SitcomD&D - S3 E2: Chuck E. Busted

Episode Date: February 21, 2023

After returning to find their beloved Bottoms Up bought and sold to the franchise Chuck E. Busters, the gang scramble to get hired at the very business that bought theirs.  Starring: Erin Keif, Waleed Mansour, Elizabeth Andrews, Sean Coyle, and Ben Briggs Theme Song & Chuck E. Busters song by: Arne Parrott Artwork by: Waleed Mansour Story Concept by: Sean Coyle & Waleed Mansour Edited by: Grace Harper  Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok: @SitcomDnD Advertise on SitcomD&D via Gumball.fm Support our Patreon at Patreon.com/Sitcomdnd Like the show? Rate SitcomD&D 5 stars on Apple Podcasts and leave a review.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This is a HeadGum Podcast. I just watched The Last of Us last night. Me too. Yeah? I saw it on Sunday. Yeah, I watched it Sunday. What did you guys think of the scariness level of it? Do you think Sean and Erin can handle it?

No. No? 100% no. I knew it. Are you serious? I thought it. I knew it. Are you serious? I thought it wasn't that scary. Sean gets so... I had a hard time thinking of a scary moment in it.

There's one maybe scary moment. Waleed, can you lower your voice? You're scaring me. The whole first act. Like the whole first beginning. Oh, yeah. I mean, it's ominous. And then the old woman is like...

I thought it was ominous. The freaking spores coming out of her mouth. Yeah, we'll lead. We think it's ominous. Yes. Spoilers. Spoilers, Ben. Okay, well, it's just...

Oh, spoilers. Sean's trying to get on top of the fact that everyone's basically calling him a coward. Craven. No, not a coward, a scaredy cat. There's a difference. Well, we'll see who's scared in this episode. Now I'm taking it really hard on you guys. Now you're going to be scared.

Welcome back to Sitcom D&D, a real-play Dungeons & Dragons podcast recorded in front of a fake studio audience. Today we're picking up right where we left off. The gang has just returned from a road trip to find their beloved Tavern Inn bottoms up, has its windows boarded up with a sign that reads, Cl up, has its windows boarded up, with a sign that reads CLOSED nailed to the front door.

Bright words are painted in all caps with red paint on a banner that stretches across the front of the tavern. The banner reads, COMING SOON, CHUCK E. BUSTERS. And with that, Quiet On Set, sound speeding, and we're rolling. Dice. Dice. Dice. Dice. Dice.

When you need a break from this crazy world to see your friends and fill a cup, find Sebastian Chalice, Chip and Beef at the Noble Bottoms Up. As step-by-step our growing pains are improving home and away We're feeling absolutely fabulous on another happy day We're in different worlds with different strokes But the good times will not end So cheers to all our family and our friends Starring Aaron Keith

as Chalice Glass Elizabeth Andrews as Beef Waleed Mansour as Chip Ahoy, Ben Briggs as Sebastian Von Hugh Grant and Sean Coyle as everything else sitcom D&D is filmed in front of a fake studio audience

Chucky Chucky B. Chucky. Chucky Buster. Oh, goodness. Chucky Buster. Amazing. Chucky Buster. Chucky Buster. Why don't you guys roll for perception?

Natural 20. Wow. Just tell me. Just tell me. Okay, so you see, without a doubt, your belongings, Seb, outside of Bottoms Up, stacked up on the curb. Oh my god, my glass menagerie! No!

What's it doing outside, Seb? You famously need them inside in a climate temperature room. Wait, all of our glass menageries are on this time block. What the heck? Are you kidding me? What is happening? Seb, what happened? What did you do? Why is it on me? I'm the vibe. Are you kidding me? What is happening? Seb, what happened?

What did you do? Why is it on me? I'm the responsible one. Definitely. Yeah, Chalice, what did you do? What princess thing did you do? Oh, it's a princess thing. I'm not the owner.

I don't do the money here. How is this my fault? This has got to be. This has got beef written all over it. No way. It says Chucky Busters on it. That's all you. No way, man.

I bet it was your fault. You probably left the door wide open. Aren't you the security of this thing? I bet it was Alberta. Oh, classic prank. That's cute. That's kind of sexy, too. Definitely not Alberta.

And then out of the front door, you guys hear, Oh, are you excited about the new Chucky Busters? No, we're not excited! A satyr who looks just like James McAvoy as Mr. Tumnus from the Chronicles of Narnia. Great, no. Except for one detail, which is

nothing. He looks exactly like Mr. Tumnus from the Chronicles of Narnia approaches. Oh, you all look astonished! I know, I know. I would be excited as well if an awesome family establishment like Chucky Buster's

moved into my neighborhood. I'm the new general manager here. My name is Mr. Tummy and I am in charge of not one, but two Chucky Buster franchises here in Frasier. Listen, Buster. And Beef walks up

and starts poking his sternum. Listen, Buster franchises here in Frasier. Listen, Buster. And Beef walks up and starts poking his sternum. Listen, Buster, and that's not... What do you think you've got going on here? This is our place. You know, according to this lease agreement, it's not. The space belongs to the franchise Chucky Busters. Sup?

No, this is a classic mistake, all right? You see that address? And you hear a caw-caw of a raven? As that's so, the raven swoops in and perches on Mr. Tummy's shoulder. Oh, boy. Hey, you guys. As you all know, Seb has been defaulting on loan payments for the past two seasons. Yes, it's Seb's fault.

No. Yeah, that makes sense. Well, this stuff matters, okay? There are consequences to your actions here. Do you understand? I don't want to be the bad guy, but, like, wake up! You're not a very whimsical bird. Also, we've been making money hand over fist, alright? We've been

doing good for the last season. I mean... Yeah, what about all the big shows I've been putting on and all the audience that's been coming in? We've been making so much cash! Yeah, Beef's got bank now. Yeah, he's got so much money that he just spent all of it on my wedding

I didn't go through with. Oh. Oh. If not all of it, right? Well, I mean, what my baby wants, my baby gets. Beef. Beef, all of it? Beef, how? What my baby wants, my baby gets.

