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“John Mayer, thank you for joining me again on The Radio Randy Show here on SiriusXM Channel 29.”

“29? Wait, that’s JamOn. I thought we would be on the Dead’s channel.”

“They’ve changed format. It’s all Parish, all the time over there now.”

“The guy’s got a ton of stories.

“So we’ll be on JamOn for this interview.”

“Radio Randy, could I talk to you off the radio for a second?”

“No. I cease to exist when I’m not broadcasting.”

“Huh.”

“Incredibly lazy universe we exist in, buddy. Anyway, you’re on The Radio Randy Show on JamOn. In a couple minutes, we’ll be playing an out-of-context, mostly-dialogue segment of Trey’s musical about a pickup truck, and after that we’ve got an entire set from Twaddle.”

“I thought their name was Twiddle.”

“This is a Twiddle side-project.”

“Sweet Jesus, I don’t want to be associated with that. I sell out arenas all over the world, man. Can’t we do this on any other channel? What about the one my solo work usually appears on?”

“Channel 31. It’s called Pussyboy, Unlimited.”

“No, it isn’t.”

“You, that Sheeran kid, John Legend, That’s what’s great about satellite radio: the variety. You can have comedy or gospel or 90’s grunge or soppy little pissboys.”

“Pussyboys.”

“Both.”

“Can we talk about my watches? I’ve brought many of my finest timepieces here to share with you and the audience. These watches are, like, my life told in horology.

“The study of hookers.”

“Not whoreology.”

“I bet that’s a fun major. Makes me want to go back to college. John, let’s take a call.”

“How? We don’t even have microphones.”

“You really should have learned to ignore details like that so far into this nonsense, John. Caller, you’re on Radio Randy and John Mayer.”

“FIRE. GRRRRR.”

“Shut up, you! I told you I vould do all the talking!”

“Can I get your name, caller?”

“GRRRR.”

“Shut it! Don’t ruin this for us, you dumb motherfucker! Our names are not important. Vhat is important is that Josh Meyers vill purchase us and carry us villingly into his home.”

“GRRRR!”

“Do what you’re told, brute! All your parts are from Jews and homos!”

“GRRRR!”

“Vhat the fuck? You kick me? Don’t kick. I’ll kick you.”

MONSTER KICK-FIGHT NOISE

“Radio Randy, could we not take any more calls?”

“I had fun with that one. And it was watch-related.”

“Only vaguely.”

“Let’s keep it going, then. Watch. Watch. That is a Xhosa word, I believe.”

“No.”

“Yes. Means Wearable descriptor of what is conceptual yet provable. Fascinating language, Xhosa. That’s the one with all the clicks. I bet those folks are natural beatboxers.”

“The word ‘watch’ is English. Or maybe Germanic.”

“And the word ‘wrist,’ of course, comes to us from Eugenides Wrist, a Revolutionary War hero who was the first man in America to have wrists.”

“Highly implausible. John, I happen to be a bit of a timepiece enthusiast myself.”

“Oh, really? You’re into watches?”

“Nah, man. Sundials. They’re making a comeback.”

“I don’t know about that.”

“It’s a whole new street fashion thing called cavecore. It’s new, like I said, so you probably haven’t heard of it.”

“Radio Randy, I am on the bleeding edge of streetwear in this and many other countries. I’ve never heard of cavecore.”

“Sundials, raw leather, wild faux fur. It’s Paleolithic and it’s Paleo-with-it. Very in.”

“No. You’re making that up. Let me show me you a special piece. This is a 1963 Tank Rolex that Sammy Davis, Jr., gave his agent’s son for a Bar Mitzvah present.”

“You think he performed at the party?”

“Radio Randy, you and I both know that the Candyman couldn’t leave a crowd alone.”

“The man had show business in his blood, John. Tell us about this watch here.”

“Good eye. This is an Ernotszch Clouzeau. piece called the Montaine 7222 Quad-Tourbillon Diver’s Free Chronograph. There are 800 moving parts in the big hand alone. This might be the most pointlessly complicated piece of technology on the planet.”

“It’s a beautiful piece.”

“Thank you, Radio Randy.”

“I want it inside me.”

“What? No.”

