Chat-transcript.

The Friday 21 May 1999 with Jeremy Roberts ay the Sam Raimi Yahoo Club.

To the question « How ? » the answer is « I just filmed the screen of the computer with a camcorder. ».

Specialguest2000 = 2000
Chris5550 = chris
Shirley Le Vasseur = shirl
Kelgram = kel
Georgedirtydog = george
Collieka = col
Derkenn = der
Joxerfan = jox
Trachyte = trach
CatchMeNever = catch

 

Chris : hey jeremy

Shirl : dude  J

Chris : JEREMY IS CHATTING UNDER SPECIAL GUEST 2000

Kel : J

George : hey again jeremy

Kel : hey george I haven’t said hi to yet, haha

2000 : Hi I ‘m here Is this amazing or what ?

Col : joxerfan made

Der : Hello from France, SIR

Shirl : totally

Jox : Pretty amazing this is your first chat thingie, I gather ?

2000 : hello mon amie maud sorry about the mispell

kel : Am I like the new person here ?

col : not any more kel

kel : cool

kel J

2000 : yes, this is the bad guy’s virginal talk debut be gentle !

shirl : LOL

kel : haha

chris :GO AHEAD , THROW OUT A ?

shirl : how was New Zealand ?

der : You could call me as you want Maud Maude orMAT HILD, it is no important

2000 : too bad there’ s not a video camera on me ‘cause I sure look good tonight (*1)

jox : I’m the ultimate bad guy fan – I rented « Struat Saves His Family » and finally found you !

2000 : and so does N.Z

jox : Are you in N.Z ?

2000 : DON’T BLINK bad guy disappears quickly in stuart (*2)

2000 : i’m back in L.A

jox : so tell us the scoop on the Herc ep you just did

2000 : i’m a winged satan spawn

jox : LOL !

2000 : returned from hell to save his sister’s soul

shirl : of course you are, but what role did you play ?

2000 : LOL

kel : hahaha

jox : (that’s laughing out loud for the cyber virgin)

2000 : still LOL

2000 : still

shirl : was is the serie finale

2000 : is it as good for you all as it was for me ?

shirl : better J

kel : HA !

2000 : 2nd from the last one

jox : I’m still chuckling

2000 : sorry 2nd of 8

2000 : laugh it up joxerfan

jox : Anybody else we know in it ? Callisto ? Ares ? etc ?

2000 : incredible make up probably an emmy

2000 : don’t laugh

shirl : heh

shirl : sorry

2000 : you mean anyone other than me ???

jox : right any subordinate bad guy ?

2000 : the lovely ms sam sorbo is satan in disguised

jox : seriously ?

2000 : but not really disguised because she refused to wear make-up

jox : now THAT’S a cool idea !

der : Of the 4 leads that you played in Hercules.Xena, which is your favorite ?

2000 : i on the otherhand was in the makeup chair for 3 hrs before we shot

kel : ug

2000 : it takes a long time to make such a handsome guy as me look like a devil

shirl : LOL

kel : lol !

joxerfan laughs out loud

shirl : is there a picture on your site yet of it ?

2000 : favorites roles. This one is called xercox

trach : You said you wore wings ? How long did it take to put them on ?

jox : And are these, like, bad-style wings ?

2000 : who wouldn’t want to fly around 100ft in the air slamming hercules into pillars

2000 : big angel wings-fallen angel

shirl : cool

2000 : wings are attached instantly to a chest plate

2000 : manipulated by puppeteers at the ends

2000 : pics will be up on my site soon at www.jeremyroberts.com

chris : THE ADDRESS IS IN THE LINKS SECTION

2000 : hideous plug done by my publicity craving wife

kel : hiya wife

shirl : LOL

2000 : hello darling

trach : LOL

kel : J

2000 : trachyte -like that name

trach : thanks !

george : how was it working on the x-files

jox : that would be the daughter of the famous « Faster Pussycat » actress, right ?

2000 : has anyone seen billboards for the 13th Floor yet ?

2000 : where is everyone from ?

chris : been to the site

2000 : yes, pussycat daughter

chris : KS her

2000 : IS MINE MINE !

kel : Maryland

shirl : from Maine, seen TV ads for 13th floor

trach : Texas

george : Kansas here

col : Nova Scotia (That’s in Canada for those who funked geography)

2000 : collieka you’re wild

2000 : spent a lot of time in vancouver

kel : Got any fresh cookies at your house Jer ?

2000 : with millennium

col : rainy huh ?

jox : Hey Jeremy – did you know they snook in a refference to that movie in Xena a few weeks back ?

2000 : just baked them

kel : haha

der : around october-november in France for 13th

2000 : and tomatoe sandwiches (*3)

kel : yum lol

jox : « Faster Chakram….Kill Kill Kill « 

2000 : i was told about the reference

2000 : yeah excellent my mother in law loved it

shirl : did you meet with Peter Jackson ?

2000 : no,just with the casting director

2000 : put me on tape

2000 : cross your fingers

shirl : awesome

shirl : fingers, toes & eyes crossed

kel : and arms

kel : and legs (*4)

shirl : any particular role ?

2000 : x-files kind of the filming the 50s the blob (*5)

jox : So how did you get involved with Renaissance Pics initially ?

