The PBTB & The Bluesmobile

May 9th, 2024

The Powder Blue Tuxedo Boys and the Bluesmobile

May 9th, 2024

The Powder Blue Tuxedo Boys are in their booth at the Frolic Room having a couple of Becks Beers. It is a hot sunny Los Angeles afternoon.

A car show is going on outside on Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Pantages Theater and the Frolic Room next door.

The Beatles “Baby, You Can Drive My Car” is playing on the jukebox.

Patrick: We need our own car.

Timothy: What’s wrong with Uber?

Patrick: We need a signature car for our brand.

Timothy: We have a brand?

Patrick: Sure. We can’t be writing speeches and doing all the subterfuge shit for Kamalatoe forever. She’s on her way out. We need to branch out with our PBTB brand.

Timothy: Are we talking t-shirts, bobblehead dolls, TikTok?

Patrick: Sure, but that’s boring. I was thinking of attending state fairs, county fairs, and small town fairs like we used to do in Nebraska.

Timothy: That would be fun. But my brother sold the ’67 Red Camaro convertible. What will we drive?

Patrick: Ahh. Look out front. Do you see it?

Timothy: Is that the Bluesmobile from the “Blues Brothers”?

Patrick: Yes! It’s the perfect car for us. We’ll drive up to the fairs in our powder blue tuxedos, spats, and powder blue Fedoras. We judge the dance contest.

Timothy: And the pickle contest. I love pickles.

Eddie yells from the bar: I thought you divorced Pickles?

Timothy: I was confused about the ad I was answering in the Hollywood Inquirer.

Patrick: It will be fun. We can take the Bluesmobile from town to town, state to state and see the country.

Timothy: But will the country folk want to see us?

Patrick: You betcha! The Blues Brothers and their Bluesmobile have mythical status in the Midwest.

Timothy: Did you already buy the car?

Patrick: You betcha! It was a steal at $100,000. It even has a full tank of gas.

Timothy: So, who gets to drive?

Patrick: You drive. You look like Elwood.

Timothy: Is that a compliment?

Eddie: No! Enjoy the white toast.

Patrick: I’ll be the Jake character. You need to learn to play the harmonica.

Timothy: You need to learn to sing and dance.

Patrick: Suddenly, this sounds like a lot of work.

Eddie: Put the Bluesmobile up on Ebay and see what happens.

Patrick gets out his phone and places an ad for the Bluesmobile on Ebay. Within minutes, the bidding had gone up to $500,000.

Timothy: Sell it!

Patrick hits the “Sell” button. Patrick’s phone pings.

Patrick: $500k was just put in our Cayman Islands bank account.

Timothy: So, who was the buyer?

Patrick: Someone called “Orange Man”.

TJM