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Episode #226 begins with Matt and Louie doing some morning drinking at the airport, then they get into the strange news. This week they talk about getting haircuts at a tennis match and changing the name of a mountain!
Strange News
TimesOfIsreal.com – Oregon’s Swastika Mountain to soon be renamed
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Episode #178 – Begins with Matt talking about him losing use of his limbs, then they get into the strange news. This week they chat about the Hamster that’s crushing it in the stock market and the wild fire that was started because someone wanted to sip the sweet nectar that is bear pee!
Here’s the hamster picking stocks!
Odd News Stories
NPR.com – A Crypto-Trading Hamster Performs Better Than Warren Buffett And The S&P 500
KTVU.com – Hiker allegedly tried boiling bear urine to drink before starting Fawn Fire
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Episode #176 begins with Matt talking about his Las Vegas Adventure to see Marc Ribillet. Then they get into this weeks spicy stories. The guys chat about smuggling KFC into New Zealand and the delicious fudge where the secret ingredient is ghosts!
Here’s Marc’s Flamingo video:
Odd News Stories
WashingtonExaminer.com – Two men arrested for alleged illegal smuggling of Kentucky Fried Chicken
FirstPost.com – US man’s gravestone missing for 150 years was being used to make fudge; recognised during auction sale
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Episode #141 starts with Matt insulting Louie’s wife’s rat, then Matt tells us about his experiences cosplaying as a handyman. They finally get into the strange news. This week they talk about the carjacker that has morals and the dog that’s got a sympathy limp after his owner broke his leg.
Here’s the dog limping with his owner:
Odd News Stories
OregonLive.com – Thief threatens to call police on mom who left child in the back seat of the car he stole
OddityCentral.com – Man Spends Over $400 Treating Limping Dog, Only to Learn It Was Only Imitating Him
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Episode #135 is the final episode from the White Center location of the Odd and Offbeat studios! This epic episode begins with Louie talking about car wrecks outside his condo and Matt dealing with corporate censorship. Then they get into the odd news which is 100% censorship free! This week they talk about the pastor that pee’d on someone on a flight and Delivery Macho (see video below) which is the only way to get sushi!
Here’s a peek at the sushi delivery:
Odd New Stories
FoxNews.com – Police ID pastor accused of urinating on female Delta passenger: ‘He peed on me!’
Reuters.com – Japan sushi chef using bodybuilder delivery to buoy COVID-19 hit business
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Episode #133 begins with a final update on Louie’s bathroom construction and Matt travelling to South Dakota, which we learn is native for “land without masks“. When they get into the strange news, this week they explore an app that will allow you to talk to your cat and a great way to win a silly walk contest, but a horrible way to smuggle gold.
Here’s the low down with the cat chat app:
Here’s the gold that was in the guys butt:
King5.com – Former Amazon engineer creates app that reportedly translates your cat’s meows
AllThatsInteresting.com – Airport Staff Notices Man ‘Walking Strangely’ — Then Finds Over 2 Pounds Of Gold In His Rectum
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Episode #130 starts with Louie trying to figure out why Matt has an American Girl doll collection, and what he should do with it. Then they get into the strange news stories. This week they talk about the best way to clone your cat and how to properly memorialize the whale that you blew up!
You can watch historical video of the whale blowing up here:
People.com – Iowa Woman Has Her ‘Wonderful’ Cat Cloned After His Death
LiveScience.com – ‘Exploding Whale Memorial Park’ honors whale that went out with a bang
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Episode #127 – Starts with the guys going to a “COVID Safe” haunted house with teenagers, then Matt relives his favorite haunted house when he got to shoot zombies with paintballs in Georgia! Then they get into the strange news. This week they chat about Ireland’s Supreme Court declaring the Subway’s bread is not bread and the 60th anniversary of the time a guy stole Nixon’s sandwich!
