| HANKS' CORNER #5: Interview With Rock GOD Bryan Adams |
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| Hi, I'm Tom, Hanks that is. On Saturday Celia, myself and the Agents were going to go on a lovely day trip out to Akaroa, as I've never been. Celia was preparing a picnic for us to take, and it was half way through making the Kraft asparagus rolls, as seen on the L.A.B advertisments every Saturday morning, she realised that she'd forgotten to get lightbulbs! How this happend beats me, it's not something we'll let her foget in a hurry that's something you can be sure of!. Anyway, so whilst she popped out to get a 60 watt, screw-type, softone bulb I flicked on to Discovery Travel and Adventure, where I was lucky enough to catch a rather good documentary on deep sea diving. It was then that it suddeny hit me that for this months "Hanks' Corner" I should interview my long-time-no-see pal, Bryan Adams! So I called him up last night, and interviewed him, I did. Oh yes I did. And here it is: |
| BRYAN ADAMS - THE UNTOLD STORY - BY TOM (HANKS) |
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| HELLO BRYAN, TOM HANKS FROM CELIASAYS HERE WASSUP DUDE? I Just finished eating my tea and am now reading the evening newspaper I�M JUST WONDERING IF I COULD DO A BRIEF INTERVIEW WITH YOU FOR THE SITE. IS THAT OKAY? Yeah sure I HAVEN�T HEARD FROM YOU FOR SO LONG, WHAT THE HECK HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO? Well after my songs become less and less popular and my fan base rapidly decreased I decided to retire to Mexico, where I ride horse with my amigos I SAW IN THIS MONTHS CLEO MAGAZINE THAT YOU�VE GROWN A GOATEE. WHAT INSPIRED THIS RADICAL TRANSFORMATION? What with being a mexican cowboy with my amigos I�ve taken up christianity, and I thought to myself; What would God want me to eat? What would God want me to look like? And I thought, beards. I also only eat red meat and vegetables SO LET�S GO BACK TO THE VERY START: BABY BRYAN. DO YOU REMEMER BABY BRYAN, BRYAN? No I was a baby; babys don�t remember stuff like that�. WHAT�S BABY BRYANS FIRST MEMORY? Playing a plastic guitar infront of the mirror. I HEAR YOU WERE BULLIED AT SCHOOL, AND WHENEVER YOU CROSSED THE SCHOOLYARD ALL THE KIDS WOULD THROW THEIR LUNCHBOXES AT YOU. HOW COME? The sound of a lunchbox hitting the ground is a nice sound, I was sure the kids were just enjoying the sounds of the lunchbox, I know I did. I�VE BEEN DOING MY RESEARCH ON THE OLD WORLD WIDE WEB, AND I SAW THAT YOU PLAY NO LESS THAN 57 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. WHICH WAS THE FIRST AND WHICH IS YOUR FAVOURITE? My first was the old orange plastic guitar, beautifully crafted with elastic strings, and my favourite would have to be my 1988� fender flying V. I played this baby on the �Rockin AMERICA tour� with Aerosmith, y�know to look cool infront of the guys. �BACK IN THE SUMMER OF 69�� WHAT WERE YOU DOING? Uhhhhhhhh let me think�. DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS? Yes I have a dog called Charlie, but when he�s naughty we call him sir Charles, he looks so cute when he�s been bad BEFORE I FORGET, DELUNTRASH SAYS THAT YOU STILL HAVE HER GOOD PASTA BOWL, THE ONE WITH THE APPLE MOTIF, CAN SHE HAVE IT BACK SOMETIME? Oh yeah sure, I think I still have it, she�s right, that�s one good pasta bowl (laughs to himself) NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW THIS, BUT YOU WERE DAVID BOWIES BODY DOUBLE �THE LABRYINTH�, TELL US ABOUT IT BRYAN. Oh yes, I was only in 4 scenes, I had to dance with a big muppet in the moonlight, though that scene was deleted, buy the dvd of it and it has those scenes on them, and you can clearly see WHY it was deleted, (laughs to himself) THE SONG, �EVERYTHING I DO, I DO IT FOR YOU� BECAME A HUGE SMASH WHEN ROBIN HOOD PRINCE OF THEIVES CAME OUT. WHY? I think it was because of Kevin Costner, a lot of people thought kevin costner sang that song in the movie, of course he didn�t. Also the image of robin hood saving his love, the song fits so well, really makes the film 10 times of what its really worth APPARENTLY AT THE 1992 OSCARS YOU PERFORMED THIS SONG IN A ROBIN HOOD OUTFIT AND AN EMBARRASSING INCIDENT HAPPENED THAT MEANT IT HAD TO BE EDITED OUT. WHAT HAPPENED BRYAN? Well�I�d rather not go into it in detail, lets just say it had something to do with Billy Crystal trying to steal the lime light, little jerk, im partly responsible for his lack in height WHY ARE YOU TERRIFIED OF COCKER SPANIELS? Fat Mike, one of my roadies, had this cocker spaniel called jip, roadies being roadies they had a bit of the old green weed on them, jip eat a bit of the stuff and went a bit crazy and �did his business� right in my lap. Like I�ve said a thousand times, its not the poo, it�s the look he gave me, it was like he knew all the sins I had committee did my life, it brings shivers to my spine just to think about it. DID YOU REALLY HAVE A BRAWL WITH CROCODILE HUNTER STEVE IRWIN OUTSIDE THE VIPER ROOM? WHAT HAPPENED? Wait?! Steve Irwin. I don�t know who he is, sorry DO YOU LIKE FULL HOUSE? Yes I grew quite addicted just around tea time, then they pulled it off the air, if any of the full house crew are looking at this right now, I�d desperatley like to know what happened to uncle joey and his go cart championships. WELL THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR TIME BRYAN, IT�S BEEN A BLAST. NO REALLY IT HAS. Hahahah yes yes, too true OH AND DON�T FORGET DELUNTRASH�S DISH, WITHOUT IT WE DON�T HAVE THE SET AND I REFUSE USE MISMATCHED CROCKERY IN MY KITCHEN. Yeah well� (line goes dead) |
| So there we have it Ladies and Gentlemen, Bryan Adams eh? What a guy, definitely someone who we'll be adding to our Christmas Card list, and I would too if I were you. For those of you out there who are wondering, Celia came back with the lightbulb, we made the asparagus rolls, and to Akaroa we did go. It was a great day, not without incident, but then when isn't it?! Anyway, the timer has just gone off on the oven, which can only mean one thing, my muffins are ready! Homebaking really is a more economical, delicious and nutritious alternative to commerical goods. It really is. It just takes a little time, patience and some practice. Did I mention the patience? Haha....ha. So until next time, this is Tom, Hanks that is signing off. |
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