Road Rules 5 Interviews

Interviews

This page is dedicated to the small interviews that cast members did on the web page. I believe that these interviews help to understand exactly what happens on the Adventures. Enjoy.

Noah part 1

Noah chats with JJ Web about episode 507.
JJ Web:I lot of viewers were upset by the Winnie robbery. Many have asked if your guitar was ever found. Any luck?
Noah:It was all a setup and Bunim-Murray has my guitar in the office and they hide it whenever I'm there. No, just kidding. Yes, they took my favorite guitar and I'll never be able to get another one like it. But I bought one made by the same guy.
JJ Web:Was it made in Wisconsin?
Noah:No, they're made in British Columbia actually.
JJ Web:Is it an expensive instrument?
Noah:Yeah, about $2,500. But the insurance paid for most of it.
JJ Web:Did you enjoy the World Wrestling Federation mission? It seems like you got some extra harassment.
Noah:My grandfather was a heavy-weight boxer, so everybody in my family is very much into boxing - into real fighting. I never got into WWF because it was so phony. And they never showed this on TV, but my whole thing was to challenge these guys to get in the ring and either fight me or fight somebody who's in their own weight class who knows how to fight. It was pretty funny. It was pretty neat to see these beasts of men.
JJ Web:It looked pretty rough. Did you guys get bruised? Were you sore?
Noah:When we went to the match that night, the real match, I realized we were getting hit a lot harder in practice than they hit each other at the match that night. I would say like five times harder. Most of the time, they were on a mission to prove to us that they were big tough guys. But my response would be "why don't you pick on someone your own size."
JJ Web:They were huge.
Noah:Gigantic! I was like, get in the ring with Mike Tyson or Holyfield because they're both in your weight class. And they were like, "those guys don't know how to fight, boxing is a set- up!"
JJ Web:That's ironic. Up to this point, which mission have you enjoyed the most? Noah:I actually
enjoy traveling the most. Going between the cities in the Winnie. To me, that was most thrilling. Like this is where you need to go, it's fifteen hours away, jump and go. I would definitely say bungie jumping was the most thrilling and the most memorable mission.
JJ Web:It's good that you enjoyed the driving the most because you did most of the driving! Noah:I always got mad because everybody in back has got the shades down and they're laying down, when there is so much cool shit outside. I kept an atlas that is highlighted with all the routes that we drove this summer. We did like 12,000 miles which is really cool.
JJ Web:In your opinion, do the shows seem an accurate representation of what happened?
Noah:Yeah, they're fairly accurate. What's interesting to realize is that small things that to me were like nothing on the trip are things that were focused on. Things that I never paid attention to. So it's just weird, I find myself in conversations I don't remember! But I think overall everybody looks pretty good. They're not trying to make anybody look like a complete jackass.
JJ Web:We get a lot of mail saying this season's cast is the best so far.
Noah:Which surprises me, because I was kind of a jerk this summer.
JJ Web:Why do you think you were a jerk?
Noah:I'm a really tough guy to live with, and my one regret is... well, if I had to go back and I could do it differently, I would go back and be a lot easier to get along with and more laid back - more group interaction. Because I really am a nice boy.
JJ Web:You're getting a lot of e-mail from young ladies who think you're very nice.
Noah:I have a P.O. Box that they can write to me at. It's P.O. Box 260139, Madison, WI, 53726. I can send people information about my band, THE LOTUS BAND.
JJ Web:How long has your band been together?
Noah:They were together before I joined, but I joined in April last year.
JJ Web:And you're playing locally?
Noah:In Wisconsin. But we're going to leaving Wisconsin. We're supposed to play around the Midwest for a while. And spring break we're gonna go down south and play a bunch of places.
JJ Web:How do you set up those gigs?
Noah:As of now I'm managing the band. I've been making a hell of a lot of phone calls.
JJ Web:And are you singing as well?
Noah:No, just playing guitar. But I've been really lucky because we found a great, great singer. Our CD is coming out next week. I'll send you a copy.
JJ Web:I'll look forward to hearing it.
Noah:I'll send you our press packet too.
JJ Web:Great. I'll share it with our readers.
Noah:One of the songs on the CD is a song I wrote this summer while we were on the trip.
JJ Web:Thanks for talking with me, Noah. Take care and have a good weekend.
Noah:Thank you, sir!

