Wednesday, December 17, 2003
BELIEVERMAG.com
The Believer, that new magazine from the McSweeney's crowd, has a hee-larious interview between Jack Black and Daniel Handler (the author of the Lemony Snicket books).
Favorite lines:
On Weddings:
Jack Black: Who would be a good officiant at a wedding? Okay. Yeah. I can answer this. I think it would be cool if it was someone like... is Kurt Vonnegut still alive?
Daniel Handler: Yes. Kurt Vonnegut is still alive.
JB: I'd want Kurt Vonnegut Jr. to officiate at my wedding. I'd want someone who was kind of funny and existential at the helm to say some pissy things about how meaningless everything is but then could maybe still see...
DH: So someone to sort of take you into the dark hole that exists within weddings and then lead you out?
On Birthdays:
JB: See, I say thirty-three is the landmark.
DH: Of what?
JB: It's the landmark year. I'm a Jew. Thirty-three is when Christ died. So though I'm a Jew, in the back of my mind I still think that I gotta get it done before I'm thirty-four because well, I don't know why. He got it done before He was thirty-four.
On Jesus:
JB: He had superpowers and that's the main reason I like Him. Anyone who can float, has power of levitation, or can shoot lasers out of his eyes...
DH: I don't remember hearing about the laser thing with Jesus.
JB: Well, how do you think he turned the water into wine? With His eye-lasers.
DH: [laughing] I see. I think your Jewish education is shining right through. I don't feel like I'm talking to a well-versed Christian.
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Favorite lines:
On Weddings:
Jack Black: Who would be a good officiant at a wedding? Okay. Yeah. I can answer this. I think it would be cool if it was someone like... is Kurt Vonnegut still alive?
Daniel Handler: Yes. Kurt Vonnegut is still alive.
JB: I'd want Kurt Vonnegut Jr. to officiate at my wedding. I'd want someone who was kind of funny and existential at the helm to say some pissy things about how meaningless everything is but then could maybe still see...
DH: So someone to sort of take you into the dark hole that exists within weddings and then lead you out?
On Birthdays:
JB: See, I say thirty-three is the landmark.
DH: Of what?
JB: It's the landmark year. I'm a Jew. Thirty-three is when Christ died. So though I'm a Jew, in the back of my mind I still think that I gotta get it done before I'm thirty-four because well, I don't know why. He got it done before He was thirty-four.
On Jesus:
JB: He had superpowers and that's the main reason I like Him. Anyone who can float, has power of levitation, or can shoot lasers out of his eyes...
DH: I don't remember hearing about the laser thing with Jesus.
JB: Well, how do you think he turned the water into wine? With His eye-lasers.
DH: [laughing] I see. I think your Jewish education is shining right through. I don't feel like I'm talking to a well-versed Christian.
