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Summer In Argyle

Written by: Nate Odenkirk, Bob Odenkirk
Narrated by: Bob Odenkirk, Brian Posehn, Andrew Friedman, Tim Robinson, full cast
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  • Summer in Argyle Trailer
    Feb 28 2022

    One town. One murder. One million hot dogs.

    Welcome to Argyle. Grab a hot dog and allow town narrator Jeremy Zax (Bob Odenkirk) to regale you with this region’s rich history! Founded in 1843 by settlers with their sights set on California, these brave souls grew too tired and instead settled for Ohio. Argylites love to celebrate the spirit of “close enough,” like that of Richie McDonough (Brian Posehn) a young man who was a stupendous substitute bowler that never bowled and instead kept the bench warm. His untimely, mysterious death in the Summer of 2013 is Argyle’s darkest secret.

    Hear how Richie met his fate, beginning with Argyle’s annual hot dog eating contest and ending with the town’s annual murder. Along the way, you’ll see that Argyle truly has it all: a DMV that’s also a fancy restaurant; the world’s largest lost-and-found; a surgeon who doubles as a magician; and so much more!

    Created and written by Nate Odenkirk (The New Yorker, The Onion) and his father Bob Odenkirk (Mr. Show, Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad), Summer in Argyle is proudly Audible’s second best murder comedy. This offbeat Audible Original features some of today’s biggest comedy stars, like David Cross (Arrested Development), Tim Robinson (I Think You Should Leave), Paul F. Tompkins (Comedy Bang! Bang!), plus Carl Tart, Stephanie Courtney, Lyric Lewis, Stephanie Hsu, andmore. Summer in Argyle is like listening to an old-time radio theatre show soaked in silly and blended with absurdity to produce a perfect froth of nonsense.

    As they say in Argyle: Welcome to Argyle - and welcome, to YOU.

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  • Episode 01: “The Argyle Hotdog Committee”
    Mar 10 2022
    The Ye Olde Historical town & Coin Laundromat is fully automated. Not a single Argyle resident has ever won anything. The Hotdog Committee hatches a daring plan.
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    17 mins
  • Episode 02: “If I Were to be a Custodian…”
    Mar 10 2022
    Two cousins seal the town’s destiny. Hi Hanson High School’s janitor daydreams of a promotion. Argyle’s police officer investigates a crime that hasn’t happened yet.
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    18 mins

About the Creator and Performer

Bob Odenkirk is an Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, actor, and director. He is widely known for playing the character Saul Goodman first seen in the hit drama Breaking Bad, and for reprising that role in AMC’s Better Call Saul, which earned him two Critics Choice Awards, as well as Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Award nominations. The sixth and final season of Saul will premiere this April 2022. His work as a comedy writer for Saturday Night Live and The Ben Stiller Show garnered him two Primetime Emmy Awards for outstanding writing. He has also written three books. Over the years, Odenkirk has been instrumental in helping emerging comedy writers advance their work, including executive producing Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim’s first Adult Swim series Tom Goes to the Mayor and acting as a consultant on their subsequent shows Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, and Check it Out! with Dr. Steve Brule. He also co-created and starred in Mr. Show with Bob and David on HBO which has been called "the American Monty Python." Other recent credits include the action thriller Nobody, which opened at #1 in the US box office, No Activity for CBS All Access, Steven Spielberg’s The Post, Greta Gerwig's Little Women, and Pixar’s Incredibles 2.

About the Creator

Nate Odenkirk is a Chicago-based comedy writer. His work regularly appears in The New Yorker, and he was a contributor for The Onion in 2020. Raised in Los Angeles, he moved to the windy city to attend DePaul University. In 2018, he founded the satirical magazine The Inquirist, where he served as the site’s creator, head writer, and editor. Currently, he is a writer for Hatched, the Brooklyn-based sketch comedy showcase, and he regularly performs stand-up at Crushes, one of Chicago’s best weekly comedy showcases.

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Fun, Witty Comedy

Another fantastic work from Bob Odenkirk, and now Nate, too! ☺️ A fun romp through a small town, Summer in Argyle comes highly recommended to any fans of Mr. Show, or anything Bob has done. Great performances with fun dialogue!!

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Loved the excitement of what’s next!

The Narrators did amazing, loved how engaged to the story I was. Familiar voices made the story come together pretty cool if you ask me! Love it!

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Loved it!

This is absolutely odd & hilarious. The narration is so good. If you liked Eerie, Indiana growing up this is for you!

I hope there will be more…Winter in Argyle perhaps?

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S’all good man!

Unique, quirky and much fun to listen to. Bob and Nate Odenkirk are great together.

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Tedious

Nothing that was clever or engaging. I would not recommend this to anyone. I need a character I can empathize with.

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