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Vince and Paul

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<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> please, don't forget to leave #paddedcell once you get here...it helps us watch for latecomers!

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> ok, everyone....for general questions, please pm shelbel

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]>

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Ok.....everyone ready??? Ottinger, you're up

<[1]Ottinger0980[1]>

Hi Guy! What was your hardest episode to do as an actor?

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]>

Hrm....technical difficulties? Sorry guys....

<[1]Ottinger0980[1]> S'ok!

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<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

It was Money For Nothing Part 1 and this one actor who says to me, How come they don't have to wear suits. I was trying to get him to read the line right and he was terrible. He was terrible, he was god awful. Just say to me, “Why don't I have to wear a suit?” He was looking all over the room. He couldn't say it right.

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]>

My story is when this guy had to shoot Paul. He would pull out his gun and literally he would start laughing and then he would do this Super Fly gun move. This was Sense of Community. We were yanked out of the guys front door. He was a large extra, makes a huge body gesture, pulls his gun out to shoot me. He would help me fall, I would tell him to just let me fall.

Paul always had lots of little side bar meetings with actors.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

Side bar meetings?

<[1]penchan[1]> I think it's really great, and appreciate, that in addition to working so hard to entertain us on TV, you guys are also so giving of your time and energy in fan extra-curricular activities. I was wondering though: Are you or your families worried that you are being too accessible to the fans, or that the attention is getting too personal?

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

I'm Vinny’s bodyguard

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]> My wife and I disagree. She thinks it is too much, but I think it is appropriate. I make the show for the fans and I think it is a privilege. I have an instinct for things, and I know when things are crossing the line.

<[1]pipsqueak119[1]>

Ok, let's jump into our handy time machine & skip about 10-11 years into the future. Iman has had a long, wildly successful, critically acclaimed run. Now it's time to bring the story to an end. How do you each see it ending for your characters?

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]>

For me it ends with the invisible baby or the invisible team, with 12 glands. Hobbes can have his own gland, so does the Keeper. Like Mission Impossible meets the Invisible Man. A strong team of bad asses.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Paul says ditto, me too.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> What he said.

<[1]pipsqueak119[1]> Kewl!

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> ga

<[1]QuickSilver-Fox[1]> If you could be any other actor, who would you be and why? <question from my bro>

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]> My gut instinct would be Paul Ben Victor but I can't tell you why.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

Me too.

I'd be Pacino without his alcohol problem. I'd love to be Al. I've always been in awe of him. And then I'd want to be Vince. I've seen him on stage a bunch of times and I love his work.

<[1]RecycledFunk[1]> *hugs the guys* Love ya, thanks for coming! Just wondering: What's the weirdest/worst job you've ever held?

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

I was in NYC in 19 something, I'm not going to say when. I had to sell Snoopy dolls.

<[1]RecycledFunk[1]> lol

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> I had to scream for 10 hours and I sold 2 dolls

<[1]RecycledFunk[1]> i'd buy one

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> I started using an English accent so I could meet chicks. They were one dollar each.

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]> How old were you?

<[1]RecycledFunk[1]> me?

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> I was 19.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Snoopy dolls. one dollar. screaming. I'd like to meet the guy who made me do that.

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]> I was a bartender and a grass-cutter. They were both good jobs. I never really had a bad job. The grass cutter was about 8 feet wide.

<[1]RecycledFunk[1]> those are fun!

<[1]quickfawkes[1]> How are you guys dealing with the cancellation? I for one have been eating a lot of chocolate lately...

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]>

It sucks. What's horrible about being an actor is that someone has to give you permission to do the thing you want to do, and that's what hard: the lack of control. And I just believe in the show so much, I still do and I'm so proud of what all of us did in creating a deceptively rich story about a group of people and that's one thing that no one will ever be able to erase. And hopefully I think these characters may at some point down the road meet again in some sort of format.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Me too. What he said.

<[1]quickfawkes[1]> I can say I haven't been that entertained by TV in years and haven't given up hope of another network.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Buckwheat.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

Personally I had a difficult time in the second season because of my conflict with the producers and how they were @#$$%% my character and so it was hard for me for most of the second season. Difficult for me. Horrible to work with at times.

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]>

Paul was so pissed off during one point during the second season that I would say “Let's do this” and he would say “Nope I'm not going to give it to them”. So I would do the scene alone doing the normal banter and then he would say “Hey that was pretty good. You don't really need me.”

