It was another long ride home after a concert for Sackcloth 2 Joy.  Margaret chewed on her ice and sipped on OJ, Jonathan was listening to his Carman CD's (singing off-key at the top of his lungs as one is apt to do when listening with headphones), Steve was admiring his Dove Award, Marie was admiring Steve, Myra was working on her lines for the upcoming taping of "Leave it to Diva", and Josh was busy looking through all the names, phone numbers and email addresses of all the "hotties" he met at the concert. He was just amazed how his new pick up line (Killer boots, man!) was working so well with the girls -- especially his cousins from Kentucky.

Jay was driving the van....trying to manage the road. He was a little upset with what had happened earlier when Josh cleared out the Wendy's with his toxic fumes. 

Suddenly Josh started shouting, "let's put down the top and scream 'money ain't a thang'".  This startled Jay and he lost control of the van.  But after he pulled the van back out of the ditch and on to the road, he glared at Josh and said, "one more time and i'm gonna take your band
money!"  This kept Josh quiet for a little while, but suddenly he had an irresistable urge to shout, "Ain't no thang but a chicken wing!"  Jay glared at Josh... Josh just looked back with a puzzled look, "What?"  And then pulled out his family photo album to look at pictures from last
summer's family reunion.

Finally they had made it back home.  They went inside the house and as he was opening the refrigerator door to find a caffeine free Mountain Dew (isn't that an oxymoron?), Josh noticed an old picture on the refrigerator... "Man, who is this, she's hot!  What?" Trying to get a better look and pulling on the refrigerator door at the same time, Josh managed to knock himself unconscious with the refrigerator door.  He fell back on to the floor, and while the rest of the group kept saying, "Josh are you brain dead?  Josh are you brain dead?"  In his mind he was transported back to the early 70's and was hosting the Miss America Pagaent. 

As the show opened, Josh introduced the world to Rap Music as he used a rap song to introduce each of the contestants in the opening part of the ceremony. Somehow the audience wasn't quite sure what to think about it, but Josh sure enjoyed himself. 

In between production numbers, Josh managed to get the names and phone numbers of most all of the contestants. He found that his "killer boots, man!" pick-up line didn't work quite as well in the 70's, but he still did O.K. He seemed especially attracted to Miss Kentucky though,
something about her hairy underarms...besides, she looked like she might be a distant cousin. "I'm gonna have to go back through my family photo album and see, What?"  He was very excited about meeting the musical guests on the program, The Dixie Chicks, SHeDAISY and Christina Aguilera and managed to get their phone numbers and email addresses as well.  He could hardly wait till Al Gore would invent the internet so he could email them. 

During the talent competition, Miss West Virginia began singing, "Somewhere over the Rainbow" and this triggered something in Josh's brain.  He clicked the heels of his ruby slippers (don't ask!) together and began to repeat, "there's no place like home, there's no place like
home."  And suddenly he awakened from his unconscious state and was laying on the floor with all the rest of the group, still saying, "Are you brain dead?"  When Josh opened his eyes, the rest of the group was relieved to see he had regained consciousness.  But then they noticed he was wearing the Ruby Slippers. 

Will Josh be fully recovered before their upcoming concert this Saturday, May 13th at Faith Alliance Church in Middletown, OH?  Will he still be wearing the Ruby Slippers?  You better come find out! S2J at Faith Alliance Church, May 13th at 7:00 PM.