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Barrelful Of Monkey Suits

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The casual fan might be amused by Vince’s skullet; the normal human tickled by TC, who looks as if he has been arrested in the Sarasota area three times this month for sexing strangers’ above-ground pools.

The Enthusiast knows that the real fun is Phil, who is not wearing his glasses and, therefore, completely blind.

And–as usual–where the fuck’s Mrs. Donna Jean?

Caption Contest

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What’s Billy whispering in Mickey’s ear? Leave your best guess in the comments and win a footrub from TC. That’s right: TotD has contracted with TCTCB (Taking Care of Tom Constanten’s Business) Productions to bring you this once-in-a-lifetime encounter.

TC will come to your home (as long as you don’t live somewhere stupid like Canada) and attempt to give you pleasure. Via your feet.

Notwithstanding the question of whether the prize is to be desired, let’s see your captions.

Also–and this is just laying all the cards on the table–TC will most likely stay with you a while. At this point, he’s just kind of a homeless elderly man with a foot fetish.

Up! Right, Bass?

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Phil doesn’t even know how to hold that thing, let alone play it.

Also, even in a recording studio in the 60’s, Bobby can find his light.

Reach Over My Shoulder

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“Five minutes, guys! Everybody got their cowboy hats? Serapes? We all set on folding chairs?”

Sittin’ On Top Gear Of The World

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The reason the Dead didn’t use a lot of car metaphors is because every time they got anywhere near an automobile, they looked like complete muppets.

Dead Man

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The only explanation for TC is that he was secretly acting in a Jim Jarmusch film.

Once In A While

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The lighting makes it look like Garcia is naked from the waist down, or as my grandpa used to call it, Porky Pigging it.

And Leave It On

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Bigger Than A Drive-In Movie

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Sunshine Daydream! At long last freed from the grainy bufferings of the ‘tubes! Made whole and pristine and just exactly perfect for all to see in  theaters! Over-priced popcorn and sneaking a doobie in your Toyota right before the show!

Definitely the best choice they could have made, especially considering some of the films they rejected:

  • 440. In the tradition of Infrared Roses and Greyfolded, this three-hour film re-imagines, mashes up, and remixes great moments in the Dead awkwardly screwing around for four or five minutes in between songs. Hear a guy with perfect pitch tune up for far longer than you would have thought a guy with perfect pitch should need to tune up! Listen to indecipherable snatches of two unidentified guys yelling inside jokes at one another! 35-minute supercut of Funniculi Funnicula!
  • The all-crew version of The Mikado from ’81, with Rex Jackson as Yum-Yum and Ramrod as Nanky Poo.
  • Billy’s private tapes. There are things that you see that you can’t unsee. Also, Billy watches you watching the tape, and it gets beyond weird real quick.
  • Surveillance footage of Lenny Hart rifling through the couch for loose change.
  • Requiem for a Keyboardist! – Bob Balaban’s one-man show about the life and times of Vince Welnick, directed by Harmony Korine.
  • That student film that Phil and TC made at San Luis Obispo State (go Tapirs!) that is exactly as pretentious as you would expect it to be, but far more amateurish. To its credit, there is nudity; to its liability, the nudity is TC’s.
  • The Phantom Menace.
  • Surveillance footage of Rock Scully rifling through a napping Garcia’s pockets for loose change.
  • Those gay pornos Keith was in.

Time Hates Us All #6

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