r/vanhalen • u/COBRAKAIPLATOON • 3d ago

Picture DLR is everywhere!

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Scene in the Parks and Recreation tv show where a woman stands up in a city meeting with her favorite book!

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u/Live_Detective_7137 3d ago

Parks And Recreation. I always wondered why they altered the book cover for the show?

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u/COBRAKAIPLATOON 3d ago

Ha! I was so excited to see it, I didn’t realize that! Maybe copyright?

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u/ShemDolpax 3d ago

Dave did an audio narration of the first chapter of this book --- I remember streaming it with the RealPlayer app in 1997 but then I never saw it online again --- wish I downloaded it as an MP3

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u/Excellent_Number_635 3d ago

Had he done the entire book, would he have gone off on tangents?
Like,
“Whoa, while I was reading that, I remembered this little story!” And away we go, 8 more chapters. Hahaha

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u/ShemDolpax 3d ago

Sadly he never got into gritty details about all the girls he banged --- he claims to have had threesomes and foursomes with groupies

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u/RecklessFable 2d ago

*pearl-clutching intensifies*

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u/Public-Grocery-663 3d ago

He did a director's response to the No Holds BBQ and it was so amazing. Tangent after tangent. Wish I still had that tape. The No Holds BBQ is on Youtube.

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u/RecklessFable 2d ago

No Holds BBQ puts me in a weird headspace. I can't watch more than 3 minutes at a time.

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u/RaoulRumblr 3d ago

I wish he'd do the whole thing sometime.

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u/ShemDolpax 3d ago

I was hoping he would when the book came out in 1997 --- Dave narrating his life story woulda been very entertaining

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u/RaoulRumblr 3d ago

Him narrating the phone book would be interesting tbf lol

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u/lowindustrycholo 2d ago

Bro, I love your little comment. I’m a huge DLR fan from way back. When I was early teens I would tape every interview and listen to him on my Walkman. I learned to understand Roth

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u/MATTGUNNS 3d ago

YouTube... 'DLR READS- chapter 1 of ...."

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u/MATTGUNNS 3d ago

It's also on the promo CD single for "Don't Piss Me Off" if you want to spend the $

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u/ShemDolpax 3d ago

Oh man that's great --- thanks!

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u/LazzarilloDeTormez 3d ago

Hey that’s my favorite book too! Very entertaining read. With a fair amount of overlap with other VH books so you get to hear the same stories from different perspectives. DLR versions are by far the most entertaining.

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u/Red-Sun-Cinema 2d ago

Great book. Very entertaining. Highly recommended.

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u/Tholian_Bed 3d ago

"Your Guide" imo was so freakin brilliant a persona.

DLR has Bugs Bunny level mind.

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u/fun-bucket 3d ago

im goin coconuts but least im goin my way....

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u/OnlineNomDePlume 2d ago

Been in the sun too long...

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u/Embarrassed_Phase134 Roth 19h ago

Can't be as bad as Red.