Naomi Crashes New York (Live from Yes, Ann Improv Festival)

An enterprising young woman with pockets full of cash hits the big Town of New York as her father desperately searches for her while firing as many of his guns as possible. Will she become the queen of New York or fall into its underbelly? Will Toylaydo survive the big fire? What other details will be spread on The News?! Love, fire, and mystery ensue in Naomi Crashes New York

Cast: 

Eric Pedersen  -  Jordan Reichardt  -  Eric Muller  -  Philip Amler

Hosted by Chuck Cotterman

Foley by Katlin Schneider

Live Production: Ed Zak

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AI SUMMARY FOR GIGGLES:
Naomi steps off a shiny chrome bus into “New York Town” on a sweltering July day with a dream in her head and pockets full of waitressing cash. That’s also the moment Greedy Jake decides she’s his next big score, and our live, fully improvised Golden Age of Radio noir starts sprinting. We pull real audience prompts from the room, then spin them into a fast-moving audio story with classic narration, big character swings, and old-time radio sound effects that make the city feel loud, crowded, and just a little dangerous.

Back in Toledo, Naomi’s dad Bill Weatherson realizes she’s gone and does what any calm, polite man would do: panic, grab an unreasonable number of guns, and chase her to New York. While the big city runs at double time, Toledo slows into absurd chaos as observant Gus watches calamity unfold and Naomi’s mom discovers the joy of an expectation-free morning. The cross-cuts turn into a comic pressure cooker, pushing Naomi toward a nightclub deal, a new “friend” named Stinky Tom, and a romance sparked by a weirdly perfect detail: blueberry pancakes.

Then a telegram drops a twist that reframes everything, and Donnie the boss shows up with a deadline and a harbor threat that forces a finale. If you like improvised comedy podcasts, live theater energy, old-time radio style storytelling, and sharply timed character comedy, this recording from the Yes Ann Improv Festival at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor is for you. Subscribe, share the episode with a friend who loves audio comedy, and leave us a review. What was the moment you realized the plot was truly out of control?

Transcript

Cold Open And Station Intro

Chuck Cotterman 0:00

Lawyers have advised Raymond the talking dog to stop talking until the lawsuit has been settled. This is K-I-G-A-R Radio, remembering things so that you don't have to.

SPEAKER_07 0:24

The Improvised Golden Age of Radio is a fully improvised comedy show presented live to a studio audience. Staged and performed at the full style of classic old-time radio broadcasts, today's show was recorded at the Yes Ann Improv Festival on June 25th, 2026, at the Incredible Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We want to thank Tony DeRosa, Hearsay Brewery, the Michigan Theater, and everybody who worked, volunteered, and performed at the festival, which was an absolutely incredible success. Enjoy the show.

Audience Prompts Become The Story

Chuck Cotterman 1:13

Thank you for your patience. We are the Improvised Golden Age of Radio, and I am your host, Chuck Cotterman. Thank you, Ann Arbor, for having us tonight, and thank you to the S Ann Festival. Um now we are still setting up. We have Ed Zach right there on our digital sounds, and Caitlin Schneider. She is our analog at the Foley Table. And I'm gonna get the rest of our cast out here. We already have Eric Peterson right here on stage, everyone. Philip Amler, come on out. Jordan Reichhardt, and Eric Muller. Now, before we get started, I would like to get to know a few of you for just a second. Uh couple questions for you, everybody. Uh, usually I would come down into the audience, but we have these wonderful vintage microphones. So I'm gonna ask from up here and ask you to shout it out. And I might not be able to see you, so I'm gonna do like this and try to get some people from the back as well. Uh, first things first, could anyone who would like to answer a question raise your hand? That's the best bit ever. Alright, right there. What was your favorite toy as a child? Can I ask you that?

unknown 2:15

Buzz Lightyear.

Chuck Cotterman 2:16

Buzz Lightyear. Buzz Lightyear, an astronaut, famously. Uh, can you tell me what was the f your favorite thing to pretend to do with Buzz Lightyear, your toy? Crash him into stuff. That's a really great job. Anybody have any questions about Buzz Lightyear up on the back of the stage here?

