Interview: 3/25/01
Setting: A loud party. Jana, our #1 fan, has decided to be the first person to officially interview The Robinsons. None of us were drinking. We're just naturally stupid. I won't post the entire interview for everyone's benefit.
Jana: How did you get the name, The Robinsons?
Mike: Good story, actually. We [Todd and I] were talking to Allen trying to get the band together and said we should name it after ourselves. Like, The Pattons or The Wagners. And then... (looking at Terrell)... Bighead comes in. What did he say? Todd says it best.
Todd: He said, "Look, guys. Your names suck. My name's the best."
Mike: Basically, he took over.
Todd: "I'm the leader of this band..."
Mike: Right... I think the quote was "I'm bigger than Jesus." I think he said, "If Jesus were in my band, it'd still be called The Robinsons."
Someone from the party shouts something and Terrell quickly shuts him up.
Mike: That's how he is. The way Terrell just treated him, that's how he treats us. He dictates everything at practice. One time he sent Allen home!
Todd: He threatened to quit if we didn't name it The Robinsons.
Long pause.
Terrell: I'm tough, but fair, and I stand by that.
Jana: How did you pick the band members?
Mike: Well, my friend Wyatt wanted to join...
Todd: And this dude, Dr. Frank...
Mike: But Terrell said no. I mean, we vote on everything, but Terrell's vote is... bigger, I guess.
Todd: Allen just walked in one day.
Allen: I think I was just there one day, and it was like, "You play bass."
Terrell: See, it's like the video game Yo Noid, when at the end, you had to challenge the other noid to a pizza-eating contest. You would only get like half the amount of pizzas that the he got.
Mike: (to Todd and Allen) Then why doesn't he let us eat pizza? (To Jana) He says we can't eat pizza because it's bad for us.
Terrell: I'm the other noid.
Mike: He only lets us eat fruit and cheese. That's all he lets us eat.
Allen: You get cheese??
Todd: Dude, we've been eating cheese for like the past 2 weeks.
Mike: At practice, he always makes us do everything, while he props his feet up, eating freezies. One time, Todd tried to eat a freezie and he lost his cheese privileges for 2 days.
Terrell: The rules were not made to be broken.
Todd: While it all seems like fun and games, it's really not as fun as it seems.
Terrell: It's hard work. I need the better food, because I need to make the tough managerial decisions. Like kicking Wyatt and Dr. Frank out of the band.
Jana: What are your favorite bands?
Long pause.
Terrell: Should I start?
Mike: Yeah, I mean, you should answer first.
Terrell: Top five, I'll give you. Reel Big Fish... The Aquabats... Nerfherder... the Beatles... and Starland Vocal Band.
Mike: OK, my top 5 would be... the Everly Brothers... the Mama's and the Papa's... the Byrds... definitely the Cars... and one of the most influential bands, with the hit song "Hot Dog"... The Archies. I believe the line was, "Hot Dog, I really relish you."
Todd: How could that not be your favorite band?
Allen: OK. Wounded Moose... Octane 151 and Octane 2000... Broken Pic... Birdfinger... Point 07.
Todd: My favorite bands are... gotta go with Beach Boys and Weezer of course... I like a little Ice Cube every now and then... get that gangsta flow, you know... I like a little Backstreet Boys... but Type O Negative definitely takes the cake.
Mike: (to Jana) Terrell said he wanted you to ask him if likes Anti-Flag.
Jana: Do you like Anti-Flag?
Terrell: No.
Jana: Why not?
Terrell: Cause I'm a fascist.
Mike: Now wait, their song, "Gracie's Running Into The Door" (Terrell and Mike start singing, "Bad dog, bad dog! Bad dog, bad dog!") That's a good song... And remember, you should always be different... but be unified and hold up your fist. Everybody, right now, hold up your fist!
Terrell: Wait, I'm the dictator here, Mike.
Mike: Sorry, raise your fist if Terrell tells you to.
Terrell: You wanna be demoted back to the non-citrus fruits?
Jana: Do the Robinsons ever plan on making a movie like the Beatles?
Todd: Yeah, we're making one right now.
Jana: Who's the star?
Mike: Terrell. He's the director as well. He does everything. He's the E of our movie. [E is a character in the movie Sleepy Hollow High who likes to yell, "Cool down! Got it?"]
Allen: Yes, he's the E.
Mike: Cool down...
Todd: Cool down!! Got it??
Mike: Sometimes, I'm like, "Todd, I don't know if that harmony really fits" and Terrell jumps in... "Cool down! Got it?" We say, "Terrell, we're not fighting..." and he just yells, "Got it??"
Todd: Sometimes in the middle of a song, we'll just be playing, and he yells, "Cool down! Got it?" And we have to stop because we have to follow what he says.
Terrell: When it's time to cool down, it's time to cool down.
Mike: In fact, we wanted to call the next CD Internet Love Songs, but he said it's gotta be Cool Down! Got It?
Terrell: It's gonna be followed by Cool Down! Got It? Vol. 2 and Vol. 3.
Jana: Since you're all related in some type of way, do you think you're ever going to end up like Oasis?
Mike: Rich and famous?
Todd: I say yes. We will definitely end up like Oasis in every way, shape, and form. Except we don't live in England. But everything else...
Jana: Do any of you know how to skank?
Mike: No.
Terrell: No.
Todd: (to Jana) Are you going to skank at the 3 Doors Down concert?? [Jana had been debating over coming to see the Robinsons or going to 3 Doors Down on April 12th.]
Mike: Yeah, let us ask you a question. Where will you be on April 12th?
Jana: I'm going to see you... OK, this is my last question. Is there any sexual tension between you?
Mike: Terrell and Todd... well, I won't say anything...
Terrell: We were stopping the drum from moving off of the carpet. That was it! We had to make it stay.
Allen: That's what the lawnmower does!
Terrel: We were using the lawnmower.
Mike: You were using the lawnmower??
Todd: No comment!
Terrell: Todd did open the bathroom door while I was peeing one time. And they took a picture of it. I don't know what happened to the picture. It's probably posted on the internet somewhere.
Mike: I've never seen that picture. (into the microphone) www.therobinsonsmusic.net...
Terrell: Just click on the rooftop. It's weird at first, but once you realize it turns from an arrow into a finger...
Allen: What??? [Imagine 20 people or so laughing at Terrell's stupidity...]
Terrell: The cursor.
Jana: I know what you're talking about
Mike: It's a whole hand. It's not just a finger moving around.
Todd: I wanna know who clicks like that anyway. Is it so hard to make an animated finger?
Terrell: Now, ask Mike if he can play a Sammy Hagar lead.
Jana: Can you play a Sammy Hagar lead?
Mike: I can do anything you want me to do... OK, Allen should end the interview with one statement...
Allen: I saw The Stereo 3 nights ago.
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