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Three-Piece Band On The Sofa

Dammit, Jeff Chimenti, move your hands and give us the triple potato salad action we’ve come to demand from our favorite content providers. Seriously: look how close we are.

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This looks like one of the promo pictures for a sitcom set in a family-owned pot shop. Bobby is “Pops” and he runs the place (in between naps) with his son “Jeff Chimenti,” who is played by Jeff Chimenti. His other son, a hard-charging finance executive from New York, comes home for some bullshit and ends up running the shop with his spacey dad and out-there brother. This is John Mayer, playing “Thumb;” for great stretches of the program’s runtime, the main and secondary characters beat him with sticks, and point, and laugh, and beat him about the face and head.

“Ha, ha,” they say. “Your name is Thumb.”

And Pops and Jeff Chimenti and the rest of the cast–the sexy, sassy, ethnic clerk, and the store manager who I’m thinking we need a Holland Taylor-type for– they take the sticks and poke Thumb in the soft places of his body. Perhaps a wrestling move is attempted.

“Why are you–”

Jeff Chimenti brings a brick down on Thumb’s chest. Swings it from way over his head and the Holland Taylor-type, when she hears the crunch of the sternum, cums. The second blow is shorter, but more direct: to the head, and with the brick’s point. Another crunch.

He stands over the body and extends the bloody cudgel towards the camera.

“THIS IS CAPITALISM!”

And then he kills himself by eating the brick.

Netflix has committed for eight episodes.

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Sadly, those are not Miller High Lifes. (TotD not being a beer person, but being highly suggestible, the official beers of the site are Heineken because Phil and Miller High Life because a blonde who lived in a terrible Hollywood apartments where the door and living room window open onto the catwalk; she used to say she was like a guy because she could only cum once and then she was done; she parked her bicycle in her kitchen, or in mine; she sat on the edge of the tub to watch me shave. I can’t remember her name, but I’ll always remember she demanded Miller High Life or nothing at all, and so it’s the shitty beer I’ll choose over the other shitty beers.)

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Jeff Chimenti’s shirt is immeasurably cooler than John Mayer’s.

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Hey, Bobby. You having a stroke?

“I don’t know. How’s my tongue look?”

GUITARIST STICKING OUT HIS TONGUE NOISE

Straight and true.

“Then, uh, it’s not a stroke.”

Good. So, uh, what’s going on with your face?

“That I don’t look vengeful?”

Yeah.

“Good tour.”

Yay.

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Off-White?

“I don’t know if you’re aware, but Virgil Abloh–”

Yeah, yeah, Louis Vuitton. His old stuff was fine, but since he got so big, I don’t know. He used to print the name of his company on bullshit so much more authentically.

“You’re very closed-minded about fashion.”

I’m not. I can appreciate high fashion. Crazy people make art for slender people to wear in front of rich people. Sometimes, folks still get mad about it, and that makes it fine by me, too. Or fashion throughout history. Silk road and whatnot. But this streetwear thing is depraved.

“Depraved? Depraved?”

You’re paying someone to advertise for them. The brand requires recognition and cash to survive; you’ve given it both. Plus there’s the issue of lies, John.

“What lies?”

You are not off-white. You are very white.

“I’m not that white.”

Your father was winter camouflage and your mother was hospital sheets.

“That’s rude.”

No, you know what’s rude?

“What?”

“Ow.”

Somebody’s publicist fucking hates you, dude.

“This is just mean. Why is this in the newspaper? There are only two fresh quotes in here, and the rest is just rewritten copy! And the second one is hearsay! Jesus, I’m getting fucked like a backwoods chimneysweep.”

I’m not familiar with the term.

“In the backwoods, you’re allowed to fuck the chimneysweeps.”

That didn’t help.

“Hey, you went to college.”

Barely.

“Help me with this, Is ‘He had to join the Grateful Dead because he talked too much about all his famous girlfriends’ a logical statement?”

No. And it’s not really the accusation that the bigwig thinks it is.

“He’s saying it like joining the Dead was a punishment.”

Like how in the old days, judges could send you into the military. The Famous Person Court sentenced you to three-to-five years of Grateful Deading for the crime of talkin’ poon.

“Don’t say poon.”

I probably shouldn’t.

Where The Oceana Breezes Blow

Jeff Chimenti is whispering to Billy, “Sun’s going down, big guy. You’re getting real tired.”

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Is that a Real Housewife? If so, from which program/location? Whose flag does this Real Housewife pose under?

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When Josh stands in the middle, he looks like he’s the tall candle in a menorah.