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

I think it was The Choice, and Vinny was saying something to me and I was just staring at him. Vinny would say “Come on, come on” and I would say, “Nope I'm not giving it to them.” I had a difficult time with the producers. They didn't know how to write Brandy's character at all. They were taking pot shots at Bobby. I needed a break. I would love to work with Vinny and the cast. They told me Paul, 3rd season, we will get new writers and producers. But I just needed a break. I am okay with it one way, but I miss the guys, working with them. They are a really great group and the crew

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]>

I believe in some sort of perfection in the show. Craig really, really brilliantly gave the show an ending. It ends and completes something but it really begins something also. In the event that someone picks the show up. The end is really the new beginning, the next chapter of these characters. It is possible to stop making shows for a year and then continue to pick it up down the line.

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> Rozska, your turn

<[1]Rozska[1]>

Thanks for coming! Vince - did you have accupuncture in Bad Chi? Or did you have a 'back double'? Paul - would you ever have accupuncture done? Or were you the back double ;-)?

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Yes, that was me.

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]>

I get acupuncture done. The lady who does it is good. I thought they should have shot it so they could see it was me.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> I get it done all the time.

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]> The acupuncture didn't help.

<[1]JakGirl [1]> wow

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> Sage...you're up

<[1]sage26[1]> It's great to be chatting with you guys after the con (I went, best time I've ever had!) and as one of many, I want to say thanks a bundle! For my question: If the show gets picked up by another network...would you like to start over from an earlier point in the storyline (i.e. the pilot or some previous episode) and redo some aspects? If so, where?

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]>

No. Craig finished this season and left it in a spot that I thought would be really exciting to explore. I can't give it away because it is really important to not know. It should take off really well. I don't want to spoil the last 5 episodes.

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> Sanguine, your turn

<[1]Sanguine[1]>

Hi, I was your handy security director at comic-con. You guys were great! Please come back again sometime. I'd like to ask--Vince what direction would you like to take the show and your character if given the chance? Angsty/action/drama or action comedy?

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]>

All of the above. That's why I liked the show from the start. It was a story that lent itself to exploring all of those. What entertains me is variety and surprise and if you can do all those things then the audience has to sort of guess where it is going and I think that is compelling to watch.

<[1]Sanguine[1]> we think so!

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]> ga

<RomyNo1> I just want to say I really hope to see you all on t.v. again. My question is: What are you guys' plans for the future? Movies? TV? Retirement? A tell all book of I-Man?

<[1]RomyNo1[1]> Thanks

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]>

For me, the future is I'll move back to LA and start looking for a job but I'm not in a hurry. I'm sorta taking my time. I'm looking for something for me and Paul to do. Something good.

<[1]RomyNo1[1]> Stick together

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> I don't think a tell all book

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]> I'd buy it

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> You already know it all

<[1]RomyNo1[1]> So would I

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

Volleyball. Actually right now I'm hoping to go to NY and do my play. NY got attacked so that all got put on hold. It's a drag.

<[1]RomyNo1[1]> break a leg

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

Hopefully in the spring, I should be shooting Hot Scramble which is something I co-write with my mom, so that is on the horizon for this year. I can only think about those 2 projects right now.

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> shinigami1050, your turn

<[1]shinigami1050[1]> Do either of you want to do behind the scenes type stuff? Like directing?

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Vinny does

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]> Yeah sure. I could direct Paul in a movie.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> You should totally do it. You should direct

<[1]shinigami1050[1]> that'd be fun

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> I would like to direct a play. My mom is a playwright

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]> Is there anything for me man? Tall white guy from Indiana

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> So I would like to direct some of my mom's stuff. One is like a musical

<[1]shinigami1050[1]> cool

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> ga

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> skwdgirl, your turn

<[1]skwdgirl[1]> Vince, what do you miss most about Indiana? *waves from South Bend* And Paul, you're from NY, right? what do you miss most about there?

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

I want to applaud the incredible organization of your whole group. The camaraderie and just the way you guys have rallied together to make all these things happen. What you guys did chipping in for the ad, the phone call, letters -- I think it is unprecedented. We are proud of you guys. I think any effort to keep the show alive was due to your efforts.

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]>

Fall. But I went back and it was great for the last month. It was cool.

<[1]skwdgirl[1]> isn't autumn gorgeous here?

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

I miss the energy of the streets. I grew up in Brooklyn. If you are from Brooklyn, anyone outside of Brooklyn was a farmer.

<[1]skwdgirl[1]> lol

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

If you were from Queens, you didn't count. I've since learned that isn't true.

<[1]skwdgirl[1]> i'm no farmer

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

In Brooklyn, you think the only place that matters is Brooklyn. Then I went to Manhattan, got mugged a couple of times and moved back to Brooklyn.

