It's funnier than Hairspray. It attracts more late-night fans than Rocky Horror. The music is better than Cats.

But like its predecessors in the cult entertainment world, Get a New Job, Joe Blunsten!'s campy spontaneity has attracted a devoted following. As the fourth episode, "Romantic Christmas Special," begins, directors Elijah F. Aron '92-'93 and Paul N. Gailiunas '92 toss candy into the 70 people that have arrived for the 10 p.m. show in the Adams House Private Dining Room. The crowd goes wild.

Their excitement has mounted after waiting in a half-hour line that stretched out the door of Adams House C-Entry. Now inside, the audience ferociously hisses at every mention of the evil Tycoon and claps for the "very" Suspicious Neighbor.

They are not, however, quite ready for tonight's season-ending shocker: Peppermint Blunsten (Joe's daughter) has fallen in love with--you guessed it--the evil Tycoon.

The faithful audience won't stand for it.

"No, Peppermint, don't do it!" someone shouts. That's the last thing I would have expected," laments another, shaking his head."

In Get a New Job, Joe Blunsten! tradition, the audience groans in sympathy after, on top of all this, Joe gets rejected by an unemployment agency--again.

As the show ends, they are ready once again to cheer Joe's familiar last line: "There is no justice for the working man."

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The show's appeal is undeniable. "It's about Joe Blunsten--a good, honest family man who has one fatal flaw: he can't hold onto a job," says Gailiunas. And, if you haven't guessed already, the show has a socialist bent. "There's always a strict dichotomy between the evil Tycoon and the working man," adds Aron.

The two directors, who have been roommates for two years, met during their Orientation Week at the introductory meeting for the Subterranean Review, the now-defunct socialist magazine.

And what started out as a political interest has developed into something that neither of them would have expected back then.

"It's become a little bit of a cult thing," admits Aron.

The plot line follows a consistent structure, just like a regular sit-com. Every episode, Joe has a new job that seems guaranteed, but, within five minutes, he manages to lose it. Blunsten returns home where success surrounds him: his wife, Marcie, is a slick newscaster. His daughter, Peppermint, gets promoted every week in her job at Taco Parade: first to Golden Sombrero, then to Aztec Sun God and finally, to CEO. Even his pet, Yipper, wins fame and glory as a rescue dog in the Himalayas.

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