“Shove your watch up my ass, John. Do it live here on SiriusXM. Channel 29 on your dial, number one in your heart. The only place to hear String Cheese Incident’s newest project, a jam opera about John Roebling entitled Take Me To The Bridge. JamOn!”

“The guy who built the Brooklyn–”

“STICK IT IN, LITTLE POTATO!”

–Bridge? Wow. Okay, we’re done.”

On The Roam Again

What the hell is this?

“What?”

I thought you were going on a journey to find David Lemieux and make him your sensei.

“I am, I am. But I got waylaid. And then I got way laid.”

You had that it your pocket.

“I did. I almost put it on Instagram, but thought better of it.”

Good decision-making, John. Is this a real human being or one of those Disney animatronics?

“She’s a wrestler. It’s stage makeup.”

You should tattoo your face.

“I’m not gonna do that.”

All the kids are doing it. You could have a guitar on your forehead. DOUCHE KING written under your eyes.

“Hey!”

Ah, I’m sorry. That was uncalled for.

“You’re aggressive and unpleasant. It’s not fun being with you sometimes.”

Sometimes?

“It’s never fun to be in your presence. Not ever at all.”

John, bubbe, you’re nothing without me. Take me out of the equation and it’s just guitar solos and disastrous interviews.

“I was doing fine before you. Banging famous chicks and making the Top Ten. Did not need your help for one second.”

But now you need my help to get to David Lemieux.

“No, I don’t. I’m just gonna get in the Earthroamer and point it north. No trick to it.”

There’s a little trick to it.

“John, thank you for joining me. It’s the Radio Randy Show and we’re here live with John Mayer, who has just pussed down super-hard with a gorgeous lady of wrestling. John, thoughts?”

“What now?”

“Oh, Goddammit.”

I put you on the Earthroamer, John. And I sent Radio Randy along.

“Why?”

He was in the picture.

“John, explain to the listeners what they can expect from grapple-coitus.”

“Grapple-coitus?”

“Wrestler sex.”

“Radio Randy, I don’t know if that’s really the area I want to get into. It never ends well.”

“Describe Jennifer Aniston’s sex musk.”

“Fruity with a strong whiff of vanilla. Like if a banana split just got fucked really hard.”

“Fascinating. We move on to the Avital Ronell controvery.”

“Why does everyone keep asking me about that person? Is it even a person? That sounds like a Star Wars name. I can’t even figure out how to spell it well enough for Google to know what I mean.”

“Where do you see Dead & Company next year?”

“Uh, we have the Mexico shows in January, and then we’ll figure it out from there but I’m pretty positive that another tour is in the cards. We’re learning how to play and there’s a wonderful magic to the band now. It would be stupid to stop. Nothing’s set in stone, but there’s gonna be a tour or two.”

“That’s good news for all the fans out there. Where do you see Dead & Company in 800 years?”

“Not touring as much.”

“You’re suggesting a residency?”

“No.”

“Let’s get back to the googoo.”

“The what?”

“The smush that ladies keep down there. You know. Down there.”

“Hey! You!”

Me?

“Yes. What’s wrong with Radio Randy?”

He’s randy.

“These are the cheapest fucking jokes I’ve ever heard, man.”

Just go talk to him.

“Or what?”

CLIP CLOP CLIP CLOP

“Is that a horse outside the Earthroamer?’

“THE FIRST AMENDMENT SAYS YOU NEED TO LET MY USE THE BATHROOM IN YOUR RECREATIONAL VEHICLE!”

“Goddammit.”

“I GOT A POWERFUL LOG WAITING TO BE SET FREE, MEYERS! LEMME TURN ‘ER LOOSE IN YOUR COMMODE!”

“Hard pass. Hundred percent no on this one.”

“THIS IS CENSORSHIP!”

“How is not letting you shit in my bathroom censorship? It’s an RV. No one’s supposed to shit in the toilet.”

“THE MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS REQUIRES THAT YOU LET ME SHIT IN YOUR VAN, JOSH MEYERS!”

“It does not. I’m gonna drive away now.”

“THIS IS HOW COMMUNISM STARTED! WHEN PROUD, SHIRTLESS MEN WERE FIRST DENIED ACCESS TO MOBILE POTTIES, THE GULAGS WERE SURE TO FOLLOW!”

“I wasn’t the best history student, but I’m pretty sure that’s not how it happened.”

“YOU LOVE GULAGS!”