SPEAKER_00 2:31

Uh did someone particular give you that toy? Your mom. Okay, was it for an occasion? Okay, great. Thank you.

Chuck Cotterman 2:39

Excellent. A wonderful Christmas present. Uh, anyone else? Let's see. Sir, right there. I uh you made eye contact. It was very uh very obvious for you. That's on you. And I have to ask you, where did you get that shirt? Coles, uh, did you get it for yourself or was it a present? Alright. Um when you put in that I love, by the way, everyone, I love this shirt. There are palm trees on it. It is abs. Please stand up. Please stand up. What a shirt. I personally have a couple of shirts that when I put them on make me feel very relaxed. What do you feel when you put on that shirt?

unknown 3:15

Very tense.

Chuck Cotterman 3:16

Very tense. Excellent. He wore the right shirt, everyone. Your name, sir? Bill! Bill had to think about it, but a round of applause for Bill! And now, my friend with uh the Buzz Light Your Toy, your name? Naomi. Round of applause for Naomi as well. And now I'm gonna ask one more person. Let's see. Uh, anyone in the back? Yeah, I've got you right there in the back. Your name? Stephanie, thank you very much. Stephanie, what's your favorite town other than Ann Arbor? New York City. Ooh. Big town. I've I've been there once or twice. The town name is probably a bit of a misnomer, but I will take it. And what was your favorite thing to do in New York City? Anyone on the back line have a question about New York City? Yes.

SPEAKER_03 4:09

What type of bagel?

Chuck Cotterman 4:13

Oh, yeah. Everything cream cheese. These are all very good answers. And whether you like it or not, those answers are now a part of the story for tonight's show. Every one of you are a part of tonight's show, and I thank you very much. But we do need one last piece of information for that. I'm going to the cast. Cast, do we have a title for tonight's episode?

SPEAKER_08 4:32

Okay, yeah. Yeah, here we go.

Chuck Cotterman 4:34

Ready?

SPEAKER_08 4:35

Naomi crashes New York.

Chuck Cotterman 4:39

Naomi crashes New York. Everybody, round of applause for that title. I love it. Now you see, long hours, countless rehearsals, and meticulously written scripts went into the classic style of Golden Age of Radio. Uh, we've done none of that. But we will attempt tonight to give you a wonderful episode of Golden Age of Radio. Uh, sit back, relax, enjoy the sights, and especially the sounds. And please laugh loud and laugh long, because when you get picked up by the mics, you will be a part of radio history. And now, tonight's episode, Naomi Crashes New York.

Naomi Arrives In New York Town

SPEAKER_10 5:19

It was a sweltering hot July day in the big town. As they called it, the souvenir merchants were plying their trade up and down the boulevards and avenues. What is it? The plastic statue of liberties were melting into the sidewalks that July. Lady Liberty got Lady Liberty here. And just then, a shiny chrome bus pulled up to the port station. The famous New York port station, as it's called by the locals. And off that bus came Naomi. A Haysie, you might call her. Excuse me, sir. Not now, I'm narrating, baby.

SPEAKER_04 6:19

Excuse me, sir.

SPEAKER_08 6:21

What do you want, kid?

SPEAKER_05 6:22

Is this a New York port station?

SPEAKER_08 6:24

It sure is. What kind what town you think you're in, huh?

SPEAKER_05 6:27

I don't know. I came a long way from Toledo.

SPEAKER_08 6:30

Toledo? Toledo? I hey, I don't know. I never left this town.

SPEAKER_05 6:34

I'm a rolling stone. I don't even memorize the names of the towns before I leave.

SPEAKER_08 6:38

Wow, you looks a little young to have lived such a life like this.

SPEAKER_05 6:41

Uh, tell me about it, but I heard here, here in New York, it doesn't matter what age you are, you can really make something of yourself no matter what.

SPEAKER_08 6:49

That's the law.

SPEAKER_05 6:53

Oh, you're an officer of it.

SPEAKER_08 6:55

Oh, no, but I knows a thing or two about the underside of the city.

