Do you have any friends or coworkers who take way too much time to tell a story? They really only need about 40 seconds for set up and punchline, but some how they drag the tale on until your eyes glaze over and your mind wanders to thoughts of grocery lists and bills to pay.
Buzzin' is a bit like listening to your longwinded friend's pointless story. A tiny problem presents itself and then for 20 minutes the cast dances around, accomplishing nothing and wasting our time.
The big dilemma this week? Cisco's name isn't on the CD samplers the boyz will bring with them on their radio tour.
The episode begins in the wee hours of the morning, when Cisco and Shwayze get ready to do Ryan Seacrest's morning radio show. The editing of this scene would have you believe that they are waking up at 4:30, but I'm willing to bet that actually the boyz have just made their way home from a hotel after party.
THANK YOU, RED BULL
At Seacrest's show, their song "Buzzin" makes its big radio debut. Everyone agrees it's sure to be the summer hit. Now, as a person currently living in this summer, I have to just raise my hand and ask a quick question. Has anyone heard this song blowing up all over the radio? I ask this honestly and not in my usual snark mode. I'm old beyond my 20-odd years and don't know what the kids are listening to these days. But for all of the hype this song gets, and even its own MTV show and, practically, it's own Pontiac car, I'd think there'd be a whole lot more of it.
Once they listen to "Buzzin" and Cisco and Shwayze dance along with glee, Seacrest delves into a little of the boyz background. "So Cisco," he begins, "You're from Malibu, but the trailer park in Malibu." To which Cisco nearly throws down his ugly hat and shouts, "Hell no! I'm rich, bitch!"
But instead, Shwayze chimes in to explain that it is he who in fact grew up in the trailer park.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES HIM SO DERN FASCINATING
After that wraps, it's only about 8:00am, and the boyz don't know what to do with themselves at such an early hour. So they decide to (probably) get some breakfast and then they drop by their record label, Suretone, to visit their manager Jordan.
THIS IS WHAT AN OFFICE LOOKS LIKE. IT'S WHERE REAL PEOPLE COME TO DO SOMETHING CALLED "WORK."
As they approach Jordan's office, his assistant, a stylish looking young man in a cap, calls out, "Jordan, the guys are here!" I guess Jordan values vagueness and informality in his company.
Jordan congratulates the boyz on their radio appearance and lays out their upcoming plans for a nationwide radio tour. They'll start tomorrow, heading to the east coast. Seems easy enough, but the boyz are bound to screw it up somewhere along the line because Jordan won't be with them for the first few days. He'll be on a vacation in Mexico with his family.
BUT I'LL BE THINKING OF YOU TWO THE WHOLE TIME
The boyz go home to pack and prepare for their next big journey. Then, everyone's favorite boner, Dave Patton, drops by with 40,000 CD samplers for them to pass out at all of the stations they visit. Immediately, Shwayze tears open one of the boxes to take a gander at his first CD. He's all smiles and "oh snap"s until he notices something is missing. Cisco's name is nowhere to be found. No "featuring Cisco." No "produced by Cisco." Nothing.
Dave! What the hell?!
"Well I wasn't in charge of the artwork...err..err."
PLEASE DON'T HAVE ME FIRED
This is not good. And there's no time to fix them before the radio tour. And probably no way in hell that the label would pay for yet another 40 thousand CDs to be made. Then Dave, in another brilliant move, suggests they go show Cisco the cover. Yes, great idea. Go piss him off with no solution to improve matters.
But there's still hope. Shwayze and Warren come up with a plan. They'll just have stickers made that say "Featuring Cisco Adler," and then they'll stick em on the front of the CDs. Badda bing badda boom.
STICKERS FIX EVERYTHING. I USED ONE TO FIX THE LEAKY ROOF.
Dave's all, "Not so fast, wiseguys. I better tell Jordan about this." But Shwayze assures him that will only slow them down. Not to mention it would be totally loserific of him.
So Dave lets them be and they go off to Sticker Land for their quick fix.
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Comments (2)
Buzzin' the song came out a while ago. It was getting a lot of play but I don't think was ever really hot. It was like one of those songs that you hear everywhere but have no idea who made it.
1 of 2 | Posted by eightyschica | Posted on August 17, 2008 11:12 PM
I haven't heard buzzin' either - perhaps its like those ringtones that only younger people can hear. Or at least I hope, so my 30 year old ears never have to hear it.
Job well done with so little to work with! :)
2 of 2 | Posted by chelle | Posted on August 19, 2008 7:05 PM