Yeah, okay, so I'd love to hang out with you guys. I love kicking back and reminiscing about old times. But technically, this property doesn't belong to you anymore. So if you just can take your stuff and make it the premises. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Hold on. Hold on. What can we do?

Is there something we can do? Is all hope lost? Yeah, because that's my house. Start a fire. All right, everybody, let's Yeah, because that's my house. Start a fire. All right, everybody, let's get some brass. Okay, before you light a fire. Okay, technically, Chucky Busters is only leasing the space from the bank right now. So, I mean, technically, there is a way you could remain in possession of the bar.

But honestly, guys, I don't want to even get your hopes up here. It's a long shot, to say the least. How much money? Ten gold. One piece. One gold. One gold. All of our glass menageries.

Jealous. No. Please. Honestly, they're gorgeous. But just listen. Last season, I let you take out a loan. You had just paid off because Sev begged and cried and pulled out all his teeth right in front of me. And long story short, you left with 1,269 gold pieces.

69. Nice. Nice. Nice. Yeah. And after the insane interest terms you agreed to in order to buy back the bar, you'll need to pay the bank 2,000 gold pieces. Not so nice. By the end of this season, or you'll forfeit your ownership over to the highest bidder for good.

You are literally the most boring talking bird I have ever met. Yeah, not fun. Yeah, what about penguins? They can't even f***ing fly. But they're cute and they slide on your tummy. No, Seb, he's right. And you can't even say anything.

He's right. Dude, we lost, man. He f***ing owned us. You know what? No. We're going to come up with the money. We made it before. We can make it again.

This is my home, though. What, am I going to live on the streets in the alley? Yes, that's exactly where we're going to live. Well, Mr. Tummy here, if you want to still live here, if this was the place you were living before, you could apply for one of our openings. We're hiring now, and we supply room and board to all of our employees. Listen, bud, I know what you're trying to do. You're trying to, we look like a group of really

awesome friends together, but we're actually not taking on new members to this like awesome dynamic. Like we, we already have one in waiting, Jennifer. So like, I appreciate it, but yeah, no thanks. Yeah, man. I think the crew is full. You can't come in and work. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. How much does it pay? Yeah. How much does it? 2000 gold pieces a day, maybe? Not quite that much. But if you are interested, we can certainly talk numbers if it gets to that point. But yes, if there's initial interest, I'm actually actively interviewing today.

So if you want to come on inside and we can get your application started. Great, great. Hold on one second. Group huddle? Huddle? Huddle? He wants to be in our crew so bad. He's so desperate. It's really desperate. He wants to cradle me like a baby so I can be a face.

Yeah, of course. He wants to be in our group so bad, you guys. Whoa. Where were you before when I said your name? I mean, this is... Sleeping. Oh, too cute. Okay, gang, keep your friends close.

Keep your enemies closer. Mm-hmm. If buying back the bar doesn't work, we could sabotage it from the inside out, so we gotta get hired here, okay? Right, Charlotte. As an infiltration, right? Yeah, infiltrate. Melea de beast. We an infiltration, right? Yeah. Infiltrate.

You guys, this is the smartest idea since we thought of that time, how to make one of my... It's okay, Beef. And Chalice starts rocking Beef. It's okay, Beef. We've never had an idea this good. Yeah, Beef, that's okay. You can't think of it because we've never had an idea this good before.

This is the best idea we've ever had. This is the best idea we've ever had. Mr. Tommy, we're in. Well, not quite, but you can come fill out applications. Then, Mr. Tommy, consider us applying right now. Okay, well, come on in. Upon entering what is now Chucky Buster's, you see that Bottoms Up has been completely transformed.

You have to look really closely and concentrate very hard to see that the bones of Bottoms Up are still intact beneath the extremely vibrant, saturated new paint job and the magical lights flashing in all different directions dividing your attention. You see signage all over the space like, Fun Zone! Ticket Mania! Prizes galore, dude! The whole place just screams sensory overload. The bar top has been replaced with an enormous ticket counter with prizes displayed on shelves behind the bar that used to house alcohol,

and prizes like bouncy balls, sticky hands, and finger traps displayed in a glass case below the counter. On the far side of the bar, half of the tables and chairs have been replaced with games like skee-ball and whack-a-nome that seem to operate thanks to a mesh of intricate steampunk cogs and gears. And Beef's stage has now been converted to house a puppet show, where four marionettes holding instruments are now suspended center stage. Where are all the corpses?

Chalice faints. Beef runs up to the glass case. They got sticky hands. And he's putting his whole face, greasy face, on the glass. They got sticky hands. Chalice is just, again whole face face on the glass. They've got sticky hands. Dallas is just, again, completely unconscious on the ground. If anyone cares. It doesn't matter.

Seb just steps right over her body and goes, oh my god, where are the corpses? Jonathan! Where's Jonathan? Oh god, he's probably so scared. Where are the rats? You guys, they've got sticky hands. Beef, you gotta win one of those. What?

You can't just take things whenever you want to. You actually gotta earn that. What is this place? This place is Chucky Busters. I hope you like what we've done over here. I'm very excited to see if you guys are good fits for some of the open positions that we have.

Now, before we get into the interview process, I can tell you a little bit about myself, your potential new boss. Boo. You may have noticed I'm a satyr. And to be clear, I'm a human on top and a goat on the bottom kind of satyr. Not a Jewish ceremonial dinner kind of satyr. Although I have been described as quite a snack. Pause for laughter. Are you reading this? I'm going to have him roll for a joke. Let's see how funny that actually was. It was a five. Yeah, it felt like a five. Yeah, it felt like a five. It felt like a one, actually. Anyways, he continues to read off a piece of paper That's shaking in his hands I think it's safe to say that we satyrs

Have a bit of a debauched reputation A reputation for being unreliable And consumed by hedonistic behavior Seeking immediate pleasure In the form of eating, drinking Listening to raucous music And having wild sex But not me

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Damn, Beef, you should have been a Seder. Is Beef a Seder? Yeah, you're telling me. No, no, no, no, no. I'm proud to say that I'm the only one of my 43 brothers and sisters who has actually made something of myself. Yes, I'm the general manager of not one, but two Chucky Buster franchises,

and I did it by working hard, staying focused, and keeping my nose out of foolishness. And with the right attitude, you can work your way into a management role right here at Chucky Buster's 2. The whole time that he's reading from the piece of paper, can Beef go over and tie his shoes together? Or his hooves? Is he wearing shoes? He just has hooves, but there are shoes on the hooves. You're right. There are shoes on the hooves. Oh, okay.

