On August 6, the bright lights of British television shined on me as I interviewed with the BBC for a documentary about toilets - thus solidifying my eminence as America's foremost authority on non-porno Internet poop.
It started a few months ago, when a British production company [1] emailed
me. They're putting together a documentary on toilets, they said. They
would be coming to NYC in a few weeks, and could they film with me?
I managed to work them into my schedule.
The filming was to take place in two parts. Monday morning, I would
take them to the bathroom at Bubby's Restaurant [2] in Tribeca and talk about
its giant urinal. Monday night, I would sit with them and talk about
PoopReport.
The urinal at Bubby's [4] -- three times as big as a urinal needs to be. |
On the morning of the interview, I skipped out of work and met up with
the crew at Bubby's [5]. We filmed a small segment of me telling Claudia about
the giant urinal.
The plan - as befitting my stature as a minor celebrity - was that they
would pick me up outside of work at 6:00, and drive me to the interview
location. Well, I ended up having to take the subway. But I forgave them
their transgression and decided to go ahead with the interview anyway.
The interview took place at the posh Upper East Side apartment of Greta
Garbage [6], a famous author who has a book about bathrooms coming out in
October. Accompanying me was Jaybill, PoopReport's loyal systems guy (and
webmaster of NYC.makemusic.org [7], an NYC music scene site).
The interview took about 20 minutes. We talked about the genesis of
PoopReport, my philosophy on poop humor, my favorite toilets, the online
poop community, and things like that. Although I didn't get to see the
dailies, I'm sure my answers were incredibly enlightening and valuable to
the documentary.
After the interview, Greta gave me some copies of her books.
The documentary will air in November on the BBC. They said they'll send
me a copy, so hopefully I'll be able to digitize the important bits. If
the documentary is successful enough (and I fail to comprehend how a
documentary about toilets could be anything less than a complete success),
perhaps it'll make its way across the pond...
Below you'll see some pictures from my experience. This is what fame
looks like, my friends. I am a star.
Like Dave? He's featured in The Journal of Ass Production [9]!
The cameraman and Sean, the Director, discuss the perfect angle to
capture my incredible glory.
My glory is captured.
I swear I'm not as lecherous as this picture makes me look.
Claudia and I, moments before the interview begins.
During a break, Claudia enjoys PoopReport.
Claudia poses for a picture with the site.
Poor Jaybill, I thought they were going to interview him too, but
apparently my incredibly magnetic on-camera presence meant they didn't need him.
Sorry, dude.
This is probably the worst picture Claudia has ever taken. I assure you
she doesn't really look like that. Here's her press picture below.
Quite a difference, huh?
-- Dave [8]