I chatted with Pendelton Ward, the bushy bearded  mastermind behind the series, about his hopes, dreams, and inspirations. From his school days at CalArts with pals Thurop Van Orman  (Flapjack) and J. G. Quintel (Regular Show) making shorts he’s catapulted along with them into the limelight as one of the Cartoon Network’s rising juggernaut stars.

The network has been a very supportive home for the show and their willingness to embrace surreal quirky fun and weirdness has continued to be a winning formula to draw talent. With throngs of fans both young and adult, Adventure Time’s hero Finn and his signature bear-eared adventure cap have now become icons. Ward and the cast think it’s great that adults can get jazzed about a cartoon and be able to share that.

Ward revealed that, true to his RPG roots, the colorful and imaginative Land of Ooo’s varied landscapes made of ice, fire, and even candy were originally inspired by an old-school style deck game called “Battle Cards” that had  different terrains that fit together to make worlds to explore. The name “Ooo” and Finn’s distinctive hat are a nod to a short featuring his old character Bruno the Bear.

The stream-of-consciousness style that’s such a part of the charm of Adventure Time sometimes comes directly from Ward’s dreams, like the idea for a race of tiny House People that appeared in the episode “Donny”, which he says he came up with after falling asleep on a studio couch while working. The show has a ton of great people who come guest star and help work on it , adding their style and personalities to the mix, which Ward says he tries to encourage and let shine through.

I also got a chance to talk to boy behind the hero, Jeremy Shada about his role voicing Finn. It was actually his brother Zack that did the voice for Finn in the original short, Jeremy ended up getting cast in the exact same role as him for the series. Those guys are just destined for Adventure! Jeremy loves that he has the chance to work with voice actors like John DiMaggio and learn from some of the best. Unlike most other cartoon shows where voices are recorded in solo sessions, on Adventure Time the actors get to record in a room together which lets them play off the each other’s lines and have fun.

Jeremy’s favorite Finn line he’s gotten to say is “Slam a Cow!”. He enjoys that being Finn lets him have his own secret famous identity but still enjoys when people are excited when they find out it’s him.

I also had the pleasure to talk to Olivia Olson who plays Marceline the Vampire Queen. Olivia has done voice work for other shows like Disney’s Phineas and Ferb but admits Adventure Time is the most fun because she loves getting to work together with everyone. She’s stoked she gets to play a character who’s such a badass and has such a great sense of style. A lot like her character on the show, they both can be a bit of a prankster and love music. Olson has a wonderful singing voice and even plays the piano.

Olivia also has a family connection with the show. In the episode “It Came From the Nightosphere” her demon father was played by her actual dad, Martin Olson. When I asked her about her experience she said it was pretty cool, she couldn’t imagine a better fit. In real life, she says, her dad is a sweet guy but has a pretty dark sense of humor and even has a book he wrote called “The Encyclopedia of Hell”.

What’s next on the horizon for the show? Aside from a brand new line of toys being released this Fall from Jazzwares, expect more characters, like a new fire princess, and an oddly familiar heroine named Fionna and her pal Cake. All of us at Racket are pumped! Adventure awaits…

-by Laura Gaddy

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What’s going, man?
A whole lot.

I was wondering what it’s like to be in a band with two guys who are almost twice your age.
It’s not that different because we all kind of listen to the same shit. People tell me that I’m an old soul, I kind of hang out with everyone, you know? I’m an old soul and the guys are young at heart. We make a pretty good team. Besides, you’re really only as old as the women you sleep with.

I really hope that you’re not underage.
No-no-no. I’m above 18, man.

Has that been a perk of being in a national touring act?
That’s just a perk of being a man. But it doesn’t hurt being in a good band, touring the world.

Before you were in Sublime With, er, You, what did you do?
Well, before I was doing all this shit, I was poor, just looking to do this. I worked at a Starbucks. I worked a string of just crappy jobs, but I could never hold down a job. I hated working for anyone else. I wasn’t doing much. I was homeless in a van, I was recording songs at a recording studio, and that’s where I ran into Eric. He was at the same studio, we became homies. Started jamming and after a while he asked me if I wanted to play in Sublime. “Fucking of course.” And now my life’s had a little bit more meaning again.

