Hunting Elf: Recent Episodes
Dave Donelson
In this podiobook: Meet Elf, a champion-bred Silky Terrier who lives a dog's life--when he chooses--with hapless Dan McCoy and his capable wife, June, in the leafy suburbs north of New York City. Too late, these innocent dog owners learn that nefarious show dog breeders will stop at nothing -- murder included -- to get their hands on the little puppy's valuable genes. While Dan and June try to civilize the rascal Elf, the evil breeders and their minions do their bloody best to dognap him. Join the posse of offbeat neighbors, wacky in-laws, and ruthless dog fanatics who desperately hunt for Elf when he is lost, found, lost again, found again, stolen, and then stolen from the dog thieves. It's a comedic canine adventure.
-In this episode: In the exciting conclusion, Marie tries to dognap Elf at gunpoint, only to be foiled by Elf's teeth, Dan's flying tackle, and June's cool command of the situation.
-In this episode: Dan takes June to Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade to cheer her up. They're reunited with Elf when he jumps from Marie's arms and fulfills everyone's fantasy by attacking the Barney balloon.
-In this episode: Dan and June mourn the loss of their little buddy and Elf misses them, too, even though he's living the good life in a Manhattan penthouse.
-In this episode: Dan and Jerry get no help from the police, so they investigate Elf's dognapping themselves. They find a bloody trail, but no Elf.
-In this episode: Elf goes to breakfast with Dan and June, but the dognappers strike and Elf disappears-again.
-In this episode: With the help of Elf's nose, Dan, Jerry, and Edgar trail Bruce Rose to a tryst with a certain amateur porno star.
-In this episode: While the dognappers cross and double-cross each other, Elf develops a taste for television--cable, not programs.
-In this episode: Dan and Elf go to obedience school, where Dan learns some important lessons and comes home with a whole new Elf - literally.
-In this episode: Marie almost gets away with Elf by promising him an amorous adventure, but neighbor John Rantze inadvertently foils the plot by calling the cops to complain about all the barking.
-In this episode: Elf house-trains Dan while Bruce Rose tricks June into sending Dan and Elf into an ambush.
-In this episode: Marie Carcioma lights a fire under Bruce Rose while Dan and Jerry carry their investigation to the pet store, where they hear a horrifying tale about Selena Kisco.
-In this episode: Dan and Jerry stake out their first suspects, Selena Kisco tries a smash-and-grab at the mall, and Elf finds a snack in the shoe department at Nordstrom.
-In this episode: Elf tries to make friends with a creature of the feline persuasion while Edgar tries to persuade Dan to do unnatural things to his body with magnets.
-In this episode: Elf makes amorous advances toward several other patients in the vet's waiting room while Marie clashes and crashes with Bruce Rose.
-In this episode: Elf comes home with some six-legged friends and Dan goes in search of a cure. Selena Kisco invites Bruce Rose to search for Elf under--or on--her bed.
-In this episode: Elf becomes the ex-officio mayor of Harrington but is almost chased out of office when Marie spots him on the street.
-In this episode: The groomer, Amanda, gets much more than she bargains for when she makes a mysterious phone call. While Dan's talking to the detectives, Elf goes apartment hunting.
-In this episode: Elf gets a bath, then he gets stinky even. In desperation, Dan takes him to a groomer, who has plans of her own for the little son of a champion.
-In this episode: Elf creates a distraction, then helps himself to Christmas dinner. Later, Dan finds out there's a murder in his new dog's pedigree.
-In this episode: June gets a surprise when she tries to give Elf to her mother for Christmas.
-In this episode: Dan barely stays out of jail when his canine companion finally decides to trade wilderness living for the front seat of a police cruiser.
-In this episode: Marie Carcioma and Selena Kisco hatch their plots to dognap Elf while Dan and the gang continue their search in the woods.
-In this episode: Dan and his pals literally beat the bushes for Elf as the cold-blooded dog-nappers circle like a pack of greedy wolves.
-In this episode: Murder takes center stage as nefarious show dog breeders track Elf to Dan and June--who don't suspect a thing.
-In this episode: Dan McCoy loses Elf, his mother-in-law's four-legged Christmas present, and enlists a party of drunken neighbors to help him find it.