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Dr. Noe with the one and only Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons and Futurama..
Dr. Noe

Hi, my name is Dr. Noe. I'm the founder of Jeet Kune Do - The Way of the Fist - & I fled to this country from Hong Kong after killing a man. Oh wait. That's not my story. That's Bruce Lee's story. It's so easy to get us confused you know. Anywho, my Rocky experience with this group of yahoos has been going on now for a little more than 3 years; my love (obsession, sick depravity ^ whatever) for Rocky: 12 years.

I attended Julliard. I'm a graduate of the Harvard Business School. I travel quite extensively. I lived through the Black Plague and I had a pretty good time during that. I've seen the Exorcist a hundred and sixty-seven times and it keeps getting funnier, every time I see it! All right, trutherfully: I grew up in the lovely state of Michigan where I spent a quarter of a century. My first experience with Rocky was when my uncle showed me a, shall we say, less-than-legal copy of the movie. I instantly fell in love with the kooky weirdness of it all. The writing; the songs; the acting (or lack thereof); everything - I thought it was great. And shortly thereafter did as much research as I could (and this was before the internet ^ yes, I'm old) about the film. I used these archaic things called books to get most of my info, primarily all the various Rocky books published. I've always been into writing and continue to do so as well as that reading thing. I love movies, music and other assorted things. I've been dubbed the media whore for my intrinsic useless knowledge of extremely obscure movies, music, and whatnot. I've seen plenty of things that nobody has seen (nor would they want to) and own CDs that nobody, including me, can believe exist. I like long walks by the beach and someone who's a good listener. Again, love that Joker. I have a plethora of costumes, which I don when attending my various conventions throughout the year (the word freak should be on your brain by now). As far as costumes go, including Rocky, I'm a bit of a costume Nazi. I won't stop until everything is perfect. They may start out not completely perfect just to get by, but I'm always looking to improve my costumes, and for that matter, my performance to make the experience more enjoyable for you, the audience member. I have a variety of interests and likes. There are certainly absolute favorites, but I'm a varied spice of life as far as what I'm in to. I try not to limit myself to things or different experiences. Not quite sure what the Hell else to say here about myself that you'd really care to learn about. Although; should you wish to learn more, my unauthorized biography should be out by Christmas.

And now for some basic questions that I bet you're all on the edge of your seats to read the answers to:

What do you do on cast?
My main duty is as resident asshole on cast; otherwise known as Brad Majors. But it wasn't always so. As I said I started as Crim, but everybody and their mother, and their mother's uncle's nephew twice removed on his cousin's sister's goldfish's side said I looked like a Brad and that I should play Brad and I said, Aint no way in Hell, or something to that affect. Well, not too long after my one year on cast or somewhere thereabouts, the cast was sans Brad and, well, Hell came to visit and told me that I would be needing to audition as Brad. Other things I've been known to do are the occasional Rocky & Riff nights, promoting the Hell out of the show whenever I can, and pretty much anything else I'm told to do if I value my life.
What made you want to join Barely Legal?
Well, I usually run around in my underwear and dance in a corset at home, and felt it was time for the rest of the world, or at least Oakland, to share in the experience. On a less ludicrous note, as stated above, I'd been doing Rocky in one form or another for a good 12 years or so. Back in the good ol' Midwestern state of Michigan there was a theatre that showed Rocky every Friday and Saturday (that's right, 2 shows a week!!). Well, when I was finally old enough to go, a friend and I did a weekly routine every Saturday. Attendance was usually low, and to make things a bit more interesting, I would do tiny bits of stuff: Riff's part in Frankenstein Place & Sweet T. There were no costumes, although I was working on putting together a poorly crafted Riff costume. Anywho with the thing in the stuff, I guess word started getting out somehow about people actually starting to do stuff and the audience grew. One week a cast seemed to spontaneously form. However, our theatre management was a bunch of sucky ass-spelunkers and wouldn't let us do much of anything. All the AP stuff was allowed (ah, the good ol' days of lighters and almost slipping and breaking my neck on rice), but anything else was forbidden. Then, one fateful night we all showed up to find our movie was not playing. That's right; they yanked it out from underneath us without so much as a whisper. So, I spent the next few years going to the sporadic showings that would pop up every now and again. Then, one day I decided to move the United State of California. So, without a job, a small stash of cash, and no car, I moved out here and immediately set to the task of finding a theatre within any sort of reasonable drive time that had RHPS. Obviously, it led me to the Parkway where I got to see my first ever (yes, ever!) professional cast perform. And allow me to say it blew my mind. I was noticing things I'd never noticed before in the film and the cast's attention to detail and costuming was astounding (no Rocky jokes, please). I realized I had to be part of this amazing cast and after about a month tossed my hat into the ring as Criminologist; and the rest is history.
What appeals to you about Rocky Horror?
Hmm. A good question.
What is your favorite Rocky Horror related moment?
Well, it's kind of a bunch of moments, but every time it's the same moment, just different people. I love that whenever I tell people about Rocky they ask who I play. A mere "think about it" is all I need to say to have people guess Rocky. I just find it funny that the 2 people I most often am told I resemble are Brad Majors and Andrew McCartney.
What do you do when you're not at Rocky Horror?
I already told you; I run around in my underwear and dance around in a corset. Other than that I read, write, have a job, go to a variety of geek conventions around the state and, well there is the occasional cross-country killing spree.
Aside from Rocky, what is your favorite obsession?
Toys!! Specifically the greatest villain of all time: The Joker!! Best villain ever. My room is pretty much a museum/shrine/sick obsession with infamous Clown Prince of Crime. Oh, and "Weird Al". And Krusty the Clown (notice the pattern of evil clowns?)


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