HAPPY BIRTHDAY 1 [Video]

[happybirthdaytoyou]

[Eugene has chosen to write his numbers in frosting on a shiny reflective worktable in the back of the main branch of MAGNIFICENT BAKERY. Mort and Rhonda are lucky he didn't do the same thing on the living room coffee table. Because of this, the first thing anyone sees is the bakery ceiling while a deep voice shouts from off to the side:]

SO! By way of these secret numbers, I have gained access to an equally secret supernatural network! MAGNIFICENT!

[And now the owner of that voice is leaning over the table. He appears to be a middle-aged Japanese-American man, wearing chef's whites, with a streak of flour on his cheek and a very manic expression covering the rest of his face. It's a face that many people in the numbers club have probably seen before on bus shelter advertisements.]

I look forward to learning more about this secret numbers club! However, there is one thing I must know first!

… when are your birthdays?

[How else is he going to know when to make the cakes?]

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[happybirthdaytoyou]

[Well, now he can totally see you, Mort. The bakery table is plenty shiny!]

Turkey... burgers.

[He's not contemplating drawing a frosting mustache on you for the smirk. Really, he's not.

Oh hell, he totally is. And is going to RIGHT NOW.]

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[talktothedoll]

Yes, turkey burgers. They're supposed to be better for you, and it's close enough to a regular burger that you might actually find you like them.

[Linefacing forever for that mustache. You're being such an adult there, Eugene.]

Really, Eugene. Trying to eat healthier won't kill you.

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[happybirthdaytoyou]

[He's adding a trim little beard. Eugene, stawp. You're wasting frosting.]

I suppose I can always drown mine in condiments.

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[talktothedoll]

[There's continued linefacing at the frosting beard. REALLY NOW, Eugene.]

I'll be sure to pick up some low-fat mayo on my way home.

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[happybirthdaytoyou]

[Have some return linefacing. Also devil horns.]

I'll bring some pie. For desert.

[So there.]

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[talktothedoll]

[Couldn't stop at the beard, could you? Just had to add those horns? All the serious linefacing.]

What kind of pie?

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[happybirthdaytoyou]

[Smirk.]

Peach.

[The creamy kind.]

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[talktothedoll]

I suppose I should be glad there's at least a fruit in there.

[That makes it...kind of healthier than other pies? Sort of? Maybe?]

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[happybirthdaytoyou]

Mort. It's the wrong time of year for pecan.

[Duh.]

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[talktothedoll]

[Hey, it could have been a chocolate cream pie or something of the sort...not that he'll say that, because he doesn't want to give Eugene any ideas.]

I never said anything about pecan.

[Though he will be the first to admit that Eugene makes a pretty darn good pecan pie.]

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[happybirthdaytoyou]

It was the first non-fruit pie that came to mind.

[Eugene makes the best pecan pie.]

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[talktothedoll]

I suppose I can't say I'm surprised by that...

[There's a sigh.]

You know, someday you could try baking something healthy...

[Which is likely a discussion they've had many, many times.]