Odd News Stories
OilCityNews.com – SUBWAY BREAD ISN’T BREAD, IRISH COURT SAYS
FoxNews.com -Illinois man keeps sandwich Richard Nixon half-ate 60 years ago
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Episode #125 begins with Matt learning to babysit a teenager, and teaching an adult how to hang out at a park. This week’s strange news is about the guy who died from eating too much licorice and the 32 of carrots that someone calls art!
Odd News Stories
TwinCities.com – A man died after eating a bag of black licorice every day
UPI.com – 32 tons of carrots dumped on London street for art installation
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Episode 118 starts out with Matt and Louie pitching their new idea to roast people you are in facebook fights with, and Matt’s nephew insulting him! This week they talk about a financial bailout for lemonade stands, and Japanese baseball fans that are robots!
Here’s some robots cheering on human baseball players!
Odd News Stories
Fox10Phoenix.com – Coronavirus prompts Country Time to offer lemonade stand stimulus checks for kids
Reuters.com – Dancing robots replace fans at Japanese baseball game
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Episode 115 starts with Matt and Louie talking about how the deal with strangers who say they don’t have COVID. Then they get into the strange news. This week they chat about the dead cat that wants to vote and the guy who swam in the fish tank at the Bass Pro Shop to impress teenagers.
Odd News Stories
Fox5atlanta.com – Deceased cat gets voter registration application in the mail
InsideEdition.com – TikTok Prankster Kevin Wise Charged for Jumping Into Bass Pro Shops Fish Tank
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Episode 113 – begins with Matt making fun of Louie putting tape over his webcam and giving dogs covid-cuts. This week for the strange news the guys talk about suing your neighbor over the paternity of your goat and the news anchor that got caught cheating over a livestream!
Here’s Louie’s dog’s haircut:
Here’s the pic of the news anchor’s livestream:
News anchor allegedly caught cheating when half naked woman walks into live shot https://t.co/Lhe3L17zvf pic.twitter.com/p0ozPMuV1s
— New York Post (@nypost) April 29, 2020
Odd News Stories
WCJB.com – Not kidding around: Florida Woman sues for paternity test on goats
FoxNews.com – News anchor allegedly caught cheating when half-naked woman walks into live shot
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Episode 105 begins like a Vanilla Ice song with gunshots in Louie’s neighborhood and prowlers in Matt’s neighborhood! Then they get strange news. This week they talk about the cat throwing city commissioner and bullet proof breasts!
Plus they announce the next Odd and Offbeat Variety show!
Here’s the cat throwing commissioner
Here’s the bullet’s trajectory through a breast implant:
CNN.com – California city official who threw cat and drank during video meeting resigns
NYPost.com – Breast friends: Woman’s implants deflect bullet, save her life
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Episode #104 begins with Matt’s bonsai tree problems and Louie’s solutions to it. Then they shift to Louie’s bloody mary problems and Matt’s solutions to it. Finally they get into the strange news. This week they talk about Darth Vader enforcing quarantine in the Philippines and a couple of dudes that stole a shark!
Here’s Darth Vader:
and here’s the shark thief video
Odd News Stories
Huffington Post – ‘Darth Vader’ Enforces Coronavirus Lockdown In Philippines Villages
NBC News.com – Suspected shark thief in San Antonio Aquarium heist charged with felony robbery
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Episode #93 has magician and actress Carisa Hendrix visiting the studio! She talks about acting in a Charles Manson movie that was endorsed by Charles Manson, performing on Penn and Teller’s TV show Fool US and petting a wild fox!
Here’s Carisa performing as Lucy Darling on Penn and Teller’s Fool Us:
For more info on Carisa Henrix visit: http://www.carisahendrix.com/
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Episode 73 has comedian Erin Ingle visit us at the Odd and Offbeat Podcast studio (aka Matt’s basement) where we chat about comedy, and disappointing your parents. Then we get into the strange news. This week we talk about the 7,500 pounds of slime eels on the road in Southern Oregon!
