Punchline Interviews Zach Galifianakis
As you might have gathered from this post's title, Punchline Magazine has an interview up with the inimitable Zach Galifianiakis, whose DVD Live at the Purple Onion was recently released. Here's a representative tidbit:
Two weeks prior to the Irving Plaza show,
he gets an idea while waiting for a train from Brooklyn to Manhattan.
“It’s so dumb,” he says. “The train was late this morning, and I felt
this urge to yell out to all these hipster kids in Williamsburg—just
yell out like a little kid—‘The choo choo is coming!’ Maybe I’ll do
that. I don’t know.”When he tells you about it, you’re not
sure how it’s a even a joke. You have your doubts. But sure enough,
partway through the Irving Plaza show, he begins, “Sometimes when I’m
waiting for the train…” and you know what’s coming. You’re even a
little nervous about it as he describes seeing the first glint of light
from the headlamps down the tunnel. “Here comes the choo choo!” he
shouts. The voice is more a cartoonish hillbilly than a little kid. And
he grabs his penis when he shouts it—to show just how exciting the
train is.It works. Heads in the crowd tilt
backward almost in unison, cawing their amusement to the rafters. Three
girls in the VIP balcony exchange looks as they shriek with laughter.
The stone-faced security guard by the door smiles and shakes his
head—as if he doesn’t want to think it’s funny but can’t help himself.
Like the DVD, the interview is definitely worth checking out. The whole thing's here.
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