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Interview With Oedipus

Aired August 14, 2003 - 14:45   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Some of those reality shows have had some pretty tough tests. Eating pig entrails, surviving desert islands, kissing a guy in a mask. Ew!
But this may be the hardest challenge we've ever heard about, lasting through an entire screening of "Gigli."

We're joined by a man who has issued the challenge. Oedipus, yes? Just Oedipus. He's the program director of Boston's WCBN FM and the devilish mind behind tonight's dastardly stunt. OK, do we call you "Complex"? Do we call you "Ed"? What do we call you?

OEDIPUS, WBCN PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Well, first of all, it's WBCN.

PHILLIPS: Ooh. Oh, my goodness. We've got to plug the right radio station. I'm so sorry.

(CROSSTALK)

OEDIPUS: That is very important.

PHILLIPS: Now, Oedipus, we're reminded that in early Greek literature here, OK, that Oedipus was a character who put his eyes out. So are you tempted to do that? Well, actually, you haven't seen the movie. But are you getting ready to do that?

OEDIPUS: I'm going to see the movie and after the screening, we'll find out.

But if you survive the screening, you survive the screening, you could be one of the rare individuals to actually claim that you sat through the entire movie.

PHILLIPS: And if that does happen, we don't want to exploit the t-shirt or anything, but you do get this lovely gray t-shirt as I know you have all of your employees them wearing them as we speak. I guess you only out the t-shirts on all the hottest employees, though. Is that right?

OEDIPUS: Only the hottest because you have to sit through the movie. And actually, Erica (ph) is going to sit through the movie with me this evening during the J. Lo butt contest that we're also going to have at the screening.

PHILLIPS: Hey she's good looking. Are you making a move there?

OEDIPUS: Well we work together so I couldn't possibly do that. But are you available?

(LAUGHTER)

PHILLIPS: Whoo! We'll move onto the next question. It's getting warm.

OEDIPUS: OK.

PHILLIPS: All right, what about J. Lo? Come on. You're really not dissing the movie, right? You're actually encouraging...

OEDIPUS: We are not dissing the movie at all.

PHILLIPS: Because Ben's from your hood.

OEDIPUS: Ben's from Boston and we wanted Ben to have a full house. We figured this would be the only time he'd have a complete full house for this movie. A movie that you can't even pronounce the name. I mean it looks like "giggly." But it's pronounced "jhee lee." And some people have said "Gigli" rhymes with "really" in terms of really, really bad. But we'll find that out tonight.

PHILLIPS: Now have you called Ben Affleck to say, here we are in your hometown helping you out?

OEDIPUS: Ben will find out about this eventually. He will know that he had a full hose for his very final screening in Boston and in the country. And if this works out, we hope this movie will be destined to be a great midnight cult classic along the lines of say "Show Girls."

PHILLIPS: Or "Rocky Horror."

OEDIPUS: That'd be perfect. What a double bill that would be.

PHILLIPS: How did you come up with this idea, the whole t-shirt thing?

OEDIPUS: Well we actually came up with it -- we were sitting around in our programming meeting and we said, What can we do for this cinematic masterpiece with a Boston boy who has been getting a lot of flack for this? So we decided to say, let's see it for ourselves and see if it's really, truly as bad as they say. And if it is, then you get the t-shirt.

PHILLIPS: Pretty smart.

OEDIPUS: We don't know. We'll find out.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: I was thinking of putting them on eBay. I can make extra money.

OEDIPUS: Do you have your own? Because I'd be glad to send you one. PHILLIPS: Of course. I'm very proud. I have it here. Yes. Here we go. It is a little big. You sent me an extra, extra, extra large. Is that a little hint?

OEDIPUS: Well, it will shrink on you, trust me.

PHILLIPS: WBCN, 104.1 FM, we cannot forget that. All right, you're going to let us know how many people showed up, how many t- shirts you gave out and give us an update, right?

OEDIPUS: I'll be glad to.

PHILLIPS: All right, Oedipus.

OEDIPUS: And we're hoping -- we hope this is a smash for Ben.

PHILLIPS: Well, I have a feeling it will be. Hopefully he'll send you a nice thank you note. You can send him a free t-shirt.

OEDIPUS: I'll do that. And then J. Lo can wear it.

PHILLIPS: Oedipus, thank you.

