Billy Bob Thornton goes Joaquin Phoenix during interview
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Morris Wanchuk said:
And? All that indicates is that the producer was on top of things from the get go. It was quite obvious right from the beginning that BBT was going to pose a problem and he was ready with a substitute if Gomeshi decided to end the interview quickly. That's the mark of a good producer.
A better indicator are the faces of his bandmates who look like they would rather be anywhere else but there. Especially the one in the middle. I also love the fact that Thornton has put some distance between himself and the band as if he is too good to be considered their equal and has to show that he is the 'leader'. It's amazing that the interview went on for another 11+ minutes showing that Gomeshi was trying not to let Thornton's poor attitude hurt the other guys and did his best to carry on.
The other thing that I noticed is that that is one hell of an old laptop and the CBC must really be operating on a shoestring budget these days.
bensonnobalia said:
Q is an entertainment show, not reportage. That said, you are almost right. Q agreed not to ask questions about acting, etc. of BBT, a reference was made in the intro. To be polite and thorough they probably should have cleared that with him in advance.
Your bitter denunciation of CBC afterwards is wrong-headed to my mind. I think the CBC is great. The day that I hear shows anywhere near the calibre of As It Happens, Dispatches, Age of Persuasion, Vinyl Tap or countless others on commercial radio, I might consider your stance valid. Until then, however, I'm of the mind that they provide some of the best broadcasting one can find on the airwaves, anywhere.
Techman said:
Agreed. This is one of the best music interview series ever shot.
Techman said:
I find him pretty funny, and a great actor. Monster's Ball and A Simple Plan being two cases in point for the latter assertion. Yes, his music is a vanity project, but previous tours have seen BBT & Boxmasters booked in much smaller venues. I don't begrudge him the right to make music. Hanging around with Willie isn't particularly difficult, WN is well-known to be very affable, and befriends a motley crew of associates. Willie's last show at the forum saw him hanging around afterwards shaking everybody's hand who wanted to say 'Hi" (That, by the way, is coherent with Kinky Friedman's recounting of Willie Nelson's shows).
We all have our off days, BBT was set off by a passing comment, and acted like a dick. Who here can't say the same for themselves? Difference is, we know his name, and it was caught on tape.
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YouVantOption said:
I have no problem with him doing whatever he wants as far as making music is concerned. But I have a problem with him acting like an ass over a 15 second introduction to an interview. And while I agree that he has made a number of decent movies and a couple of outstanding ones, he has made neither since Monster's Ball in 2001. His career has been steadily going south and now he's decided that he's the greatest thing to hit music since the electric guitar. Let him earn the right to be known as a musician before he can insist on leaving out all mention of what he has done in the past and compare himself to Tom Petty.
He looked like he didn't want to have anything to do with the interview from the start and I doubt that anything Gomeshi said or did would have made a difference. BBT is no 20 something kid and he should be professional enough to conduct himself properly. If he had problems he shouldn't have done the interview in the first place.
Maybe he just wanted to come off as some sort of badass but he came off as a jackass instead.
I agree with all of Techman's comments above, BBT showed just how little class he has.
If this was just some band that didn't have a famous actor as a member, it never gets the interview and the publicity that comes along with it. It's like an actor that goes on Leno/Letterman or any other tv/radio show to promote their latest movie. They deal with one or two questions about their personal life or some other issue they may not be thrilled with talking about, in exchange, they get plenty of free publicity for their movie or whatever they are promoting. I actually think CBC was generous in agreeing not to ask any question about movies/Angelina. He got a good deal as it was, but had to whine like a little baby when he gave the introduction mentioning his background (which was done well and very fair). I was impressed with the grace of the interviewer in handling BBT's childishness. Not sure I should even be wasting my time discussing this.
If this was just some band that didn't have a famous actor as a member, it never gets the interview and the publicity that comes along with it. It's like an actor that goes on Leno/Letterman or any other tv/radio show to promote their latest movie. They deal with one or two questions about their personal life or some other issue they may not be thrilled with talking about, in exchange, they get plenty of free publicity for their movie or whatever they are promoting. I actually think CBC was generous in agreeing not to ask any question about movies/Angelina. He got a good deal as it was, but had to whine like a little baby when he gave the introduction mentioning his background (which was done well and very fair). I was impressed with the grace of the interviewer in handling BBT's childishness. Not sure I should even be wasting my time discussing this.
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Here comes the Gravy . . .
"The Boxmasters opened for Willie Nelson on Thursday in Toronto, where they reportedly were booed and met with catcalls of "Here comes the gravy." "
I would have loved to have been there.
This guy is great in so many things. I loved BAD SANTA, but maybe he wasn't acting, just playing himself.
"The Boxmasters opened for Willie Nelson on Thursday in Toronto, where they reportedly were booed and met with catcalls of "Here comes the gravy." "
I would have loved to have been there.
This guy is great in so many things. I loved BAD SANTA, but maybe he wasn't acting, just playing himself.
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Billy Bob Thornton's band cancels Canadian shows
(CNN) -- The flu has forced an early end to Billy Bob Thornton's musical tour of Canada, his publicist said Saturday.
The news was reportedly greeted with loud applause at a Friday night show in Montreal after Thornton called Canadian concert-goers "mashed potatoes with no gravy" in a radio interview Wednesday.
