This week on Mel & Floyd: SmartyPants basks in the afterglow of Tucker’s downfall, A new guest host at WORT?; Bakker & Falwell’s fundraising ideas; John Ronson gets things backwards again; Lindsey Graham a progressive?; Florida’s latest assaults on voting rights; Pope facilitates a crack in the stained glass ceiling; Spring cleaning tips from Smarty Pants; Rare wombat sighting and listening to a screaming hairy armadillo; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.

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This week on Mel & Floyd: Pants gets ice cream while Mel reminisces about Star Trek reruns; An adventure at the dump; Smarty Pants’ watch goes on vacation – did it come back?; Florida winning in the race to the bottom; The GOP candidate so nice she counts your donations twice; A timely quote from Mark Twain; Soylent Green at 50; Microsoft to pick up some of Foxconn’s slack; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.

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NOTICE: Do not attempt to adjust your radio, part of this week’s show is in black and white.

This week on Mel & Floyd: The Wisconsin Film Festival Spectacular. The fest kicked off earlier this week — and it’s celebrating its 25th anniversary! It runs through Thursday, April 20th. We speak with Ben Reiser, Operations Director for the Fest, and Lewis Peterson, of Four Star Video Rental, for their picks this festival (of note— a film that involves balloons), and what it’s been like to show films for the last year at Hilldale.

Then we turn to the filmmakers:

* Michael Chang Gummelt is the director behind the film noir comedy The Blackjack Hotel, which features the puppet private investigator Jack Lemming (Jack makes an appearance on the show, too). The film screens Saturday, April 15, at 9pm at The Marquee at Union South.

* Benett Holgerson, Abby Holgerson, and Claire Read, the trio behind the short film Prairie Girls. It’s a time-traveling sci-fi comedy romp through the centuries. The film screens Friday, April 14, @ 8:45pm at the Chazen.

* Jacy Catlin, fresh off a drive down from northern Wisconsin, and an expert in finding happiness in seemingly bleak times. He’s the screenwriter and star of Everything I Learned When My House Burned Down. He tells us what it’s like after your house burns down, the firefighters go home, the smoke clears, and insurance money starts to kick in. The film screens this Saturday, April 15 @ 9pm at Union South.

Thanks to Four Star for opening up early to record. Thanks to Ruby for running the board and preparing sound clips. Thanks to Gladys for additional production work. Thanks to our loyal minions for listening and subscribing — it’s free! 

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This week on Mel & Floyd: Ruby fills in again as ‘Pants tries to recover from Packers Fever; Only  shopping days until Mel’s birthday; Tales of feline misdoings & library fines; Streaming service strategies; Autocratic  [and racist] rule in Tennessee legislature; John Ronson “enlightens” us on the “dangers” of vaccines; Has-been rocker triggered by crappy beer’s cool new packaging; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.

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This week on Mel & Floyd: Ruby fills in while ‘Pants is on I.R.; Mel fakes his book report; Is right wing outrage fizzling?; Idaho’s fantasies of Lebensraum; An unwelcome 174th anniversary; Short bald guys now in demand?; Another little side effect of global warming; Lolita the killer whale to be paroled after 47 years; DNA on the “Mazel tov” cocktail; Mel relives his “Lord of the Flies” youth; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.

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This week on Mel & Floyd: Smartypants’ robot dream & Mel’s Rorschach test; The company Kelly keeps; Reflections on royalty & inbreeding; Beethoven’s hair reveals long ago hanky-panky; Kentucky politics; Trans-satisfaction; $3.5 Billion accounting error; Not Mel’s secret identity; More layoffs at Amazon; Benefits of music and math; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.

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This week on Mel & Floyd: Leaders and their hair; Supply chain raises cost of needed audio equipment; Duluth mall collapse; GOP sweeps trump inquiry under the House rug; Coolest thing in Wisconsin?; Unrest in France; Skyrocketing demand for backyard chickens in Madison; Industrious pythons in FLorida; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.

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This week on Mel & Floyd: Fund-raising etiquette; Pledge online at wort.org; A bumper crop of white “supremacist” propaganda; Tesla’s steering wheel issue; Gladys visits while ‘Pants fights the coffee maker; Grand jury invites trump to come defend his actions; Wisconsin Historical Society and the Crystal Corner Bar; Wisconsin’s #1 eligible bachelor on the police blotter; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.

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This week on Mel & Floyd: Ruby stops by to talk about/to pigeons; Where is Ruby’s dog today?; Trash talking about Kraniak; Ben the bear on the loose; More on PFAS effects; A “one-eyed dogs playing poker” mural?; SmartyPants disses cats & likens himself to Tucker Carlson; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.

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This week on Mel & Floyd: Disputing the results of the stolen cheese competition; Broom vs Roomba & Dog vs Roomba; Primary election retrospective; Hybrid super-pigs from the north; Ongoing insurrection fallout; Snowplow name winners; A.I. failures; A Southern California blizzard warning; Coors Light alleged to not taste like water; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.

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