Printed Spring 2003
Beth:So, what was your first impression of Oneonta?
<All laughs> Brad Sherwood: Well, it was really rainy, and I sat in the back of the car sleeping, so I don�t think I could answer that question.
Colin Mochrie: The thing about these things is that we really don�t get a chance to see the city that we�re in. We got to the hotel at 2, Brad had his flight which was sort of all screwed up, he had no sleep and so he went to bed immediately. I went to a pizza place. So from what I saw it was really nice.
BR: Did you see any townspeople or students in town?
CM: No! We really didn�t see anyone; it was really quiet.
BS: We hardly ever do. I�m catching a plane at Five in the morning, so you literally don�t see anyone but in the airports, I could tell you about every airport, but unless we�re doing a weekend show. Sometimes we�ll do a weekend of shows at a theater some place, and then we have the day to knock around and check out the city.
CM: It�s actually nice when we do have a chance because then we can find out some local stuff and sometimes incorporate it into the show. So we actually prefer having more a little more time.
BR: So how close are you guys outside of the show?
BS <Laughs>: Well, I have a restraining order against Colin. We can only be within 50 feet during the actual performance.
CM: It�s hard for me because I live in a different country, so this is the only time I actually get to see them. When we do gigs together it�s a nice chance to catch up.
BS: We hardly ever go more than about 2 months without seeing each other because we�re doing shows so it�s like we�re seeing each other all the time, and under great circumstances because we�re getting paid to do what we love to do. We went to Hawaii for a corporate gig; the show wasn�t that good, but hey, we got to spend a week�s vacation in Hawaii for one show. And we�ve all known each other for a while, I mean, Colin has known Ryan [Styles] forever, I�ve known Colin for 10-11 years now. Wow.
BS and CM: Hmm� Free time�
CM: Actually, I�m just heading into a period of free time so I don�t know yet! I hang out with my family, my wife and son; I tend to just hang out around the house because I don�t get to hang around there, and I�m the cook of the family so I�m basically baking and cooking and�
BS: Oh man, this is going to be such a boring interview�
CM: I know, and uh... wearing hooker boots!
<All Laugh> Diana: What�s your weirdest experience with an audience member?
BS: Well, during �Moving Bodies� we�ve been grabbed in inappropriate places. Every once and awhile, when we do clubs and stuff, we�ll have a really drunk person so that can be a loose cannon doing sounds effects or �Moving Bodies.�
CM: Oh yeah, in Vegas we had a guy who was really drunk and he was doing sound effects and all he did for the entire thing was animal noises. �MEOW
WOOF WOOF WOOF.� Yeah, that was difficult.
BR: What would you say is the most exciting or embarrassing experience?
Cm: Well, I got to neck with Florence Henderson, that was kind of exciting since it was someone I grew up watching.
BS: I got to neck with Colin Mochrie once. I also planted a big wet one on Mike McShane once that was probably my most embarrassing.
CM: �Whose Line?� is probably one of the gayest shows on television. Every one has kissed everyone else.
BS: There�s a quote! There has been more man to man kisses on that show than all the years of Will and Grace, NYPD Blue, and like The Shield put together
CM: The Shield?
BS: Uh� Ok, Queer as Folk.
BR: Did you always dream of being in the entertainment business? And how did you get into it?
CM: Actually Brad and I found out recently we both had similar dreams of becoming marine biologists and then something took a weird turn; it just didn�t work out.
BS: We�re both left-handed Sagittarians who, when we were little kids, wanted to be oceanographers/marine biologists.
CM: It all changed when I did my first school play and got my first laugh and that was pretty much it.