“What? No. No one loves gulags.”

“YOU’RE THE GULAG-MAN! LEMME DOOKY IN YOUR CAR!”

“Hey!”

Why do you keep bothering me? Just deal with the situation at hand.

“I don’t want to. Look at him.”

That’s peak male performance, John. You may not like what it looks like–

“Yeah, yeah. I’ve been on the internet. He looks like a bear fucked a moron. Get him out of here.”

Anything’s better than him, huh?

“YesNO, WAIT!”

CELL PHONE NOISE

“Goddammit, you tricked me.”

It’s easy. And these are old tricks. You should know them.

“David Lemieux is gonna  become my sensei, and then he’s gonna to teach me how to walk out of posts whenever I feel like it, and then I’m gonna never speak to you again.”

Gonna, gonna, gonna. Phones’ ringing now, pal. Answer it or deal with the Mounted Man-Wolf Of Liberty up there.

“Hate you.”

“Hel–”

“I KNOW IT WAS YEW, JEWBOY, AN’ AH’M FIXIN’ T’ SKIN YEW ALIVE.”

“Goddammit.”

“CONFESS! Damn yew, confess! Ah’m gonna get mah sling blade an’ re-circumcise yew if yew don’t admit t’ writin’ that filthy lie of a letter t’ th’ yellow dog Jew York Times.”

“Sarah, I’m not Jewish. Not that any of that would be okay if I was. And obviously–”

“JEW LIES!”

“–I didn’t write the op-ed in the Times.”

“We done used our computer machines, Jew Mayer! They-a” got t’ whirrin’ and fizzin’ an’ analyzin’ the words of th’ dickless ass-cheese what so horribly run down th’ fine reputation of Trumpident Trump.”

“Trumpident?”

“That’s the new word. No more Presidents. We gonn’ have Trumpidents from now on.”

“Um.”

“Yew know what that computer machine done tol’ us, Dreidel-Dick?”

“Not Jewish.”

“It done tol’ us that th’ language in that there op-ed was exactly th’ same as in your lyrics! Whatchoo say t’ that, yew treasonous cockslammer?”

“Then you’re using the computer wrong. I didn’t write the op-ed. It was from a senior staffer in your administration. I don’t work in the White House.”

“Due t’ shortages in the HR office, we don’ who does an’ who don’t work f’r the Trumpident, so we jus’ assume ev’ryone does.”

“That is sad and not shocking. It is sad that it’s not shocking, though.”

“How could yew do this t’ your country, moneylender!?”

“I’m hanging up.”

“FIRST TH’ ROSENBERGS, NOW YEW!”

“Not Jewish.”

DIAL TONE EVEN THOUGH PHONES NO LONGER DO THAT

“You’re a lousy wretch and once David Lemieux teaches me his secrets, I’m out of here.”

Anything can happen.

When I Had No Wings To Fly

“We’re back on the Radio Randy Show, and it seems that both I and Radio Rhonda are decohering. Bobby, do you know anything about this?”

“Huh. Little bit. Are, uh, you two in the Grateful Dead?”

“No.”

“Well, there’s your problem. The Time Sheath kinda…how do I put this…plays favorites.”

“What does that mean?”

“Just because a door’s unlocked doesn’t mean you should walk through it.”

“That made even less sense, Bob.”

“Shouldn’t have come back to ’72, Randy. Or, at least, you shouldn’t have stayed this long. You two are like a black guy in a Mississippi town after sunset.”

“That sounds bad.”

“It should. You, uh, wanna talk some more about Dead & Company?”

“No. I want to stop becoming transparent.”

“Very popular nowadays. Mom turns into dad, dad turns into mom. It’s all the rage.”

“Not ‘trans parent,’ Bob. Transparent. See-through.”

“Ah. Have you tried bee pollen? I swear by the stuff.”

“Will that work?”

“No, but the smell is heavenly. How about we take a caller?”

“That’s my job.”

“Caller, you’re on the air with Bobby and Radios Randy and Rhonda for like five more minutes.”

“Bobby? Is John there? I need help.”

“I know that pleasant, yet limited, voice.”

“Bobby, it’s Katy Perry. I’m in terrible trouble.”

“What is it?”

“I need to make a boom-boom.”

“Ah.”

