INT. RECORDING STUDIO – DAY/NIGHT/DAY/NIGHT/DAY/NIGHT/DAY…

DJ 3000 and various other robot entities remain trapped in a time loop inside the KDFO recording studio.  The collection of robots (and cyborgs) and JOHN DIMAGGIO are spread out throughout the studio, in various reclining poses, enjoying the fresh breeze that is blowing through the portal. MAXIMILIAN, is seated by the soundboard, fiddling with the controls.

MAXIMILIAN: GOT IT!

All the robots (and JOHN DIMAGGIO) turn to look at MAXIMILIAN.

PETUNIA: Got what?

MAXIMILIAN: I HAVE BEEN PROGRAMMING THE PORTAL CONTROLS TO USE THE LOCATION COORDINATES OF A DRONE THAT SOMEONE IS FLYING AT THE BEACH. WATCH THIS.

MAXIMILIAN punches a button on the soundboard and the portal jumps to a new location approximately fifty feet in the air.  It travels south along the beach, looking down at various beachgoers. 

DJ 3000: COOL!

PETUNIA: It’s like flying!

RQBOCOP: WAIT…DIDN’T WE DO THIS LAST WEEK?

RUSSELL WILSON: [remembering] Yeah…we did! What say we avoid a war zone this time?

MAXIMILIAN: SURE THING, SURE THING.  HOW ABOUT WE JUST WATCH THE OCEAN FOR A BIT, THAT SHOULD BE NICE AND RELAXING.

As the robots (and JOHN DIMAGGIO) watch, the drone/portal moves over the ocean and descends until it is only a few feet above the waves and hovers above a break where several surfers are waiting for the next set. 

RUSSELL WILSON: Hey, that guy with the sunburned face, does he look familiar?

RQBOCOP: YEAH…I COULD SWEAR I’VE SEEN HIM SOMETIME WHILE STUDYING GAME TAPE.

A large wave arrives and the “guy with the sunburned face” paddles into it and starts riding down the line – directly towards the drone/portal.

DJ 3000: HE’S COMING RIGHT AT US! DECOUPLE, DECOUPLE!

MAXIMILIAN: HUH?

PETUNIA: Change the channel, you…

But it’s too late, as the surfer – and wave that carries him – arrive at the portal.  The surfer crashes through the portal, accompanied by a tremendous splash of sea water and foam.  All of the robots (and cyborgs) are splashed with the salt water and a series of electrical pops and shorting noises are heard.  The various robots’ indicator lights dim and go out. 

— [DOOR FLIES OPEN] —

JOHN DIMAGGIO: [coming in from the hallway] Hey guys, what the hell was all that…[surveys the scene]…noise?

Eventually, JOHN DIMAGGIO looks down at a figure lying at the carpet and realizes that he’s not alone. The figure looks up. 

TODD MARINOVICH: Uh, hey.

JOHN DIMAGGIO: Um…hi.

TODD MARINOVICH: So, uh…what the hell just happened?

JOHN DIMAGGIO: Jeez, man, I was hoping you could tell me. What’s with the rashguard? And why is everything all wet?

TODD MARINOVICH: Well, I was surfing, and caught a wave, and then this shimmery hole opened in front of me and I could see this studio through it, and then I crashed into it, and now I’m here.

JOHN DIMAGGIO: Ah.  My guess is that you surfed right into the portal and got sucked into the time loop that we’ve all been trapped in.  And then all that sea water shorted out all the robots and cyborgs here.

TODD MARINOVICH: Time loop?

JOHN DIMAGGIO: Shit, man, I’m sorry if I’m being so weird.  I haven’t been around another human in…many days.

TODD MARINOVICH: Damn, you mean like solitary confinement?

JOHN DIMAGGIO: No, not quite that bad.  I’ve got these guys [gestures at the robots] for company.  More like COVID lockdown, I guess.  I’m not entirely alone, I just haven’t been in the same room with other humans since…well, basically since the Super Bowl.

TODD MARINOVICH: Oh, yeah, I hear that.  It’s like that time I caught Hep-C and nobody would come hang out at my crib.

JOHN DIMAGGIO: Um…[takes half a step backwards]…yeah.

Another large enough wave hits passes in the vicinity of the portal – which hasn’t moved – and splashes a bit more water into the studio. 

JOHN DIMAGGIO: Oh, shit, I should move the portal.  And while I’m at it maybe get Request Line running.

TODD MARINOVICH: What’s Request Line?

JOHN DIMAGGIO: It’s a radio show where people call in song request about a particular topic.  Speaking of which…got any ideas for a topic?

TODD MARINOVICH glances around the studio for inspiration.  Eventually he turns back to JOHN DIMAGGIO and notices something.  TODD MARINOVICH reaches up and touches his own thinning crown of hair.

TODD MARINOVICH: I see that we’re both redheads.  How about that?

JOHN DIMAGGIO: Songs about redheads?

TODD MARINOVICH: Or performed by them.

JOHN DIMAGGIO: Hey, that’s pretty good.  Sounds like you’ve got a talent for this.  Got a song request to start us out with?

TODD MARINOVICH: Yeah, I think I’ve got something…

Today’s theme is “redheads”.  We’re looking for songs about and by people with red hair.  Post links as “https://www.youtube.com/watch?r!Pc0rD_xTh0m and they should embed in the comments after you refresh.  Last week’s puzzle answer of “Cambodia” by Kim Wilde was solved (yet again!) by BeefRiverLives.  Everyone ready? Let’s rock!