1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,600 Music. The comedy4cast network. Let's dog ear that for now. 2 00:00:11,594 --> 00:00:17,986 This is the 2023 comedy4cast Podcast Spectacular, brought to you by the fantastic Patreon patrons. 3 00:00:19,201 --> 00:00:26,160 Thank you! Why not join Steve, Bryn, Chuck from the Technorama Podcast, and the other 4 00:00:26,232 --> 00:00:32,364 amazing individuals who support the show for as little as a dollar a month. 5 00:00:32,364 --> 00:00:38,304 This year's original 20-chapter story is called Big Shot. To hear it from the beginning, 6 00:00:38,644 --> 00:00:42,373 go to comedy4cast.com slash 2023. 7 00:00:43,084 --> 00:00:48,081 And remember, comedy4cast is all one word with the number 4. 8 00:00:48,944 --> 00:00:53,518 Now, here's chapter four, Further on Down the Road. 9 00:00:53,520 --> 00:01:14,320 Music. 10 00:01:14,574 --> 00:01:20,399 Previously in our story, a mysterious stranger arrived at the Venus Arms Hotel and Towers, 11 00:01:21,308 --> 00:01:24,144 not that long after Danny Hillcrest had rushed out of the hotel. 12 00:01:24,924 --> 00:01:28,573 Danny had seemed quite nervous when speaking with Giles and Miss Falmacher. 13 00:01:28,906 --> 00:01:32,642 I had to borrow an awful lot to send out all these scripts. 14 00:01:33,020 --> 00:01:39,412 I'm not sure certain people will be happy if things don't work out and I can't repay them. 15 00:01:39,610 --> 00:01:44,210 At Gile's suggestion, the stranger spoke with the maitre d' of the hotel's restaurant. 16 00:01:44,705 --> 00:01:50,004 It seems the hotel had had an incident with Danny earlier in the day inside the eatery. 17 00:01:51,604 --> 00:01:53,284 Get out! Allez! Vite! 18 00:01:55,337 --> 00:01:59,298 The maitre d' also showed the stranger the placemat Danny had been scribbling on prior 19 00:01:59,604 --> 00:02:05,626 to the altercation. On it was the phrase, a ram sang. Frustrated that he could not find 20 00:02:05,964 --> 00:02:10,464 Danny or make sense of the phrase, the stranger resigned himself to the fact that he would 21 00:02:10,464 --> 00:02:16,504 need to check into the hotel for the night. As this chapter begins, Giles is having a 22 00:02:16,504 --> 00:02:19,652 hard time comprehending the stranger's request. 23 00:02:20,064 --> 00:02:30,571 You mean you want to stay here? Now? During April? Is that a problem? Is the hotel full? Hahahaha! 24 00:02:31,064 --> 00:02:36,927 Hamberdasher! Oh, it's you Giles. Giles! Get a hold of yourself! 25 00:02:37,125 --> 00:02:45,064 I'm sorry, I'm sorry sir. I will need a major credit card for the room. 26 00:02:45,064 --> 00:02:47,874 We don't need to do that, do we? 27 00:02:48,234 --> 00:02:50,745 Yes, we do. 28 00:02:51,322 --> 00:02:59,064 What if I give you this gift card from Target instead? Sir... Hmm, Macy's? 29 00:02:59,604 --> 00:03:03,064 Ugh, no! Neiman Marcus. 30 00:03:04,663 --> 00:03:17,302 Sign here. Very good, Mr... Sam Jones? Oh, come now. That's the best you've got? 31 00:03:17,761 --> 00:03:24,513 Can't you be a bit more creative than that? What about Coakley Ulrich? Or Demarcus Lyons? 32 00:03:24,738 --> 00:03:32,513 Or Tack Cromwell, King of Eclairs? Why not swing for the fences, Mr. Sam Jones? 33 00:03:32,513 --> 00:03:36,333 With Godfrey Keats Barkridge the third. 34 00:03:36,603 --> 00:03:37,179 Fine. 35 00:03:40,513 --> 00:03:46,812 Blaine Hendricks? Well, I suppose. But Tyree Schaefer would have been much better. 36 00:03:47,559 --> 00:03:52,222 It will take a while to prepare your room. Most of the staff takes the month of April off. 37 00:03:52,969 --> 00:03:59,334 So Cap will need to make up your room. No problem. I'll have it made up in no time. 38 00:03:59,613 --> 00:04:04,141 I just need a huge tub of foundation and a bucket of eyeliner. 39 00:04:04,294 --> 00:04:06,878 In the meantime, I need more ammunition. 40 00:04:07,355 --> 00:04:12,793 Can you think of any place else Hillcrest has been lately? The sooner I find him, the better. 41 00:04:12,936 --> 00:04:15,193 Hmm, let me think, Mr... 42 00:04:16,726 --> 00:04:22,326 Blaine Hendricks. Oh, I believe he's employed in the tunnels. 43 00:04:22,587 --> 00:04:25,917 What's that, a nightclub? I hope they're still doing the Lindy Hop. 44 00:04:26,377 --> 00:04:30,968 The tunnels are, well, a bunch of tunnels under Chasm Valley. 