Exclusive Interview with Jake from the CMP
Leonard Maltin: Hello Jake, how're you today?
Jake: I've been better, been worse too
Maltin: That's great. So let's start this from the start shall we. How'd you and Justin meet and how was the posse formed?
Jake:Well not too much to say, you see we were both in the same computer class in grade 11 when he transferred to my school and it just clicked(no pun intended), we decided to start some shit and make our teacher rip out the rest of his hair. You see we were both kinda outcasts in that class, I was a freak, he was a freak, so we decided to make the most of our freakdom. You see he was this whole cynical, funny genius guy while I was this little punk with bleached white hair. Everyone else in that class was either a dirty skater or a plastic prep(laughs). As for the Posse name, that originated from the pic that was taken of us and is posted up on the main site, someone saw it and said that Justin looked like Bill Gates so I said, "yeah, we look like real badasses dont we? The Centennial Microsoft Posse" we all had a laugh about that and the name stuck, when it came time to do our final project for computer class(designing a web page) Justin and I decided to make a Mr.T vs page. It got an unexpected response from the internet community so after a couple of months hiatus we decided to revive the site and start churning out new productions.
Maltin: So you're saying that it started as a simple school project...
Jake: Yeah, I'm not sure how the marks were though because we simply didn't get them. Probably not so good in my opinion.
Maltin: So where do you get your ideas and who does what in the whole working process?
Jake: Well it all starts with an idea. We'll be watching Much Music or something and we'll see some real crap that'll make us throw up so we think to ourselves, so and so sure could use a good dissing thus the subject is selected. Once we have a general idea we can begin writing up a storyboard or at least settling on the plot in our own minds. After that we go collect images and I'll take what we have to create the cells, that's the stage in the development where a lot of the jokes are added. A lot come spur of the moment like with Mr.T vs Eminem, that one really came together and wrote itself(because my real spelling aint that bad). After that I give em all to Justin and the finished cells get put up on the site where he adds the finishing touches along with those captions behind the pictures. So that's where we combinate the most. I mean Mr.T vs Angelina Jolie was more or less a Jake effort. It was both of our idea yet the large part of it came from when I started putting the pics together and adding jokes. Justin came up with a few really good base ones so I built the comic around those. Personally I was rather dissapointed with the result of T vs Jolie yet was shocked with the response we got for it.
Maltin: What exactly did you dislike so much about T vs Jolie?
Jake: Well don't get me wrong here, I don't absolutely dispise it, I simply think it could have been better, especially since it was a school project I was a tad rushed to finish the final cells. I don't know, I just wasn't 100% pleased with it.
Maltin: You you're saying that you are a bit of perfectionist?
Jake: Not so much a perfectionist as a pessimkist, I am very critical of my own work and since T vs Jolie was largely a Jake effort I'm obviously going to be very hard on it. I am very proud of Mr.T vs Eminem though. Mainly because Justin played a much larger role in it. It was truly a posse production because this time he wrote up a story board that I used as a guideline it had a much larger mix of both of our senses of humour. Dont get me wrong, Justin still did a lot of writing for T vs Jolie but now it's more of a 50/50 split on the jokes and we're real proud of the result.
Maltin: Okay, and what exactly do you think of this whole Continental Linux Posse rivalry thing?
Jake: Not much really, I mean there's really no hard feelings between us because I know the guy who started it, Rage Angel, he was in an X Wing vs Tie Fighter squadron with me and we were a team. I was DRF_MadCat while he was DRF_MadDog. We were the Cat/Dog Connection. The most controversial team in internet history(laughs) so it's not like they're some punks who saw our site and wanted to spoof it. I mean read their site and read ours, then see which one you like more, their site is here Check it out if you want. So to answer your question no I dont feel offended by our "rivalry" if that's what you wish to call it.
Maltin: Now for some quick questions, Coke or Pepsi?
Jake: Coke, what's a Pepsi?
Maltin: What's your fav show or movie etc?
Jake: I'd have to say it's Neon Genesis Evangelion. It's a Japanese anime series and I seriously reccomend you check it out, Anime fan or not.
Maltin: Okay, blonde bruinette or redhead?
Jake: It's all good, a girl can be pretty with any hair coulor, it doesnt' matter to me.
Maltin: Interesting, so I have to ask...boxers or briefs?
Jake: Niether, I wear garters, commando when I dont feel like doing laundry.
Maltin: And where did your parents come from?
Jake: Their parents
Maltin: Your shtick also seems to be that you have no last name, like one of your heroes Edwin. What is your last name?
Jake: My last name is...oooooh that was a close one, sorry but I aint tellin you or anybody.
Maltin: So are you single?
Jake: Well as of right now I am currently single
Maltin: (in an ainxious tone) So you aren't seeing anybody then...
Jake: I believe that's what I just said, unless my blow up doll counts hehehehehe
Maltin: So tell me Jake, what team do you play for?
Jake: I try to stay neutral I mean what kinda fucking question is that?!
Maltin: Tell me Jake, have you ever been curious?
Jake: Ummmmmmmmm, what are you implying by that?
Maltin: So....You wanna go out on friday night?
Jake: Dude! You're a dude, aren't you married?!
Maltin: She wont have to know, come on, try something new. I'm thinking you, me, a cattle prod and some cool whip.
Jake: Dude that's just sick man, I'm so outta here.
Maltin: Damn, I lose more guys that way...
end of interview
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