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Tim and Meat's One-Stop Rocky Horror Shop
The setup
The premise
Here’s the bit.
In a commercial parody from Tim Curry's December 1981 episode, host Curry and musical guest Meat Loaf play themselves, explaining that The Rocky Horror Picture Show became the biggest cult film around while earning them next to nothing. Their fix is Tim and Meat's One-Stop Rocky Horror Shop, which sells pricey 'official' versions of everything fans bring to a screening: a water pistol that Curry keeps firing at Meat Loaf, a newspaper they slash in price on the spot, a guidebook of audience call-outs and a free handful of rice for prompt buyers. Christine Ebersole and Mary Gross model costumes styled after the film's Janet and Magenta, while Tim Kazurinsky totters out in a Frank-N-Furter corset and boa. The pitch ends with official Rocky Horror toast sold by the slice and a list of suburban mall locations.
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Say it with us
Highly quotable.
Yeah, but Tim and I, we didn't make a dime.
Stop squirting me, sucker.
Did you say toast?
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
Host Tim Curry and musical guest Meat Loaf both starred in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter and Meat Loaf as Eddie.
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:00
Tim Curry
Hello, I'm Tim Curry
- 00:01
Meat Loaf
and I'm meatloaf
- 00:03
Tim Curry ?
and a few years back. We did a little film called the rocky horror picture show You might have heard of it
- 00:12
We were unknowns when the film was made and the movie went on to be the biggest cult film in history People line up to see it a hundred times They're dressed like the characters and throw things at the screen the movie made millions of dollars
- 00:24
Meat Loaf ?
Yeah, but Tim and I we didn't make a dime
- 00:26
Tim Curry ?
speak for yourself
- 00:28
Meat Loaf ?
Hey, man, like you got paid. That's why we're opening Tim and me one stop rocky horror shop Listen here, all the Rocky Horror props you need under one roof. You say, you say, that's right, you've already got a water pistol. Well, let me tell you, you don't have the official Rocky Horror Show water pistol.
- 00:46
Tim Curry ?
Absolutely.
- 00:46
Meat Loaf ?
Endorsed by Tim Cariani, $24.99.
- 00:48
Tim Curry ?
It has range and accuracy.
- 00:50
Meat Loaf ?
But listen here, I'm not worried. You know why? Because, because I've got the official, that's right, the official Rocky Horror Show newspaper. You might expect to pay $20 for this, but I'm going to tell you what. Stop squirting me, sucker. Anyway, listen, we're gonna rip the prices in half right here in front of you. We're gonna rip the prices in half and you can get this paper for only ten bucks. Go ahead, squirt me.
- 01:13
Tim Curry ?
A lot of you say, Tim, I want to go to the Rocky Horror Show.
- 01:16
Meat Loaf ?
Absolutely.
- 01:16
Tim Curry ?
I've never been before.
- 01:17
Meat Loaf ?
I know it.
- 01:18
Tim Curry ?
How will I know what to say?
- 01:20
Meat Loaf ?
Well, your worries are over thanks to the official Rocky Horror guidebook. Show it to him, Timmy. Isn't it beautiful?
- 01:26
Tim Curry ?
It tells you what to say, when to say it, and you'll know when to say, damn it, Janet. not meatloaf again tonight riffraff show us your mother oh yeah mother even words we can't say on television but you can shout them out with confidence when you've got the rocky horror guidebook
- 01:42
Meat Loaf ?
that's right and if you order now i mean i mean if you order right now that's now i'm not talking about later i mean now i mean you're gonna win that's right you're gonna get a free handful of rice rice
- 01:53
Tim Curry ?
you might be saying i've got all the props but on rocky horror night you gotta look right and you will with official rocky horror outfits
- 02:01
Meat Loaf ?
absolutely
- 02:01
Tim Curry ?
and guys you'll look your best in the only official frankenfurter outfit endorsed by me tim curry
- 02:11
rice
- 02:13
Tim Curry ?
when you step out in one of these snappy outfits you'll be the toast of any late night screening
- 02:24
did you say Toast The official Rocky Horror Toast Only eight bucks a slice Eight bucks And at that price you'll want to take home Loaves and loaves Loaves, loaves, loaves That's exactly right Buy it all under one roof At Tim and Meat's one-stop Rocky Horror Shop Westchester, Syosset, Paramus Mall and Foster's Queen
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