“I did not plan this outfit with all eventualities in mind. It’s really just good for being photographed in.”

“Doesn’t look too comfy.”

“The wings weigh 300 pound apiece. I needed to have a backup spine installed.”

“You can do that?”

“Doctor Gary can.”

“Oh, how’s he doing? Been a while since he made an appearance.”

“He’s very busy.”

“Yeah?”

“He’s the new White House physician.”

“Pretty sure we all saw that coming. So, uh, Katy: I can’t help you. I’m in a locker room in 1972.”

“Dammit.”

“Why don’t you call Josh? He’ll help you. He loves buttholes.”

“Not invited to the Met Gala. In fact, Anna Wintour told me specifically that he couldn’t come.”

“Those two got bad blood?”

“He jerked off on Andre Leon Talley.”

“Huh. Well, I dunno what to tell you.”

“Maybe I can get the poop to go straight into my giant boot.”

“I say that to myself once, maybe twice a day.”

“Should I tell Rhianna you say hi?”

“No.”

“Okee-doke!”

DIAL TONE NOISE EVEN THOUGH PHONES NO LONGER DO THAT

“Radio Randy?”

“Rhonda?”

“This bit’s over, I guess.”

Man Of Kreutz

“Welcome back to the Radio Randy Show, listeners. We’ve got the one and only Bill Kreutzmann here with us. Hey, Bill.”

“Howdy, Randy. Just wanna say hi to everyone tuning in to the Dead Channel on SiriusXM.”

“Oh, we’re actually on JamOn.”

“You’re shitting me.”

“No.”

“Why don’t I just talk into my hat? Hell, I could talk into your ugly hat.”

“This isn’t about my hat, Billy.”

“You get a free bowl of soup with that?”

“Billy, let’s talk about Dead & Company.”

“First, I have many detailed questions about your ethnicity.”

“Such as?”

“You got a Chinafamily under that hat?”

“Inappropriate.”

“Fill in the blank: Make America _____ Again. Your options are ‘Great’ or ‘Mexico.'”

“Verging on insulting.”

“Answer this for me: were you a fan of ‘Ye last week or this week?”

“Can we move on?”

“Sure. Can you bring your dick a little bit closer?”

“How about a phone call?”

“Sure. Order me a pizza and an eight-ball.”

“Uh-huh. Caller, you’re on with Radio Randy and Bill Kreutzmann.

“THE KENTUCKY DERBY IS DEPRAVED AND DECADENT!”

“Hey, I know who that is! It’s that chick who looks like Bobby’s wife who’s always yelling about bullshit.”

“THIS IS LILIAN MONSTER AND I DEMAND ALL THE HORSES ARE RELEASED FROM SEA WORLD!”

“I don’t think there are any horses in Sea World, Lilian.”

“SEA HORSES!”

“Hey, honey? It’s Billy. Who’s that with you?”

“I DEMAND TO BE TOLD WHY YOU CAN SEE US!”

“Izzat Wonder Woman? Tell her I wanna feel her superboobies.”

“Um, hi. I am actually not Wonder–”

“You can keep that lasso of truth coiled up, sweetheart. Here’s the truth: I am engorged.”

“Who exactly am I talking to?”

“Jesus, what’s with that voice? You got a schwanz under that dress? Not a dealbreaker, but I’m gonna need some Schnapps.”

“Why am I being spoken to like this?”

“You don’t like the verbal stuff? Cool with me. Sit on my face and I’ll shut the fuck up.”

“Lilian, hang up the phone.”

“I STILL HAVE THINGS TO PROTEST!”

And Introducing Radio Rhonda

“Hey, all you Deadheads. Welcome back to the Radio Randy Show on SiriusXM. You can hear us in your car, or on your app, or just about anywhere. Coming up next is The Big Steve Hour starring Steve Parish, where every story ends with ‘and then we all got tugged off.'”

“Parish did get tugged off a lot, Radio Randy.”

“And that familiar voice is, of course, Bob Weir. He’s gonna be talking to us and answering questions. Bobby also insisted we do the interview in 1970.”

“Uh, about that: the Comment Section seems to think we’re in ’72.”

“The who?”

“Oh, I haven’t spoken to those guys in a while.”

“Not The Who, Bob. I was asking who the Comment Section was.”