SPEAKER_10 6:59

Oh, Greedy Jake had found another victim, shall we say? Coming off the bus from good old Toledo.

SPEAKER_08 7:08

Listen, what's your name, kid?

SPEAKER_05 7:09

My name's Naomi, and I got a big problem.

SPEAKER_08 7:12

What's your problem, Naomi?

SPEAKER_05 7:14

My pockets are all full of cash. Oh.

SPEAKER_10 7:18

That's a brand. Greedy Jake was standing there with his linen suit that was two sizes too big for him. Sweat dripping down into those July New York sewers.

SPEAKER_08 7:29

Well, just well, just uh just out of curiosity, why are you uh why are you a person with so much cash on hand?

SPEAKER_05 7:35

Oh, well, in my old town I was a waitress and I was really good at it. Uh, but there was nothing to do in the town of Toledo, so I didn't spend anything on anything.

SPEAKER_08 7:44

Oh, well, why don't I uh help you invest it around town?

SPEAKER_05 7:50

Oh, like in stocks, bonds, and things?

SPEAKER_08 7:52

And things, but all the way back in good old Toledo, Ohio.

SPEAKER_10 8:02

There was another gentleman waking up that morning finding out that his little Naomi had flown the coop. What's that you say? Naomi's gone to the big city!

SPEAKER_08 8:17

This was Bill Weatherson, Naomi's father. He was a calm and polite man normally, but this morning he was quite agitated.

SPEAKER_10 8:26

I'm quite agitated! This simply shan't do! Well, I I I was just over by the bus stop and I I saw Naomi boarding the bus, and I I saw the name on the side of the bus said New York Town, and oh I thought you might want to know. Oh, observant gus, thank you so much. Your fly's undone. Nothing gets by you. It was just this extreme agitation I'm in. I threw my pants on fundament and got all catty whoopers. Look, you need to look after the family farm and the restaurant where Naomi used to work, and God was she good at it. Whoa, that's two more jobs than I already have. It's gonna cut into my observing time. Well, look, you're gonna have to do something because I'm leaving.

SPEAKER_09 9:18

There's no way I'm letting that big city eat my daughter alive.

SPEAKER_08 9:21

And at just that moment, Gus noticed the ladder leaning against his shed. He thought, maybe I could get up there and see even more.

SPEAKER_10 9:30

Yeah, you go to New York. I've got something means doing. All right. Wish me luck. Also, before I go, can you fetch all of my guns from the shed? I'm not going to New York unarmed.

SPEAKER_08 9:45

I'll be right there. Meanwhile, back in their house, Naomi's mother was waking up to an empty bed.

SPEAKER_05 9:55

This is nice. This is really nice. No expectations. I got a whole day ahead. Oh my, I'm gonna read! Maybe take a bath. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_10 10:12

Suddenly she heard a gunshot from out in the yard.

SPEAKER_04 10:15

Oh, please be my husband. Please be my husband. Yep, this one still works!

SPEAKER_05 10:22

Oh, damn it, he's still alive.

SPEAKER_04 10:25

Honey, I'm gonna be going to New York for a while. This one works too. I purposely left the charge of the farm to a man. Don't worry. Oh! Is the man single just asking for no reason at all? It's observant, Goss! He'll hold around, he'll see him, and he'll see you! Oh, I hope so! Don't worry, everything's well and kind!

SPEAKER_06 10:52

Your night gun's undone!

SPEAKER_05 10:55

Oh gosh, I didn't mean you to see that!

SPEAKER_08 10:59

At that moment, the same Chrome bus that 18 hours prior had dropped Naomi off in New York town was pulling back in, waiting for new passengers. Here's my bus! Bill hopped on, gave us 18 pence, and took a seat at the back with the cool jewelry. 18 pence highway robbery. Can't sit here. What? Oh, how about here? No, you can't sit here. You're not cool enough, old man. Oh, all right.

SPEAKER_10 11:33

Oh, don't you dare sit in this seat, boy. Oh, suck. Don't you call me boy. Uh, you better keep moving down this bus. That's all we will address the use of that word in this time period. Well, you got a lot of guns on you, so actually, I'm gonna I'm gonna get out of your way.

