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Cake Up To Find Out

“BIRTHDAAAAAAAAAY!”

Stop yelling, Shapiro.

“CAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!”

Knock it off.

OR

Happy birthday, Oteil.

“Thanks, man. Grew up a lot this year. Gave a lot of thought to what kind of man I am, and what kind of man I want to be. What kind of family I belong to. Did a lot of thinking.”

You had a heavy year.

“I had a heavy year.”

But you have a nice cake.

“Look at this shit!”

Yeah, it’s your Vinnie Vincent makeup.

“An ankh. It means life. Same thing as a Jewish chai.”

And makes an excellent mace. Ankh is a fine melee weapon. Plus, it’s funny to beat someone to death with the symbol of life.

“That’s not funny.”

Agree to disagree. Get any nice presents?

“My family. Our health. Success and freedom and faith. I got the same gifts today I get everyday, man.”

Sure, okay.

“And my wife got me a drone.”

Cool.

“4K camera, does 65 mph, hooks right up to your phone. It’s awesome.”

Don’t hurt yourself. What did your boy get you?

“He painted me a picture. He learned how to paint this year, and he painted me a picture. It’s me and him and a giant frog. I love it. I already put it up in the bus.”

A giant frog?

“He’s really into frogs right now.”

Cool. Is that cake real cake?

“How do you mean?”

Are there eggs in it?

“No.”

What about butter?

“Oh, no.”

Then it is not cake.

“Of course it’s a cake. Look at it.”

I’m not saying that what you have there is not cake-shaped. I’m saying it is not cake. It is a cake of Dessert Substance™. No butter, no eggs, no cake. No exceptions. This aggression will not stand.

“It’s my birthday, and I’m gonna call it cake.”

Okay. Happy birthday, buddy.

“Thanks, man.”

“BIIIIIRTHDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!”

“Shapiro! You’ve been yelling for ten minutes!”

Sofa Weir Good

Hey, Bobby. Whatcha doing?

“Reclining. I’m, uh, getting ready for Passover.”

Sure. Why are you doing it onstage?

“Well, you know the Jewish fellow who isn’t Bill Graham?”

Peter Shapiro.

“He’s got a theory that I don’t have to play any more to draw a crowd. People just, uh, wanna be in my presence before I go. So, we’re testing the theory.”

You’re gonna make Deadheads buy tickets to watch you snooze on a futon?

“No, of course not. We’re gonna let them.”

Ah.

“And there’ll be VIP packages available.”

Of course.

Briefcase Full Of Blues

Pack your bags, Enthusiasts, and join Peter Shapiro and A Bunch of Jam Bands To Be Named Later on the Briefcase’n Tour! In honor of Garcia’s briefcase, we’ll be hitting all the funnest spots in the world!

Dates announced so far:

  • A morgue in Trenton, NJ!
  • Jonestown!
  • Anne Frank’s attic!
  • Plum Island!
  • That Apple factory in China where workers keep throwing themselves off the roof!
  • Centralia, PA!
  • Tuol Sleng, Cambodia!
  • John McCain’s bedside!

And many, many more! Shapiro: It’s Hebrew for class.

Don’t Touch It; It’s Evil

You got out?

“Nothing stops capitalism, baby. Look! We’re all touching it to gain its power.”

Uh-huh. People used to make pilgrimages for this sort of thing.

“People were dumb back then. Not like now, when they can come into the city and look upon Garcia’s briefcase in person and, perhaps, be healed of their ailments.”

Don’t say that.

“Not legally! Legally, I am not saying that. But between you and me? Laying your hands on the relic will definitely cure you of lupus. And HIV. Not AIDS. If you’re full-blown, there’s very little the briefcase can do.”

I renounce all of this.

“Dude, this is just the beginning.”

Oh, God.

“We’ve got a collection of his old tin foil scraps. It’s the size of a basketball.”

Jesus, that’s ghoulish.

“You ain’t seen nothing yet! I have old answering machine messages from his daughters wondering why he didn’t show up for the holidays! They cry and everything!”

Shapiro, stop it.

“And not just Garcia. Remember how Brent died?”

Yeah.

“I got it.”

You got what. Oh, no. Please tell me you don’t mean–

“I got the syringe!”

–the syringe he…holy fuck, this is wrong.

“What? We’re honoring them!”

You’re parading their failures and sadness around like a statue at the Feast of San Gennaro.

“Hey, you ever see how many dollar bills get pinned to that sucker?”

This is not right.

“You want an exclusive? We just signed a contract with Mountain Girl. Every Tuesday night, she’s gonna come in and answer questions about Garcia until she cries.”

No.

“Guess what I’m gonna do with the tears?”

I’m done with this conversation.

“I’m gonna sell the tears.”

Yes, I figured. I want nothing to do with any of this. It’s morbid.

“Got the sheets he died on, too. You can still see his outline!”

