Edward asks about...Pies.

Posted by Christine McGlade at 8/7/2007 9:50 AM
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I'm baaaack.  Lots of life got in the way there for a while.  I'm going to try answering an email again, although I do believe that cutting and pasting some html-tagged email before was what caused some kind of clog in my blog.

Andrew wrote to me and asked:

"I have a question that I wanted to ask you about being pied. It seems that you took more pies to the face than anyone else on the show. What was it like to be pied? How did they shoot those sketches? Did you groan each time you saw another script that had you getting pied? In particular, I am very curious about the “Drugs” episode, where all those kids just barraged you at the end. What was that experience like, and can you give us some “behind the scenes” info on that episode? I also enjoyed the “malapropophobia” sketch where Ross hit you with “the next cream pie” even after he told you he wouldn’t, all because he suffered from a fear of telling the truth. Classic stuff. Who came up with that idea? Any insight on that sketch as well?"

okay, one at a time!  I think you are right, I probably did get more pies than the other kids, and I chalk this up to 2 factors:
1) I was on every show, mostly, so the odds were simply greater that I would therefore suffer more indiginities than the others and
2) Roger Price had a secret strategy that by humiliating and otherwise causing me to endure great hardships, he would thereby make me more sympathetic, even though I was mostly portrayed as a bit of a sarcastic know-it-all (hang on-I think that was my true personality shining through!!)

The thing is, being pied was kind of...fun.  They weren't real pies-hope this isn't revealing some kind of comedy trade secret.  I can see it now: this will get back to the comedy mafia and they'll take a hit out on me.  I knew there was a good reason to fear clowns...

but back to the "pies"...they were, in fact, shaving cream.  This foamed up and was more creamy than whipped cream, and it didn't melt under the hot studio lights and get all smelly and old-dairy disgusting.  The only downside was that certain kids, who shall remain nameless but who were younger than me and somewhat mischevious, often used the pie-ing with the shaving cream as a weapon, and indeed, I got a few in the face that were relatively forceful.  Shaving cream in the eyes kinda stings.  The drug ep is one where the pieing at the end was....robust.

Ross (Les Lye), being a long-time, inside member of the secret comedy mafia, was expert at all things slapstick, and could deliver a pie like no other, with just the right amount of force (it looked like there was force, but there wasn't) and just the right amount of squish at the end.  A consumate comedy pro.  I hope he never finds out I have revealed the shaving cream secret, he would be horrified.
 

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