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The Legend of Billie Jean

The Andy and Red – Zihuatanejo Award for What Happens the Next Day?

Modern celebrity speculation is followed by imagined futures for Lloyd, Binks, Hubie and Billie Jean.

Flex pick · Chris Ryan

In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 00:16:27Read transcript
  • In 2025 she might appear on the Hawk Tua podcast, join the Unwell network and release music; in 1985 she might return to Corpus Christi and become a schoolteacher.
  • Lloyd is imagined entering VHS pornography with equipment, capital and experience of crime.
  • Binks is imagined moving to Burlington, working at Ben & Jerry’s and getting beaten up after selling bad acid at a Dead show.
  • Lloyd’s father is imagined with a minor role in the David Koresh standoff; Hubie becomes lieutenant governor, and Billie Jean faces lengthy copyright litigation.
  • Hubie’s governorship and Binks becoming Doug McCray’s father in The Town are additional jokes.
  • Hubie using the Billie Jean episode to claim he learned his lessons and launch a Texas political career is endorsed.