<[1]skwdgirl[1]> self centered ^_~

<[1]skwdgirl[1]> jk...

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]> I've never been mugged.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> I'll mug your ass.

<[1]skwdgirl[1]> lol! please do!

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]>

I want to be mugged. What's wrong with me?

I have to leave in 5 minutes.

<[1]skwdgirl[1]> noooo!

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]>

I believe that the show is over, but the story of the characters will live on in the episodes we already shot

<[1]skwdgirl[1]> and the fandom

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]>

and I really do believe that there will be future stories and at some point writers, producers, and directors will come and revisit these characters that we have come to care about. On a certain level, we are fans of those characters just like you guys.

<[1]skwdgirl[1]> i wanna write and direct, i'll be sure to bring the show back!

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]>

And for me to believe that they will never speak again or there will never be another case at the agency -- it doesn't feel right, and my instinct is that it is over for now, but even if it is over, it ain't over.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

You know, what is amazing, I think Vinny has a big future in TV as a producer. He is young and he will put forces together and possibly revive this show when he has the power.

<[1]skwdgirl[1]> me too maybe? i waana produce!

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> and the soldiers lines up

<[1]skwdgirl[1]> and write!

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> finances… I think he will make it happen.

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]> I think Matt Greenberg will have something to do with this.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

I think Vinny will make a film version of this in a few years when our careers are more established. A cool wacky film version.

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]>

To the fan club, what was important for me to know is that there were people

<[1]skwdgirl[1]> we need an Invisible Man movie

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]> out there who loved the show like I did

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<[1]VincentVentresca[1]> It is easy to feel that your judgment and taste is off. And you hung to it like I did.

<[1]OboeCrazy[1]> And we're still hanging!

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]>

And you helped me believe in the show and that belief is what made the show become what it was: the belief from the fans to the show. But in my heart I don't believe the show ever became what it could be. And we'll see!

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

I think you just saw so much more that it could become. Once we saw what was going on between everyone on the set, after 4-5 episodes we realized that this show could really rock and roll. But what never happened. You guys only got glimpses of that, nice glimpses and we are proud of that. But there were some jams and riffs that we enjoyed more than anyone and we hope you see them someday.

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> btw, guys, Craig Silverstein has joined us again

<[1]VincentVentresca[1]> I have to go see my wife. Good night everyone!

<[1]Craig[1]> Hey Vinny. Hey Paul

*** Signoff: [1]VincentVentresca

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Vinny brought everyone down to a bummer mode

<[1]OboeCrazy[1]> G'night Vince!

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> you'll cheer us up, tho, won't you, Paul?

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Bobby Hobbes is going to have a beer and I'll be right back for round 2.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Yes, I'll cheer you

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> I'm Bobby Hobbes

<[1]Craig[1]> Dark mood has fallen?

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> Snowtiger, you'll be up next.

<[1]Snowtiger[1]> K ks I'm ready :)

<[1]Snowtiger[1]> Hi Just want to thank you for two wonderful years of iman. You were very kind at the con. I can only pray there might be more somewhere :)... To my question.... What is your favorite aspect of Hobbes?

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> Is Paul back yet?

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> hey everyone....a surprise guest....Our very own Mike McCafferty has joined us!

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> What's yours?

<[1]Craig[1]> What's up Mike?

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> snow...repeat your question, pls

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> Hey craig

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Hey Mike, join me! I work good with a partner!

<[1]Craig[1]> Heh heh.

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> Hey paul!

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Hey Craig, I'm looking for a nice leading role. what do you say?

<[1]Craig[1]> Working on it.

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> he's offered it to me.

<[1]Craig[1]> Eberts N' Hobbes: The Early Years. It's gonna be a feature at Warner Brothers.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Eberts N' Hobbes: The Early Years. Craig’s funny.

<[1]Craig[1]> Paul did you feel the earthquake today?

<[1]GinaS[1]> Sorry to butt in but there was another one today?!

<[1]Craig[1]> Little bump.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

The most enjoyable stuff to play is when the writing is good. The most enjoyable time to be Bobby Hobbes is when the writing is good. You mind starts going right away, you know something is going to happen with this scene. This used to happen a lot in the early days especially with Craig’s scripts.

<[1]Craig[1]> Flowers.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

And as an actor it is really true for any character. When you pick up a new script, you look at it, you find the places where you will be able to find some fun with the character, you key into it almost immediately. I think with Hobbes, I don't know, I guess

<[1]Craig[1]> There was one speech about Hobbes' "eye" that was cut from two different episodes. Paul did it great both times.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> I can't say.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> ga

<[1]Snowtiger[1]> Mike same question what's the fav aspect of Eberts for you?

