Unbalanced Breakfast

Hasselhoff The Wagon

Episode 3: Hasselhoff the Wagon

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Starring:

HisCheapMoves, kittydeathstar, Pink Lady</a></td>

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Driven by the success of the first two episodes, HisCheapMoves and kittydeathstar plunged headlong into Unbalanced Breakfast, orchestrating media stunts and parties filled with glitteratti. Meanwhile, raw text from the third episode sat on the server, paitently awaiting editing attention. After a month had passed and the subject matter was so, like, last month, our chief protagonists buckled down and released this episode — somewhat dated but as bitter and cold as last night’s coffee.

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Dr. Julius C. Lacking

Official Historian, Ink 19</td>

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HisCheapMoves
Testing… Time for the show…
kittydeathstar
Boop Boop be doop

[[Hot Hot Heat Pic]]HisCheapMoves: Theme song: “5 Times Out of a 100” by “Hot Hot Heat”

kittydeathstar
I’m dancing already!
HisCheapMoves
So what’s been new in your corner, Kitty?
kittydeathstar
Shite aplenty… but it’s all the same zzzzzz. And you, strapping young lad?
HisCheapMoves
Yes, zzzzz is the operative word. I did get to meet the New President of my ivory tower today.
kittydeathstar
An engaging fellow?
HisCheapMoves
I suppose. It was no more than a handshake. But my hand tingled with greatness.
kittydeathstar
Limp or firm? Try to crush your fingers?
HisCheapMoves
No, he had a real pro handshake.
kittydeathstar
Ah the ambiguous shake!

[[Golden Handshake]]HisCheapMoves: I hear the handshake got a separate contract – the University is constantly looking for corporate contributions.

kittydeathstar
Ba da boom!
HisCheapMoves
And this guy tripled the size of his previous school… ah, the joys of private higher education!
kittydeathstar
Hmmm…. I do wonder how that’s done eyes roll
HisCheapMoves
Speaking of rolling, how about that David Hasselhoff?
kittydeathstar
Oh mannn…..
HisCheapMoves
You know, it’s unfair to us vicious pundits.
kittydeathstar
By coincidence (I’m sure), E! has been showing that True Baywatch story nonstop… Like ducks in a thimble. I should stop, he’s like syndie television’s Ian Curtis. Or Kurt Cobain. Or even…….. Sid VICIOUS.
HisCheapMoves
Or even this, the top link that came up for “David Hasselhoff” just now: http://www.esquilax.com/baywatch/index.shtml

That’s so last month!

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The story, in case you missed it the first time, is that hotel staffers reportedly found David Hasselhoff unconscious in his room next to an empty minibar.

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kittydeathstar
You punkdits better be careful out there, or when the Big D gets out of rehab he’s gonna don his “Evil Twin” mustache and go all Punisher on your asses……
HisCheapMoves
I can just picture him with a cheap alarm clock strapped to the dash of his black pre-owned Firebird…
kittydeathstar
Ha ha ha…. trying to banter with his Viper alarm system….
HisCheapMoves
Berating the Sears sales help: “No, no, I want the talking kind….!”
kittydeathstar
Trying to drive into the back of random semi trucks….
HisCheapMoves
I don’t know what’s sadder…
kittydeathstar
Imagining his lil’ chicken legs sticking out from behind the wet bar… when the bellhops found him?
HisCheapMoves
Ensconced in little bottles and water crackers. “Mr. Hasselhoff, my daughter is a big fan and … OH MY GOD!”
kittydeathstar
Oh it hurts… hurts so good.
HisCheapMoves
http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,10212,00.html is the scoop.
kittydeathstar
Maybe they ran in slow motion to rescue him? Pecs bouncing?
HisCheapMoves
I can just see it – “Kit, we need mixers.” Or “You shee offisher… mebby I’m drunk… but I’m not driving! [giggle snort]”

[[Corgi Rider]]kittydeathstar: Tell ‘em Kit! “Viper engaged.”

