PHAN-TOMMY OF THE OPERA
A darkened stage. One spotlight illuminates the darkness. Tinkly piano music begins to waft up from the orchestra pit.
TOMMY BOWDEN:
Momma…just killed a team
Took a championship squad
Lost to Bama, shot my wad…
Momma….the season’s just beguuuun…
But now I’ve gone and throooown it aaaaallll awaaaay…
Mommaaa—-
SKEERRREEEEECHHHHHH!!!!
The sound of a needle coming off the record. Bowden looks around with a confused look on his face. From the back of the stage comes thundering guitar and a crowd of people surrounding a blonde-headed guitar god on a pile of skulls.
THE WILLY KORN MAFIA: YOU! STOP THERE!
Massive guitar riffs crash in. A soloist steps forward. He is THE ANGRY CLEMSON FAN.
ACF: You went to Atlanta, shit the-
WILLY KORN MAFIA: BED BED BED!
ACF: Had visions of bowl games, now we’re-
WILLY KORN MAFIA: DEAD DEAD DEAD!!!
ACF: Ralph Friedgen eats too much-
WILLY KORN MAFIA: BREAD BREAD BREAD!!!
ACF: And he still beat us, now we’re—
WILLY KORN MAFIA: FED FED FED!
ACF: Up….
Bringin’ it down now. Slow piano shuffle…
TOMMY BOWDEN:
Don’t blame me,
Cullen Harper couldnt’ pass!
Don’t blame me if he
Had his head up his ass.
I’m just a victim of consequence
Don’t blame me
Blame Rob Spence!
CHORUS:
He’s just a victim of consequence, of consequence, of consequence….
We’ll blame the quarterback, the offensive line and Coach Rod Spence
Don’t blame Tommy-
BLAME C-O-N-S-E-Q-U-E-N-C-E
CON-SE-QUEEEEEEEEEENCE!!!
Blaring drums and guitar thump back up from the pit. dumdumdumdumdumDUMDUMDUMDUMTHUMPTHUMPATHUMPATHUMPA
ACF: You stuck at 8-5 and we’re-
WILLY KORN MAFIA: PISSED PISSED PISSED!!!
ACF: Picked for the title and you-
WILLY KORN MAFIA: MISSED MISSED MISSED!!!
ACF: All that booster ass that you—
WILLY KORN MAFIA: KISSED KISSED KISSED!!!
ACF: Don’t matter now that you’ve made the
WILLY KORN MAFIA: SHIT SHIT SHIT—
ACF: Liiiiiiiiiiiist…..
Bringin’ it down one last time before the finale…piano…
Tommy Bowden: No…it can’t be….Jeff?
Jeff Bowden:
Up here it’s peaceful
With nary a care,
Brother come join me
Up here in the air
In coaching heaven
There’s no bloggers or press
No recruits to badger
No contracts, no stress
The back nine is waiting
The beer’s always cold
Have you played this Wii thing?
It’s awesome.
Seriously, you know, I always thought video games were just for kids, but since I don’t have to work anymore I….
THUMPA THUMPA THUMPA THUMPA THUMPA ROCK!
WILLY KORN MAFIA: YOU GOTTA GO!!!
Tommy: But I promised recruits carries…
ACF: Tommy can you hear me hope you can ’cause you know you gotta-
WILLY KORN MAFIA: GO!!!
Tommy: But I’ve got this pesky buyout and you’ll-
WILLY KORN MAFIA: GO!!!
Tommy: But the people—
WILLY KORN MAFIA: LISTEN TO THEM, TOMMY!!!
CLEMSON FANS, EN CHORALE:
Do you hear the Tigers sing?
Singing a song of 8-5,
It is the music of a people
Whose team is in nose dive,
When your team is paralyzed
By your bitch mentality
Four million dollars to send you home
Is a paltry feeeeeee!!!
Will you hire Will Muschamp?
Will you just play want and see?
Beyond the Music City Bowl
Is there life in the ACC?
To fight
for the right
To play
In a bowl game someone wants to seeeeee?
ALL:
WILL YOU JOIN IN OUR CRUSADE?
WHO WILL BE STRONG AND STAND WITH ME?
SOMEWHERE OUT THERE’S A COACH WHO’LL GIVE THE BACKS
THE CARRIES TO SUCCEED!!!
DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING?
C-L-E-M-S-O- (PAUSE) N!
WHATEVER HAPPENS PLEASE DON’T LET US
LOSE TO WAKE FOREST AGAIN!!!!
AAAAHHHH!!!
AHHH!!!!!
LOSE TO WAKE FO-REST AAA—-GAAAAAAAAAAIIIIINNNNNN!!!!
Tommy Bowden: Fuck all y’all.
Cullen Harper: You deserved it.
FIN
1
Glorious.