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> SparkyGirl is next

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> No earthquake today Craig

<[1]SparkyGirl[1]> I love your work! Thank you so much for being here, and chatting with us! So, my question is for the characters Hobbes and Eberts, both: How would you eat a piece of chocolate, if it was the last piece of chocolate on the face of the earth?

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> the love and warmth given to me by Craig and Paul.

<[1]Craig[1]> that's how you would eat?

<[1]Craig[1]> Vince eats with his mouth open.

<[1]SparkyGirl[1]> Never mind. Just tell me about the chocolate, please. HEE!

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> Now I'm confused.

<[1]SparkyGirl[1]> Hobbes and Eberts (not Paul and Mike), how would you eat a piece of chocolate, if it were the last piece of chocolate on earth.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Oh that last piece of chocolate. Oh that last bite.. wow

<[1]SparkyGirl[1]> Yeah.

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> I wouldn't eat, I

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Very slowly and succulently

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> I wouldn't eat it. I'd file it and save it for a rainy day.

<[1]SparkyGirl[1]> File it under what, I wonder?

<[1]MrsSpooky[1]> Maybe it's time to devoice sparky?

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> Only I know for sure

<[1]Craig[1]> I've heard Paul is very sensuous when he eats.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> ga

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> SilverSight, your turn

<[1]SilverSight[1]> Would it matter if the show got picked up in a year or five, with the storyline coming up or with your other plans ( I don’t plan on giving up till it would be the geriatric I-Man) would you still do it?

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Craig, where did you hear that from? What is your source?

<[1]Craig[1]> Rumors around set. All the ladies.

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> Those hobbes honeys!

<[1]Craig[1]> Josh Props, too.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

Yes. I'd always be involved if I was asked. I would love to come back and do something, be involved in the show somehow. I do believe that the show will live on in spirit and

<[1]SilverSight[1]> good

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> I think it will have some sort of cult status for many years to come because of you guys. I think in reruns it will get new fans and I think years from now the new fans will introduce it to new fans. I know we did things that weren't done on TV. We did a lot of fresh stuff when the cameras were rolling, it was stuff you don't see on TV. I see West Wing, you know what everyone is going to say.

<[1]OboeCrazy[1]> Pun intended

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> On our show you didn't know what was going to happen next. I like to watch stuff that surprises me.

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> star-momma, your turn

<[1]star-momma[1]> Thanks to y'all for coming and chatting with us! If you guys had all the time you wanted and could do anything with your characters, what would you do? [aside from the Mission Impossible eventuality ;) ]

<[1]Craig[1]> Who said Mission Impossible?

<[1]star-momma[1]> Vince

<[1]Craig[1]> Ah.

<[1]star-momma[1]> You too, Mike--you're not getting out of this :)

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> I think Eberts would eventually sing all of his lines.

<[1]star-momma[1]> lol

<[1]Craig[1]> I knew it...

<[1]star-momma[1]> I'd pay to see that...

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

The first thing I think of is the Bahamas. I would be on a boat in the islands.

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> I'm writing a one-man musical based on I-Man.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> with lots of tropical fruit, and hanging out with the locals

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> It's called, I-Man, I-Sing!

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Bobby Hobbes would be like Brando on Mutiny on the Bounty

<[1]star-momma[1]> ROFL

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> They would send me away to a faraway tropical island

<[1]Craig[1]> We did have an episode idea called "Hobbes of Darkness"

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

I would have to bring back samples of the plant life. I would stay there and work on the vegetation for 6 months. That is what Bobby Hobbes would do.

<[1]star-momma[1]> You've obviously put a great deal of thought into this....

<[1]Craig[1]>

The network turned it down. Hobbes goes down to South America on a mission... Two weeks later The Official calls Darien into the office and says, "We have a problem", then slams a gold coin down on the desk. The profile on the coin is Bobby Hobbes.

<[1]star-momma[1]> Oooooo... I like it!

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> ga

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> StarvedChocobo, your turn

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Craig, you read my mind

<[1]Craig[1]>

For mysterious reasons, something happened to Hobbes and he went nuts, took over an entire village. And now he's king. Darien goes down "Apocalypse Now" style to get him back.

<[1]StarvedChocobo[1]> Do any of you visit the fansites? And if so, are there any in particular that you like?

