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John, Gayer

What are you doing?

“I now have a ward.”

Oh, come on. Don’t Robin anyone.

“Too late. Threw his parents off a trapeze and now he’s mine. That’s how it works.”

It isn’t. Who is this?

“Shawn Mendes. You should check out some of his music.”

I won’t. Is he, like, your Mini-Me?

“I don’t know what you mean.”

He looks like you, but younger.

“I’m still young.”

For a tree. Or a tortoise. Or a Highlander. You’re practically a baby by Highlander standards. But for a person? Nah. Solidly middle-aged.

“Dude, ripped jeans.”

So?

“That means young! Look at the vitality pouring through the holes! ‘Hey, look at that guy with the ripped jeans. I bet he doesn’t follow rules.’ That’s me.”

Did they tear on their own?

“Shit, no. I have a guy.”

You have a guy just to distress your trousers?

“You don’t?”

Josh, you can tell me: are you having an Age of Twinks?

“I don’t know what you mean.”

Really?

“Absolutely.”

“I can explain.”

Go ahead.

“It’s not gay if the guy is pretty like a girl.”

That’s not how it works.

“It’s not gay if you’re a better bowler than he is.”

That makes no sense.

“It’s not gay if they’re British.”

Okay, that’s true.

“Dude, you don’t understand what it’s like to be me. Can I confess something to you?”

Sure.

“I’m tired of the puss.”

You’re tired of the puss?

“The puss is passe.”

Passe puss?

“2018 is all about the sack.”

Not the dong?

“Maybe if you’re in Tulsa. In LA and New York? Those are Sack Cities, brother.”

What the hell can you do with a sack?

“What can’t you do? I like to press sack against the funny pages and read Beetle Bailey off my nuts.”

You’re talking about Silly Putty.

“Da. Talk is silly.”

“Ah, shit.”

“Putin hears you have changed lifestyles.”

“I’m exploring my options and sexuality in this new and free world.”

“Da. Come dance for Putin.”

“What? No.”

“Shake it, Little Potato. Shake for Daddy.”

“Do not call yourself that.”

“You vill be oligarch of my dong.”

“What does that even mean?”

“Putin vill buy his tvink many shiny objects. Tvinks love shiny.”

“I don’t want any…what did you call me?”

“Tvink. You are very young compared to Putin.”

“Hey, there.”

Dude! You are so fucking needy.

“He called me young!”

Compared to. He said you were young compared to. Literally the same thing I said.

“You didn’t offer to buy me anything.”

Do what you want.

The Twinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society

Ah!

“Stop yelling.”

It’s the Age of the Twink! It’s here!

“No, these are my friends.”

THEY’LL DEVOUR US ALL!

“Not me. I’m highly twinkish.”

Who’s the first president you remember?

“Reagan.”

Not a twink.

“Dude, I’m such a twink.”

You twere. You twere a twink. But now you’re 40 and 40-year-olds can’t be twinks.

“Why not?”

Same reason a 23-year-old can’t be a teen. Some categories you age out of. Like Don Cheadle.

“He is getting way too old for those superhero movies.”

Cannot agree more. Who are these muppets?

“Online Ceramics. They’re fashion designers.”

But they look like french onion soup left next to the radiator all winter.

“Street-style, man.”

Yeah, exactly. They look homeless.

“I don’t know why I bother. You don’t understand fashion.”

Clothes that cost too much for people who get laid too much.

“Okay, you understand fashion, but leave my friends alone.”

Do you like these guys more or less than Steve Aoki?

“Dude, don’t ask me that. It’s like comparing apples to Steve Aoki.”

Fashion designers, huh?

“Hot ones. Lot of buzz.”

That fucker should sew himself some turtlenecks.

“You’re very rude.”

Hey, you wanted to have friends and wear clothes. You asked for it.

“That makes no sense.”

You know what doesn’t make sense?

CELL PHONE NOISE

“Goddammit.”

You asked for this, too.

“I absolutely did not.”

YOU ASKED FOR THIS, MEYERS.

“I’m gonna pick up the phone so I don’t have to talk to you.”

