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Arouse Your Loins; The Engagement Draws Nigh

Hey, it’s Vince McMahon’s younger brother who’s a History professor at a mid-level college and is currently engaged in several sexual harassment lawsuits.

“No, it’s–”

It’s the guy Central Casting sends over when you need a U.S. Senator.

“This is–”

His haircut looks pricey.

“Oh, yeah. This is Michael Buffer.”

Right. The guy who says LET’S GET–

“SHUT UP! Stop talking!”

–READY TO–

“STOP!”

What?

“You can’t say his phrase. It’s trademarked, and copyrighted, and patented. It belongs to him in every single way, and he guards his intellectual property like a lioness protects her lunch.”

Ah.

“And don’t parody the phrase. You can’t announce that people should prepare themselves to stumble, or grumble, or whatever.”

But parody is explicitly covered under the laws of Fair Use.

“Sure, but the bastard’ll make you spend two years and a hundred grand proving it. The guy uses lawyers like nunchucks. He’s not subtle. Quite frankly, I wanna get the hell away from him.”

What does he smell like?

“What someone in a casino means when he uses the word ‘classy.'”

Everything about that man screams “casino.”

“He tipped me when we met. A twenty, all folded up in his palm.”

Wow. How soft are his hands?

“Fresh pudding.”

Wow. Y’know what? This guy’s a fucking genius. No one on earth works as little for as much money.

“He found a good angle. Can I go?”

CELL PHONE NOISE

“Dammit.”

Why would you even ask?

“You’re on with John.”

“John, it’s Steve King.”

“Wow, awesome. I’m a huge fan.”

“No, the other one.”

“Ah, shit. How did you get my number?”

“CIA.”

“Jesus. Why are you calling?”

“I’m doing a benefit–”

“Pass.”

“–this weekend and we’ve got an open slot as far as entertainment goes. Now, uh, you couldn’t bring your comedian buddy Dave Champagne or whatever his name is, but other than that you’re on your own as far as content.”

“Nope. Hardest of passes. First of all, I’m going to a high-end resort in Mexico to solo in front of rich people.”

“I bet that resort has a wall!”

“A fence, I guess.”

“AHA! So lemme ask you, Mr. Anal Sex–”

“Please don’t call me that.”

“–if a Mexican resort can have a wall, then why can’t we randomly kill half of all Mexicans? Like Thanos.”

“I have no response. Congressman, I’m not doing a benefit for you. I’m not from Iowa, and you’re a Nazi. Just a giant, flaming Nazi.”

“Here we go! Liberals have diluted words to the point of being meaningless. What does ‘Nazi’ mean? How am I a Nazi?”

“Do you subscribe to the tenets of National Socialism?”

“Hell, yeah.”

“That’s how. That’s how you’re a Nazi. I’m not doing your benefit.”

“Do you have Ted Nugent’s number?”

DIAL TONE NOISE EVEN THOUGH PHONES NO LONGER DO THAT

Return Of The Mac

You have such attractive parents, John.

“This is Fleetwood Mac.”

Ah. You have a straw, a flashlight, and some coke?

“That’s a terrible rumor about a wonderful and talented woman.”

See, that’s where we differ. I think it makes her more awesome.

“It’s scurrilous.”

What now?

“I got a Word-A-Day calendar.”

Gotcha.

“Today was ‘cenobite.'”

That should come in useful. You look spectacular. Good night’s sleep?

“No, it’s 2005.”

Oh, even better. You should stay there. You aged drastically.

“I did not!”

Do you know ‘Stevie’ is short for ‘Stevedore?’

“I didn’t, because it isn’t.”

Well, then, Creem magazine lied to me.

“Could be.”

“PHONE CALL FOR JOSH MEYERS!”

“What the fuck is that?”

You have a phone call.

“Doesn’t it usually come to my cell?”

It’s 2005.

“There were cell phones in 2005.”

Were there? It all rolls into one and all that.

“PHONE CALL FOR MISTER JOSH MEYERS!”

“Goddammit. Here!”

“You’re on with John.”

“Johnny?”

“I know this voice.”

“Of course you do! It’s me, Benjy, your manager and psychopomp.”

“Psychopomp?”

“Check your calendar. It’s the word for June 9th.”

“Cool. What do you want, Benjy?”

“Put me on the phone with Fleetwood. Or Mac. Whichever the bald guy is.”

“Absolutely not.”

“He needs to write a book, and I need to get paid for it.”

“I’m not putting you on the phone with Mick Fleetwood.”

