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The comedy4cast network.
Let's dog ear that for now.

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This is comedy4cast,
episode 885, Finding Yourselfs.

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Oh, hi, Clinton here. Welcome to the
Dog Days of Pumpkin Spice season.

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Yeah, August got away from me again.
So this is another edition of my unofficial

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extension of Dog Days of Podcasting.
For more information on that,

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go to dogdaysofpodcasting.com.

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This year, I'm providing you with even 
more totally useless Odd News.

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In fact, two odd news stories
that I think deserve each other.

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So, let's have some fun with
Odd News Times Twos.

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For our first story, we're headed to
the city that never sleeps,

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which you would think would be Seattle
with all the coffee and whatnot.

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But no, I mean the Big Apple, which again
could be Washington State because

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they grow more than half the apples
produced in the United States.

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It's New York City. We're headed to New York.

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Here we are in Seaport Square. And the
fact the word square is in the name is

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a clue as to why we're here.

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Because it involves the restaurant chain
Wendy's, home of those square burgers.

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Hey, if you have an issue with this,
talk to their promo department.

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But what exactly is going on? It's a contest
and we're about to learn what

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it's all about, right after we
head to the Indiana DMV. Fun!

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[WHOOSH]

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Fortunately, we don't have to
wait in some endless line.

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We have a pass to go right to the front
and find out why Erica Brown of Anderson,

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Indiana, is having issues being
issued her driver's license renewal.

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It seems that when the photo was snapped
for her license, there was an issue.

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What was wrong?
Was the picture actually flattering?

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Well, perhaps it was.
But that was not the problem.

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Facial recognition software had
identified an issue so serious that

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Ms. Brown was contacted by a fraud
and security enforcement investigator.

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[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

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Yikes. The investigator requested evidence

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of her identity before her
new license could be issued.

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I'm guessing Ms. Brown knew that her
old license probably wouldn't do the trick.

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Obviously, Erica asked the investigator
what the problem was.

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It was then that the officer showed
Ms. Brown two photos side by side.

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One was her would-be new
driver's license photo,

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and the other was that of another

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Indiana woman of the same age,
but with a different address.

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And even Erica was having trouble
telling the two photos apart.

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See, I was going to say, if she hadn't
been there when her photo was taken,

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she wouldn't have been able
to tell them apart.

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Of course, I realized it's not possible
to not be there

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when your photo is taken,
so I didn't say that.

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Just so you know.

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Anyway, being an only child,
Erica was amazed by the resemblance.

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Seeing someone that could be her
doppelganger was, to say the least, bizarre.

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But after Erica Brown finally convinced 
the Department of Motor Vehicles that

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she was, well, Erica Brown, 
her license was renewed.

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A process that took a mere three months.

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Wow. She must have had a 
get-to-the-front-of-the-line pass, too.

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Now Erica is on a quest. She wants to
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and has enlisted TikTok's help to
 spread the word and aid in the search.

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Of course, it begs the question,

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if Erica posts a photo of
herself and her clone together,

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will it get flagged as AI?
No time to wonder about that.

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We need to get back to New York City!

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Okay, why did this Wendy's event
happen in Seaport Square?

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Well, it all happened
on World Redhead Day.

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Wendy's was sponsoring a contest to crown the
winner of a Wendy's mascot lookalike contest.

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If you've never noticed, the Wendy's logo
always features an illustration of

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a young freckled girl with her red hair up
in two pigtails, decorated with blue bows,

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and wearing a blue and white striped dress.
And you'll never guess the girl's name.

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Okay, yeah, you guessed. Wendy.

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Wendy Thomas, in fact, daughter of the
founder of Wendy's, Dave Thomas.

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Mere coincidence?

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I wonder.

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But back to the contest. 
Nearly 20 entrants did their best to mimic

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the iconic look, from the
freckles and pigtails to the dress.

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But this was no mere, Gee!
She Looks Like Wendy! affair.

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Oh no, the contest consisted of three rounds.

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Or in this case, I suppose 
it would be three squares?

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First, each contestant 
modeled their best Wendy's look.

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Then, it was time to read aloud
social media posts

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written in the brand's
signature playful style.

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Finally, each contestant had to perform
their own original Wendy's commercial.

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Ah, dang. I was hoping they'd have to make 
Frosties for everyone.

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[BLENDER WHIRS]

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When all was said and done,
Jennifer from Ohio was the winner.

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Her prize? Free Wendy's Burgers for a year.

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Presented by none other than
Wendy herself, Wendy Thomas.

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The most Wendy-looking Wendy of them all.
So what did we learn today?

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I think it's that we're always told that
each of us is unique, special, one of a kind.

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So it must be kind of shocking to have
someone show you a picture of someone

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else who looks just like you.

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Or hold a contest just to find them.

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But at least we know
what to do if we meet them.

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Give them a year's worth of hamburgers.

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That just doesn't seem right.

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

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Original script, voices and original music
by me, Clinton Alvord.

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Copyright 2026, all rights reserved.

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talk to you again next time.
But for now that's it.

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We're done, done, done, done, done. Bye-bye.

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Subtitles courtesy of
Clinton typing them.