C,: d.c., I need your help.
d.: Just a minute Cal.E. Yes, I’ll have two bacon double cheeseburgers, extra bacon, a large order of fries, an apple pie and a chocolate milk shake. Oh, and a small diet soda, please.
C.: Are you at a drive thru, ordering lunch for you and Eudora?
d.: Oh, thanks for reminding me. I’ll also have the smallest diet milk shake you have.
C.: I didn’t know they had diet milkshakes.
d.: Yes, that’s all Eudora has for meals now.
C.: So, all the rest of the order was for you?
d.: Yes. I went to one of my doctors today and found out that I hit my intermediate goal weight, so I’m celebrating with my favorite meal. Now, what can I do for you, Cal.E.?
C.: You can talk to Tucker again.
d.: Why? Are you having trouble with your marriage?
C.: No, that’s fine. But, after you left my show last night, I had Tucker as my next guest. It’s better if I just send you a copy of the end of the show. That will explain everything.
Tux.: I have an idea for a new product that will make us a lot of money, Cal.E.
C.: What product is that?
Tux.: My voice, along with my creativity. I invited your band to back me up. Listen to the song I wrote and tell me what you think, my love.
I wanna live with a tricolored girl I could be happy the rest of my life with a tricolored girl
A dreamer of pictures I run in the night You see us together chasing the moonlight My tricolored girl
Ten silver saxes, a bass with a bow Singer relaxes and waits between shows For the tricolored girl
A dreamer of pictures I run in the night You see us together Chasing the moonlight My tricolored girl
Pa sent me money now You know I'll make it somehow I need another chance You see your baby love details
C.: Do see the problem?
d.: Yes. Tucker can sing…
C.: He got this idea from reading your first book: THE MAGURER MYSTERIES PRECISION: A CRIME OF PASSION. That character, who was a professional athlete and decided to retire and write music was his template for this idea…
d.: You mean the main character, John?
C.: No, the other guy..
d.: Denny?
C.: No, not him.
d.: Whom are you referring to, then?
C.: The guy who played football and hurt is knee, but he came back and won the Super Bowl; and then retired after he had to have another knee surgery…
d.: Denny.
C.: No, that doesn’t sound right. He was the one who sent all his money to John’s charity from the jingles he wrote for commercials.
d.: Denny.
C.: I’ll think of his name in a minute if you can’t. Anyway, that character encouraged Tucker to start singing, and not train for his next fight. He stands to lose ten million dollars, and a really cool cat toy if he doesn’t fulfill his contract and fight in his next cat fight.
d.: Denny is based on a real person, but I made most of the story up…
C.: Yes, that’s his name, Denny McElroy.
d.: So, Tucker’s going down the wrong path, not training and not getting a contract for a concert to caterwaul at?
C.: No. A big promoter watched the show and liked Tucker and my band’s performance. He offered to sign Tucker and my band at the same amount of money that he would make cat fighting…
d.: So, what’s the problem? He’ll be making money, and not taking a chance on getting his head bashed in. It sounds like a win-win situation to me.
C.: It’s lose-lose to me. First, it’s my band, and he stole my one opportunity to hit it big. I might be a big star if I was the one who was singing last night instead of my new husband. Secondly, he’s not training for the cat fight…
d.: But he’ll make just as much money singing…
C.: And no cat toy, though. It’s a really cool cat toy.
d.: Maybe you could sing backup and buy the cat toy with the money that y’all make from the concerts where y’all perform…
C.: SING BACKUP?!! IT’S MY BAND!! HE’S RUINED EVERYTHING!! And I can’t buy the cat toy, it’s one of a kind.
d.: Well, that’s all the time we have for today, folks. Please join us tomorrow for another episode of Cal.E.’s Korner.
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