Muckey Landing

Introducing Muckey Landing Feb 02, 2020

Let Virgil Slatter, co-owner of the Muckey Landing Market, Diner and Hardware Emporium, introduce you to a few of the quirky inhabitants of his sleepy little hometown.

Muckey Landing — a scripted comedy podcast. Not as sleepy as it looks.

Virgil Gets A Dog Mar 07, 2020

We meet Virgil Slatter and Harmon Truesdale, proprietors of the Muckey Landing Market, Diner and Hardware Emporium. Virgil adopts Aloysius, the world’s ugliest dog. Local artist Myrtle Myrkle invites Harmon to dinner, and Police Chief Neville Cheefe shares conspiracy theories about the fire at the DuPlant chicken nugget plant.

The Late, Late Harmon Truesdale Mar 29, 2020

Virgil tries not to lose his temper about Harmon being late for work every morning, to disastrous effect. Salesman Dickie Butz stops in and sells Virgil some highly effective merchandise from Japan.

Sort of a Public Service Announcement Apr 09, 2020

Virgil Slatter and Harmon Truesdale, co-owners of the Muckey Landing Market, Diner and Hardware Emporium, attempt to advise you about staying safe while shopping at their store. Muckey Landing: sort of like Lum and Abner, but with profanity.

Advise and Dissent Apr 16, 2020

With the town of Muckey Landing still in quarantine, Virgil and Harmon discuss what they want to discuss without coming to much of a conclusion.

You Know Joe... May 01, 2020

Still quarantined, Virgil attempts to forge ahead with recording a history of Muckey Landing for Mitch Pohunk to play on the radio, while Harmon is getting tired of Joe Biden constantly calling him up to talk about nothing.

Virgil Slatter - Mike Polo

Harmon Truesdale - Bruce Leister

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.

Mysteries of the Interwebs May 20, 2020

Still quarantined, Virgil attempts yet again to make a serious recording, this time highlighting the travails of Muckey Landing business owners, but has to reckon with Harmon, who has just gotten a new smartphone.

Blame It On the Swedes Jul 23, 2020

Harmon drops the tape recorder in the kitchen and breaks it, but assures Virgil that he’s fixed it. The guys go on to record a sincere but fairly dubious history of Muckey Landing and the state of Delaware, touching on pirate ships, casinos, and Natalie Wood. At least, they think they do. We listen as Mitch Pohunk broadcasts the unfortunate result on the radio.

Doral Names Names Aug 16, 2020

Harmon does battle with a batch of sticky buns, Virgil spars with his old nemesis Doral when she calls the store asking for Harmon, Harmon and Doral get personal, and embarrassing secrets are revealed.

The Bologna Special Sep 27, 2020

It's Bologna Week, Harmon's annual tribute to the joys of baking with bologna, and he's pulling out all the stops at the lunch counter! Stopping by to inquire about the feast are Radio RMUK station manager Mitch Pohunk, who's taken up a new hobby to help him keep from blowing a gasket or a heart valve; Sammy Fraudiddler, Youth Minister at the Flames of Fire and Grace Right Primitive Baptist Church; and the guys' old enemy Doral, who phones in an order and quickly gets under everybody's skin.

Featuring Mike Polo as Virgil Slatter, Bruce Leister as Harmon Truesdale, Kevin P. Smith as Mitch Pohunk, Andrew Hertzberg as Sammy Fraudiddler, and Patti Gatto as Doral Bernstein. Sound design and engineering by Mike Polo. Music by the politely infraggable Jim Rezac. Written and directed by Chris Polo. Muckey Landing is a Mucked Up Production.

Harmon’s Birthday Surprise Nov 01, 2020

It promises to be an exciting weekend in Muckey Landing: Virgil's sister, Velma, is reopening her gentleman's club, The T&G, for the first time since she closed on account of the pandemic, and Virgil couldn't ask for a better venue to celebrate Harmon's upcoming birthday. What could possibly go wrong, besides everything?

Our Cast:

Mike Polo as Virgil Slatter
Bruce Leister as Harmon Truesdale
Kristen Garramone as Velma Bellazamboni
Patti Gatto as Doral Bernstein

Harmons’ Dilemma Dec 05, 2020

In this episode, uber-receptionist Doral has landed yet another new job, this time at the local radio station, where she ends up interviewing Myrtle Myrkle in place of Mitch, who’s sleeping off his most recent bender on the floor of his office. Harmon explains his totally perplexing and utterly exhausting relationship with Myrtle to Virgil, Booty Sheets and his BVDs stop by the store to make a phone call, and Velma invites Harmon to dinner, much to Harmon’s consternation.

Our website: muckeylanding.com

Our cast:

Mike Polo - Virgil Slatter

Bruce Leister - Harmon Truesdale

Patti Gatto - Doral Bernstein

Gina Shuck - Myrtle Myrkle

Kevin Smith - Mitch Pohunk

Chris Polo - Mrs. Pucker/Host

Darin Dell - Booty Sheets

Dave Crown - Psycho Bob

Kristin Garramone - Velma Bellazamboni

Music by Jim Rezac

Sound by Mike Polo

A Very Muckey Christmas (Bonus Episode) Dec 24, 2020

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

Blindfolds, Please Jan 30, 2021

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

The Shoplifting Mar 15, 2021

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!

Stranger Things in the Night May 16, 2021

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!

The Mamalorian - Season 1 Finale Jun 13, 2021

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.

Season 2 Trailer - Happy Thanksgiving! Nov 23, 2021

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

Backstage Muckey Landing - Jim Rezac (Bonus Episode) Dec 05, 2021

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.

Vinnie Jean Is Not My Lover Dec 23, 2021

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.

Backstage Muckey Landing - Patti Gatto (Bonus Episode) Dec 30, 2021

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.

Vinnie Jean Bloopers (Bonus Episode) Feb 02, 2022

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.

Harmon Hears a Moo Feb 17, 2022

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.

Backstage Muckey Landing - Mike Polo, Bruce Leister, Chris Polo (Bonus Episode) Mar 07, 2022

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.

Harmon Hears a Moo, Part 2 Mar 14, 2022

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.

Lox, Socks, and Two Smoked Bolognas Sep 01, 2022

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.

Bloopers — Lox, Socks and Two Smoked Bolognas Sep 23, 2022

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

Election Day Bonus Episode Nov 08, 2022

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.

S2E5 - The Bologna Connection Dec 03, 2022

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

A Very Muckey Christmas Parade Dec 22, 2022

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

The Bologna War Aug 21, 2024

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

The Swine Dinner - Part 1 Jan 14, 2025

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.

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