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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - April 19, 2019March 10, 2023

INT. RECORDING STUDIO - DAY We join the show in progress. Things seem calm and under control in the studio. The PRODUCER and DJ 3000 are situated outside the booth, while a young man is seated inside speaking into the properly positioned, appropriately leveled microphone. TYLER EIFERT: ...and normally, when I walk

Request Line: Down

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - April 12, 2019April 12, 2019

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INT. DFO PRODUCTION OFFICE - DAY A pair of sleazy Hollywood producers are fulfilling their investor-mandated office hours. One - DARKEST TIMELINE ZACK MORRIS - appears to be hard at work, depositing royalty checks, opening and closing manilla folders, and making notes on a post-it pad. The other - RIKKI-TIKKI-DEADLY -

Request Line: Joined at the Hip

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - April 5, 2019April 5, 2019

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INT. RECORDING STUDIO - DAY A pair of men sit calmly behind the desk inside the recording booth. The PRODUCER punches the talkback button. PRODUCER: Okay guys, we're looking good. We've got ten more minutes of Jimmy and the Animal closing out, plus six more minutes of commercial, and then we're on. Thanks

Request Line: Piano Men

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - March 29, 2019March 29, 2019

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INT. PATRIOTS TRAINING FACILITY - 9 A.M. - SATURDAY Patriots Director of Player Personnel NICK CASERIO is hard at work in a conference room. He glances up as the regular crowd of players shuffles into the training facility to begin their entirely "voluntary" offseason workouts. There is an old man -

Meanwhile, in Overland Park…

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - March 27, 2019March 27, 2019

EXT. SUBURBAN STREET - DAY A very young boy plays by himself with a football on the lawn in front of a nondescript suburban home. He tosses the ball up in the air as high as he can, then darts underneath to catch it. As he runs across the lawn, pretending

Request Line: Imports

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - March 15, 2019March 13, 2019

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INT. RECORDING STUDIO - DAY We join things in progress, as ROBERT KRAFT sits in front of the microphone telling a ribald story. ROBERT KRAFT: ...and then I say, 'I think you're gonna need another towel!' [slaps desk] Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha! DJ 3000: [off air] Good God! PRODUCER: [punches

Meanwhile, in Jupiter…

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - March 6, 2019March 6, 2019

INT. POLICE STATION FRONT DESK - DAY A weary-looking Hispanic female officer sits behind a divider that separates the police station bullpen from the reception area. --- [door flies open] --- MARK DAVIS: HI I'M MARK DAVIS! OFFICER REYES: Um, hello sir. How can we help you? MARK: I NEED TO SEE THE CHIEF OF

Your “The Sun Rises on the Factory” Saturday Morning Open Thread

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - February 16, 2019February 16, 2019

Good morning! The sun is finally out in Los Angeles after a couple more days of rain and I'm thinking it would be nice to drive out east and see how much snow there is on the mountains. Are there sports? Probably! Let's see what ESPN says: Oh, the FA Cup is

Request Line: Duets

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - February 15, 2019February 14, 2019

INT. UNDERDOG SPORTS BAR - NIGHT A thin crowd mulls around a dimly lit sports bar. Practically every available surface in the bar is covered with a television screen; most are showing basketball and hockey games. A door behind the bar marked "OFFICE" opens and the bar manager emerges, followed by

Request Line: Coffee is for Closers

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - February 8, 2019February 8, 2019

INT. RECORDING STUDIO - DAY PATRICK MAHOMES stands in the office outside the studio, smoking a cigarette. DJ 3000 is near the wall, watching MAHOMES stalking back and forth. THE PRODUCER comes into the room, he folds up a newspaper and drops it on his desk, suggesting he's just been using

Tales from the Meteor: The Last Journeyman (Part 3)

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - February 3, 2019January 4, 2023

Sunday, February 3 Right ascension 17 31 22.9 Declination -74 16 68 Elongation 76.4 Delta 0.02 AU This is the end of my journey. I pull up the motorcycle in front of a pleasant, but modest-enough, home in Redondo Beach, California. The hybrid that Ryan Fitzpatrick had let me take remains in Arizona, abandoned in the

Tales from the Meteor: The Last Journeyman (Part 2)

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - January 31, 2019January 4, 2023

Wednesday, January 30 Right ascension 16 49 55.2 Declination -74 14 23 Elongation 71.2 Delta 0.25 AU Doug Martin is very, very surprised to see me. Note that he is not unhappy to see me, just surprised. He and I got along just fine on a professional level, but we had nothing in common personally, so