SPEAKER_08 11:48

Hey, gun guy, sit down back there. I can't see. Oh, if there's an open seat next to you, could I sit there? I'm the driver.

SPEAKER_10 11:57

Well, sure, pull up next to me. We'll make it work. The observant one's not here right now. Meanwhile, back in New York, greedy Jake was coming back to his hideout where he was being waited for. Hey, Jake!

SPEAKER_08 12:14

You got them money you owe me? Donnie, I don't got it yet, but don't worry about the what I owe you. We're gonna get ten times that much. Oh, you know what happens to me when I don't get paid back on time.

SPEAKER_03 12:26

When Donnie doesn't get paid back on time, he runs through the whole town screaming at anyone who will listen.

SPEAKER_08 12:31

No, don't do it, Donnie. Don't go for a run. I feel like running and screaming.

SPEAKER_06 12:36

No, I can't chase you down. I'm not fast enough. He started lacing up his shoes. Okay.

SPEAKER_08 12:43

Donnie, Donnie, Donnie, before you go, listen to what I got to say. I met a bright-eyed and pushy tailed new New York towner. Pockets full of Toledo's, fannyest restaurants, cash. She's maybe the richest girl in Ohio. All right, Jake. You got 24 hours. How many days is that? In New York, that's half a day. Okay, okay. Cause things move faster the fastest town in the world. You know how the song goes. New York, New York, things move fast in here.

SPEAKER_03 13:23

Hey, moved on to the second first.

SPEAKER_06 13:26

Oh, and you go down to the point and you see the bus.

SPEAKER_09 13:35

Naomi heard all the singing out in the lobby and she pushed her ear against the door to listen.

SPEAKER_10 13:42

The bus, the bus, the bus. I guess they talked about plot or something. Alright, and remember, after you get that dame's money, you gotta make sure she's out of the picture.

SPEAKER_08 13:57

Yeah, well, I'm not gonna marry her. What are you talking about?

SPEAKER_10 14:00

No, I she's way too young for that. I mean you gotta make sure she's coolin' her heels in Heaven's waiting room. Naomi. Pretty sure she got the idea. Gasping horror.

SPEAKER_08 14:15

Wait, when you say heaven's waiting room, though, I feel that one was pretty clear. Okay, okay, I think I get what you're saying.

SPEAKER_10 14:26

Maybe she goes for a swim in the famous New Yorktown harbor. Naomi, who didn't know how to swim, gasped again.

SPEAKER_08 14:36

What was that noise? That's a rat problem. Okay. Let's keep it down in case anyone overhears our plan. I'm gonna go out.

SPEAKER_10 14:45

Alright, I'm gonna go running and screaming. No, don't do it, Donnie.

SPEAKER_08 14:49

And you get me my money. Alright, here I go. Naomi.

SPEAKER_05 14:56

Yeah?

SPEAKER_08 14:57

So I was thinking, why don't we go and opens a nightclub?

SPEAKER_05 15:02

I don't know. I was I was listening to you talk to that guy, and I I don't know if I even trust you too much anymore.

SPEAKER_08 15:09

Oh, crap.

SPEAKER_06 15:12

I was gasping. Oh, I thought it was the rat! Donnie said that's a rat!

SPEAKER_08 15:19

Well, what do you think you heard?

SPEAKER_05 15:21

Well, I heard something about swimming, which I don't know how to do.

SPEAKER_08 15:25

Oh, okay, we can cancel that activity. That's no problem. No. I was just trying to show you.

SPEAKER_05 15:33

I trust you otherwise, it was just the whole swimming thing. Hey.

SPEAKER_08 15:41

All right. All right, let's go down to the nightclub. You can meet my friend Stinky Tom. Stinky Tom! Stinky Tom.

SPEAKER_05 15:48

I trust him implicitly.

SPEAKER_08 15:50

Yeah. Anyone who's honest like that with their name, what's he got to hide?

SPEAKER_05 15:54

Yeah, okay. Alright, I'll bring all my pockets of cash.

SPEAKER_08 15:57

Yeah, please do.