“They’re right under us. Great bunch of folks. Some of ’em get an attitude once in a while, but you have to expect that.”

“I’ll just move on with the interview.”

“Super. Who’s, uh, this?”

“Radio Rhonda.”

“Sure. Does she have any lines?”

“Dialogue or cocaine?”

“Either is cool.”

“No.”

“Dang it.”

“Bob, tell us about the Grateful Dead’s future.”

“Well, Randy, we have a Time Sheath. We could just go see it. Gotta warn you: it’s depressing as hell.”

“Don’t tell me. I want to be surprised.”

“Okay. Lips are sealed. Although, if you’ve got money in the market, you should short Keith.”

“Not a thing.”

“Oh, Keith’s definitely a thing. I’ve smelled him.”

“Let’s take a call.”

“Awesome.”

“THE CIVIL WAR WAS NOT CIVIL AT ALL! PEOPLE WAS SHOOTING AND SHIT!”

“It’s ‘Ye, Randy.”

“I recognize his voice, Bob. ‘Ye, how are you calling us in 1972?”

“VIRGI ABLOH MADE ME A TIME SHEATH. I DESIGNED IT BECAUSE I AM A DESIGNER.”

“That’s some wonderful collaboration.”

“IT ONLY WORKS FOR PHONE CALLS RIGHT NOW. I CALLED THAT BITCH CLEOPATRA SO SHE COULD TALK DIRTY HIEROGLYPHICS TO ME!”

“How’d that go?”

“SHE GOT TO THE PART ABOUT THE BIRDS AND THE EYEBALLS AND I WENT SKEET ALL OVER!”

“Great story, ‘Ye.”

“MY STORIES ARE SCOOPY WOOPY.”

“Okay. Do you maybe have a question for Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead?”

“DID YOU KNOW LINCOLN LOGS ARE REPUBLICANS?”

“I did, yeah.”

“Great talk, ‘Ye. Bobby, how much longer are we going to be in 1972?”

“There’s only one more picture in this set.”

“Good to know.”

When A Caller Comes A-Calling

“Howdy, everyone. Welcome to the Radio Randy Show. We’re here on Sirius XM with Grateful Dead guitarist and vocalist Bob Weir.”

“Hiya. I’d, uh, like to say ‘hey’ to everyone out there listening to the Rawdogg Comedy Channel.”

“Actually, we’re on GD Radio, the 24-hour Grateful Dead station.”

“Why?”

“Why what?”

“Why would that exist, and why would anyone listen to it? I mean, uh, I’m in the Grateful Dead and I couldn’t bear 24 hours straight of it.”

“Your fans are obsessive, Bobby.”

“Lovely folks.”

“What do you like best about Deadheads, Bob?”

“Their money. And the boobies. But, you know, only a certain percentage of ’em got boobies.”

“Sure.”

“The girls.”

“I got that.”

“And, uh, the fat guys. But those aren’t my kind of boobies.”

“Bob, I have a question.”

“35 pounds in the front tires, 38 in the back.”

“The question was not about how much to inflate the tires on a Cadillac SRX.”

“I anticipated, but wrongly.”

“Happens to the best of us. Bob, why did you insist on holding this interview in 1970?”

“I couldn’t find my keys. Usually, I toss ’em on the table next to the door, but this time I’m pretty sure that I left them in 1970.”

“Perfectly understandable. Follow-up question.”

“Shoot.”

“When did the Grateful Dead acquire a time machine?”

“Well, Randy, once you have a time machine, the question ‘When did this happen?’ becomes a lot trickier to answer.”

“Okay.”

“And it’s a Time Sheath. Not a machine.”

“What’s the difference?”

“The flowiness.”

“Bob, let’s take some calls.”

“Let’s take ’em to Fresno. Maybe my keys are there.”

“I’m ignoring that sub-Vaudeville-level joke. Caller, are you there?”

“I AM EVERYWHERE AT ONCE DUE TO MY GENIUS AND FLOWER POWER.”

“Hey, ‘Ye.”

“BOBBY WEIR OF THE WU-TANG CLAN! I LOVE YOU BUT WILL BATTLE RAP YOU ON ABC’S THE VIEW.”

“Uh, sure. Lemme check my schedule.”

“WHERE IS LITTLE POTATO? WE WERE GOING SHOPPING FOR UNDERWEAR AND FRAGRANCES.”