“Fine. Lemme talk to Stevie’s asshole.”

DIAL TONE NOISE BECAUSE IT’S A REAL PHONE AND THEY DID THAT

“Is he in Hawaii?”

I think so.

“Sweet.”

Mayer Dates

Did you take this picture with Kevin Nealon’s dick?

“Not enough pixels.”

Tim Meadows around?

“No. Tim’s a great guy.”

I’m sure he is. Ask Spade when he’s gonna finish the Joe Dirt Trilogy.

“I won’t ask him that.”

The Dirtogy. He left a lot of loose ends in that second picture.

“I’m sure he didn’t.”

He did. The witch transformed Joe into a Douglas Fir, and then Tim Allen and his son cut him down to use as a Christmas tree in an equally shitty, but better-budgeted, holiday film. We never found out whether Joe managed to win the talent show and raise the money to save the abortion clinic. It got a bit weird at the end.

“None of that happened. Wait, was there really a second Joe Dirt movie?”

Oh, yeah. It came out on Crackle.

“Crackle?”

Crackle.

“Work’s work.”

Speaking of which…

…what is this?

“That’s the poster for my upcoming Asian tour. I’m excited, man.”

Several of these countries are dangerous hellholes that no civilized man should even approach, where the food is inedible and the locals are too dumb to master English.

“You’re talking about Australia, right?”

Clearly.

“Aussies are wonderful people. They love my music.”

They love crime, John. Australians love crime and compelling people to vote. Their entire continent is a blasted saltpan in the middle of the Pacific with wee-itty-bitty green patches clinging to the sides of it; God didn’t want people there, and He made the fact quite clear.

“I’ll relay your opinions.”

See if you could meet Yahoo Serious when you’re down there.

“I would like that, actually.”

Dude, Budokan?

“Dude, Budokan.”

You should play a Cheap Trick song when you’re there.

“Maybe.”

You should just play Cheap Trick when you’re there. Instead of your material.

“I was about to say, ‘See, this is nice. We’re just talking like two decent people. No anger and weird phone calls.’ and then you have to be a dick.”

Y’know what? I’m sorry. Out of line.

“I accept your apology.”

One thing is confusing me, though.

“What?”

Well, you’ve heard that K-pop stuff, right?

“Sure.”

So, clearly, the Koreans love shitty music. Why aren’t you playing Seoul?

“I’m gonna go be rich and famous with my rich and famous friend David Spade.”

Ask him about Joe Dirt.

Two Offers

Is that a rando?

“Actually, no. This is Alec Benjamin, and he’s a new–”

PORK HIM.

“–talented…here we go.”

Climb on top and see if you can make it eight seconds. I think you can; he looks frail.

“He’s a very gifted–”

Make a fire, John. Rub your sticks together and make a fire.

“No.”

The sticks are your johnsons.

“I got that. It would not make fire.”

It would. Sticky fire.

“Ew.”

The field is fertile and new, man! Plow it! Make the ground shiver with your fecundity!

“I’m not gay, y’know.”

Well, you haven’t publicly finger-banged a starlet in years, dude.

“So? That doesn’t make me gay.”

It kinda does.

“You’re an idiot.”

You’re an idiot for not being watch-deep in that twink right now.

“Stop talking to me.”

Okay.

CELL PHONE NOISE

“Fine. Fine. Better than you.”

“You’re on with John.”

“GETCHER JEW HANDS OFFA THAT THERE LAD!”

“Ah, shit.”

“It ain’t bad enough you’re a hebe, you gotta add sodomy to th’ mix?”

“Not gay.”

“No, you ain’t. Ain’t no such thing as ‘gay.’ There’s just swishy sinners.”

“Wow.”

“That comes from the Bible, boy. You read your Bible?”

“Not every day.”

“The Jew part is the worst part! Book don’t pick up until Jesus comes in. Not known for their writing, you Jews.”

“Not Jewish, Sarah. Not gay and not Jewish.”

“All homos are Jews, but not all Jews are homos.”

“Yeah, I kind of agree with that, but it’s still wildly inappropriate. Why are you even calling me?”

“You wanna be the new Chief of Staff?”

“Hard, hard, hard pass.”

“You can led a Jew to water, but you can’t make him clean.”

“Again: not…ah, fuck it.”

DIAL TONE NOISE EVEN THOUGH PHONES NO LONGER DO THAT

“Hey.”

Yeah?

“Please make her stop calling me.”

Freedom of speech, brah.

A Holy Union

Hipster wedding?

“Just a wedding.”

