HRTN Special: The Boys of Summer (Part Three)

The scene: The clear skies over the Pacific Ocean, where a vintage DC-3 twin engine airplane flies a scant 500 feet or so above the blue waters.

“Into the air, junior birdmen, into the air pilots truuuueee”

Stoner Pilot: It’s easy flying from here, man. Like, we’re gonna unload all that Hawaiian grass and be on E-Z street.

Stoner Co-Pilot: Oh, fer shure, dude! How come we’re flying so low though, man? I can see porpoises from here. Like, one of ‘em’s just floating there, man…

Stoner Pilot: We fly low to avoid the RADAR, man! Like, we’re hiding from The Man, man!

Stoner Co-Pilot: Cool, man! Like, I don’t wanna get busted again, man. Last time I had to give up my grower, my supplier, my whole network just to stay out of prison, man. It was a total bummer.

Stoner Pilot: Oh, fer shure, man, I… Wait, you did what?

Stoner Co-Pilot: Hold on, man. Like, I’m gonna check the cargo, dude. I wanna make sure it’s secure back there.

Stoner Co-Pilot goes into the back. Stoner Pilot shrugs and lights a joint.

Stoner Pilot (inhaling): More for me, man…

Suddenly a large figure appears in front of the DC-3, as if launched from the ground below. It’s a very large humanoid figure with bat-like wings and cloven hooves. It’s momentum stalls and the Stoner Pilot briefly locks startled eyes with the creature before it falls back toward the earth.

Stoner Co-Pilot (re-entering the cockpit): Looks good back there, dude! Like, hey! Share the wealth, man!

Stoner Pilot (handing the joint to the co-pilot): Take it, man. Like, I think I’ve had enough for today…

Cut to: The beach where, just moments ago JJ Fozz was being menaced by Satan as Litre Cola and Unsurprised looked on in despair.

Suffice to say, things have changed. JJ Fozz is gone and in his place stands the angry purple mass of muscle known only as Fozz. Litre Cola and Unsurprised are standing nearby, not wanting to elicit Fozz’s attention and risk the chance of being punched into orbit.

Litre Cola (quietly): Holy cow! Is that…Fozz? What happened to him?

Unsurprised (also quietly): How should I know? He was normal when I knew him! Aside from, y’know, punching clowns and rooting for the Ravens.

Litre Cola (looking up): Man, Fozz really nailed Satan with that punch! I hope he’s okay!

Unsurprised (raising an eyebrow): Do you even hear yourself?

Litre Cola: What? He may be the infernal majesty of Hell, but I’m still kinda worried about him.

Unsurprised: Dude, I don’t even –

Unsurprised is interrupted as Satan crashes down onto the beach, spraying sand in a 20-yard radius. As the beach rains down upon them, Litre Cola and Unsurprised watch as Satan emerges from the crater he made, a scowl on his face.

Satan (angrily): Well, there’s more to you than meets the eye! But I don’t care how big you are, or how many muscles you’ve got, I’m going to –

It’s Satan’s turn to be interrupted, as Fozz grabs him by one of his horns, yanks him out of the sand crater, and smashes his whole body into the beach.

Then he does it again.

And one more time for good measure.

Fozz: Fozz smash!

Satan (groggy from being slammed around like a sack of grain): I’ll have you know I –

Fozz (angry, yet somehow bored): Bah!

With a mighty heave, Fozz hurls Satan out into the ocean. The devil arcs over the calm blue waters, then lands in the distance with a splash.

Litre Cola: Wow! With an arm like that, he should play for the Blue Jays!

Unsurprised: Or maybe even a real baseball team.

Litre Cola starts to make a miffed, yet polite, retort, but he’s cut off by the sound of steam. Lots of steam. Steam made by dumping the master of the infernal flames into the ocean, and letting him get angry enough to boil off an entire path from his landing spot in the water to the beach.

Unsurprised (grabbing Litre Cola): Let’s get out of here! I’m not going to sit around and get boiled like a lobster!

The pair run away as the wall of steam hits Fozz. Growling in pain and anger, he swings his arms wide, then brings them together in a thunderous clap that disperses the steam. Yet even as it dissipates, the yuuuge form of Satan barrels through the last of the misty cloud and straight into Fozz.

Satan (with literal fire in his eyes): So you want to play rough, eh? Well let me show you just what that means in the underworld!

Satan grabs Fozz in his mighty claws and then, with a flap of his wings, shoots up into the air like a…

Well, you know…

Richard Corben, knocking it out of the park.

In a matter of seconds they are a thousand feet up. Satan lifts Fozz above his head with both arms, then throws the purple giant downward with all his might. Ripping through the air at near-sonic speed, Fozz crashes into the ocean below. A miniature tidal wave swells up and inundates the beach. Trees are swept away, bushes are uprooted and Litre Cola and Unsurprised run for their lives.

