Comedians put up with a number of slights (and perceived slights) from bookers and venues all the time. Sometimes, these incidents are the kind of thing that would warrant a visit to HR in any other business. And usually those stories get spread through the comedy community, person-by-person, complete inside baseball.

It’s not often that a comedian speaks out publicly, and even rarer that the comedian gets an overwhelming show of public support for speaking up. Venues and producers can choose not to book a comedian for an infinite number of legitimate or arbitrary reasons. So, unless you’re at the Kevin Hart or Chris Rock level, few comedians are in the position to risk looking like they are biting the hand that feeds them.

Because the club has a policy that comedians are not supposed to engage with the crowd or staff members during their sets, Walkinshaw continued on and the hecklers escalated to, “Show us your bush!”  During the incident, detailed on Walkinshaw’s blog, Frost was desperately trying to get a staff member to handle the situation, but they did nothing and later told Walkinshaw that they thought she liked it.

Walkinshaw posted about it on Facebook and later received the cancellation via her agent. A Casino Niagra spokeperson told The Globe and Mail, “based on post-show comments from our staff (following the September, 2012 show), we decided not to re-book Ms. Walkinshaw at this time. Ms. Walkinshaw’s recount of the evening was outlined using social media. We’ve reviewed all of the details of the evening and stand by our decision not to re-book her.”

Walkinshaw is quick to point out it was the casino, and not  Yuk Yuk’s, that she blames for both the inaction and the reaction.

What do you think? Did the casino have the right to fire her because she posted something negative about it? Or should comedians feel comfortable being more public about “labor issues?”

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Taylor Swift is taking heavy comedic punches these days. Earlier this year, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took a jab at Swift during the Golden Globe Awards,  joking that she needed to stay away from Michael J. Fox’s son.

Now, Conan O’Brien has jumped on the Swift comedy bandwagon. O’Brien made a video response to Swift’s “22” music video, stating that Swift is wrong about what being 22 is like. However, O’Brien does not discount how talented and popular the young singer is.

“But I know what it’s like to be 22,” O’Brien said. “I don’t think that that [video] is an accurate representation on what it’s like to be 22.”

O’Brien then goes on to explain that what was shown in the Swift video was too glamourous for someone who is 22 years old. Even going as far as stating that he saw no ramen noodles in the video, when we all know adults around this age live on the famous boiled noodle diet, myself included.

Based on O’Brien’s explaination of what he experienced at 22, it makes being that age sound like hell on earth (trust me, it’s not that horrible).

I guess O’Brien wanted to reveal the truth so 21-year-olds getting ready to hit that “glamourous” age won’t feel too much disappointment when their life does not measure up to Swift’s.

Check out all of what O’Brien said in the video below.

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Sorry if the headline alarmed you. It was how I described Chris Bonno’s YouTube series, Electric Bonnoland, which I found so hilarious and brilliant it scared me a bit. Not in the Freddy Kreuger sense, but in the, “This guy is working on a temporal plane that could make some brains recoil in awe,” sense.

Bonno is also a stand-up comedian and artist. In the following interview I ask Chris about comedy, art as a craft and business, what happens to creative people when they suffer injury or illness (Bonno is about to undergo hip replacement surgery), and giving oneself permission to follow your dreams.

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The Billboard Music Awards took place on Sunday. I never learn my lesson on how much I don’t like mainstream pop music, so I figured I would put myself through the pain again with a running diary of my thoughts.

8:03- Bruno Mars opens the show with one of his super generic pop songs on a stage that has roughly 85 disco balls and four million lights. Oooo, shiny.

8:08- Tracy Morgan is hosting. His opening monologue gets some laughs, but I already feel like he was a bad choice for this event. According to Tracy, Wayne Newton is his father, which prompts Wayne to stand and wave. The sight of his reworked face almost broke my TV.

8:10- Top rap artist nominee – Psy? Is that what old white people think is rap? Nicki Minaj wins the award for best rap artist. Damn she’s hot, even if she does have a crazy permanent smile on her face from whatever surgery she had done.

8:14- Selena Gomez performs on a stage that seems to have been TP’ed by all the jealous Bieber fans. I never thought I would say this, but this song might be worse than Firework by Katy Perry.  It’s impressive to be that bad.

