Transcript of Jon's Z100 Interview -- 1/23/02
Fresh and Friendly Mary Beth
New York City on Wednesday, January 23, 2002. The interview aired at about
8:40 a.m. that morning. If you'd like to use this transcript on your website
or mailing list, please do so and credit Mary Beth Jahn. The cast of
characters is as follows: for Z100's morning zoo, Elvis Duran, Christine Nagy,
John Bell (abbreviated as JBELL), Danielle Monaro, and JBJ is, of course, Jon
Bon Jovi.
ED: I think Bon Jovi's on the phone.
INTERN: Yes.
ED: Is it really, is this the button where Bon Jovi's located?
INTERN: Yeah, just press it.
ED: Hello?
JBJ: Hiya!
ED: Hey Jon! <group yells hellos.>
JBELL: How's it going?
JBJ: Good morning, y'all.
JBELL: Good morning, morning, morning!
ED: Jon is on the set of Ally McBeal as we speak!
JBJ: Yes I am!
CN: We'd like to know how your butt smells this morning, Jon!
JBJ: Oh, my butt smells wonderful!
<group laughs>
ED: Jon, are you ever going to live that one down? That was kind
of funny!
JBJ: That was kind of funny. I'm glad that it wasn't the other way
around . . .
<group laughs>
JBJ: . . . if you had to have any cool in that scene, at least be
the guy that was getting smelled instead of the one doing the smelling.
JBELL: Exactly!
JBJ: Poor Calista!
ED: Oh, come on!
JBJ: Alright, here's my Calista/Fox, you know, Ally story. That was
the first day, the first scene that we ever did together.
JBELL: Are you serious?
JBJ: I mean, what a way to meet somebody!
ED: Alright, in this first scene, Calista, you sniff Jon's butt!
JBJ: I thought for sure that she'd look at that script and say,
"there's no way I'm doing this," but she's a trooper.
DM: It's all acting!
ED: Well, it sure is fun to see you on the show.
JBJ: Oh, thank you!
ED: It is nuts! Are you having a good time playing with those
people?
JBJ: I gotta tell you, man, I'm really enjoying this. She's great,
David Kelley's great, I look forward to coming to work every day.
CN: That's nice!
JBELL: That's great!
ED: Have you ever done TV like this before?
JBJ: No, I did one episode of "Sex in the City," but I had no desire
to do TV, you know, there's too much else going on. David Kelley just was
wonderful about this and the way he pitched it to me, it made sense to do while
Richie's out here, it made sense while we were writing the record. But who
knew that we'd be this far along with the record! Fortunately, the record's
ready to go, you know, so, uh, we're ready to get in the studio, and we are,
two weeks from now.
JBELL: Jon, we hear you're not going to sing on the show, that this is
a straight acting gig for you, and that's the way you want it.
JBJ: Well, I don't want to be in that bar singing, the way they do,
I don't think it's a good idea, but there's gonna be a couple of lines of a
couple songs in a different setting, like with me and her singing Tom Waits
<laughs> for a couple of lines, but no, I'm not doing any singing, I don't want
to confuse the two mediums.
DM: So if you're gonna sing with Ally, that usually means romance
with Ally, which usually means broken heart for Ally - is that where we're
going?
<JBELL laughs>
JBJ: I gotta tell you, you know, we're five or six episodes in, and
I haven't even gotten a kiss yet!
DM: Oh!
CN: I was going to say, we want to see you sucking face with Ally!
What's going on, Jon?
<group laughs>
JBJ: Man, tell me about it! Victor Morrison needs a little action
here!
ED: Just to switch gears for one split second, we have breaking
news coming out of the Shore, as you know, the news about the Stone Pony.
JBJ: I'm hearing little bits of it out here, um, what's the latest?
ED: Well, they're saying, well, it was that they were just going to
turn it off and put up a condo, now they hear there may be a little movement,
they may try to find a way to keep it. It looks like the Stone Pony could be
done, it could be gone forever.
JBJ: That's a shame, there's a lot of history in that building.
DM: Why don't you buy it, Jon?
JBJ: Probably because there's too many tax liens against it, there's
all kinds of tax situations that are impeding that . . .
JBELL: Oh really?
JBJ: . . . you know, it's not that we haven't looked into Asbury
before. But, if you really think about it, you know, it was after Bruce was
making records, it was really the Jukes who broke out of there and my bar was
really the Fast Lane, to tell you the honest-to-God truth. But the Pony was
always a great piece of history, man, I gotta tell you, 20 years ago, there was
nothing like it.
DM: There's a lot of people fighting for it.
ED: Even if they tore it down, it would still smell like cigarette
smoke in that spot.
<group laughs>
JBJ: It's a good thing! Stale beer and cigarettes - what's better
than that?
<group laughs>
JBELL: Hey Jon, you know, this is a little embarrassing, because I
remember your great performance, but I don't remember the exact name of the
movie - it was the one with the U-boat, you were incredible in it . . .
JBJ: U-571.
JBELL: Yes! Yes, yes, yes - you were incredible in that and I thought
maybe you had decided on a whole new career?
JBJ: I can't quit my day job, you know, Giants Stadium is too nice a
place to play!
JBELL: Tell me about it!
JBJ: No, we've got a really great upbeat record, you know, I mean I
was so affected by 9/11 that, uh, we just spewed songs one after another, I
can't wait to play you the new stuff, it's really good.
ED: Alright, let's make a date then. You're going to come in,
bring the CD in when you're ready, and we'll shoot it out of the speakers,
whenever you're ready to go.
