SXSW 2009: The Whitest Kid I Met.

At SXSW 2009, I had an opportunity to sit down with what I thought was going to be most of the guys from the sketch troop The Whitest Kids U'Know. Turns out I got a nice one-on-one sitdown with Zach Cregger, the director for the movie Miss March. We were joined later on by Trever Moore as things were wrapping up, but it was so very cool to meet them. It is always hard to interview the folks you like. Trying to sound professional and not coming off like a huge fanboy is difficult to pull off sometimes. I was a little bummed about not to being able to meet the whole gang, but it was cool to get a chance to speak to any of them. We have spent hours quoting their material at work. To say that their material is a bit edgier than what you may catch on primetime is an understatement. They were in Austin for SXSW to both end their live tour and promote their new movie.

On the merit of the movie as a whole, Miss March has some really funny moments that you will walk out quoting for a long time. There is no real deviation from the comedy styling you have come to know and love from these guys. Let's face it, they are going to get totally snubbed by the Academy on this one. But it is worth the watch to catch a laugh. Probably not the best first date movie, but comedies rarely are. This will be great to pick up on DVD or whatever format tickles your fancy.

It was a bit of a whirlwind as again the guys were both promoting their new movie, Miss March, as well as wrapping up their live tour. I know it was hard to try to hang around after they were finally done and had an opportunity to get home, especially just to speak to little old me. I appreciate Zach for sitting with me and letting me bend his ear as a fan of the show. I also came away with the ultimate swag of being able to catch a glimpse of Season Three.

Just in talking shop about moving from the TV budget to the Hollywood budget, it was great to see that these guys are not in this solely for the money of it. Hey! Everyone has to get paid. Everyone wants to do just a little better than good. It is the American way. But it is great to talk to successful people who want to be successful, mostly because they wish to keep doing what it is they do. Of course, it also doesn't hurt to have a bigger budget to do the things want to do as a whole. I wish the entire gang the best of luck, and I hope whoever stole Zach's phone at the rest stop tells Monica hello from Bill.