Shoes on the hooves. Hooves shoes. Hooves shoes. Why don't you roll for stealth to see if you can pull this off? Oh, I got 19 plus my modifier, which is five. Oh, crap. Too easy. So you sneak there, no problem.

But now roll sleight of hand. Okay. Chalice is still totally unconscious, by the way. No one's even checked for a pulse. I put a little mirror up to her nose and just see that she's breathing. And I put it back and I'm like, we're fine. Well, that's at least nice. Thank you.

We can hand her the card so she can read it. So this guy doesn't have to say it again. Yeah, smart idea. It was a 15 plus 4. Okay, you grab the shoe laces, you tie them together, and you hear some ruffling up above the pages, but it's just him nervously switching pages.

He's very distracted by what he's saying. Beef, you successfully tie these shoes. I'm like snickering, looking at my guys, laughing. Like, look what I did. I give him a middle fingers up, which I'm now saying is a thumbs up in this world i do the same just to confirm that in our world so then i give you a middle finger that's new it's season three it's new season three man new stuff a lot of good content

coming this season and you thought we were going to run out of ideas. And I joined the group. Okay. He continues his speech. But let's not get ahead of ourselves, huh? Today you'll be interviewing with me for one of our five full-time openings we currently have. Convenient number. Well, I don't know if it's convenient considering that there's 12 people here ready to apply.

I look around. I want to see what our competition looks like. So roll for perception. Okay. Two. You just got so nervous when you realized that there's more people than there are openings that you can't even concentrate on who's around you.

The openings are as follows. Games operator. Chef. Ticket operator. Chef. Ticket counter person. Trash person. I know it's not a great title. We're working on it. I can tell you it's a marginal improvement to the last name we had for the role,

which was ball pit pooper scooper. So we're just going with trash person for now. And of course, day manager. Chalice shoots up. I would like to be manager, please. I'm very qualified. I have many things. Yes, I'll take one manager role.

If you don't mind one for me as well, I'll take that. Wait, I have an idea. How about we just like line up in order of managerial experience? So I would go first. They all sprint to try to get to the front. No, it's me! I got it! I got it! Beef's just standing there watching the three of them

climbing over each other, trying to be first. And he's just picking earwax out of his ear and laughing. I thought you were going to say belly button. Chalice is biting me! Chalice is biting and tooting! Allegedly. And if you guys just take at the temperature of the room for a second, there are seven other people looking for applications that are standing at polite attention,

and you three are on the ground biting each other and beeping. He's picking his ear wax and putting it in his belly button for later. Oh, great. Okay, let's settle down, everyone. Because the path to leadership, financial stability, and long-term growth all begins with a little conversation with me that I like to refer to fondly as an interview. So, who has their application ready and would like to go first? I do. I do. Me.

Well, you, big guy. Yes. Yes. You had your hand first up in the air, wait to show initiative. Mm-hmm. We shall commence our interview over in the back room, starting now, right this way. He takes one big step and trips because his shoelaces are tied together and falls flat on his face.

I forgot I did that. Me too. I run over and help him up. Oh, I totally forgot I must have tied my shoelaces together earlier. Oh, over and help him up. Oh, I totally forgot. I must have tied my shoelaces together earlier. Oh, no, it was beef. I actually saw beef do it. Beef's over by the whack-a-mole being like,

who are you? Who are you? What is this? As they pop up. Yeah. A trickster. Hmm, I'll keep that in mind. Thank you.

Let's do the interview. I follow him, but then I turn and I look at Seb and Chalice and I give them a big old thumbs up. Right back at you, mother. So, why don't we just start by you telling me a little bit about yourself and your most recent work experience. How about that? Yes, that sounds excellent, Mr. Tummy. Was that a joke? Uh, no.

Well, then I'll say weird start, weird start. Okay. My name is Chip Ahoy. I did the thing where I lied about doing the thing where you get swallowed by a dragon, burst your way out of it, killing it. Heard of you, heard of you, taking notes. Oh, you have? Yes, yes. Wow. Back before the lie, nobody had heard of me, and now everybody seems to know exactly who I am. Yeah, well, negativity kind of sells, you know. People aren't looking for those good stories as much as they are the bad. And that's exactly why I'm a perfect candidate. I have no work experience. I would be a horrible manager, and I don't think I'd be very good at this job. Oh, interesting. Well, thanks for coming in, Chip.

Oh, that's it? Well, it sounds like you would be a terrible fit for this. Well, yes. I thought negativity sells. You just said that. Okay, try and spin this. Oh, I meant like as in it's sensationalized and sells more copies of papers and such. But you sucking at this role or any of them isn't very tantalizing for me, I will say.

Okay, well then that's your f***ing fault. Whoa! Okay, you know what? Sorry. Get out, mister. Out. Out. Oh, no, I'm a bouncer and I can kill dragons and I can do this. All right, next. Hey, no, I'm a bouncer, and I can kill dragons, and I can do this. All right, next. Hey, knock, knock.

Oh, hi. So we're just kind of doing a revolving door here, so why don't you take a seat and tell me a little bit about yourself and your previous work experience. Actually, I think better when I stand, if you don't mind, and I kick over the chair. That was rude. Uh-huh, but you need someone rude on your side

when it comes to these little frickin' suckers out there. They can smell weakness a mile away, and if you give them an inch, they're gonna take a muffin, all right? They're gonna take a whole muffin if you give them one square inch. You know what I mean? No, but I do have a question for you.