“He’s probably still in 2018.”

“I AM 2018.”

“Good to hear, ‘Ye.”

“Great call. Thanks, caller. The fans love you, Bobby.”

“They do, yeah.”

“Wanna keep taking calls?”

“Why not?”

“Hey, caller. This is the Radio Randy Show. What’s up?”

“AH THOUGHT AH TOL’ THAT CRAZY BASTARD ‘BOUT SPEAKIN’ IN ALL CAPS, DAMMIT!”

“Hey, King.”

“YOU TELL THAT BOY WE GONNA KARATE. AH DONE GAVE HIM A CHANCE T’ CHANGE HIS FOOLISH WAYS.”

“That’s fair.”

“GOT ME ALL RILED UP!”

“Can’t be stealing a man’s shtick, King.”

“AH DON’ KNOW NOTHIN’ ‘BOUT NO STICKS. HEY, YOU KNOW WHERE LI’L POTATO IS? WE WAS GONNA THROW DELI MEATS AT VIRGIN GIRLS.”

“I think he’s in 2018.”

“THANK YOU VERY MUCH.”

“Bobby, it’s a bit odd how you know every one of the callers.”

“It’s, uh, a synchronous universe, Radio Randy.”

Boys On The Radio

“Oteil Brubridge, welcome back to the Radio Randy Show on SiriusXM’s JamOn channel.”

“Hey, Radio Randy. You look different from last time we talked.”

“I’m an entirely different human being.”

“Huh.”

“‘Radio Randy’ isn’t a name so much as it is a title. Or a curse.”

“Like the Ghost Rider?”

“Oh, my God, yes. Exactly. You’re my first guest to understand that.”

“How many guests have you had so far?”

“You’re the first.”

“Randy, is that going to be the level of the jokes for the whole interview?”

“It is.”

“Awesome.”

“Oteil, you’ve got your own band now. How is it different from playing with Dead & Company?”

“I get a much bigger chunk of a much smaller check.”

“Concisely stated.”

“I’m not a chatterbox, Randy.”

“Why is there a massive picture of you behind yourself?”

“So that bitches can recognize.”

“Great, great. If you had to eat a member of Dead & Company, who would it be?”

“Chimenti.”

“You didn’t even have to think about that.”

“Didn’t have to. Already done all my thinking on that subject. See, John is the youngest, so you’d think he’d be tenderest, but he works out too much. Chimenti’s got a couple years on him, but he never gets off that piano bench. He’s like a veal with good hair. I don’t even think you’d need a knife.”

“Definitely not an original Dead, huh?”

“Oh, no. That meat’s bad. I mean, I would taste some of Bobby just out of respect. Otherwise, no.”

“Oteil, let’s take a call.”

“We can do that?”

“Sure, why not? Caller, you’re on.”

“Uh, hi? Is my dad there?”

“I thought you said we were going camping this weekend, Pop.”

“This isn’t your father, John Mayer.”

“Who is it?”

“Radio Randy.”

“Oh. Is my father there?”

JOHN MAYER’S FATHER AT THE BAR DOING SHOTS AND GRABBING PUSSY NOISE

“No. He’s not.”

“Ah. Do you wanna take me camping?”

“I don’t really have time, buddy. Gotta go.”

“Why won’t my money buy me happi–”

DIAL TONE NOISE EVEN THOUGH PHONES DO NOT DO THAT ANY LONGER

“That was weird, Oteil.”

“He’s so much needier than you’d assume.”

“I see that now.”

“You ever read The Great Gatsby?”

“Sure.”

“The scene where Gatsby’s showing Daisy all his shirts? That’s the vibe from Mayer every minute you’re with him. It’s exhausting.”

“Well, he’s gone now.”

“Okay. Randy?”

“Yes?”

“Are those the lights, or did you vomit bile onto the front of your shirt?”

“The second thing.”

“Okay.”

“My insides are dying.”

“And yet this is still the best interview I’ve ever done with JamOn.”

Yakkety Yak, Don’t Bring Sexy Back

“And we’re back on the air with the Radio Randy show on the SiriusXM Grateful Dead Channel, number 23 on your dial. Our guest is Bob Weir.”

“It’s probably for the best I’m on this station, Randy. I got thrown off Jamie Foxx’s comedy channel.”

