S 74 2B - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 20, 2005 The Michigan I Random forgets jump rope song table of'jcontents auto-neurotic with Alexandra Jones 'IRON CHEF' INVADES AMERIC By Doug Wemert Daily TV/New Media Editor The Michigan Daily: Hi, is Sarah there? Random: This is she. TMD: Hi Sarah, I'm calling from The Michigan Daily, and you've been selected to do this week's Random Student Inter- view. R: I have!? TMD: Yeah, are you excited? R: Yeah! TMD: Here we go. First of all, how are you and how was your weekend? What did you do? R: On Friday night, my friends and I had a "Sex and the City" party and dressed up like the different characters and watched "Sex and the City." TMD: Which one did you dress up as? R: I was Charlotte. TMD: Is that the hot one? R: Haha, I don't know. She has blonde hair. TMD: Haha, I hope she was the hot one. R: Yeah, well, if I dressed up like her, I guess she is. TMD: Oh, that's pretty cool. OK, now we're on the real questions. What do you think the better career is: breakdancer or lion tamer? R: Um ... I guess maybe ... shoot ... a lion tamer? TMD: Why's that? R: Because you probably get to wear a really cool outfit or something. TMD: Yeah, but you have to work with lions who can maul you to death at any time. R: Yeah, but as a breakdancer, you have to spin on your head, and I can't do that at all. TMD: Yeah, but you can wear those silk pants then. R: I suppose. I don't know, that's a hard question. TMD: And that's only the first one, too. R: I know, I know. I'll be better. TMD: All right, what's the best job to have in the circus? R: Why are these all circus-related? TMD: It's just two questions! R: I think it would be either a clown or a trapeze person. TMD: A trapeze person? They're pret- ty cool. And they get to wear some cool outfits, too. R: Yeah! Am I like a really boring interviewee? TMD: Yeah, kind of. But we're going to keep going anyway. Who's your favor- ite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle? R: Michelangelo. TMD: Because he was a party dude? R: Yeah. TMD: And he had the nunchucks. Were you a fan of the nunchucks? R: I was. I was indeed. I wish I had some. TMD: Why do you think they hung out with Splinter? R: I don't know because he was like a weird rat thing and he was kind of big comparative, you know ... I guess maybe they were small turtles. This is all very confusing to me. TMD: This is like one of those myster- ies of the universe. R: Yeah, but I was a really big fan of the Ninja Turtles. TMD: Did you like in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2" where Vanilla Ice was in it? R: Yeah, that was kind of random, but you have to love Ice Ice ... baby. TMD: Oh, I do. Who was your favorite president? R: Bill Clinton. TMD: So you're not going to Bush's inauguration? R: No, but I was invited to it or what- ever. My uncle is a congressman, and he's getting inaugurated too or whatever. TMD: And you're not going? R: No, I can't. I got this really fancy invitation and all, but I'm not going. TMD: Oh, that's too bad. Who's your favorite pro wrestler of all time? R: Oh, that one guy ... what was his name? Oh crap, what was his name? He like farted on people on something. TMD: I don't know of any wrestlers who farted on people. R: Well, my brother used to watch it, and I would watch it with him. What are some names of some pro wrestlers. TMD: Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior, Stone Cold Steve Austin ... R: I want to say it was like Chewy or something. TMD: Chewy? Do you think Chewy is a menacing name for a pro wrestler? R: I don't know. Hulk Hogan, then. TMD: Oh, OK. Why do you think wrestlers wrestle in their underwear? R: Because it shows off all their mus- cles. TMD: Why did you say muscles like that? R: Because they want to show them off, and that's why I said that ... I don't know. TMD: Fair enough. Did you jump rope when you were a little girl? R: Yeah. TMD: Did you have any songs you would sing? R: Yeah! TMD: Name one. R: Well, we used to do ... (sing- ing) Cinderella, dressed in yellow, went upstairs to kiss her fella, made a mistake and kissed a snake, how many doctors did it take? One, two, three, four, five ... and then you keep going. TMD: Wow, that's the only one I know too! R: Oh, I should have picked