And Then There Was This One

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This is Comedy Forecast, Episode 823. And then there was this one.

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For instance, this headline caught my attention.

6,101 pieces of history. Brazilian owns world's largest shirt collection.

It turns out they're all soccer or football shirts.

Sports!

This headline said,

Champagne-filled shipwreck found by Polish divers.

I thought that made it sound like the ship itself had been guzzling champagne and then

forgot how to stay afloat.

Again, these are the headlines that grabbed my attention.

Theodore Roosevelt's stolen

pocket watch returns to his home after more than three decades.

Not returned like someone brought it back, but returns like it crawled there on its own

asymmetrical hands.

This one was a bit disappointing.

Tank falls off flatbed trailer on Texas Highway.

No one was hurt, by the way.

Apparently, the tank just slid off the trailer and they had to put it back on.

But I had visions of the tank falling off the trailer on an overpass and commuters looking

up to see this tank falling from the sky.

Like a new asset spawning in a game.

New Orleans restaurant puts cicada salad on menu.

Kind of self-explanatory, right?

Sometimes I thought whoever wrote the headline was making some strange assumptions.

Emu found wandering loose in Virginia City.

How do you know the emu was just wandering?

It might have had a very specific goal in mind.

Some were just too obvious.

Hockey game breaks out after 40-car pileup outside Montreal.

And some seemed interesting at first.

Like, restaurant sues customer after he left $3,000 tip on a $13 meal.

It's a pretty complicated story.

And someone was out a lot of money.

Pass.

I'm not sure if that old Twitter account SavedYouAClick is still around.

But here's a headline.

Man who dropped GoPro into ocean finds terrifying object with people urging him to make emergency

call immediately.

It was an old sea mine.

SavedYouAClick.

This one sounded more like a case detective.

Tracking down the asteroid that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs.

Leave no stone unturned, Hart, even if it's from outer space.

Some would have worked better with a visual.

For instance, groundhog found inside claw machine at Pennsylvania mini golf course.

Or, Ontario premier tells residents, don't be poopin' on the beach.

Um, maybe no visual on that one.

The wording on this one seemed off to me.

Francis Ford Coppola, grateful.

Dead and Apollo Theater among 2024 Kennedy Center honorees.

I had visions of Coppola, the ghost of Jerry Garcia, and the actual Apollo Theater sitting

inside the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Remains of ancient Papal Palace believed to have been found in Rome.

What are the odds?

Pennsylvania Market asks public to name its new tent.

Can you guess one of the names?

If you guessed Tentimic Tent Face, give yourself five points.

Oh, and it was a finalist, too.

And this last one came in just a little too late to cover.

German woman poses as empress of made-up kingdom to mingle with Italian socialites.

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Oh, and one last thing.

The 20 lab mice?

They were all part of the show.

They're all right here.

Say goodbye.

Bye!

That about wraps it up for today's Odd News Plus.

A big thanks to the Comedy Forecast patrons for helping make this show possible.

Story, voices,

and original music by Clinton Alvord.

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Talk to you next time.

But for now, that's it.

We're done, done, done, done, done.

Bye-bye!