8:20- Oh no. More country music. I can’t escape it! In case you didn’t know, I am not a fan of country music whatsoever.

8:29- My first “Who the hell is this?” moment. I thought it would be much sooner than 30 minutes in, but some group called Iconapop from Sweden just sang a song that was quite popular, I guess. However, I have heard of neither the band, nor the song. I don’t think I missed much.

8:35- Chris Brown is here. I find it amazing this guy still has career. I think LCD Soundsystem said it best with Dance Yourself Clean: Domestic violence can be overlooked if you can move on the dance floor. Michael Jackson can attest to the wonderful name-clearing powers of being a good dancer.

8:58- Taylor Swift’s new song. Blah. More forgettable junk. Ironically, that’s what my ex-girlfriends would call my genitals: Forgettable junk.

9:15- Madonna just got some award for being the top touring artist. She is literally old enough (54) to be some of these people’s grandmother, and she comes out wearing fishnets with her ass hanging out. She then proceeds to give a speech that shows off her ability to be the most legendary bitch of music for years to come.

9:24- Justin Bieber performs a song about an airplane or an airport terminal or something. He has extra crotch space in his leather pants. He either took a massive dump in his pants, or it’s a leather version of MC Hammer’s parachute pants. I’m very distracted by them.

9:30- Pitbull does a song with Christina Aguilera. I find it funny that Pitbull does so many dance songs, but never actually dances. Surprise appearance by the guy from A-Ha to sing his hit from 1985 “Take on Me”! No one in the crowd knew what his name was either. Awkward.

9:42- Miley Cyrus looks just like Hilary Clinton these days with that new hairstyle. I’m starting to feel bad for Flo-Rida. The guy has been up for literally every award given tonight and has not won a single one. Bad times.

After googling him I found out he’s from Florida…oh now I get it! He broke his home state into two words and became a rapper. Actually I’m a bit surprised no one had done this before him. Maybe I can try this for myself. Stage name, “Mic-hi-g-(m)an”. I had to add the extra ‘M’ for it to make sense. I think it works! ‘Mic’ as in the microphone. ‘Hi’ as in high from drugs. ‘G-man’ because I suppose I would be a “Gangsta”! Look out for my debut album this fall, and then I can lose out on every award at next year’s Billboards.

10:00- Did you know Pitbull was Latin? He rarely mentions it. Jennifer Lopez has a performance that had more lasers in it than the entire Star Wars movie franchise. This song features the message of, “Make Love. Don’t Fight.” Powerful stuff from J-Lo.

10:17-Justin Bieber does another song with those same weird leather pants and Will.i.am comes out rocking an Amish Farmer’s hat.  I think it’s time to go make a sandwich.

10:24- David Guetta is playing house music with a crazy light show. I must admit this seems like a pretty fun night of music awards. They have basically turned it into a club. I thought that was the performance of the night. Plus there is an 80% chance the crowd is already on ecstasy pills. They are in Vegas.

10:44- Nicki Minaj just gave Lil’ Wayne a lap dance on stage. So much for that family friendly atmosphere.

10:52- Prince performs. Finally a real artist. I don’t care for much of his music, but he can shred that guitar, which is much more than every other performer tonight can say. His band features all women musicians. I think he hired them so he could share their clothes.

A few final thoughts in easy-to-read stat form:

Songs performed that I had heard before –  15

Song performed that I actually liked – 0

Tracy Morgan’s grade as a host- D+

My actual age – 28

Age that I felt from watching this show – 68

Alright fine! We posted that clip of the Nicki Minaj lap dance that everybody’s freaking out about below. Now will you quit asking about it?

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Do you know what the best part about doing these “best of” moments is? It’s that each character has been developed so well-rounded in just three standard seasons, and I have so, so, so many moments to pick from!

Now, David Cross, who plays Tobias Fünke, is a super awesome stand-up comedian and I’ve seen a lot of his work. But Tobias is someone who I’d genuinely love to meet in reality and just pick his brain. I mean, where else will you meet a therapist who has nudity issues?!