Noah part 2

JJ Web and Noah discuss his take on the big NYC blowout and his relationship with a certain Arthur Fonzarelli.
JJ Web:How you doing?
Noah: Good. What can I help you with?
JJ Web:I tried to call you last week, but there was no answer.
Noah: Maybe the machine was full. You know, I've got girlfriends calling me...
JJ Web:I understand. I know that you witnessed firsthand Roni's explosion of emotion when you guys were leaving New York. Do you think she was justified in being upset?
Noah: Oh, f**k yeah. The thing that I know is gonna happen, and I really feel bad for Roni, is that... well, if you've noticed, the last time Roni was really part of an episode, other than go-go dancing, was the wrestling mission. Since then, not only has Roni not been focused on, but it's almost like she's not on the trip. Which I felt really bad about. Because she was a very active participant for most of the summer. While we were in Chicago, it was Roni who washed the pigs more than anybody, and they didn't show her doing anything. The big impression that everyone watching the show who doesn't know Roni is gonna get is gonna be Roni in New York blowing up and screaming at everybody. Which sucks because Roni would always hang out. When we'd go to each other's city she'd meet everybody's friends, she was always helping with missions, and directions, and cleaning. And we show up in New York, and granted we did have to make this album, but at the same time we could have made it in Washington Square Park, while hanging out with all of Roni's friends. Roni and I both completed our part of the album. And everybody else was taking a very long time to do their part. We decided to go meet all of Roni's friends at the dance studio and everyone else was like "fine, if you don't want to help with the mission!" But I was like, if you really cared that much about Roni, you'd care about meeting her friends and family.
JJ Web:Do you think that Anne, Dan, and Tara really weren't interested, or that they just didn't realize that this was going to be the only opportunity to hang out with Roni's friends?
Noah: We paged them at least four or five times all day long, saying this is where we are, this is what we're doing. We found the club that you could get into if you were 18, just so that everybody could be in one room. We got all of Roni's friends together. And we said this is what time we'll be there, please meet us, here's how to get there. And we gave directions. And they didn't show up. They paged us and said we're with Tara's friend at a different bar, come meet us. And that was like a slap in the face. Everybody knew where to go and how to get there. They were more concerned with being with Tara's friend from Long Island who was afraid to come into the city.
JJ Web:Why was this friend afraid?
Noah: She wouldn't come into Harlem at all. And I'm not talking about Roni's part of Harlem, which I understand you wouldn't want to be a girl coming alone on the subway. But she had a car. She wouldn't come to 103rd and Amsterdam, which is almost the Upper West Side. She thought it was too dangerous. And Roni was like, I'm not going to go to Long Island to hang out with some girl I don't know when I'm in my hometown.
JJ Web:I've heard that Dan, Tara, and Anne started to call themselves the Three Musketeers and the rest of you referred to them as the Three-Headed Monster. Perhaps Dan, Tara, and Anne created a clique. What's your take on that?
Noah: Well, it's kind of strange. At the beginning of the summer, it was like the four of us together, without Roni and Jon. And I didn't purposefully do that, it was just that I had a lot more in common with Dan. And then Dan liked Anne and Tara, so it was the four of us. And also, Anne and I were getting along pretty well at the beginning. But then, all of a sudden, Tara and I stopped getting along. Dan didn't want to become part of a conflict, so he only hung out with Tara instead of me -- which was cool. And then, same thing with Anne. So it was like those three. I wouldn't say they tried to exclude Roni and Jon. I know that Tara didn't want to hang out with me, so that excluded me from those three. When I approached Tara about it towards the end of the trip, she broke down crying. She said 'I had no idea you felt this way, I'm so sorry.' Of course she did it when the camera was gone.
JJ Web:When did she do it?
Noah: In the middle of the night, at like 3:30 or 4:00 in the morning. She came and climbed into bed with me and woke me up, crying.
JJ Web:She said she had no idea how you felt?
Noah: No idea that I felt that way.
JJ Web:Is that possible?
Noah: No. And I didn't want to yell at her. And I thought it was nice that she was trying to make up.
JJ Web:Let's back up. Why didn't she want to hang out with you?
Noah: We're both very headstrong, outgoing people. The reason we didn't get along is she's from Los Angeles and would think that there's only one way to do things, like the L.A. way. A couple times she admitted, 'oh, I didn't know people did things any different.' So she was very closed-minded about a lot of things. I wouldn't say I'm closed-minded, but from experience that I've had, I know how I want to go about doing something. And I have a difficult time doing it a different way. So we were both very strong in the way that we wanted to do things. So we would always butt heads. And Tara would take it personally. We're both very strong about our convictions, so it's like we're fighting not necessarily for control, but to do it our way. [call waiting chimes] Hold on one second. After a brief pause, Noah returns to the line.
Noah: The weirdest thing is happening.
JJ Web:What?
Noah: You know Henry Winkler, the Fonz from Happy Days?
