A philosopher goes to a website and discovers the song “Rhythm Steps” by Herbie Kay. After playing it just one time, the philosopher dislikes the song so much that he decides to look up where Herbie is buried, so he can visit it in person. In the middle of the night, he visits the cemetery where his grave is located, brings out a brown paper bag from his car, and places the bag on his grave. He breathes a sigh of relief. When he gets back into the car, he turns on the radio, expecting to listen to “Red Eye Radio”, but instead “Rhythm Steps” plays! The driver is so shocked that he accidentally drives faster than he normally would, and goes off a ramp and lands into an indoor kids’ playground that is closed. The car crashes through the roof and lands inside, fortunately not harming anyone. As the airbags are deployed, the car is still playing “Rhythm Steps”. When the last words, “Simple as the day is long!” are sung, a paper bag from seemingly nowhere drops into the car, which has no roof anymore. It lands on the face of the driver, who immediately passes out from smelling the bag.

At the end of a show Herbie Kay asks the audience if they have any requests. A man keeps yelling, “Simple as the day is long,” but he is ignored by the other people requesting songs. So the band plays a few more songs, and then Herbie asks if there are any more requests. Again, the guy says, “Simple as the day is long”, but is ignored yet again. Finally after the last song request, Herbie says they are going to close out their set, but the one man is adamant about “Simple as the day is long”. Herbie Kay admits that he does not know the song. So Herbie asks him, “OK, how do you sing it?” Suddenly, two other men join that man in the audience, who turn out to be members of his vocal trio. All three of them sing: “If you’re not a dunce, you’ll catch on at once; you know this one, Herbie: It’s the Rhythm Steps, whoa! … Simple as the day is long!”