The Live Funeral at Chicago Podcast Festival 2018

Death by Dying

Evening Post Productions

Drama, Fiction, Comedy Fiction

4.8 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Samuel Plunk was Crestfall's secret handyman. Now he is dead. A funeral has never felt so lively. Performed at the 2018 Chicago Podcast Festival. Support Us Today: https://www.patreon.com/deathbydyingpod Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners Credits: Written by - Evan Gulock and Joshua Giordan Director - Evan Gulock Producer - Niko Gerentes Obituary Writer/Button-Eyed Raven - Evan Gulock Leroy/Butcher/Chester - Niko Gerentes Pastor Jeff - Joshua Giordan Alexander Thud/Eugene Portage - Noah Baldwin "Johnny Left His Bootstraps in the Promised Land" performed by Noah Baldwin, Evan Gulock, Niko Gerentes, and Joshua Giordan Credits and Transcript: https://deathbydyingpod.com/live-show-2018 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello. I am the obituary writer of this lovely town of Crestfall, Idaho, and this is death by dying.
0:11.0	Live.
0:16.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the funeral.
0:24.6	It's heartening to see such a turnout for today's memorial.
0:28.2	It's encouraging, really.
0:30.1	Just when it seemed funerals were losing their zest, perhaps they're making a comeback.
0:35.9	In crestfall, it used to be that going to a funeral was like a night out.
0:40.6	Teenagers would make a date out of it.
0:42.8	Sure, that new hot film was screening at the local theater,
0:46.4	but what thrills could the latest cars turning into robots movie give you
0:50.3	that you couldn't get from going to a random person's funeral?
0:55.0	It was an event.
0:57.7	There were concessions for those who wanted to eat their grief.
1:01.1	Folks could book primary seating.
1:03.8	Was this morbid?
1:05.3	Perhaps.
1:06.4	But what else are you going to do on a Saturday night?
1:10.1	Realistically, be honest with yourself.
1:13.7	You're here right now.
1:17.7	But much like life itself, all good things come to an end, and the appeal of Crest Falls'
1:23.7	funerals died off.
1:25.8	Maybe it's good that funerals aren't a spectacle anymore.
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