HisCheapMoves
“Let’s find that evil K-Band, Kit!” I believe Pink Lady has a Hasselhoff story for us…
kittydeathstar
Ah yes…. Sashay on in!
HisCheapMoves
Welcome back!
Pink Lady
It’s great to be back, boys!
kittydeathstar
Hello!
Pink Lady
what’s for breakfast?
HisCheapMoves
Hasselhoff the Wagon
Pink Lady
Oh my…. Poor David, Poor Knight Rider.
HisCheapMoves
Poor bellhops!
Pink Lady
I actually have a story about him. Shall I share it with our audience?
HisCheapMoves
Of course!
kittydeathstar
Please!

[[Bad Hass]]Pink Lady: My friend Sue went to France once on a business trip. This was maybe 15 years ago. One of her coworkers was fluent in French, which Sue said was very helpful. Well, it seems that David Hasselhoff was staying in the same hotel as them. Now, you gotta remember that he’s a big rock star over there – or at least he was back in the 80’s. But they worship Jerry Lewis as a God over there too, so, whatever.

Pink Lady
Anyway, one day Sue and her friend, Mindy the French speaker, are in the hotel, and they see Hasselhoff being swarmed by fans.
HisCheapMoves
This was AT LEAST 15 years ago then.
Pink Lady
Somehow they end up all waiting for the elevator while standing near this swarm, and Hasselhoff doesn’t speak any French, so he asks Mindy if she can translate for him to one of his fans. (Maybe he heard her speak French, I don’t know). So, Mindy did some easy translations for him, “Oh thanks so much for being a fan of my music…” that kind of thing. But she told Sue later that, since Hasselhoff really had no idea what she was telling these women, she felt like saying “He says your Mother’s a pig.”
HisCheapMoves
That would have been the proper thing to do.
Pink Lady
I love that story.
kittydeathstar
Ace!
Pink Lady
At least he still has his hair.
HisCheapMoves
On a stand, by the nighttable.
kittydeathstar
Ouch!
Pink Lady
I wonder if he ever banged Pam Anderson while they were doing Baywatch….
HisCheapMoves
I think she made a great lifeguard, with her built-in floaters.
Pink Lady
HA! She’s such a “Natural” beauty.
HisCheapMoves
Didn’t Hassy get blown up in Baywatch or something?
kittydeathstar
That’s the word on the street.
Pink Lady
I really never watched that show.
kittydeathstar
Seems a bit subtle for him. I wonder if they had a scene where Valkyries escorted him up to Valhalla. As the grand finale.
Pink Lady
A burial at sea would have been fitting.
HisCheapMoves
A burial in sand.
kittydeathstar
Speaking of Eighties phenoms, I believe you have more in that theme PL …

[[Butch Walker]]Pink Lady: I do. It goes back a week or so… at a Butch Walker show here in the city that never sleeps. You rememebr him of course as the singer for the late great Marvelous 3. He’s a bit young to be an 80’s icon, but he does worship the 80’s metal.

Pink Lady
Anyhoo, I was sort of surprised at how out of control the crowd was. I mean, guys were pushing me out of the way to get to him. It was like being surrounded by rabid wolverines.
kittydeathstar
Sounds like a Morrissey vibe! Yow!
HisCheapMoves
Except those are rabid vegan wolverines.
Pink Lady
But the show was awesome, and after the gig, I hung out by his bus like a slathering groupie, and he signed a promo glossy for me! “To Pink Lady… You Fucking Rock Me! (I made him write that) Hearts, Butch Walker” Dreamy…
kittydeathstar
Man!
Pink Lady
But wait…there’s more!
kittydeathstar
I don’t know if the people can handle it!
Pink Lady
After I got my Butch On, I noticed this dark-haired dude in the crowd who looked sort of familiar… I searched my memory bank and realised it was Bruno Ravel from 80s metal band, Danger Danger, and right behind him was my pal Steve West, the drummer from that same band!!
kittydeathstar
Great band at that!
Pink Lady
We met last year backstage at a Poison concert. So I got to hang a bit with Steve which is always fun because, he’s actually a fan of my work. And then the 80’s action, it just continued after I got home.
kittydeathstar
I thought musicians hated rock critics?