JBJ: The international first broadcast, I'd be happy to give it to
you. I'd give you the demos, I'm so happy with it!
<group cheers>
ED: And by the way, and we'll give away a chance for a listener to
come up and sniff your booty!
JBJ: Okay!
<group laughs>
ED: That'll be fabulous. Well, listen, go back to work, would you
do something with Calista? Her character needs to have a love life!
JBJ: Tell me about it! I'm ready to marry her! She's wonderful.
CN: Give her a kiss for us!
ED: And tell them all we said hi, and Jon, thanks for calling! Go
back to work!
JBJ: Okay guys! See ya!
<group says goodbye>
Regards,
Mary Beth :-)
"Making friends and warming hearts wherever I go"
There are no stupid questions. There are, however, many inquisitive idiots.
big slab of baxter
>INTERN: wow, how convincing
>ED: Is it really, is this the button where Bon Jovi's located?
>INTERN: oh god...sigh
>ED: Hello?
>JBJ: wha...huh... hello?
>ED: Hey Jon! <group yells hellos.>
>JBELL: How's it going?
>JBJ: not so loud.
>JBELL: Good morning, morning, morning!
>ED: Jon is on the set of Ally McBeal as we speak!
>JBJ: stop yelling!
>CN: We'd like to know how your butt smells this morning, Jon!
>JBJ: huh? well, i drank so much wine i got diarhea, so it kinda
smells bad....
>ED: Jon, are you ever going to live that one down? That was kind
>of funny!
>JBJ: it's not funny at all, it hurts and it won't stop. it leaks at
first, then it just explodes.
>JBELL: does it hurt?
>JBJ: well, yes.
>ED: Oh, come on!
>JBJ: it does asshole! it burns! liquified shit hurts! and it just
streams out! you drink 5 liters of wine one night and see how it feels, fucking
jerk.
>JBELL: Are you serious?
>JBJ: ugh, my head, yes i'm serious.
>ED: Alright, in this first scene, Calista, you sniff Jon's butt!
>JBJ: she had second thoughts after seeing me in my hotel. and after
seeing my sheets. being to drunk to move and having diarhea can make a mess.
>DM: It's all acting!
>ED: Well, it sure is fun to see you on the show.
>JBJ: what the fuck are you talking about?!? are you saying blood
coming out your ass is fun and acting!?!
>ED: It is nuts! Are you having a good time playing with those
>people?
>JBJ: what is your problem? i am not having a good time at all!
i am drinking way too much, and i can't stop, and i am bleeding out my ass
because of it!
>CN: That's nice!
>JBELL: That's great!
>ED: Have you ever done TV like this before?
>JBJ: well, i always record and play shows hungover. but i have never
acted hungover. is it good?
>JBELL: Jon, we hear you're not going to sing on the show, that
this is
>a straight acting gig for you, and that's the way you want it.
>JBJ: i asked you a question.
>DM: So if you're gonna sing with Ally, that usually means romance
>with Ally, which usually means broken heart for Ally - is that where we're
>going?
>
>JBJ: you are having your conversation, aren't you?
>DM: Oh!
>CN: I was going to say, we want to see you sucking face with Ally!
>What's going on, Jon?
>JBJ: there was some sucking, but i had no idea calista liked feces.
that to me, is just wierd.
>ED: Just to switch gears for one split second, we have breaking
>news coming out of the Shore, as you know, the news about the Stone Pony.
>JBJ: yeah, switching back, what the hell or you talking about?
>ED: Well, they're saying, well, it was that they were just going to
>turn it off and put up a condo, now they hear there may be a little movement,
>they may try to find a way to keep it. It looks like the Stone Pony could be
>done, it could be gone forever.
>JBJ: so the hell what.
>DM: Why don't you buy it, Jon?
>JBJ: because i don't care, would that be a good reason?
>JBELL: Oh really?
>JBJ: yeah really, fuck off.
>DM: There's a lot of people fighting for it.
>
>ED: Even if they tore it down, it would still smell like cigarette
>smoke in that spot.
>JBJ: thank you! i knew i needed something, marlboro country here i
come!
>JBELL: Hey Jon, you know, this is a little embarrassing,
because I
>remember your great performance, but I don't remember the exact name of the
>movie - it was the one with the U-boat, you were incredible in it . . .
>JBJ: U-571. fucking lameass.
>JBELL: Yes! Yes, yes, yes - you were incredible in that and I
thought
>maybe you had decided on a whole new career?
>JBJ: I can't quit my day job. i mean, i really can't.
>JBELL: Tell me about it!
>JBJ: no shit.
>ED: Alright, let's make a date then. You're going to come in,
>bring the CD in when you're ready, and we'll shoot it out of the speakers,
>whenever you're ready to go.
>JBJ: yeah, when i'm ready, remember that, pal.
>ED: And by the way, and we'll give away a chance for a listener to
>come up and sniff your booty!
>JBJ: if he or she don't mind hershey squirts on thier nose, i'm
game!
>ED: That'll be fabulous. Well, listen, go back to work, would you
>do something with Calista? Her character needs to have a love life!
>JBJ: Tell me about it! I'm ready to smack that ass.
>CN: Give her a kiss for us!
>
>ED: And tell them all we said hi, and Jon, thanks for calling! Go
>back to work!
>JBJ: yeah, whatever.
baxxxter
" leave the board out of this! " - mrs. levy
Mickette
ghost interview...
that is one funny show..