Heavyweight Check In 8

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Hello Khalila?

Hey,

let me get Stevie on the phone.

Hello.

Stevie.

Hey.

Hi.

So this is going to be the last of our check-ins.

Yeah, we're going to turn to working on a few

more classic type heavyweight episodes to release later this fall.

So, last check-in.

And it's an abbreviated one, right?

Right.

It's kind of like the last day of class before the teacher allows everyone out of the classroom, just wishing them a good summer.

Yeah, and you all watch the like

one VHS tape of Princess Bride with the school owns.

Actually, we do sort of have like, I don't know, a movie.

A television program.

TV for your ears.

Stevie and I approached our engineer and

composer Bobby Lord.

Ah, I know that name well from having mindlessly said it during the credits.

So, yeah, so Bobby in the past has made us these remixes, taking lines of audio from heavyweight and making them fun and danceable.

And we thought maybe he can do something like that with the check-ins.

And very quickly, it got out of hand

so bobby did not make a song instead he took uh things that we've said and these heavyweight check-ins we've been doing and he sort of stitched them together out of context to create this whole new fictional storyline so what we have for you is an episode of uh i guess like heavyweight the sitcom well that sounds that sounds really nice um You know, it's silly and it's kind of ridiculous, but just be honest, Stevie, it's a deranged piece of audio.

It is absolutely nuts, but we find it very entertaining, and hopefully other people will too.

Yeah, let's

sit back and open up our ears.

To quote the great showbiz talent Kurt Cobain, with the lights out, it's less dangerous.

Here we are now.

Let us entertain you.

Hags, have a great summer.

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starring Jonathan Goldstein,

Kalila Holt,

Stevie Lane,

and introducing Bobby Lohr.

created without the knowledge or approval of Jonathan Goldstein

Kalila

what

this weekend.

My in-laws they came by

okay

living the dream

Hello.

TV.

This is she.

So, I had a blind date tonight.

So, so how did it go?

Have you guys seen Panic Room?

Hello.

Hello, Jonathan.

Bobby Lorde.

I trust you remember my friend Joey.

The one and only.

How could I forget?

I just wanted to drop by to see if you all had heard about the rumor.

What?

Oh, the rumor that Spotify was going to cancel heavyweight unless you can somehow come up with $500.

Wait, wait, no need to respond.

Well, I guess I'd better get going.

Oh, actually, one more thing.

I'm sure you all have also heard about the big Spotify talent show four days from now.

I think the grand prize is $500.

Well, anyway, Joey.

Yeah.

I think we'd better get going.

I think you're right.

I hate those guys.

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I don't know what I'm gonna do.

This is like a bad dream.

Sorry, guys, I don't know why I'm getting so emotional.

It's okay.

So what do you want to do?

What?

Four days from now, we're gonna sing.

In the show,

yeah.

The grand prize is $500.

We can do this.

I am just shameless.

I'll do anything.

Let me try, Stevie.

Start spreading the news.

Kazeka?

It was so beautiful.

Kalila?

Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do.

That was excellent.

Stevie?

The waiting is the hardest part.

Wow.

You know, what was really great about it was your sense of timing.

Yeah, exactly.

Four days later.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to the big Spotify Talent Show.

As you all know, tonight's winners take home the grand prize of $500.

Get your showbiz voice on, Kalila.

I'm gonna just go get a bunch of liquor.

Hello, Jonathan.

Bobby Lord.

Stevie.

Hey.

Joey,

is this your knife?

Jeez, Joey, no, put the knife away.

We're not doing that.

I'm surprised you had the guts to show up.

We got important work to do.

Uh, look, hors d'oeuvres.

What is this, sir?

Wackale and colourful.

Hmm.

Thanks.

Presenting our first performer tonight,

Bobby Lord.

Well, looks like it's my time to shine.

Oh, by the way, I'll be using the prize money to fund my new podcast, Hefty Burden, with Bobby Lord.

Ciao.

I hate those guys.

Hi, everyone.

I'm Bobby.

None of you probably recognizes my face or my voice, or even know that I exist because I'm usually shut away in a dark mixing room, doing all the work no one ever thinks about, fixing your popping Ps and leveling DBs.

But I do exist, and this is my chance to shine.

No!

Come on, Bobby.

In this

lut.

Beat that.

And now, our second and final performers for the night.

Jonathan Goldstein, Khalila Halt, and Stevie Lane of Heavyweight.

Start spreading the news.

The waiting is the hardest part.

And wow, clearly the winner is Heavyweight.

Well, congrats, Heavyweight.

You were the better performers.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Wow.

I wanted to ask Bobby Will you join

really?

Okay.

Oh also a man just came by and said heavyweight's not canceled anymore.

That man turned out to be Daniel Eck.

So we can use that $500 for whatever we want.

I'm Randy for toilet paper.

Toilet paper it is then.

Next time on Johnny and the Gang.

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