“Why, Bob?”

“Billy wrote my material.”

“Sure. You were recently in Mexico with Bill Kreutzmann. Tell us about Los Muertos con Queso.”

“I can’t eat it front of my sister-in-law.”

“Lillian Monster.”

“Yeah. She starts whipping bullhorns at your head if you look like you’re enjoying your food.”

“She is a vegan.”

“How’d you hear?”

“She’s broken into the studio a number of times.”

“Ah.”

“Last month, she chained herself to David Gans to protest pet bullying.”

“Pet bullying?”

“Calling your dog fat, gaslighting your cat.”

“Right, yeah. Once, I pretended to throw the tennis ball to my dog, and she picketed Thanksgiving.”

“So, how did you find Mexico, Bob?”

“I went south, and there it was.”

“How were the crowds?”

“On the other side of a fence from me.”

“Did you enjoy the food?”

“Except one meal, yeah.”

“Bob, let’s take a call.”

“You bet.”

“John in Los Angeles, you’re on with Radio Randy and Bob Weir.”

“Bobby, can my friend Justin be a Grateful Dead, too?”

“Who is this?”

“Josh.”

“Hey, Josh. Your friend has to go back to his own band.”

“But I already told him he could!”

“Well, you shouldn’t have done that, huh?”

“Pleeeeease?”

“Nope. I don’t know why you’re asking me for anything when you haven’t taken the garbage out.”

“I said I’d do it!”

“Now’s a good time.”

“I SAID I’D DO IT! God, you’re so mean!”

“You’d better straighten up and fly right before the tour, or so help me.”

“So help you what?”

“Excuse me!?

“Nothing.”

“Don’t make me take off my sandal!”

“I WISH I WAS NEVER BORN!”

“You just wait til your Irving Azoff gets home, young man.”

DIAL TONE NOISE EVEN THOUGH PHONES DO NOT DO THAT ANY MORE

“That got weird.”

“Kid’s got so much potential, Randy. He’s soloing at an 11th-grade level, but he just won’t put in the effort.”

“Kids.”

“What can you do?”

The Unexpected Return Of Radio Randy

“Good evening everyone out there listening to SiriusXM. You’re tuned in to Channel 23: the Grateful Dead Channel. This is Radio Randy on the air live from the Sundance Film Festival where Bob Weir, along with Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, will be premiering their new four-hour documentary about the Dead’s career. Bobby, thanks for being here.”

“You bet. Josh told me Elvis killed you.”

“He did. Bobby, tell us about the movie.”

“A trio of disgraced professors go into business for themselves busting ghosts.”

“I should have been more specific. Tell us about your movie.”

“Same answer.”

“If you were a woodland creature, what would you be?”

“Elk.”

“Good call.”

“Majestic, but fearsome.”

“Is the altitude at the festival affecting you?”

“No, but the longitude is killing me.”

“Bobby, the Radio Randy show on SiriusXM Channel 23 has a lot of younger listeners. What advice do you have for them?”

“Pony isn’t a baby horse. It’s not gonna get bigger, and you’re not gonna make your investment back entering it into the Kentucky Derby. Trust me on this one.”

“Wisdom.”

“And, uh, conversely: there’s no such thing as a teacup pig. Not a thing. Just not a thing. Pigs get goddamned enormous. Again: trust me on this one.”

“I will.”

“And, you know, you gotta take care of the thing or your bullhorn-toting, bacon-hating, racecar-driving human picket line of a sister-in-law–”

“Lilian Monster.”

“–will make your life miserable. 500 pounds! Don’t get me wrong, I love the sucker, but he’s eating me out of house and home.”

“What’s the pig’s name, Bob?”

“The girls named him.”

“What’s the pig’s name, Bob?”

“Humperdink.”

“That’s adorable.”

“Not worth the effort. Billy keeps trying to steal him and have a luau.”

“We’re learning a lot about life, the Grateful Dead, and inadvertent pet ownership here on the Radio Randy show.”

“Did you steal that microphone?”

“Yes. You want to take a call?”

“Why not?”

“This is a blocked caller who says his name is none of my business. Hello?”

“привет, гомосексуалисты.”

“Look what Putin have.”

“Give that back!”

“No, Яadio Яandy. Is for Putin. America is for Putin. All for Putin now.”