2000 : lord of the ring faramir, brother of boromir

shirl : sweet

2000 : or any one of the numerous orcks or elves

der : not a Hobbit ?

shirl : lol

2000 : too tall 6’4’

kel : grow a little

shirl : I could see you as an Uruk Hai (high orck) with make up

2000 : started renaissance with xena as thirsites (*6)

2000 : and yes makeup seems to be my life (*7)

2000 : but then so was lon chaney’s

jox : So did you audition ? Or they contacted you in particular ?

shirl : heh

2000 : I think they have daniel day lewis for faramir

2000 : sean connery as gandalf

2000 : joxer i had to audition with an english accent in wellington N.Z

shirl : I thought you auditionned for faramir ?

2000 : actually my wife posed as my manager and finagled the audition. she’s amazing. (*8)

kel : Yay wife

2000 : i did audition for faramir but everyone had to have an english accent

shirl : yeah yay wife !!!

der : why an english accent ?

2000 : because british sounds better

2000 : there’s a lot of casting out of N.Z

shirl : I’ll tell

der : Try in France as Bruce Campbell

shirl : Are there lot of crew from Hercules going to work for Jackson ?

2000 : bruce was there directing the next hecules

2000 : yes they already have the costumer there now

shirl : talk about teaming

jox : so speaking of the end of « Hercules »

2000 : i couldn’t have been in a better place at a better time let’s hope i did a good english accent

jox : Are some of the cast crew just going to switch over to « xena » ?

2000 : it seems almost impossible that hercules is ending

shirl : I know

2000 : no xena has their own separate crew

jox : But I wonder if, say, kevin sorbo of some of those semi-regulars will now show up on XWP a bit more …

der : Even in Mythology Hercules was dead (*9)

shirl : or that Jeremy Roberts guy …

2000 : i’m hoping to go back as vlad in upcomming hercules

jox : yeah ! I’d like for Merk to return !

shirl : Vlad as in Vlad the Impaler ? (*10)

2000 : vampire episode and kevin probably will show up more in xena

2000 : ya vlad

shirl : J

der : Very nice guy

kel : I love those smiles

jox : So Jeremy how did you break into « the business » ?

2000 : 5 yrs shakespeare rep

jox : really ? where ?

2000 : and then I was an extra with tom hanks first movie bachelor party

2000 : 11 yrs ago in L.A

2000 : tom is cool

jox : Did you study acting ? Or just dive in ?

2000 : 5 yrs studying at american conservatory theater in san fransisco

jox : so cool. What was your fav. Shakespeare role ? (and was it is a bad guy ?)

2000 : petruchio in taming

2000 : he was sort of bad

shirl : LOL

2000 : to katherine anyway

jox : funny funny part

col : will you do more theater or stick with family ?

2000 : did an extra part on a movie of the week called wicked wicked ways

2000 : about errol flynn

2000 : ended up playing his stuntman buddy

2000 : and getting 3wks on the movie and my sag card

2000 : and so it began

jox : did you get an agent right away ?

2000 : i’d love to do more theater but my agent says there’s no money in it

2000 : and money rules the world

2000 : yeah, luckly an agent on the first try

shirl : how did you get your role on Brisco County Jr ?

2000 : been with him for 12 yrs

2000 : just looking big dirty and dumb

shirl :hehe

shirl : that’s how bruce got it too

jox : So what are some films you’re really proud of that we should check out ?

2000 : I told him that

shirl : ha

2000 : it’s though when you don’t have a large part in any of them

shirl : that’ll change

2000 : ned blessing on cbs was a series i was proud of

2000 : playing a mentally challenged inventor

col : your part was pretty large in Runnig Time. How did you feel about that ?

shirl : I wish I’d seen that show

2000 :most of the time you’re in the movie violently kill someone and then are violently killed

2000 : now running time of course

2000 : but it was done like a play with only 5 edits

shirl : you were awesome in that

der : Some people maintain that TV and Cinema spread violence. What did you think of this allegations ?

2000 : thank you

2000 : 5th amendment

shirl : hehe

2000 : I wouldn’t work it there was no violence

der : I don’t know

2000 : Let’s keep those comments to yourself derkenn (*11)

jox : So back to some of your appearances. How ‘bout some other TV work we may have seen ?

der : ?

2000 : I did play a good cop in no strings attached on video (*12)

2000 : knots landing seinfeld ellen (*13)

jox : which Seinfeld where you in ?

2000 : i played ellen’s boyfriend and the girl was more psychotic than I

2000 : the limo

jox : hmmmm

2000 : george and jerry take nazi supremist limo

2000 : to madison square garden

jox : think I missed that one. Damn

2000: i’m driving straight to HELL !!!

kel : lol

2000 : anyone see people under the stairs

der : Me (*14)

jox : Yep it was OK

2000 : a wes craven film

kel : too many years ago

chris : Is the director of the 13th the same one who did No Strings Attached ?

shirl : yes, long ago

2000 : yes, it is joseph rusnak

jox : you weren’t under the stairs, were you ?

2000 : he also did one called quiet days in hollywood

2000 : i was dragged under the stairs

jox : at the beginning ?

2000 : yeah, with ving rhames

kel : I just remember that dude without a tongue (*15)

jox : oh my gosh ! He was in that too ?

2000 : he lives to become mega famous love that man

2000 : guy without a tongue wasn’t he missing a hand oh that was me always me (*16)

kel : I’d rather have a tongue

shirl : heh yeah

2000 : not touching that

jox : So tell us some good gossip on the Hercules/Xena cast Who’s the most fun to work with ?

kel : hahaha

chris : People Under the Stairs in on Sci-Fi channel Saturday night at midnight

kel : cool

2000 : Chris –you’re a god

shirl : gotta watch it

chris : thanks

kel : synchronize VCR’s

col : no sci-fi channel here L (*17)

2000 : I kind of dig renée

chris : and at ___(?) also, all central times

chris : 8, sorry

shirl : was that come kind of yoga you did with her ?

