Today The LG Report
is very excited to be interviewing the J.D. Salinger of the blogosphere, Mr.
Abe Yospe, a/k/a "Cheeseboy," author of the very popular and
hilarious "Blog O' Cheese."
However, BOC fans know that Abe has been on a hiatus as of late. His last "real post" was in
September of 2011 and then he posted a short teaser on February 25, 2012 asking
readers if he should return to blogging.
Not being content with enduring the long silence (ala the aforementioned
J.D. Salinger, another great reclusive writer), The LG Report decided to go right to the source with hard-hitting
questions for Abe. So please sit back
and enjoy (but don't sit so far back that you can't read your computer
screen...)
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The LG Report: Let's get right to it: Rumors are the Mitt
Romney is looking for a first-grade Mormon school teacher to be his running
mate and he wants a colorful and personable wise ass. You fit the bill perfectly. Interested?
And, if so, what would your major policy issues be?
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| Mitt, from what elementary school grade would you like a teacher as a running mate? First? Perfect! |
Abe: I have no interest in running with Mitt Romney. I am not of, shall we say, his political persuasion. However, if Obama decides to dump Biden, I’m all in. Or better yet, if Biden runs in 2016, I’d love to be his running mate. Man, it would be so fun to hang out with that guy and play pool and sing karaoke. Biden and I would make one hell of a karaoke team! I can imagine us doing the perfect Peobo Bryson/Regina Belle duet.
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| Abe to appear soon. |
I think that would be the major policy issue I’d focus on.
Improving the nations moral through karaoke. Also, we’d start a reality show following Joe
and my karaoke career. It would probably be on ABC Family or something.
The LG Report: Sorry, we got that wrong, we were just handed
a correction, Mitt Romney has no such interest, he wants a credible VP
candidate who can help him win. Please
disregard the question above. Our
bad. That's the last time we eat those
funny mushrooms before writing out our questions.
Abe: That’s fine.
If he really wants a credible VP candidate, he should probably pick a former
woman governor from Alaska.
The LG Report: Abe, ever since you "semi-retired"
from blogging (if that's accurate), you've caught fire on both Facebook and
Twitter where you wow millions (or hundreds anyway) with your razor wit and
amusing sarcasm. Why do you prefer the
"micro-blogging" format of those two social media outlets?
Abe: Instant
gratification. With blogging, I usually had to wait 2 or 3 days for comments to
really pour in. On Twitter, I can write a joke, post it and get instant
feedback within minutes.
By the way, you too can follow me on Twitter. My Twitter
name is @Cheeseboy22
The LG Report: You have a pretty impressive list of Twitter
followers including some writers from "The Family Guy" and others (we
won't divulge them all since we don't exactly know who they are, although LG is
among them.) Can you reproduce for us
five or so of your personal favorite Cheeseboy Tweets?
Abe: Sure. How
bout I just list my five most popular:
1. If you are
proud of your follower count, know my 33yo brother lives with my parents,
tweets ONLY about Star Trek & has over 8,000 followers
2. Picking up
this tiny piece of paper would take 1 second, but instead I am going to run
over 100 times with the vacuum at different angles.
3. Accidentally
wore a red shirt and khaki pants to Target yesterday &, long story short, I
think I have been promoted to assistant manager.
4. Whenever
I go to Subway, when they ask if I would like my sandwich toasted, I say yes
& then I raise my cup of Coke & say, "To my sandwich!"
5. I'd
kill for a microwave that plays Europe's “The
Final Countdown” during the last 30 seconds.
The LG Report: We
know you're happily married, but as a Mormon, if you had to select a 9th wife
from among the Ladies of the Blogosphere, who would it be and why? Strictly platonic of course.
Abe: Hm, its been so long since I’ve talked to all my blog groupies. I’d have to say one of these three:
Kelley from Kelley’s Breakroom. We have more of a
brother/sisterly relationship, so it’s actually too bad I am not from Alabama.
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| Abe's Blogosphere Fantasy Wedding Cake Topper. Kelley on the left. Or maybe right. Hard to tell. |
Tammy from Time Flies. We are polar opposites politically,
but she is so cool, I could probably overlook that. Kinda like a James Carville/Mary Matalin
thing. But of course, with more hair.
Robyn Alana Engel from Life By Chocolate. She’s Jewish (I’m
half Jewish) and she’s an expert at finding loser guys online. I could totally
see this working out. http://rawknrobyn.blogspot.com/
The LG Report: Please don't consider us Eastern Elitists with antiquated views of Utah and other places west of Times Square, but how often do you bathe? Honestly, we're all friend here.
Abe: I bathe
twice weekly. And even that is a lot of warming of water on the stove.
The LG Report: You spent some time in Pennsylvania in your
younger days. I'm sure you're aware that
there's an airport named Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Airport, nicknamed
"Abe." Seems like quite a
coincidence. Did you change your name at
some point to become associated with this prestigious transportation hub? Have you ever thought of calling yourself
"Abe O'Hare?"
