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Interviews

The Murky Fringe Interviews The Ices: Cube And T

March 24, 2011

The Murky Fringe: So, Ices. Is it cool if I refer to you plurally as Ices? Ice Cube: It doesn’t bother me in the slightest. Ice-T: Yo, I’m not sure how I feel about that. TMF: Are you doing a bit right now, T? Are you playing your character from that cop show you’re on, [...]

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The MF Polls Female Inmates On Whether Usher Has Earned the Right to Use the Phrase “Burn This Motherfucker Down!”

February 11, 2011

Janine T. : No Louise E. : I guess. Sheena B. : Hell no. Vanessa J. : Get out my face. Darlene P. : No Regina D. : I got no problem with it. Then again, I’d probably kill him for the fun of it. Allison B. : No Shania D. : No Esther P. [...]

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The Murky Fringe Interviews Brendan Fraser–Holiday Edition

December 25, 2010

The Murky Fringe: Let me just begin by saying, I really admire your work. Brendan Fraser: Thanks so much. That’s very kind of you to say. TMF: You came to prominence in 2003′s instant holiday classic Elf, but you’d been acting for some time before that, yes? BF: Wait. Did you say Elf? TMF: I’ll [...]

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The Murky Fringe Interviews a Fur Trader (1845)

November 12, 2010

The Murky Fringe: How much for these beaver pelts? Fur Trader: Que dites-vous? The Murky Fringe: HOW MUCH FOR THESE BEAVER PELTS?! Fur Trader: Arrêtez de me crier! The Murky Fringe: These aren’t beaver pelts. Fur Trader: [Inquisitive Look] The Murky Fringe: That’s muskrat, Charboneau. And you just lost a barter. Fur Trader: Vous êtes [...]

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In Conversation: Don DeLillo and Kenny Loggins

November 7, 2010

Don DeLillo: Are you more proud of “Meet Me Have Way” than you are of say, “Danger Zone,” or “Footloose”? Kenny Loggins: Well, first of all, thanks for not calling it “Highway to the Danger Zone.” Most people call it that and I’ve always thought, “Hey, before you come at Kenny Loggins like that, do [...]

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Interviewing My Cousin Denny, Amateur Family Genealogist And “The War of Northern Aggression” Enthusiast

November 6, 2010

The Murky Fringe: So, Denny, you’ve been collecting our family’s history for what, now–twenty years? Denny: About that, I’d say, more or less. I mean, even before I knew I wanted to be a genealogist, before I even knew what one of those was, I had an interest in learning about my roots, my family [...]

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The Murky Fringe Interviews Death

October 29, 2010

The Murky Fringe: There’s something we want to ask about, but Death: You want to know when I’m coming for you. TMF: No. Death: You want me to explain plagues and genocides, etc. TMF: No, we get those. It’s just Death: Wait, don’t tell me. You want me to talk about the afterlife. Heaven and [...]

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The Murky Fringe Interviews The Dick from ‘The Crying Game’

October 18, 2010

The Murky Fringe: Good morning. Thanks for talking with us today. Do you feel like you were underutilized for the first 125 minutes of the film? The Dick from The Crying Game: Hi there. No, no. I don’t think that. I liked the timing. MF: I mean what’s interesting to me, and I think to [...]

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The Murky Fringe Interviews Chris Gaines

October 9, 2010

The Murky Fringe: Soo… Chris Gaines: What? Is your tongue tripping over all the clever shit you want to ask me? The rhetorical questions under the disingenuous guise of honest journalistic inquiry? TMF: You’re really Garth Brooks, right? I mean, behind the contacts, the Emo rug, and the triangle of pubes glued to your lower [...]

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The Murky Fringe Interviews Sigmund Freud

September 28, 2010

The Murky Fringe: You had a colon named after you. How does that feel? Sigmund Freud: I’m sorry, but I don’t know that that is the case. TMF: It’s the part nearest the butthole. I mean, that’s either a huge compliment or a total dick move, right? SF: Is there something you wished to ask [...]

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The Murky Fringe Interviews The Japanese Ambassador To The International Whaling Commission

September 21, 2010

The Murky Fringe: Dolphin slaughter. Dude. Seriously? Japanese Ambassador to the International Whaling Commission: I’m sorry? You have a question? TMF: Dude. Seriously. Seriously? JAIWC: I see. You are perhaps desirous of speaking with me about one of the much-maligned and misunderstood hallmarks of the the heritage of the Japanese people, which you westerners… TMF: [...]

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The Murky Fringe Interviews The Murky Fringe

September 11, 2010

The Murky Fringe: So, it’s been a year. How’s it going for you? The Murky Fringe: How’s what going for me? TMF: You know, being clever, amusing yourself, attempting to get some kind of following. TMF: You know what? Fuck yourself. TMF: That would be interesting to attempt. TMF: For the last three hundred and [...]

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The Murky Fringe Interviews One Hand Clapping

September 5, 2010

The Murky Fringe: You’re a paradox, we get it. A concept toying with reason in order to free the mind of logical thinking. In other words, we know what you are, but we know nothing about you. Not really. One Hand Clapping: What would you like to know? The Murky Fringe: I’ll cut straight to [...]

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One Week As A Tax Return Associate Working Late At Tanya’s Income Tax Solutions—Vol. 2: The Phone Calls

August 30, 2010

Monday: Hey Tanya, I might— No, sure. That’s fine. Oh, Darren didn’t finish the Gobsons’ returns? Oh. Okay. I didn’t realize that. I’ll do it. Sure. Tuesday: Yes, great. But with the wide noodles. Chicken. Four stars, or medium, or whatever system you guys use. Yeah. Just make it kind of hot. Wednesday: Yeah but— [...]

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The Murky Fringe Interviews Your Work Uniform

August 16, 2010

The Murky Fringe: Is that, what? Starch? What does that? Your Work Uniform: Yeah, starch. This is an unnatural stiffness for me. Starch does it. You’re really getting right to it, eh? MF: How do you feel about that. About the starch. Tell me about the starch. YWU: [Looking around] How in the cotton-blasting hell [...]

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