You are a writer, actor, singer and comedian. Which one do you want to take all the way? Or do you want to keep them all rolled up in one? I want to take everything all the way, or at least to sloppy third. I briefly knew an amateur drag queen here in D.C. who [...]

Hi Tom, Congratulations on the new CD, “One Man Revolution.” How did it feel to actually have to sing in studio? I’ve been singing these Nightwatchman songs for about five years. So, actually singing in the studio was not much of a stretch. The bigger leap of faith came at the outset, when I had [...]

Hi Joe, most people know you from “The State” and “Wet Hot American Summer.” I picture you and all your pals meeting once a month in a secret Hall of Justice type location to discuss projects and bust balls. True? It’s close. We actually meet in a bunker to discuss balls and bust projects. You [...]

What is the oddest project that has ever been formally offered to you? I’m not talking about crazy homeless people handing you scripts on Taco Bell wrappers. A remake of Halloween with an all-black cast. Best whiskey and beer combo? Shot of McCarthy’s single malt and anything on tap which you buy for, and give [...]

So, I read you were hand-picked by Amy Sedaris to play everyone’s favorite “little redheaded spitfire,” Tammi Littlenut, on “Strangers With Candy.” Please tell the story. I was in a play where I had one scene, no lines. I just screamed and talked to myself, and was basically as weird as I could be, completely [...]

Bennett Madison is the author of the indispensable I Hate Valentine’s Day as well as the novels Lulu Dark Can See Through Walls and Lulu Dark and the Summer of the Fox. I spoke to him about his first book in 2005. This year I definitely count the Valentine’s Day card I get from my [...]

As a journalist, have you ever been embedded? If not, where would you like your employers to embed you? A month ago, the editor of Time, Jim Kelly, asked if I wanted to be embedded and I asked him if HE were coming on to me. Then I found out what it …

Full Disclosure: Being completely unprepared for this interview with comedian Jim Gaffigan, I just jotted down some questions from my latest issue of Cat Fancy Magazine. How long have you been breeding? I’d like to say since I was 16, but more like 24. I did practice a lot before that. Do you prefer breeding [...]

David Silverman is an Emmy-Award-winning animator, director and producer who has worked on “The Simpsons,” “Monsters, Inc,” “Ice Age,” and much, much more. {Editors note: I’m fairly certain Zank used a “Do you put off a sexy vibe?” quiz ripped from a Cosmopolitan Magazine I found on his desk. Our apologies.} When someone tells …

Explain to me the politics involved behind the removal of the brilliant Late World from VH1 and the addition of the not-so-brilliant In Search of The Partridge Family. The reason the show was cancelled was because no one watched it. Also, what we were doing on Late World did not necessarily fit in with the [...]