Comment by Dr. StrangeCock — October 13, 2025 @ 1:40 pm
2
Curtain. Up.
Comment by Adam West's chauffeur — October 13, 2025 @ 1:44 pm
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It was better than Cats.
Comment by Holly — October 13, 2025 @ 1:45 pm
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Who knew that lurking inside Orson was a musical theater director struggling to come out? Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Comment by ProfKid93 — October 13, 2025 @ 1:46 pm
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Or curtain down? I’m not sure. But neither was Terry Don the last few years.
Comment by Adam West's chauffeur — October 13, 2025 @ 1:47 pm
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Bravo!! BRAVO!!!
Comment by Adrian "The Assassin" White — October 13, 2025 @ 1:47 pm
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clap. clap. clap.
Comment by Tolley Jenkins — October 13, 2025 @ 1:48 pm
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All that needed was an appearance by Zakk Wylde.
Comment by ClemsonHorn — October 13, 2025 @ 1:48 pm
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The role of Jeff Bowden will be played by Daniel Craig after three weeks of trips to Golden Corral.
Comment by Grimey — October 13, 2025 @ 1:51 pm
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Of course it’s better than Cats! Notice the lack of Andrew Lloyd-Webber material in the post!
Comment by Other Chris — October 13, 2025 @ 1:51 pm
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Hey, wait a minute, bad Willy Korn photoshops are my bread and butter mannnnnnnnn.
http://www.block-c.com/category/ekr/
Comment by Chili — October 13, 2025 @ 1:52 pm
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Huzzah and kudos. Speechless
Comment by Zone Left — October 13, 2025 @ 1:52 pm
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That. Just. Happened.
Comment by poguemahone — October 13, 2025 @ 1:53 pm
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Trust me, Clemson, don’t hire the interim coach permanently. Trust me.
Comment by Noel Devine's Gold Teef — October 13, 2025 @ 1:55 pm
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Orson, was that you I saw wearing a UF jersey and jean shorts at the Les Mis show held at the Fox theatre two weeks ago?
Those weren’t real guns they were shooting. You shouldn’t have shot back.
Comment by DrPeterV — October 13, 2025 @ 1:55 pm
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Amazing.
Comment by CStiger — October 13, 2025 @ 1:55 pm
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I heard that if you turned out all the lights, and invoked the name of Willie Korn 3 times while in the bathroom with a flashlight shining on your face while looking in the mirror, you could make Tommy Bowden disappear…..Holy Shit! It works!!!
I can pair those lyrics with a multitude of Metallica songs…”Fade to Black” seems appropiate…….
The Tommy Bowden version of “The Express” would be called “The Excuse”………”You’re average, he’ll make you worse”
Comment by Mr.Pelican Pants — October 13, 2025 @ 1:58 pm
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That is a think of beauty.
Comment by CUvinny — October 13, 2025 @ 2:03 pm
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rich rod will return to clemson to take the hc job…will get out of michigan buyout by claiming michigan reneged on deal by failing to complete stadium renovations before the toledo game
Comment by steve — October 13, 2025 @ 2:03 pm
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And speaking of Youtubeage with bad songs attached to it, gentlemen, I give you Clemson on probation highlights(they actually were good when they cheated):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfJ_WZuxaOA
Comment by Mr.Pelican Pants — October 13, 2025 @ 2:06 pm
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I never thought I’d see the day - a Warhammer 40K miniature on a CFB blog. And it’s an old school Noise Marine to boot.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d81/TheDarkApostle/other%20stuff/noisemarinsewithguitar.jpg
My worlds are colliding…
Comment by Mark — October 13, 2025 @ 2:16 pm
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Clemson fans spelling “consequence” right? The only flaw in this musical.
Comment by hasuprotoss — October 13, 2025 @ 2:20 pm
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I was wondering if Orson and Holly were like the NYT and had some obituaries written and ready to go at the demise, or if this was done with SEC speed at the news. Either way, excellent work!
Comment by Crabapple Buck — October 13, 2025 @ 2:20 pm
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Awesome beyond words. Cocktails to you, sir!
Comment by jthomas666 — October 13, 2025 @ 2:26 pm
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Mike Patrick thinks its better than Britney’s new single.
Comment by Ted — October 13, 2025 @ 2:28 pm
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FWIW,
Holly or Orson,
if you get the tune of Coldplays “Clocks” in you head, it matches up perfectly starting with the Jeff Bowden part….which would be fitting since Tommy Bowden is out of time…..”am I part of the cure or am I part of the disease”
Comment by Mr.Pelican Pants — October 13, 2025 @ 2:29 pm
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And let me be the first to say, that future highlights of Wille Korn will be know as “Korn Porn”…carry on
Comment by Mr.Pelican Pants — October 13, 2025 @ 2:32 pm
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I dont even like musicals, but THAT was good.
I even sang along.
