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Good Humor

Not too long ago, my friend and I were sitting around on the couch shooting jokes back and forth at each other.  Playing in the background was a recording we made called the John & John Show starring two fictitious radio personalities, John Harvey and John Holdon. In the course of this nearly 30 minute audio recording, we went from discussing the death penalty( Medieval torture devices anyone? )   to queuing up third-wave ska in the definitive DJ style. I guess what we discovered was just how…obsessed…we are. I mean, it’s just not normal for two 15 year old kids to be fantasizing about creating their own radio station / podcast. We had also done other radio-type things in the past, notably the spoof of various NPR programs such as All things considered and Fresh Air.

Yet, until just this past weekend, all of this silliness seemed to be going nowhere. It was amusing and all that jazz, but it didn’t advance any other aspects of life. But then one day, sitting on that same couch, we had an idea. I said something like “ Hey, your TV remote runs on German batteries right? You just shout anti-Semitic remarks at it and it charges right back up” He took it further, “ Yes, these are in fact batteries that are powered by pure Racism. ‘Racist Batteries’ “  The next 5 or 10 minutes were filled with uproarious laughter and other humorous comments further developing the concept of a “Racist Battery”.

The next night, my friend got an idea ; what would happen if we submitted this funny bit to MAD Magazine ?  I mean, I’m sure the get tons of half-ass bits like ours everyday, but what if, just by chance, ours got accepted. A stack of $500 dollars would be rightfully ours if such a miracle were to occur. A man can dream can’t he?

It was done. We submitted the article.

Now, this would normally be the really good part of the story. You know, when I say “ And then, a week later, I got an email saying that our article had been accepted” but this ain’t  a David Sedaris essay. I’m just giddy with excitement that’s all, but I promise to inform all of you of the outcome. Most mentally stable people already know what will happen, but the crazy ones are still very much excited, so please just let them have their fun.

~optionshiftk

Tuesday,

January 26, 2010