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Q (Josh): If you had to re-staff MST3K with current
Hollywood actors, who would you choose to play what parts?
A: That’s a damn silly question and I refuse to answer, except to say that naturally Servo would be played by George Clooney.
Q (Josh): How long did it take to dress up as Bobo before every show?
A: Bobo took about an hour to put together, and
it’ll take a lifetime to erase.
The horror... the horror...
Q (Josh): What movie from the last year do you think is most worthy of the MST3K treatment?
A: Holy shit, which one
wasn’t?
Right off the bat, I think HULK was custom-made for puppet abuse.
Q (Josh): Certainly there had to be a movie here and there that simply was no fun to do. What are some awful movie experiences that stick out to you?
A: ROBOT vs. THE AZTEC MUMMY for one.
RED ZONE CUBA hurt like Hell. MANOS sprained my cortex.
RADAR SECRET SERVICE and INVASION OF THE NEPTUNE MEN were mistakes on a monumental scale.
BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS left boils on my ass.
Q (Josh): This is a long
shot question, but during one of the movie segments for The Magic Voyage of
Sinbad, you seem to begin a riff, and then start laughing, and the riff end up going unsaid.
Do you remember this instance? If so, what was the line?
A: I can’t answer, but I can tell you how much this question sounds like it was dictated by the Comic Book Guy on
The Simpsons.
Q (Josh): Were there any movies that you specifically picked out for the show?
I know you were one of the initial supporters for Radar Secret
Service, but were there any others?
A: Oh sure, blame me.
I think Paul
[Chaplin] objected strenuously to this film and damned if he
wasn’t right.
Q (Josh): You performed a lot of songs throughout the
show’s run.
Do you have a favorite?
A: I loved “Tubular Boobular Joy.”
I love performing “The United Servo Academy Men’s Chorus Hymn.”
I love listening to “The Greatest Frank of All.”
I think Mike should be on Broadway. Sweeping up plastic wine cups of course, not singing or writing songs, God no.
Q (Josh): Are there any awkward experiences
you’ve had with fans of the show over the years that
you’d be willing to share?
A: I had a pasty guy in a cape fall on me at Dragon*Con.
He got all nervous and caught up in his cape and had his full fat-boy weight against me.
I had to tip him back on his feet, like a cow. Dear God, I wanted to hit him.
Still do.
Q (Josh): And, finally, if you got to select the three or four episodes to be included in the next
boxed set, which ones would you choose?
A: PUMA MAN! OUTLAW! (of Gor, of course)
THE BRUTE MAN! THE VIOLENT YEARS! ...Er, Collect
’em all.
Thank you.
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