Cool beans.

“Polymath with the pretty mouth John Mayer speaking.”

“Hello, Little Potato.”

“Thought people forgot about that.”

“Nyet. Putin forget nothing.”

“What do you want?”

“Poland.”

“I mean, what do you want from me?”

“Putin vant Little Potato to see vhat real fashion is.”

“Gold doors?”

“Nyet. Enormous gold doors. Any kulak can have little gold door. Gold doggie door, maybe. Putin has biggest fucking gold doors you’ve ever seen. Is fashion.”

“If you say so.”

“Tvink to your left has degenerate neck.”

“It’s just a tattoo.”

“Putin vill fix.”

“Nothing needs fixing.”

“Putin vipe off.”

“Please don’t–”

SHVEEEEEEEEEE

CHOCK

SH-SHANK!

“Wow. Flying guillotine. Haven’t seen one of those around here in a while.”

“Putin bring back old bits.”

“Please go away.”

“Putin leave, but only because Putin is so busy.”

“What are you up to now?”

“Nothing. Putin do nothing. Stay home on June 3rd. Putin is not bad guy.”

“June 3rd?”

“Da. Trust Putin on this one. And stock pantry. Maybe buy gun.”

“Gotcha.”

SHVEEEEEEEEEE

CHOCK

SH-SHANK!

“Why’d you kill the other one?”

“He leave sticker on hat. Is nyet 2016 any more. Keep up vith fashion.”

“Hanging up.”

“June 3rd, Little Potato.”

DIAL TONE NOISE EVEN THOUGH ENORMOUS GOLD DOORS NO LONGER DO THAT

“Putin killed my friends.”

Yeah, he’s the worst.

Ahhhh, Leak Out!

Nice. Got a DMZ going.

“DMZ?”

Dandy Man’s Zone. That little bit on a white guy in between the pant cuff and socks. Sexiest part of a body. So dandy.

“I’d like you to focus on the clothes, and not the parts that aren’t clothes.”

What about your face?

“Scratch what I said. Concentrate on my clothes and face. And hair. Never, ever forget the hair.”

I’d rather not think about any of those–

“Sure, I’ll describe my outfit in detail.”

Dammit.

“The shoes are $1200 Nikes.”

Why are they $1200?

“What did you pay for your sneakers?”

Sixty bucks or something.

“Well, mine are twenty times more fashionable than yours.”

Okay.

“The socks are Visvim. They’re made out of wool from a lamb that lives in a castle.”

A castle?

“Big fucker. Got a moat and everything. You gotta see how happy this lamb is.”

The pants?

“Um, it’s called ‘a pant.’ Don’t embarrass me in front of my hoodie.”

The pant?

“I got ’em in Target. Isn’t that fun? High culture, low culture. I take a lot of inspiration from collage artists. Hold on. Lemme switch positions.”

What?

Oh.

“I’m very conscientiously getting into the kneeling lifestyle. There’s so much to learn! Left knee, right knee. There’s the Asian Squat, but my Achilles tendons won’t do that, and I don’t think it counts as a kneel.”

Did you change?

“Always.”

FACETIME REQUEST NOISE

“Why!?”

That last thing. The ‘Always.’ Just rubbed me on my wrong doodad.

“Dick. Ugh, it’s a Facetime.”

Maybe it’s Carrie Underwood.

“Been there, done that, not going back.”

Why not?

“She sniffs glue.”

That’s still a thing?

“That’s what I said!”

FACETIME REQUEST NOISE

“Hate you.”

Yeah, yeah.

“Number Two on the week’s iTunes download charts, John Mayer here.”

“Cram it, you Christ-killin’ sumbitch: I know you leaked our last conversation.”

“I didn’t.”

“Your people are nothin’ but liars.”

“Again, Sarah: not a Jew.”

“Look me in the eyes and say that!”

“Which one?”

“You stuff that sass, sheenie.”

“Which is the dominant eyeball? Where’s my focus supposed to be?”

“The leakin’ stops here! You go on back to your yarmulkes and buttholes!”

“I do like buttholes.”