SPEAKER_05 15:59

Alright.

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Chuck Cotterman 16:05

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SPEAKER_05 17:13

Naomi's

Dad Hits New York With Guns

SPEAKER_05 17:14

dad Bill hopped off at the bus at the New York port station.

SPEAKER_09 17:19

Oh boy, it's just as famous as I'd heard.

SPEAKER_04 17:23

Oh, wow.

SPEAKER_09 17:24

I really see why they call it a large apple.

SPEAKER_03 17:27

Guns kept going off from his pocket. Sorry!

SPEAKER_08 17:32

What are you apologizing for? You seem like a normal New Yorker.

SPEAKER_10 17:37

Oh wow.

SPEAKER_04 17:38

Hey, has anyone seen a young girl from Toledo? Suddenly someone stepped forward to answer his question.

SPEAKER_10 17:49

Maybe I've seen her? Maybe I haven't. A Frenchman. That's not the accent I was expecting. Oh well, in this town we call Nouveau York. Expect the unexpected. Say, where where would an enterprising young girl with uh with uh pockets full of cash go in this town to make a mark and make her name? Oh well probably she has already been conned into starting a club of Zenoir. Oh, I don't know.

SPEAKER_09 18:23

My Naomi's awful sharp. She's from Toledo, Ohio.

SPEAKER_10 18:27

I respect your accent game right back at you, sir. Hey, yeah. Uh anyway, uh where well well where's the CD underworld part of the city? Oh, I could show you easily. By the way, I'm surprised you're not repelled by my o' dare.

SPEAKER_03 18:44

I lost my sense of smell in a mule kick incident. Oh that was common in Toledo, Ohio. Ah, yes. Mule.

SPEAKER_10 18:53

I hear they are very popular here in Etas Unis. We! Did I get that right? Oh I want to make love to you now. Oh, I don't swing that way. Oh, in New York, you must expect the unexpected.

SPEAKER_08 19:14

Meanwhile, back in Toledo, Ohio, a sunset rose on a peaceful hill as wind dusted the grass back and forth, and the trees made a soft and delightful wave.

Toledo Burns While Gus Watches

SPEAKER_05 19:29

If only I had a man to watch this with.

SPEAKER_06 19:32

Oh my god! Oh, uh, you gotta help me. Uh, I don't know how to farm, and also I've never went to tables before. The restaurant caught on fire. Uh, so did the cows in the field.

SPEAKER_08 19:47

Observant Gus had seen a lot, but he had done nothing.

SPEAKER_10 19:53

Yeah, I watched it all. I watched the greasy rag fall onto the riddle, and then the fire spread into the dining room while all the people were eating.

SPEAKER_05 20:03

Gus, you may have been told this before, but do you ever feel like everybody in this world does too much doing?

SPEAKER_10 20:10

Uh yeah.

SPEAKER_05 20:12

I I just like that you and me we can just sit and watch the world go by. You know what I mean? Yeah, well, watch the world burn at the moment.

SPEAKER_10 20:20

You see, the the cows set on fire, they ran into the barn, the barn's on fire where the guns go.

SPEAKER_04 20:26

Gus, don't bore me with the details, Gus! Okay.

SPEAKER_08 20:30

At that moment, the flames leapt and burned down the volunteer from the fire department.

SPEAKER_06 20:35

Oh, that's not good.

SPEAKER_04 20:39

Ha!

Nightclub Pitch And Pancake Flirting

SPEAKER_10 20:40

Oh across the country in New Wave, York at the club with Stinky Tom was Greedy Jake and Naomi.

SPEAKER_08 20:51

Tom, this is my new friend Naomi. Uh hi! Or as we say in France. Oula!

SPEAKER_05 21:00

Oh, a man of the world!

SPEAKER_08 21:02

Oh, Tom's Tom's the best. He owns some of the best nightclubs. If you get in with him, you're set.

SPEAKER_05 21:09

Hey, hey, Tom, can I ask you a question? Are you a man that likes blueberry pancakes in the morning? I can just tell it's a secret from when I was a waitress.