Is it weird to see “Sublime With Rome,” with your name separated out?
Not so much that it’s separated out, that doesn’t bother me so much, it’s just seeing my name, PERIOD. You know? Like, it’s not so much “Look at my name next to Sublime,” it’s more like “Look at my name, it’s on someone’s shirt.” How cool is that?

That would be pretty cool. Did you get a lot of shit for being named after a city?
Well, my real first name is Roman, but my best friend growing up, when I was in 2^nd grade, he didn’t like my name so he started calling me Rome. Then the girls started calling me Romeo, then the “o” just fell off after a while and now it’s just Rome.

Yea, you don’t want to go by Romeo, that dude killed himself.
Yea, he was kind of a puss.

He was a TOTAL puss. But, then again, that’s what happens when you try to date someone who’s family hates you.
Yea, what are you going to do?

Kill yourself.
Yup.

What have you found to be the most ridiculous merchandise with your name on it?
I saw some panties with my name right on the crotch. That’s pretty ridiculous, but it’s cool as fuck. It’s pretty out there. I never thought that I’d have my own panties.

I don’t think you’d ever thought that you’d say that line, either: “I never thought I’d have my own panties.”
No, I definitely didn’t. Especially in an interview.

What has been the biggest perk of making a living by being in a band?
Probably getting to jam music. I know it’s cheesy, but, end of the day, man, all the interviews, the press, the photo shoots, the video shoots, all the crazy, crazy, crazy hustle and bustle of music; the one time Eric and Bud and I get to play music together is that one hour, hour and a half on that stage. All that shit, all that music business shit just stops and that’s what matters. That’s all that matters for that short hour.

Got it. Have you gone big and bought a fancy car or a house or anything?
Yes, I’ve bought some shit. I just bought an Escalade. I’m pretty excited about that, it’s my first car.

That’s not a bad first car.
No, it’s cool. It’s all matte black, on 26” rims and shit. I dig it.

Have you thought about doing any ridiculous famous-person-shit like putting a Slip N’ Slide in your hallway?
Well, I smoked a joint with Ray Liotta a couple of times. He was staying at the same hotel that we were last year. We became buddies and he came up on my tour bus and I got him high, rolled him a couple of doobies. And then he showed up to our show, just by himself and was hanging out side stage. Then he was like “I’m gonna go to front of house now.” And went and hung with the front of house guys. He’s the coolest fucking dude you’ve ever met in your life. That’s my coolest celebrity story, I guess.

Huh. What are you passionate about besides music?
That’s it, man. When I’m home, I just go into the recording studio and start writing songs and producing music. I have a studio on my bus, so I can take the music on the road. That’s all I know how to do, man. I also play golf sometimes, maybe some basketball. But all my time really goes to music.

I suck so bad at golf. Frisbee golf, NOW we’re talking.
Well, I fucking suck at golf. That’s the whole joy of golf. It’s not to get good. You don’t get good at golf. Only douches get good at golf. You only play it because it’s a calm, leisurely sport that’s challenging.

So is bowling, but there’s pitchers of beer involved.
Well, there’s always pitchers of beer involved in any equation, you just have to bring them. (Starts coughing the worst cough ever.)

Dude, what are you doing?
Dude, guess. (coughs)

-Interview by Jonathan Yost

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Hey Tom, I’m Armando and I’m going to be interviewing you for Racket Magazine.
How are you Armando?

I’m doing great, it’s a warm California day and I can’t complain.
Whereabouts in California are you at?

At the moment, Los Angeles.
Where in Los Angeles?

In Hollywood, near the Henry Fonda if you’re familiar with the area.
Yeah, I know where that is. I used to live out in Silverlake for a while and then in Burbank so I’m actually pretty familiar with the area.

That’s cool! Well if you’re ready why don’t we jump into some questions?
Yeah, I’m ready. Let’s do this.

Ok, so you recently put out a 7inch on Sabot and if I am not mistaken your manager is the head of Sabot correct?
Yes, he is, we’re both at the Sabot office right now actually.

Cool, so did you go up to him about putting that 7inch out or did he come up to you? How did the ball get rolling in regards to releasing the 7inch in the first place?
Well he is usually an arm’s length away from me so the process of ideas with Sabot is as easy as me going “hey we should do this” and Jordan agreeing with me.