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Aired August 14, 2003 - 14:45   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Some of those reality shows have had some pretty tough tests. Eating pig entrails, surviving desert islands, kissing a guy in a mask. Ew!
But this may be the hardest challenge we've ever heard about, lasting through an entire screening of "Gigli."

We're joined by a man who has issued the challenge. Oedipus, yes? Just Oedipus. He's the program director of Boston's WCBN FM and the devilish mind behind tonight's dastardly stunt. OK, do we call you "Complex"? Do we call you "Ed"? What do we call you?

OEDIPUS, WBCN PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Well, first of all, it's WBCN.

PHILLIPS: Ooh. Oh, my goodness. We've got to plug the right radio station. I'm so sorry.

(CROSSTALK)

OEDIPUS: That is very important.

PHILLIPS: Now, Oedipus, we're reminded that in early Greek literature here, OK, that Oedipus was a character who put his eyes out. So are you tempted to do that? Well, actually, you haven't seen the movie. But are you getting ready to do that?

OEDIPUS: I'm going to see the movie and after the screening, we'll find out.

But if you survive the screening, you survive the screening, you could be one of the rare individuals to actually claim that you sat through the entire movie.

PHILLIPS: And if that does happen, we don't want to exploit the t-shirt or anything, but you do get this lovely gray t-shirt as I know you have all of your employees them wearing them as we speak. I guess you only out the t-shirts on all the hottest employees, though. Is that right?

OEDIPUS: Only the hottest because you have to sit through the movie. And actually, Erica (ph) is going to sit through the movie with me this evening during the J. Lo butt contest that we're also going to have at the screening.

PHILLIPS: Hey she's good looking. Are you making a move there?

OEDIPUS: Well we work together so I couldn't possibly do that. But are you available?

(LAUGHTER)

PHILLIPS: Whoo! We'll move onto the next question. It's getting warm.

OEDIPUS: OK.

PHILLIPS: All right, what about J. Lo? Come on. You're really not dissing the movie, right? You're actually encouraging...

OEDIPUS: We are not dissing the movie at all.

PHILLIPS: Because Ben's from your hood.

OEDIPUS: Ben's from Boston and we wanted Ben to have a full house. We figured this would be the only time he'd have a complete full house for this movie. A movie that you can't even pronounce the name. I mean it looks like "giggly." But it's pronounced "jhee lee." And some people have said "Gigli" rhymes with "really" in terms of really, really bad. But we'll find that out tonight.

PHILLIPS: Now have you called Ben Affleck to say, here we are in your hometown helping you out?

OEDIPUS: Ben will find out about this eventually. He will know that he had a full hose for his very final screening in Boston and in the country. And if this works out, we hope this movie will be destined to be a great midnight cult classic along the lines of say "Show Girls."

PHILLIPS: Or "Rocky Horror."

OEDIPUS: That'd be perfect. What a double bill that would be.

PHILLIPS: How did you come up with this idea, the whole t-shirt thing?

OEDIPUS: Well we actually came up with it -- we were sitting around in our programming meeting and we said, What can we do for this cinematic masterpiece with a Boston boy who has been getting a lot of flack for this? So we decided to say, let's see it for ourselves and see if it's really, truly as bad as they say. And if it is, then you get the t-shirt.

PHILLIPS: Pretty smart.

OEDIPUS: We don't know. We'll find out.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: I was thinking of putting them on eBay. I can make extra money.

OEDIPUS: Do you have your own? Because I'd be glad to send you one. PHILLIPS: Of course. I'm very proud. I have it here. Yes. Here we go. It is a little big. You sent me an extra, extra, extra large. Is that a little hint?

OEDIPUS: Well, it will shrink on you, trust me.

PHILLIPS: WBCN, 104.1 FM, we cannot forget that. All right, you're going to let us know how many people showed up, how many t- shirts you gave out and give us an update, right?

OEDIPUS: I'll be glad to.

PHILLIPS: All right, Oedipus.

OEDIPUS: And we're hoping -- we hope this is a smash for Ben.

PHILLIPS: Well, I have a feeling it will be. Hopefully he'll send you a nice thank you note. You can send him a free t-shirt.

OEDIPUS: I'll do that. And then J. Lo can wear it.

PHILLIPS: Oedipus, thank you.

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