SPEAKER_10 21:20

Oh mon dieu. Blueberry pancakes are my favorite food. I have not had some since I was back in France. We're good at this.

SPEAKER_08 21:37

What's happening?

SPEAKER_10 21:40

What's happening is I am falling in amour.

SPEAKER_04 21:45

I don't know what that word means. Hey, say Tom, why'd you leave me out here in the lobby?

SPEAKER_10 21:50

I well uh buy the way, greedy Jake. I've got another sucker ready for us. Naomi, what are you doing here? With these low lives and my good friend Tom. Who is this man?

SPEAKER_04 22:06

Dad, your pockets are full of guns. You're GD right they are. That one works. Dad, I I had to make- Wait a minute, wait a minute!

SPEAKER_10 22:17

You two know each other?

SPEAKER_04 22:21

Well, well, yeah. I told you my daughter's name was Naomi and she's from Toledo, Ohio, and she's got pockets full of cash.

SPEAKER_10 22:28

Oh! Hey, wait!

SPEAKER_08 22:30

They just met. They just met, I gotta tell you. Oh, okay. Yeah, I don't know what you're implying.

SPEAKER_04 22:37

Sorry. I just, I'm so worried about your sweetheart. You left so quickly.

SPEAKER_05 22:41

I had to leave. The diner life was not for me. I was ready to make it in the big city. I found a new man. I was talking blueberry pancakes. Everything's going great here, Dad.

SPEAKER_09 22:50

The blueberry pancakes your mother taught you how to make.

SPEAKER_05 22:54

Oh, don't get all sentimental.

SPEAKER_10 22:56

And why are you why are you trash talking the diner? That's what got you all your filthy lucre you're stuffed in your purse there.

SPEAKER_05 23:02

Ah, what's money for if not for spending?

SPEAKER_10 23:05

Wow, the big city changing. Don! Don, get in here! All right, where's my money?

SPEAKER_08 23:17

You're blowing it.

SPEAKER_10 23:19

Alright, I'll wait outside.

SPEAKER_08 23:25

That's my boss. What kind of business are you in? We invest in nightclubs like this, and your daughter with her pockets full of waitress and cash was gonna be the newest New York town millionaire.

SPEAKER_05 23:38

Oh Dad, there's not even any money to spend in Toledo, Ohio. There's only all the buildings are still standing. There's no disasters that I know of, so I had to make it to New York. Spend money on buildings here.

SPEAKER_09 23:51

Well, I'm sorry. I I don't mean to stand in the way of your dreams, sweetheart. I'll go back to Toedo, Ohawi.

SPEAKER_08 24:00

Greedy Jake was not a smart man, but he did like checking the news. He

Telegram Twist And A Sudden Proposal

SPEAKER_08 24:04

walked to the telegram to see if anything had been on the wire. What's this? Wait, what's the name of the town you're from? Naomi, Bill, where did you guys go? Oh, what's our I left? I just went to get the telegram. I wanted to check the notes. You don't want us to come into the telegraph room with you. You have to ask. It's a small booth that wouldn't have fit everyone. I gave you your privacy. I was leaving. Look, if I'm reading this right, and I am, Tolidi, Ohio is burned to the ground.

SPEAKER_04 24:35

No! Yeah. Dad!

SPEAKER_10 24:38

Well, then I have to get back double quick. I'm worried about your mom. An observant gus. Not that there'd be anything between them, but just individually. I'm worried about both of them. Well! But do you want me to keep reading? Oh, sorry, yes, there are more? You really finished that thought, and I thought it was gonna okay.

SPEAKER_08 24:53

Well, the one house survived, and apparently everyone celebrated a wedding there this morning. I don't know if it's related, you know. I don't know. Who is this telegram from and why was that in there?

SPEAKER_10 25:06

Just the news. Well, that telegram has inspired my cure or art, as you say. So I would like to ask for your daughter's hand.

SPEAKER_05 25:22

Please say yes, Dad, please. We have such a deep relationship. I've only known her for about 15 minutes.

SPEAKER_10 25:31

But I can already tell. I've never seen Tom like this for a woman. I feel like since you left Toledo, you're not mine to give away anymore. You're your own woman.