So, jumping right into this anal-rapist’s moments (points if you get the joke)! If not, watch this:

We all remember Tobias’ Blue Man Group standby phase where he painted himself completely blue to audition as the third Blue Man. I have to admit my favorite part out of this is when Tobias was in the process of painting himself blue, and then decided to check the voicemail on the house phone. The caller ID displays only the first three letters. Since “blue” and “Bluth” are so similar, he ends up misinterpreting his own audition time. Oh, fun, fun, fun!

Oh, the immense amount of joy I get in the creativity put into Tobias’ character. He’s a gay, never-nude in denial of sexuality! Seriously, can a character ever get any more solid than him?!

3. Maid Dress-Up Time!

Remember when Lindsay and Tobias were on a break? Oh, wait. Which time you ask? The specific time when he can’t live in the house anymore? Oh again, which time? Okay, okay, the time when he misses Lindsay and cares about the family enough to pull a Mrs. Doubtfire. That ring a bell? I thought so. I love Mrs. Featherbottom! How can anyone hate him – I mean her. I mean…

2. Denied Homosexuality

My favorite part has to be when he addresses his own gay “rumors.” Tobias states that he isn’t gay but he wants to be an actor. Oh maaaaaaaaaaaan, I can’t seem to express exactly how much I love David Cross! Here are some of his BEST moments all in one video.

1. Horrible Choice of Words

This is the best part. Definitely, without a doubt, the best part! The number of times Tobias puts his foot in his mouth with his choice of words that imply his true sexuality is probably the most priceless part of his character.

Do stay tuned for one more week of JOYYYY!

Lizz Winstead tweeted an ill-timed joke about the tornado which devastated Oklahoma today. The co-creator of  “The Daily Show” quipped, “This tornado is in Oklahoma so clearly it has been ordered to only target conservatives.”

My guess is that Winstead was attempting to make a play on how the IRS was recently caught targeting conservative groups on their tax returns.

The death toll from the Oklahoma tornado was up to 51 last we checked. Many people, including children, are still missing.

Reaction to Winstead’s Twitter tornado joke was as expected. “A vomitous human being,” reported Mediaite.

We’ve covered numerous stories of comedians making the mistake of commenting too soon after a tragedy. While I respect the philosophy that there are no boundaries in comedy, it’s not a philosophy shared by the majority of comedy fans.

A screenshot of a Twitter search on Winstead’s name further revealed just how upset people are.

In an effort to make amends, Winstead sent out numerous remorseful tweets regarding her tornado joke. The screenshot below shows Winstead tweeting out a message about how people can make donations to help the Oklahoma victims.

The tweeted joke about the Oklahoma tornado has since been removed. Feel free to tweet Lizz your thoughts @LizzWinstead.

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Matthew Modine is one of the greatest actors of our generation. He is one of the few out there that, for me, when you mention one of his films, I remember vividly the first time I watched it and the emotional impact it had on me.

It goes without saying that I was over-the-moon excited when Modine agreed to join me in the AmericasComedy.Com Virtual Offices to do “ten questions.” Here’s how it went:

AmericasComedy.Com: It is such an honor to be virtually sitting across from you right now. My first question is this: when did you know you wanted to be an actor?

Matthew Modine: It may have happened after my mom dropped me on my head. It must have happened at my dad’s drive-in movie theater. I was seduced by the combination of watching all the movies and seeing all the people that came to watch them. I was idolizing characters I saw in the movies and seeing how they were idolized by the people that came to the drive-in. Once I chose to pursue the profession, after some high school plays, I moved to NYC to study and learn the many tricks of the trade.

AC: You have portrayed so many characters, probably close to 100. Yet every time I see you on the screen, I forget that it’s Matthew Modine up there and just get sucked into the character. That’s a difficult feat to achieve. What’s your secret?

MM: Researching the characters. We have all the ingredients tied into our DNA. Inside that twisted coil is all the information to play a lover or hater. A sane person or a psychopath. A person capable of forgiveness and a murderer. Reading and researching people similar to the characters makes it easy to unlock the information inside ourselves and letting them out to play.

AC: Let’s talk about a few specific roles. I wrestled briefly in high school even though I’m not very athletic, hence the briefly. But I had to try it because I saw Louden Swain beat Shute. And even though this was several years after the film came out, every wrestler on the team had one thing in common: they loved Vision Quest. Do you get stories like that all the time from high school and college wrestlers even today?

