A hyperactive man-child dressed in a lucha libre mask and winter parka with a voracious appetite for old movies, bling and sugar, Mysterious looks like Space Ghost, only weirder. He pokes Pixy Stix down the mouth-hole of his mask, makes outlandish demands and often punctuates the ends of his sentences with N'yek!--a sound that lies between a hiccuping grunt and Monty Python's "Knights Who Say Ni." To get at the man behind the mask, last week WW called the Mysterious Actor himself.
Famous Mysterious Actor: Why are you snooping around? Why do you want this "interlude"?
WW: Interlude? You mean interview? What exactly are you?
I am, I am the best entertainer in the whole world. I have a TV show and I talk to people who aren't as famous as me.
How did you get your own show in the first place?
Stick-to-it-ness.
Where are you from originally?
There's this cosmic showbiz stardust that joined up and formed an egg. I was hatched out of it.
OK, where'd ya get your mask?
I don't wear a mask. That's just what you look like if you're created out of the cosmic dust of stardom.
You wear a lot of bling on your show. Where do you shop?
Cutter's Bling. He's got his own store. And by store I mean van.
Who's gonna be on your show tonight?
Scott Allie. He writes the comic books. It's like, "Hey, let's go rob a bank." And Spider-Man is like, "Yo, robbers, catch these pies." And they'll go, "Yeah, I love pies." And one will say, "I'm diabetic. Let's take this loot."
And?
["Diabolus"] Rex Church. He knows a lot about dogs, and he's got horns growing out of his forehead.
Who has been FMAS's best musical guest?
I like those boys that are called Hillstomp. They can't afford instruments. They play on buckets and a cheese grater.
What's the future of FMAS?
I want to get my own cable special so I can start swearing and bein' raw, because that's some of what my audience wants.
Really?
No...BURN! You thought I wasn't going to telephone-burn you. But I did. As a "stimulation" of this "interlude," you have to send me some candy.
Pixy Stix?
Better send me a Whitman's Sampler so I can pick and choose. N'yek!
Famous Mysterious Actor Show at Ash Street, 225 SW Ash St., 226-0430. 9 pm Wednesday, Oct. 6. $5. 21+. Visit www.thefmashow.com for more bling.
Mark your calendar: Famous and company are moving to the roomier Sabala's at Mount Tabor's Nov. 24.
