Muckey Landing

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.

The east coast blizzard this past weekend derailed all of our recording sessions for our second episode of the season, so Mike put together this bonus episode to give you guys something to listen to and hopefully laugh at. This episode features Mike (Virgil Slatter) and Bruce (Harmon Truesdale) stumbling their way through the first episode of the season, Vinnie Jean Is Not My Lover. Our next full-length episode, Harmon Hears a Moo, will be available soon — watch for it! 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.

Get to know the folks behind the scenes at Muckey Landing! In this New Year bonus episode, Mike Polo (Virgil Slatter), Bruce Leister (Harmon Truesdale) and Chris Polo (Creator/Writer/Director/etc.) talk with Patti Gatto, who voices Doral Bernstein, Muckey Landing's uber-receptionist with an attitude. Second in a series.

Season 2 of Muckey Landing is finally here! In our season opener, Harmon makes himself pretty for Vinnie Jean, Virgil's sexy little sister, who's coming to work at the store as part of her probation for whomping her ex-boyfriend upside the head with a frozen pork loin. While they await her arrival, Virgil and Harmon discuss Charles Berlitz, the biblical origins of modern language, the wisdom of buying cologne on the internet, and past mistakes. The unexpected appearance of an old nemesis sends both guys into a tailspin, while Vinnie Jean's arrival isn't everything Harmon had it cracked up to be. Our Cast and Crew: Mike Polo as Virgil Slatter Bruce Leister as Harmon Truesdale Patti Gatto as Doral Bernstein Shelby Bradford as Vinnie Jean Slatter Sound design is by Mike Polo Theme song and incidental music are composed and performed by Jim Rezac of JimRezacMusic.com Sound effects provided by SoundIdeasCom and applehillstudio/ Pond5 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.

Get to know the folks behind the scenes at Muckey Landing! Mike Polo (Virgil Slatter), Bruce Leister (Harmon Truesdale) and Chris Polo (Creator/Writer/Director/etc.) talk with music director Jim Rezac, who wrote and performed our award-winning Muckey Landing theme song. First in a series.

Announcing Season 2 of Muckey Landing! We’ve been on hiatus for a while, but we’re back in production with Virgil, Harmon, and everybody else in Muckey Landing. We’re not sure if this is a trailer or a bonus episode, but we hope you enjoy it. Watch for future episodes! ** Gold Selection - 2021 Hear Now Festival** ** Outstanding Comedy Fiction Podcast — 2021 New Jersey WebFest ** Visit us at muckeylanding.com Our Cast: Virgil Slatter - Mike Polo Harmon Truesdale - Bruce Leister Psycho Bob - Dave Crown Raven Yoder - Lisa Vest Editing and sound design by Mike Polo Written and directed by Chris Polo

In the final episode of Season 1, the fire crew cleans up as Virgil and Harmon hash out how they've come to find themselves under arrest in the back seat of Jenny Pilsner's police car. Meanwhile, police chief Cheefe and volunteer fire chief Bunny Slatter mull over possibilities; while their theories about the cause range from contrails to terrorists to spontaneous combustion, officer Jenny Pilsner believes there’s a more mundane explanation for the mysterious fires that have recently plagued the Muckey Landing-Ditchwater Lesser Metropolitan Area. *Muckey Landing is a Gold Selection of the 2021 Hear Now Festival* Our Cast and Crew Mike Polo as Virgil Slatter Bruce Leister as Harmon Truesdale Mike Barko as Ruger Codger John Hulse as Floyd Grimes Kane Mowrey as Lt. Jenny Pilsner Will McVay as Fire Chief Bunny Slatter Dick Pack as Chief Neville Cheefe Gina Shuck as Mabel Sprout Erin Rich as Mama Slatter Muckey Landing theme song and incidental music is written and performed by Jim Rezac Sound design and editing by Mike Polo Visit us at muckeylanding.com! 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.

Harmon and Virgil rendezvous at the store and then head out under cover of darkness to boost Myrtle's erotic painting from the Fuzzy Duck gallery in Ditchwater. When Harmon gets cold feet on the way down, Virgil butchers a lot of Latin while explaining why what they're doing is perfectly legal. Will they really go through with it? And can they stay out of jail if they do? CAST and CREW: Bruce Leister as Harmon Truesdale Mike Polo as Virgil Slatter Muckey Landing theme song and incidental music is written and performed by Jim Rezac Sound design and editing by Mike Polo SFX from Pond 5 Visit us at muckeylanding.com and enter our first anniversary giveaway to win cool Muckey Landing merch!

We're celebrating our first anniversary, so this episode has details about how to enter our celebration giveaway and win cool Muckey Landing stuff! Harmon's all in a lather about tonight's planned heist of Myrtle Myrkle's erotic painting from the Fuzzy Duck Gallery, but first, he and Virgil have to get through a regular workday. When six cans of ScrappyTime Scrapple Whip go missing from the store, Harmon swings into action to catch a suspected shoplifter, enlisting the help of Buck Firken, Muckey Landing's highly enthusiastic but impossibly dim rookie firefighter. Throw the Yoders, Flames of Fire and Grace Right Primitive Baptist youth minister Sammy Fraudiddler, Psycho Bob, and Doral into the mix, and it's a wonder Virgil still has his sanity! Our Cast: Mike Polo as Virgil Slatter Bruce Leister as Harmon Truesdale Will McVay as Luke Yoder Claude Warnick as Uncle Yoder Jeff Bellon as Buck Firken Andrew Hertzberg as Sammy Fraudiddler Dave Crown as Psycho Bob Patti Gatto as Doral Bernstein Muckey Landing theme is written and performed by Jim Rezac Sound design is by Mike Polo Produced by Chris Polo Visit muckeylanding.com for info about the show!

Doral's finding out that being the morning deejay at RMUK, the local radio station, isn't exactly what it was cracked up to be, and Harmon's in a panic because he just remembered Myrtle Myrkle never gave him the painting she painted of the two of them "in flagrante erecto." Psycho Bob pops in to see Harmon, and Mabel Sprout stops by with alarming news about Myrtle's upcoming art show down in Ditchwater. Our website: muckeylanding.com Enjoying the show? You can help us out with a small donation on our Buy Me a Coffee page: www.buymeacoffee.com/muckeylanding -- we guarantee Harmon will use it to buy bologna for the lunch counter. Our cast: Mike Polo - Virgil Slatter Bruce Leister - Harmon Truesdale Patti Gatto - Doral Bernstein Gina Shuck - Mabel Sprout Dave Crown - Psycho Bob Theme song by Jim Rezac Sound by Mike Polo

It’s nearly Christmas, and Harmon and Virgil work on their entry in the Christmas poem contest put on by the local radio station. Starring Mike Polo as Virgil Slatter Bruce Leister as Harmon Truesdale Original music arrangements by Jim Rezac Sound design by Mike Polo. Visit us at muckeylanding.com