By Keith Daniels
“It turned into this because we’re both control freaks.”
– Doc Hammer
The Venture Bros. has since its 2003 debut been one of the best, and most under-appreciated, shows on television. Airing on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim block, the show began as a parody of (and tribute to) Jonny Quest, and other ‘60s space age adventure shows. However, it quickly developed its own mythology and a massive cast of characters representing everyone from David Bowie to Spiderman. Only four seasons of the show have eked out so far, but hopefully the recent “Shallow Gravy” special represents progress toward bringing us more. SuicideGirls recently spoke with the series’ creators, pseudonymously known as Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer, about the show, the special, and the possibility of season five.
Read our exclusive interview with Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer of The Venture Bros. on SuicideGirls.com.
by Daniel Robert Epstein
“I like the alternative dark humor.”
– Paul Lieberstein
I love talking to guys like Paul Lieberstein. Currently he is a writer/producer/actor on the hit NBC sitcom The Office. As Toby, the laconic and divorced human resources director of Dunder Mifflin he is constantly butting heads with the idiotic Dunder Mifflin Regional Manager Michael Scott [played by Steve Carell]. Lieberstein is already responsible for many of the series best episodes such as “Dwight’s Speech” which includes Dwights Hitleresque rant and “The Client” where the office workers have a table read of Michael’s secret screenplay. But I first saw Lieberstein’s name as a writer/producer on the primetime cartoon series King of the Hill which is one of the greatest shows ever on television.
Read our exclusive interview with Paul Lieberstein on SuicideGirls.com.
by Daniel Robert Epstein
“They can certainly attack me when I’m not there.”
– Al Franken
Man I love this job! After three long years of wooing I finally got a chance to talk with the legendary comedian Al Franken. After many successful years as a standup comedian and Saturday Night Live writer, Franken has released a number of hysterical and popular books such as Why Not Me? and Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot. When Franken released Lies and the Lying Liars in 2004, esteemed filmmakers Nick Doob and Chris Hegedus followed and him and documented the experience. Now its all been put together in the film Al Franken: God Spoke.
Read our exclusive interview with Al Franken on SuicideGirls.com.
by Daniel Robert Epstein
“It reads like some stoner wrote it.”
– Tommy Chong
Well, its official: hell has frozen over, the fat lady has sung, and Tommy Chong has quit smoking pot. Apparently after you smoke weed everyday for 50 years and then are forced to quit cold turkey when youre thrown in prison, you lose your taste for it. Hopefully that will never happen to me. I got a chance to talk with Chong about his time in prison, his new book The I Chong which lays out his philosophies and whether or not he thinks Cheech Marin has sold out.
Read our exclusive interview with Tommy Chong on SuicideGirls.com.
by Daniel Robert Epstein
“I could bring lunacy and craziness…”
– John Hodgman
My father-in-laws cookies arent as dry as John Hodgmans wit. Currently Hodgman is best known as the bespectacled correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and as the PC to Justin Long’s Mac in a recent series of Apple commercials. But before his television work, Hodgman enjoyed a career as a well respected print humorist for publications like New York Times Magazine and McSweeney’s –a stint which culminated in the hysterical book of lies, The Areas of My Expertise. Hodgman is also a contributor to This American Life, a radio show played nationally. This American Life has now collected some of their best segments onto a CD called This American Life: Stories Of Hope And Fear.
Read our exclusive interview with John Hodgman on SuicideGirls.com.
by Daniel Robert Epstein
“I wouldnt say Knoxville’s too talented.”
– Jeff Tremaine
On camera the Jackass cast and crew always come off like psychotic eight year olds, which they are. But it also takes some talent to take this very motley crew, have them do all these insane and disgusting things to themselves and each other, and still be able to formulate it all into a movie. That’s where Jackass co-creator and director Jeff Tremaine steps in.
Before the Jackass phenomenon, Tremaine was best known as the editor for Big Brother Magazine. Tremaine was the one who put all these lunatics together into the major franchise that they are now.
Read our exclusive interview with Jeff Tremaine on SuicideGirls.com.
by Daniel Robert Epstein
“I just rolled a joint”
– Zach Galifianakis
The landscape of standup comedy on television has taken a surprising turn in the past few years. People like Artie Lange, Patton Oswalt and Paul Mooney are doing these amazing standup shows and are videotaping them in a very cool verite way. In the wake of the success of The Comedians of Comedy, Zach Galifianakis and director/editor Michael Blieden have teamed up again to bring Zach Galifianakis – Live at the Purple Onion to DVD. Besides Galifianakis hysterical set at the world renowned venue, we also get to see his brother Seth get interviewed by NPRs Brian Unger and get some real personal moments with Zach.
Read our exclusive interview with Zach Galifianakis on SuicideGirls.com.