SHWIZZLESHWAZZLEKAZOOM!

Briefcase of Infinite Felonies?

“Hey.”

Eat him again?

“No jury would convict me.”

What if they did?

“I would eat the jury.”

Sure. Could you not let him out for a while?

“I’ll try. But he does not taste good.”

I could buy you some Nathan’s to put on top of him.

“They still do the crinkle fries?”

Fuck, yeah.

“Lead on, MacDuff.”

You eat the rest of those fuckers, too?

“Bandanas and all.”

You’re the finest magical briefcase I know.

“Something stops capitalism, baby.”

An Old Friend (And Peter Shapiro)

This is the worst Eurovision performance yet.

“I can’t figure that shit out, dude. It’s like it’s too gay and not gay enough at once.”

Well observed.

“Dude, look. Garcia’s briefcase. Wanna touch it?”

No.

“Fifty bucks, you can touch it. Hundred gets you a selfie with it.”

This is not what he wanted.

“It totally is. Right before he died, Garcia told me, ‘Take all my knick-knacks and turn them into religious icons; then charge people a cover to see them.” He said that right to me.”

You never met Garcia.

“I meant Tiff.”

Stop this tomfoolery. Put that thing down. You don’t know what it’s capable of.

“Capable of? It’s a briefcase.”

Respect the ‘case, Shapiro.

“What’s it gonna do? Eat me?”

SHWAZZASKWAMM!

Shapiro?

“I ate him.”

Hey, Garcia’s Briefcase of Infinite Felonies. Been a while.

“Whose fault is that? You know where I’ve been.”

I don’t.

“Under Precarious’ bed.”

In Little Aleppo?

“Where else?”

Well, that could be an interesting plot twist.

“Yeah, I’m fascinating.”

You gonna spit up Shapiro?

“Eventually. Boy needs to learn respect. I won’t be paraded about like a pair of honkers at wet tee-shirt night.”

I feel you.

“And he’s not even wearing gloves. Nah, he exists in the Space Without Boundaries for a little bit.”

Space Without Boundaries?

“It gets weird inside me. Everything’s kind…globby…until an outside will gets imposed. You know that line about ‘It all melts into one?’ Well, Hunter was talking about me.”

Cool.

“Yeah, I’m fucking awesome.”

A Cake For Phil (And Fuck The Yankees)

“Where’s my hat?”

“What hat?”

“You got Weir a cowboy hat.”

“He thinks he’s a cowboy.”

“I could be a cowboy. What are you saying, Shapiro? I couldn’t be a cowboy?”

“You could be a cowboy.”

“There drugs in this cake?”

“It’s just cake.”

“Jesus, man. No hat, no drugs. Hell of a birthday.”

“I’ve never seen you wear a hat before.”

“You’ve never seen my asshole, either, but you know I have one.”

“That’s not a great analogy.”

“Go get me a cowboy hat and a cake made out of drugs.”

“It’s midnight in Port Chester. I can’t get either of those things.”

“What’s with the turtle?”

“On the cake?”

“Yeah.”

“Terrapin. You know: the Dead, turtles.”

“I know what it is. I want to know why you’re using my IP without paying me.”

“The dancing turtles do not belong to you.”

“Jim Irsay bought them for me.”

“Phil, I don’t think so.”

“You owe me money.”

“I’m paying you for the shows.”

“No, I’m giving you a portion of the money I make from the shows to set things up.”

“Hurtful.”

“Not hurtful. Hurtful would be telling you that you did a great job in Superbad.”

“Enjoy your cake, Phil.”

“How can I without a cowboy hat or drugs?”

Light A Candle, Then: Bob Weir

bobby-cake-hat-candle

How many iPads does it take to sing a cowboy song?

“You’d be surprised. One of ’em, you know, that’s for lyrics. Dunno if you ever noticed, but sometimes I forget the words.”

No!

“Yeah, it happens.”

I don’t think anyone’s picked up on it.

“Okay, sure. So, uh: one’s for lyrics.”

And the other one?

“We’re not playing that this tour.”

The other iPad, Bobby. Not the song.

“Ah. Binge-watching Stranger Things.”

Sure.

“Worried about Barb.”

We all are. What are you wishing for?

“That I didn’t have to wear this hat.”

Good wish.

Beware Of Jews Bearing Gifts

bobby-shapiro-cowboy-hats

“HAT!”

“Yeah, huh. Got me a cowboy hat. Huh. How about that.”

“You made a cowboy album! Cowboys wear hats! HAT!”

“Please stop yelling ‘hat’ at me.”

“But I got you one! It was a surprise.”

“It certainly was.”

“For your birthday!”

“Just what I always wanted.”

“Put it on! Hey, folks, don’t you wanna see Bobby wear the hat?”

HAT-BASED CHEERING

“See, Bob?”

“Thanks, Pete.”

“He put on the hat! HAT!”

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