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Bassist Wanted

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Dan the naive guitarist

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Popularity rank 36 #168. Focus

September 11, 2008

ROGER THE MANAGER: Look, Dan, you're my best employee, but you seem slightly more... focused... on your band than your work here at Kinko's.

DAN: Maybe I should hold my guitar more VERTICAL when I solo... pretend it's a SWORD...

DAN: ...swing it around like Kratos in GOD OF WAR... my Blade of Chaos... MUSICAL chaos... ooo, MUSICHAOS!!!
ROGER THE MANAGER: Dan?

DAN: ...oh, hey look! ... Roger's here! ...
ROGER THE MANAGER: (sigh) All right, I'm just gonna leave the room now, Dan...

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Popularity rank 37 #164. Bumped From Our Own Contest

May 30, 2007

RONI: Whattya mean we're not playing?
JOHN: It's Joey's club, Roni! What can I do?

DAN: Woo! You guys, my K-Fed impression is KILLING!!
JOHN: Dan, Joey said we have to cut a band.
RONI: And that it has to be US.

JOHN: We've just been bumped from our own band contest.
DAN: Wait, wait, wait, hold on...

DAN: Are you saying I won't have time to play PARTY QUIRKS!?
RONI: I'm afraid so, Danny.
JOEY:

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Popularity rank 38 #162. Whole Point of Running a Contest

May 16, 2007

JOHN: OK, let's use this rehearsal time to go over decorations for the band contest. First, the streamers...
RONI: Jesus, we haven't rehearsed in weeks!

RONI: I though the whole point of running this contest was to have more time to play our music!
JOHN: Wow, Roni, I... I'm sorry.

JOHN: You were way off on that.

JOHN: Now, who has the glue gun?
CHRISTINA: What do you think of this taupe for the gift bags?
DAN: Ooo...
RONI: When did you all... Voltron into Tim Gunn?

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Popularity rank 39 #158. Ride Home From The Contest

December 15, 2006

JOHN: "Show of hands".... Pfft.... It's a fucking unscientific way to decide a band contest.
DAN: That bartender was cute, right?
CHRISTINA: She was, yeah.

DAN: Think she liked me?
CHRISTINA: I dunno, Danny. I mean, she never talked to you. Or looked directly at you.

JOHN: I mean, the guy running the contest was in the winning band! That's bullshit!
RONI: John, we just didn't bring enough people. That's it.

JOHN: We should contact the Better Business Bureau.
RONI: Yeah, I'll call "Fox 5 On Our Side".
DAN: Maybe she was gay.
CHRISTINA: I bet she was, sweetie.

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Popularity rank 40 #157. Who’s Here To Support Your Band?

December 13, 2006

NATE: Yeah, our usual contingent of fans are here to vote for us, those 50 or so people back by the bar.

NATE: Who's here to support your band?
DAN: Well, them over there. They're here for us.

NATE: The one Korean guy?
DAN: Well, and his two little kids. Oh, and there! That old Italian woman. That's John's mom.
MOM:

NATE: She's got one of our t-shirts on, dude.
DAN: Oh. OK. Well, just the Koreans then.

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