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Monday, March 17, 2008

Like a Crispin Glover Kick to the Head (My Favorite Awkward Interviews)

Harvey Pekar on Letterman

Sick of being a punch line, an irate Harvey Pekar lashes out at Letterman and accuses him of being a shill for GE. This interview was dramatized in the brilliant movie about Pekar, American Splendor.


Adam Green on German TV

Language Barrier + Drugs = Hilarity


Holly Hunter on ABC News

Holly Hunter struggles through an interview with an anchor whose hiring by ABC News was based solely on her dick sucking abilities.


Crispin Glover on Letterman

A certain someone took one too many crazy pills before his appearance on Letterman.


Sigur Ros on NPR

My theory here is that the members of Sigur Ros were taking a tour of NPR one day when they found a room with a hastily written sign saying, "Free Cookies". After entering the room, the door locked and they were forced to do an interview -- there were no free cookies. Either that or they just forgot how to talk.


John Ford Interviewed by Peter Bogdanovich

Hollywood kiss-ass Peter Bogdanovich tries to get two words out of the legendarily stand-offish John Ford.


John Lydon and Keith Levene on Tom Snyder


This would actually make a pretty good "Odd Couple" style sitcom. "Let's see what happens when you put two petulant, self absorbed, British twats in the same studio with a hilariously out of touch American square."


Posh and Baby Spice on The Daily Show

Victoria Beckham is unaware that reality exists.


Harmony Korine on Letterman

Another Letterman entry. I gotta say, there's a certain endearing quality to the awkwardness of this interview.

4 comments:

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Nan Lee said...

Good subject. How badly did Sigur Ros NOT want to be there? The interviewer sounded irked towards the end.

Pat said...

Jon Stewart's suits fit a lot better now than they did back when the Spice Girls still existed . . . also, Victoria has no sense of humor about herself. That's obviously what made her mad. That was very strange.

Anonymous said...

You should check out Sly Stone on Dick Cavette. Classic.