“Heathen boy! I smite you in the name of Jesus.”

“You have no smiting authority. I’ve read the Constitution.”

“Constitution ain’t in charge no more. Trumpstitution rules Barter Town!”

“This is starting to make less and less sense.”

“TWO EYEBALLS ENTER, ONE EYEBALL LEAVES!”

“I’m hanging up.”

“Can my daddy play in your band?”

DIAL TONE NOISE EVEN THOUGH FACETIME NEVER DID THAT

“I told you I wanted to stop talking to her.”

Yeah, I ignored you.

Facts Are Stubborn, Stupid Things

What used to be is not what is, Enthusiasts. This is the nature of nature, and of conjugation. Gonna becomes is turns into was transforms to used to be. What I’m getting at here is this: Bobby is shrinking and we need to accept it. Bobby used to be taller than Garcia, but now he is shorter than pop star-banging guitarists, and hippies who never had a hit single, and wealthy gay men on vacation. That’s short!

What to do? First off, show kindness. Do not keep offering to fetch items off the top shelf for Bobby, or forward him links that advertise sandals with hidden lifts. This will cause him to become resentful, and he will take it out on Matt Busch. Secondly: defend Bobby. If you see a tall rando heading his way, tackle that rando. Third: we should probably just all ignore it like we did Garcia’s hobbies. That worked out well.

A good novelist could reveal all of these men’s character just by describing their choices in footwear.

Yup.

Close To The Vest

I don’t understand what I’m looking at.

“I’m disrupting life preservers.”

I wish I still didn’t understand.

“You ever see life preservers? Terrible looking things. First of all: the color.”

Bright orange? That’s for visibility.

“Dude, Instagram is for visibility. Life preservers are for telling the world, ‘Hey, I’m on a boat, but I’m also responsible.’ They’re like the condoms of the sea.”

Is it actually buoyant?

“Sexist.”

Not boy. Buoy.

“Like, does it float?”

Yes.

“God, no. That would ruin the line. This is made from reclaimed denim.”

Reclaimed?

“Those smelly-looking dudes from Online Ceramics stole some folks’ pants in the lot.”

Sure. Josh?

“Uh-huh?”

CELL PHONE NOISE

“You’re a little, little, little man.”

And yet in this universe, I am a god. Pick up the phone.

“Do you want to see my old-school flip phone? It’s so retro.”

Just answer the phone.

“Hey, this is John Mayer. Check out my new single on Spotify until I get METOO’ed and they remove my songs.”

“I know you’re the leaker, Jewboy.”

“Not a Jew. And…what?”

“You’re the leaker. Leakier than an old man’s dickhole. I’ll get you, Jew Mayer.”

“I cannot state this more unequivocally: I am not Jewish.”

“Don’t lie to me. I can sniff a Jew out like a ham hock.”

“Can we move past the accusations of Semiticism?”

“Don’t use your elitist words on me. I know you’re leakin’ secrets from the White House. You were the one who told the press we were calling Senator McCain ‘John McBraintumor.'”

“I wasn’t. And that’s not even funny.”

“No, leaks aren’t funny. We work long hours in this White House–”

“Except for one of you.”

“–tryin’ to make America great again but all you wanna do is make America synthwave again. I do not understand that swoopy music, and it frightens me.”

“Well, it’s based on movie scores from the–”

“KEEP YOUR JEWISH EXPLANATIONS TO YOURSELF, DREIDEL-FACE!”

“Again: I am a Christian.”

“You’re a Christian?”

“Yes!”

“Prove it. Tell me who you hate.”

“Wow.”

“Last chance, pretty boy. Knock off the leaks or you get the thunder.”

“Okay.”

“One more thing.”

“What?”

“You got Forest Whitaker’s phone number?”

“I could get it. Why?”

“Something about that man does it for me.”

“Something?”

“One specific thing.”

“Uh-huh.”

“No more warnings. And definitely don’t tell no one we got voodoo dolls of Lindsey Graham that we put into sexual positions with Ken dolls.”

TEXT NOTIFICATION FROM AN UNSECURED PHONE NOISE

“Goshdarnit!”

