Bassist Wanted

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Bassist Wanted

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Kevin the jerk popstar

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Popularity rank 21 #7. Thinking outside the box

January 25, 2005

AGENT: OK, bad news, boys, the label was very down on the last tapes of the album you sent in.

AGENT: So, if this record is gonna happen, we need to really change it up, think outside the box.
GORDON CRANWICK: OK.
KEVIN EDO: Yeah.

GORDON CRANWICK: What if we made the whole CD a hidden track!
KEVIN EDO: Ooo, yeah! So, like, there's just 40 minutes of silence... and then the album!

AGENT: OK... everybody back in the box....
GORDON CRANWICK: We could re-record all the guitar solos with pan flutes!
KEVIN EDO: Pan flutes! Yes! Yes!
ROCCO: (silent)

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Popularity rank 22 #363. Shukri meets the agent

April 12, 2010

KEVIN: Anthony, this is Shukri, my newly adopted African orphan daughter/lover.
ANTHONY: I know Shukri. Took a meeting with her on Monday.

KEVIN: You met with my AGENT before you met ME?
SHUKRI: Yes.

KEVIN: So, what? Are you REPPING her now?
ANTHONY: Oh no no...

ANTHONY: She went with William Morris.
SHUKRI: They have a stronger orphan division.

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Popularity rank 23 #359. Enrolling in school

March 28, 2010

KEVIN: Hi, I'm here to enroll my new adopted daughter in school.
ELLEN: SHUKRI?
SHUKRI: ELLEN!

ELLEN: Shukri and I were at Oxford together.
KEVIN: You went to OXFORD?

SHUKRI: Yes. I took my degree in Economics.
KEVIN: Oh...

KEVIN: So you probably don't need to enroll in this high school.
SHUKRI: No.
ELLEN: And actually it's an elementary school.

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Popularity rank 24 #358. Playdate

March 27, 2010

PETER: Hey Kevin, brought over Keith for a playdate with your new adopted kid from Africa.
KEVIN: Oh cool... HEY SHUKRI!

SHUKRI: What is it, Kev-y? I was just readying your oil massage.
KEVIN: Shukri, this is Keith.
KEITH: WHOA.

SHUKRI: Hello, Keith.
KEITH: WHOA.

PETER: So now... she's your... DAUGHTER?
KEVIN: ...-ish.
KEITH: WHOA.

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Popularity rank 25 #357. The ol’ Edo mansion

March 26, 2010

KEVIN: Now that I've adopted you, you'll be staying at the ol' Edo mansion...
SHUKRI: Your home is very modest.

KEVIN: It has 30 rooms.
SHUKRI: Yes, but in Chad, I lived in a gargantuan palace made largely of precious stones.

KEVIN: So you weren't, like, one of these POOR orphans?
SHUKRI: Oh no, no... my family has wealth beyond belief.

KEVIN: Well... cool. By the way, clothing is extremely OPTIONAL here.
SHUKRI: It is so cute that this furniture is not pure rhodium...

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