There’s a bizarre Jerry Garcia sketch from December 1987, where he’s standing in a backstage kitchen, wearing a goofy chef’s hat and apron. Next to him is comedian and Saturday Night Live writer Tom Davis, who starts speaking to the camera. “Some people thought New Year’s Eve had to be celebrated under the influence of drugs and alcohol, but by now, many of us have come to realize that we’re better off staying straight,” Davis says. Captain Trips, preparing a baking sheet of water chestnuts wrapped in bacon, alongside pitchers of virgin punch and bloody marys, joyfully agrees: “That’s right, Tom. We can still have just as much fun — maybe even more!”

The video was a cheeky nod to Garcia’s effort to adopt a healthier lifestyle back then, but these days, it feels like it fits right into

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