JJ Web:Sure.
Noah: Well he's in town. He's looking for me.
JJ Web:The Fonz is looking for you?!
Noah: You know Julie Bunim, Mary-Ellis' daughter -- she's a senior in high school and just got accepted at my school and came out to stay with me for a couple of days to check out the campus. Anyway, she saw that my roommates and I have this huge picture of the Fonz in our kitchen. She was like, 'You guys like him? That's my friend's dad.' So she arranged for him to sign us a really nice photo. Meanwhile, he's in Madison with his daughter Zoe who's also planning to come here, and they stop in to a bunch of my friends' houses because they thought I lived with them. And he's like, 'hey, is Noah around?' And I just got a phone call and he's walking around on campus. And my friends walked up to him and said are you looking for Noah, and they gave him my number. I gotta meet the Fonz.
JJ Web:Noah, why do you have to meet the Fonz?
Noah: He's so cool! First of all, the show supposedly takes place in Milwaukee. The Fonz rode a bike and he had great jackets all the time. Like, how cool would that be?
JJ Web:Is he a hero? A role model?
Noah: I always like cool guys. Like James Dean and the Fonz. I'm always rooting for the bad guy in the movies.
JJ Web:Back to Harlem. You walked the streets with Roni. What did you think of the city?
Noah: To be honest, it wasn't that I was uncomfortable. And I wouldn't say I was prejudiced. But any knowledge of Harlem I had read rather than seen. So I was a little bit nervous. And when I was there, I was a little bit edgy and I was looking around all the time. Plus, there were no white people there. The other people looked at me kind of goofy. And the cameras! But when I was in the youth hostel, which was still in Harlem, I was totally fine. I rode the subway home at two in the morning alone from a bar and I was fine.
JJ Web:You've described how you felt in Harlem. Describe what it looked like.
Noah: It was f***ing dirty. But that's a big city for you. When I'm in Milwaukee and I go into lower-income areas, it's just as dirty. And I'm not implying that Roni's family makes a lower income. I'm just saying that typically that's what Harlem is.
JJ Web:Did you enjoy the hockey episode we aired last week?
Noah: Well, they didn't show me decking kids, and that's what I love to do.
JJ Web:Did you deck a lot of kids?
Noah: Yeah. But playfully. I was talking trash with them. And they didn't show it, but I kept trying to score and I couldn't score. The goalie was a trash talker. He was like thirteen, egging me on. And the whole game I was like, I'm gonna score on you, I'm gonna score on you. And I finally scored and it was like an orgasm.
JJ Web:I have to admit, I loved the moment where you told that kid, 'I have three girlfriends,' and he replied, 'that means you're cheating on two of them.' What did you think of that?
Noah: He was pretending to be a marriage counselor but the whole time he was flirting with Tara and Anne, trying to be cool.
JJ Web:Wasn't he about ten years old?
Noah: Yeah. It was hilarious.
JJ Web:Over the past few months, have you ever found Jon reluctant to participate in missions?
Noah: There were only a couple missions where he was pumped right away. Usually he's like, I don't want to have to do this. But then he finds his groove. Like he couldn't skate and he was nervous to play hockey. But then he found out he could stand in one spot and block goals. He was good at it. He's the type of guy who needs a lot of encouragement. I think he has low self-esteem.
JJ Web:Did you enjoy the go-go dancing mission?
Noah: I have a statement. For the record, Roni said 'and then there's Noah, who thinks he's a great dancer, but he's not.' All I'm saying is, the general population will realize the truth in the very near future. Just keep watching MTV. Go-go dancing was a blast.
JJ Web:What did you think of the ER mission?
Noah: That mission was portrayed exactly the way it happened. But one thing I was disappointed about is they never showed my comeback.
JJ Web:What was your comeback?
Noah: You know how I fainted and I was queasy for the beginning part of the day. But then around 8 or 9 o'clock I was on my comeback streak. Everybody was sleeping and I was running around, drilling holes in people and I did an ultrasound. I had no fear. I was kicking a blood clot that was the size of a grapefruit.
JJ Web:I don't understand.
Noah: It was on the ground, I was kicking it. This guy came into emergency with this giant blood clot and they just pulled it out and tossed it. So I was kicking it around. There was blood all over the place. It was awesome. I also put a cast on, but they never showed that. Doctor Tim took me up to the doctor's office too and we were playing video games and stuff. I was going strong that night.
JJ Web:What was the most intense thing you saw that night?
Noah: I think it was that woman I saw when I fainted. To see that woman in such pain. She had a cut from her collar bone to her waist wide open, with pus and guts. I couldn't handle it. We walked in and she was moaning, 'it hurts so bad.' And they took off her blouse and she was screaming. I couldn't handle it. It was too much for me. She was lying there like that for hours. And the guy dying was really, really sad too.
JJ Web:Are you and Rebecca together?
Noah: Yeah, going strong. When I came home she broke up with me for a couple weeks. And we started slowly going out and talking about things. One of the requirements of us getting back together is I had to cut off my relationships with a couple of girls who I had pasts with. One of them was Natasha. But ever since then, it's been great.
JJ Web:Glad to hear it. Nice talking with you, Noah.
Noah: You too, any time.