2000 : kevin s. is a hoot

2000 : yeah like I ever really did yoga computer generated

shirl : lol

jox : hey may be you can solve the great mystery Josh Becker says she’s engaged to that guy, the publicity people say that’s not. What’s the deal ?

2000 : also a virgin in yoga

shirl : never thought of you as particular virginal

2000 : joxer. renée ? or kevin ? or xena ?

jox : Renée sorry !

col : Shirley ! Keep those thoughts clean !

2000 : give me a shot i can be sweet REALLY

shirl : moi ? heh

2000 : i believe renée is married to him

2000 : the wedding was held in texas

2000 : sounds like a film title

shirl : cool

jox : ? ? ? Reeally ? This is not well know That is some good scoop !

shirl : just recently ?

2000 : i believe

2000 : but i think it was held at her parents steakhouse

kel : ew

2000 : the reception at any rate

jox : well I gather they’d been together for a long time lived together etc so may be they just finally made it official

jox : By the way I think thousands of Renée fans envy you for those erotic yoga shots ! (*18)

2000 : Let’s just make it official here then

col : So Jeremy what do you do in your spare time (if you have any ) ?

2000 : she is fit and so sweet

jox : Male and Female Renée fans, I might add

2000 : no spare time, I have a 2 yrs old

2000 : and she’s standing on my head right now

shirl : lol

col : my condolences

kel : hahaha

trach : My 2 years old is in my lap now too LOL

2000 : I’ve grown gray (*19)

2000 : how about you trachyte

shirl : hello little one !

trach : Nope not a gray hair yet

2000 : HELLO

shirl : J

george : kakistos I remember the ep, but which one was he ?

kel : waves

2000 : they used to call me taquitos on the set (*20)

2000 : by kel

kel : nite I’ll stay but I have to write mail and get to bed talkin’over here

kel : it was fun J

shirl : see ya

2000 : you’re outta here, kel thans for coming be bad

chris : bye

jox : speaking of that yoga episode, you looked a bigger than the others –you been pumping iron ? (*21)

kel : bye all take care « be bad »lol nite

george : wasn’t that the Buffy character name ?

2000 : I gained 40 lbs

shirl ; whoa

2000 : with the birth of my 2 child (*22)

jox : LOL !

trach : LOL !

2000 : that is my 2 yrs old child

2000 : dinero has his method, i got mine

2000 : fistful of dinero

2000 : haha

jox : kinda like the character Meg who said her « father died in childhood »

jox : got drunk when she was born and fall off a roof

shirl :

shirl : did you have sympathy labor pains too ? (*23)

2000 : another meg, meg foster is coming back to herc and yes i did have sympathy labor pains

george : they just showed Bruce on Homicide for about 125 a second

jox : Meg Foster…she was Hera ?

2000 : What was he doing ? dying

2000 : yes Meg is hera

shirl : I knew you must have

george : it’s the final ep of Homicide and they showed a little from each

2000 : they tried to get william shatner to play zues

jox : NO WAY

shirl : no way ! lol

der : Do you look your performances on TV and Cinema ? (*24)

2000 : zeus oooops

2000 : YEAH WAY

shirl : bwahahaha

2000 : he just did a commercial for priceline took his pay in shares

trach : Shatner turn the role down ?

jox : Lemme guess – he wanted a more impressive part ?

2000 : it hit the roof

george : he was busy doing the BIG GIANT HEAD part

shirl : man, he must be further rich now

2000 : and now it’s worth 13 million still he should have been zeus the boob

2000 : and he is a big giant head

shirl : lol

jox : heh heh

2000 : staying at a friend

george : How about the Buffy ep ?

2000 : staying at a friend’s house overlooking shatner’s ranch watched him land in a helicopter occasionally

2000 : of course we met on star trek but this is far more impressive

2000 : he’s cool

2000 : are we asking on Buffy ? yodirty dog you

jox : Oh that’s right. You were on DS9 right ? (*25)

george : you were on it weren’t you ? as that IC guy

2000 : sarah gellar

shirl : and a movie, and Voyager right ? (*26)

george : trying to avoid sexual conotations

2000 : is slightly stuck-up yeah I played Kakistos

2000 : a 600 yr old hooved vamp (*27)

george : Can’t be as bad as Shatner (no offense if you liked him well)

der : What is your best recollection of shooting ?

2000 : no sex here both hands on the keyboard at all times

jox : pretty funny there !

george : you know Shatner threw coffee on Chris there…

shirl : Chris5550 ?

2000 : shooting ? marrying man kim basinger and a baldwin guy (*28)

george : yep

2000 : Chris 5550 got doused ?

chris : don’t start with the Shatner thing

2000 : with java

george : hot coffee, took him to the hospital

2000 : scotty…

2000 : scotty…we need…uh, a doctor

shirl : Jimmy Doohan smooched me in the lips better than being doused with coffee

chris : I just didn’t make the coffee to his satisfaction

2000 : you locked lips with jimmy

shirl : were you ok Chris ?

chris : ok good enough

shirl : he kinda sprung it on me He tastes like whiskey I swear

2000 : scotty shops with my wife at mrs gooch’s what’s that about

chris : how about the pretender episode, where were you in that

chris : the keys ep I think

shirl : I dunno

2000 : pretender at universal

chris : I’ve seen them all but don’t remember you in it

george : and some shot in san pedro

chris : the Micheal T. Weiss show (nice guy, like my coffee)

2000 : pretender aired the night diana died what luck L (*29)

chris : I was over here when Diane died

2000 : chris, how is it you make coffee for everyone ?

shirl : lol

2000 : I was wrestling alligators who’s watch ? (*30)

chris : I work for people who ask me to work for them because I won’t as for

chris : autographs and so on

der : Are you never tired to play the bad guys and died in 50% of the cases ? (*31)

2000 : that’s 90% dead and 10% incarceration (*32)

catch : Heh, gotta get the stats night

2000 : you do run out of ways to be evil but i gain inspiration from the headlines

shirl : glad someone does !