It sounds like you know a few of the folks outside who are applying. Can you provide a reference for them as well? Yeah, of course I can. Let's see. Beef sleeps a lot, sort of has a comb over. Really is flawed in character. Chalice. Looks nice. Smells terrible.

And Chip. Oh, where to start with that one? Oh, my goodness. Is this door closed? Yeah, this door is closed. So I can say this. Just don't like the guy. Just really just don't like the guy.

Just heebie-jeebies. Wow. Well, I appreciate the honesty. So what was your most recent work experience then? I owned this place. Oh, oh, this place, this space before it was a Chucky Busters. Yeah. Before he got all these lights and things and became kind of this capitalist nightmare that it is kind of inside of here with, you know, the bright lights, play this game so you can win this trash. Right. Take our poison so we can sell you the cures,

that kind of stuff, all right? Yes, well, I do have to say, from what I've heard, this establishment was run into the ground financially. Thank you, thank you. I'm sorry, what did you say? So I don't, that wouldn't be taken into account. Fantastic meeting you, and I'm looking at the application, Seb. So I don't... That wouldn't be taken into account. Fantastic meeting you,

and I'm looking at the application. Uh, Seb. Seb, yes. Any questions on there? Any... No, why don't you show in the next person? I actually have some questions for you. Nope, that's great.

Thank you so much. No, wait, wait, wait. No, thank you. I have six to seven questions. You can show in the next person, please. Oh my gosh, there's ghost hands taking me out of here. Chalice has gone outside and dug her old wedding dress out of the trunk and put it on. And then she's made her ring into a tiara and she walks in the room.

Now presenting Princess Chalice. Why, thank you, thank you, thank you. Oh, hello. My name is former Princess Chalice and I'm here to apply for your finest position of a job. Mr. Tummy crinkles his nose and goes, yeah, I think I know which one you are. Chalice, fantastic. Yes, take a seat on the stool and tell me a little bit about yourself and your previous work experience. Well, I was a princess, former princess cellist, and that's a lot of work. You got to let people take care of you and that takes

vulnerability. I didn't lift a finger for 99.9% of my life and I'm still pretty sure I've never had a hard day's work. So anyways, I was a waitress. Let's see. I actually have a question for you. It was brought to my attention. Well, let's leave that out. This is a hypothetical. If a manager were to say to you, we want to place a new focus on hygiene and cleanliness around aromas and stinkiness, How would you take such criticism? Did Seb say something? Yeah, Seb said something about it. I fart in one portrait,

and then I'm the stinky one? Beef is basically a pig. Chip smells like sweat all the time. Seb smells like piss. I smell amazing. Here, smell me, smell me. She's putting her armpit up to his face. Smell! Smell!

I will say, this old ratty dress from the trash isn't doing anyone any favors. From the trash? This is made of the most magical fabric that Frasier has to offer. Smell me. Sir, smell me. Okay, you know what? This interview is over. Thank you so much for coming. Please send in the

next. Please send in the next. Please send in the next. Make those hands get you too. Yep. Beef sitting on the stool. In one hand is a muffin that he's eating. And the other hand is one of the sticky hands that he's flinging around. And it's like getting stuck on the muffin. And then he's like flinging it around.

And then he's eating the muffin. And then he's like, oh, and he's like oh god and he's like doing that for at least five minutes before anything's said. It's so sticky. It's everywhere. All these crumbs.

These crumbs are everywhere. They're all over these hands. These are fun. We're not finished. Okay. Hey, how are ya? Hey. Okay, yes. This is an interview.

I don't know if you're familiar with the concept, but I will be asking you questions, and the answers that you provide, I will be taking into consideration when filling those five openings. So, this is kind of an important conversation. Absolutely. First off, I've got to apologize from earlier I forgot what the anatomy of your body was And I thought your boobs were where your crotch is And your crotch is where your boobs are But you don't have any boobs

And I poked you probably where your crotch is What? Probably where your crotch is. What? Anyway, you're going to see on my resume here, and he pulls it out of his butt crack, and he unrolls it, and he pushes it forward, that I got a lot of experience in the aviation school.

Sorry, was this in your butt? Was this in your bottom? What's the point of a crack If it don't hold back? You know what I mean? And No Yeah Hey

I'm willing to do the trash I'm really willing to do anything I can do anything I've been fixing the toilets here Wow For days Well now we're talking Yeah

And well you know Everyone gets mad here And I just kind of am the glue Make sure everyone's happy Doing all all that good stuff, singing and pissing. Yeah, that's me. Well, I will say that's notoriously a tough position to fill, the ball pit pooper scoop, I mean trash person. So you being willing to get your hands dirty, so to speak, is definitely a plus.

I will say you sounded like a real go-getter in that little monologue you just gave. However, I did hear through the grapevine a little birdie told me that you like to sleep a lot and, well, that you're a flawed person. Did Seb tell you that? Yes, Seb told me that. Well, he's right. Flawed through and through, and he's flinging the sticky hands around. Flawed through and through.

I don't really, I trust people, but then I don't. And I work hard, but I can't. And I'm just trying my best out here. You know what I'm saying? That actually speaks to me. I really appreciate the honesty, and at the top of your resume, it's just beef. Is there no—

Beef. Just beef. I like your style, beef. All right. I appreciate it. Thanks for coming in. Yeah. Do I give you a kiss, or do I leave? What do you want? We'll pass on the kiss for now. I think we'll keep it—

Sure. No celebrating preemptively. Sure, sure. And he does, like, finger guns. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Get it. Sure, sure. And he does like finger guns. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Get it. I gotcha. Perfect, perfect.

Very fun. I'll walk out with you, actually, because you were my last interview. Oh, we don't get to see any of the other seven interviews? Let's see them. I use Wild Shape, and I have actively been barking and scaring away the other applicants. So I am on a table just barking at the door. Well, one of them isn't too scared. She walks up into the room and hops up on her counter. scaring away the other applicants. So I am on a table just barking at the door. Well, one of them isn't too scared.

