Request Line: Weekend At Zuernie’s – Part 5 (Hooks)

INT. DFO PRODUCTION OFFICE – DAY

A pair of sleazy Hollywood producers have broken their own personal record for how long they have remained hard at work in their office.  One – DARKEST TIMELINE ZACK MORRIS – is standing in front of a blank whiteboard, a marker in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other.  The other – RIKKI-TIKKI-DEADLY – is seated in an office chair a few feet away, holding a copy of the script.  A third person in the office is lounging on the couch, throwing a football up in the air to himself and catching it.  

COLE BEASLEY: So lemme get this straight.  You fellas are gonna figure out all the advertising stuff before we actually shoot the film?

RIKKI-TIKKI-DEADLY: Oh, absolutely.

DARKEST TIMELINE ZACK MORRIS: It’s fairly typical to have a good idea of how the film is going to be marketed before it’s shot.

RTD: That way the director can make informed choices when it’s time to make decisions.

DTZM: We’ll revisit this process once we’ve got a rough cut…

RTD: Obviously.

DTZM: …but in the movie business it’s important to stay in front of things.

COLE BEASLEY: Kind of like pre-snap motion so you can figure out if the defense is running man or zone?

RTD: Exactly like that!

DTZM: Right now we’re working on taglines.

COLE BEASLEY: How about “THE CHINA VIRUS IS A HOAX AND IT WILL GO AWAY LIKE A MIRACLE.”

RTD: Yeah…let’s put that one in the ‘maybe’ pile.

DTZM: We need something with a little more ‘snap’ to it.

COLE BEASLEY: “With just two weeks left until Reinstatement Day…THEY’VE GOT A LITTLE TIME TO KILL.”

RTD: That’s…really not consistent with the script you’ve written Cole.

COLE BEASLEY: Yeah but it sounds cool.

DTZM: It makes it sound like you and Surfin’ Jack are the ones who killed her.

RTD: When it was actually just…[pages through the script]…a heart attack.

DTZM: …that she happens to suffer after having been on a ventilator for twelve days.

COLE BEASLEY: Right, she died with COVID, not of COVID.

RTD: [reading on]…after [quoting directly from the script] “someone who looks exactly like Chuck Jew-mer” injected an air bubble into her IV drip…

DTZM: …because she knew too much about the pedophile ring operating out of the pizza shop in Mystic.

COLE BEASLEY: Yup.

RTD: So basically what we need is a tagline that gets that idea across.

DTZM: As well as informs the viewer that you and Surfin’ Jack will be pretending she’s still alive in order to draw her killers out from hiding…

RTD: And expose the conspiracy.

DTZM: It’s a lot to squeeze into a quip.

RTD: Maybe we should listen to some music while we’re at it.

DTZM: Oh, I like that idea.  [raises Apple Watch to his mouth, with an exaggerated flourish so the others can see he’s able to do it with his hands full] SIRI, PLAY SOMETHING WITH A GOOD HOOK.

SIRI: ALL RIGHT.  PLAYING “HOOK” BY BLUES TRAVELER.

DTZM: Damnit, SIRI, CANCEL.  Know any songs that have a good hook?

RTD: Oh, I know a bunch.  But this is the first one that comes to mind.

Today’s theme is: “hooks”.  As defined by wikipedia, a hook is “a musical idea, often a short riff, passage, or phrase, that is used in popular music to make a song appealing and to ‘catch the ear of the listener’.”  We’re looking for songs that contain something like that – you should know it when you hear it.  Last week’s puzzle spelled out “Andie Walsh” which was, of course, a hint for “Pretty in Pink”.  Post links as “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=’p30P13_0n_5Tr33t5′ and they should embed in the comments after you refresh.  

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[…] of course.  We’ve touched up the script, done all the casting, hired a director, got the tagline written, and we’ve already pinned down the target audience. You can basically phone it in […]

yeah right
scotchnaut

Give me that funky beat right outta the gate. Paul’s Boutique kicks ass in every which way.

*did you see the Foghat 8 track tape at 39 seconds in?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Naf5uJYGoiU&ab_channel=BeastieBoysVEVO

Last edited 3 years ago by scotchnaut
BeefReeferLives

As always, thanks for the fun, RTD!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HE9zWKgLOI

SonOfSpam

That opening hook, just legendary. Stupid drugs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8HSd0GFH2k&ab_channel=ThePretenders-Topic

scotchnaut
BeefReeferLives

It’s about that time (on the west coast, that is)…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6QkVTx2d88

Last edited 3 years ago by BeefReeferLives
SonOfSpam

What does he want to legalize? Reproduction of the pictures, descriptions, and accounts of a game without the express written consent of Major League Baseball?

BeefReeferLives

Come for the acoustic guitar hook, stay for the keyboards hook.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBzzdlpISFg

BeefReeferLives
BeefReeferLives
SonOfSpam

These guys were so good…fucking greedy manager

Dunstan

Have we really not had a Beatles entry yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x5WY_jmsko

BeefReeferLives
SonOfSpam

Probably my least favorite song from Appetite, but the hook is proactive, a whole new paradigm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbm6GXllBiw&ab_channel=GunsNRosesVEVO

SonOfSpam

Also JUST NOW noticed that when the guy gives him the vegemite sandwich, he passes it like in Aussie Rules.

Dunstan

Yes! Someone posted that here recently, and it was the first time I noticed it, too.

Dunstan
Dunstan
Dunstan
BeefReeferLives
BeefReeferLives
Don T
SonOfSpam
Dunstan

The B-52s basically made their living off of catchy riffs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SOryJvTAGs

SonOfSpam

IF YOU SEE A FARD SIGN AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT SAYS 15 MILES TO THE

Such a fucking great band

Dunstan

I was just leaving it there for someone to claim the double shot…

Anthony In TX

Hmm. Says here “RTD chose violence today.”

scotchnaut

No one claimed Double Shot? I’m taking Planet Claire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOjAzI5zALo&ab_channel=terribletc

Don T
BeefReeferLives
Viva La Tabula Raza

I know I have posted this one previously on a separate subject, but the riff on this is what got my attention initially and I became and remain a rabid fan of the band and it’s different permutations..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfZbFh7qlCQ

Anthony In TX

That first record is top-to-bottom excellent. Bottle and Fresh Horses was also good, but Fizzy Fuzzy has exactly zero skippable songs.

Dunstan

Everybody Wang Chung tonight!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoXu6QmxpJE

Dunstan

In fact, we’re gonna have a…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M

BeefReeferLives
BeefReeferLives
Viva La Tabula Raza

Very disappointed in y’all (At least I did not see on scroll-through). Mike Campbell is a beast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1D3a5eDJIs

See also: American Girl, You Wreck Me, Refugee, You Got Lucky, Here Comes My Girl, The Boys of Summer, the list goes on…

Don T
Dunstan
Dunstan

+1 FCC investigation

SonOfSpam

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

BeefReeferLives
BeefReeferLives
yeah right

This is a proper response.

SonOfSpam

Scientifically speaking, adding Bootsy Collins to any song makes it 35% cooler.

BeefReeferLives