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{{R and D TV series}}
{{disline|''For information on the nature of R and D TV skits, see the [[R and D TV|parent article]].}}
==[[Occupation]]==
==[[Occupation]]==
Ron says "I feel gloomy." After a ping, David has black hair like [[w:Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] of [[w:The Cure|The Cure]] and plays a guitar as the room transforms to a "goth," bleak landscape. In response to the gloom, Ron cries, pulls a razor blade from his jacket and begins cutting his own wrists.
Ron suggests an idea.


==[[Precipice]]==
==[[Precipice]]==
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==[[Exodus, Part I]]==
==[[Exodus, Part I]]==


David, with accompanying lightbulb, exclaims, "This will mark new territory". Ron responds with his own lightbulb, and the office is transformed into a moonscape, with Earth setting in the background behind a passing viper. Ron is now wearing a space suit and reaches out of scene for something. David warns, "Don't do it," before Ron stabs him in the chest with a flag bearing the R&D TV logo.
David, with accompanying lightbulb, exclaims, "This will mark new territory". Ron responds with his own lightbulb, and the office is transformed into a moonscape, with Earth setting in the background behind a passing viper. Ron is now wearing a space suit and reaches out of scene for something. David warns, "Don't do it", before Ron stabs him in the chest with a flag bearing the R&D TV logo.


==[[Exodus, Part II]]==
==[[Exodus, Part II]]==
 
Ron (wearing a [[w:Clerical collar|clerical collar]]) suggests, "More religion." The scene darkens as lightning flashes and David's head transforms into [[w:Linda Blair|Linda Blair's character]] from ''The Exorcist''. David's new head performs a 360 degree rotation, tells Ron, "Your soul is mine!" and proceeds to vomit on Ron, incapacitating him.
Ron, who is wearing a [[w:Clerical collar|clerical collar]], suggests, "More religion." The scene darkens as lightning flashes and David's head transforms into [[w:Linda Blair|Linda Blair's character]] from ''[[w:The Exorcist|The Exorcist]]''. David's new head performs a 360 degree rotation, tells Ron that his soul is his and proceeds to vomit on Ron, incapacitating him.


==[[Collaborators]]==
==[[Collaborators]]==


David suggests, "More rebels". Ron then transforms into [[w:Jack Nicholson|Jack Nicholson's character]] from ''One Flew Over The Cookoo's Nest'' and asks to watch a little TV in Nicholson's voice as he chokes David, now dressed as a nurse.
David suggests, "More rebels".


==[[Torn]]==
==[[Torn]]==
David whispers to Ron as the tall man holding a club appears and hits Ron with it.
==[[A Measure of Salvation]]==
==[[A Measure of Salvation]]==
==[[Hero]]==
==[[Hero]]==
Ronald with lightbulb says "Backmasking." The room transforms into [[w:Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band|the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album cover]]. Ron falls to the ground from the weight of a large number 9 that David (in Sgt. Pepper uniform) gives him while saying "Turn me on dead man" (which is what many fans believed to have heard when playing the phrase "Number Nine" (spoken by an unidentified male voice) in the avant-garde sound collage "Revolution 9" from the Beatles' "White Album" in reverse using [[w:backmasking|backmasking]]).
==[[Unfinished Business]]==
==[[Unfinished Business]]==
:''This skit is used again from "[[Home, Part I]]."''
==[[The Passage]]==
==[[The Passage]]==
:''This skit is used again from "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]".''
==[[The Eye of Jupiter]]==
==[[The Eye of Jupiter]]==
David suggests, "Slapstick." Both characters transform into sepia-toned versions of themselves (with Ron looking more sinister) as a "Why, certainly" silent-film placard appears as Ron's response. Ron proceeds to slap David with a cane before he sticks David's skull to the opposite wall with the cane through his left eye.
David suggests, "Slapstick." Both characters transform into sepia-toned versions of themselves (with Ron looking more sinister) as a "Why, certainly" silent-film placard appears as Ron's response. Ron proceeds to slap David with a cane before he sticks David's skull to the opposite wall with the cane through his left eye.


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==[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]==
==[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]==
:''This skit is re-used from "[[Hero]]."''
Ronald with lightbulb says "Backmasking." The room transforms into [[w:Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band|the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album cover]]. Ron falls to the ground from the weight of a large number 9 that David (in Sgt. Pepper uniform) gives him while saying "Turn me on dead man" (what many fans believed to have heard John Lennon say in a song from the ''Revolver'' album when it was played in reverse using [[w:backmasking|backmasking]]).


==[[The Woman King]]==
==[[The Woman King]]==
:''This skit is a re-use of the existing skit used for "[[Occupation]]".''
Ron says "I feel gloomy." After a ping, David has black hair like [[w:Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] of [[w:The Cure|The Cure]] and plays a guitar as the room transforms to a "goth", bleak landscape. In response to the gloom, Ron cries, pulls a razor blade from his jacket and begins cutting his own wrists.


==[[A Day in the Life]]==
==[[A Day in the Life]]==
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==[[The Son Also Rises]]==
==[[The Son Also Rises]]==
:''This skit is a repeat of the one previously used for "[[Collaborators]]".''
"More rebels," David says. Ron transforms into [[w:Jack Nicholson|Jack Nicholson's character]] from ''One Flew Over The Cookoo's Nest'' and asks to watch a little TV in Nicholson's voice as he chokes David, now dressed as a nurse.


==[[Crossroads, Part I]]==
==[[Crossroads, Part I]]==
:''This skit is reused from "[[Torn]]".''


==[[Crossroads, Part II]]==
==[[Crossroads, Part II]]==
David gets an idea, and Ron runs out to transform into a [[w:Ray Harryhausen|Harryhausen]]-esque stop motion skeleton wielding a sword and shield. Ron proceeds to fight with David.
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