“What happened?”

“The voodoo doll thing leaked.”

“Tight ship you’re running over there, Huck.”

“Got my eye on you.”

“Which one? I can’t tell.”

DIAL TONE NOISE EVEN THOUGH PHONES DON’T DO THAT ANY MORE

“I truly never want to speak to her again.”

Hey, man: I’m not in charge around here.

Vindbreaker

Are we still doing irony?

“Oh, definitely. See, I’m wearing this windbreaker, but I’m also ‘wearing’ it. I’m kinda my own comment section.”

You should live as a refugee for, like, a week.

“Dude, totally. I could bring along a camera crew from Vice.”

No. Don’t do that.

“But it would bring awareness.”

People are aware of the refugee situation.

“No, I meant to my new single. Have you heard it?”

Most of it.

“What did you think?”

17-year-old you would kick your fucking ass.

“No.”

Oh, yeah. The kid standing in front of the mirror pretending to be Eddie Van Halen? He’d beat you like a rented stepchild.

“You can rent stepchildren?”

In Florida, you can buy them.

“It’s a loose economy down there.”

The entire state is a gray market. Josh, play your guitar and stop trying to fit in with the youths.

“I am very youthful.”

You’re not. You’re my age, and I’m old as fuck.

“You’re just a jealous dick, y’know that?”

“Da. Jewish typist is degenerate.”

“I didn’t say that.”

“Putin hear subtext. Subtext is always about Jews.”

“I truly have no problems with Jewish people. Why are you here?”

“Putin start radio show. Putin is Radio Rasputin.”

“I guess that means the show will be tough to cancel, huh?”

“Do nyet make joke, Katy Perry’s Boyfriend. Putin gets laugh lines vhen he appears. Is in contract.”

“You have a contract?”

“Da. You vant to see contract? Maybe is in next cup of coffee you drink. Maybe is sprayed on you next time you are in mall. Putin can show contract if you vant.”

“I’m fine.”

“This is vhat everyone says.”

“Congratulations on your inauguration, by the way.”

“Spaceeba. Vas biggest crowd for any inauguration anyvhere.”

“Uh-huh.”

“You see vhat Putin did?”

“Yup.”

“Putin make joke. First, Putin destabilize your country, then Putin mock you in public for it.”

“Everyone sees that, yes.”

“Putin having good run. Like Stones from ’68 to ’72.”

“Leave the Stones’ golden era out of your geopolitical machinations, damn you!”

“You have reqvest for Radio Rasputin?”

“Can you play some of my new stuff?”

“Nyet.”

“Old stuff?”

“Nyet.”

“Dead & Company?”

“Nyet. Vill play Doobie Brothers and you vill like it.”

“Aw.”

All I Do Is Wing

What are you doing?

“Hot Ones! It’s a hot wing challenge. You eat the wings as you get interviewed.”

There are porn stars less desperate for attention than you.

“What? It’s fun! You wanna talk about scovilles?”

No.

“I’m an expert on scovilles now.”

I’m sure you are. You know what’s just as fun as eating really spicy food?

“What?”

Slamming your nuts in a desk drawer.

“Dude.”

I mean, you’re trying to be macho, right?

“You just don’t get it.”

What don’t I get?

“How much I love talking about myself in front of cameras.”

You do love that.

“DON’T EAT THAT SHIT, KID!”

“Who is that?”

I have no idea.

“I’m helping you out, kid! Kings don’t do that!”

“It’s just a chicken wing, Khaled.”

“Oh.”

“You thought it was pussy?”

“I did. I thought it was pussy, yo.”

Okay, both of you: out.

작은 감자

“We’re back on the Radio Randy Show right here on SiriusXM’s GD Channel. All day, all night, all Dead.”

“Did you think that up?”

“No, that was our jingle guy.”

“What’s his name?”

“Jingle Jeff.”

“Ah. Well, uh, tell him ‘Good work’ from me.”

“That’ll mean a lot to him.”

“Is he a Deadhead?”

“No, his family was just eaten by hippos. He could use any compliment right now.”