45 00:04:31,526 --> 00:04:33,128 Badger people made them. 46 00:04:33,830 --> 00:04:36,981 Look, it's complicated, all right? And Hillcrest works there. 47 00:04:37,341 --> 00:04:42,203 What does he do, sing hi-ho, hi-ho? Fine. Don't believe me. 48 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,233 All right, all right. How do I get to these tunnels? 49 00:04:45,659 --> 00:04:52,233 It's not that far from here. You just need to go down the street a few blocks to the site of the old nuclear pasta plant. 50 00:04:52,233 --> 00:04:55,233 And then... just head that way. 51 00:04:55,233 --> 00:05:01,273 Okay. The stranger heads toward the revolving doors. Just be sure my room is 52 00:05:01,273 --> 00:05:07,313 ready when I come back. Now we'll see if he gets stuck like no no no not now! 53 00:05:08,147 --> 00:05:19,393 Whose bright idea was it to put a transition there? Oh never mind let's dog ear that for now. The stranger is standing inside the rubble that was once 54 00:05:19,393 --> 00:05:24,473 the foundation of One Pasta Place a towering apartment building before that 55 00:05:24,864 --> 00:05:28,473 as Giles mentioned, it's where the town's nuclear pasta plant stood. 56 00:05:29,050 --> 00:05:35,109 In front of him is a simple gravel roadway. It stops at the entrance to the corridor that leads to the tunnels. 57 00:05:36,045 --> 00:05:43,058 But things have changed since you and I last visited here. There is now a large neon illuminated sign that points to the entrance. 58 00:05:43,643 --> 00:05:46,473 The sign reads, Cine-round-a-dome Drive-In. 59 00:05:46,473 --> 00:05:52,473 Open 24 hours. The occasional car is seen entering the wide access corridor. 60 00:05:52,473 --> 00:05:56,473 Fortunately, the stranger spots a dedicated pedestrian lane. 61 00:06:00,333 --> 00:06:05,012 As the stranger walks along the path, he sees other markings on the pavement. 62 00:06:05,012 --> 00:06:07,886 The pedestrian lane is adjacent to a dedicated stroller lane, 63 00:06:08,273 --> 00:06:11,946 which is next to a dedicated dog-walking lane, which is next to a dedicated skateboarding lane, 64 00:06:12,036 --> 00:06:14,755 next to a hoverboard lane, jogging lane, moped lane, and... 65 00:06:15,763 --> 00:06:23,012 Penny lane. Hello? -unintelligable phone voice- You got my text, right? Hillcrest wasn't at the hotel. 66 00:06:23,478 --> 00:06:26,012 They said he went out and don't know where he went or when he'll be back. 67 00:06:26,287 --> 00:06:28,012 -unintelligable phone voice- 68 00:06:28,123 --> 00:06:33,795 Yeah, sounds sus to me, too. -unintelligable phone voice- I know the boss needs this taken care of yesterday. 69 00:06:33,975 --> 00:06:35,932 I'm working on it. -unintelligable phone voice- 70 00:06:36,450 --> 00:06:38,629 I'm checking out every place he's been. 71 00:06:39,172 --> 00:06:41,096 Tell Ralston I'll call back when I've... 72 00:06:42,372 --> 00:06:52,006 Executed. Executed? It sounds like this stranger means business. Will he find Danny? 73 00:06:52,512 --> 00:06:59,492 What will happen when he does? And will the stranger realize that the pedestrian lane is also marked as a no-cell phone's quiet 74 00:06:59,492 --> 00:07:00,492 zone? 75 00:07:00,675 --> 00:07:07,724 Shhh! For more rule violations, be sure to come back for Chapter 5, Where Darkness Lives. 76 00:07:09,012 --> 00:07:14,755 Are you liking the show? Then be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode. It's easy. 77 00:07:15,292 --> 00:07:22,832 comedy4cast is listed on lots of great sites, including Spotify, Stitcher, and TuneIn. 78 00:07:22,832 --> 00:07:26,323 In this episode, as the maître d, Nathan Alvord. 79 00:07:27,092 --> 00:07:35,592 As the stranger, Grant Johnson, voicegranted.com. As the cell phone caller, Bonnie Kenderdine. 80 00:07:35,592 --> 00:07:42,692 And the narrator was played by Gary J. Chambers, garyjchambersvo.com. 81 00:07:42,692 --> 00:07:47,892 Additional voices, as well as story and music by Clinton Alvord. 82 00:07:48,063 --> 00:07:51,007 Copyright 2023, all rights reserved. 83 00:07:51,752 --> 00:07:56,742 See you next time, but for now, that's it, we're done, done, done, done, done. Bye bye. 84 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:12,916 Music.