al: Is there any improv at all with any of the voice actors?
mm: Oh yeah. Dana [Snyder] goes nuts. He was a real good find.

al: He's Shake, right?
mm: Yeah, he plays Master Shake. You know, we write the lines because we think they're funny, and he'll do the lines and give us funny stuff, but then he'll just go off on tangents on things we never thought of... We call them "Dana-isms." And Dave does the same thing in the booth. He'll work the line and ad-lib all over until it's really, really funny.

al: I notice that the Aqua Teens don't do a lot of crime fighting. What happened with that?
dw: They couldn't make money doing it. So they're currently on welfare. And they have problems with the current Administration's views toward it, so they get jobs this year, that don't involve solving mysteries or fighting crimes.

al: One of my readers was wondering how they could afford that big ass house.
dw: They rent it. They get a really good deal because it doesn't have a bathroom. 2BR, no bath.

al: Man, you guys have closed all the loopholes. You have really created a foolproof universe here.
mm: We sure have.
dw: Oh yeah, it's completely airtight. Completely logical. (Laughs).

al: Matt, before Cartoon Network, I read that you worked on a lot of horror movies.
mm: Yep, I did. My first movie was Darkman, not really a horror movie, but I worked on Hellraiser 3, Children of the Corn 2, Basketcase 3...I sort of sought out the pictures and got myself a job on them. I was a big horror fan growing up.

al: You can definitely feel a horror backdrop in Aqua Teen.
mm: [Giggling] That's because we find blood to be really funny. And shocking.
dw: But Matt takes it seriously. He thinks it's real life. And I'm scared to be around him.

al: What were you guys like in high school?
dw: I was the dick/jock/bully.

al: I can see that.
dw: [laughs]
mm: I was in a band. So I wasn't really a preppie or a druggie, I was just sorta in a band. Not too cool, not too popular, just there.

al: Are either of you Rush fans?
dw: Rush fans? Yes! Yeah, in a big way!

al: I'm talking about the Canadian power rock trio.
mm: Yeah, we love them!
dw: We tried getting Geddy on the show. But he had "other obligations."

al: I saw that episode where Geddy swoops down in his giant flying bass.
mm: Did you notice when Meatwad was singing the solo to "Tom Sawyer"?

al: Of course. That was when I realized that I had to own you two. And keep you in my basement.
mm: Oh... good.

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