Posts Tagged ‘dead celebrity’

My Interview with Roy Scheider

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

On February 10, 2008, Roy Scheider, best known for his role of the sheriff in "Jaws", died at the age of 75. I didn't have a chance to interview him then, so I thought I'd use the anniversary of his passing to talk to him briefly:

Me: Roy, thanks for taking the time to talk to me. I see you brought the shark with you?

RS: We're going to need a bigger couch.

Me: Heh. I see what you did there. Did you know that your quote, which I understand was ad-libbed, is considered one of the top 50 best movie quotes?

RS: We're going to need bigger accolades.

Me: Well, okay. It was actually ranked #35, sorry about that. So, tell me, what's it like after death? Do you have plenty of activities planned?

RS: We're going to need a bigger check.

Me: Sigh. Umm, well, you're not getting paid at all for this interview, so just be happy that anybody remembers who you are. Other than Jaws, I don't think your movies are exactly memorable. Can you just answer the question without using the one quote that everybody knows?

RS: We're going to need a bigger block of time.

Me: Unfortunately, we don't have that much time left. Do you have any regrets about your body of work as an actor?

RS: We should have had bigger principles.

Me: I agree. Maybe taking every film you could get just for the paycheck wasn't the wisest choice. I mean, people don't even know your name – they just know you as that cranky sheriff from the shark movie. How's that for a legacy?

RS: We're going to need a bigger bottle of booze.

Me: Drink up, buddy. You deserve it. You and your shark.


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Zelda Rubinstein and J.D. Salinger
Brittany Murphy
Oral Roberts
John Lennon
Ken Ober
Henry Gibson
Patrick Swayze
Ted Kennedy
John Hughes
Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett
Walter Cronkite
Billy Mays
Ed McMahon
Stephen Hawking
Robert Novak
Caylee Anthony
David Carradine
Martin Luther King, Jr.

My Interviews with Zelda Rubinstein and J. D. Salinger

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Zelda Rubinstein, the creepy old midget lady known best for her role in Poltergeist I, II, and III as Tangina Barrons, died yesterday at the age of 76. I took a minute to sit down with her.

Me: Hi, Zelda, thanks for agreeing to this short visit. I was sorry to hear about your death.

ZR: There is no death. There is only a transition to a different sphere of consciousness.

Me: Well, yes. But there's still a corpse. Anyways, let me ask you a tiny question.

ZR: Ahem. Go right ahead.

Me: Do you feel like your roles in the Poltergeist films dwarfed the rest of your career?

ZR: Are you doing this on purpose?

Me: Doing what on purpose? I'm a little confused.

ZR: Why do you keep doing that?

Me: I think you may be a teensy weensy bit wrong.

ZR: There! You did it again! You keep mocking my size!

Me: I would never do something like that. That's awfully immature of me.

ZR: Oh, okay, I may have just overreacted.

Me: It's okay. You just have a short fuse. A little, tiny, fuse.

ZR: Gah! I'm going into the Light. There is peace and serenity and no assholes like you in the Light.

Me: Midget.

ZR: Fuck youuuuuuuuuuuuu…….


In addition to Zelda Rubinstein, the extremely reclusive author of "The Catcher in the Rye", J. D. Salinger, passed away yesterday at the age of 91. I was granted an exclusive interview with this amazing author:

Me: Mr. Salinger, thank you for speaking with me in the first interview you've given since 1981, 29 years ago.
Me: Umm, hello?
Me: Why are you just sitting there staring at me?
Me: You're creeping me out, old man!


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Brittany Murphy
Oral Roberts
John Lennon
Ken Ober
Henry Gibson
Patrick Swayze
Ted Kennedy
John Hughes
Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett
Walter Cronkite
Billy Mays
Ed McMahon
Stephen Hawking
Robert Novak
Caylee Anthony
David Carradine
Martin Luther King, Jr.

My Interview with Henry Gibson

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

henry-gibsonThe diminutive actor Henry Gibson died last night at age 73. Of course, I jumped on the chance to interview him after he passed.

Me: So, Mr. Gibson, you played the neo-Nazi leader in Blues Brothers, right?

HG: That is correct. It was very fun working with Dan Aykroyd and the late John Belushi.

Me: Out of your entire repertoire, what was your favorite role?

HG: Well, I'd have to say-

Kanye West storms in, pushes Henry Gibson down and says: Yo, this is nice and all, but I just gotta say that Beyonce's death will be the best, most amazing death of the year. This old white dude has lived his long-ass life and is old as shit, but when Beyonce dies, it will be off the muthafuckin' hook!


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Patrick Swayze
Ted Kennedy
John Hughes
Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett
Walter Cronkite
Billy Mays
Ed McMahon
Stephen Hawking
Robert Novak
Caylee Anthony
David Carradine
Martin Luther King, Jr.

My Interview with Patrick Swayze

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Yesterday, Patrick Swayze lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. Today, as usual, I score the only posthumous interview to be found. Take that, real journalists!

Me: So, um, Patrick, thanks for being here.

PS: You sound hesitant, chile'.

