Here at hecklerspray, we like to interview people. It gives us the opportunity to show celebrities that we have the temerity to be more intelligent than they think we are and, of course, it gives us a chance to show you readers that we have the gall to be rude to someone’s face.
There’s no hiding behind a computer screen here.
And so, we got the chance to interview Andy Parsons – you’ll know him as the bloke with the baldy heid from Mock The Week won’t you? Well. We ballsed up.
Thing is, we love hating people. We were all set to be needlessly snarky with a stand-up comic off the tellybox. As usual, we jogged on the spot without any food in our belly for a hour before the interview, just to get the right level of hatred, weariness and anger at the entire world…
…and then Andy Parsons spoiled it all by being erudite, affable and smart. It just isn’t fair.
And so, the interview breezed along nicely, talking about the innate jealousy and competitiveness between comedians, rape jokes (Parsons, not a fan- Team ‘Spray, not a fan either), the miracle that is turning boredom into something funny and a whole lot more.
Parsons showed himself to be a rare thing in the comedy world – someone who actually listens to an interviewer. And how did we repay him? By not actually recording the interview.
You heard. We spoke to Andy Parsons for an hour and didn’t check whether our equipment was working properly, thereby ensuring that the greatest interview anyone has ever held (miles better than Frost/Nixon) was consigned to the ether.
You shoulda been there. It was amazing. It was enlightening. It would have absolutely changed your life for the better. Alas, our ineptitude will see to it that you remain as loathsome and plebbish as you ever were.
Sorry.
So, to rectify this with Parsons’ People (not a dance-troupe, but rather, the people who have patiently waited for us to fail in our interview-rescue attempts) sent us a pre-recorded interview he did with someone else. We normally charge for including people’s videos on these pages, but in this instance, this is the least we can do.
God, we’re idiots. Go and buy his ‘Gruntled’ DVD or something.
Alias says
He’s painfully unfunny
Thirteen says
Oh, sorry to hear about the technology fail.
Latter-Day Saint says
“Nice Man Isn’t Funny On Television or Interview”