Neighborbee Blog has posted a great interview with Judah Friedlander, in which he they discuss his stand up act, making his hats for 30 Rock, how you can buy them, and his artwork.

And you come up with all your own hats for 30 Rock, right?
Yeah, I come up with all my stuff and I make them. It’s just something I bring to the show.

Has one ever been rejected by the show?
My hats sometimes have to be run through the censors. I wore one hat that said, “Balls.” It ended up being no problem, but they had to run that through. I’m like, “Why? It could just be basketballs or footballs.” Carrie Fisher was on that episode, and she said, “I just thought you liked going to balls. You know, to dance.”

Clearly you’re world famous now considering you’re on both the critically acclaimed 30 Rock and the cultural juggernaut Best Week Ever. What’s the weirdest fan interaction you’ve had?
As I was walking into the SAG Awards, one of the security guys kind of freaked out and was like, “Oh dude, I’m a huge fan of yours. I just wanted to say that. I love Lord of the Rings.” And I’m like, “Um, I wasn’t in Lord of the Rings.” And he’s like, “Oh, I thought you directed that.” And I’m like, “No, I’m not Peter Jackson, but thanks, dude.”

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Tina Fey was recently interviewed by AJ Jacobs of Esquire Magazine.  Here are a few sample questions for your reading pleasure:

AJJ: The funniest number?

TF: 58,008, right? On a 1970s calculator, upside down.

AJJ: The funniest beverage?

TF: Buttermilk, as in “I’ll have a venti buttermilk, please.”

AJJ: Animals in people’s clothing: Funny or not?

TF: Always funny!

AJJ: The word douchebag?

TF: I prefer jagweed.

AJJ: Bugaboo strollers?

TF: How dare you.

AJJ: Are puns funny?

TF: Only in porn titles.

AJJ: The funniest word?

TF: Can it be two words?

AJJ: Sure.

TF: Hamburger sandwich. [The phone rings.] It’s probably a fake call from my assistant to end the interview.

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Entertainment Weekly has  an interview with actress Deidre Goodwin, who played Deborah on MILF Island.  From the sounds of things, you can expect to see a fair amount of deleted scenes from this episode on the DVD set.

Q: How was the shoot?
A: There was so much they didn’t really show. After I finished, I was exhausted, but I was so happy because I never had that much fun working. I literally came home and washed sand and bananas out of my hair. We did ridiculous things. There was a girl who ate a cockroach.

Q: A real cockroach?
A: Well, they used chocolate cockroaches. But during a close-up, they made her hold a real one up to her lips. And then they didn’t even show that part! Poor thing. For me — you probably saw glimpses of this — there was a ‘’stick dance.” On set they’d told us my adversary was a very sweet girl, and I was [directed to be] raunchy, slapping my ass and everything. Then they had me shoot it again by myself. And you know that video by Whitesnake? I did that.

Q: You did your best Tawny Kitaen?
A: Crawling, cooter slam, flipping the hair, the whole thing. It was awesome.

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You can find a great interview of Tina Fey in the latest issue of Marie Claire magazine.  Tina is interviewed by none other than her friend Amy Poehler, and the result is, as expected, hilarious.  You can find the first part of the interview on their website, but will have to pick up the magazine for the whole thing.

Topics include learning a bit about Tina’s beauty rituals, and a possible upcoming project. Or Not.

Amy Poehler: What are your beauty rituals?
Tina Fey: Some people work with a trainer, some people work with a stylist. I work with a celebrity fecalist. A fecalist is basically a person who comes and collects my stools, and then examines them to see if I’m eating right and if I should be drinking more water and what my moods should be.

Amy Poehler: And you’re producing your fecalist’s reality show, right?
Tina Fey: Yes. It’s called Eric Gurian: The Turd Whisperer.

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