Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Streeter Seidell Interview



Streeter Seidell is the Front page editor of Collegehumor.com He has appeared on VH1 and written for the the New Yorks Times.

RR:Your newest video Hardly Working:Best Buy Manager is hilarious I've watched it multiply times, how did that idea get started? How did you get authentic Best Buy polos with name tags? Also I don't mean to criticize but why is Steven drinking fruit punch?,someone of his body shape stays away from all fruit, even artificial corn syrup fruit, I could see him in more of a Mountain Dew Code Red or Mountain Dew Halo Edition Gaming Fuel.

SS:I don't exactly remember why I started doing that. I think sinus infections are very nerdy and I used to get them a lot. I also think Best Buy lifers are really nerdy and intense so the two just seemed to fit together. You can get almost any corporate shirt on eBay. As far as the fruit punch goes, drinking a huge jug of punch is about as nerdy as it gets. It's also way funnier to watch someone slam a jug of punch than a Mountain Dew. However, I'm actually drinking a blue Mountain Dew in the kitchen scene but that got cut.

RR:I dont know who plays the office Phantom but how did this character come to life?He is elicant.

SS:I have it on good word that after some horrific accident he donned a mask and, a few hundred years later, took a job at CH. His mask looks very similar to the one Vega wears in CH's 'Street Fighter: The Later Years" series.


RR:How did you get your start at College Humor?

SS:I just started writing for the site in college. When I graduated the site had just got a book deal and Amir, Sarah and I came on to write it.


RR:Where would you like to take your career in the future?

SS:I'm not entirely sure. I like acting and doing these stupid characters. I like writing videos and articles and have written for a lot of magazines and newspapers. I also enjoy cheeseburgers and always thought I would make a great grill cook. For now I'm just going to roll with the punches and see where my job here takes me.

RR: After Prank Wars, Does Sharon hate Amir?

SS:Nah, she's a cool lady. She doesn't hold onto grudges, except about me not walking our dog.

RR:Why are we the only people that watch It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia? Whenever I talk about it people think Im talking about weather.

SS:Sarah Schneider also watches it religiously. So now it's three people.

RR:Finally, your a Fordham Alum, I had a teacher in highschool that went to Fordham and he told stories of the University during the 1970s, involving exotic animals roaming the halls and epic bar fights,What was a defining moment for you at school? What was the most obsurd thing you saw? You wouldnt happen to know who Weapon is?

SS:I can't say I was privy to any of that at Fordham. the 70's in the Bronx were a rough, terrifying time but when I started in 2001 the neighborhood was tolerably safe. I don't think I had a 'defining moment' at school, but once - and only once - this kid at a party was like "Yo, Streeter! CollegeHumor guy!" I thought that was pretty awesome since nobody at my school really knew what the site was. I did see some interesting things - the Bronx is full of them - like a dude dressed in full cowboy regalia getting arrested for riding a horse down Fordham Road, which is a big, congested main road in a teeming, congested borough of the city. I couldn't even imagine where he got a horse in the first place. And no, I don't know who Weapon is and, by the sound of his name, I'd like to keep it that way.








RR: Medival Times bro when we goin?

SS:Hopefully never again. That place is garbage.

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