I'm downloading it now (I'll post the link when I know that this one works to the end...)
God bless Richard, proving once again, that he is one of the most inept interviewers the world of television has to offer. So far, The 'Ku is after spending 4 minutes and counting trying to help him understand the premise of her show. Judy nearly asked something, but thank God Richard jumped to the rescue and interrupted her. Judy has spent the rest of the interview glaring at Richard, and I can almost see her graphic fantasies of gutting Richard with a broken bottle play out in her murderous stare. The 'Ku was looking more and more exasperated with Special Needs Richard, but is now grinning like a proud primary school teacher because by jove, I think he's got it. And she didn't need flashcards or handpuppets to illustrate it after all, even if she did have to (brilliantly) mime the TimeWoosh effect. Richard looks like he expects a sweetie to celebrate his tenous grasp on the concept.
Richard is looking antsy now. Not only has Judy got a word in edgeways, she's done her homework and is actually asking questions and looking interested in the interview subject, as opposed to Richards ingenious style of asking the same question only shoutier until he eventually understands the answer.
Oh no, it's alright. Dushku was actually talking about her time on Buffy and how interesting and rich Faith was as a character. Luckily though, Richard was there to leap in with an entirely redundant question that's essentially what Dushku said 30 seconds before but with a questiony tone at the end of the sentence. Honest to God, somebody should explain this stuff to him beforehand, because 80% of all his interviews consist of him asking for things to be spelled out for him.
In fairness, it sort of looks like he was jealous of Judy being able to run an actual interview. Not to be outdone, he tried to regain his status as the only person in the studio allowed talk by demonstrating his knowledge of everything, and succeeded in proving himself to be even more of an idiot than we first imagined. Ha, ED just interrupted him (Interrupted
him)to tell him he was wrong.
Oh, he's let her speak about herself for 40 consecutive seconds now. His next one should be a doozy. Gah!?! Judy got there first, and made a sensible link to a clip from Chosen! Well done Judy! Go for it girl! Live that dream! Holy Crap! Judy got to talk again after the clip as well, even if Richard is still wittering something in the background. Newfound respect to Judy, who actually does know what she's talking about (Fan petitions to save Angel) Oh, it was all going so well and then Richard came in with a smugarse expression and basically said "Yeah, but your fans are all wierdos, except our daughter who's sane. Not like those wierdos"
Judy interjects in our defence, and I suddenly get the wierdest feeling that their conversations during interviews are like verbal domestic abuse or something. Anyway.
Richard counters that Dushku herself once said the fans are scary freaks, right? Dushku's shifting uncomfortably, and Richard has a sort of obscene relish on his face. She does the standard "Most are great, and I really love them, but some..." It freaks her out when people call her by her character name, which is fair, because the character in question is a slutty serial murderer who's shared a cell with people like Deb.
And we're in wrap up mode. Everybody starts reeling off episode times, dates and channels, and oddly, shaking hands. And after a nine minute interview, Richard finally drops the pretence and blatantly stares at her chest. Well done Richard.
I've actually forgotten which one I used...
http://www.faithful-eliza.de/php/download.php?id=1113
http://www.elizadushkuonline.com/html_archives/2004/04.html#26a