MM:Yes. How great is that! Wrestling is one of the toughest sports I’ve ever participated in. The dedication of each athlete is something singular to the sport. Wrestlers are continually wrestling with themselves. Cutting weight. Monitoring their diets. Weight training. Learning new moves and holds. And when they compete it is them against their opponent. There is a team, but it is the individual on a personal journey with each match.

MM: You never know what is going to have a lasting impact. With Stanley Kubrick directing the picture, it does take some of the guesswork away. He was a masterful filmmaker. He said movies should be like pieces of great music. Something you can revisit and hear anew with each listen. I feel this way about most all of Kubrick’s films. That each time I watch them I discover something new and fresh and relevant. I kept a diary and took photos on the film set.

AC: I’ll never forget the first time I watched ‘Full Metal Jacket.’ It was with my Uncle Wayne, a Marine who went through basic at Paris Island during that era. He said to him, it didn’t feel like a movie, that it was so spot-on to the reality; it was like he was watching historical footage. Isn’t that about the highest praise a fictional movie can receive?

MM: It was Kubrick’s goal to make the bootcamp sequence feel no more and no less than the recruitment films that were created for and by the U.S. Marines. And then we had R. Lee Ermey, who brought a whole extra boatload of reality and insanity to the party. Bootcamp was about six months of filming. So, technically, I was in bootcamp twice as long as an actual Marine (of course I got to go home at night!).

AC: Backing up a bit, could you talk a little more about the ‘Full Metal Jacket’ Diary?

MM: It is an interactive iPad app based on my limited edition ‘Full Metal Jacket’ Diary. There were only 20,000 serial marked copies of the metal-bound book. I wanted to create a collectors item. It worked. I have seen the books for sale for as high as $1,800 dollars. Not bad for a $29.95 book. I was approached by a friend from Apple Computer, Adam Rackoff. Adam is one of those amazing creatives, a genius, that Steve Jobs had his hands on. Adam loved my book and envisioned it as an app. We created an original score, did high resolution scans of my original film negatives, recorded me reading the diary, added never before seen letters and photos and stuffed it all into an amazing app. The reviews for the app have been off the charts. It has been called an app-umentary. I expect that studios will copy what Adam has created.

MM: It was a terrible time. No one could figure out why so many young people were dying. I lost so many friends. President Reagan would not address the situation at all, and his administration and the religious right actually began to blame the disease on the people that were getting it. Something had to be done urgently to explain to people that diseases do not have a sexual preference and no community deserves to be ignored when tragedy strikes. HBO stepped up big time producing a film that was so controversial and all of the actors enthusiastically jumped into the project in a major attempt to shine a light on this disease. I was honored to play Don Francis and to work with such an amazing cast.

AC: Do you find yourself drawn to roles that have great social significance?

MM: Yes. It is from great characters in important theatrical plays and films that we learn about ourselves and others. It is through the voices of great screenwriters and playwrights that we discover our prejudices and fears. They help us to see ourselves in other’s eyes. To learn to walk in others shoes. To feel what it is to be inside another’s flesh.

AC: You recently released a short film, ‘Jesus Was a Commie.’ While the title may strike some as controversial, it is absolutely true. What inspired you to make the movie?

MM: The title is purposefully provocative. I wanted to make people stop and say “Wait, what?” We live in a world that is moving so fast and there are so many distractions. So much noise. It is difficult to hear our own thoughts and to comprehend the many horrors happening around the globe. I wanted to make a film that would make people stop and think about the economic, environmental, and political situations facing us and to accept the fact that no one is going to magically appear to save us from these problems. It is up to each of us as individuals to work alone and together to address them. If we don’t, we are in big trouble.

AC: I just realized this interview is going up on a comedy website and all we’ve talked about is deep stuff. Quick, say something funny!

MM: Wait, what? This isn’t the Science Channel?

AC: Okay, I’ve asked all of my allotted ten questions. But I know you are very proud of your daughter Ruby and supportive of her musical career, and your son, Boman, is an aspiring filmmaker.  So while I can’t ask another question, if you would like to give them a shout out, who am I to interrupt a proud parent?

