husband shot the Instacart delivery worker.
And they say when a guy walked up with the groceries around 7.30 that evening, 43-year-old
Nicholas Sabo said he thought someone was on the property to break in or still something.
And cops say he thought this because his wife, the one who ordered the groceries, got a home
security alert that their camera spotted someone outside and thought this person with her groceries
(04:13):
in hand was a burglar and not the delivery man whom she was told was on the way.
So cops say Sabo grabbed the gun, being a husband went outside and did not say a word
to the guy.
Maybe like, you know, why are you on my property holding groceries?
No, they say he just shot the man and then watched as the delivery driver hop back to
his car with a bullet in his leg.
(04:34):
And as if this story does not have enough twists, cops say the delivery guy's wife and
kid were in the car watching all this happen on the delivery run with him.
He called 911 when he got down the street and got to a hospital where doctors got that bullet
out of his leg.
Cops say he's recovering, but Sabo is now charged with reckless endangerment with more
charges pending while his wife is at home with the groceries.
(04:56):
Back in a moment, but before we break, a word from a colleague.
It's the Hip Hop and R&B journey with Greg Age.
You can download the Jams Podcast Mix for free.
Just Google search Jams Podcast Mix.
Real Hip Hop and R&B matters.
The Hip Hop and R&B journey with Greg Age.
Have you been arrested for throwing a freak off party?
(05:19):
Or for being video recorded relieving yourself on a teen girl and dead by law firm of McCracken
and Butts is the team for you.
Call McCracken and Butts at 212-555-5555.
That's 212-555-5555.
McCracken and Butts, it's what we do for you.
(05:43):
Is your brain so clogged with meaningless information that your head's become too fat
for your thinking cap?
Do other people run mental marathons while you're still stuck at the starting line?
Then you need new liquid Prano.
Yes, liquid Prano.
The easy way to shake the sludge when you're suffering from brain drain.
(06:06):
Other mind washes may be harsh and damage delicate tissues, but liquid Prano is safe,
gentle and effective.
Just one application of liquid Prano and before you know it, your cerebral sewage problem
will be in one ear and out the other.
Let's see the quadratic formula, x equals negative b plus or minus the square root of
(06:28):
b squared minus 4ac over 2a.
Hey, I can think again!
When your gray matter has too much gray and not enough that matters, you need liquid Prano,
available in regular in membo.
And now for the world around us.
(06:48):
An Italian doctor is being investigated because he loves his cat.
And he loves his cat so much that, aside from putting his career in jeopardy, this man is
accused of sneaking his pet kitty into a hospital for a cat scan.
Another story where the facts are the punchline, the Guardian newspaper is reporting John Luca
Finnelli was worried his kitty was running out of those nine lives after falling six
(07:11):
floors from a roof and Finnelli is the head of radiology at a hospital in northern Italy,
so after giving his cat that cat scan, local health officials say he took his kitty to
the unit's angiography suite and performed pneumothoracic surgery on the feline named
Athena.
And Athena survived, thanks to her owner.
But that level of dedication did not sway health officials who refer this to local prosecutor,
(07:36):
who says Finnelli could be charged with wasting public services and depriving patients of
services, even though Finnelli says he ran the cat scan on his cat and performed the surgery
after hours once all the scheduled x-rays and tests were done for the day.
And he apologized, saying he will reimburse if need be, but did not apologize for following
the Hippocratic oath for his kitty, saying if Athena died he would have never forgiven
(07:59):
himself, because his kids loved the cat.
There are no shortage of videos posted online of some young person in New York City, usually
in Brooklyn, standing on top of a moving subway train, subway surfing.
And every once in a while we hear news stories of how badly that level of thrill-seeking and
clout chasing can end.
People do fall or get knocked off and die, not the thing to do for popularity, at least
(08:24):
of trying to live to enjoy the clout and possible stuntman audition.
But a 40-year-old man in Germany was not trying to impress movie casting agents, knew he was
just trying to smoke a cigarette.
So the Hungarian native had his bags on the bullet train, but he was standing on the platform
smoking when the inner city express ICE train closed the doors and pulled off.
(08:45):
So cops say the guy jumped between two train cars and hung on for almost 19 miles or 30
kilometers, while that ice bullet train hit up to 175 miles per hour.
His hair had to be a mess.
People who saw this told the train operator who then made an unscheduled stop on the six-hour
trip, which the Hungarian man ended up finishing inside a train car once he got back on at
(09:09):
the unscheduled stop, but once they got to the scheduled stop in Nuremberg, state police
came, arrested the guy.
After also finding out he never paid for a ticket in the first place, the 40-year-old
man is expected to face misdemeanor charges for an act disruptive to operations, but
he'll have a story to tell for the rest of his life.
Why should people in self-driving vehicles have all the hands-free convenience?
(09:43):
Why not have your own personal robot behind the wheel?
Introducing DROBOT.
DROBOT can drive any vehicle, no matter how cheap or pricey, large or small.
I'm a DROBOT, not a life saver, and dead ass do not touch me or the radio.
DROBOTS will safely deliver everyone on board, and upgraded models can keep riders company
(10:06):
with its cutting-edge AI-generated voice, which can hold conversations and even join
a sing-along.
They not like us.
They not like us.
They not like us.
And best of all, DROBOTS come with a lifetime warranty and free exchanges for the newest
model.
We are here.
Please get out, you lazy bum.
I need to recharge.
(10:27):
So why not get your new driving buddy today?
And don't let the door hit you where the Lord split you.
Come on, bum.
I have to recharge.
DROBOTS are sold absolutely nowhere.
Time for birthdays.
Celebrity birthdays, starting with Friday the 21st.
(10:49):
Sansa Stark in the Game of Thrones, actor Sophie Turner, 29, comedian actor and director
Jordan Peele, is 46.
Actor and singer Jennifer Love-Hewitt, also 46, actor Christopher Atkins, 64, Dr. Fraser
Crane, actor and producer Kelsey Grammer, 70, Gil Grissom in CSI, actor William Peterson,
(11:12):
72, and on Saturday.
And YT's singer Tom Higginson, will be 46, actor and now talk show host Drew Barrymore
will hit 50, actor Jerry Ryan, 57, former SNL comedian Rachel Dratch, 58.
Then on Sunday, the 23rd actor Dakota Fanning will be 31, actor Emily Blunt, 42, actor and
(11:35):
comedian Aziz Ansari, also 42.
Let's give the writer some love.
Frozen co-writer and playwright, co-created Avenue Q and the Book of Mormon on Broadway,
Robert Lopez will be 50, actor and comedian Nisi Nash, 55, Charlotte, and six in the
city, actor Kristen Davis is turning 60 on Sunday.
(11:58):
Then on Monday, actor Daniel Colua will be 36, Mr. Singer Brandon Brown will be 42, actor
Billy Zane, 59.
Actor Sammy Kershaw will be 67, kitty Foreman in that 70s show, actor Deborah Jo Ruph will
be 74, actor Edward James Almos will be 78, and junior Soprano in The Sopranos, Leander
(12:28):
Whitlock and Birdwalk Empire, actor and singer Dominic Chenees will be 94.
And that's a wrap for this RealPod newscast.
All news stories coming next week.
But until then, have a great weekend, thanks as always for checking out the show and please
hit that follow button on the show's podcast page if you haven't already.
See ya!
This has been the RealPod Newscast with Levon Putney from Shownoff Productions.
(12:53):
And for more, hit up the website realpodnewscast.com.
That's Real with two E's.
This is Big Daddy Marty Allen.
Thanks for listening.
Shownoff.
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