Ryan Maloney reads a silly story about Pancake, Pennsylvania, a town in the Poconos where residents have built their entire lives around pancakes. Ping-pong paddles, umbrellas, public pools of syrup, sports, hobbies—everything is pancakes. The story repeats this obsession over and over, building an absurd world where pancakes are basically sacred.
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Pancake, Pennsylvania Read Aloud Part 1. At the peak of the Poconos, there was a peculiar place called Pancake, Pennsylvania. And as you might ponder, the people of Pancake were wrapped in pancake mania. Pancakes were pecked at for breakfast bites, but what was preferred for dinner at night? Well, if you guessed it, then you picked right. People pigged out on pancakes at night. The people of Pancake played ping pong with paddles made with ping pong pancake handles. Pictures of pancakes were posted on Pinterest while pogo stick pouncers packed streets of pancake mix. Public pools of syrup passed piping days while pancake umbrellas protected from rain. If you were to pass by on any given day, there'd be one thing on people's minds in Pancake PA: pancakes. And while they pumped iron: pancakes. Even while paragliding: pancakes. And at the playground while sliding: pancakes. And to stay warm at night: blankets. They just use blankets for that. Perfect, you get the point. So let's move past the hysteria and meet the prolific pancake eaters of Pancake