Here’s the awesomeness of the slime eels on the road:
Thanks @OregonDOT pic.twitter.com/SmwHtWLeQ3
— Depoe Bay Fire Dist. (@DepoeBayFire) July 13, 2017
Visit Erin online at:
Website: https://www.eriningle.com/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/ingletime
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sesameplexer/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ingletime
Odd News Stories
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Episode #69 of the Odd and Offbeat Podcast starts with the guys chatting about the Louie buying a vintage taxidermy shark and Matt visiting the Kill Bill Church! If that’s not enough, then they get into this weeks odd news stories. They talk about the Governor fighting the DMV over a license plate and the wife carrying competition!
You can watch video of the World Wife Carrying Championship here!
Odd News Stories
Today.com – A governor intervened so this mom could keep her hilarious license plate
Reuters.com – Lithuanian couple defends world wife-carrying championship title
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Episode #63 begins with Louie telling Matt about the most awesome librarian ever! Then they get into the strange news stories. This week they talk about the most awesome story ever on the podcast, The Heavy Metal Knitting Championship (see video below)!
If that wasn’t enough they also riff on the shop that is using plastic bags to shame customers who use plastic bags!
Plus we get a visit from America’s favorite lifecoach, Life Coach Randy!
Here’s the Heavy Metal Knitting Championship:
Odd New Stories
Loudwire.com – THE FIRST-EVER HEAVY METAL KNITTING CHAMPIONSHIP WAS AS RIDICULOUS AS IT SOUNDS
The Irish Times – Shop gives customers embarrassing plastic bags in bid to change behaviour
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Episode #60 of the Odd and Offbeat Podcast begins with the boys talking about Louie’s trip to Canada and him learning the name to drop at the border to get across. Then Matt tells us how he got red flagged crossing the border into Canada. If that wasn’t enough, then they get into the stories. This week they talk about the styrofoam cake and the kid who drank too much bubble tea!
Plus we get our weekly visit from Life Coach Randy!
Here’s the video of the cake:
Here’s the X-ray of the bubble tea bubbles inside the kid:
Odd News Stories
MercuryNews.com – They cut into Walmart graduation cake and found styrofoam
Metro.co.uk – More than 100 bubble tea balls found stuck in girl’s body
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Episode #58 begins with Matt and Louie chatting about the etiquette of a therapeutic massage, then they get into some weird news. The first story is about the twins that a both the parents of the same child. Next they cover the nail biting results of the world cheese rolling competition!
You can watch the cheese rolling here:
Odd News Stories
The Guardian – Brazil: judge rules identical twins must both pay support for nine-year-old girl
BBC.com – Cheese rolling race crowns new champion
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Episode #29 of the Odd and Offbeat Podcast starts with Louie and Matt talking about their adventure visiting Barney Smith’s Toilet Seat Art Museum and Matt’s appearance on the Late Late Show with James Corden! If that’s not enough excitement, then they get into this week’s stories. They chat about how chlamydia is a plague to the Koala community and a library book that’s 50 years overdue!
Here’s Matt on the show:
Here’s a peek at the toilet seat museum:
And the overdue book:
Odd News Stories
TheWeek – “Vaccine for koala chlamydia in sight”
Kentucky.com – “50 years overdue: Georgia man returns Lexington public library book”
It’s monday, and that means two things: 1. The line at the bank will be long 2. The new Odd and Offbeat Podcast comes out tomorrow!
The new Odd and Offbeat Podcast comes out tomorrow!
In Episode 11 we talk about Andrey Suchilin who was the “Stinky Guy on the Plane”. Here’s a little tribute to him:
RIP Andrey!
In the last episode of the Odd and Offbeat Podcast we mentioned that Louie Foxx was heading to Dawson City in the Yukon Territory (Canada) to try the Sourtoe Cocktail. The Sourtoe Cocktail is a shot of whiskey with a mummified human toe in it!
There are a few rules, the main one being the mummy toe must touch your lips!
Here’s Louie enjoying the Sourtoe Cocktail!