<[1]Craig[1]> Perseus Project.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Oh, this is genius

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> Same here, well done

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

Craig’s a genius. He created this episode and they turned it down. Brilliant

<[1]Craig[1]> Paul doing Brando, holding an artichoke.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

Well I have to take my hat off to Lori Swanson. I am very grateful to her for the Hobbes Honeys site and the Paul Ben-Victor site. It is very flattering and I have seen them occasionally. Unfortunately, I haven't answered a lot of the questions that have been posted but I will get to them one of these days. They are the only two I really know about. She is doing a great job.

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> I've built a site dedicated to Craig.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> ga

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> SugarFreeKelli, your turn

<[1]SugarFreeKelli[1]> Hi Paul, Craig, Mike! Ok, I've got a fun one: If you were to get tattoos, what would you get? Oh, and if you were to pick one for Vince, what would you make him get, and WHERE would you make him put it? *grin*

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> Hey kelli

<[1]SugarFreeKelli[1]> hi Mike!

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> SugarFree

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Go ahead Mike

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> I'd get one of my turtle. then one of the official.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> That's funny

<[1]SugarFreeKelli[1]> hmm..not bad...

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> SugarFree, I'll have to get back to you on that one...

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> you go craig

<[1]SugarFreeKelli[1]> lol

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Do you have any tattoos?

<[1]Craig[1]> A small dot above each nipple, which symbolizes my love for Thailand.

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> copy-cat

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> ga

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> Talonclaw, you’re next

<[1]Craig[1]> Our I-Man crew was probably the most tattooed crew on Earth.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Exactly

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> true

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

Yeah, all of San Diego has a huge tattoo culture down there. Lots of tats and piercing, quite a show.

<[1]Craig[1]> SURFERS.

<[1]Craig[1]> "I surf."

<[1]Talonclaw[1]> Um hello? ::tap tap:: is this thing on?

<[1]Craig[1]> Guys, I gotta go eat. Mike and Paul, I'll talk to you later, as with everyone else.

<[1]Craig[1]> Buh...

<[1]Talonclaw[1]> Bye Craig.

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> Sounds good boss man

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Bye Craig

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> thx for joining us again, Craig

<[1]OboeCrazy[1]> G'night Craig! Thanks for coming!

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<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Adios amigo.

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> Actually, time for me to go too. Paul, I'll call ya soon.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Mike, are you coming up to LA anytime soon?

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> All the time buddy. Lunch?

<[1]Talonclaw[1]> I don't actually have a question. So I'm just going to go with professing my undying love for the show. And bye mike.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Have your people call my people

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> Thx Mike, for chatting with us!

<[1]OboeCrazy[1]> G'night Mike! Thanks for stopping by!!

<[1]ShelBel[1]> 'Night Mike!

<[1]MrsSpooky[1]> Night Mike!

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> Hey let me say that you guys are the BEST! Keep up the fight. I don't know why but I still have a weird good feeling about the show.

<[1]Lisa-Smartypants[1]> Hugs to Sarah!

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> Just don't send the kool-aid or glitter anymore, they think it's anthrax.

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> you are all the best!!!

<[1]MrsSpooky[1]> LOL

<[1]OfficialsLackey[1]> Night!

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<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> Tam, your question

<[1]Tam[1]> Paul: I just want to thank you for doing The Three Stooges film. It was a very moving story, and I feel in my heart as a lifelong Stooge fan that The Real Knuckleheads would've been proud. Question: What kind of TV shows do YOU watch?

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

Yes. Thank you very much for the kind words.

<[1]Tam[1]> You're welcome.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

That was to date my favorite, probably the work I've been most proud of.

<[1]Tam[1]> So I've heard. BTW - Annie from Texas says "Hi Moe2000."

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

That movie was something I was very close to. That experience was very special to me so thanks. I like to watch…watching all of those true life stories of people, the biographies. I could watch them all day long,

<[1]Tam[1]> Are you watching Band of Brothers?

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

I love to watch what people go through. You sort of relate -- parallels in my life, peaks and valleys, what an artist goes through to keep doing his work. I love to watch a specific actor like Michael Moriarty. I like to watch certain actors rather than shows.

<[1]Tam[1]> He's excellent.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

Not a lot of TV I like to watch. Everyone tells me how good the Sopranos is. I want to catch up on them someday. But if I had time to watch TV it would be the old shows.

<[1]Tam[1]> I'm more into actors' careers, too.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]> Honeymooners, Andy Griffith Show, oldies, Lucy

<[1]Tam[1]> Yeah... THanks again, Paul. Take care.

<[1]PaulBenVictor[1]>

I’m stuck in the old days. Television today really doesn't do it for me. ga

<[1]KatrynSedai[1]> TheMalteseHobbes, your turn