{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Podcast Town | The Villages, FL with Mike Roth","description":"       Episode Description This week on the Bit Improv Comedy Network, Billy and Gail head south \u2014 spiritually, geographically, and possibly medically \u2014 with Mike Roth of The Villages, Florida, who gives them a guided tour of America\u2019s most aggressively recreational retirement wonderland. Mike walks us through The Villages\u2019 astonishing scale, its golf cart culture, its town squares, nightly dancing, festivals, clubs, rumors, loofah lore, pickleball intensity, and the particular magic of a community where everyone has a hobby, a schedule, and apparently a transportation-based signaling system. From there, the BIT Crew takes one polite civic interview and lovingly drives it straight into a flaming roundabout of podcast-town chaos: The Villages Podcast Network, loofah codes, armed festival discourse, senior self-discovery, competitive pickleball escalation, and a Shooters vs. Pickleball championship that probably violates at least three HOA guidelines. Charming at first. Then sun-drenched. Then deeply unsupervised.  Apologies The BIT Comedy Network apologizes to Mike Roth, the residents of The Villages, Florida, golf cart commuters, golf cart passengers, golf cart mechanics, anyone with a loofah attached to anything, people who know what the loofahs mean, people who insist the loofahs mean nothing, pickleball players, pickleball referees, the Shooters Club, Strawberry Festival attendees, town square dancers, low-priced alcoholic beverage vendors, coming-of-age seniors, alternative sexuality educators, upside-down pineapple enthusiasts, Central Park, trailer parks, retirement communities, HOA boards, Florida tourism officials, anyone named Lucky Luke, anyone who brought a gun to a fruit-based festival, and all listeners who thought \u201cretirement\u201d meant things would calm down.  Credits  Director and Creator:&amp;nbsp;Billy Merritt Producer, Editor &amp;amp; Graphics: Hill Kane Featuring: Mike Roth (Himself) Billy Merrit (Himself, Narrator) Hill Kane (Gail - Producer)  Angela Washko (Amazing Angela - Co-Co-host of Loofa Codes Podcast, Vinny from Vinny's Villages Guns N' Stuff, Chiquita Banana)Luke Bovard (Lucky Luke - Co-host of Loofa Codes Podcast, Karl - American Idol reject ) Jim Tripp (Car Show Guy, The Producer, Paul - Lucky Luke's Friend, Bob, who should NOT drive) Lisa Steckman (Co-host of Reber Rousers Podcast, Mandy from The Shooters' Club, Pickleball Couple #2)Don Slovin (Co-host of Reber Rousers Podcast, Crazy Larry) Flannery Wilson (Co-host of Wal*Mart Warriors Podcast, Sunrise Trailer Park, Pickleball Couple #2) Brent Kohler (Co-host of Wal*Mart Warriors Podcast, CUBE Sex Shop, PickleBall Coach)   Music: \u201cShark Bait\u201d performed by Little Kahunas | Produced by the late, great Peter Miller. Hosting: Libsyn \u201cThe BIT\u201d and \u201cThe BIT Improv Comedy Network\u201d are trademarks owned by Billy Merritt. \u00a9 2024\u20132026 Billy Merritt. All rights reserved. Inquiries:&amp;nbsp;TheBitComedyNetwork@gmail.com Website: BITComedyNetwork.com&amp;nbsp;     Production + Graphics:&amp;nbsp;Hill Kane, Raising Kane Media + Marketing      ","author_name":"BIT Improv Comedy Network | MAIN STAGE","author_url":"https:\/\/BITrabbithole.libsyn.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41211260\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/201704950"}