The following is a transcipt of Dave Foley's chat interview on E! Online. I am reprinting this courtesy of E! Online and Dave Foley.
jenny011: Describe the mood on the set of NewsRadio.
Dave: Sexylicious!
lenina: How did you feel about NBC constantly shuffling NewsRadio in the schedule?
Dave:It was frustrating, to say the least. I think we had four time slots in two years. At one point, there was talk of moving our show to a newly discovered eighth day of the week. That would have reduced our audience to a small group of theoretical physicists--and probably given us higher ratings than we were getting on Wednesdays.
silke: Are you and the rest of the Kids in the Hall considering doing another movie?
Dave:We are. Unfortunately, no one that we know of is considering letting us. But I do hope there will be some sort of KITH project--perhaps a tour--in the near future.
smoocat: Are there any actresses on TV that make you weak in the knees? If so, who?
Dave:It's hard to say. You see, I'm always weak in the knees. Most of my other joints are pretty weak, too. Overall, I'd say I'm kind of feeble.
asc_girl: What do you think about constantly getting parts that require you to dress as a woman?
Dave:I think if you are constantly getting any sort of part, you should just be grateful.
knickles: What man who currently dresses or has dressed in drag makes the most realistic woman? And what man who doesn't dress in drag has the most potential to be a stunning babe?
Dave:I can't think of any man who currently dresses in drag, except for drag queens. And they don't really count, because drag queens aren't trying to look like women--they're trying to look like drag queens. On Kids in the Hall, we didn't think of it as "doing drag." We were men playing characters who happened to be women. There is very little reason for anyone else to do this. But if anyone else were to try, let's hope it's that yummy, yummy Skeet Ulrich. Purrrrrr.
kimberlyshaw: Being as cute as you are, will you ever do a nude scene? How much would you be willing to show?
Dave:Well, Kimberly, you're going to get your wish--and you'll wish you hadn't. I shot my first nude scene this summer for an HBO series about the Apollo missions. I played astronaut Al Bean. Paul McCrane played Pete Conrad. In one scene, the two of us float naked and weightless from the lunar module into the command module. How naked? No penises, I'm afraid--just two sad, white asses. The show should air sometime in the spring, so you have some time to prepare yourself.
rachelw: Who's your favorite character you have played, and which one are you most like in real life?
Dave:I would find it hard to pick one. It wouldn't be right. You see, I think of them all as my children. However, I can say that the character who most closely resembles me is Jocelyn the French-Canadian prostitute. Let's face it: I'm one sexy bitch.
femskunk: Are you taking it personally that your character on NewsRadio is seemingly getting demoted this season?
Dave:No. I don't give a fuck what happens to Dave Nelson, so long as Dave Foley still has the best parking space and the biggest dressing room.
iocaine: Does Andy Dick ever scare you?
Dave:Yes.
mooper: My Canadian boss saw The Wrong Guy on an Air Canada flight and said it was the funniest thing he'd seen in years. Will it ever be distributed in the U.S., or do I have to hop a flight to Toronto?
Dave:The Wrong Guy is currently running exclusively on Air Canada. I still have hopes that there will be a ground-level release of the picture, but that is a decision the distributor (Disney) has to make.
jarradb: What was behind last season's decision to reveal that Dave Nelson was born in Canada before moving to Wisconsin as a small child?
DaveThe writers just wanted the opportunity to make fun of the way I talk.
strad: Kids in the Hall seems to have redefined sketch comedy and upped the ante. To what do you attribute Kids' success, and how did they come about?
Dave:We all met through an improv theater organization called TheatreSports. We began doing shows in a club on Toronto's Queen St. West. For these shows, we'd write an hour's worth of material each week. The second half would be an hour of improvisation. We developed a cult following and eventually caught the attention of Lorne Michaels, who was looking for writers and actors for Saturday Night Live in 1985. I think we were creatively successful because we never expected to be commercially successful. This left us free to do whatever we thought was funny. As luck would have it, though, it worked.
doppelganger: Who's your favorite person you've worked with or are currently working with? Why?
Dave:Again, I wouldn't feel right picking a favorite, but I probably have the best chemistry with Kevin McDonald. We've been friends and colleagues since I was 19 and he was 20. We always seem to be able to get inside each other's rhythm. That allows us to play scenes in a way we couldn't with anyone else.
ladyjanegrey: Do you have a favorite Halloween costume?
Dave:I always enjoy dressing up as a hobo. After all is said and done, there's nothing funnier than the homeless.
admiral_ozzle: My wife and I adore you and the Kids. When we were watching Brain Candy last night, we couldn't help but wonder: Where is Bruce? We know where you, Scott, Mark and Kevin have been, but where's our favorite flying pig? Is he still eating poo?
Dave:Sadly, yes, Bruce is still eating poo. He's been working with a traveling freak show in Brazil as a professional poo eater. But in his spare time, he'll be directing a movie he also wrote. It's called Dog Park and will star Janeane Garofalo.
thatgirl1: Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Dave:Ten years from now, I hope to have completed work on a device capable of time travel. Then I will travel back 10 years, pick myself up and head out to the racetrack, where the two of me will make a fortune. If all goes according to schedule, I should know by this week whether I succeeded 10 years from now. And if I did, so long, suckers!
brauer: What was your first gig in the field of entertainment?
DaveMy first paying gig was a short educational film called My Brilliant Career. It was about career planning for high school students. I think I was 19. A few times a year, I still receive residual checks for about $34.
cingor: Can you really tap, or did you just learn it for the show?
Dave:No to both, I'm afraid. The feet you saw a-tappin' weren't mine. We hired a qualified dancer to double for me.
ilovesalma: Do you and the others in the cast ever play pranks on one another? If so, will you share one with us?
Dave:We do joke around quite a bit. Once we got together and killed a guy, and then we tried to frame Stephen Root [NewsRadio's Jimmy James]. It was a pretty good frame-up, too, but Steve beat the rap with a plea of temporary insanity. I guess, in the end, the joke was on us.
ms_dojo: How many characters did you play in Brain Candy--even the ones we didn't see?
Dave:I think I played four characters in Brain Candy, but if you're like most people, you didn't see any of them.
s_brigance: What is your favorite food, and why?
Dave:Beef, because it is high in dietary fiber and a good source of vitamin C. Oh, wait a minute. I think I'm thinking about an orange. Okay, strike that. My favorite food is oranges. Mmmm, tangy!
gagnon: You spoke French on Kids in the Hall and Spanish on NewsRadio. Do you really speak those languages?
Dave:No, I just learned the phrases that were necessary for the show. I'm an idiot. Thanks for bringing it up, though.
lehmann: What's the story behind the name Basil?
Dave: I love pesto. Got a problem with that, huh, Lehmann?
cyberlove: Were you really mad when you appeared on Conan O'Brien's show and there was an all-kid audience? You didn't get to say more than five words.
Dave:No, that was the whole point. I knew that was the joke going in. But I was angry when Andy Richter put his tongue in my ear. I think they edited that out. At least, I hope they did. It was disgusting.
uniklop: What is your favorite American TV comedy?
Dave: M*A*S*H.
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