Nah. Groom’s suit gives it away. And your presence. Hipsters.

“These people are not hipsters.

They favor lakes over rivers, and tend towards bilious rather than splenetic, and each has kissed the anus of One-Eyed Black, the goat-god who hates all. You know: hipsters.

“Just stop it.”

You going for Snow White or Red Sonja? I recommend Red Sonja, cuz she looks crazy.

“Leave it alone.”

Did you already make your run?

“Stop it.”

Did you lock your S-foils in attack position?

“Why would you even do that? It alerts the enemy of your intent.”

Don’t do that.

“What?”

Don’t nitpick Star Wars. None of it makes any sense. Why does the spaceship have fucking wings, man? It looked sweet and that’s the end of the explanation.

“Okay, fine.”

CELL PHONE NOISE

“I said I would stop nitpicking!”

I’m still mad.

“You’re on with John.”

“Johnny! Yachty here! Are any or all of these men your grandfather?”

“No, Little Yachty. KISS is not my grandfather.”

“Lil.”

“Little Yachty.”

“Lil.”

“I don’t want to do this bit.”

“Help me, Johnny White Guitarist! I’m sorry I forgot your last name!”

“Mayer.”

“Yachty! Nice to meet you!”

“Okay, lemme call you back.”

“You don’t have my number!”

“I know.”

DIAL TONE EVEN THOUGH PHONES NO LONGER MAKE THAT NOISE

“Jackass?”

Yuh?

“I don’t want to go on an adventure saving Little–”

Lil.

“–Yachty from KISS.”

Okay. There was only the one picture, anyway.

“God, you’re treading water.”

Hush.

Teller About It

Ahhh! Human foot!

“What?”

That guy has a face like a foot.

“He has a name.”

Good for him. Let him keep his name to himself. I hear that five women have made accusations against his mustache.

“It’s unfortunate facial hair.”

Look at you wearing Sedona Strut. That’s one of my favorites.

“Well, I don’t like to play favorites amongst my toppermosts, but I see where you’re coming from. You know all toppermosts are hand-made by Japanese artisans, right?”

You’ve mentioned. Who made this one?

“Arti-san.”

Nope.

“He says he was inspired by the Mojave desert, and also reruns of Breaking Bad. And Gila monsters. At least, I think he said he was inspired by Gila monsters. ‘Gila’ is not an easy word to say for a Japanese native.”

I would imagine.

CELL PHONE NOISE

“Just getting right to it, huh?”

It’s either this or discussing Miles Teller, and I’d rather shoot myself.

“Has this free-spraying misanthropy gotten you anywhere?”

Florida.

“I rest my case.”

“You’re on with John.”

“John Mayer? Oh my God, hi. I am such a fan. Anyway, I’m just calling to apologize.”

“Ah, dammit, I recognize that whine.”

“Yeah, it’s me, Lena Dunham. Hold on, I’m picking off a skin tag.”

“Ugh.”

“I’m back. Big sucker.”

GULP

“Did you eat the skin tag?”

“Yeah, I did.”

“Awesome.”

“John, I’m calling to apologize for my decisions and actions on Halloween. First of all, the costume was of a ghost. Second of all, I truly thought ‘jigaboo’ was the formal version of ‘boo.’ So, what everyone saw–”

“A Klansman wobbling around the Lower East Side shouting racial epithets?”

“–was not my intention, but I feel glad that we all have a chance to learn from this.”

“Uh-huh. And what have you learned?”

“Attention is great.”

“Right.”

“I also want to apologize for saying that Bill Cosby’s victims should have raped him back.”

“You can’t ‘rape someone back.’ That’s not a thing.”

“I know that now! Another teachable moment courtesy of America’s Sweetheart.”

“You are not America’s Sweetheart in the slightest.”

“Hey, tell that to the people who keep hiring me. Oh, I would also like to apologize to Hannah Gadsby for saying that her special would have been funnier if she had male writers.”

“I can see how that would annoy her.”

“Furthermore, I apologize to the Malaysian community for calling their country ‘Bargain Indonesia.'”

“You’re on a roll lately, huh?”

“Why won’t you have sex with me, John Mayer?”

“Because of who you are.”

“On the outside?”

“That’s half of it.”

“Okay, I gotta go. I’m gonna write a column for Women’s Wear Daily.

“About what?”

“How sad it makes me to read about the Yemeni crisis.”

“Good luck with that.”

End Of Watch

Aw, Johnny, that’s sweet of you to do your little Instagram show with a Make-A-Wish kid.

