Johnny the Mediocre Human

Comics from Duke in the '90s

Johnny the Mediocre Human

Comics from Duke in the '90s

Comics about music

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Popularity rank 6 #381. More from Barry, the honest DJ

March 9, 1999

BARRY: Coming up next, we'll hear a new tune from a band you've never heard of.

BARRY: The song isn't well-written or that original, but wait til we play it a few hundred times.

BARRY: Within two weeks, you'll know ALL the lyrics, be a member of their FANCLUB, and the lead singer will start work on a solo project.

BARRY: This is 98.8 FM, and as always, I'm Barry, THE HONEST DJ.
BEN: The truth shall set us free, Barry.

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Popularity rank 7 #360. Bold, repetitive melody

February 8, 1999

BEN: This song is INCREDIBLE, Johnny! Listen to its innovative rhythm, it's BOLD, repetitive melody! THIS is the electronic revolution!
STEREO: be lonely be lonely

BEN: THIS is the music of NOW!
JOHNNY: Ben, this is my Matchbox 20 CD. It skips right here. See how the time's not changing?
STEREO: be lonely be lonely

STEREO: be lonely be lonely -click- ... 3 AM I must be lonely...

BEN: I feel like I should sterilize my EARDRUMS...
JOHNNY: How's the weather up there on that high horse?

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Popularity rank 8 #336. Least repetitive station

December 16, 1998

SOUND: click

RADIO: ... 3 AM I must be- CLICK- gonna be all right, rock-a- CLICKl hard knock like, for us, it's a- CLICK- one I run to, the one that I belong to, still the one I- CLICK

RADIO: ... that saved a wretch like MEEEEEE.... All right, we're back on the All-Amazing-Grace Station, we play only "Amazing Grace", 24 hours a day...

BEN: SADLY, this is the least repetitive station in Durham...
RADIO: That last rendition was from action star Jackie Chan, now Boris Yeltzin sings...

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Popularity rank 9 #299. Space suits

October 26, 1998

FRATMAN: SEE? You can go outside in these suits!
JOHNNY: But you can't GROOVE in these, man.
SIGN: Mars

BEN: Look, I can't smoke with this helmet on....
FRATMAN: NO, BEN! You'll inhale toxic gases!
SOUND: wooooosh

FRATMAN: Your body can't handle the... deadly... Martian... air. Wow.
SOUND: click

BEN: Look, I've been training my lungs for this my whole life. 'Sides, it's got a filter.
JOHNNY: Hey, you CAN do the ROBOT pretty well! "Intergalactic planetary"...

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Popularity rank 10 #235. CD clubs

March 23, 1998

JOHNNY: I'm telling you, Ben, I spend my money so smartly I should be an ECONOMIST.
BEN: How so?

JOHNNY: Observe: I got 11 CD's for the price of ONE from my CD club.
BEN: Which CD's you get?

JOHNNY: Well, the selection wasn't great. I got this one greatest hits album and ten copies of "Yanni Plays the Hits of Matchbox 20".

JOHNNY: Just THINK, all for the price of just ONE CD?
BEN: THIS is why we have a national debt.
LABEL: Ben folds!
SOUND: fold fold

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