Welcome to Muckey Landing, Delaware, a place mostly known for being not too far from someplace you’d rather be. While you’re here, stop by the Muckey Landing Market, Diner and Hardware Emporium at the corner of St. Jones and Broad, and say hi to proprietors Virgil Slatter and Harmon Truesdale. If it’s Tuesday, try Harmon’s bologna special. Then sit back and enjoy this award-winning full-cast comedy fiction sitcom, comin’ at you in the tradition of Lum and Abner, I Love Lucy, and The Jack Benny Show. Well, it would be just like those shows if their characters smoked, drank and cussed. Prepare your funny bones, ’cause we’re gonna do our best to tickle ’em!
Episodes
Thursday Dec 30, 2021
Thursday 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.
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday 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.
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Thursday 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.
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday 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.
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday 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.
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Thursday 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.
Friday Sep 23, 2022
Friday 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
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Tuesday 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.
Saturday Dec 03, 2022
Saturday 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
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Thursday 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