“This is not a Make-A-Wish kid. It’s Halsey.”

Huh. You sure she doesn’t have a disease?

“Positive.”

Well, then she’s culturally appropriating that hat from the Cancer-American community.

“Not a thing.”

She had some very harsh words for the Victoria’s Secret folks. Accused ’em of being shapist and transphobic and all sorts of whatnot.

“I saw that. It was brave of her.”

Would it have maybe been a bit braver for her to make her remarks before performing on the Victoria’s Secret show and cashing their check?

“Brave is brave. There are no levels to brave.”

What? You’re a foolish person. You’re saying that a rich, famous, hot person making a statement that none of her fans would disagree with is the same as throwing yourself on top of a grenade?

“I am saying that.”

Dumbass. So, uh, how’s that going?

“What?”

You know.

“I don’t.”

You knoooooooooow.

“No.”

You get ballsy with Halsey?

“Dude.”

She’s got the same haircut as Shawn Mendes. Did you mount her from behind and pretend it was Shawn?

“Not answering these questions.”

Fine. Talk to him.

“Who?”

ROTARY PHONE NOISE

“Do I even have a rotary phone?”

Look to your right.

ROTARY PHONE SPOTTING NOISE

“Oh.”

“You’re on with John.”

“LAST ONE STANDING, MOTHERFUCKER!”

“I think I recognize this voice and, holy shit, is this inappropriate.”

“BOB DOLE WINS, RICH BOY!”

“I want no part of this.”

“I’M OUT HERE AND YOU’RE IN THERE! LEMME TAKE MY PILL AND YOU CAN SUCK BOB DOLE’S COCK, PREP SCHOOL!”

“Hey!”

Me?

“Yes, you! ComPLETELY fucking not okay.”

This one is on the edge, I’ll admit.

“THE EDGE? Dude! Stop associating me with shit like this!”

I just report on what happens, man.

“I hate you.”

But you love America.

Neckin’

Kiss him, you fool.

“I’ve told you to stop. Shawn and I are friends.”

Friends who insert.

“I’m begging you, man.”

Teach him of sexuality’s limits, John Mayer.

“What does that even mean?”

Pee on him.

“Dude.”

Let him drink from Chuck Berry’s thermos.

“Ew.”

C’mon, man: stick your elbow in his butt.

“That’s not even a thing. Leave me alone. I’m at a fancy party with my famous buddies and I don’t want to talk to you.”

That’s fine. Talk to him.

CELL PHONE NOISE

“Goddammit.”

“You’re on with John.”

“Meyers? Nephew on the Dead here, and I’ve got Giraffe on the Dead with me.”

“Hi.”

“What are you up to for Hanukkah? The Guy made latkes; you wanna come over?”

“I’m good, pal.”

“They’re delicious. You dip ’em in applesauce. You know what else is good dipped in applesauce?”

“What?”

“Everything. Applesauce is the tits, man.”

“Uh-huh. Listen, I gotta–”

“Hold for Giraffe on the Dead.”

“–go…what?”

“Meyers? Giraffe on the Dead here. Can you swing by and bring a ton or so of leaves? I’m starved.”

“I’m hanging up.”

We’ll See Summer Come Again

Lo, ‘fore the Tour were the horsemen,
Of which there were four:
Plague
Pestilence
Famine
The guys from Online Ceramics.

(They were dressed as turtles and those fucking bears
But I know
Pestilence
And those guys from Online Ceramics
When I see them.)

They are heralds.
So they herald.
You don’t want an imaginative herald; they must stick to the script.

“Hark!”
(That’s what the heralds cried.)
“Death is coming!”

“Did you mean the Dead?”
(This was the response of social media.)

“Same thing.”

“Very much not at all. Different concepts entirely.”

“The Dead is coming! Are you happy?”

“What about Company?”

“Well, of course Company is going to be there. Company’s pretty much been dragging Dead around amphitheaters the past few summers.”

“You are not a great herald.”

“Hey, kiss my asshole, fuckface.”

Excuse me. Jackass?

Mm?

This started as some of your terrible poetry.

Particularly putrid this time, yes.

And then simply devolved into another lazy dialogue.

Didn’t even really establish the premise. Very stream-of-consciousness. I’m really the only person around continuing the Dead’s spirit of improvisation and joyful confusion.

It just doesn’t make any sense.

Wait until I go into a list thing right now.

What? Aw.

Ladies and Geraniums, TotD has eyes everywhere. High-ups in organizations both directly and tangentially related to Grateful Dead business compete with one another to leak me information; TotD is like Julian Assange with melanin. Thus, I have obtained the Dead & Company 2019 Summer Tour schedule early, and I can share it with you.