SPEAKER_05 25:42

Oh, thanks, Dad.

SPEAKER_10 25:43

That is incredibly progressive of you, sir.

SPEAKER_05 25:46

Wow. Wow!

SPEAKER_08 25:48

And I knew you were young when you got here, but you grew up so fast in New York Times. Exactly.

SPEAKER_05 25:53

It's double time here. Everything moves fast. Listen, we can't find the blueberry pancakes, the best blueberry pancakes in the world in New York. Come home. Come. I I say yes, I do, is what I'm saying. You want to come back to Toledo? Yeah, make blueberry pancakes, rebuild the town with these pockets full of cash. A vec.

SPEAKER_10 26:11

What?

SPEAKER_05 26:12

Sure.

SPEAKER_10 26:13

No! Hey, what's a what does this sure mean? I've never heard that word before.

SPEAKER_09 26:18

I don't know. Why don't you really woo her by speaking a bunch of French right now? A full one full sentence at least.

SPEAKER_10 26:25

All right. Here I go. He was

Donnie Threatens The Harbor Finale

SPEAKER_10 26:30

all right, you mugs! I've been waiting outside long enough. Now somebody's gonna pay Donnie his money, or else you're all sunk to the bottom of the harbor, as in dead. I don't know how to scoob. Wait, dead? Hold on a minute, Buster. I may be from small town Tawaywaha, but I don't put up with no bullies!

SPEAKER_08 26:54

Come on, Dad, do it! Put down all your guns! There's so many guns.

SPEAKER_10 26:59

Now these have been going off intermittently for no reason.

SPEAKER_06 27:02

So now there we go!

unknown 27:06

Oh my god!

SPEAKER_08 27:06

Tani the runner caught one in the chest and it didn't look like he would survive. You can't outrun that one.

SPEAKER_10 27:12

I hope no one owes you any money that they're not gonna have to pay back anymore. Oh wow! Wow, what a lucky break for Greedy Jake. Now be careful, you better get out of the way because I still have all of my guns. Oh, I think it's probably okay. My dear, my answer is we. I would love to come home with you to Toledo, and we will mix with love on top of blueberry pancakes. Dad, close your ears. Sorry, I'm right here still, dude. Like I say keep going. Oh look, we better hurry. The town is waiting for us. We need to get back there and rebuild as soon as possible. Come on, can you break a one-dollar bill so we can have change for four of us to get on the bus? Absolutely, I've got it! And they all went down to that famous New York port where a shiny chrome bus rolled in with the words Toledo written on the side.

SPEAKER_08 28:11

Boy, I feel like I've learned so much since I've been here. You're still sitting next to me as the driver, huh? There's tons of seats open.

SPEAKER_10 28:22

Oh my dear. I cannot wait for us to be buried. And we will see all the great sights of Toledo together.

SPEAKER_05 28:31

There's only one, it's the diner. I'll take you there. I'll take you.

SPEAKER_09 28:35

And meanwhile, back in Toledo, two lovers were enjoying their newly matrimonied time together.

SPEAKER_05 28:44

You're observant in so many ways. Don't do much, don't do much. Wella.

SPEAKER_10 28:52

I see that breakfast is over. So I guess I'll head out to and right up outside, a shiny chrome bus rolled up.

SPEAKER_00 29:03

It was kind of far away, actually, but a fervent gust got a good look at it from pretty far away.

Curtain Call Credits And Follow Links

Chuck Cotterman 29:17

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SPEAKER_07 30:10

And that was our little tale from New York Town. The show was hosted by Chuck Cotterman. Philip Amler played the opening narrator of Servant Gus, Bus Passengers, Donnie the Boss, and Stinky Tom. Eric Peterson played New York Street Benders, Greedy Jake, the Bus Passengers, and the Bus Drivers. Eric Muller played New York Street Benders, Bill Weatherson, and the ending narrator. Jordan Reichhart was Naomi from Toledo. And Mrs. Weatherson. Thanks for listening. Remember to like and subscribe anywhere you get your podcast subscription.