A short break...
Hi there, fellow astronauts! Due to some production issues and my basement flooding again (this time with SEWAGE! Yay! Did I mention I hate this house?), we're taking the first real break in nearly two years of podcasting. Hang in there - we'll be back in two weeks!
And we'll be back with a vengeance! While you wait, here are some things to watch!
Danza at his finest!
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Rhetorical question: who are those people in the background laughing at stuff that is not EVEN funny? Isn't there something quite morbid in using laugh tracks from OTR of people long dead and buried? I'd never have known who Joey Lawrence was if I hadn't listened to "When the Science Hits the Fan," thanks for THAT! I haven't kept track, but hasn't ZA moved unusually often in recent times? Does something smack of, ohhhh, I don't know, maybe...FUGITIVE? But of all places, of ALL places, why, oh why, a basement that floods SEWAGE? Excuse me, but I'm having flashbacks. There's nothing worse than watching Baby Ruths invade one's home in two feet of foul water. One thing's for sure. We'll all look back on this some day and laugh. (Silence...weak crash of cymbal...dog barks in distance) If Sam Kinison were alive and a regular listener of ZAFOF, he'd be screaming, "Don't move into basements that flood with SEWAGE! ARRRRR! ARRRRRR! ARRRRRRRRR!
One thing, though, and ZA probably already knows this: the smell never goes away entirely. I apologize. My life is so empty and pathetic, I need to grasp at the misfortunes of others for cheap belly laughs. In 1965, in a new apartment building, my first apartment ever, a basement, I heard a loud gurgling sound. It looked like the entire sewer system of Park City, Illinois came up out of my toilet. One note of 'wisdom:' use this disgusting experience as motivation for future brilliant scripts. Reach way down deep, look up at the dry people on the upper floors, rend your sweaty t-shirt and cry, "STELLAAAA! STELLA!" Man, I do NOT envy your cleanup job. OY!
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What?! So, I have to work WITHOUT a FOFPC! I feel like I am not getting my moneys worth here (free, huh? well, ummmm)....so, you have a basement full of shhhhhh(umm, well)...so what if you haven't had a vacation in (wow, that is a long time) But what about my entitlement?! Why wasn't anyone thinking of RUFUS on this one?! Where's my bailout?!
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Not to worry, Rufus, me lad - we are absolutely thinking of Y-O-U! And I assure you, you WILL get what's coming to you! Even now, Lobo's is warming up the Winnebago and stocking the refreshments for the trip - to say nothing of a few other doo-dads and whatnot I've been tinkering with! Our time together will be a veritable Voyage of Discovery! See ya soon...
Despicably Yours,
Doc
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I'll get out the pie and coffee. Does Lobo eat pie?
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Basement flooded with sewage huh?
EEP!
And here I was logging on to compliment the last few episodes thinking I've been so cursed to have the wax seal on my toilet break 2 times in as many months.
But in the big game of "duck, duck, goose" we call life, I see I got ducked, while ZA got goosed!
Take your time with returning, and Good Luck.
It's a wonder you all produce such a high quality podcast every 2 weeks to begin with.
Us fellow astronauts can hang around as long as needed.
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Bummer! Given a choice between podcasting and cleaning up septic waste I'd go with the podcasting. Hopefully you'll get a break when it's all done. I do enjoy the podcast, and appreciate the hard work.
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That's horrendous! Holy crap! I hope it gets cleaned up soon buddy!
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Yuck! Sorry to hear about this. I've had a flooded basement, but not sewage. Hope all is clearing up, my friend!
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