The Boxmasters' final Canadian dates -- in Montreal and London, Ontario -- were canceled because "one of the band members and several of the crew have the flu," said Thornton publicist Arnold Robinson.
Thornton's electric hillbilly band will rejoin Willie Nelson's tour when it returns to the United States for a show in Stamford, Connecticut, on Tuesday, after they have "a few days off to recuperate," Robinson said.
The trio was the opening act for Nelson until they were loudly booed in Toronto, a day after the actor-musician's bizarre interview with a CBC radio host.
Ironically, the comments that offended Canadians included Thornton's assessment that they were "very reserved" and "it doesn't matter what you say to them."
"It's mashed potatoes with no gravy," Thornton told CBC host Jian Ghomeshi.
"We tend to play places where people throw things at each other and here they just sort of sit there," he said. Video Watch Thornton's interview »
The audience at Thursday night's show in Toronto loudly booed the Boxmasters, with some shouts of "Here comes the gravy!" The Toronto Star newspaper reported.
Thornton's remarks about Canadians came near the end of his controversial interview with on the CBC's "Q" program, which began with the host's brief mention that, in addition to being the Boxmaster's lead singer and drummer, Thornton was an "Oscar-winning screenwriter-actor-director."
Thornton, apparently upset with any reference to his movie career, was unresponsive to Ghomeshi's questions until the men finally declared a truce to talk about music. Video Watch more about the controversy »
He "simply elected not to engage with the interviewer because of the direction of the interview from the outset," Robinson told CNN.
Video of the interview, which has been viewed by millions online, may leave the audience wondering whether this was a controlled performance by Thornton or a public breakdown that revealed true anger over a perceived insult of his music.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/11/billy.bob.thornton/index.html
(CNN) -- The flu has forced an early end to Billy Bob Thornton's musical tour of Canada, his publicist said Saturday.
The news was reportedly greeted with loud applause at a Friday night show in Montreal after Thornton called Canadian concert-goers "mashed potatoes with no gravy" in a radio interview Wednesday.
The Boxmasters' final Canadian dates -- in Montreal and London, Ontario -- were canceled because "one of the band members and several of the crew have the flu," said Thornton publicist Arnold Robinson.
Thornton's electric hillbilly band will rejoin Willie Nelson's tour when it returns to the United States for a show in Stamford, Connecticut, on Tuesday, after they have "a few days off to recuperate," Robinson said.
The trio was the opening act for Nelson until they were loudly booed in Toronto, a day after the actor-musician's bizarre interview with a CBC radio host.
Ironically, the comments that offended Canadians included Thornton's assessment that they were "very reserved" and "it doesn't matter what you say to them."
"It's mashed potatoes with no gravy," Thornton told CBC host Jian Ghomeshi.
"We tend to play places where people throw things at each other and here they just sort of sit there," he said. Video Watch Thornton's interview »
The audience at Thursday night's show in Toronto loudly booed the Boxmasters, with some shouts of "Here comes the gravy!" The Toronto Star newspaper reported.
Thornton's remarks about Canadians came near the end of his controversial interview with on the CBC's "Q" program, which began with the host's brief mention that, in addition to being the Boxmaster's lead singer and drummer, Thornton was an "Oscar-winning screenwriter-actor-director."
Thornton, apparently upset with any reference to his movie career, was unresponsive to Ghomeshi's questions until the men finally declared a truce to talk about music. Video Watch more about the controversy »
He "simply elected not to engage with the interviewer because of the direction of the interview from the outset," Robinson told CNN.
Video of the interview, which has been viewed by millions online, may leave the audience wondering whether this was a controlled performance by Thornton or a public breakdown that revealed true anger over a perceived insult of his music.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/11/billy.bob.thornton/index.html
Too many questions
What kind of name is "boxmasters" anyway? I never realized until now that it might have sexual connotations to it, "to be masters over a box" gang bang?
Does this have anything to do with Angelina Jolie? Does she scream ""boxmaster" to Brad Pitt at that special moment? Did she once ask BBT to pass the taters grandpa, hmm-mm?
If so I can see why BBT would be sour.
What kind of name is "boxmasters" anyway? I never realized until now that it might have sexual connotations to it, "to be masters over a box" gang bang?
Does this have anything to do with Angelina Jolie? Does she scream ""boxmaster" to Brad Pitt at that special moment? Did she once ask BBT to pass the taters grandpa, hmm-mm?
If so I can see why BBT would be sour.
BBT Answer
Ha! I found this excerpt from an interview with BBT about the name of the band on a site called swampland.com
Like Steely Dan, exactly. (Laughs) Where did the name come from?
Well, the polite way to say it... (Laughing)
(Laughing) Uh oh, I was afraid of this.
When I was growing up down in Arkansas, we used to call a guy who was kind of a playboy a boxmaster. And that’s really what it means. But sometimes, it depends on who I am explaining it to. Sometimes I have to say, you know, it’s like a UPS guy, or somebody who’s good at packing things
Ha! I found this excerpt from an interview with BBT about the name of the band on a site called swampland.com
Like Steely Dan, exactly. (Laughs) Where did the name come from?
Well, the polite way to say it... (Laughing)
(Laughing) Uh oh, I was afraid of this.
When I was growing up down in Arkansas, we used to call a guy who was kind of a playboy a boxmaster. And that’s really what it means. But sometimes, it depends on who I am explaining it to. Sometimes I have to say, you know, it’s like a UPS guy, or somebody who’s good at packing things
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