The Swine Dinner - Part 1

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.

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

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

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

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.

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                                                                      

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.

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.

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.

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.