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Who's on First?
by Chris Gavaler at McSweeney's.
(A CUSTOMER steps up to a video-store counter with a stack of videos.)
CASHIER: Hi. Did you find everything you wanted?
CUSTOMER: (Handing over membership card.) Yes, thanks. (Pause.) When is this one due back?
CASHIER: The day after tomorrow.
CUSTOMER: Yeah, when's it due back?
CASHIER: The day after tomorrow.
CUSTOMER: Yes. The Day After Tomorrow.
CASHIER: Right.
CUSTOMER: Right. When's it due back?
CASHIER: The day after tomorrow.
CUSTOMER: I mean the movie. The Day After Tomorrow. When is it due? ...
Finish it here. Thanks to Dodger Thoughts reader Robert Fiore for the link.
Or SSSSSSS, for that matter...
They'll be doing variations on this bit on Mars.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55314-2005Mar21.html
And isn't The Band a central character in the music version?
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2005/3/21greenman.html
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