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Mickey is befuddled; he has been thoroughly fuddled. Mickey has gone through the process of fuddling.

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Josh.

“Don’t call me that in front of the band.”

They’re the ones who called you that in the first place.

“What?”

You grabbing ass?

“No.”

Dude.

“No.”

Duuuuuuude.

“No.”

Dude.

“I’m grabbing ass.”

I knew it! I knew it, you grabasstic sumbitch!

“When you’re famous, they just let you do it.”

There’s my guy.

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Is there a wind machine? This is a fancy party, indeed, if there’s a wind machine on the blue carpet. (Blue for the oceans. Nowadays, the red carpet can be whatever color you want it to be, which I despise. A blue red carpet is self-contradictory, like vegan beef jerky. We don’t need forced diversity in carpets, Hollywood.)

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Bobby?

“Yuh-huh?”

You furious?

“Yuh-huh.”

Any reason?

“I’ll kill you, boy.”

All right, then. But what about here?

“I’m in a better mood here.”

Looks like it. What was all that before about? You frightened me, Bobert Weir.

“God bless ’em, but the randos get to you. 53 years of randos. Y’know, think about it: who in show business has been exposed to more rand than me? Maybe Duke Ellington. He, uh, played until he was 106 years old.”

Not true.

“His trombonist was 98. He could still blow.”

You are exaggerating.

“Okay, fine, yes. Get, uh, get the musicians off the greens, please. And, uh, bring Mr. Gleason another carton of Pall Malls.”

“Kind of you, Mr. President. I were you? I would’ve shot those hippies.”

“Y’know, Gleason, you’re right. Bebe? Where’s Bebe? Someone get Rebozo and tell him to bring his pistols.”

Excuse me. Excuse me, President Nixon. Mr. Gleason. What is going on here?

“You, uh, couldn’t come up with an ending to the post.”

“Terrible. You’ll never make it in show biz, kid.”

You Will Soon Wide Receive Me

Hey, Bobby. Get yourself a free jersey?

“Oh, yeah. I just gotta get it home before Mickey sees it.”

Wouldn’t the University of Oregon give him one, too?

“See, you’re talking logic and I’m talking Mickey.”

True. Surprised you’re not wearing some of the new merch from the pop-up store.

“I’m, uh, not a hypebeast.”

No one ever accused you of such. Why do you even know that term?

“Josh explained it to me. At, like, length. It was a good 45-minute conversation and I had even less idea than usual what was happening. What the hell is a ‘Yeezy?’ Wasn’t she on The Jeffersons?”

That’s Weezy.

“Ah. She loved her some George. I liked how she said his name.”

JAW-udge.

“But, uh, yeah: no streetwear for me. I mean, I wear my clothes when I’m out in the streets.”

When you’re out in the streets?

“Uh-huh. I, uh walk the way I wanna walk.”

Out in the streets?

“Sure, yeah. Pretty girls, they’re all passing by.”

That was fun.

“What did we do?”

Nothing.

This Shit Is

Hey, Bobby. Whatcha doing?

“Showing the crowd my potato salad.”

Jeans do that.

“I much prefer this fabric to be less plentiful.”

Do it, man. Dig out the old jean shorts for Dodger Stadium. It’d be legendary. Like Elton John coming out as Donald Duck.

“I thought he came out as gay?”

No, he was in a Donald Duck costume.

“When he came out? You’d think he want a bit more, you know, gravitas for the moment.”

No, when he played Dodger Stadium, he famously came out onto the stage in a Donald Duck costume.

“Ah. Gotta admit, though: that’s a pretty good way of coming out. You get yourself a great story with that move.”

True. Back to the topic: you should reboot the jean shorts.

“Well, they would have to be a sequel. The originals disappeared.”

Your daughter’s wearing them on Instagram.

“I don’t trust that social medium.”

Instagram is post-literate.

“It’s full of perverts and morons.”

That, too. What are you doing?

“Performing.”

Why?

“It’s the only thing I know how to do. I forgot to learn how to golf.”

That’s a good thing.

Meeting The Big Guy

Dude.

“Quit it.”

Dude. Bobby. Dude.

“I know where you’re going with this, and just stop it.”

Go for it, bro.

“It, uh, happens to be my wife’s–”

Natasha Monster’s.

“–birthday today, so if you could keep whatever you’re doing to yourself, I’d appreciate it.”

And the one next to you appreciates the Big Dick Energy.

“I’m not gonna ask you again to–”

CELL PHONE NOISE

“I gotta take this. Working on a new endorsement deal.”

