Lisa Denton and Barry CourterLISA DENTON: Barry, I have to admit I’m a little jealous that you got to talk to actor and comedian Kevin James the other day about his comedy show Thursday night at the Tivoli. He just seems so nice-guy likable.
Plus, the story he tells on himself — “I went water-skiing, and I found out that I scream the exact same if a great white attacks me … or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot” — reminds me of the time you came eye-to-eye with a dead rat in your basement.
BARRY COURTER: Nose-to-nose is more accurate, and the scream that came from my mouth is still traveling in space somewhere. Surprisingly, no windows were shattered and, to my knowledge, no animals were harmed. Other than the aforementioned late rodent.
Anyway, James was great and even laughed when I told him straightaway that just looking at him makes me laugh. Pretty sure that’s Item No. 1 in the “How Not To Begin An Interview” handbook.
LISA: Yeah, but see, he’s probably said instantly regrettable things like that to people before. That’s what makes him so relatable.