2000 : you never have enough bad out there

jox : well the aidan character was certainly different

2000 : to exploit

2000 : still a bad seed aidan was

jox : I really enjoyed that because I figured you had to be the vilain but everything you say for 90% of the show was so pure and wise

trach : How did you feel about shaving your head for the role ?

2000 : actually about the head shave untill I saw it

shirl : I though it looked pretty cool

2000 : and said hey, my head’s not misshapen

trach : I though it looked great

shirl : ha

2000 : king of siam look out (*33)

trach : LOL !

shirl : yeah exactly

jox : it did look good

2000 : my wife likes it because she’s always with someone different

2000 : what lunatic is coming home tonight (*34)

jox : but always bad, right ? J

shirl : lol

2000 : good bad

jox : « when I’m bad I’m better »

2000 : bruce campbell write a book confession of a b-actor

shirl : got any Bruce stones he doesn’t want us to know about ?

2000 : he has 200 acres in oregon let’s visit him in mass

der : Albert Camus said « The actor is a sincere liar ». Are you agree with him ?

shirl : I wish if you will

jox : Guess B-movies have worked out OK for him. 200 acres !

2000 : if he’s any good the actor

trach : Do you consider yourself a « method » actor ?

2000 : i’ve noticed a lot of real good actors are psychotic genious in private i’m not sure i’m that cracked (*35)

2000 :I learned « the method »

jox : who was it Spencer Tracy ? who said he mainly treid to learn his lines and not bump into the furniture (*36)

chris : no transcript now

col : what happened Chris ?

chris : power went out here and apparently part of MO

2000 : I lost one of my wittiest quips

2000 : damn MO (*37)

jox : that’s ok people will be quoting it for days

2000 : « what’s my motivation ? »

2000 : famous actors regles « your paycheck »

2000 : possibly tracy

shirl : good one

jox : Back to the whole actor thing do you generally audition for parts or do casting directors have you in mind for stuff ?

2000 : 60/40

2000 : I’d like a whole lot more parts to be offered

jox : who are some actors and/or directors you’d like to work with ?

2000 : Rip Torn Gene Hackman Tommy Lee Jones Robert Benini

jox : interesting first three of them play roles like some you’ve done

2000 : roberto !!! i dropped my o, oh my

cacth : it’s O-Kay..

2000 : jean reno was the professional (*38)

2000 : spelling unsure – help me derkenn

der : Roberto Benini or Roberto Benigni ?

chris : there’s a g in there

col : how long do you usually spend filming one of your roles, say in Herc or X-Files ? Is it a full-time job playing many small characters ?

2000 : life is beautiful roberto

chris : and Son of the Pink Panther (*39)

2000 : about 2 wks per show

der : Jean Reno, you are good Master of spelling

2000 : thank you, derkenn

der : de nada

2000 : i sort of look like jean, oui ?

jox : yep, Roberto the guy who wanted to « make love to the audience like Jupiter » at the Oscars

2000 : remember no swearing

chris : short hair

shirl : you look like Jean Reno ? uhhh…

2000 : yes joxer that’s the guy LOVE him !

jox : changing the subject – how did you and your wife meet ? is she in show too ?

2000 : de niro, pacino, hoffman and nicholson

2000 : are other favorites

der : For me yes

2000 : sounds like a law film

shirl : ha

2000 : my wife’s meeting

2000 : we met in college 20 yrs ago

jox : awwwww

2000 : unrequited love

2000 : after she had a 7 yr stint with kelsey grammar

chris : awww and kelgram left

2000 : then one with george clooney, she runs into me, fall in love …

2000 : married with children

2000 : kelgram no relation

2000 : i hope

shirl : that’s romantic

chris : no that was the id of a person in here before

2000 : yeah, she’s the best

2000 : she was a personal manager in the biz

2000 : now she manages me

shirl : cool

col : sounds like a tough job Ha !

jox : so if you don’t have any good Bruce Campbell embarrassing stories, how about some Josh Becker stories ? (*40)

shirl : yeah, dish on Josh (*40)

col : yeah, dish on the dirt (*40)

2000 : you got that right canuk (sp ?)

shirl : lol

jox : he cracks me up at his website

col : I think it’s Canuck but they don’t use that here on the Eastcoast

2000 : josh is so wonderfully bizarre on his own

2000 : bruce, kevin , micheal hurst, sam sorbo and others had a bbq at hercules home

shirl : so true

jox : BBQ ? any occasion ? Someboby’s birthday ?

2000 : they were in awe of the 35 pages variety magazine commemorated herc’s 100th episode

shirl : 35 ? !

jox : pages ?

2000 : of course, hurst wasn’t impressed by all that huge

2000 : they had a page blurb on autolycus

2000 : he loved it

2000 : 35 pages is right

jox : Is Hurst as laid back and jolly as he seems ?