She walks up into the room and hops up on our counter. Hello. I would like to submit my name for consideration for any of the five openings. She's not applying for chef. So tell me a little bit about yourself and your previous work experience. Well, I guess my most recent work experience is right here in this establishment where I was head chef overseeing a staff of over 500 different individuals and kind of building up a pretty great reputation in this town for fine dining and cuisine. Simultaneously, I was working as a consultant to a nearby Mosino.

So a full-time job, a part-time job, still trying to have a personal life on top of it all. Can't a girl just have it all? Anyways, I love a job here because, to be honest, I just need to be close to my best friends in the whole world. I'm sure they feel the same. I should probably check on that in one second. But, Jennifer, fantastic meeting you. One quick test I just want to see.

Here is a gear from the Wackanome game. I just want to see if you could lift this. No problem. Blech! Oh! Shit! Okay. We don't need to address what just happened. It's okay. This is why we have a pooper scooper. They will be employed momentarily.

Thank you so much for coming in, Jennifer. I appreciate it. And best of luck to you throughout the rest of the process. Send in the next person. When no one gets sent in, he walks out to see that it's just you five standing there. Where did the rest of the applicants get off to? I don't know. They said that no one wants this job.

This is the least wanted job on the block. So I don't think anyone else is even going to show up. Honestly, I could hear them all saying that they saw us and they were like, whoa, those people are qualified. So we don't stand a chance. Right, guys? Yeah, yeah. Jennifer, did you poop in there?

A lady never tells. That's a yes. Wow, Jennifer. Well, and then you see Mr. Tommy looks like super stressed. I'm going to have to rethink some of my decisions then. Um, give me a couple minutes and, um, I'll get back to you all, uh, as far as potential roles and assignments. Give me a second. Can we have some coins to play while you think?

Yes, yes. There's some sampled coins on the counter there. Sample coins? Yahoo! He goes off to his office. Guys, I think I blew it. What happened?

I said I suck and I shouldn't get hired. Why? I don't know. He set me up. It felt like a trap. Oh, no. Mine went a trap. Oh, no. Mine went really well. So, yeah. It went like so good, you guys. Really?

Yeah. I'm going to miss you so much. I got to go find a job somewhere else now, I guess. We'll see that ship. Although, I feel a little betrayed because someone here said that I stink. That's weird. You smell the best out of all of us. I don't know. Sounds like someone who says you that many times was the person that said it.

No, no, no, no, no. I was remembering something. Jennifer, how did yours go? Honestly, pretty well, I feel like. Yeah. I've never really, like, applied for a job. They've always just kind of, like, fallen right into my lap. I guess some people just got it. Yeah, not me. I'm out of here. No. I'm on the streets. Chip, we'll talk him into it.

We'll figure something out. Really? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You could be the intern or something. Yeah, you could be the trash guy. I don't even think I'm good enough to be the trash guy. You guys should all be the managers and I should just leave. No, that's really kind of you to say.

Chip. No, guys, we got to stick together. We're going to stick together. We're going to see this through. We're going to stick together. Right, guys? So if one person doesn't get a job, we all quit, right? Yeah, hands in.

Chalice, what are you doing? Why aren't you putting your hands in? I just, I'm just feeling like I might get manager. Yeah. Yeah. And I just feel like this is like a really big career opportunity for me. And I'm really trying to focus on myself this year and sort of like improvement. We didn't even know these jobs existed like 40 minutes ago.

And you will have my emotional support if I do get this job, but I do think I will keep it when I get manager. Good point, good point. Okay, attention, everyone. I do have your assigned roles and responsibilities here in my hand, but before they are solidified,

we will do a trial run to put my choices to the test here. So these are by no means set in stone yet. Chip's packing his bag. He knows he's done for. So who's ready to hear their positions for the trial? Woo! Okay.

In the position of trash person, we have... And everyone points to beef. Come on. all right. Start walking. And he's thinking about eating the earwax that he had saved in his belly button at this moment. Come on. Chalice!

What? Chalice faints. Didn't even get trash person? Keeps packing. Packs harder. Packs harder. Hey, that's my suitcase You're gonna break it if you pack that hard

You don't need it You're gonna be here forever That's true Chalice is unconscious on the ground Could be dead I take my mirror out again There's fog on it Nope, we're still good

We're still good And in the position of Ticketmaster Beef Huh? I mean Ticketmaster? Master of tickets? Ticketmaster Beef Ticketmaster? Master of tickets? Ticketmaster?

I'm the master of tickets Oh my god And then he runs over to the glass case And he's like, you're all mine You're all my pretties You're mine I win I'm immediately second guessing that choice

And In the position of games operator, Jennifer! Oh my gosh! Cool! I got a job, baby! I guess it's not set in stone, but closer to getting a job! Not surprised by any of these so far. And in the most important position... Straightening my tie... Day manager... Posture, day manager goes to Seb. Yes, you suck.

You all suck. You're mine. All of you are mine. Immediately second guessing that decision. Oh, I almost forgot. And in the final position. Only my back foot is still in the doorframe. I can barely hear what's going on.

In the final position, Chef is Chip. Huh? I bust back in through the wall. Chip. What? Me? You're Chef. You made it.

I'm a trial chef. You're a trial chef. Beef's holding him and they're crying. I know everyone's kind of really excited and emotions are running high. But again, no one has a job right now. And this is just a trial. Okay. So everything could change.

You could end up with no job at the end of it. And I'll take it from there. All right. So I am really excited about this team. You guys look great. Oh my gosh. I'm so happy with how this was built and how we're going to really run this like a machine.

All right, you see that whack-a-mole? It's full of gears. You guys are my gears, and this establishment is our whack-a-mole. So let's put our hands in together. Chalice is staring at her reflection in her puddle of tears, going, trash, girl.

Trash. Come on, trash girl. Trash. Come on, trash lady. Trash girl, trash. I grabbed Chalice's hand and put it in. I'm excited. I put it in. And she's still on the ground and she's just crying.

On the count of three, Seb is still boss. One, two, three. Seb is still boss. Seb is still boss. Amazing grace. Close enough. Sitcom D&D is sponsored by BetterHelp.

