COP PSYCHOLOGY
THOMAS LENNON 1.11.09 - by Ron Solomon
PV: Thomas, it is an absolute fucking honor to have you join the =POPVIEWS= family! You are the 2nd "STATE" alum to do an interview with us. So thanks for hanging out with us a bit tonight.
TL: No prob'. Legalize it.
PV: Firstly, I'm enjoying a cocktail and listening to Gnarls Barkley right now, are you down with the Gnarl?
TL: Who isn't? Seriously, who isn't down with Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse? Not being down with those guys is Un-American, and we should report, even a family member who isn't down with those motherfuckers.
PV: What bands/artists do you find frequenting your iPod as of late?
TL: I can't get enough of The Thermals. Check out their song "Returning to the Fold."
PV: "RENO 911: Miami" was great. Are you guys going to come back for a new season, or would you guys consider turning it into more of a full length film series?
TL: Season 6 of the television series starts April 1st.
PV: Is it annoying having to continue pretending to BE Jim Dangle on your myspace, since it's a "Jim" profile? I still love how your blogs start with "hey gang!"
TL: I pretty much AM Jim Dangle, so... I don't know how it could be annoying.
PV: You were in the film "How to lose a guy in 10 days" with Matthew McConaughey. Was it hard to fit his surf boards into his trailer, d'ya reckon?
TL: No, his trailer is HUGE. Much larger than mine.
PV: Was his hair in "Dazed and Confused? an influence to you?
TL: Everything about his performance in that film is inspiring.
PV: Have you and Ben Garant finished or been working on any screenplays you can let us in on?
TL: Right now we have a few scripts that we've written at a few studios. "How To Survive a Robot Uprising" at Paramount, "The Incredible Shrinking Man" at Universal and "The Devil You Know" and "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" at Fox.
PV: What did you guys do to stay busy during the writers strike?
TL: We were on the picket lines quite a lot.
PV: What do you miss most about doing "The State?"
TL: The nice thing about the State was, there was no "agenda" to the material. I was just whatever made us laugh.
PV: What were some of the shitty aspects of doing that show?
TL: Pretty much everything. As a group, we tend to fight a lot.
PV: Speaking of which, The State are reuniting in MY city of San Francisco this month! I'm terribly excited! How has it been working on material with those guys, for the upcoming live show?
TL: Very fun. We did a test run show at the UCB theatre in LA that was a lot of fun.
PV: Would you guys like me to bring some pot cookies/brownies/rice krispy treats?
TL: Yes/Yes/Yes.
PV: I've heard on Michael Ian Black's blog that he was working on some scenes with Ken Marino in Canada in regards to a, possible, upcoming STATE film! I heard somewhere else (but by one of you STATE folks) that it will be in the style of Monty Python, sort of lots of sketches in a film. Is any of this true?
TL: It would seem so, yes. A serious State project is in the works.
PV: Why do you think that MTV are being such dicks about releasing THE STATE dvd?
TL: I would never call them dicks. MTV is mis-characterized in the State history. They never cancelled us. We quit, and went to CBS. And I think they haven't released the DVD's because they don't think they'll sell as well as say, Dora and Spongebob.
PV: You were in the film "Hancock", can you name 3 more films with the word "cock" in their title?
TL: Does Coq count? The French spelling. I can think of TONS of movies with COQ in the title.
PV: Your outfits have been getting more and more skimpy on Reno 911, one even looked like a little girl's bathing suit. haha. How does your wife feel about these outfits?
TL: Didn't "look like." WAS. Was a ladies swim suit. And she's fine with it.
PV: (This is a parody on James Lipton and Inside the Actors Studio) Give us a bit of Barry Sagittarius, Barry are you there? Hello, Barry?
TL: Solid.
PV: Barry, what makes you cry?
TL: Anything that's not freaky.
PV: What makes you elated, Barry?
TL: Lunch. Especially Sex Lunch.
PV: And finally, Barry, what is your favorite sexual position?
TL: "King of the Mountain." Where you're on the very top of an orgy, just riding the vibe.
PV: Ok Thomas is back, phew. Well Thomas, thanks so much for hanging out with us! I look very forward to seeing the REAL state reunion in SF w/ all 11 members! Any famous last words?
TL: Avenge my death.
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