Abe: I was aware
of this, however, I thought the acronym was pronounced “Ab-e”. Now that I know the correct pronunciation, I
will consider the O’Hare thing. It just seemed silly the other way.
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| Notice how Abe gets his name in there? |
The LG Report: What's that smell?
Abe: My 3rd
wife enjoys making homemade soap out of goat’s milk.
The LG Report: If you couldn't be a teacher, what would your
ideal job be?
Abe: I’d love to
write for Jimmy Fallon. He’s a very
positive comedian, rarely negative, and I like to think of my jokes as the
same. If I couldn’t write for Fallon,
I’d probably settle for Conan.
The LG Report: Jim Gaffigan sends his regards. LG just had lunch with him the other
day. He's not friends with you on
Facebook but LG is trying to convince him to be. What's your message for Jim?
Abe: Jim, you owe
me twenty bucks. Also, you better up your game. John Mulaney is gaining on you.
The LG Report: Are
you in the Secret Service? If so, when were you last in Colombia?
Abe: Yes, I am in
the Secret Service. We Secret Service people are trained to say that we are in
the Secret Service. Then people are like, “No way they are really in the Secret
Service”. I have never been to Colombia. They
tell us to say that too.
The LG Report: As we said, you're a proud Mormon but you
also have some Jewish roots. Have you
ever considered starting the Mormon Pumpernickel Choir?
Abe: Had not
considered it. Probably because most Jews prefer Rye.
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| Everyone says Abe has a pumpernickel sense of humor. He's the greatest thing since... |
The LG Report: If you could change one thing about yourself,
other than your hairstyle or lack of fashion sense, what would it be?
Abe: I wish that
I could be better at pretending to like sushi.
The LG Report: Anyone you'd like to give a shout-out
to? Any Tweeters people should be
following (other than you, obviously) or bloggers?
Abe: There is
this very underrated Tweeter. He’s hilarious. His name is Lazarus and his
Twitter name is @LazarusNYC
The LG Report: Last question Abe: Can we expect to see
Cheeseboy back in the blogging saddle anytime in the foreseeable future or has
that ship sailed, that horse galloped, that plane departed, that bullet fired,
that rocket launched, that gas passed, that... well, you get the idea. Coming back?
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| The Cheeseboy was certainly grilled by The LG Report |
Abe: I thought
about coming back. Maybe just post my best tweet of the day and then add a
little more jokey joke to it. The most time consuming part of blogging was
visiting everyone else’s blog and commenting on them. It was very difficult to
do and I felt guilty when I didn’t get to them all. So that, I don’t miss.
We’ll see if I come back.
Right now, I’m enjoying my retirement and enjoying these Colombian
beaches. Ah crap.
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Abe, thanks again for being a good sport and playing along, we appreciate your stopping by. As mentioned previously, people who miss your hilarious blog can get their Cheeseboy fix on Twitter at @Cheeseboy22.
See you back here again soon folks, thanks for visiting The LG Report!
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I love that Cheeseboy! And he needs to throw caution to the wind, stop committing on everyone else's blog and just get back to writing funny stuff for us losers who don't tweet.
ReplyDeleteGreat interview LG - as if it could be anything but!
If I'm going to be Abe's 9th wife, I call dibs on the days he bathes.
ReplyDeleteSister Tammy, we'll flip for it. But heating water on the stove won't do. The microwave's more effective.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE you Abe, in a strictly platonic if-you-had-to-pick-a-9th-wife kind of way. You just made all my dating madness worthwhile. I've got a new fairytale to pursue. THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Platonic hugs and kisses in a half-Jewish way (not full on sloppy "You never call me" stuff either).
xoRobyn
PS Great interview, very professional and hilarious, LG and Cheeseboy.
Great interview as usual! Thanks for the chuckles!
ReplyDeleteI want to sing in the Mormon Pumpernickel Choir.
ReplyDelete(And that was my favorite line of the interview.)
Abe, I miss seeing you around the blog-o'sphere, and I hope you'll give us a shout out with some of your best tweets while you're on your summer vacation.
LG: your tweet about the Washington Redskins suspending sales of firewater made me LAUGH OUT LOUD for 10 or 15 seconds when I read it. I rarely do that while reading blog posts.
At the time, I was on my ipad, and it's harder to comment from there, so I saved it till now.
xxx ooo
I was laughing so hard that I was crying through this interview! You both are so, so hilarious and it is my privilege to "know" you. For reals! I am flattered to be one of the wives of my brother, Abe O'Hare (that cracked me up!!). I totally get the Twitter love. I am sometimes tempted to abandon the blog and just do Twitter, but I feel tied to it due to other writing "gigs". I feel like I don't give Twitter enough time, in terms of reading, RT'ing & starring tweets. Abe might not be commenting on blogs, but he is definitely spending time playing the read/RT/star game. It's just not AS time-consuming and usually it is more fun. Right, Abe & LG?? Loved the Mormon cracks, too. And the bathing joke. Okay, I loved all of it.
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