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Episode 54 of The Young Southpaw Part Of An Hour

Speaking of Adam Levine’s ‘bands’ comment, why don’t Maroon 5 add two members and remake ‘Gilligan’s Island’? What if the show was re-cast to star all musicians? Instead of Bob Denver have John Denver, Geri Halliwell as Ginger, Public Enemy’s Professor Griff as The Professor?

Taking in The Ramones, Allen Ginsberg, Bruce Dickinson, Leonard Cohen, Marianne Faithfull, Sonic Youth, Fantasy Island, Lulu, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Kenny Loggins, and much more

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What if instead of Bob Denver getting marooned on that island....what if it was John?!...I mean he would annoy the hell out of everyone playing his acoustic guitar all the time singing about getting back to West Virginia...landlocked West Virginia....and Leaving On A Jet Plane when there’s no such thing in sight!

I mean Maroon 5 really missed a trick here not calling themselves Maroon 7, adding two additional members and each dressing up as the cast ya know...

But what if they remade the show with all musicians?....not Maroon 5 of course, they had their chance....but like for Ginger, get Geri Halliwell, Ginger Spice, ya know...woo!....Marianne, played by Marianne Faithful.....the Professor is..Professor Griff from Public Enemy...

gets a little tougher after those....I mean The Skipper?.....skip to my lou...Lulu maybe....

and who would play the Howells you know?....Allan Ginsberg?!...doing both roles?...he’d be out of breath....cause you need two of ‘em!....double the fun....well how about 4?...double the fun again! ya know....like twice the impact of that chewing gum commercial!...ya know who chews gum and has the same last names?...Howling at the Moon, the Ramones!...this could have been a special project for them...like in the late 80s..I mean where do you go after RamonesMania?!...they get shipwrecked on an island...huh, though I think they’d wanna be marooned with Gilligan himself.....no offense to John Denver...but like I could see them all switching their leather jackets to Gilligan’s outfit ya know....or I guess like The Ramones might dig it if Tom Hanks was there with the castaways......of course, ya know, before the film Castaway...back in Hank’s comedy days - Busom Buddies, The ‘Burbs ya know...Triple B......Big...the quadrup!...

...unless like maybe the Ramones were gonna do a John Denver covers album...they get stranded on this island and John Denver himself is teaching them the tuuuuuunes ya know!........and Professor Griff works out a way to build a recording studio ....out of coconuts, of course...this could be a big hit for The Ramones, their all John Denver covers record...West Virginia isn’t that far from New York City...the Lower West Side you know......though Denver’s in Colorado...I never understood that....why was he going to West Virginia in the first place...Colorado’s the complete other way!...

though I guess it was Thurston Howle the Third...if we’re in New York City in the late 80’s....you know before we get to the island....well of course it’s gonna be all about Sonic Youth....Thurston Moore The Third....and if like Allan Ginsberg doesn’t want to do it, Kim Gordon could play his wife on the show too....


is this kinda like picking a fantasy football team?....cause like there was also Fantasy Island ya know...what if you merged the two!...get Tattoo...heck Bruce Dicksinson could play Mr. Howle - Tattooed Millionaire ya know....and Lulu did the theme to that Bond movie Hervé Villechaize was in!...Skip to my Lulu again...Christopher Lee as Scaramanga...were there ever any vampires on Gilligan’s Island....it wasn’t a whole like Twilight series and I completely missed that aspect of it, was it?....I guess you had Vincent Price on that Brady Bunch Hawaii thing, keeping with the island theme....this now has the makings of the greatest horror movie of all time...at least the greatest horror movie that would’ve starred John Denver.... I think!...I mean, woo...I hope I’m not wrong...if I am, please let me know...if there are other horror movie scenarios where John Denver is marooned on an island with The Ramones, Ginger Spice, and Professor Griff.....I mean what if there’s another one where it was like John Denver, The Dead Boys, Mel C, Television....and Flava Flav...keeping up his reality tv appearances...

or like ya know...I mean Bruce Dickinson is a pilot...maybe he makes a special guest appearance!....like flies in to pick up John Denver..so he can leave on a jet plane ya know....but Bruce only has room for one other person...so they draw lots and Marianne Faithfull gets to go with him - but this is done of course so Leonard Cohen can make a guest appearance too...just to sing So Long, Marianne!....to laugh and cry about it all again ya know...cause I mean’s it’s supposed to be a comedy......

I don’t think Leonard Cohen will join the cast though...rad as that might be....though there’s also the danger that with Denver and Marianne gone, the cast is now down to five and Adam Levine and co might be making a hostile takeover!....meanwhile Leonard Cohen sneaks off to go into the recording studio with Bruce Dickinson, Marianne Faithfull, and John Denver which is looking like the raddest supergroup ever!...

and like where is this island?!....cause like Australia’s technically an island!...woo!...but I mean rad as it would be to have AC/DC involved, you don’t really get marooned on Australia ...it’s a big, a very big civilized place... heck it’s its own continent...you wouldn’t have to worry about incontinence there like you would being deserted somewhere smaller...and the music scene there is one of the best in the world...John Denver washes up there, he’s gonna have some competition...and also easy access to an airport to get on a jet plane and back to his country roads...unless like he and The Ramones are touring Australia whilst also pretending to be shipwrecked AND! remaking Gilligan’s Island....sounds complicated...though I’m sure Professor Griff can figure it out!...and like while he’s at it, can he like broadcast some coordinates from his coconut radio?!...I mean where was this thing...

speaking of coconuts, ya know Kokomo..was that Beach Boys song a clue?!....or was it in a stream?! heck, got Dolly Parton involved this’ll be amazing!...and Kenny Rogers....heck get Kenny Loggins too...Danger Zone, have him get into a dogfight with Bruce Dickinson on one episode, then they realize they’re both on the same side and become best friends....but before they do his co-pilot is Kenny Rogers and hilarity ensues whenever he’s on the radio and says ‘roger that’.....and heck the two Kennys, same name, they can play the Howells!

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from Dekalaug 6: 5160, released May 31, 2021

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