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.
