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HAMISH & ANDY EXTENDED INTERVIEW
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At least you can say it’s authentic!
HB:
I never wore shoes on the show.
Hamish, what made you decide to
giveaway your Mr. NewYork State
Bodybuilding Championship trophy?
HB:
Once you hit the top...
AL:
He’s come on hard times...
HB:
...you realise that it’s not about
the trophy. Yeah, it was great to win, and
I was top of my game and undisputed
champ back in 2011 ‘cause I had the
trophy, but I had to step aside and had to
make way for other amateur bodybuilders
who were also keen to exploit the
loophole by being fatter than everyone
else in the contest.
You didn’t want to give away your
Logies instead?
HB:
It’s at mum’s house – it’s harder to
give away.
AL:
Yeah, she’s got a firm grasp on that
one.
What can you tell me about the
inspirational note that’s accompanying
the trophy? Can you give any hints as
to what might be on it?
HB:
I can’t quite yet – I mean it’s really
half the prize.
AL:
I’d say it’s three quarters...
HB:
No, Ando. You’ve seen the trophy
– it’s solid-bronze... looking. It’s quite
ironic, really. You’re giving the trophy to a
very strong guy, but you’ve made it light
so they can lift it easier. But yeah, the
inspirational note will be heartfelt, and it
will help all junior amateur body athletes.
AL:
On the same theme of
bodybuilding, the trophy is painted
bronze, and all the people that we met
when we were out the back there at
the bodybuilding contest in NewYork,
they were out there layering on fake
tan, painting themselves bronze... So
the whitest guys in the world came out
looking very, very tanned.
HB:
The note will be bronze as well.
I can give that away. I can reveal for the
first time ever – this is an exclusive – the
inspirational note that accompanies the
trophy will be bronze.
You guys met back at university in the
early 2000s, is that right?
HB:
We were both coming out of our
Y2K bunkers – we made sure the coast
was clear, gave it three years and then we
came out.
Have you ever thought about what
you’d be doing if you two hadn’t met
at uni?
HB:
I wouldn’t be having any fun. Andy
rescued me from a life... I enjoyed doing
science, but I have nowhere near the
attention span required to be scientist.
I’d just be in the lab stealing stuff and
messing around. I’d probably be on my
tenth job, fired again, for just doodling and
making the robots fight each other.
AL:
I would’ve had significantly less
laughs, but followed my heart and been a
runway model in Milan probably.
HB:
I’ve always felt a bit guilty for
keeping Andy off the catwalk, and I’ve
probably made a personal enemy out of
Giorgio Armani because of it.
A new Caravan of Courage venture
perhaps?
HB:
Armani’s revenge – we agree to
meet Giorgio Armani for a showdown in
the Sierra Desert [?!].
Did you ever think you’d be able to
make careers as funny guys?
HB:
We expect it to end tomorrow at
all times.
AL:
We’re still in shock, and so are our
parents, waiting for us to get real jobs.
HB:
We’ll get the tap on the shoulder
one day and our response to them will
be, “What took you so long?” We’ll
leave quietly, and good luck to the next
generation.
AL:
We can go home and reminisce by
I’d probably be on my
tenth job, fired again for just
doodling and making the
robots fight each other.