Straight Line of the Day: Musical Detectives (Reprise)

I don’t feel like we’ve completely discharged this vein.

What else have Musical Detectives uncovered?

Here’s a redhead to get you motivated:

“I just l…o…v…e… funny entries. Know what I mean?”

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  1. Mick Jagger did could get some satisfaction with the assistance of Daddys little blue helper.

    Mr. Rogers was the black sheep of the McCartney family.

    Oppo has been issued a restraining order, named Travis Kelce.

  2. Favorite 60s song titles, according to detectives:
    Brandon: “I’m Your Puppet”
    Newsom: “They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha Ha”
    KJP: “Lies”
    Pelosi: “Psychotic Reaction”
    AOC: “Nobody But Me”
    Obama: “Worst That Could Happen”
    Harris: “I Will Follow Him”
    Brandon: “Little Children”
    Nadler: “Grazing in the Grass”
    FBI: “I Fought the Law”
    Sharpton: “Harlem Shuffle”
    MSM, Waters, Jackson-Lee: “Black Is Black”
    Levine: “Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)”
    Milley: “What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)”
    Obama: “My Boyfriend’s Back”
    Hunter: “Money, That’s What I Want”
    Yellen: “Eve of Destruction” (but it’s transitory)
    Melania: “Angel of the Morning”

    • That is, of course, contingent on the use of “heart” to be metaphorical. If meant to be literal, ninety-six definitely is too many, as hearts are not designed to be crying any teardrops whatsoever.

  3. Musical Detective: We’re going to be here till midnight, it looks like, Missy!
    {Hits desk}
    Where is your John Wayne?
    {No answer}
    Where is your prairie song?
    Where is your happy ending?
    Where have all the cowboys gone?
    Where is your {Consults notes} Marlboro Man?
    Regular Detective: Where is your shiny gun??!?
    Musical Detective: Where is your lonely ranger?
    Where have all the cowboys gone?

  4. “Let’s go over this one more time, just so I’m sure I have your story correct. Why did she have to go?”

    McCartney: “I don’t know. She wouldn’t say.”

    “And do you have any theory?”

    McCartney: “I said something wrong?”

    “Well, I’ve got to be honest: there’s a shadow hanging over you.”

  5. Musical Detective: So, it was early in the evening, just about supper time? Over by the courthouse?

    CCR: They were starting to unwind. Four kids on the corner …

    Musical Detective: Four?

    CCR: Yes, I believe so. Willy, Poor Boy, Rooster, Blinky … I only had a nickel, that’s the craziest thing, but they made me lay it down.

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