PODCAST: Pauly Shore

It's been two decades since comedian Pauly Shore first turned up on the beach to host MTV's Spring Break parties, and whether you're tickled or annoyed by his goofy antics from Encino Man and Bio-Dome, his character "The Weasel" has, fittingly, weaseled its way into pop culture history. Personally, I gained respect for the guy once he became a filmmaker with his ballsy, scathingly self-critical debut Pauly Shore Is Dead, so I couldn't pass up the chance to talk to Shore, again in the director's chair for the new mockumentary Adopted, coming to DVD on June 15:

Adopted is a comedy that explores the lengths to which Pauly Shore will go to adopt a child during a trip to Africa. Practicing fatherhood by taking a variety of "orphans" on day-trips, Pauly believes that he can leave his playboy past behind for good and start an instant family, as many other stars have done. After getting help from a social worker friend, Pauly takes an orphan-a-day while he explores this strange country full of weird and wonderful people. Stumbling along the adoption trail, he steps on toes and pokes fun at the current fascination with celebrity adoptions.

I sat down with Shore to ask whether the Madonnas and Jolie-Pitts of the world are heroic or self-righteous as adoptive parents, whether he'd make a good father, if he'll still be "The Wiez" as a 60-year-old man, and the biggest misconception people still have of him.

To listen to the podcast, click here. (18:14)
[WARNING: Explicit language]

Podcast Music
INTRO: Ween: "I Gots a Weasel"
OUTRO: Enablers: "Pauly's Days in Cinema"

Posted by ahillis at June 10, 2010 12:20 AM