Unsurprised (running for a rise): Get to the high ground! C’mon, man!

Litre Cola (racing after Unsurprised): I sure hope the Maestro’s okay!

Cut to: The Maestro, who is tied to a long pole that is currently being carried through the jungle by two beautiful maidens.

The Maestro (hanging from the pole): So, uh…you from around here…?

Cut to: The beach again. Satan is landing amid the carnage with a satisfied grin on his face.

Satan: Well, now! I have to say, that was actually…

Satan is cut off by the sudden appearance of a bull shark flying through the air. Satan instinctively puts up an arm in self-defense, and the shark chomps down on it, swallowing it up to the elbow. As the devil attempts to extricate his appendage from the toothy jaws, Fozz strides up out of the ocean, peeling an octopus off of his head and tossing it back into the water. He picks up speed as he approaches Satan, then charges full-tilt into the devil.

Fozz (hitting Satan with a spear): GRAWR!!!

Pretty much this, but with more purple, wings and hooves

 

Fozz collides with Satan like a locomotive hitting a tank and they brawl all over the beach. Fozz’s mighty blows set Satan back on his cloven heels, although the devil is able to hold his own, swinging both clawed fist and shark-covered arm.

Uprooting a tree, Fozz uses it to batter Satan, who responds by breathing forth a gout of fire, setting the tree alight. Fozz tosses the burning lumber aside, only to catch a face full of sand.

I mean, of course Satan plays dirty.

The devil batters Fozz with fist and shark, sending the purple giant reeling under a flurry of blows. Driving Fozz to one knee with his infernal might, Satan then learns the hard way that Fozz also plays dirty.

A dick punch delivered with enough force to sink a battleship leaves Satan staggering, his eyes crossed. Even the bull shark winces in sympathy.

Then, with unexpected agility and a surprising knowledge of pro wrestling moves, Fozz puts Satan away with a Canadian Destroyer.

Do NOT [CENSORED] with Canadians, eh?
The impact sends a tremor throughout the entire island. Animals flee in fear and birds take to the air. Hundreds of miles away, technicians at the USGS make note of an unexpected earthquake in the Pacific. Hundreds of feet away Litre Cola and Unsurprised hang onto the hillside they’ve climbed up as the island shakes with the fury of a Fozz unleashed.

Then, as suddenly as it began, it’s over. With Satan lying in an insensate heap on the sand, Fozz wanders off down the beach. Soon, with his anger passed (at least for now), he’ll turn back into JJ Fozz once again. Not as large, nor as purple, yet somehow still intimidating.

Moments pass. A few seagulls land nearby, dipping their beaks in the water. A crab trundles toward the shore but then, upon seeing the birds, retreats back into the ocean.

Unsurprised and Litre Cola, having climbed down from their perch, approach Satan apprehensively. Unsurprised picks up a piece of driftwood and pokes Satan with it.

Litre Cola: What are you doing?

Unsurprised (poking): I just want to see if he’s alive.

Satan groans and suddenly sits up, startling the two humans.

Satan: I’m alive. Damn it, that was…

Litre Cola: Violent?

Unsurprised: Needlessly destructive?

Satan: Fun! That was the best time I’ve had in ages! Boy, you guys really helped me end the summer with a bang!

Litre Cola: We…did…?

Satan: You bet! Your friend there can really throw a punch! I haven’t been hit like that since Mammon and I threw down!

Litre Cola: Is that…a good thing…?

Satan: It sure is! Let me tell you, if you guys ever need something, you just give me a call. I really owe you one for the good time.

Unsurprised: You’re leaving, then?

Satan: Oh, yeah, I really need to be getting back to Hell. That place does not run itself, let me tell you. I’m really going to have a lot to catch up on.

Satan strikes the beach with a cloven hoof. It cracks and a fissure open. The stench of brimstone pours out, flames rise from within and the wails of tortured souls can be heard screaming their torment.

Unsurprised: Geez, and here I thought Cleveland was bad…

Satan: Thanks again, you guys! Hey, tell the Maestro I’ll be seeing him around.

Litre Cola: You…will?

Satan (with an evil grin): Oh, yes. He knows what he did.

With a wave Satan drops into the fiery chasm, which closes up after him. Unsurprised and Litre Cola are left alone on the now-quiet beach.

Litre Cola: Well, I guess we have our lives back, eh?

Unsurprised: Yup! We can go anywhere…

Litre Cola: Do anything we want…

Unsurprised: There’s just one problem, though.

Litre Cola: Oh, yeah? What’s that, eh?

Unsurprised: Well, we’re still stuck on this CENSORED ing island!!!