something better. TMD: Oh, there are other ones? R: I'm sure. I'm trying to think. It was like: (singing) Over the border to Mexico, Texaco ... I don't remember. TMD: Wow, I can just picture myself jumping rope for hours singing that! R: Yeah, I know. I don't remember. that sucks. I should jump rope more. TMD: Hahahaha, yeah, I guess so. Did you hear about the fire in the shoe factory? R: No. TMD: Ten thousand soles were lost. R: Really? Where? TMD: Haha, you know ... that was a joke! Soles ... soles of shoes. R: Haha, I can hear everyone laugh- ing. TMD: Well, that was a classic moment right there. R: Wow, I'm a loser, OK. TMD: Did you hear about the shooting in the popcorn factory? R: No. TMD: 10,000 kernels got popped. R: Haha, uh oh! TMD: Did you get that one? R: Yeah, I got it. Hahahaha. TMD: All right, do you know the words to the "Full House" theme song? R: I do. TMD: How does it go? R: (singing) Whatever happened to ... da da da da da da ... the milkman, the paperboy, even TV. TMD: Haha, wow, it's just like the jump rope chant, isn't it? R: Haha, yeah, how does it go? TMD: Whatever happened to predict- ability? The milkman, the paperboy, eve- ning TV? How does the main part go? R: (singing) Everywhere you look ... TMD: Yeah, that's pretty good. Who was hotter: D.J. or Stephanie? R: OK, when they were little, Stepha- nie. When they were older, D.J. TMD: So, you've certainly watched it through the years. R: Oh, honey, I've watched every epi- sode. TMD: Oh thanks, angel pie. R: Hahahaha. TMD: And finally, have you ever left a dirty phone message? R: Not a dirty phone message. Maybe like a funny one. TMD: Yeah, well everyone's done that. R: I know. I guess I'm not that cool. TMD: Well, maybe you should work on it, honey. R: I will, sweetie pie. 3B 4B 5B Steve Du Bois: Hooking up with The Facebook The Weekend List U-Move helps students get in shape The more creative ways to exercise Courtesy of Paramount WEEKEND Food Finds: Ann Arbor's health food stores 60"B 9B 11B 12B Ellen McGarrity: So I gained a few pounds' Fad diets: A guide to what works Weekend Entertainment with Alexandra Jones Watch what you watch BOX.OFFICE Gross in millions of dollars 1. Coach Carter (29.2)- Bad move Ashanti - Fiddy Cent is going to mock you in his next single for appearing in this. 2. Meet the Fockers (22.6) - America's fetish with watching a nebbish Ben Stiller get tortured continues. 3. Racing Stripes (18.5) - It's nice to see Tim Allen's daughter from "Joe'r Somebody" moving on to bigger and better things. 4. In Good Company (743) - How Dennis Quaid felt about the guy who used to sell him cocaine. 5. Elektra (5.7) - She should have stayed dead at the end of "Daredevil." 6. White Noise (14.1) - Michael Keaton didn't get any EVP messages that this movie was going to suck. 7. The Aviator (6.3) - Gwen Stefani plays the comely, untalented and ditzy Jean Harlow. Genius! 8. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (5.3) - The movie will certainly live up to its title if it becomes a franchise. 9. The Phantom of the Opera (4.6) - Hopefully, "Starlight Express" won't be the next major movie musical. 10. Fat Albert (3.7) - Why didn't they cast Courtney Love as Mushmouth? eive alI'seen ,it at one timec jag amtongst foodiesiand anyone with culinary' expet~ Yuicio Hattori; another Between the a decent bong." 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Rather twat Ractael Ray isn't involved. dubbing and a dash of cxtss-cltual than' the' L ierace-emque Chairman mystique, and you've got a hMt on your Kaa (whos realy a actor any way), Alexandra wants tu be able to hands.w'eg&e i "nephew." Instead of into a hot pepper like Chairman K, Gawker1om asserts that the show.. dish-by-di co. enar o.for- Offer her words of enouragemer has "an impenetrable, cult-like follow- mer baseball announcer Kenji Fukui, aJlmaj@umch a MAGAZINE I I baily Arts Mix Tape U ATE/TIME E o NIEREDUCTION UDATE/TIME NOISE REDUCTION -- - II I i111111 IlillillO11II1M1111Ig1YM11M1 MIDNIGHT MOVIES AT THE STATE I ...but can't get out? CALL THE DELIVERY BUTLER! We deliver right to your door from these local restaurants: a Writers: Nikki Black, Jeffrey Bloomer, Ashley Dinges, Katie Marie Gates, Megan Jacobs, Dan Marchese, Amanda R. 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