Request Line: Stop Talking

INT. RECORDING STUDIO – DAY

A young man sits inside the studio.  The PRODUCER sits outside, looking vexed.

PRODUCER: I honestly don’t know what you’re trying to accomplish here.

ERIC REID: …

PRODUCER: I get it.  I really do.  You’re making a commentary on how the NFL created a new policy that is deliberately intended to silence players from speaking out against police brutality in minority communities.

ERIC REID: [raises eyebrows]

PRODUCER: But you have to understand that nobody can see you right now.  This isn’t Mike and Mike – oh, right, it’s Golic and Wingo now – heh heh, doesn’t that sound like a good name for a joint that does garlic wings? – we don’t have a camera pointed inside the studio for no discernible reason.

ERIC REID: [blinks furiously]

PRODUCER: Unless…that was the whole point, that the NFL’s new rules make it possible to protest, but only in a place where no one can see you doing it!

ERIC REID: [exasperated nod]

PRODUCER: Oh, oh, oh.  Okay.  I guess that makes sense.  It’s a little abstract, especially for our listeners.  You realize half the folks listening are carryovers from the Jimmy and the Animal morning block.

ERIC REID: [shrugs]

PRODUCER: That’s true, the Jim Schwartz isn’t going to stop running the wide nine defense, just because those mouth-breathing troglodytes in Philadelphia don’t understand it. Fair point.

ERIC REID: [looks at watch]

PRODUCER: You’re right, we’d better get this show on the road.  What’s our theme for today?

ERIC REID: [points to mouth]

PRODUCER: Lips?  Like, as in, kissing?  I guess….

ERIC REID: [shakes head, points to ears and makes a tiny “X” with his index fingers]

PRODUCER: Sounds like…X…Eckstein?  Things that are gritty?

ERIC REID: [rips off tape] Silence, you jackass! The theme is being told to stay quiet! I swear to God the hardest part about these protests is getting you fat-headed morons to understand what the hell they’re even about.

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