Blacksburgia webisode 22: Pandapas Excursion

Blacksburgia webisode 22: Pandapas Excursion
Pandapas Excursion

A WASP family adopts a child from Africa in order to impress their fellow affluent neighbors, who they believe are not convinced that they are charitable and kindhearted.  They take their children to Pandapas pond, only to embarrass themselves.
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Blacksburgia webisode 21: Revenge of the Plaid Avenger

Blacksburgia webisode 21:

Revenge of The Plaid Avenger

John Boyer is teaching his highly sought after “world regions” course when he is informed that, due to budget reasons, he will still be teaching the class, but that it will now be online.  He shows up in the empty auditorium with a small iPad sitting on a table, filming him.  A local band crew arrives on stage and announces they’ll try not to make much noise while they set up for the show that’s playing that night.  He cries.
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Blacksburgia webisode 20: Farmer’s Market Milkman

Farmer’s Market Milkman

A man sets up a milk stand at the Farmer’s Market to sell raw, unpasteurized milk.  He begins making good business until a policeman arrives to arrest him.  The farmer makes a huge speech to the crowd about how it shouldn’t be illegal to sell raw milk, and they all cheer.  Then the cop explains he’s arresting the man because it turns out he’s not using grass fed cows, and the crowd boos and hisses at him and throws tomatoes at him before he’s hauled away.

 

Blacksburgia webisode 19: The Lion the Witch and the Math Empo

Blacksburgia webisode 19:

The Lion the Witch and the Math Empo
Frankie and Bridgette are fighting over a closet space when they pull back their fur coats and stumble into a magical, mystical land full of Mac computers as far as the eye can see.
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Blacksburgia webisode 18: Mad Max of Hokie Quarry

Mad Max of Hokie Quarry

A group of young men have built a Mad Max car and have broken into the Highland Park dolomite quarry to film the car driving around and pumping flames into the air in a jagged, post-apocalyptic landscape.

The police arrive to charge them with breaking and entering, and the men decide to try and evade the cop car, creating a bizarre chase scene that results in both the cops and the Mad Max car running out of gas.

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Blacksburgia webisode 18: The Mighty Mighty Blacksburg Indian

Blacksburgia webisode 18:

The Mighty Mighty Blacksburg Indian

While digging through old relics of the early Blacksburg days, Freddy and Bridgette discover evidence that Blacksburg High School’s mascot used to be the Blacksburg Indian, including a cartoony caricature of a Native American warrior.  Under pressure from their new extremely politically correct boss, they rush to destroy all evidence that this was ever true.  After misplacing one of the relics, in a most farcical farce they fearfully suspect a conspiracy to expose the public to this most embarrassing fact, and hunt down the last remaining evidence that we used to be The Blacksburg Indians. Continue reading

Blacksburgia webisode 16: AEP

Blacksburgia webisode 16:

AEP
Freddy has a question about his electric bill.  He tries to contact Appalachian Power, but finds that they are a mystery organization that will not answer phone calls, or respond by email or snail mail.  He and Bridgette try to enter the AEP headquarters and confront someone about his bill, but cannot find the entrance.
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Blacksburgia: The Chicago of the South (webisode 15)

Blacksburgia webisode 15

Blacksburg: The Chicago of the South
Attempting to improve Blacksburg’s image during the cold months, as well as draw tourists to boost the economy of local establishments during Christmas break when students are gone, Freddy and Bridgette are commissioned by the Town Council to create a PR campaign with posters that say “Blacksburg!  The Chicago of the South!”
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Blacksburgia webisode 13: Enter Sandman

Blacksburgia webisode 13

Enter Sandman
It is discovered that Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has been using Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” as an entrance song for over 3 years without actually ever asking the band for permission to use the song.
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