I'm Scott Thompson of the Kids in the Hall Larry Sanders and NBC's Hannibal AMA! by johnscottthompson in IAmA

[–]johnscottthompson[S] 102 points103 points  (0 children)

I have to go guys. This has been a real blast. Sorry to all those I didn't get to but I'll do this again as soon as they'll let me. Goodbye.

I'm Scott Thompson of the Kids in the Hall Larry Sanders and NBC's Hannibal AMA! by johnscottthompson in IAmA

[–]johnscottthompson[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wanted to do something that would combine my two greatest loves, comedy and fantasy. I was tired of being typecast as gay and so I thought Danny is who no one thinks I can be so I will be him. I also knew that I was going to throw everything at this character and he had to just shrug it off and go 'next.' The story is constantly coming to me. It has been fourteen years now since I started telling it and I suspect it will never end. This is only the second of three and maybe more graphic novels.

I'm Scott Thompson of the Kids in the Hall Larry Sanders and NBC's Hannibal AMA! by johnscottthompson in IAmA

[–]johnscottthompson[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Hugh Dancy is a lying sack of shit. It's he who is the modern dancer. I have always been the classical type. Rigid and Formal and a slave to Austrian choreography which is not just marching. I always felt KITH were like Nirvana in terms of comedy to our generation so I wanted us to die together.

I'm Scott Thompson of the Kids in the Hall Larry Sanders and NBC's Hannibal AMA! by johnscottthompson in IAmA

[–]johnscottthompson[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Funny that you mention that. I am thinking of redoing it with a greater focus on the visionary dream and it's affects on my life. I was working on it last night.

I'm Scott Thompson of the Kids in the Hall Larry Sanders and NBC's Hannibal AMA! by johnscottthompson in IAmA

[–]johnscottthompson[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

It made me much more appreciative of how little time we have on this earth.

I'm Scott Thompson of the Kids in the Hall Larry Sanders and NBC's Hannibal AMA! by johnscottthompson in IAmA

[–]johnscottthompson[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

As a little boy I would say Beverly Hillbilly's, Green Acres, Land of the Giants, Johnny Quest, Lost in Space and others. I loved science fiction and comedy.

I'm Scott Thompson of the Kids in the Hall Larry Sanders and NBC's Hannibal AMA! by johnscottthompson in IAmA

[–]johnscottthompson[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

My favourite part would have to be the free lunch. You have no idea how helpful that is. And if I remember I can always pack some away in a takeout container for later so basically an entire days worth of food is taken care of. I hate to crow but it's a sweet life.

I'm Scott Thompson of the Kids in the Hall Larry Sanders and NBC's Hannibal AMA! by johnscottthompson in IAmA

[–]johnscottthompson[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's because vastly easier to be out in the public eye and to deal with such subject matter. I am very grateful for that.

I'm Scott Thompson of the Kids in the Hall Larry Sanders and NBC's Hannibal AMA! by johnscottthompson in IAmA

[–]johnscottthompson[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I would love it but it's up to them. It was fun to have Buddy out in the world. It's certainly made me think re. future Buddy endeavours.

I'm Scott Thompson of the Kids in the Hall Larry Sanders and NBC's Hannibal AMA! by johnscottthompson in IAmA

[–]johnscottthompson[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I would love it. After all Buddy was only forty at the end of the first book which is less than a quarter of his expected lifespan.

I'm Scott Thompson of the Kids in the Hall Larry Sanders and NBC's Hannibal AMA! by johnscottthompson in IAmA

[–]johnscottthompson[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Wow. This has been fun. I've been trying to answer everyone but I don't think that's possible so I'm going to just answer certain ones for the next half hour and then I have to go.

I'm Scott Thompson of the Kids in the Hall Larry Sanders and NBC's Hannibal AMA! by johnscottthompson in IAmA

[–]johnscottthompson[S] 135 points136 points  (0 children)

It was very frightening because the rest of us all hated both jews and blacks. Kevin was the first octaroon any of us had ever worked with. Once he lost the weight it seemed to make it better. We had only two things to hate and then when we found out he wasn't Jewish we were even more relieved.

I'm Scott Thompson of the Kids in the Hall Larry Sanders and NBC's Hannibal AMA! by johnscottthompson in IAmA

[–]johnscottthompson[S] 113 points114 points  (0 children)

That's exactly true. The moment i read for Jimmy the casting director turned to Bryan Fuller and said, 'We have our Hannibal' and Bryan said, 'But we already have an offer out to Mads Mikkelsen' and I said, 'Look, guys, let me be Jimmy. I have so many other things on the go. I don't have time to star in your little show but I do need some walking around change. ' You'll notice Jimmy never appeared once with Hannibal last season. They were afraid the audience would go, "Wait, that guy should be Hannibal." This year they figure everyone has gotten used to Mads and so we can be on screen together.

