Ted Leo: Jokester
Posted on April 18, 2005 by Tito
Earlier this week, BMK favorite, Ted Leo, resumed posting to his website – complete with a dubious link to Readers’ Digest worthy jokes*. He tries to make good by giving us one to file under "St. Pete at the Pearly Gates":
A guy dies and goes up to heaven. St. Peter is giving him the grand
tour of the Grounds, and he says, "So, what were you into back on
earth? Like, what were your hobbies and shit?" And the guy says, "Well,
I was a musician." So St. Peter says, "Oh Jeez — well come on! You
know what they say about how Heaven must have one Hell of a band and
all that — this is the place for YOU, my brother! As a matter of fact,
there’s a show about to get underway down at the Celestial Auditorium.
You wanna check it out?" Guy: "Hullz yeah!" St. P.: "Well let’s get it
awn!"
So they go down to the Celestial Auditorium, and the guy’s jaw
immediately drops to the floor — on stage, starting the show is
someone playing the most rippingest version of the "Star Spangled
Banner" ever, and the dead guys is like, "Oh my Gawd! It’s Jimmy
Hendrix!" And St. Pete is all, "Totally. Here come the drums — check
it…" And he hears, like, DUH-DUH-BAP! DUH-DUH-DUH-BAP! And he
realizes, "Holy schniekies — it’s friggin’ Bonham!" And Saint Pete’s
playin’ it cool, but he’s like, "Yup. But wait for it… Now dig the
bass." Ding-diggaddy-ding-diggaddy-ding-diggaddy-ding-ding-doomb!! "No
way — it’s The Ox! John Entwistle — he’s my favorite!!" Then the
singer comes out and starts belting, "eeeeyah-hooooooo-hoo-hoo-hoooooo!
Hoooo-ho-ho-ho!" And the dead guy is really puzzled because it’s
obviously Bono, so he turns to St. Peter and says, "But wait a minute,
wait a minute, wait a minute — Bono’s not dead, is he?" And St. Peter
sighs and says, "No no no — that’s Jesus — he just thinks he’s Bono."
* Which I read most of
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