Sandals?

“Among other things. None of your business.”

Gotcha.

“Weir here.”

“Now that’s the best way to answer the phone I’ve ever heard. Short, punchy, rhyming: that’s just everything.”

“I know this voice. Peter DeLuise?”

“Close. Very close. It’s actually Johnny Depp. Guess how many skulls I have on me right now.”

“Four.”

“Way more than that.”

“Five.”

“Sure, okay.”

“We, uh, do the skull thing, too. Skeletons running all over the place. What about turtles? You do turtles?”

“I like them, I guess.”

“Great animals, just super. Not even talking about ‘great for a reptile.’ Just an unqualified ‘yes’ from me. I, uh, empathize with ’em. I live in a tour bus, and so do they, kinda.”

“Turtles. Okay. I’ll look into buying several thousand. Bob, how are you fixed for bracelets and other assorted wrist spanglery? Let me hook you up.”

“I’m good.”

“Bandana?”

“Oh, no, then you wouldn’t have enough.”

“Courteous. They told me that about you, Bob. I feel like we’re already having a fruitful relationship. Speaking of which, can I buy you a vineyard?”

“I’d, uh, rather just have the wine.”

“Ah, another oenophile!”

“Oh, no. Listen, son, you seem like a great guy, but I’m not masturbating with you.”

“That’s not what oenophile means.”

“What does it mean?”

“Rich drunk.”

“Oh, then that’s a fitting description. Sure, yeah, I’m an eenie-pheenie.”

“Great, great. Anyway, Bob, here’s why I’m calling: I’d like to replace John Mayer in Dead & Company.”

“Who?”

“I think Billy calls him Josh.”

“Ah, him. Well, uh, how long does it take you to get dressed?”

“Couple hours.”

“Been coasting on your looks for a while?”

“Big time.”

“Ever do any ill-considered interviews?”

“I have, yes.”

“You’ll be a perfect fit.”

“Oh, goody.”

The Real Deal (Not With Bill McNeal)

You look like you’re about to explain The Matrix to me.

“No, no. Look closer. I’m smiling.”

You’re absolutely not. You’re looming ominously. You look like Batman’s dad.

“He’s dead.”

If he lived.

“But, uh, if he lived…no Batman. You’ve talked your way into a corner.”

You know what I mean.

“I don’t even know if you know what you mean.”

Yeah, me either. What is this thing?

“It is some sort of doohickey that I own 30% of.”

You’re an entrepreneur.

“And we changed the lightning bolt so we didn’t have to pay anyone.”

I noticed that.

Nothing But Lizards In The Music Business

Why do you have a chameleon?

“Why don’t you?”

Touché. What’s the chameleon’s name?

“Albert Schweitzer.”

Sure. Seriously, though: why do you have that thing?

“Well, you know how bookstores have cats? Guitar shops have chameleons.”

Not a thing.

“And yet here I stand with Albert in my hand.”

True.

“You should see his tongue. Really something.”

Don’t let Billy see it.

“Oh, yeah, good idea. He’d, uh, paint a fly on the end of his dick.”

He would.

Not Quite An Easy Answer

I just want you to walk me through your thought process, Bobby.

“That’s a long and winding road.”

Still. People are talking.

“Well, my friend and tech Chris Charucki passed on, and this was his shirt, so I decided to wear it in his hometown. Honor him a bit.”

Right, I get that. Very sweet of you to do for a friend.

“You can, uh, wear my clothes when I die if you’d like.”

I’ll keep that in mind.

“Except the ones I’m buried in. Leave those alone.”

Noted. But it’s not technically about the shirt. It’s about what lies beneath the shirt.

“Symbolically?”

No, physically. I speak of your hairiness and nipple. The garment has buttons. Why were they not employed?

“Charucki used to button my shirts.”

There’s a punchline if I ever saw one.

Bobby, Can I Go Out And Kill Tonight?

Bobert Herbert Walker Weir.

“Uh, hey.”

Explain yourself.

“Well, I was adopted. Then I went to a ranch–”

Tonight. Explain your actions of June 15th, 2018.

“You’re referring to the semi-nudity.”

I am, yes. And the Misfits shirt.

“Oh, is that what this is? I thought that was Rock Scully’s face.”

Bob?

“Yuh-huh?”

How’s your shoulder?

“I’m not gonna lie: sucker was acting up this afternoon.”

Ahhh.

“I feel so free.”

No one is happy with this.

“It’s been a weird year.”

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