OK, that’s cool. Now everyone knows you got booted, well I wouldn’t say booted but rather sire decided not to pick up the band again.
Booted seems so cold! Ouch!

I can never really phrase things the right way to be honest.
The relationship came to an end.

You’re right! You two just broke up.
Yeah lets just say that.

Well since you two are broken up are you actively searching for a label or are you just letting things kind of just happen on their own?
It’s the kind of thing that’s going to happen when it happens. We have tons of touring lined up for the rest of the year. We’re kind of an independent band and don’t really need any hand holding from a record label to survive on our own. We’ll figure it out when we figure it out but you could say we’re in the process of it. Sure.

OK, well after dealing with Sire for the past two albums do you kind of have a better idea of what you do and don’t want from a record label.

Yeah, but its not kind of something you can sum up in a line. Its more about knowing the kind of people you want to work with and wanting to do what feels comfortable.

So most people have a negative image when it comes to signing with a major label, when you went into it how did you feel about the situation and would you say your initial impressions were met?
Well I think going into any situation like that, you’re really going off of the people you’re meeting with and saying they want to work with you. The biggest thing I probably learned from being in a band and touring is you just kind of gotta go into each situation with an open mind. There are cool people in bands you tour with and jerks in bands you tour with. It’s the same for labels, there are cool people who work at labels and jerks who work at label but you never what kind of people you’re going to meet when you’re first introduced to someone. At the time when we signed with Sire/Warner we liked all the people we were working with and we felt it was a really good team of people to be working with and it would be an effective relationship. Unfortunately, over the past couple of months they’ve just fired a lot of people that were great to work with. This morning Jordan even heard of people that we worked with being fired and it’s a shame.

Insane. Let’s shift things more towards the songwriting process.  You’ve recently started a family over the past couple of years. You know have a wife and child. Would you say they have affected your song writing at all for against me or do you prefer to keep that part of your life separate from the songs that you write?
I think that it’s inevitable that they’re going to have some kind of impact even if its just subconscious. I haven’t directly written a song about having a family in a direct way but I do feel, even with this last record that there was an influence from my personal life.

So you put out “ I was a Teenage Anarchist” as your first single a little while back when the record first dropped last year and there was a lot of buzz on the internet about it but did you get any negative reactions from the anarchist community about the song?
Not really, no. I think that a majority of the people who are a part of the anarchist movement are probably more focused on really important issues and concerns going on in the world than some band who doesn’t affect their lives sings about on a record. That song wasn’t meant as any kind of attack or disownment on the anarchist community. It was really just speaking on personal experiences and mob mentalities and what happens when people organize into groups, which is really an anarchist talking point but not one of their ideals.

so you put a solo record out a few years back, do you have any plans to put out another any time soon or if you plan to put one out at all.
I don’t have a specific date or anything like that but its definitely something on my mind and something I am always writing songs for, either for against me or my own solo stuff. I don’t necessarily write songs either for against me or my own solo material, I just write and see where it goes.

So then is there a possibility of seeing something this year or is that uncertain at this point?
We definitely would like to see something happen this year. As I mentioned earlier there are tons of tours booked but there is time between tours to where in theory we can be productive. That’s kind of the idea or the plan, to be on the road where it’s mentally stimulating for song writing so hopefully it’ll do the trick.

Sounds like fun. Recently you’ve been seen wearing a vest at performances and in music videos. Is that a new vest you perhaps found at a thrift store or is that something you just haven’t worn in awhile?
Well, if you really want to know it was a jean jacket that I’ve worn since about 2005 and the arms blew out at the elbows so I said fuck it and cut off the arms and made it into a vest. I like to have the inside breast pocket so I can carry a notebook and cell phone because I feel like my pants can get too full of stuff and it bugs me.

OK, so would you say at some point you would look to maybe buy a new jean jacket or is the vest going to stay until it becomes no more?
(laughs) Well if you really want to know, I have a new jacket and its hanging in my closet. I have a couple of jackets. (laughs).

Sounds cool, well 2010 just recently started an you have several tours lined up for the rest of the year, with bands like cheap girls, fences and dropkick murphys. Do you know what you have lined up after these tours? Take a break perhaps? Make up the UK tour? What is the next step for against me once the Dropkick tour is done?
It’s looking like we’re going to make up Australia dates after the dropkick tour and we’re hoping to headline some more in the late spring early summer and we’re also trying to plan some summer stuff. We aren’t ready to announce plans just yet but do know that we have some in the works.

