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SEASON FINALE . When former kid detective Danny Chance and ex-FBI agent Melody Trainor stumble upon the Quaker Intercourse Mafia in an abandoned Chi-Chi's parking lot, a scheme to shake Danny out of his driveway goes violently, irreversibly sideways, and the trail leads straight back to 1924 Sobol Street. NEXT TIME: Who knows? SPONSOR CAST LIST Nathan Beatty - Danny Chance / Henry Duplas Ryanne Bennett - Melody Trainor Sean Weiland – Dick Armstrong Pete Lutz - Jebidiah Albarn Casey J. Newman - Kelsey Abernathy Justin McConnaughy - Lester Applebottom Samuel Lewis – Ralphie Bill Meeks - Potts Shelly Meeks – Young Billy Free Additional voices provided by the Cornerstone Theater Players . LINKS Everly Heights Join the EVERLY HEIGHTS ARTS BOARD and support the show Everly Heights Tales Merch Subscribe on YouTube

Former kid detective Danny Chance is still taking clients from his dad's driveway. When former partner Melody Trainor blows back into Everly Heights freshly fired from the FBI, their reunion dredges up bad sandwiches, old grudges, and Dick Armstrong, Danny's arch-enemy. NEXT TIME: Melody Trainor makes a deal with the devil to save her former partner-in-fighting-crime. It goes about as well as you'd expect. SPONSOR CAST LIST Nathan Beatty - Danny Chance / Henry Duplas Ryanne Bennett - Melody Trainor Sean Weiland – Dick Armstrong Samuel Lewis – Ralphie Bill Meeks - Potts / Mr. Matheson / Dad / Paramedic Daniel Penz – Gaston / Leroy Brown Shelly Meeks – Young Billy Free Additional voices provided by the Cornerstone Theater Players . LINKS Everly Heights Join the EVERLY HEIGHTS ARTS BOARD and support the show Everly Heights Tales Merch Subscribe on YouTube

Thirteen-year-old Danny Duplas is tired of being just a normal kid. Armed with a metric "ship ton" of dust-covered Hardy Boys books and a signboard in his dad's driveway, he rebrands himself as "Danny Chance, the boy detective with the freaky good luck." From a Swiss Army knife buried in a box of Super Mario cereal to a whirlwind encounter with national media icon "Ask Marilyn" vos Savant, Danny outsmarts local delinquents in a bid to earn his cynical cop father's respect. Danny Chance is on the case. NEXT TIME: Years later, Danny Chance is all out of gas and stuck in his dad's driveway. When his former partner returns in shame, a childhood promise forces them to confront changing times, a fractured legacy, and a nostalgic secret. SPONSOR CAST LIST Nathan Beatty - Danny Chance / Henry Duplas Ryanne Bennett - Allison Duplas / Melody Trainor Sean Weiland – Dick Armstrong Samuel Lewis – Ralphie Bill Meeks - Ricky Special / Mr. Matheson / Potts / Man / Bus Driver / Mr. Dillon / Mr. Henderson Alex Mechanic - Marylin vos Savant Additional voices provided by the Cornerstone Theater Players . LINKS Everly Heights Join the EVERLY HEIGHTS ARTS BOARD and support the show Everly Heights Tales Merch Subscribe on YouTube

WATCH THE FULL VIDEO HERE , featuring footage from the original college production. In the flickering lights of WART-TV 3’s Studio B, Lester Applebottom is fighting for a second act. Once a theater actor whose career ended in purple-and-gold tights and a five-year sentence, Lester has traded his orange jumpsuit for a bowling shirt and a "wack-a-doo" persona to host "The Storybook Playtime Show." When Zeke, the station's disgruntled one-man graphics department storms the set with a firearm, Lester must find a way to talk Zeke off the ledge before the 'Glen of Happiness' turns into a crime scene. Beaver bears the brunt of Zeke's "Video Toaster" frustrations, forcing Lester to improvise a rescue mission to save the kids and the broadcast. Stick around for the aftershow as creator Bill Meeks reunites with his high school homeroom buddy and longtime collaborator, Justin McConnaughy (the man behind the mustache of Lester Applebottom). They'll reveal how they turned a college TV production final Bill created twenty years ago into a key piece of Everly Heights lore. They also reflect on their shared history in the local theater scene growing up, from performing as Dr. Gibbs and George in Our Town to the real-life mishaps at Brooke Hills Playhouse and Towngate Theatre. Hear the true stories of obscene backstage notebooks and the shared nostalgia for the regional kids' shows that inspired the Glen of Happiness like Wallace and Ladmo and the legendary Bozo the Clown. NEXT TIME: How will Ricky deal with tragedy? A Very Special puppet show! SPONSOR CAST LIST Justin McConnaughy - Lester Applebottom Bill Meeks - Mr. Matheson, aka "Beaver" Samuel Lewis - Nicky / Chris Lee Sean Weiland - Zeke Thorne Additional voices provided by my TV production class at West Liberty State College. LINKS Everly Heights Original broadcast of The Storybook Playtime Show (2004, Digital Download) <a href="https://everlyheights.tv/tools/membership/everly-heights-arts-board-member