2000 : very much so

jox : How about Rob Tapert ? How much « hands on » is he with the 2 shows ?

2000 : i’ll have to teach herc to throw a bbq

2000 : a bag of chips and a can of chili don’t make a party

2000 : rob mainly touches xena

shirl : yeach, teach that boy right

2000 : J

shirl : lol

jox : oh yeah. A near BBQ has to in involve a whole hog !

col : and beer(Canadian beer, not that weak American crap)

2000 : and at least a bowl for the chips J

shirl : poor rob

jox : say wasn’t the woman who produced Running Time with Josh Rob’s ex ?

trach : LOL !! So, even Herc eats chips right out of the bag, huh ?

2000 : yes, on rob’s ex

2000 : and now xena with child

jox : what is she doing now ? I read she used to work for…amblin ?

2000 : i don’t know what she’s doing now

col : Enough did on everyone else. Jeremy call your wife to the keyboard we need someone to dish the dirt on you !

2000 : bruce’s wife produced a short called extras

2000 : it was hillarious

jox : xena with child…any word on how will handle that ?

2000 : wife here

jox : welcome !

col : tell us somebody Jeremy would’t want us to know

2000 : and the child will be born as xena’s on the show

shirl : hi !

der : Bonjour

2000 : bonjour

2000 : he’s bald at the crown of his head

2000 : i know that

shirl : aha !

2000 : but when he’s blond, it hides both

2000 : gray and balding (*41)

2000 : okey, time for you to leave, wifey

shirl : lol

jox : Wait, what’s a role you’d like to see your husband do ?

2000 : that’s he’s a really nice guy and the greatest husband in the world he does dishes (*42)

jox : awwww

col : wow ! dishes ? Hang onto that one !

shirl : yeah that ones a keeper

2000 : roles that attaches a 7 figure check to it

shirl : I don’t know why more actors don’t choose those types of roles

trach : LOL…that’s everyone’s dream role !

2000 : or a role that will send us all 1st class instead of trading in for coach seats for all of us

2000 : but i still play lotto

col : does your family get to travel with you to locations or are you away from them ?

2000 : we’re waiting to hear on a series regular…

shirl : can you tell us ?

2000 : for wb’s saturday’s children show saved by the bell meets wwf…but i’ll never tell (*43)

shirl : ack

2000 : i’m afraid i’ll get it…VERY afraid hopefully my looks will be disguised

shirl : lol

shirl : maybe something better will come along first

2000 : i’m hoping to become another showgirl (*44)

chris : they’re still casting Harsh Realm

2000 : viva las vegas

shirl : perfect

jox : barring that, do you know what your next project will be ?

col : I don’t need that image before bed

2000 : LOL

2000 : I’m trying to sell a series idea to tapert since herc’s slot needs to be filled

jox : tell us more

col : do you write too ?

2000 : i refuse to believe peter jackson won’t call me for lord of the rings (*45)

2000 : my wife and I write together

trach : what’s the tentative title of the series idea ?

shirl : he better call you or i’ll kick his butt

2000 : series idea……krammed karma

2000 : tentative

der : Du calme Shirley (*46)

shirl : J

jox: krammed karma? I thought that was the subtitle for season 4 of xena J

2000: not quite

shirl: that’s good. Tapert likes that karma stuff (*47)

2000: will show people getting what they deserve karmically

2000: what goes around comes around in a twillight zonian kind of way

shirl: instant karma’s gonna get you

trach: sounds great

2000: exactly

jox: funny bumper sticker i saw "My karma ran over my dogma" (*48)

2000: and we feel people shouldn’t have to wait to see someone get their comeuppance (*49)

shirl: i’d watch a show like that

2000: ergo, the series

2000: karma over my dogma sounds like a joxerism

jox: or a ted raimi-ism

2000: and who is going to get to impregnate xena??? if they leave it in

shirl: tell

jox: yeah – more scoop ?

col: do you know ??

2000 : I believe rob tapert will make a guest appearance as something godlike

shirl : lol the god of fishing ?

2000 : as opposed to his normal godliness…in case he’s listenning

2000 : he does love his fish

shirl : his trademark

2000: yes ma’am

jox : seriously Lucy was on the tonight show, and all she tallked about was fishing !

2000 : i think xena gets all that big sets now that rob’s on her side

2000 : but then who wouldn’t give lucy anything

shirl : can you blame him, really ?

2000 : she has her own pole….fishing

jox : good point

shirl : lol

trach : Do you even fish ?

2000 : i must think of a baby gift (*50)

jox : Rob directed that aidan episode, did he not ?

2000 : i fished in summers in alabama when i was a child

2000 : that’s right on aidan ep. joxer he was excellent

2000 : laid back

col : what books/movies/music do you like ?

2000 : of course he did force me into those yoga positions for VERY LONG periods of time

2000 : books john irving all of them

jox : has he ever directed anything over than the xena eps ?

2000 : it’s a wonderful life life is beautiful life of riley and western

2000 : i think rob has

2000 : collieka, music – rem, alternative, classic-rock (*51)

2000 : i play guitar in the garage

2000 : in between diaper-changes (*52)

2000 : bad guy does doo doo (*53)

col : fitting

shirl : lol that why you so bad

trach : A diaper-changing dad ? Wish my husband would do that

trach : Who influenced your career the most ?

2000 : no single person I grew up loving red skelton

col : did you ever aspire to be anything other than an actor ?