MM: Yes, I do love my daughter, Ruby Wylder Rivera Modine, and I also love and adore my son, Boman Mark Rivera Modine. Both are busy finding their ways in life. I encourage them to make mistakes and sometimes, yes, sometimes, fail. That’s how you learn to walk. You gotta stumble and fall.

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The beautiful Lindsay Fünke…where do I even begin?

Michael’s twin sister, Tobias’ ever beloved wife, and Maeby’s mother. The best part to all those characteristics is the fact that probably none of them are true. Of course, we learned in the season three finale that Lindsay is adopted, which automatically clears up the twin sister issue.

Neither is she much of a “beloved” wife, as we’ve all noticed since season one. And, well, she might be Maeby’s biological mother, but let’s be honest, that’s quite a hoot, right?

5. Laaaaaaaazzzzyyyy

I felt inspired by Lindsay to get lazy and didn’t even want to give you guys a witty title up there. Maybe I could do that with the whole article. That way I don’t have to worry about being creative, right? That was a joke, please don’t click away! Anyway, getting to the point. The bane of Lindsay’s existence is for her to prove how non-lazy she thinks she is but we all know she can barely get or keep a job.

4. Materialism

Of course, Lindsay’s laziness has to have a cause and effect. The cause being that she was born into the lap of luxury and the effect being her mother’s a fraud. And because she had the comfort of always receiving money, she doesn’t know how to earn it. So, we see her suffering each season to get her share of the money. Oh, the horror.

3. Alcoholism

Like mother, like daughter. Just like how Lucille wanted to have a cocktail for breakfast with a piece of toast, Lindsay follows suit just perfectly. If Lucille ever finds it in her heart to be proud of Lindsay – which is probably NEVER going to happen – I’m sure her daughter’s alcoholism would be why.

Words of wisdom that we all need to live by.

2. Chicken Dance

I think I’ll always place the chicken dance at number two. I’m not even going to give introductions. Here you go.

1. Family Issues

Oh boy, where can we even begin for our prize winner? First, let’s start with Lindsay’s dysfunctional relationship with her mother. Lindsay’s blatant want for a maternal connection translates in every other moment they share together.

And then we have Lindsay’s relationship with her father.

Moving on to her relationship with Michael.

Then, her relationship with her husband. This one has got to be the best of the lot.

And finally, her amazing relationship with Maeby. And cue, cringefest!

But, regardless, we all love Lindsay. I’d never want to actually meet someone like her but I can love her from a distance.

P.S.: How HOT does Portia di Rossi look in the new season’s promo ad?!

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Brian Farrell is a writer, actor and stand-up comedian based in Los Angeles. Aside from his commercial and voice-over work, Farrell has scored parts in many television series including “Entourage” and “New Girl”. Most Thursday nights you can find Brian live-tweeting a stand-up open mic under the hashtag #UnurbanTweetCast.

Recently we sat down with Farrell at the AmericasComedy.Com Virtual Offices to get to know him a little better.

AmericasComedy.Com: So great to have you here, Brian. Tell the good people how you became interested in stand-up comedy.

Brian Farrell: I became interested in stand-up comedy when my friend Carol Turner, who I went through the Second City Conservatory with (here in L.A.), told me I should do it and that I might be good at it.  She was taking a class from this guy named Gerry Katzman who is a master stand-up teacher.

I decided to take his class and the next thing I know, I’m doing bringer shows at The Comedy Store and getting a bunch of laughs from my co-workers at the restaurant I worked at. I had convinced my co-workers to come see me perform and they thought I was funny that night. That’s how the stand-up comedy virus was implanted.

AC: Do you have a particular comedic style, if you will? Any specific influences?

BF: My comedy is Storiented or Story Oriented.  I tell stories in my act mostly. I have a few jokey jokes that I like to tell, but they usually find themselves plopped  in the middle of a long-winded story.  My influences…Jen Kirkman, Brody Stevens, Louis C.K.  They’re the best in my book.

AC: There is this stereotype that most comedians are angry or emotionally damaged in some way. I’ve spoken to you on several occasions and you always seem very upbeat and positive. Are you the exception or is stereotype a myth?

BF: I have noticed in life that if you’re a curmudgeon, you won’t have many friends.  I think you can choose to focus on the positive things in life and I do that perhaps too much. To answer your question, I am no exception. I am emotionally damaged and I use comedy and positivity as a defense mechanism. Life and reality is scary.

