Radio Happy Hour

This is a little episode we call "Selling Out." See it's the penultimate episode of Radio Happy Hour, and we tried to make the show keep working by selling tons of ads for the show, but that didn't really...well...you'll see. We didn't have room for a murder mystery because we sold the whole show to advertisers. The real losers were our guests, who didn't get to be accused of murder at all. Nonetheless we convinced Sun Airway, Hank & Cupcakes, and Jared Logan to sell out with us. And our pals John & Molly Knefel came along to do a little selling out of their own.

In episode #18 the Radio Happy Hour crew returns to Manhattan, Minnesota. Sam’s tending bar at The Ascot while Franz Nicolay does taxes for the town. Arden Myrin joins them for a drink before Michael Dukakis and Michele Bachmann wander into the Ascot and someone winds up dead. It’s the political thriller Clive Owen turned down, Episode #18 of Radio Happy Hour, “The Tax Murderer.”

Sam winds up as a professional wrestling ref in Montana in a bout between The Shakespearean Punisher (Arthur Phillips), his manager Dave Hill, Rusty Trombone, and Osama bin Droppin' Elbows. But Osama's manager, Elizabeth Ziman of Elizabeth & the Catapult has some startling news at the opening of the bout

Juan from Abe Vigoda and Marcellus Hall join the Radio Happy Hour crew and Sam's detective agency as they are invited to billionaire comedian Ted Alexandro's home to investigate a murder.

Suckers, Tim Kasher, Arden Myrin, and Joe Mande join the Radio Happy Hour crew as they get snowed in at an office holiday party. Only the person who invited them might be a ghost. And Tim Kasher slept with her. Gross.

Norah Jones and Gabe Liedman join Sam and the Radio Happy Hour crew at a space camp in Luck, WI. All seems kosher until Cosmonaut Yvgeny Bonerman's wife turns up dead. Also look out for the surprise appearance from Cloud Cult.

Listen as VPs David Bazan and Max Silvestri try to solve the murder of the company CEO with devilish consultant Jesse Eisenberg.

Listen as Josh Grier (Tapes 'n Tapes) coaches a rough housing class for criminals. Someone nearly beats Chris Koza to death with a bag of doorknobs, Jeremy Messersmith begrudgingly saves him, and Geoff Herbach proves how powerful his haunches are.

Listen to Jolie Holland and Jessi Klein on Radio Happy Hour as Jessi's Valentine's Day singles mixer on a dark highway goes awry.

Listen to The Hold Steady and Chuck Klosterman on Radio Happy Hour as they pass through Manhattan Minnesota and find themselves embroiled in a murder plot.