Jon part 1

Jon chats with JJ Web about life on the road.
JJ Web:When you guys drove up to the WWF stadium, you were the most excited.
Jon:I was. I couldn't believe it. I thought it was too good to be true. All my life I've watched wrestling and thought it was the most funny, stupid thing. And that's basically what I try to be is funny and stupid. Like I've always wanted to be a part of it and do that stupid dive and stuff.
JJ Web:It seemed pretty real and pretty rough. Did you guys get bruised up?
Jon: Oh, yeah. I was excited when we drove up there but when we were doing it there was physical pain. They didn't show it but we all had welts all over us and we were bruised. Dan's ribs were all messed up. He couldn't sit straight for the rest of the day after they body-slammed him.
JJ Web:Who body-slammed him?
Jon:One of the guys in the skirts. One of the headbangers. You're supposed to learn how to land before the body slam but they didn't teach him - they just grabbed him and threw him on the ground. He landed on his side. He was all crushed.
JJ Web:It was a funny mission, though.
Jon:Does it look good on TV?
JJ Web:You've seen it, haven't you?
Jon:Yes, but to me it just looks like my personal home video. I can't imagine what it would be watching it if I wasn't in it.
JJ Web:I think it looks great. I think WWF was one of the most well chosen missions of all time.
Jon:I'm a little disappointed that they haven't shown my jelly beans on television.
JJ Web:What's that about?
Jon:Well I have all these jelly beans and I had this idea that it would be a fun way to count down all the days of the trip by eating a jelly bean every other day. And I didn't think it was that weird. But Anne thought I was completely random.
JJ Web:Did you enjoy making the PSA with THIRD EYE BLIND?
Jon:That was an interesting mission because it took so much out of us over a long period of time. We were thinking about that for three days straight, where a lot of other missions were just one day or you would be doing something physical. That one was very creatively strenuous. We were thinking about it all the time and having to fight with each other over it.
JJ Web:What was the fighting about?
Jon:Tons of stuff! What we were going to do. I had a million ideas of what we should do. I had to compromise on most of it. Everyone did.
JJ Web:Were you disappointed that you had to compromise?
Jon:No, I think it turned out good, and I don't know if my idea would have worked out. It was a little bit more abstract and colorful.
JJ Web:You've made other small films, right?
Jon:Yeah. Usually on video because I'm too poor for film. But can I talk trash about THIRD EYE BLIND?
JJ Web:If you want to.
Jon:Well the whole band was really nice, except for the lead singer. He was extremely cocky and unhelpful. We were like, "can you tell us what you meant by the song?" And he said "that's something you're gonna have to figure out by yourself." He was sitting Indian style on his oven, looking at us like, you MTV goons - we don't need you. I he just came off really bad. They didn't show it, but the whole time I was talking about how unimpressed I was with them. And out of all the band guys I have ever met, he was certainly making a bad name for rock stars, as far as personality goes. But I felt bad about it after a while - talking bad about him. So I decided I better give him a chance. After the whole thing was over I said to him, "you know, you aren't so bad." And he goes, "I fooled you good didn't I?" And then he walked away with a shift in his hips. That guy stinks.
JJ Web:What does "a shift in his hips" mean, Jon?
Jon:This cocky, runway, saunter sort of thing. Like he's a fashion model or something. He's probably not a bad guy, but he's got bad social skills.
JJ Web:Do you have an opinion of the way you're being portrayed on the show?
Jon:Generally, I think it's a matter of opinion whether that sums up who we are. But in my opinion, I am much more loud and involved with other people. I was very into getting to know everyone and helping people solve fights they were having.
JJ Web:You believe you're a little more... robust in person?
Jon:Yeah, that's it! Robust and eccentric.
JJ Web:I think you're coming across plenty eccentric.
Jon:Oh that's good, because it's hard for me to tell. They haven't used any of my interviews yet, so I've basically been silent.
JJ Web:And what did you think of the mission with the Chicago Bears?
Jon:Football fans will probably be disappointed because they would want to see us playing football. Instead we did a gong show for the entertainment of the Chicago Bears. Me and Dan threw together this short skit with one of the linebackers - this massive four hundred pound guy. And he throws me around and I break dance. It came out really well.
JJ Web:So you enjoyed that mission?
Jon:Yeah. The only mission I didn't actively enjoy I would say was the cattle drive. I'm glad I did it and it was fun riding a horse for like an hour, but after hour 13 it was just torture.
JJ Web:Why was it so torturous?
Jon:I think I would have been fine if I would have brought enough water and food. But we were just exerting ourselves non-stop, sweating. And we couldn't wait to drink water. I thought I was gonna die. It was really shocking. I almost drank poison water. Stuff that was in a pond. But Bruce the director stopped me.
JJ Web:Did you enjoy the sweat lodge?
Jon:Yeah, that was great. I was having a lot of problems not fitting in with people and worrying about why no one seems to understand me and like me. So I was forgetting about what was really important, like being true to myself and showing care for my friends at home. The lodge really helped me put things in perspective. It put my mind in a good place.
JJ Web:Jon, thanks for taking the time to chat with me.
Jon:My pleasure.

