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...their chums. The stereo system had suffered severe beer-related injuries. In the neglected backyard, amidst scattered beer bottles and broken glass, was a full-sized counter-shaped bar, overturned and rotting on its side. And, in the living room, we found a printed invitation from "Craig, Sean, and Derrick" that read "Come on down too [sic] quench your thirst.... The time has come for the Boys' Twenty-First!" The invitation concluded with the words "Attire: Long ties, short skirts...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: Derrick Was Here | 7/25/1997 | See Source »

...Derrick (panting as he and Craig lug the chest-o-mud up the stairs): "Man, I don't remember this trunk being so damn heavy. This is heavy as shit...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: Derrick Was Here | 7/25/1997 | See Source »

...closets upstairs we found a large trunk with the name "DERRICK" on it in huge letters, which we decided to bring downstairs to use as a coffee table in the living room. Inspired by Derrick's vicarious presence on the vomit-stained rug as we lounged around after long days at our respective summer jobs, my roommates and I soon began making up long and elaborate stories about Derrick, his housemates and their charming home. It was clear to us, for example, how the bar had reached its final resting place. ("Man, we were totally trashed, and then...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: Derrick Was Here | 7/25/1997 | See Source »

...wasn't long before humor began to erode into resentment. When the last doorknob came off in our hands, and then when the ceiling in one of the bedrooms began to cave in, we started plotting our revenge against Derrick. After all, if Derrick and his roommates hadn't felt obligated to comply with the lease (which had actually demanded a maid service), why should we? We decided that it was our mission to trash Derrick's house before we left. But we would do it with a bit of subtlety...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: Derrick Was Here | 7/25/1997 | See Source »

...thought, for example, that we might leave the house absolutely impeccable--except that we would fill Derrick's trunk with mud. The screenplay as Derrick and Craig struggle to carry the dirt-packed foot locker back up to Derrick's bedroom writes itself...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: Derrick Was Here | 7/25/1997 | See Source »

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