So then you’re just doing a bunch of non stop touring then?
Yeah, pretty much but there are some short breaks in between tours so its not too overwhelming.

Ok, do you have any comments you want to leave the readers with?
I just want to say thanks to anyone who took the time to read this.

Awesome, well thanks for chatting with me and you have a great day.
Not a problem, you take it easy too.

-Interview conducted by Armando Olivas, introduction by Jonathan Yost

Ms. Angel not only put up with my inane questions, but bet that she could give me an erection. Little does she know that she won that challenge before it was ever issued. Boioioioioioioioing.

How’s your day going?
Pretty good.

Cool, cool. Now you are the first adult film star I’ve ever interviewed.
Really?

Yes. I predominately do punk and metal band interviews.
Oh, well that’s cool. I feel very special.

You should feel very special, but don’t start getting all Jewish princess on me, though.  Now, I saw this online, there’s a quote attributed to you calling Suicide Girls the “McDonald’s of Adult Porn.”
Oh my God! That was so long ago! That always gets brought up.

I apologize for that, but my question was if your site was a restaurant, which would it be?
Oh! [laughs] Ok. Alright. I’m going to have to think about it for a while, we’ll come back to it. I’m so impressed. You’re not gonna ask a lot of stupid questions.

Oh, don’t worry. I’ll ask stupid questions. Keeping with the food motif, how is being a porn mogul different than being a waitress?
Well it’s very different but it’s also very similar. You’re giving people something that they want and your trying to figure out the best way to deliver it to them in a timely fashion, and if you don’t, they’re going to go somewhere else. So that’s a similarity?

Let’s just pretend the question was “How is it similar?” That’ll work.
Obviously it’s different because for me…porn and not food, and also being a porn mogul you don’t get to do your side work and clock out at the end of the day; it’s a never ending job.

Generally when I think of sex “burning” is not a word I am interested in, so I’m wondering how the name Burning Angel came about.
I don’t know. It’s just a good girl/bad girl type thing. I know when you take the word “burning” on it’s own it reminds you of something that happens when something is wrong with your private parts, but I just thought of angels and burning. I actually have a tattoo of an angel and a devil on my back. I don’t know. Angel’s are kind of hot and when you think of them being corrupted, it’s kind of sexy.

Is “private parts” an industry term?
[laughs] Yeah.

What is the most epic tattoo you’ve ever seen?
I’ve seen a lot of tattoos working with this website. I’ve seen a girl with The Shocker tattooed right above her vagina. I thought that was pretty cool. I wish I had a couple of girls who had that. I can’t really think of any right now.

Close your eyes, imagine me as a sexy lady, now what kind of qualities would you be imagining in me to have to make it on your site?
I’d imagine you’d be really hot with really big boobs and a really big ass, and not like a teeny, tiny waist, but a waist that’s smaller than your butt. And you’d have really nice tattoos, you’d have two full sleeves, maybe you’d have a chest piece, and maybe a bunch of tattoos on your legs, too. And maybe two or three little ones on your face, not big ones. You’d be super cool and have a good sense of humor, and you’d really, really like having sex with a bunch of people and a good attitude. And you’d like sitting and reading  the chat rooms for massive amounts of time just because it’s fun.

Would you consider a full sleeve tattoo on your leg to be called a sock?
A sock?

Yes.
“Would a sleeve tattoo on your leg be called a sock?”

Yes.
Oh! Because a sleeve… You know, it actually makes sense. But unfortunately it’s not an accepted term, yet. You’re gonna have to go to the tattoo commission.

Well, I’ve been trying to spread that vernacular, and you could help.
[laughs] I’m gonna help.

[laughs] Ok. That’s excellent. When people first go to Burning Angel they’re exposed to hardcore fucking. Like, there’s a little shot of a dick and vagina, have you thought about easing people into the smut? Like cuddling or a calming bubble bath picture?
Sorry, you’re cutting in and out. All I heard was “cuddling” and “smut.”

