Just freaking adorable.
(OK, one quickie daytime post. This just lit me up. Gotta get it out.)
My apologies for starting with that somewhat shallow and immature sentiment instead of something serious, but after 20 minutes with these guys, and all the hilarious, enlightening and above all inspiring things they had to say, the honest truth is, that is the one irresistible thought bouncing round my brain right now.
God. These two are a freaking riot.
Oh. Context. They were on Charlie Rose last night. Sort of a mindfuck right there, Charlie & The South Park Boys, which they commented on, of course: now we've won and Emmy, we've done charlie rose, how do you stay punk after that? heeheehee.
(Of course it makes sense as well, Charlie loves to have influential people from any realm of culture, though he does tend to lag nearly as far behind as Time magazine, and it has taken him nine years to get these pop culture titans. But still. The contrast is quite amusing. Also amusing that Charlie pointed out he had been a character on both South Park and The Simpsons.)
Hennyway, just watching while I had a bite. Usually use Charlie as radio, but these two were just too delightful to look away. Even as talking heads, they're fun to watch.
And delightful is not a word I'm too comfortable using out loud too often, but sometimes a slightly uncomfortable word just fits.
They are so giddy! That's the best part of watching them: not even the way they crack me up--though they do--but the way they crack themselves up. They talk about how the show is such a grind, not fun at all--hmmmm, sort of like writing, much of the time--but unintended inspiration here is, their LIVES are so much fun. Not by design, I'm sure, they just enjoy the hell out of existence.
That or they just popped a couple amyl nitrate capsules before they went on.
And not just laughter, their faces are just so damn expressive, particularly Trey. (And how did I overlook how handsome he was before? Great. Why does it always have to be the straight one. At least I think he's straight.)
I had to pause the Tivo right now to grab my laptop and type this on the couch, because Charlie has just asked Trey if he's a libertarian, and after a quick duck and Charlie's insistence, Trey is literally biting his lower lip trying to bring himself to -- presumably, I'm in freeze-frame anticipating his answer -- admit it.
OK, unfroze. In his best Newhart stutter, "It's, it's possible."
Heeheehee.
Just too freaking adorable for words.
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OK, I really wanted to end on that note. But then . . .
Charlie--and here's why we love him--plays along wonderfully for most of the exchange, but doesn't let him duck, and at the end, asks Matt Stone, incredulously the exact question running through every audience member's mind, but that nobody else in the business but he and Oprah and maybe Katie Couric would actually spit out: "Why is he embarrassed by this?"
Matt laughs, Trey says, "I'm not embarrassed at all, it's just a difficult question."
Charlie is still more incredulous. "Why is it difficult!"
"Because it's it's . . .
"It's like saying are you . . .?"
Charlie loses the balls to finish that one.
First awkward pause of the interview. Finally, from Trey:
"It's like are you gay? It's like . . . a little."
He explodes with laughter. His face totally contorted in laughter.
{Editor's note: Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! He's joking I'm sure--almost sure--but yea anyway for the tiny little idea of opening. Wait, he's not through yet:}
Raising his arms, palms up, like his eyebrows, "On a Friday night, maybe." Suddenly quiet, faux serious. "No chick around . . . sure."
Lots of laughs all around. And then a more serious explanation. And yet another thing I have in common with them. Ahhhhhh. Too bad it's just the odd Friday night.
But who knows, maybe Matt will drag him to check out our latest gaybar, won't be many chicks around there. And it just happens to be a Friday night spot. Hmmmmm.
Bigger hmmm. I seem to have just blogged through the rest of my lunch break. Can't even watch the rest of the interview. (But something to look forward to at 4 p.m. snack.)
Nice to have something to be proud of from Colorado. Eager to get back to writing to be the next thing.
Dutton (Penguin) in early 2009. 