“Hippos are a danger.”

“Bobby, how’s the tour going?”

“It depends on when we are, Randy.”

“Early 70’s.”

“Then, uh, the tour’s going real well.”

“Was there a show you liked in particular?”

Green Acres always made me laugh.”

“Have you found your keys yet?”

“No. And, uh, that’s going to be a problem. You can’t hotwire a Tesla. Although, you know, I do have Elon Musk’s phone number. He could probably unlock the car from his phone.”

“Bob?”

“Yes, Radio Randy?”

“You are going to remember to bring me back to 2018 with you when you go, right?”

“Fingers crossed.”

“Doesn’t fill me with hope.”

“Have you tried Buddhism?”

“Lets take a call.”

“Sure.”

“Hi, caller, you’re on with Radio Randy and Bob Weir.”

“Bob, we need to talk.”

“Hey, Josh. Why are you, uh, captioned?”

“I’m also on Snapchat.”

“I have no idea what that is.”

“Because you’re in the early 70’s?”

“No. I’m never gonna know what Snapchat is. Trust me on this one.”

“Okay. Bobby, listen: the new nickname is not cool.”

“Little Potato?”

“Oh, THAT you can remember!?”

“Well, it’s real catchy.”

“Dammit.”

“And, uh, descriptive. You’re little, and you’re like a potato.”

“First off, I’m 6’3″.”

“Only when you’re standing.”

“And how the fuck am I like a potato?”

“You got eyes.”

“Everyone has eyes, Bobby.”

“Probably taste much better with salt and butter.”

“Everything tastes better…can we just not call me that?”

“I’m not the guy to ask. It’s kinda, you know reached the zeitgeist, I guess you could say. Everyone’s heard it by now.”

CALL WAITING NOISE

“I think that’s us, Radio Randy.”

“Call Waiting doesn’t exist when we are, Bob.”

“Yeah, I know. We brought it with us.”

“That makes no sense.”

CALL WAITING NOISE

“Just press the button, Randy.”

“Gotcha. Hey there, caller.”

“Let speak to Tiny Potato Dick.”

“Hey, bro.”

“I’m not your bro.”

“Look where am. Potato everywhere. Like you.”

“Kiss my ass.”

“No can get Kim Jong-Un down. Killing it this week, bro. Everybody love Kim.”

“No, they don’t.”

“Soon Only Korea will rejoin with Not Real Korea and Kim be in charge of all. Everyone thank. Have big party. Get Rod Stewart come and play hits.”

“Rod Stewart?”

“Only Korea love Rod the Mod.”

“I’m hanging up.”

DIAL TONE NOISE EVEN THOUGH PHONES NO LONGER DO THAT

“Radio Randy? I still here. Have question for Bob.”

“Sure, caller. Go ahead.”

“Bob?”

“Yuh-huh?”

“When you bring back Brother Esau? Is my jam.”

“That’s a good idea. Maybe, maybe.”

“Kim Jong-Un having best week.”

A Song Of Ice And Fire On The Mountain

Jeff Chimenti looks terrible.

OR

Did Billy’s shirt stop rendering at his nipples?

OR

Either the rest of Dead & Company needs platform shoes, or we have to cut off Josh’s feet. This is just unaesthetic.

OR

Get yourself a big-boy pair of suspenders, Mork.

OR

“LITTLE POTATO! THAT MAN STOLE MY DRAGONS!”

“Jesus, ‘Ye, not now.”

“MY DRAGONS ARE THIS BIG.”

“Wouldn’t that make them just lizards?”

“DO NOT QUESTION MY SKILLS AT HERPETOLOGY, LITTLE POTATO!”

“I do not want to be called that.”

“PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD PUT ME IN CHARGE OF THE VA. I WILL HELP THE SOLDIERS WITH MY FREETHINKING AND DOPENESS!”

“Why hasn’t Kim had you tranked yet?”

“MY BODY REJECTS THE POTIONS!”

“I completely believe that.”

“TELL FATTY TO WRITE FASTER!”

“I’m not gonna do that.”

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