Bassist Wanted

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#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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#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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#360. DIY it

April 5, 2010

JOEL: OK! You've got your recordings! I say you DIY it, put out the EP yourself.
JAMES: Can't we get the label to help do it?

JOEL: No, I didn't officially sign you. I can't offer the support of the label.
JAMES: If you WERE officially representing us, what support would the label offer?

JOEL: Oh, we'd second-guess every creative decision you'd make. Then we'd probably sow discontent amongst the band, pit you against one another.

JAMES: We can DIY that part, too, I guess.
JOEL: We also promise promotion and then don't deliver, which is a nice feature...

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#361. On TV with Shukri

April 7, 2010

JILL: We're here with popstar Kevin Edo and his newly adopted African daughter/lover.
KEVIN: Hi Jill. We're here to plug my new single.

SHUKRI: And to promote my exercise video: FIERCE BY FAMINE.
JILL: GREAT!
KEVIN: An EXERCISE VIDEO? You've been in the US for 72 HOURS.

SHUKRI: I also have a McG movie in pre-production, Jill.
JILL: BUSY GIRL!
KEVIN: When did this HAPPEN? Thursday afternoon?

SHUKRI: And I'm happy to announce the release of my first sex tape.
JILL: She's a TRIPLE THREAT!
KEVIN: You did a SEX TAPE? WithOUT me?!

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#362. Making the CD at Kinko’s

April 9, 2010

JAMES: Hi, we need this CD reproduced with this as the cover.
JOHN: I'm in a band TOO, y'know.

JAMES: Oh... cool. So... what kind of turnaround time we lookin' at?
JOHN: SCREW YOU. You think you're BETTER than me?

JAMES: Um... no.
JOHN: GOOD. Because you're NOT. You've got ZERO talent compared to me.

JAMES: Is this, like, the "hard sell"?
JOHN: Now. Can I interest you in adding toner to your order?
JOEL: No, I think it's the "weird sell".

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