june 20 in idea barrages

Why did I never realize how much Dwight Schrute looked like Garrison Keillor. It was right there. It was right there.

Why say “industrial spy” when you can say “the office deceptionist”?

An album of electronica about THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE called “Daft Kronk”.

A parody of “Una Paloma Blanca” about Blanka from STREET FIGHTER. There’s a real “no overlap in the Venn Diagram between people who know the source material and people who know the song” idea, Mike. Lotta fighting game fans also into 70s Dutch pop hits.

The Empire’s H.R. department is headed up by General Grievance.

A wrestler whose gimmick is that he’s superb in tag matches but inexplicably can’t maintain focus in singles matches, always losing his confidence and getting smeared and his nom-de-guerre is “Cody Pendent”.

Deep-fake a version of the 90s alt-rock one-hit-wonder “Stay” where instead of a pretty lady in thick rimmed glasses, it is being sung by an anthropomorphized ear. See how long it takes for people to understand that the punchline is “LISA LOBE”.

When the Kool-Aid Man teases on social media that he’s going to run through a wall, that’s what we call a “burst trap”.