AC: I want to ask you about Unurban Tweet Cast. It’s so cool and such a novel idea. Basically you live tweet an open mic night every Thursday. Now, I’ve been to a few open mics, and the overall experience really is one of those, “You’d have to go to one to understand” things. But you capture the scene perfectly. Where did that idea come from?

BF: Wow. Thank you. The idea was spawned from me being very bored at open mics and Twitter alleviated that boredom, so I just started “live-tweeting” the open mic I was at.

I remember during my first #UnurbanTweetCast…I tweeted, “I don’t think I should be doing this. #UnurbanTweetCast” and the very funny @ThaiRivera tweeted me saying something to the effect of, “You’re right, you shouldn’t be doing this.” He was joking of course…I think. I love Thai, he’s hilarious and that was the moment I thought I might be onto something interesting…to some people anyway.

AC: Does doing the live tweet every night get in the way of your own material? A lot of comedians at open mics spend their time before getting on stage memorizing and editing their performance. I mean, what would happen if during your live-tweet, a comic did a set similar joke to the one you had planned? Then you’re scrambling.

BF: No. It never effects my material. It kinda is my material in a way.  The sets at Unurban are so short, it doesn’t really matter if you go up unprepared. It takes me only a minute or two to figure out which story I’m going to tell or which premises I want to explore.  The #UnurbanTweetCast never interferes as far as I know.

AC: To switch gears a bit, you have a great routing about when you worked as a waiter. One of your regular customers was the great writer/producer David Milch. Apparently he would heckle you during service?

BF: Yes, and deservedly so. I was a really terrible waiter when I was first waiting on Milch. He didn’t know I was going to open mics every night and shamelessly repeating what he would say to me.

One of my favorites was, “YOU GET SOME SICK MANIACAL PLEASURE OUT OF MAKING US WAIT, DON’T YOU?!” (He was heckling me about how long the food was taking to come out). That shattered me because I was truly trying to give him the best service I could, but I wasn’t very efficient.  I learned to be so after much trial and error…mostly error.  My only way of dealing with being terrible at my job was to do stand-up about it.

AC: Then you put that in your stand-up act. Normally that wouldn’t be a big deal. That’s what comedians do. But you are also an actor. Did it ever cross your mind that, “Hey, I may audition for this guy someday, do I really want to risk alienating him by including him in the act?”

BF: Oh, yeah…it’s not a smart thing to do at all. I actually, in my sick head, thought it might help me get a part in one of his projects if he thought I was funny. His son, Ben Milch, showed him a YouTube video of me doing stand-up about him and he stormed into the restaurant and said to me, “My boy showed me a stand-up video of you making fun of me!” I was mortified! I said I would take it down from the Internet and he then said, “Nah, leave it up, it’s kinda funny.” So who knows? I made fun out of love. I just hope that shined through. I am a huge fan of David Milch.

AC: What do you enjoy more, acting or stand-up? Or something else entirely?

BF: I enjoy acting more than stand-up because you get to play. Acting is easier and it pays more. Actors would hate that I said that, but it’s true. I’m not saying I’m the most brilliant actor, I’m not, I’m not that good at it actually…but I can stand over there or over here, emote and say a few lines truthfully. Stand-up, on the other hand, is a battle, a sickness, a compulsion, and extremely difficult. I think that’s why I’m drawn to it, because I’m a masochist.

AC: Is it true that one of your passions is playing bass in a Guns N Roses tribute band?

BF: Yeah, I’m retired from that. Those were my glory days.  I portrayed Duff McKagan for three years of my life and it was epic.

AC: Did you ever dream that, like in the movie “Rock Star,” Axl Rose is going to walk in and pick you as his new bass player?

BF: No, but I did have the fantasy that a big time director would see me as Duff McKagan dancing on the bar of the Cat Club getting lit on fire by the bartender and have him/her think, “That bassist! Such charisma! I need him to star in my next blockbuster film!”  That never happened unfortunately.

AC: Well thanks for taking the time to speak with me tonight. I can’t ask you another question because if I did I would have to change the title of the column.

BF: Thanks for the interview. That was fun talking about myself.

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