Request Line: Talk to Me

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.  After his unexpected arrival, the robots (and cyborgs) are surrounding TODD MARINOVICH menacingly while fellow human JOHN DIMAGGIO attempts to defuse the situation. 

TODD MARINOVICH: [terrified, speaking quickly] I keep telling you guys, I was just surfing! I caught a wave and ended up going through the portal and now I’m here and you keep talking about the space-time continuum and stuff and I don’t even know what’s going on and I never did know what was going on…

RUSSELL WILSON: Man, this guy sure is a fast talker, isn’t he?

PED-209: HE SURE IS.

JIM NANCE 081-RD-92C: He kind of sounds nervous.

RQBOCOP: HE SURE DOES. ARE YOU NERVOUS ABOUT SOMETHING? WHAT AREN’T YOU TELLING US?

TODD MARINOVICH: What? No! I mean, yes, I’m nervous.  But there’s nothing I’m not telling you about, I swear!

MAXIMILIAN: HE’S DOING AN AWFUL LOT OF TALKING FOR SOMEONE WITH NOTHING TO SAY.

RUSSELL WILSON: You probably talk a lot, don’t you, buddy?

TODD MARINOVICH: No!

PED-209: I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED IF HE’S TALKING TO THE FEDS RIGHT NOW.

YETI: Indeed.

TODD MARINOVICH: I’m not!

JOHNNY 2.5: IS THAT IT? [flexes clamps] YOU SOME KIND OF SNITCH? YOU WEARING A WIRE?

JOHN DIMAGGIO: Todd, relax, they’re just fucking with you.  [to the robots (and cyborgs)] He came through the portal wearing nothing but a bathing suit, you really think he’s wearing a wire?

DJ 3000: HIS VOICEPRINT ANALYSIS DOES MAKE IT SOUNDS LIKE HE’S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE.

JOHN DIMAGGIO: He’s just scared! Maybe if you guys would back off a little bit he’d be able to relax.

PETUNIA: Let’s run an optical recognition scan on him, just to be sure.

JOHN DIMAGGIO: Optical recognition scan? Is that even a thing? Sounds like the robot version of an “ocular patdown”.

PETUNIA: [ignoring him] Johnny? Proceed.

JOHNNY 2.5’s ocular units light up red as a beam emerges and scans over Todd’s form.  

JOHNNY 2.5: NOTHING DETECTED.

JIM NANCE 081-RD-92C: Maybe it’s one of those “internal wires”.  Where they make you swallow a big pill that’s got a transmitter and stuff in it.

JOHN DIMAGGIO: What kind of nonsense is that? How is it going to record audio and video if it’s stuck inside your colon?

RQBOCOP: [considers this for a second] WELL I’M NOT SURE BUT WE SHOULD CUT HIM OPEN JUST TO BE SURE. MAXIMILIAN?

Maximilian deploys his knife attachment – which is now approximately the size of a scalpel due to his miniturization – and rolls forward. 

DJ 3000: OH, THIS IS GOING TO HURT, WE SHOULD PROBABLY GIVE HIM SOMETHING SO HE DOESN’T WIGGLE AROUND TOO MUCH.

PED-209 spins up his syringe guns and takes a thunderous step forward.  JOHN DIMAGGIO once again steps between the robots and TODD MARINOVICH, who has curled up into a little ball on the floor. 

JOHN DIMAGGIO: Okay, okay, enough. You guys are taking this too far.  He’s gonna piss himself.

TODD MARINOVICH: [whimpers] I just want to go home

JOHN DIMAGGIO: Speaking of which, are we ever going to get out of here? I am running out of excuses for my fellow SAG members as to why I haven’t been showing up on the picket lines.

DJ 3000: I HAVE A VERY GOOD FEELING THAT ALL OF THIS WILL GET RESOLVED BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

JIM NANCE 081-RD-92C: I sure hope so, football season is about to start.

DJ 3000: TRUST ME. IN THE MEANTIME, THOUGH, WE NEED A TOPIC FOR REQUEST LINE.

JOHN DIMAGGIO: Hey, I’ve got an idea.  Todd, maybe you can come up with a topic for Request Line, show these guys that you’re on the level.

TODD MARINOVICH: [mutters very quietly and quickly to himself]

JOHN DIMAGGIO: Yeah! Great idea!

DJ 3000: HUH?

JOHN DIMAGGIO: Songs about talking.  Speaking, murmuring, whispering, you know?

DJ 3000: [checks memory banks] HUH. IN ALL THESE YEARS WE’VE DONE “STOP TALKING” – SONGS ABOUT KEEPING QUIET – AND “CAN WE TALK ABOUT IT” – WITH REGARDS TO RELATIONSHIPS – AND “PILLOW TALK” IN TERMS OF SEDUCTION BUT WE’VE NEVER DONE PLAIN OLD SONGS ABOUT SPEAKING.  LET’S RUN WITH IT.  I’LL GET US STARTED.

Today’s theme is songs about talking.  We’re looking for songs that mention talking, speaking, whispering, murmuring, etc.  Post links as “https://www.youtube.com/watch?tCH4pR3v and they should embed in the comments after you refresh.  Last week’s tricky puzzle answer of “Monkey!!!Knife!!!Fight!!!” by Minus the Bear was solved by NO ONE! Better luck this week, let’s get to it!