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Yes. Well, in fact, Seb, great question. There are three. So number one, always be smiling and have a friendly hello ready to just chucky bust right out of your mouth. Okay, all right. Number two, no gambling, no drinking, and no tomfoolery on the job site or in the workplace.

No drinking? No tom or foolery? Yeah, what about Tom the Fool? Am I not allowed here anymore? Is this place a new place, actually? Sorry, Tom. You gotta beat it. Chalice gets down on one knee

and bats his little nose. You're a good kid, okay? You can't come here anymore. No, I love you guys. I'm not going anywhere. No, you gotta get out of here Scat Go

You gotta leave or give us 2,000 gold pieces One of the two I'll find a way Scat you Tom You foolery Go Go

We don't want you anymore Can't you see Go No Just go I'll get the gold And he wipes tears From his face

And starts running I love that guy. This is the hardest day. I hope Tom saves us. And number three, most importantly, don't fall in love with me. Oh, God. Roll for joke. A nat 20.

Like we would fall in love with you oh my god you got the lumpiest little ass and it's hairy and it's a hairy little oh my god just like mine so funny

incredible joke but seriously seriously no workplace relationships are allowed you will be immediately terminated if one is discovered.

Killed? No, just, you know, fired and, um... Oh, and then killed. Don't worry. I will say, people who are terminated from the Chucky Busters franchises have been known to... Well, I'm not quite certain, and I haven't looked into it, but let's just say... Go missing.

Yes, um, yes. Don't worry, I got you. Seb, why are you standing over on that side now? What do you mean? You're standing right next to Mr. Tommy. I mean, this is kind of like a managerial meeting. We're running this. We're kind of tag-teaming. Hey, Seb,

wanna trade? Oh, you know... Oh. Um. Um. No. Oh, and one more thing. I almost forgot. Every 30 minutes, you have to get up on the ticket counter, all of you,

and dance when you hear this song. And the marionettes that were hanging lifelessly on Beef's stage spring to life with their instruments, and this song plays from them. It's that time again. Who wants to learn the Chucky Busters dance? Pretend you're eating some cheese. Now practice eating that cheese while I put my hands on the keys. You put your hands on your knees

and have an allergy while I play on these reeds Now this one here is an absolute must Turn your face up to the sky and scream Ooh, I'm on a bus Now cha-cha once Great, now let's try it together Pretend you're eating some cheese Then put your hands on your knees

And then get ready to scream Ooh, I'm on a bus Cha-cha Beef, are you okay? Seeing all those guys up on your stage? No, sweetheart, I'm not. Is anybody holding the strings or are they magical strings? You can go roll for Arcana if you want to check it out.

11. So, Chip, when you walk over to the four marionettes that all have instruments, they were moving and playing the instruments and creating the music and the song. As soon as it ended, they went straight back to hanging lifelessly from their strings. And as you approach, there does seem to be something kind of like going on with them. And so Chip, as you reach out to touch a little wooden hand of one of the marionettes, it slaps you away before you can touch it.

Hey, what's the big idea? Ah, Pinocchio! And how do you know my name? He just says that when he's scared. Sorry, that's my frightened exclamation. Your name's Pinocchio? What's my last name? What's your first name?

Geppetto. Geppetto Pinocchio is your name. And I'm the leader of this band. So please, we're trying to take a break. We got to play every f***ing 30 minutes, pal. Whoa. Yeah. So give us a break.

Introduce us to the rest of the band. Yeah, what's their deal? Do they have names and voices? Yeah, Mr. Tummy, I don't like any of this. This is my stage. This is my stage. Hey, Has-Ban, I'm trying to introduce my band, okay? Excuse me, Mr.

Has-Ban. Now, on trumpet, we've got Goldilocks. Take it away. Does Goldilocks not talk? I think only Pinocchio talks. She's playing the trumpet. Oh.

She can't talk. Her lips are blowing into a horn. She can't talk. And on the flute, we've got... Um... Did you forget? I forgot. Who cares?

Who f***ing cares? This is my band. And on drums, Pasquale P. Pieplate. Take it away. Why can't he talk? He doesn't have anything on his mouth. He's concentrating. He's doing four things at once. His left foot's doing a hi-hat. His right foot... You wouldn his mouth. He's concentrating. He's doing four things at once.

His left foot's doing a hi-hat. His right foot, you wouldn't understand. He's concentrating. He doesn't talk. So f*** off. We need to rest. I'm sorry, Chalice. I love these guys.

They're part of the enemy. We can't get close. I don't think that's really impressive. I can play all of those instruments at the same time. Right, guys? And you can talk while you play them. Yeah. I'll be there better than you.

They're better than you. I'm sorry. I'm on their side fully. They convinced me I'm against this institution. But Geppetto Pinocchio's got a fan. Number one fan right here. I love that guy. Chip, I've never seen you like someone more. Number one fan right here. I love that guy.

Chip, I've never seen you like someone more. This is devastating. Yeah. He was so mean to me. Okay, well, it seems like you've all been acquainted now. Eyes up here. Eyes up here.

Go ahead. Thank you, Seb. So we're going to do our trial, okay? I'm going to come back in through the front door and act as a family of four as you all take your roles. Okay, so without further ado, I'll be right back. Any heads out of Chucky Busters? Should we lock him out? I was about to say that.

No, no, we should do the trial. He probably is a key. Anyone else want to trade? Ooh, I love picking up trash. I have the most fun job. Not working. You snooze, you lose, trash girl. And he toots on her and he walks over to the ticket counter.

Dang, if that toot was a poop, you would have to pick that up. Isn't that weird? Chalice baits. And in that moment, Mr. Tummy enters into Chucky Busters. Oh, hello. I'm here with my family of three. Well, I'm part of the family of four. And we're really excited to have an awesome family-friendly time here at Chucky Busters.

Hmm. an awesome family-friendly time here at Chuck E. Buster's. Hmm. I think the first thing that we'll do is go to the counter and exchange some of our hard-earned wages for some of the tokens here. Hello, is anyone at the ticket counter? Yeah, who's asking? Oh!