2000 : i wish spielberg would influence a little something in my career

2000 : started out as a portrait artist in school an architect

2000 : after the marine corp, mercenary seemed fitting then someone asked me to do a play (*54)

col : an architect ? Did you design your own house or do you ever plan to ?

2000 : no plans to we just bought a house 4 mos. ago i did design the pool

jox : Red Skelton ruled ! Let’s test your memory – do you remember the 2 seagulls ?

2000 : i said no test NO TEST !

2000 : refresh

2000 : i always thought i was a cross between red skelton and robert mitchum

chris : why didn’t you give THE BOZ some acting lessons on Black Out

2000 : black out was his first

chris : Stone Cold was, wasn’t it

2000 : he was a bit overzealous

jox : names from your childhood – gertrude and heatcliff

2000 : cracked a couple of ribs in a 15 minutes climatic scene

chris : when was Black Out made then ?

2000 : he forgets he was a football player

shirl : ouch

2000 : black out was after stone cold you’re right

chris : he did better in one i just saw him in

chris : did you say you wore hooves on Buffy ?

chris : you weren’t the one that scared that mormon girl, Eliza were you

2000 : huey long seems to be following in boz’s footsteps

chris : He’s still got one more movie with F on his contract after Broken Arrow and Firestorm

2000 : i was the biggest ugless vamp chasing the new buffy slayer

der : Late news, the sun is rising in France (this sentence has any interest)

chris : ya, that would be Eliza

col : Derkenn, how are you still awake ?

chris : she said in an article that that character scared the crap out of her

2000 : wow, thank you for staying up

2000 : yeah, it looked awful

2000 : man was that fun

jox : visions of wicked vampires and fallen angels kept her awake ! (*55)

der : I’m fan, Collieka

chris : what’s your favorite westerns ?

2000 : they’ve shooting a 30 angel ep right now

shirl : fallen or regular, or both ?

2000 : fav western – unforgiven the searchers (*56)

chris : Once Upon a Time in the West here

2000 : angels – both, i think

2000 : sergio rocks

chris : love those italian one (*57)

der : Me too Chris

2000 : henry fonda a big favorite

chris : he’s a bad a** in the uncut version

2000 : what’s with the eye liner ?

col : So, any embarrassing moments or major screw ups while filming anything (that you’ll admit to ?)

shirl : good question collieka

2000 : here’s a xena faux pause

2000 : shooting a fight scene where i’m standing over xena fighting over a sword

2000 : we were both grunding, and sweating and pushing

2000 : « action »

2000 : i grunt then release some gas accidently…

2000 : poot

shirl : oops !

2000 : the crew and cast broke up for about 15 minutes

2000 : we couldn’t get another take

2000 : i think it’s on a blooper reel damn it

col : « cracks up » Good one

shirl : lol

2000 : if she had a crush on me before, it ended there )

2000 : enter rob T. (*58)

shirl : heh

2000 : my daughter is falling asleep in my arms

shirl : awww

2000 : all together now…

2000 : awwww

jox : awwww.Say – back to xena – any inside scoop on how they’ll resolve the season ender ?

shirl : i think she’s not the one falling asleep

col : yeah, me too (nearly 1.30)

2000 : no scoop on xena end although this is the last season

der : Try to wake up to 3.30 am, Shirley

trach : is this your first internet chat ?

shirl : you mean Herc right ?

2000 : yes sir …first chat

shirl : I have Derkenn not fun (*59)

trach : LOL.That should have been « yes ma’am »

2000 : no herc, xena herc is over but xena has another year

shirl : ok

der : Ah…

2000 : sorry trachyte

jox : is that definite or might they ended it another one beyond that ?

2000 : 2yr old, right

trach : that’s okay easy mistake with such a funny name

2000 : not definite

2000 : but once the mighty guy fall, everyone else follows

jox : changing subject again – tell us about working with the X-Files cast

2000 : it was so cool of everyone to get up at the odd times they did…

jox : hey what are fans for

2000 : x-files – david, very friendly, cordial many jokes

2000 : wife and i loved tea leoni

2000 : so we had a lot talk about dave

2000 : gillian – was professional

2000 : not much of a chatterer

jox : did Chris tell you that after Josh and Bruce you were the most frequently mentioned person to invite for a chat here ?

2000 : kim manners who directed a brisco ep, now produces x-files

2000 : it was great to see him

2000 : that’s excellent, joxer

2000 : does sam r. ever chat

col : not with us yet L

jox : not yet – maybe you have an inside track ?

shirl : lots of former Brisco people involved at X-Files in some way or other

jox : Speaking of Sam Raimi – is he at all involved at Herc*Xena, or any they pretty much Tapert babies ?

2000 : sam r. falled to put me in the quick and the dead

2000 : sam no touches, only rob

jox : maybe he figured leonardo was bigger and meaner looking

shirl : lol yeah

2000 : leonardo in a western please

shirl : don’t feel bad at the least you didn’t show up only to end up on the cuttingroom floor like Bruce

2000 : although they cut me on er

2000 : show ran too long

shirl : the b »%$ »%$s (*60)

jox : yeah – everyone was wondering about that

2000 : such lingo, shirley

col : too bad ’cause it wasn’t all that good without you !

shirl : I know L

der : a new language ?

jox : you played a John Bobbit sorta character, right ?

2000 : they couldn’t mix 3rd degree bums with cementing my penis (*61)

jox : well, who could ?

2000 : exactly

shirl : so you went through all that for nothing !

2000 : they promised to bring me back next year

shirl : ok then i forgive them

shirl : anything else you can about Lord of the Rings ?

