9 Jun
Bloggers Speak: Don Lewis from ‘Its a Funny Thing’ pt. 1
Posted on 2008 under Bloggers Speak |
Welcome to yet another edition of Bloggers Speak where I sit down with bloggers of the humor kind and ask them funny questions. In the past they were always easy, like a Katie Couric interview because the idea was to showcase the interviewee. The new version now has better questions and less of them as well as longer answers.
This edition’s victim is Don Lewis from ‘Its A Funny Thing’ who took the ball and ran with it when it comes to longer answers. He did so well this became a two-parter, the second half posting next Monday. Enjoy.
How’s it hangin’ Don?
At the present, it isn’t. In point of fact, it’s retracted. I’ve run out of firewood, and global warming has been something of a disappointment here in Northern Idaho. But it’s only the middle of June, the snow falls aren’t sticking, and I’m sure that by August, warmer weather and gravity will improve things reproductive-organs-wise. Thanks for asking.
What would be the funniest way to die?
An understanding of relative point of view is vital in matters like these. The reader and I might have a completely different take on the hilarity of death, depending on which of us is dead. And since ‘funny’ requires not only an objective condition (i.e. death), but is also extremely dependant upon presentation, it is essential that I, as a highly trained and professional humor writer, not die, so as to be able to present your death in the most appealing and humorous way possible. In this collaborative effort, if you do your part, I’ll do mine.
For example: Let’s say that you and I meet on a busy street. You have, clutched in your entirely unworthy hand, a winning lottery ticket worth 300 million dollars. In your natural exuberance, you make the fatal error of informing me of your good fortune. Having never liked you beginning at that moment, I, despite the sudden realization of just what a pig you really are, magnanimously congratulate you with the “Hip-Shot of Friendship,” accidentally propelling you into the path of a speeding truck.
Despite being unsure of how life-threatening your injuries might be, I still do what I can, perhaps by performing an emergency tracheotomy with a handy bit of broken grill, fender, or if necessary, chunk of asphalt. At the same time, being a good neighbor, I work diligently to secure your valuables in the unlikely event that you recover.
Now you, lying there with a chunk of road-rock lodged in your throat, probably are unable to see the humor in this situation. For that reason alone you deserve to die. But I promise (while sailing my new yacht off the coast of Barbados with Jessica Alba at my side) to laugh at you frequently.
Worst movie sequel ever made and why?
‘Leprechaun - Back 2 Tha’ Hood’
Even the name sucks. Substituting a number for a preposition; a weak attempt at ebonics; and the suggestion that leprechauns have some kind of ghetto roots…even the opening title tells you you’re doomed. This, the sixth straight-to-video presentation in the Leprechaun series, narrowly beats out Leprechaun in Space (number 4) for worst of the bunch, but LIS is still better because I’ll watch anything with Debbe Dunning in it. Other than supplying Warwick Davis with continued condo payments until he hit it big in Harry Potter as a goblin, and as an innovative new definition of black Irish, the movie has no redeeming qualities at all. I watch it frequently.
If you could create your own court procedural drama what would it focus on?
Sharia Law. We’re talking evil women in burkas with saucy eyebrows tempting the Righteous. And amputory traffic fines. Can’t lose.
Don’t miss the thrilling second half of Don’s interview where he reveals his secret system for success coming Monday, June 16.
f you would like to be interviewed hit me up and we will make it happen. My only requirement is that you actually be funny and you have a blog. Boring interviews don’t make for good ones around here.
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by terry wagar, on June 9 2008 @ 4:21 pm
in portland oregon, year 2005, joan wagar and eric carlson decided to murder there spouse’s,
joan poisoned her husband, who at the time was a plasma donor, which makes joan a serial killer.
my name is terry wagar, Im backing up these charges with my life.
by don, on June 9 2008 @ 5:11 pm
Wow! We’re off to a great start comment-wise already! I knew that slipping Chris that small honoraria to interview me would pay off. But I certainly never expected this so soon!
by Chris C, on June 9 2008 @ 10:47 pm
Yes we are Don. Think about it…what happened to Eric’s wife, since he agreed to kill his spouse? I still think divorce would have been easier unless they were trying to avoid expensive attorney fees which I completely understand. With gas prices over $4 a gallon you have to look to save money any way you can.
A really funny interview, can’t wait for people to read the rest. One thing about everyone I have interviewed, they haven’t disappointed, including Don.
by Les James, on June 10 2008 @ 12:09 pm
Speaking of people dying in the streets, I wonder if $4 a gallon gas has had any effect on drive-by shootings?
by Don, on June 10 2008 @ 8:23 pm
People! Let’s focus here!
This is a humor bloggers interview!
Geez!
If you wanted hard-hitting, current-event driven, deftly written manipulations of important societal attitudes, you should have gone to the Ominous Comma.
And Terry. Special to you. Killing a plasma donor does not make someone a serial killer any more than calling someone a hero who flies a jumbo jet into the Capitol building during a joint session of Congress. OK. Bad example.
Dons last blog post..Quantity Over Quality at Angry Seafood
by BrentD, on June 10 2008 @ 10:08 pm
Don’t drag me into this, Don. After all I left Portland just so I wouldn’t have to put up with sort of thing.
It got so rough up there you couldn’t even pick out a TV without someone trying to off you.
Personally I blame it on the Neilsens.
BrentDs last blog post..Striking Back - The Nuclear Option of Music Videos
by LOBO, on June 11 2008 @ 6:12 pm
Well I for one am deeply shocked and appalled at Don’s unappreciative, pedantic and vitriolic review of Back 2 Tha’ Hood’. I’ve never seen it, but I’m now positive it’s a classic.
And before assailing us with more biological details in Part Two, please drive the 600 to the nearest store and buy a space heater.
And get electricty too while you’re at it.
Electricity is going to be HUGE.
LOBOs last blog post..Plan X
by Jeff, on June 11 2008 @ 7:25 pm
Nice job Don. It’s just too bad you didn’t have to answer the tastes great/less filling question. That’s kind of a rite of passage for this interview. Although how’s it hangin’ definitely has potential as the new opening line.
by Chris C, on June 12 2008 @ 12:38 am
Yah, some of the old questions I wanted to keep but I think the new ones are much better.
by Mother Theresa, on June 12 2008 @ 5:37 am
Don, remind me never to meet you on a busy street, unless of course, it’s you who has just won the lottery.
by Don, on June 12 2008 @ 9:58 pm
Mother T: You frighten me. I find that strangely exciting.
Jeff: Your envy of the new questions is sooo apparent! Oh sure, you were funny back in the olden days of early 2008 when the internet consisted of two guys with Commodore 64s, but new times call for new questions. Get over it.
LOBO: Part two of the interview has an in-depth look at my recent prostate problems. It should be right up your alley.