Post by Queen Shadowrama on Oct 29, 2008 10:06:19 GMT -3
Found by Olberfann54321 over at the CT Board, you can see the whole article here.
The parts that are real noteworthy however:
Q: After five years, though, you left the show. Were you burned out? I've also heard there were some creative disagreements.
JH: Well for me, it was ... I loved working on the show, I was having a creative conflict with Jim Mallon, and it kind of came from working on the feature [film]. One day he came in and said "I want to produce and direct the movie." And I just said, "Oh man, if you want to produce and direct the movie I don't think I want to do it." Jim was a really good line producer, you know technically, but the jokes and comic elements weren't really his thing. And so I just kind of put that forward because I didn't think I should direct it, but I didn't think he should. And so I think at that point that was kind of it. He made it pretty uncomfortable for me and that's when I left; I just felt it would be better. I had a great deal with the show and I would make money if it prospered, so I really wanted that to happen. I kind of played the whole, "I've got other things I want to do," but I really didn't. It was really a personal tragedy for me to have to leave.
Q: Are things between you and Jim OK now?
JH: Oh yeah, absolutely. We're good now. We still work together, We worked together at Comic Con in a press room for a couple of days, just nonstop for eight hours a day. We've totally got it worked out; I don't think I would want it any other way ... because everything worked out beautifully.
Q: So, you would have stayed with the show.
JH: Oh, yeah, absolutely, For sure. I wanted to stay with the show.
Q: How involved were you in picking Mike Nelson as your replacement on Mystery Science Theater 3000?
JH: I had kind of left on a - I think I call it a sabbatical, where we had kind of stopped. In the meantime, they came to me and said, "We think Mike should go in there," and I said, OK. When [Mike] worked for us he did a great job. He's obviously really talented. I didn't pick Mike, but I signed off on it.
Q: Did you quit watching the show after you left?
JH: I don't think I really watched it too much. I always felt a little bit like they were getting bored with it and they were trying to derail it themselves at a certain point. Towards the end, I just kind of thought, "This is getting really crazy." It just goes to show you can't break it.
I gotta say I'm really loving Joel's blatant honesty these days. Unfortunately it doesn't help Jim's image at all, which is kinda interesting because he says he and Jim are fine now. So I wonder, why bring all this up?
The parts that are real noteworthy however:
Q: After five years, though, you left the show. Were you burned out? I've also heard there were some creative disagreements.
JH: Well for me, it was ... I loved working on the show, I was having a creative conflict with Jim Mallon, and it kind of came from working on the feature [film]. One day he came in and said "I want to produce and direct the movie." And I just said, "Oh man, if you want to produce and direct the movie I don't think I want to do it." Jim was a really good line producer, you know technically, but the jokes and comic elements weren't really his thing. And so I just kind of put that forward because I didn't think I should direct it, but I didn't think he should. And so I think at that point that was kind of it. He made it pretty uncomfortable for me and that's when I left; I just felt it would be better. I had a great deal with the show and I would make money if it prospered, so I really wanted that to happen. I kind of played the whole, "I've got other things I want to do," but I really didn't. It was really a personal tragedy for me to have to leave.
Q: Are things between you and Jim OK now?
JH: Oh yeah, absolutely. We're good now. We still work together, We worked together at Comic Con in a press room for a couple of days, just nonstop for eight hours a day. We've totally got it worked out; I don't think I would want it any other way ... because everything worked out beautifully.
Q: So, you would have stayed with the show.
JH: Oh, yeah, absolutely, For sure. I wanted to stay with the show.
Q: How involved were you in picking Mike Nelson as your replacement on Mystery Science Theater 3000?
JH: I had kind of left on a - I think I call it a sabbatical, where we had kind of stopped. In the meantime, they came to me and said, "We think Mike should go in there," and I said, OK. When [Mike] worked for us he did a great job. He's obviously really talented. I didn't pick Mike, but I signed off on it.
Q: Did you quit watching the show after you left?
JH: I don't think I really watched it too much. I always felt a little bit like they were getting bored with it and they were trying to derail it themselves at a certain point. Towards the end, I just kind of thought, "This is getting really crazy." It just goes to show you can't break it.
I gotta say I'm really loving Joel's blatant honesty these days. Unfortunately it doesn't help Jim's image at all, which is kinda interesting because he says he and Jim are fine now. So I wonder, why bring all this up?