2000 : but then how can you ever follow a super glued appendage

trach : I can’t even imagine ! (*62)

2000 : rumor has it,danny devito might play gollum

2000 : all rumor

2000 : the casting in N.Z. refused to say anything

2000 : i’m afraid i’m being called to say hi night to my daughter

catch : Um…I think you’ve chatted the room into the ground, Jeremy

catch : You’ve been great

2000 : yeah, i can yammer on

chris : thanks for coming Jeremy

shirl : danny devito heh

col : Thanks a lot

2000 : you’ve been great, you’re the best

shirl : thanks Jeremy J

shirl : you rule man

2000 : vaya con dios

col : see you on the big screen !

trach : Thanks ! I’ve had a great time !

catch : Good night

2000 : take care of that 2yr old, trach

trach : Thanks ! You too !

2000 : I guess i’m outta here thanks again to you all

shirl : au revoir J

der : Bonne Nuit

jox : later dude ! Thanks again !

2000 : finally, i’ve had a great time Let’s do this again

2000 : bye all

chris : welcome any time.

 

 

 

 

Annotations

Whazat ? Well, I thought, proudly, that the work I have done (26 hours of translation) gave to me the right to add some annotations. For the most part, they represent what I would have written if I had understood everything that was being said. The rest is owed to my years in History where we learn meticulousness, rigour and curiosity. I hope that my ravings will provoke a smile or at least will interest you. Alea jacta est !

*1- Surprise. Smile, you were filming.

*2- Certainly not any more quickly than in « Turpitude » Picket Fences.

*3- The real tomatoes, not this red things without taste, should be eaten plain ; cruched like apples. All my childhood…

*4- Et la tête Et la tête

Et le bec Et le bec

Alouette Alouette

Ah……

*5- ‘Agua Mala’ means not only « bad water » but also « medusa ».

*6- Poor Homer. I know, stop shoving your oar in with spelling. But I can’t,I can’t. Too many years in History.

*7- That worked out for Ron Perlman.

Ô Catherine Ô Vincent

*8- Amazing and Amoureuse . She wouldn’t be Tiger or Leo by coincidence ?

*9- Syntax awful ;stop the Irish coffee. And then Herakles hadn’t be unfaithful to his wife.

*10- Vlad Tepes (« The Impaler ») aka Vlad Dracul (« Son of the Devil »or « Son of the Dragon »), Voevod of Wallachia (1430-1456-62). Romanian hero of the war against the Ottoman Empire. There’s like a temporal problem…

*11-Taken from Whoosh !Episode Guide Transcript HTLJ Mercenary

(http://whoosh.org/epguide/trans/h301trans.html)

Act IV ; scene 1

Derk : « Thanks. Well, there’s still two left. Ya got any ideas ? »

Herc : « Just one. »

Derk : « It doesn’t require leaping, does it ? Oh. »

This little part of the « Mercenary » ;Hercules, had mysteriously disappeared from the French version. I have the « great delight » to announce to you that you were censured. Welcome in my country.

*12- If it was to reassure me, it was unnecessary. I don’t make confusion between reality and fiction since a long time. And more « No Strings Attached » is probably a movie that I will never see ; or maybe not…And television news are 100 times more violent than any film.

*13- Seinfeld 1st episode aired on a French national channel the 24 June 1999

Ellen ….. not yet.

*14- One year to lay my hands on. It’s in Original Version non-subtitle, I don’t get a damned thing.

*15- Aesop said « Tongue is the worst and the best thing in the world. »

*16- Never seen dumb as Bernardo or one-handed as Captain Hook. But one-eyed as Hannibal or with a missing tooth, yes. In Jungle Boy (1996 ; Allan A. Goldstein) you could have the two for the price of one.

*17- don’t cry you are not alone L

*18- When Yoga met Kama

*19- You’re as old as you feel.

*20- taquitos ? little tacos ? ?

*21- Big is beautiful !

*22- Phantom pragnancy ? ( in France ‘Nervous pragnancy’ ; a joke of my mother)

Er……one or two children ?

*23- For those who know, the sketch of Anthony Kavanagh,Quebec comic, a Canuck, « l’Accouchement » [« The Childbirth »]

*24- bad timing

*25- DS9 « Hippocratic oath » season IV ;episode 4

*26- Star Trek VI, The Undiscovered Country.

Star Trek Voyager « Flashback » season III ;episode 2

*27-Buffy the Vampire Slayer «  Faith,Hope and Trick. » season III ; episode 3

*28- Ok ; what an American probably would have said is « What’s your best memory while you were on set ? » (Thank you Joxerfan).

*29- « Keys »,The Pretender, aired the 25 July 1997 in France.

*30- Boaster ! Wrestling with a cage yeah…

*31- The idea was rather « Do you ever get tired of playing bad guys who end up dying half the time ? »

*32- Ezekiel-18 ; 23.

*33- or Fabien Barthez with the beard [goalkeeper of the French Soccer Team and A.S. Monaco.]

*34- «  Lunatics, a Love Story. »

*35- Any case registered in France to my knowledge.

*36- Anecdote related by Robert Bielak : « Sir Laurence Olivier one time was rehearsing a play, and a young actor came to him and said something like ‘These lines, I just can’t make them work.I can’t say them.’ Sir Olivier said in response ‘Well, I thought our job was to make htem work. »

*37- yeah,damn MO.