Join us at Greco's, where the pasta is hot, the staff is snooty, and conversation is the best thing on the menu. Steve Loop goes to dinner with his high school tormentor Jerome Bentley to answer a question: can an old dog really learn new tricks? Over pizza and other Appalachian delicacies, these two former adversaries navigate the minefield of past grievances, high school swirlies, and the surprising power of Jolt Cola to turn back the clock and put right what once went wrong. In the aftershow, Bill Meeks reveals how a casting call for Welcome, Freshmen alumni led to this unexpected pairing and shares the true story of his own college reunion with a high school bully that inspired this tale. Plus, get the scoop on the real-world inspiration for Greco’s and find out which other familiar faces are returning to Everly Heights this holiday season. SPONSOR CAST LIST Samuel Lewis – Steve Loop (aka Steve the Geek) Sean Weiland – Jerome Bentley Richard Reynolds - Lucian LINKS Everly Heights Infinite Tina: Worlds Apart Join the EVERLY HEIGHTS ARTS BOARD and support the show Welcome, Freshmen Everly Heights Tales Merch Subscribe on YouTube Universe Box - Theater

In this bonus episode, the cast of "Welcome, Freshmen" celebrates the final recording session with a virtual cast party! Join writer Bill Meeks and the voice actors behind the Special family—Laurin Skarr (Zara), Bill Meeks (Mr. Matheson, Ricky), Sean Siegler (Michael), Kristyna Zahrek (Abby), Howard F. Hulin (Mayor Brown/Ron Linus), Samuel Lewis (Steve the Geek), Sean Weiland (Jerome), and Bobby Frankenberger (the original Ricky)—as they go behind the scenes of the show. They'll talk about the process of making an animated series over the internet, what it was like to improvise around the script, and the creative collaboration between actors and writers. They also get into some voice actor tech talk and, of course, we learn the term "fluffy lungs." Get to know the talented group of actors who brought this very special story to life. SPONSOR CAST LIST Bill Meeks - Ricky Special/Infomercial Announcer/Mr. Matheson Sean Seigler - Michael Special Kristyna Zahrek - Abby Special Laurin Skarr - Zara Special Howard F. Hulin - Ron Linus/Mayor Brown Sean Weiland - Jerome Bentley, Surfer Dude "How Can You Be Sure?" performed by Classic Tragic Hero, written by Bill Meeks LINKS Everly Heights Join the EVERLY HEIGHTS ARTS BOARD and support the show Buy Mr. Matheson's Arithme-TIPS Comic Collection Subscribe on YouTube

Meet the Special family, a theater-loving, stoner couple and their three very different kids. It’s 1994, and Michael and Jennifer Special are just trying to help fund in the arts in their community, but their son Ricky is on the run from a school bully, and their daughter Zara is betting everything on a plan to start the school year as a popular girl. With a mix of '90s nostalgia, sitcom homages, and a healthy dose of humor, "Welcome, Freshmen" will teach you the joys of scented oxygen, the perils of Crystal Pepsi, and why you should never trust a math teacher to do "creative accounting" for the arts. Equal parts funny, smart, and a little messed up, just like Everly Heights itself. SPONSOR CAST LIST Bill Meeks - Ricky Special/Infomercial Announcer/Mr. Matheson Sean Seigler - Michael Special Kristyna Zahrek - Abby Special Laurin Skarr - Zara Special Kaushal Patel - Phillip "Sinnimon Slush" Simonson Helena Geraci - Jennifer Special Dallis MacKenzie - Beatrix Knapp Mandy McCullough - Rebbeca/Veronica Howard F. Hulin - Ron Linus/Mayor Brown Richard Reynolds - Jock, Oxygen Bar Attendant Claire Forbes - Brenda, Beach Babe, Carrie Tart Dan Pavatich - Nosloo the Great Sean Weiland - Jerome Bentley, Surfer Dude "How Can You Be Sure?" and "Zara Special's Mini-Musical Suite" performed by Classic Tragic Hero, written by Bill Meeks LINKS Everly Heights Join the EVERLY HEIGHTS ARTS BOARD and support the sho

In the debut episode of Everly Heights Tales , third-ranked local YouTuber (and yo-yo enthusiast) Louie Loop takes listeners on a walking tour of Everly Heights. From square-cut pizza served by aspiring actors and the mistakenly named Franklin W. Dixon Memorial Library, to haunted tunnels, statues inspired by local history, and the legendary Cornerstone Theater, Louie’s guide is equal parts history, myth, and hometown gossip. Along the way, he introduces us to the town’s mix of charm and curse, hinting at the nostalgic stories on the way this season on Everly Heights Tales . After the story, creator Bill Meeks shares behind-the-scenes inspirations and real-life locations in his real hometown Wheeling, West Virginia that shaped his fictional hometown. PLUS: The hidden foreshadowing baked into Louie’s tales... SPONSOR CAST LIST Samuel Lewis - Louie Loop, Steve Loop (aka Steve the Geek) Bill Meeks - Greg "Another Day in the City" performed by Classic Tragic Hero, written by Bill Meeks LINKS Everly Heights Join the EVERLY HEIGHTS ARTS BOARD and support the show Buy Mr. Matheson's Arithme-TIPS Comic Collection Subscribe on YouTube Patsy's Pizza Wheeling Coffee Shop Towngate Theater Google Maps view of the "walking bridge" Kids Like Us Curtain Call

Presenting Everly Heights Tales , a new audio drama anthology from Bill Meeks. Welcome to Everly Heights , Ohio: the "Home of the Arts, land of the lost," and according to one viral video, the "seventh-most cursed town in Ohio." You bought the bus ticket, threw the party, and moved three states over. But this town has its own gravitational field, and your mistakes never truly left. In this scripted anthology, you’ll meet the locals, travelers, and legends—all caught in the strange undertow of a place that refuses to let go. Will nostalgia save you, or is it holding you back from moving forward? Start Everly Heights Tales now. Just don't look back too long… LINKS Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Everly Heights Join the EVERLY HEIGHTS ARTS BOARD and support the show Everly Heights Tales Merch Subscribe on YouTube