To be continued…

 

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A frequent guest-star on the award-winning seventeenth season of Here Come the Brides as well as Petticoat Junction: The Outlaw Years, Vic Darlington was arrested in Miami for poodle smuggling in 1986. Fleeing to the United States to avoid prosecution, he worked as a delivery boy for Señor Pizza until finding a steady gig as the bassist for the Johnny Zed Power Trio. He currently lives in North Hollywood with his trophy wife, two meerkats and the world's largest collection of second-hand bowling trophies.
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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Unsurprised

The fictional Unsurprised is not nearly colorful enough in his use of fuck and other useful words.

Senor Weaselo

Is the original HRTN shirt back in print or will that be on delay until everything can get moved over? For some reason I can’t find the one that traveled to China and back.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I wore that to work on a few Fridays. I don’t think they got the full idea except for those working on the my project.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Horatio Cornblower

Yes, that’s the worst thing to burst out of China lately. T-shirts.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

That might be the result of a good translation.

Gumbygirl

This is our reward for making it through the hellweek that is the RNC! Although, to be perfectly honest, none of us were stupid enough to watch that shitshow, but we all knew it was there. Anyway… thanks Beastmode!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

This is the only thing that helped me with the idea that current RNC could take place.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Gumbygirl

No survivors!

Game Time Decision

I wonder what Maestro did or didn’t do. 

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

NO SPOILERS!!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Horatio Cornblower

He’s a Pats fan.

ballsofsteelandfury

HE KNOWS WHAT HE DID!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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rockingdog

found a funny:

legolas: you have my bow

gimli: and my axe

[everyone looks at me, closely guarding my sandwich]

me: you may have a SMALL bite

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

A fetish that I could join Mr. Hippo in in saying “Hummmmmm?”

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Horatio Cornblower

We here at HRTN want to take time out for a PSA.

Hi, I’m Horatio Cornblower, (shown here actual size), and as you know, I’m (allegedly), a really cool Zen and martial arts master with a gorilla for a best friend and a GI Joe Jeep for a car. And if I’ve got all that going on and I can wear a mask while going into Iguana Mart to get my Diggler’s Donuts, you can too. Don’t be a dick; wear a mask. Thank you.

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litre_cola

I, and Oxipug (RIP) approve this message. comment image

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Beerguyrob

That is a rocking dog.

SonOfSpam

Great shirt that probably gets you all the women!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I was wearing my black one on in a nonfictional gracery store and a fairly attractive woman angrily asked me where the “fucking canned mushrooms” were located, then became angrier when I didn’t know which isle they were on and looked at her chest, she stormed off. So yeah, all the womens come to the yard.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I got a black one, the grey looks good, but that just might be the model wearing it is so hot. I’d recommend the Iguana Mart coffee mug.

litre_cola

It’s the mask.

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Don T

HARRUMPH!
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Horatio Cornblower
nomonkeyfun

And the Diggler’s Donut hole is in a very convenient place or unfortunate. I guess just a matter of taste.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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yeah right

Hi I’m yeah right. If you ever wanted to bring your ass by to sample some of the savory fucking deliciousness found exclusively on Sunday Gravy then wear a motherfucking mask.
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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Agreed, the only one who gets a mask exemption (he has to wear a shield) is Steve:

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I’m thinking he wishes you wouldn’t talk about you visits when he’s not at home.

yeah right

Just wanted to point out that over my right shoulder is a 2nd place Punt Pass and Kick trophy from August 1969.

Those are rare!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

To be “viral” it has to be more than one site, let alone one thread…….

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

As long as we can contain our appreciation to the “before it was cool” mode, the better IMO. The sexiness of these shirt-shots may make it un-containable, but we need to soldier on.

Horatio Cornblower

Very comfortable material, too.

Recommended for anyone 6″ or taller.

Not so fast, Mr. Favre.

litre_cola

Yeah agreed. 6’2 here and long torso short leg kinda deal, fits perfectly

yeah right

Hell? That’s nothing. Fozz lives in Baltimore!

Horatio Cornblower

Well, he resides there; no one really lives in Baltimore.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Horatio Cornblower

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I guess it is different in India.

Unsurprised

I call the big one bitey

blaxabbath

Former Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson has died. Tucson awakes with not one living person who has advanced the community.

Don T

[CENSORED] brilliant

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Yes, in that heat it probably feels good and cool.

rockingdog

Nice writing.
Also goooooo PADRES! with the comeback victory!
Double headers are now 7 innings. ok cool!

LemonJello

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New HRTN just makes it all the sweeter.

litre_cola

Bring on the weed plane!!!!

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

C-47 (DC-3) is great, but when taxiing you can’t see shit. Let’s go.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

I guess the lesson is that educating miscreants doesn’t get you out of hell