[ATTENTION: News outlets quoting this information MUST credit TotD. For these purposes, Jambase and Live4LiveMusic will be considered “news sources.”]

DEAD & COMPANY 2019 SUMMER TOUR DATES

5/30 – Adelaide, Australia (Date newly added, as Billy demanded to be taken to see “that big fuckin’ cow” so he could “jerk off on it.” Follow-up questions were deflected, and the show was booked.)

6/5 – New York City, The View taping. (Bobby is gonna get in an argument with the chubby blonde; everyone else just wants to hang out with Whoopi.)

6/6 – CitiField, Queens. (Double-header with the Mets/Giants game that afternoon.)

6/8 – Some Soul-Deadening Shed in some Shithole Town, Ohio.

6/9 – Some Soul-Deadening Shed in some Shithole Town, Indiana.

6/11 – Bobby’s Bus Eaten by Quicksand, Oklahoma. (Bobby is rescued, but all of his sandals are lost.)

6/12 – Replacement Bus also Devoured by Quicksand, Still Oklahoma. (They weren’t even in the thing an hour and SHLORP the sucker was gone. Bobby again escaped, this time with his sandals.)

6/12 (Night) – Holiday Inn Bobby is Staying in Gets–You Guessed It–Eaten by Quicksand, They Have Not Left Oklahoma. (At this point, it seems like there’s a vendetta involved. Bobby tries to get his lawyer on the phone, but the quicksand snatches the phone from his hand and runs off, giggling.)

“Hey. Excuse me.”

I know that voice.

Oh, hey, Bobby. Whatcha doing?

“I gotta go with the drunk guy: none of this makes any sense.”

The drunk guy?

“Italics are regular letters that have been drinking.”

I guess. Bobby, I’m providing a useful service to the Deadheaded community.

“You’re getting all goofy and typing.”

That, too.

“There’s, uh, something that Bill Graham used to say to me. ‘Don’t be a putz all the time.’ I think that applies here.

A little.

Just Another Mendes Monday

Your ward gave a very moving interview to Rolling Stone.

“He’s in a weird place. He’s a young kid.”

He is a boy with issues. He feels life so deeply.

“He’s literally 20.”

Wow. Dude, you should protect him from show business.

“Right?”

I’m impressed he hasn’t taken a shit in a Koo-Koo-Roo yet. If I was famous when I was 20, I would have been dead when I was 20 and a little bit older than at the beginning of the sentence.

“He’s got a head on his shoulders.”

Honestly, John. Watch over the boy. He seems sweet. Keep the monsters away from him.

“Well, I’ll try but there’s only so much you can do for another human–”

You keep that candy for yourself, bro.

“–being if they’re on a path of…you’re not listening.”

Every moment you’re not pulverizing his pucker is a moment gone. Like tears in the rain.

“Don’t bring Rutger Hauer into this.”

Look at that! Look at that, John Mayer! It is yumptious and sense-pleasing! Grab yourself some before the juice turns to wine, now, when he’s ripe! Squeeze him, Mayer! Demand the boy’s juices!

“You’ve become intolerably strange lately.”

Listen, man, someone in Hollywood is gonna snipe that tight yaya. Might as well be you. Plus you could get a piece of the publishing.

“I could get a piece of the publishing.”

Ass and publishing. Two things it’s always nice to get a piece of. Now hold onto the boy with your powerful thighs and ride him like a pudgy Marine recruit. Haze the boy, John Mayer. Haze him with your gonads.

“I know better than look forward to the phone call, but this is just not the way I wanna live.”

Buy the lad chickens, and have your ethnics prepare them.

“I employ no ‘ethnics.'”

Woo him, damn you! Woo! Write him a song.

“I might write a song with him, but I dunno about–”

A love song about his sourpuss. You know the face when you eat a lemon? That’s his button. I call it a sourpuss.

“Jesus.”

BUT IT’S SO SWEET.

“Are you okay?”

Honestly? Eh. Could go either way.

CELL PHONE NOISE

“You’re on with John.”

“How you pronounce this thing again?”

“Hey, Nephew on the Dead. It’s an umbrella.”

“YEBBA!”

“Close.”

“BENNA!

“Closer.”

“Lou Pinella.”

“Less close. Excuse me? Uncle on the Dead?”

Mm?

“I told you I don’t wanna talk to the baby.”

You respect that baby or I’ll turn you inside-out.

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