[[Jani Lane]]Pink Lady: 80’s bands love the Pink Lady! Oh, you’ll like this: the drummer for Warrant called me at 12:15 AM and woke me from sleep, so I took the phone into the bed with me and mumbled incoherently at him. Because, like, I was sleeping.

kittydeathstar
But rock stars don’t sleep!
Pink Lady
He was returning a call I had made to him earlier. I guess he thinks I stay up all night (Up all night/sleep all day)
Pink Lady
(everybody now!)
kittydeathstar
You beat me!
Pink Lady
I asked him if he was “on the bus” and he said he was in a strip bar in “the middle of nowhere, Wyoming”
kittydeathstar
Smell the ratings! Did you hear the lapdance ambience?
Pink Lady
I did actually….I said to him “Maybe we should have this conversation another time…” He’s a sweet guy actually. His nickname is The Sack”…
kittydeathstar
The Sack?? Salacious…..
Pink Lady
it has to do with him being able to hide a can of soda with a certain part of his anatomy.
kittydeathstar
FUCKING WHAT??????
Pink Lady
I have never seen it, but I have heard stories.
kittydeathstar
But I…..
Pink Lady
I have more 80’s band stories….
kittydeathstar
retreats into corner weeping softly Keep ‘em coming!

[[Faster Pussycat]]Pink Lady: A week after the Butch Walker experience, I went back to the same club to see a couple of LA bands that friends of mine are in…. Faster Pussycat and Pretty Boy Floyd.

kittydeathstar
Glam overlords!
Pink Lady
I’ve known Taime Downe for years, and Dish, the drummer from PBF, is a pal. So, I had to go. It was pretty hilarious; Dish and I hung out with the freaks from his band and that was really weird. It’s amazing what rock guys will say to you when they just look at you as being like “one of the guys” …
kittydeathstar
Examples! NOW!
HisCheapMoves
Spill!
Pink Lady
It’s insane, I’m sitting there with three guys wearing more make up than I even own, and two “fans” who looked like they must be in the “adult film busness” if you get my drift.
HisCheapMoves
That reminds me… but finish your story.
Pink Lady
I was almost insulted that no one asked me for a blow job (just kidding).
kittydeathstar
Oh snap!!
Pink Lady
Anyway, Faster Pussycat ended up being really really good, even if Taime – who looks like a nazi vampire – was being all Rock Star and went right from the bus to the stage, and back again. OK, I’m done with my 80’s stories.
kittydeathstar
I’m winded…..
Pink Lady
Rock Rock ‘Til You drop… So, tell your story Cheap Moves Man
HisCheapMoves
Since you brought up, er, “adult films”, here’s something interesting: http://www.vnunet.com/News/1133313
kittydeathstar
My hometown!

“Osceola Sherrif”HisCheapMoves: Apparently, for a brief while, visitors to http://www.osceolasheriff.org (run by the Kissimmee, FL sheriff’s department) were greeted with Free Porn!

kittydeathstar
I’m so goddamn proud right now…..
HisCheapMoves
Another case of domain hijacking…
Pink Lady
Free porn! Ain’t that America.
kittydeathstar
Fuck filters, this sheriff is shooting from the hip!
HisCheapMoves
Not just Free Porn, but Free Porn for Law Abiding Citizens who Take an Interest in Their Community.
Pink Lady
It’s the best kind of Porn there is.

[[Charlie Aycock Pledge]]HisCheapMoves: Sheriff Charlie Aycock – think the name had anything to do with it?

Pink Lady
Ya think? Who else besides me thinks Dick Army ought to think about being called “Richard”?
kittydeathstar
Time for lockdown … cue wah pedal
HisCheapMoves
At least it’s not Dick Handy.
kittydeathstar
That’s the sheriff’s deputy. He’s only allowed to carry one…. oh nevermind….
Pink Lady
Dick Army sounds like a punk rock band signed to Alternative Tentacles.
kittydeathstar
Woah… I’m on deadline! Gotta dash! Momus waits for no man, though he does tarry a bit for the young ladies!
HisCheapMoves
Woopsy!
Pink Lady
Run Kitty Run.

[[Momus]]kittydeathstar: Fucking breakfast…. best meal of the day my ass…..

HisCheapMoves
Well, Pinks, thank you for your Hassy story and the acid-free flashbacks…
Pink Lady
It’s been a pleasure. Thank you for having me.
HisCheapMoves
A pleasure as always!
Pink Lady
Thank you, Goodnight!

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