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I think people, for the most part, actually want what they think is best.
There were a number of referendums in '98 that most of the things I voted for passed. That's very satisfying when you feel that most of the country is in step with your views.
Originally they wanted me to be Buster but I really like the Tobias part.
I love Tinkle, it's really the most fun I've had in years.
The best thing about me is there are no skeletons.
I'd be curious to find out, but I don't think people in the entertainment industry are proportionally more or less serious politically than anyone in the landscaping industry.
You can't just yell jokes at people.
My biggest problem is retaining the exact information.
Sketches have characters, exits, entrances and are vastly different.
I also try to think of ways to articulate the joke more economically.
As for Tenacious D, of course it could work as a full length movie; all it requires is a great writer and great director with an ability to think outside of conventional film comedy.
I went to a bunch of marches in New York and Washington, and you know I believe in the cause, but to march with those people takes a lot of compromise on my end.
Nobody is going to be as bad for free thinking, right-minded individuals than George Bush.
I love doing stuff with Todd Barry and Jon Benjamin. We give the stage to good bands and funny people.
It's not about trying to be funny all the time. It's more of a document that hopefully is funny.
I hate bumper stickers, you can't sum anything up. All you do is paint yourself in some caricaturist corner.
We should just get somebody from the left and the right and they should all throw bumper stickers at each other and the first one to cover the other one wins.
I'll think of the idea and then I'll write something down, then within that there will be a joke or two which is the original thing which I thought was funny.
Occasionally I'll watch Fox News for as long as I can tolerate it, or CNN. I'll watch until I get infuriated, but you got to know what they're talking about and what they're not talking about.
Besides if people really want to support the troops they would vote democrat.
I don't think HBO would want to do anything in conjunction with Sub Pop but I never asked either.
I remember being a kid and the Vietnam War was huge and looking at Watergate.
I lived in LA for almost nine years and if I never went back there again it would be fine.
In New York there isn't that weird palpable competitive thing where it's friendly but everyone isn't trying to top one another with jokes when you're just hanging around.
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