Request Line: Intros and Outros

DFO radio

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - July 6, 2018

109

INT. RECORDING STUDIO - DAY The PRODUCER sits at his console looking incredibly vexed. PRODUCER: I can't believe he didn't show up. DJ 3000: Maybe he's sick. PRODUCER: In the middle of the summer? Come on. DJ 3000: Perhaps... PRODUCER: You and I both know it's because he's too hungover to get his ass in gear. DJ

The Dak Prescott Summer of Maturity: Chapter 1

Crossovers

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - July 4, 2018August 8, 2018

EXT. RURAL SURROUNDINGS - DAY We open with a wide shot of a vehicle parked at the edge of a field. An orchestral version of a familiar song plays softly. Cut to a closer shot of the vehicle, then another cut to its interior where we see the NARRATOR (Richard Dreyfus,

DFO Radio: Stripped Down

DFO radio

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - July 3, 2018July 3, 2018

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly (from the DFO World Cup Open Thread): Okay, if I stay put and watch the second half, it will be a dull, interminable slog that ends with Belgium winning 3-0 on a joyless penalty shootout. If I bail the second half will be the greatest half of soccer played in

Request Line: Stripped Down

DFO radio

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - June 29, 2018June 29, 2018

157

INT. RECORDING STUDIO - DAY The PRODUCER and DJ 3000 stand outside the recording studio, gazing into the booth. PRODUCER: Wow. DJ 3000: I KNOW, RIGHT? PRODUCER: I mean, I'm not... DJ 3000: OH, ME NEITHER. PRODUCER: But if I was.... DJ 3000: OH, YEAH. CRISTIANO RONALDO: Você está pronto para o rock? PRODUCER: [punches talkback button] Oh, you know

DFO Radio: Eponymous and/or Naming Rights

DFOing Good

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - June 26, 2018June 26, 2018

Last week DFO Radio's regular groove got busted up by Courtney Brown, who nonetheless was coached up to deliver a session that actually worked. In retrospect a decent host for a Request Line with the theme of "naming rights" would have been Antonio Cromartie, but there's no way to unring

Request Line: Eponymous and/or Naming Rights

DFO radio

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - June 22, 2018June 22, 2018

129

INT. RECORDING STUDIO - DAY. We join the show already in progress... COURTNEY BROWN: Hey, so people can call in and request songs? PRODUCER: Yes. That countdown I gave you? That meant the show was starting. Playing music is what we are supposed to be doing right now. BROWN: Can we make outgoing calls? PRODUCER: Yeah,

DFO Radio: Wanton Destruction

DFOing Good

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - June 19, 2018June 19, 2018

I've never lived through a major natural disaster before. I saw my share of Nor'easters growing up in New England, but nothing that cost us more than a few days worth of school (I grew up in Wethersfield, which made the process of listening for school closures on the radio

Request Line: Wanton Destruction

DFOing Good

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - June 15, 2018June 15, 2018

122

INT. RECORDING STUDIO - DAY The PRODUCER sits at his desk, practicing a trick where he spins a pen across his fingers. He keeps messing up and sending the pens flying, but each time instead of retrieving the pen he just grabs another from a large coffee mug stuffed full of

DFO Radio: False Positive

DFO radio

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - June 12, 2018June 12, 2018

I keep a spreadsheet with potential topics for Request Line, and I've had "false accusations" on there for quite a long time. I'd always been hesitant to run with it, though, because I thought the topic might be a little too narrow. But given the quality and quantity of the

Saturday Morning Coming Down

DFOing Good

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - June 9, 2018June 9, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED5s1-Fe9FA So what's happening? Was everybody up late celebrating the Warriors managing to pull off their eighth victory in nine tries against the Cavaliers in the NBA finals? Yeah, me neither. It's a lovely morning here in Los Angeles, and I'll probably head out and do some home improvement work until

Request Line: False Positive

DFOing Good

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - June 8, 2018June 8, 2018

126

INT. RECORDING STUDIO - DAY The PRODUCER sits at his regular station outside the recording booth, looking relatively relaxed. DJ3000 is humming quietly in the corner. The PRODUCER punches the talkback button to open up a line into the studio. PRODUCER: Looks like we're just about ready to roll. You're all set? JULIAN

DFO Radio: I Beg Your Pardon

DFOing Good

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - June 5, 2018June 5, 2018

During last night's open thread I brought up the "science" in the movie Interstellar. I think I was being a bit misleading there, making an implication that the physics behind some of the movie's concepts were incorrect. I wouldn't know - I didn't watch the entire thing. I ended up turning