Jon part 2

Jon chats with JJ Web about pigs, Bears, and Monkees.
JJ Web:Did you feel like a parent while you were watching over the three little pigs?
Jon:All the missions for the most part are really masculine. It's all about how tough you are and how much pain you can endure and stuff, and not really about how much you can put yourself into something and care about it and be responsible for it. So I got to show more of my strengths when it came to that kind of stuff. And it was funny to see who excelled and who didn't.
JJ Web:Are you saying the pig mission was a feminine mission?
Jon:Yeah, it was a maternal mission. It wasn't about how much you could care about how well you did yourself, it was about how much you cared about something else doing well - supporting something. If I do say so myself, I think that's where I did some good stuff. Those pigs would have been screwed if it wasn't for me and Anne cleaning up after them. It was pretty much all me and her. Noah hated the pigs and he would have liked to see them die. Dan was like, if we would have needed help he would have been there for us, but he didn't feel a natural interest towards it. And Roni was just really irritated with the pigs.
JJ Web:How long were you guests at the hotel?
Jon:For one solid week.
JJ Web:And what did you do with all that time in Chicago?
Jon:We went to the beach. We went shopping a couple times. I met Davy Jones at the Viacom store.
JJ Web:Who?
Jon:The lead singer of The Monkees. You're kidding, aren't you?
JJ Web:Uh... What was their big hit song?
Jon:Which one?! "I'm a Believer" is the all-time greatest Davy Jones song. But the one he sang on THE BRADY BUNCH was "Girl Look What You've Done to Me." I wish the cameras would have been there.
JJ Web:Did you just bump into him, or was it a public appearance?
Jon:It was a public appearance. There was a pretty hefty line. Hey, did you know Dan's friends came to visit us while we were in Chicago?
JJ Web:No, I didn't know that. Did you all get along?
Jon:They were really cool. It was Steve and Jay. I think Anne made out with one of them. JJ Web:Jon, you were hilarious during the Bears skit. What inspired you guys to create that hilarious skit?
Jon:Honestly, Dan was sleeping and it was all on me because Dan was tired and he was like, just right whatever you want. And that's what just came out of my head.
JJ Web:Well it was very funny.
Jon:But I'm not feeling good about my depiction in the Bears episode, with the Jon loves Anne style of the whole thing. The way it looks, it looks like I'm madly in love with Anne and that's just not the case. I guess once I get to know girls I feel comfortable being somewhat affectionate towards them, but it doesn't really mean anything. Me and Anne had played a marathon game of hangman and the word I picked that she had to guess was Whammy. I made her really mad and she started being a jerk back, so just to try to get on her nerves, I kept asking her why she wouldn't let me kiss her on the forehead. If you didn't know I was just trying to tease her in a way, it makes it looks like I'm pestering her to make out with me. Not that I didn't like Anne. Every once in a while I would have a romantic thought or two, but certainly not a romantic intention.
JJ Web:Your quote of the week a while back revealed that you've been thinking about Kalle, from season four. What's up with that?
Jon:(laughs) That's funny stuff. I hope she sees it.
JJ Web:I let you know if I hear from her. Jon, thanks for taking the time to chat with me.
Jon:You bet, I'll talk to you next week!
JJ Web:You got it!

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