Me: Well, you're in blackface and have a wig with dreadlocks on.

PS: It's the only way I can communicate with you. I'm being channeled into the body of Oda Mae Brown.

Me: There's no need to do that. I have the ability to interview people after they die for one final interview.

PS: Oh. Well, uh, do you want to play some Righteous Brothers and make some pottery?

Me: Gay much?

PS: Fine. Ask your damn questions.

Me: I watched Black Dog in theaters. Can I have my $5.50 back?

PS: Ha, very funny.

Me: Well, I'm kind of serious, but really – why did you make such shitty movies, over all?

PS: No, no. Look, you've gotta understand what it's like, man. You come from the streets and suddenly you're up here, and these producers, they are throwing money at ya, and it smells so good, and they really take care of you. I mean, I never knew producers could be like that, you know? And they're so rich, they're so goddamn rich, you think they must know about everything. And they're slipping their scripts in my hands, two and three times day, different producers. So, here I think I'm scoring big, right? And for a while, you think, hey, they wouldn't be doing this if they didn't care about me, right?

Me: I understand. You were just using them, that's all.

PS: No, no that's not it. That's the thing, man, see it wasn't like that. They were using me.

Me: But honestly? Does that excuse Father Hood? Three Wishes? Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights?

PS: Look, spaghetti arms. That is my movie space. This is your blog space. I don't go into yours, you don't go into mine. You gotta hold the frame.

Me: That doesn't even make any sense.

PS: Nobody puts Adam in a corner.

Me: Now I know that you're just quoting lines from one of the three decent movies you've starred in. Why can't you just answer me honestly?

PS: I'm scared of everything. I'm scared of what I saw, I'm scared of what I did, of who I am, and most of all I'm scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I'm with you.

Me: Oh, come on! That one wasn't even your line!

PS: Fine. I'll stop quoting movie lines. I'll tell you my secret.

Me: Go ahead.

PS: I can't really act. I have three expressions: surprised, angry, and tightly intense. After that, I just dance or kick or run really fast, and then they cut to another scene.

Me: Yeah, I figured. I've seen a lot of your movies, even the shitty ones. You should have stuck with that ballet gig.

PS: Yeah, but then I never would have met my wife.

Me: Wait, you're straight? No way!

PS: Of course I am!

Me: You like women?

PS: I was married to one for thirty years!

Me: Hm. I just assumed the whole sex appeal to women thing was an act, like Tom Cruise, Ryan Seacrest, and George Clooney.

PS: Nope. I am a veritable pussy magnet.

Me: Now you're trying too hard to sound macho.

PS: I carried a watermelon.

Me: And we're back to the movie quotes. You're a waste of my fucking time.

PS: Yeah, I guess that's what you *would* see. I'll never be sorry, Baby.

Me: Jesus. Move on already – go to heaven or hell or the giant ballet academy in the sky. I'm done with you.

PS: Ditto.

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Ted Kennedy
John Hughes
Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett
Walter Cronkite
Billy Mays
Ed McMahon
Stephen Hawking
Robert Novak
Caylee Anthony
David Carradine
Martin Luther King, Jr.

My Interview with Phillip Spicklefritz

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Late last night, a neighbor down my street, Phillip Spicklefritz, passed away at the age of 94. While he may not have been famous, I thought he deserved an interview as well:

Me: Thanks for joining me Phil.

PS: So, this interview? Does it go on the radio? The picture box?

Me: No, no. It goes on the Internet. I'm only a journalist on the Internet.

PS: The "Innernet"? What's that? Ha! Sounds like some kind of tire.

Me: Well, to move on, is it true that you wrote a letter to Cary Grant where you called him a "cad"?

PS: I sure did! He was a hippie, too! But at least he was better than that homo-

(There is a banging at my door. Someone shouts "Ah . . Let me in!")

Me: Who is it?

Unknown Person: It's Teddy Kennedy. Open the dooah!

Me: Wait, how do I know that it's you?

Unknown Person: I ah just died on Toosdey.

Me: Lots of people died. Let me ask you – what's your favorite soup?

Unknown Person: The ahnswah is chowdah.

Me: And how would you get your vehicle into a designated waiting area?

Unknown Person: Umm, ah, you would ah pahk the cah?

Me: Okay, and what do you think about Marilyn Monroe?

Unknown Person: She was ah hooah who could ah ruined my brothah!

Me: Finally, what do you like on an ice cream sundae?

Unknown Person: Ooh. I love jimmies! They ah wicked awesome!

Me: Hm. Well, I'm not convinced. You could be some Southie who wants to rob me.

Unknown Person: Oh, fahk you you fahking mother fahkah! I was ah Senatah fah the United States of Americker! This will be yooeh fahkin' lahss!

Me: I'm calling the cops if you don't leave now!

Unknown Person: Fahn. I'm outta heah.

Me: Now that's over, Mr. Spicklefritz, let's get back to our interview.

PS: ZZZZZZZzzzz……

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Walter Cronkite
Billy Mays
Ed McMahon
Stephen Hawking
Robert Novak
Caylee Anthony
David Carradine
Martin Luther King, Jr.