Ok. When people first go to your site on the first page there’s a picture of some penetration, and I was wondering if you thought about easing people into the smut with maybe some cuddling or a bubble bath.
Well, we used to do that, but people have gotten cranky on the internet. Porn consumers have gotten very spoiled. If they can’t get their dick hard in 5 seconds then they go somewhere else, you know? So the point is to attract someone’s attention and not make them leave. I really like putting softer pictures on the home page; I’m a big fan of that, but it didn’t really prove to work. So, it’s not my fault that we don’t do that; it’s the fault of this dirty world that we live in. It’s like if you’re online checking Facebook, and the first little icon of a girl you see just isn’t that hot and she’s interested in talking to you, you’re probably just going to move on and talk to someone else. All it takes is one second to keep your interest. So I learned that penetration on a home page is just what people need to see to keep them interested.

That kind of says a lot about society in general, doesn’t it?
Yeah, I see it all. I’m like big brother. I can look inside the internet and see what people are clicking on and what they’re looking at. So people can’t lie to me.

Ok. Blu-ray is the big thing coming up with the quality in movies, and my concern is I don’t want to see man boobs and hairy ass in high definition. Now is that something I should be concerned with or not?
There aren’t really that many fat guys in porn. So I don’t think that’s a concern. I’ve got some hair on my ass sometimes, so you think it’s gross? Sometimes I get a bit on my ass and I don’t feel like covering it up with makeup all the time. I think that I could still do it for you. I bet you could watch me fuck with a zit on my ass and you’d still get a hard-on. I’d like to take that challenge.

[laughs] I appreciate that.
I challenge you to an ass-zit competition.

That’s not…you know what? I give up. You win the ass-zit competition.
[laughing]

If you were to take a young lady out, what would you suggest as a first alt-date?
I would take her to see a band play and then have sex with her in the car.

Awesome. What is your favorite song to get it on to?
It depends on what I’m in the mood for. Sometimes I like to get it on to Pantera, sometimes that’s fun. Sometimes I’m in the mood for punk, something kinda sexy.

My girlfriend is also a pale tattooed hottie and I was wondering if you could give me any tips on how to keep her around.
Ok, give her a lot of attention. What ever you think is a lot, give her more than that. That’s basically it. Whatever she wants, give it to her. Don’t take her out of your sight anymore; it’s all about her. So try to do all that without being smothering or annoying. I don’t know if you like playing music, or being a writer, or arresting shoplifters, but whatever it is just do your thing, and do your thing well.

[Emperor’s note: This did not work.]

Yeah, arresting shoplifters [The Emperor's day job] is fine, I don’t have a problem with it and I’m pretty good at it, but definitely Racket is my thing. I think my partner’s gay-dar just went off because she just came in, and she’s quite the lesbian and she came in to hear the interview and is interested in hearing the voice of a hot chick.
Oh, she’s a shoplifter?

No, she’s my partner. She also catches shoplifters.
Oh, wow. I got caught stealing when I was younger.

What did you get caught stealing?
I had like 3 bags of clothes.

3 bags of clothes!?
Yeah. When I was younger I was so cute. I’m telling you, I was adorable. Nobody knows I was stealing anything, so I got away with stealing so much stuff. After a while I forgot that people actually paid for things every once in a while. I just went to the mall and just took things. I just put them in bags and walked straight out of the store, and nobody knew. So one year I was in Marshalls and I was just doing my thing, doing my own kind of shopping, and went out the back door and 5 people chased me out of there. I was 13 years old and they were all screaming at me. They sat me in this room and played all the security cameras that were watching me. And they called my mom and my mom had to come pick me up and she was so upset. They told me I was never allowed into Marshalls ever again anywhere in the world. So for years I would have these nightmares that I was in malls and I accidentally walked into one and the alarms went off. [laughs] But ‘til this day I will not step into another Marshalls and ‘til this day I won’t steal anything, so I guess they did their job.

Good. Good for them, and good for you. [laughs] So that’s all I have unless you’ve thought of a restaurant your site would be yet.
Yeah, so there’s this pizza place. I heard they just opened one up in L.A. It’s called Two Boots Pizza. There’s one in Silverlake, one in the lower Eastside, and one in the Village. Two Boots Pizza is a really good pizza place, not that many people know about it, and they’re only in cool areas with cool people in it. And really, if you know about it, their pizza is better than everyone else’s. Just nobody knows about it yet. [laughs]

Alright, well Miss Angel, I gotta go. I gotta get back to bustin’ perps.
It was a pleasure. Thank you very much.