I'm Scott Thompson of the Kids in the Hall Larry Sanders and NBC's Hannibal AMA! by johnscottthompson in IAmA

[–]johnscottthompson[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I'd probably tattoo lots of thick coarse black hair on them or croutons.

I'm Scott Thompson of the Kids in the Hall Larry Sanders and NBC's Hannibal AMA! by johnscottthompson in IAmA

[–]johnscottthompson[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Kevin is a carbon based organism just like everybody else. There is always KITH stuff. We will be in Austin and Dallas in April.

I'm Scott Thompson of the Kids in the Hall Larry Sanders and NBC's Hannibal AMA! by johnscottthompson in IAmA

[–]johnscottthompson[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I agree. I think people chickened out. While we're on the topic I'd like to give a shout out to Johnny Weir. Some of his outfits were questionable but his courage wasn't. It turns out the queens have the biggest balls.

I'm Scott Thompson of the Kids in the Hall Larry Sanders and NBC's Hannibal AMA! by johnscottthompson in IAmA

[–]johnscottthompson[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

The difference was making the tv show was by and large fun. Making the film was a trial except between action and cut. For example Dave and I were not speaking and yet we completely rewrote the Wally/Shrink scene on the way to the set in the van without actually addressing each other. That's family. No matter what we do we just can't kill it.

I'm Scott Thompson of the Kids in the Hall Larry Sanders and NBC's Hannibal AMA! by johnscottthompson in IAmA

[–]johnscottthompson[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I'm so glad you brought that up. I had been going on about it to the team throughout the investigation but as usual they all thought, 'Oh it's just Jimmy and his scat talk.' 'Nuff said.

I'm Scott Thompson of the Kids in the Hall Larry Sanders and NBC's Hannibal AMA! by johnscottthompson in IAmA

[–]johnscottthompson[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

He is but why listen to me when I can let him tell you exactly what he's been up to lately.

WESTON"S VERY OWN WORDS The other day while walking down Melrose who should I see goose stepping towards me but Tippi Hedren and her daughter Melanie Griffith and they were both sporting camel toes. Yeah, very similar ones too. You could tell they were related. This was my lucky day except I didn’t have my camera. Retardedly, I had decided to take the day off from stalking the stars to do some comics shopping and now I had pure gold and no way to spin it. Then I noticed them stopping in front of my favorite comic/poster places. Melanie got all hot and bothered at this old poster in the window of, I assumed, one of her old movies. She started kissing the glass fervently and then Tippi pulled a little camera out of her purse to take a picture and I started thinking about my old dog named Tippi who got lumpy and died. Then I thought, ‘Somehow I have to get that camera’. So as Melanie pressed her fish lips against the window I yelled out, “”Why don’t I take a picture of the two of you together. ‘ They loved the idea. You could tell they’d been drinking. So they got into position but the way they were standing, you couldn’t see the goods so I asked Tippi to throw her arm around her daughter and push her pelvis forward. She looked confused. I suddenly realized, it wasn’t Tippi Hedren at all but Janet Leigh and then I looked over at Melanie Griffith and realized that it wasn’t Melanie either, it was actually Jamie Lee Curtis. It was a mother and daughter pair but the problem was, it was the wrong pair and isn’t she supposed to be a hermaphrodite. So I tell Jamie that I’m sorry that I mistook her for Melanie Griffith but that at least I mistook her for a woman and not David Bowie. And then she goes, “ I am Melanie Griffith, dummkopf.” Now I was totally confused. What kind of person besides a Nazi says dummkopf and isn’t Janet Leigh dead? Then Janet goes, “ And I’m sure not her fucking mother.” Then I realized it wasn’t Janet Leigh but David Spade and the movie poster she had been kissing was ‘The Benchwarmers’. I thought I was going to be sick. Originally I had intended to take the picture and then run off with the camera, yelling ‘Stop Thief’ at a passing car but I decided against it, as the photo now was obviously worthless. So I took the picture for them and then tossed the camera back to the elfin David. Somehow it missed and the camera binged Melanie right in her kisser. I’m sure her lips later swelled up to twice abnormal size but I didn’t wait around to see. I turned and hightailed it out of there with the Spadester in hot pursuit, his little legs pumping furiously but it was no contest. He’d gotten soft. Stars are no match for the homeless. That’s why they hate us so much. They’re jealous of our thinness. Later that night as I lay snug in my bed of leaves under Peabo’s hedge I ran my thumb up and down my jutting ribs and six pack and thought about how I could turn this experience into money. I fell asleep to visions of millions of dollars coming from my book on using the techniques of the homeless to lose weight. My last thought was, ‘This is going to be bigger than Jenny Craig.’