“Damn you, Putin!”

“Putin win. Ha ha ha. Putin number one. Grateful Dead number zero.”

“BASTARD!”

ТЕЛЕФОН ШУМА ХОТЯ ТЕЛЕФОНЫ НЕ ДЕЛАЙ, ЧТО БОЛЬШЕ

“I’m sorry you had to hear that, Bobby.”

“I’m not wearing headphones. I didn’t hear any of that.”

“For the best. Tell the audience what your hopes are for the movie.”

“I just want the movie to be happy, get married.”

“Do you cross-country ski, Bob?”

“No, I fly.”

“This is great stuff on the Radio Randy show. How about another call?”

“How about it?”

“We have a call from Los Angeles. It’s John. John in Los Angeles, how are you? Welcome to the show. You’re talking to Radio Randy and Bob Weir.”

“What the fuck, Radio Randy?”

“Oh, hey! It’s John Mayer, ladies and gentlemen. Bobby’s bandmate from Dead & Company. This is great. Bob, I have John on the line.”

“Who?”

“It’s Josh, Bobby.”

“Oh, hey, Josh.”

“Hi. Radio Randy, I’m in the SiriusXM studios. We had an interview scheduled.”

“Oh, gee, sorry. Listen, I’m sorry. Why don’t you take some pens?”

“I don’t need pens. This is unprofessional as hell, man.”

“You’re right. Sorry. Take some post-it notes, too.”

“I don’t need any–”

“Stapler. Take a stapler.”

“–post-it notes. Are you trying to buy me off with office supplies?”

“Nooooo. NO. No.”

“All the rubber bands. Take them and do with them what you will.”

“Don’t call me any more, Radio Randy.”

“Don’t get me killed by Elvis any more, pretty boy.”

“FUCK YOU, RADIO RANDY!”

“FUCK YOU, JOSH MEYERS!”

“YOU DON’T GET TO CALL ME THAT! ONLY BOBBY GETS TO CALL ME THAT!”

“Hey, Josh.”

“Hey, Bobby.”

DIAL TONE EVEN THOUGH PHONES DO NOT DO THAT ANY MORE

“Bobby, do you have any last thoughts before we go?”

“We must destroy Carthage.”

“This is Radio Randy for SiriusXM Channel 23 singing off. Good night, human kindness; wherever you are.”

The Return Of Radio Randy (Or Does He?)

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“Bobby, thanks for coming on the show.”

“Well, thanks for having me, Radio Randy.”

“No, I’m my father, Radio Randall.”

“That makes sense. It’s 1973.”

“Bobby, what’s next for the Grateful Dead?”

“1974.”

“Very traditional of you.”

“We were thinking about skipping right to 1983, but Keith was really against it.”

“How so?”

“You could tell by the way he passed out.”

“Sure. Can I ask about the glasses?”

“Okay.”

“The glasses?”

“Thinking about getting into serial killing.”

“Interesting. Tell us more.”

“It’s on the back-burner right now. Dead comes first, and I’m working on an opera about Babe Ruth, and then the serial killing. But, you know: start with the specs.”

“Awesome. We have a call from a lonely weirdo in Florida.”

Hi, Radio Randall. Hey, Bobby. I have a question in relation to the serial killing?

“Go for it.”

I’ve long had a pet theory that people are either serial killers or spree killers. One day everybody finds out what’s buried in your garden, or you go to the food court with an Uzi one day for no specific reason.

“This is a metaphor, right?”

Almost all of the time.

“Personality types.”

Right.

“Ah. Yeah, sure, okay.”

Great. Here’s the question: which Grateful Dead is–

“Drummers are spree killers, everybody else is a serial killer. Especially all the keyboardists.”

You didn’t even have to think about that.

“It’s obvious.”

Wow. Great call. Thanks, Radio Randall.

“You’re welcome, racist.”

STOP THAT! You’re in 1973! The standards of racism are so much higher!

“They seem to be getting back up there where you are.”

Fuck you, Radio Randall.

“Ha ha, I live when gas is ten cents and the Grateful Dead is touring.”

FUCK YOU, RADIO RANDALL!

DIAL TONE BECAUSE PHONES DID THAT IN 1973

“Bob, I’m sorry you had to hear that.”

“Hear what?”

“Then I retract my apology.”

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