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Finally, a project worth the breadth and depth of RFS readers… not to mention another quality submission from RFS Midwestern Bureau Chief Brett “Shooter” McGillicuddy.

Some of you may be familiar with an artist named Jim Croce. He is without a doubt one of my favorite artists, and one of my favorite songs is “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”.

Ignore the skateboarding part of the video and just listen to the first few seconds or so of Bad Bad Leroy Brown as recorded by Jim Croce (all of the Jim Croce videos were the wrong version of the song, which - as you will hear - don’t count, so that’s why it’s a skateboarding video).

I’ll wait.

Do you hear that “WHOO!!!” about five seconds in? Good.

Now listen to this:

Did you notice a difference? And by difference I mean the renditions of Bad Bad Leroy Brown, not a difference in your pants, which you may or may not have soiled because you were laughing too hard.

Before I go any further, let me just stipulate that (1) I can’t sing worth crap, and (2) this guy clearly has a passion for it. All I’m saying is that his “style” isn’t particularly suited to popular music that has complicated keyboard and percussion parts. So no offense, Mr. Singer of Songs, if you’re reading this.

In fact - congratulations on knowing 100 Million times more than I do about running a website since it took me hours of my time (which means Derrich’s time) just to get the stupid flash player running.

Anyway - check out Singer of Songs and tell us what your favorites are using the comments section. My top 5 are:

5. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

4. Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me

3. Old Time Rock and Roll

2. Eye of the Tiger

1. Coming in the Air Tonight

Seriously - just imagine watching Rebecca DeMornay in the El Train scene of Risky Business with that version of “Coming in the Air Tonight” in the background.

RFS Shout-Out #2 to you, Mr. Singer of Songs.

Onward and Upward,

RFS

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This one goes out to official RFS Weatherman Mikey “Weather Channel” McGillicuddy.

***NOTE - In order to maintain privacy, all friends of RFS have the same fictional last name.***

Just to give you a little background, here are the important parts of Mikey’s biography:

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- A talented wrestler, Mikey McGillicuddy has been known to outrun trains, leap tall buildings in a single bound, drink an entire carton of Pall Malls, and smoke two quarts of whiskey.

- Yes, you read that last part correctly.

- The name on his birth certificate isn’t Mikey McGillicuddy… it’s Badass Mofo McGillicuddy.

- The doctor and nurses who birthed him are still his indentured servants.

- Shortly before losing his virginity, he announced to his girlfriend that

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“We have a high pressure system moving through the South, resulting in a 50% chance of your mom walking in, a 95% chance of ecstasy… and hailstones the size of Wichita. Wait. Scratch that last part.”
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-In 1994, he defeated Willard Scott in a battle of wits by making Willard’s head explode during a scholarly explanation of osmotic dehydration, surface albedo, and relative humidity.

- He is responsible for over 30% of weather station maintenance in the United States.

- He is responsible for over 60% of weather station drunken maintenance errors in the United States.

- He is responsible for over 90% of weather station electronic malfunctions due to urination in the United States.

- Double all of those statistics if you want to know about his involvement in Central America.

- In order to better serve the community, in 2003 he had his genitalia modified.

- In case you’re curious, he now has a weather vane and two tornado warning sirens “down there”.

- In case you’re more curious, I’ve attached a picture of weather vane.

- The weather vane is not shown to scale.

- Mikey asked me personally to add that last item.

- And in case you’re even MORE curious, the warning sirens sound like the horn on the General Lee (see video below for a clip of what it sounds like when he pees):

- Due to his lack of control over when the sirens go off, he is no longer allowed to (1) volunteer in hospitals, (2) conduct diagnostic sleep exams, or (3) be a porn star.

- The only exception to the above was his role in The F**ks of Hazzard. I can’t go into detail… but stunt chicks were required.
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So - in honor of Mikey’s long-standing service and readership… he is presented with the inaugural RFS Shout-Out Trophy! Congratulations, Mikey!

As a reward, see below for video of the most jacked-up weatherman I’ve ever seen in my life. He was later fired for his drug habit. Gee. I wonder how they figured that out.

“DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU TALKIN’ TO!?!?!?!”

What a coincidence - that’s how I answer my phone!

See the next feature on him for some good footage and ideas for next Halloween:

Merry Christmas, guys! Sorry I couldn’t make it to the party!

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