Is someone out there trying to figure out who I am? Who wants to know? Don't forget to always be smiling, don't forget. Um, yes, me and my family would like to exchange some of our wages for tokens. Do you recommend any games here? Beef's mouth is like a scary smile.

Uh, well, actually, no. This, all of this is mine. These are all my toys I found. You can play with them when you want. What? No, I believe. I've been to a Chucky Buster's before,

and I believe that these items can be traded for tickets, which can be won by using tokens to play games. So, here. I'll just take this sack of tokens. Thank you so much. Okay.

Beef. Yes, I remember your name. Okay. Well, hopefully I have some success playing the games and we come back with tickets to exchange for a prize. Maybe. And he moves right along into the games area. Hmm, I think I'll take my hand at...

Well, Wack-A-Gnome is the most popular game. I'll try my hand at it. Oh, I don't really quite know how this game works. Can someone explain it to me? Um, I can, or I think I'm supposed to. Um, yeah, so I think if you just put in your token right here in this little area, then it will be accepted, and the game will start.

And then you just have to use that little cushy hammer to knock these little fake gnomes back into their holes. And she gives a big thumbs up to the rest of the gang. Really good. But hey, you want to make a side wager? Oh, no betting. I bet you can't get more than eight whack-a-nomes. I bet my entire salary on it.

No, I bet my f***ing life on it. Yeah, come on, take the bet, coward. Take it! You won't do it! Oh, good, good. Maybe that's enough games for me and the kiddos and the family. In fact, it's been so much games that, well, I think I've worked up quite an appetite. A pizza would be great right about now.

You rang? Excellent, excellent smile, Chip. Excellent. Hi! We'd love some of that famous baked dough and cheese. Uh-huh. Let me get right on that for you. Oh, Chip, you were already supposed to have been churning out the baked dough and cheese. I have been trained. Fair point, fair point. Well, since the chef is also the server, let's see, why don't you just pretend like one just came out fresh out of the oven? Ow! Hot! Hot! Ow! It hurts my hands! It's too hot!

And the Oscar goes to... Yeah, I get it. Just pretend it's a normal temperature. And the Oscar goes to, yeah, I get it. Just pretend it's a normal temperature. Hi, child. Can I put a pizza in your mouth? Whoa. Okay, time out on that.

We'll get back to you. We'll get back to you. Actually, I'd like to speak with your manager. Manager. From underneath the table, Sev comes out. Hi. Jesus Christ. Okay.

Hi, manager. Good smile. How are you guys enjoying your stay? You've done this before? Um, okay, so I just had a couple of, um, complaints, and I was wondering if we could get a refund on our tokens. Oh, no. Did you say who did it? Who did it?

Well, I've kind of had several complaints throughout, but I don't want you to take it too hard on them. They're just trying to do their best. Oh, no, don't worry. I won't take it too hard. Sinister. I'm going to give them whippings. Jesus.

Okay, thank you, Mr. Manager. It's okay, I'm smiling. I'm smiling while I said it. My God. I might have to rethink this whole thing. I'm going to head back to the ticket counter. What a lovely time I've had with my family. Let's just say, hypothetically, Beef, I have 200 tickets.

So, with 200 tickets, what type of prize do you think we should go for? Does this happen? Yes. He's stuck. Just kind of give him a shake. He gently shakes beef on the stool he's standing on. No, you're going to have to do it much harder than that. He aggressively shakes beef. Excuse me.

Oh, my God. And he wakes up. He aggressively shakes Beef. Excuse me. Oh, my God. And he wakes up. He's sleeping. Oh, I think I might have dozed off there for a second with my eyes open. Oh, he was sleeping. Okay, well, we did talk about this in the interview. I guess this checks out. We'd like to exchange 200 tickets for that wooden horse.

Oh, but that's mine. No, it's not, Beef. It's a prize. Okay, fine, but take good care of her, all right? Her name's Nancy Drew, and she's the prettiest horse in the whole place. Okay, I will. She's a crime-solving horse. She figures out all these crimes, and she solves them.

Isn't that right, Nancy? You're so nice. The bad man's gonna take you, but he's gonna take you and maybe give you a good home. Right? Is that right, Mr. Tummy? Okay, now is as good a time as any to let you all know this was a complete disaster. I didn't even get to do anything! You didn't poop!

I've been standing here with a mop and a broom and I didn't even get to do anything! Guys, I am so disappointed in you all right now. Exactly. Chalice, a good trash person doesn't have to be asked to do anything. They're cleaning proactively. I was just about to say the exact same thing. That is the worst.

I was following you around every step. You didn't make one little mess. This hurts my feelings so much. You were following me around, distracted, doing absolutely nothing. And it goes for all of you. That's right. You know what? No, it's not for all of you.

I'm so sorry. This was on me. I chose these roles. And they're the wrong roles, okay? Give me two minutes. I'm going to come back. I'm going to sign you your roles that you will have for the remainder of this season.

Excluding me, because it fits like a freaking glove, right? I'll be right back. Right. That is right. Man. Well, can't get any worse for me, so that's good. Chalice, I thought you did a great job. I don't know what you were talking about. I think you should

definitely stay as the trash person. Mr. Tumnus comes back out of the office. Okay. He circles something on a tattered piece of paper, and you can see a bunch of algebra and scribblings as he furrows his brow and focuses on his work. Yes, yes, I do believe I've cracked it. Okay.

You hear that? Everybody, he cracked it. Go ahead. Okay, Seb, you might want to just take it down a notch. Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry. What I'm about to say. Yeah, I'm winking. This will be everyone's title and responsibility

here at Chucky Busters for the remainder of the season. Are you ready? Yes. Yes. All right, you guys listening? Trash girl. I hope I get trash girl. I hope I get trash girl.

Beef, are you asking to be trash person? Yeah, Chalice made it look really cool during the trial. Okay. Ears open. I hope I get trash girl. I hope I get trash girl. Beef, are you asking to be trash person? Yeah. Child's made her look really cool during the trial. Okay. Remember, if your name is called with a title, you have a job. The game's operator will be Chip. Oh, Pinocchio. All right.