Comment by tzubear — October 13, 2025 @ 2:35 pm
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looks like the fastest penis surgeon in the SEC helped ol’ lou get rid of his penis hookworms…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTA8HH-k-DI
GO GATORS
Comment by J — October 13, 2025 @ 2:36 pm
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@Crabapple—Not a bad idea. And doing one ahead of time for Bill Stewart could be rrrrill therapeutic.
Comment by Holly — October 13, 2025 @ 2:37 pm
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Orson,
You magnificent bastard. 100+ Cocktails to you, sir.
Comment by EufaulaPete — October 13, 2025 @ 2:39 pm
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Do Tuberville now! C’mon, do Tuberville, do Tuberville!
Comment by Bobby Decatur — October 13, 2025 @ 2:40 pm
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@26: Naw, that’s Castle on a Cloud from Les Miz — even the image works with it.
Comment by Other Chris — October 13, 2025 @ 2:41 pm
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@ 21 - Sharp eye there.
Les Miserables, Warhammer 40K, and college football. I am speechless.
Comment by Bones Crosby — October 13, 2025 @ 2:49 pm
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Holly -
I would think that the sure things this year are Greg Robinson and Ty Willingham. You should also have a ‘Bobby Petrino changes jobs’ post ready at all times. The best will be when Charlie Weis gets wacked. JoePa and Daddy Bowden should have real obits ready.
Comment by Crabapple Buck — October 13, 2025 @ 2:57 pm
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Ahh, ahhhh, geek-high-culture overload AAHAHAFGHGHGHAHAGH!! *head esplode*
Comment by MCab — October 13, 2025 @ 2:57 pm
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No words can encapsulate the awesome involved in this.
Bravissimo! Encore! Encore!
Comment by Signal to Noise — October 13, 2025 @ 2:59 pm
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Tommy Bowden gets the Syracuse job, book it.
Comment by John — October 13, 2025 @ 3:01 pm
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Holy Crap, could you RIP OFF Block-C.com’s EXTREME KORN REPORT any MORE?!? At least link to the originators or something!
EKR!!!
Comment by Pissed Off EKR Fan — October 13, 2025 @ 3:07 pm
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We doubt you really understand the concept of plagiarism, Scalp ‘Em, or realize that we recommended Block-C as essential reading today in SN Today, or that the Willy Korn joke started in a liveblog on Yahoo and spread here because of the awesomeness of the WKRs.
But sure. This is actually cut and pasted directly from Block-C! Especially the Les Miz parody! You got us!
Comment by Orson Swindle — October 13, 2025 @ 3:22 pm
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Dear Orson,
My Extremeness for the day overcame me… I was kidding… lighten up.
POEF
Comment by Pissed Off EKR Fan — October 13, 2025 @ 3:27 pm
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Great save, Scalp ‘Em!
Although I’m glad we met you…a Clemson-Florida State hybrid is the greatest single walking argument for crib death I can imagine. You’re quite a specimen!
Comment by Holly — October 13, 2025 @ 3:29 pm
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Simply brilliant.
Comment by dcbruin — October 13, 2025 @ 3:33 pm
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You guys win.
Comment by POEF — October 13, 2025 @ 3:38 pm
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EPIC
Comment by Kody — October 13, 2025 @ 3:50 pm
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Well done, well done. That made my day.
Comment by Jeff — October 13, 2025 @ 3:56 pm
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Somehow, I’ll be disappointed if this wasn’t exactly the way it went down.
Comment by cocknfire — October 13, 2025 @ 4:22 pm
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Holly’s favorite punk is SIDS Vicious gegegege
Comment by Chili — October 13, 2025 @ 4:29 pm
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Your own work is almost overshadowed by that bichin’ awesome noise-marine. Be careful, you almost lost that battle of awesomeness.
Comment by Seer — October 13, 2025 @ 5:53 pm
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UAB will take Mr. Bowden.
Comment by Ian — October 13, 2025 @ 6:24 pm
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I was just about over my man-crush for Orson and total lust-0-mania for Holly when I read this…
I tried to get away…. and they puuullllllled me back in….
Comment by InsaneCoachPosse — October 13, 2025 @ 7:25 pm
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Wake got a mention, Wake got a mention!!!
Comment by acchalfbreed — October 13, 2025 @ 9:28 pm
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Is it to heavy of an obvioushammer blow to say that my man is Bow-done?
Comment by CJ Spiller — October 14, 2025 @ 12:17 am
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And why is Korn holding the guitar right handed in the first picture and southpaw in the collage?
Comment by CJ Spiller — October 14, 2025 @ 12:43 am
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Tommy Bowden to Auburn! I demand it!
Comment by Wolf In The Ozarks — October 14, 2025 @ 1:05 am
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They need to get rid of that gay ass rock next.
Comment by King Harvest — October 14, 2025 @ 7:32 am