I hope the questions weren’t too stupid.
No, they were great.

Take that, haters!

-Jonathan “The Emperor” Yost

Also, none of this really happened.  I emailed vocalist Jaycee and drummer Adam, and here are their responses.

Anticlimactic?  Definitely.

How do you deal with the inevitable comparisons to Paramore (like this one)?
Parawho? We’ve never been compared to Paramore before honestly, but if we were it’d be flattering because they are a good band… Probably not really who we’d most want to be compared to though.

Do you plan to continue releasing EPs, or is a full length in the works?
We’re writing songs for the next record, and we’re letting the album write itself.  If it ends up being an EP then that’s what we’ll release and if it ends up being a full length then we’ll release that… Either way new music will be out in June of this year.

Are you aware of the rising epidemic that is people carrying around ukeleles? Thoughts?
We weren’t aware it was an epidemic, but if it is then that’s cool because the ukelele is a beautiful and nobel instrument that deserves our respect and adoration… And there may or may not be ukelele on our next record.

You played Warped Tour, how was that? Was it just one date?
It was just one date. We won the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands. It was extremely hot. It was extremely uncomfortable, and we can’t wait to do it again! Kevin if you’re reading this; we will cook and clean to play the whole tour. :)

Have you ever administered or received a prison tattoo? (thin sharpie + lighter)?
No, but when Joe was in prison he liked to drop the soap a lot.

Do you like Versa Emerge?
We generally check out all bands with female singers to see what they’re up too and we think they are pretty cool. Really liked their singer doing a guest appearance on ADTR’s record. We also played the same stage with them at Warped Tour which was rad.

I don’t.
Hater.

Did you have an idea of what you wanted to sound like when you started the band, or did it just kind of come out?
There were so many different tastes in our band. We all have different influences, we were never sure what it’d sound like, so our sound just kind of happened. We knew going into this we wanted to make the kind of music that we’d be fans of and put on the kind of show that we wanted to see… So far that’s really been working for us. We are nearly four years strong on our own terms and the kids seem to be liking it.

How exactly do you divide light? What color light are you dividing? What does half a light look like?
The way to divide a light is to shine it through a prism. As far as color were dividing… all of them! We can multitask. What does half a light look like? Almost dark.

Do you think it’s harder or easier or no difference having a girl in the band in the music business?
I would say harder… 99% of the bands out there that are on TV, Radio, Warped Tour, etc have a male singer so it’s almost the standard at this point. It tends to be a little more difficult to catch the attention of the listener because we are not the norm but we think that is probably a good thing because it forces us to work harder to achieve our goals, which will hopefully make us better as a band, and as individuals, in the long run. Seems like a lot of people forget what they come from when they find a level of success, we don’t want to end up like that if we’re fortunate enough to find some success.

What does the phrase “goin’ take you down, goin’ take you down to Chinatown” mean to you?
To me, that sounds like eating pussy!

What do you do when not participating in the band?
We continue living our pseudo rockstar lifestyles and most of us work day jobs that we’d just rather not talk/think about right now.

How many times can you say the word plural before it loses it’s meaning?
Eight.  Eight times. Next question.

How mad were you that I compared you to Paramore?
As long as you as you don’t compare us to Evanescence we’re straight. Seems like that’s the first band people think of when they see any female vocalists playing heavier music.

Good.
Keep telling yourself that haha. Thanks for talking to us, it’s been fun. and thanks to everyone who gives us a chance after checking out this interview… We’re going to be on the road this summer so keep your eyes open and come see us in a town near you!

– Interview by Dan Gee

We line up with an eager glimmer in our eyes and some thoughtful questions directed solely at Beefcake. “Do you contemplate knifing Oderus in the back so that you can lead this rag-tag group of aliens?” “Have you ever let hot chicks ride on your helmet?”

We’re told we have 5 minutes total, so we rush in to the backstage area and find Oderus sitting there, quite unimpressed with the scurrying and drunk humans. In my intoxicated state, I try to come up with questions, but I am A) drunk and B) trying not to laugh at Beefcake yelling “Quite looking at my ass!” from five feet away and C) Looking like a robotic idiot.

But, here it is, all 2 minutes and change of an interview of intergalactic drug-addict, Oderus Urungus of GWAR: