how to be an awkward interviewee

[sweetcell]

lesson one, by billy bob thornton - what a douche.

any other good ones out there?

[Firebutt McGee]

That was an uncomfortable interview. Yeesh!

[Christine Moritz]

any other good ones out there?

Surely the Sigur Ros interview from NPR?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/bryantpark/2007/10/when_good_interviews_go_bad.html

[walkonby]

famous people are allowed to be assholes.  the pedestals we put them on gives them that that right.  read the fine print before you define a town full of idols.

[azaghal1981]

Every Jens Lekman interview.


Kurt Cobain on HeadBangers Ball.

[azaghal1981]

Oh and I forgot one of my favs!



John Stewart on Crossfire (seemed to eventually lead to its cancellation).


He almost made Tucker Carlson cry.

[Bartelby]

What's the band name?  The Rude Amateur and Three Real Starving Musicians?  No really, just so I don't accidentally catch 'em opening somewhere.  I was a little lukewarm to Billy Bob before, now there's no question:  What a tool.  Kudos to the interviewer for not calling him "out" on the air.

[sweetcell]

That was an uncomfortable interview. Yeesh!

gotta give the interviewer credit for staying on task and making the best of a bad situation.  i know i couldn't have pulled it off... i either would have started being flippant and escalating the situation until it imploded, or (more likely) i would have fallen apart and become useless.  ok, more useless than normal.

and no discussion of bad interviews is complete without a mention of thom yorke being awkward, although in this case i blame the interviewer for continuing to push something that thom obviously didn't want to talk about.  oohhhh, how edgy. 

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

He doesn't only act like a jerk, he looks like one too. What's with the goat landing strip just below your garbage can. Just after you say the stupidest thing ever, you keep on talking. I suggest you move to a place where they can't understand English. And quickly.

[eros]

I just want to know where the band got their glasses.

[kosmo vinyl]

wearing a bunny head helps too

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/09/crazed-costume-shop.html

[Sage 703]

Maybe my favorite interview ever - Crispin Glover on David Letterman:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALapHYNSmoA

[Firebutt McGee]

Maybe my favorite interview ever - Crispin Glover on David Letterman:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALapHYNSmoA

Does anyone remember Harmony Korine on Letterman, around the time Gummo came out?

I remember that being epic back then.

[walkonby]

payback is a bitch!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090411/ap_on_en_mu/canada_people_billy_bob_thornton

[sweetcell]

Billy Bob Isn?t Really Sorry, Blames Marines: Tuesday night Billy Bob Thornton explained to Jimmy Kimmel that the Marines were to blame for his rude-dude and totally weirdo behavior during his recent Canadian radio show interview. And that it?s no biggie because he acts like that all the time.