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You've made it, mate. You've got your own show.
I know. Mum's proud. I don't know why though. The boss said make a show and we were all sitting there and the name was basically just a working title. We thought, 'Ah, the name will come to us'. And then it was a few days out and it hadn't so we were stuck with that.
I mean you must've had some idea you wanted to do a show like this?
Well, yeah. Basically up until now I've just been doing radio and TV and trawling from one music video to another type thing, but this is a good challenge. And it's actually quite daunting. But I've got a good team behind me. You know, got a little dwarf called Jimmy on the team. A little midget.
Does Jimmy not mind being called a dwarf, because I thought the correct term was little person?
No, no. He reckons midget's the bad term and dwarf is okay. He runs his own company, Celebrity Dwarf Productions, where he pimps out his midget mates for movies. It's quite lucrative, mate, the dwarf business.
How did you hook up with your sidekicks then?
We decided we wanted a dwarf so we auditioned a few and Jimmy was the best, and he's a comedian as well, so he's all wrapped up into one little bundle. And we decided we needed a hot blond chick with big breasts and Vicky Lee fits that mould perfectly. And we decided we needed a comedian and got Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, who does our roving reporter stuff.
There's more to Vicky Lee than that, surely?
Oh yeah, she's a sweetheart, she's a good bird. She's determined and she's very cheeky. So she's out on the street asking the punters topical stuff and she's ballsy. She asks ballsy questions and keeps on going.
What is the art to interviewing a band on TV?
I just tend to find out a little bit of different stuff about them. And you can hear it in the tone of their voice if they've answered the question a million times before. But I've found the general rule of thumb is the bigger they are the nicer they are. The bigger they are the more nervous you get, but they always end up being the nicest people.
Who do you interview on the first show?
We did a Bon Jovi one with Richie Sambora. He gave us a tour round the stage and stuff, he was pretty relaxed. They were good dudes. It's a big travelling machine actually, and I've been backstage at a few big shows but I've never seen anything like it. They had rooms for everything.
Tell us about these $20 challenges. Were you surprised at what people would do for 20 bucks?
Yeah, but sometimes we do have to up it more than 20. There's one where we ask someone to walk down the beach in a Borat G-string and it's a bit rude to ask someone to do that for $20. But for the eating challenge we got some guy to eat a can of cat food for $20. I know mate, that's sick innit? And there was a lady who eats a whole big chunk of butter. So people do it.
But what would you do for $20? You know, is nudity worth $20?
I don't know. Some people are pretty happy to get their kit off. And I have been nude before in public for nothing. I think I might do that cat food one for a 20. But it would depend on a lot of things and he had mates standing around him and I doubt he would have done it if he was by himself.
So what rating is the show?
Adults only. I think they've just done that for safety precautions. I think they were thinking some of the content might get a bit rough.
Lowdown
Who: Jono Pryor
What: Jono's New Show
Where and when: C4, Mondays, 8:30pm.