*38- Filmography Jean Reno

L’ hypothèse du tableau volé (1978)[Hypothesis of the stolen painting]

Clair de femmes (1979) [Womanlight]

Voulez-vous un bébé nobel ? (1980)

On n’est pas des anges…elles non plus (1981)

La passante du Sans-Soucis (1982) [The passerby]

Les Bidasses en grandes manœuvres (1982)

Signes extérieurs de richesse (1983)

Le dernier combat (1983) [ The last battle]

Notre histoire (1984) [ Our story / Separate rooms]

Subway (1985 ;Luc Besson)

Strictement personnel (1985)

I love you (1986)

Le Grand Bleu (1988 ;Luc Besson) [The Big Blue]

Zone rouge (1990)

L’Homme au masque d’or (1990) [The Man with the golden mask]

Nikita (1990 ;Luc Besson) [ La femme Nikita]

Loulou Graffiti (1991)

Operation Corned-Beef (1991)

La vis (1993) [The screw]

Flight from justice (1993)

Les Visiteurs (1993) [The Visitors]

Léon (1994 ;Luc Besson) [The Professional]

Les Truffes (1995)

French kiss (1995)

Par delà les nuages (1995) [Beyond the clouds]

Mission Impossible (1996)

Le Jaguar (1996)

Un amour de sorcière (1997) [witch way love]

Pour l’Amour de Rosanna (1997) [Roseanna’s grave]

Ronin (1998)

Godzilla (1998)

Les Visiteurs 2, les couloirs du temps (1998) [The Visitors2,the corridors of time]

Voice of Porco Rosso in Porco Rosso (manga, 1992 ;Hayao Miyazaki)

*39- Filmography Roberto Benigni

Doctor Honoris Causa in Philosophy from Ben Gourion University of Beer Sheva

(Israel)

(A.=actor  ;W.=writer ;D=director ;P.=producer)

Berlinguer ti voglio bene (1977) A.-W.

Il giorno cantati (1979) A .

Chiedo asilo (1979)[Seeking asylum] W.-A.

Clair de femme (1979)[Womanlight] A.

La luna (1979) [Luna] A.

Il Pap’occhio (1981) [In the Pope’s eye] A.

Il minestrone (1981)A.

Anche i ladri hanno santi (1981)A.

Tu mi turbi (1983) A.-W.-D.

F.F.S.S. cioè che mi hai portato a fare sopra Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene (1983)A

Effetti personali (1983)A.

L’Addio a Enrico Berliguer (1984)D.

Non ci resta che piangere (1984)[Nothing left to do but cry] A.-D.-W.

Coffee and cigarettes (1984) A.

Down by law (1986) A.

Il piccolo diavolo (1988)[The little devil] A.-D.-W.

La voce de la luna (1989) [The voice of the moon] A.

Johnny Stecchio (1991) [Johnny Toothpick] A.-W.-D.

Night on earth (1991)

Son of the Pink Panther (1993)

Il Mostro (1994) [The Monster] A.-D-.W.-P.

La vita è bella (1997) [Life is beautiful] A.-W.

Asterix et Obelix contre César(1998)[Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar]A. (movie L )

*40- A local custom I suppose

*41-Mataiotês mataiotêtôn kai panta mataiotês (Vanitas vanitatum,et omnia vanitas)

*42- Miss only cooking so that he’ll be the perfect man.

*43- «saved by the bell » ? ! ? ! No ! Non ! ! Arrrgggghhhhh…mon…cœur…. 

*44- Why not … Bruce Campbell was pretty as a woman.

*45- From the Chinese astrology, Horses’ projects carry out this year. An astrology who says that Dragons are tyrannical (excepted Shirley I hope J ) should be right.

*46- It would be more ironical to transform him into hamburger.

*47- For those Karma and Dharma perplex and don’t want to read the 18 books of the Mahâbhârata ; Peter Brook had made a super adaptation. George Corraface was great in the lead of Duryodhana.

*48- ‘And the Dharma in all that ?’

*49- That’s very strange. I wrote in May-June-July 1998 a story a bit in this style taking place in Xena’s adventures. My subject wasn’t karma but to show people their fate in the Underworld, the Land of Hades, in order that they change their behaviour. I resurrected and deified Thersites. I made him to meet an Egyptian god (Guess who ?). I put him on yoga and he became Buddhist (Mahâyâna).

*50- A giraffe Sophie , a cuddly fish toy , …

*51- In the R.E.M.’s video « Losing my religion »,directed by Tarseem, we can see a fallen angel and Hindu deities in the same time.

*52- A good husband, a good father. It’s exactly what I say ; miss only a good cook.

*53- De do do do De da da da It’s all I want to say to you.

*54- Mercenary, mercenary…that’s odd, that reminds me of something but what…

*55- In fact chocolat and slaps work better than makeup.

*56- They killed Morgan Freeman ! That’s unforgivable !

*57- Sergio Leone, Great Master of the Western in Europe, had prepared and directed the chariot race in Ben Hur.

*58- THAT IS a Cliffhanger !

*59- And for some strange reason, I was perfectly awake and even slighty overexited.

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*61- X-Rated.

*62- Personally, I prefer let this kind of recollections ; so fantastic they may be ; to Mrs Roberts.

 

Special Thanks to :

- My mother who, during hours, had watched an almost-fixed image on the screen without saying a word.

- My brother who helped me to set up the camcorder

- Mon araignée qui pédale dans la choucroute au plafond pour m’avoir soufflé cette idée délirante.

- August aka Joxerfan for proofreading and suggestions.

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Maud « Derkenn » Beau.

Juin-Juillet 1999, FRANCE. Copyright is mine !