Mongo Nation

We were on location at the premiere of Season 4/Season 3 DVD release of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”, one of the funniest shows currently on television. We asked some of the stars of the show about their experience working on the popular comedy program, a couple of rude personal questions and even one or two questions that had absolutely nothing to do with anything! I would say “that’s how we roll” but that would make me a douche, amirite? So just watch the goddamn video already!

DMX is the one of the most awesomely crazy people in the music industry, hands down. When he’s not busy recording “gospel” music, carjacking automobiles at the fucking airport while posing as a federal agent, running pit bull fighting rings, selling and taking drugs, and accusing women of “raping” him, he somehow finds the time to do interviews.

In this excerpt from an interview he did with XXL, the interviewer made the mistake of asking DMX what he thought about the likelihood of Obama becoming president. His response further cemented his reputation as being crazier than a shithouse rat, and is guaranteed to provide you with great LULZ:

Are you following the presidential race?
Not at all.

You’re not? You know there’s a Black guy running, Barack Obama and then there’s Hillary Clinton.
His name is Barack?!

Barack Obama, yeah.
Barack?!

Barack.
What the fuck is a Barack?! Barack Obama. Where he from, Africa?

Yeah, his dad is from Kenya.
Barack Obama?

Yeah.
What the fuck?! That ain’t no fuckin’ name, yo. That ain’t that nigga’s name. You can’t be serious. Barack Obama. Get the fuck outta here.

You’re telling me you haven’t heard about him before.
I ain’t really paying much attention.

I mean, it’s pretty big if a Black…
Wow, Barack! The nigga’s name is Barack. Barack? Nigga named Barack Obama. What the fuck, man?! Is he serious? That ain’t his fuckin’ name. Ima tell this nigga when I see him, “Stop that bullshit. Stop that bullshit” [laughs] “That ain’t your fuckin’ name.” Your momma ain’t name you no damn Barack.

So you’re not following the race. You can’t vote right?
Nope.

Is that why you’re not following it?
No, because it’s just—it doesn’t matter. They’re gonna do what they’re gonna do. It doesn’t really make a difference. These are the last years.

But it would be pretty big if we had a first Black president. That would be huge.
I mean, I guess…. What, they gon’ give a dog a bone? There you go. Ooh, we have a Black president now. They should’ve done that shit a long time ago, we wouldn’t be in the fuckin’ position we in now. With world war coming up right now. They done fucked this shit up then give it to the Black people, “Here you take it. Take my mess.”

Right, exactly.
It’s all a fuckin’ setup. It’s all a setup. All fuckin’ bullshit. All bullshit. I don’t give a fuck about none of that.

We could have a female president also, Hillary Clinton.
I mean, either way it doesn’t matter. I don’t care. No one person is directly affected by which president, you know, so what does it matter.

Yeah, but the country is.
I guess. The president is a puppet anyway. The president don’t make no damn decisions.

The president…they don’t have that much authority basically?
Nah, never.

But Bush pretty much…
You think Bush is making fuckin’ decisions?

He did, yeah, he fucked up the country.
He act like he making decisions. He could barely speak! He could barely fuckin’ speak!
Can’t be serious. He ain’t making no damn decisions.

Well Barack has a good chance of winning so that might be something.
Good for him, good for him.

Interview Source

Kira Soltanovich (Girls Behaving Badly) is on the scene!

By Jeremy Azevedo

Our friends over at iJoke.tv were at the Bob Saget Roast last Sunday, asking the comedians in attendance what they really thought of Bob… as one could well imagine, the old adage “if you haven’t got something nice to say don’t say anything at all” doesn’t hold water in this environment.

Kira Soltanovich of “Girls Behaving Badly” was on location to mediate the discussion and make crude sexual innuendo toward her fellow entertainers. Let’s watch:

From our friends at iJoke.tv!

Do yourself a favor and also check out this video of Cloris Leachman doing some of the bluest humor you’ve ever heard in your life!

Metal band plays at disgraced author’s book signing!

By Jeremy Azevedo

Do you remember the author, James Frey, who wrote “A Million Little Pieces”, a memoir that became an Oprah book club selection? And then it turns out that a lot of the stuff in the book was made up? Well it turns out that Frey is still working, despite being shamed on live television, has a new book out, and loves metal!

But this isn’t really about James Frey, really, although it was maybe supposed to be. See, Frey had it in his mind that having a rock band play at his book reading would make the whole show more entertaining, and perhaps even endear him to a younger crowd. As such, he hired heavy metal band “Black Tide” to play at his show, which was a free, all ages event… at Whiskey A Go Go in Hollywood of all places.

Now I’m not trying to make broad generalizations here, but in my own personal experience, metal heads are not known to be the most literate of people. Especially teenage metal heads that live in or near Hollywood. It became apparent fairly early on that the majority of the “guests” in attendance were only there for a free metal show. Words cannot describe how awkward the question and answer period after Frey’s reading was, but I can tell you that his frustration with the crowd was clearly obvious. And the guy that went before him? He looked like he was going to jump out of the window, if there even was one.

Anyway, the moral of the story was that I had an interview with the band afterward, the results of which I have taken some minor liberties with in order to punch things up (In the style of James Frey, of course). Following is my account of that interview with Black Tide bassist Zakk Sandler, and guitarist Lexx Nunez.

Lloyd on the present and future status of Troma

By Jeremy Azevedo

Lloyd Kaufman, president of Troma Entertainment, is one of the pioneers of the B-movie subculture, responsible for countless hit cult movies such as The Toxic Avenger, Class of Nuke ‘Em High and Sgt. Kabukiman, NYPD.

Troma has produced so many films in it’s thirty-plus years that you’d be hard pressed to find a celebrity worth a damn that hasn’t at some point crossed paths with Lloyd Kaufman’s long-running independent studio. In this segment, Lloyd talks about some of the people that got their start with Troma, the studio’s brief flirtations with the mainstream, and the uncertain future of a legacy in wholly independent cinema.

Lloyd talks with CraveOnline about the origin of Troma.

By Jeremy Azevedo

Lloyd Kaufman, president of Troma Entertainment, is one of the pioneers of the B-movie subculture, responsible for countless hit cult movies such as The Toxic Avenger, Class of Nuke ‘Em High and Sgt. Kabukiman, NYPD.

A lot of people don’t know this, but Troma is the longest running independent studio in the history of filmmaking. In this segment, Lloyd Kaufman, president of Troma, talks with CraveOnline about the origins of Troma and the influences that ushered him into the world of independent cinema.

Next week: Lloyd talks with CraveOnline about the foreseeable future of Troma!