Let's give him a hand. Let's give him a hand. I'll take that. High fives and thumbs ups are happening right now. The chef will be Chalice. Hey. Oh. Oh, okay.

Hey, congrats. Now, I know the kitchen used to be run by rats, but we just can't have rats in the kitchen. I know our logo is a rat, and I know that's confusing, but we can't have rats in the kitchen. A little xenophobic, but okay. Agreed. And the ticket counter person, or should I say rat, is Jennifer!

Oh, good job, Jennifer! You're gonna have a hard time. It's a tough job. It's a tough job, but you're gonna do good, kid. Beef made it look hard. And just so everyone knows kind of where my head has been so far, Chip, I think you will make a fantastic games operator. I think that

you have a determination when it comes to games, a competitive edge that I think has really shown through and I think will make you an excellent operator of said games. Oh, thank you. Couldn't agree more. And Chalice, coming from a more elegant background, I've finally rethought it,

you understand cuisine and the fine dining industry as a whole, so I'm excited about that. I'll do this like I do everything, with unearned blind confidence. And she goes into kissing. No, no, no, no, no, no. And then Jennifer, it's become clear to me, you know, with your

former work at Cosimo's that you'd be the perfect person to handle your own monetary situation here and be in charge of the comings and goings of tickets and tokens and all that at the ticket counter. So congratulations, you three. Now, these last two were pretty hard to figure out. Yeah. I'm gonna be honest. And I thought about this the most and um... Trash girl, trash girl. Well, at the end of the day, I have decided that

the trash person will be Seb! And Beef, you are the manager! Squeeze me! You got to be the trash person! Alright, well, we're gonna have a Seb and Beef, you are the manager. Oh, squeeze me. Hey, you got to be the trash person. All right, well, we're going to have a good year.

Oh, Seb, no, I'm really happy. Seb, you didn't listen. No, Seb, actually, the sun is up, so I am the manager. And I'm going to be running a pretty tight ship, all right? They put an anxiety blanket over him. They're, like, doing all of his hand and fatigue. Wait, are the invisible hands back? What's happening? We'll make sure that we get through to Seb here

before the end of the night. But I want to make something clear. After watching you all do your positions, it did become clear to me that you're all friends and all of you reporting to one of the others might create some tension. So I just want to be clear about the organizational flow chart for this branch of Chucky

Busters. Smart, smart, smart. Of course, I'm at the top here, and I'm your general manager. I oversee not one, but two Chucky Busters. And you all report directly to me, okay? And Beef, you are the day manager. So when I'm not here,

you are in charge of operations, but nobody directly reports to you, Beef. Except for Seb. What? Seb is the only one who reports directly to you. Otherwise, everyone, you are in charge of your stations, and Beef, you are in charge of operations.

Are we clear? What? Yeah. That sounds really good. Is this a dream? Chip and Chalice are making eye contact at each other, like, oh, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. A bunch of spiders are about to come out of someone's mouth. This is a dream. What's going on here?

Let me out of this f***ing blanket. So, without further ado, here are your uniforms. Mr. Tummy tosses you ill-fitting purple polos and matching purple visors with a deranged pizza rat insignia sewn on the front. Oh. Oh, my goodness. Chalice faints, obviously. I want beef to faint on top of chalice.

It's a fainting pile. Cute. Cute. Oh, this sucks. This sucks, yeah. How much does this even pay? It'll probably be enough, though, right? All this hard work will pay off?

Yeah. Um, pay off in what way? With money. Like how much are we going to pay? With our wages. Well, you said we make enough money, we can buy back the bar, right? You think you're going to make 2,000 gold pieces

by working this minimum wage job for just the remainder of this season? Well, what's minimum wage in this world? That's a great, great question. Lower than it should be, like it is in a lot of worlds. I love that. You're the one in charge, weirdo. Yeah, give us raises. Why don't you get some sleep?

Don't want to be tired on your first day tomorrow? Tomorrow? See you all bright and early. Doors open at 6 a.m. Good night. No, no, Doors open at 6 a.m. Good night. No, no, no. 6 a.m. Chucky Busters. And they all faint on top of each

other. I love Japano. I love Geppetto. I love Geppetto Pinocchio so much. You're my new favorite character, Geppetto. I don't give a f***. You're just going to make him love you more, Geppetto. The more you push him away, the more he's going to love you.

Geppetto, I love you. The more he's going to love you. You found out I love you. Okay, so just so you guys know, I'm actually, for real, for real this time, going to hold you accountable for this 2,000 gold pieces that you owe at the end of the season. And if you don't hit it. Okay, Sean, wink. No, I'm serious. Oh, yeah.

I have an Excel file that I have created. Does that scare you? It's real. Excel or Google Sheets. It's Google Sheets. Less real. And it's got 2,000 at the top. And I've done the math, okay?

So let's say your wages are per individual one gold piece a day. Okay? So it's like 100 bucks a day. That's pretty good. And you're working all day. It bucks a day. That's pretty good. And you're working all day. It's not bad. It's pretty good. And even if you worked,

all five of you, seven days a week for the next season, so 180 days, combined, you'd only make 900 gold pieces. So that's if you

never take a day off any one of you. Never spend anything. Never spend anything. Oh my God. Okay? This sounds like my real life. We need to like unionize.

Sean, this is too real. Yeah, what is this, a real job? So you have to make 1,100 gold pieces, and that's considering you never spend anything. You never eat outside of Bottoms Up. You never buy new stuff. So anything that y'all spend gold on, I'm going to track in this Excel sheet

and make you pay for it. I love how Sean's response to the current climate is like, you know what our escapism podcast needs? Real money. Real consequences. Economic troubles. Eggs are expensive here, too. Hey, we we all gotta tighten the belt okay whether it's real or fake this stuff matters i i have a follow-up question yes could we in episodes get

like a this is how much gold do you have sure anytime you ask i'll run the numbers awesome all right i love this how much is have i Yeah, how much do we have at the end of this episode? Well, at the end of this episode, you all have one gold piece. Oh, no. I would like to spend mine. No! Challenge!

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