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Hugh/Epod interviews...

Mr Hugh was nice enough to ask yours truly (that would be Epod) some questions today on 10/12/02...here are my responses:

[Hugh] What would be your ultimate job..?
[epod] Rolling the autocue for Anna Coren.

[Hugh] What era would you most like to live in and what would you have liked to be doing in it?
[epod] I'd like to have lived in the 80s, starring in a heap of my favourite 80s films ;) (well...actually, I lived in the 80s but I want to go back!)

[Hugh] What's with the Tim Bailey thing?
[epod] Tim who?

[Hugh] If people were to catch you unawares, what (most likely) would you be thinking about?
[epod] Me :P

[Hugh] If you had to sing a duet with Tim Bailey what would it be?
[epod] It would be a techno remix of the Nightline theme with the words "that was the day" sung over the top of it.

[Hugh] Would Steve Irwin be jealous?
[epod] Of course :P

[Hugh] If you could travel anywhere and live there in style, where would you go?
[epod] I'd catch a bus to Bondi Beach and find myself a beach side apartment that was not surrounded by noisy British Backpackers.

[Hugh] Between Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, who do you go for?
[epod] Definately Road Runner beep! beep!

[Hugh] Is property really a better investment than the sharemarket (I'm hanging out for your answer to this one)?
[epod] Property is good unless it burns down. A better investment than those mentioned is chocolate.

[Hugh] If you were having three people to dinner and Tim and Steve were already taken, who would you invite and what would you cook?
[epod] Henry Rollins, Gretel Killeen, and maybe you since you asked so nicely :P I would order some take away and pretend that I had cooked it as I can't cook ;)

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Below are interviews that Epod has conducted with Mr Hugh...

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The *third* Mr Hugh interview...
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I thought it was about time to ask Mr Hugh some more thought provoking, hard-hitting questions...but all I could think of was these...Thanks to Mr Hugh for answering these questions for me ;) (06/12/02)

[epod] If there was a huge billboard in the city advertising Nightline, and you were involved in the creation of it, what would you like it to look like?
[Hugh] A smiling me next to a clock saying 9.30pm

[epod] If people could read your mind what would they find that you think about often?
[Hugh] The oblique, twisting, Escher-like rhythms of things

[epod] If Tim Bailey asked you to sing a duet with him, and you agreed because it was for charity, what would the song be?
[Hugh] "The wind beneath my wings" - it's a weather thing.

[epod] What's the most important thing you've ever learnt?
[Hugh] Funny - just as you asked, I forgot.

[epod] If you were given the chance to make up a new public holiday what would it be?
[Hugh] National "Stay-in-bed-and-make-love-all-day" Day

[epod] If Steve Irwin invited you to go crocodile hunting with him, would you go?
[Hugh] Betya life - it'd be great..

[epod] If you were able to teach everyone in the world one thing what would it be?
[Hugh] I can safely say I have no such thing to teach.

[epod] If you could have dinner with 3 people living or deceased, who would they be?
[Hugh] Jesus christ.. Dorothy Parker (wouldn't they fire up?) and Epod, since you asked so nicely in the first place.

[epod] Which invention would like like to uninvent?
[Hugh] Nuclear weapons would be a reasonable place to start, although wire coathangers would be up there..

[epod] If you were able to know the answer to a question which has always puzzled you, which question would you like answered?
[Hugh] Why are people so unkind? (second thoughts - who really wants to know the truth about that one!)

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The *second* Mr Hugh interview...
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I interrogated Mr Hugh again today (18/06/02) - check out his intellectually stimulating answers to my intellectually stimulating questions below :) Want to ask Mr Hugh a question? Email me at epodcentral@hotmail.com and I *might* pass it on ;)

[epod] If you got to meet the following people, but were only able to ask them one question each, what would it be?

* Steve Irwin [Hugh] Why?
* Big Kev [Hugh] Why?
* Tim Bailey [Hugh] Who?
* The Wiggles [Hugh] What?
* Epod [Hugh] How?

[epod] If you were a super hero which super power would you have...and what would your super power attire look like?

[Hugh] (a) The power to sleep in whenever I want to
(b) A large, goosey doona.

[epod] What did you want to be when you grew up?
[Hugh] Able to do what I wanted to.

[epod] If you were given three wishes what would you wish for?

[Hugh] (a) World Peace
(b) An end to hunger
(c) Enough contraception to ensure (a) + (b) doesn't leave us crowded out like ants..

[epod] In a previous life who/what do you think you were?
[Hugh] Ooze

[epod] What's the best dream you have ever had?
[Hugh] Well, now..

[epod] What are the benefits of not having a TV set?
[Hugh] Peace.

[epod] What is your favourite paper handling routine?
[Hugh] Upright, then sideways, then down flat.

[epod] How would you describe Epod?
[Hugh] Revelc.

[epod] What is the meaning of life?
[Hugh] Geese.

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The *first* Mr Hugh interview...
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Mr Hugh was nice enough to answer some questions which I emailed him (23/04/02)

[epod] If you *had* to be one of the following TV "personalities" for 24 hours, who would you choose and what would you do?

* Steve Irwin the crocodile hunter [Hugh] Yep, Steve Irwin - because he gets to work with the Wiggles
* Big Kev [Hugh] Nope - his shirts are too big for me to fill.
* Tim Bailey [Hugh] My secret ambition is to be Tim Bailey. His hair looks really nice and he gets to knock off at 6pm

[epod] If there was a movie made about your life, who would you choose to play yourself and why...and what sort of movie would it be?
[Hugh] Low budget and deeply serious, preferably in a foreign language, with me being played by Danny de Vito.

[epod] I have noticed that you smile heaps more when you read the sports news. Is this because you are a big sports fan...or...is it because work is almost finished for the day...or...am I just imagining things?
[Hugh] Big big sports fan.. Love it. Also it's hard to look too cheery through most of the news..

[epod] Do you miss your old shufflethepaperspickupthepenshufflethemabitmorestickpeninpocket routine or do you feel that you have now moved on to bigger, better, and more exciting things? Have you shared your new found skills with other members of the Channel Nine news team?
[Hugh] We have regular workshops on this sort of thing. No detail is overlooked.

[epod] Have you found that you've became more susceptible to paper cuts with your new found paper handling skills?
[Hugh] Fortunately the workshops also cover such Occupational Health and Safety issues. It's rare these days that I get a full-on bleeder.

[epod] Are these questions interesting or are they putting you to sleep?
[Hugh]....huh? Yes? what.. No.. no problem....

[epod] Have you got any suggestions (other than "close it down!") for additions to Epods officially unofficial Hugh Riminton site?
[Hugh] None at all. I admire your professionalism, even if I'm mystified by your choice of subject matter..

[epod] How would you descibe yourself in a personals ad?
[Hugh] Tall, solvent and trustworthy. Fibs are what personal ads are for.

[epod] Which published book do you wish that you had written and why?

[Hugh] :

1/ The Bible
2/ The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
3/ The Origin of Species
4/ On The Road
5/ Anything in the Postman Pat series..

[epod] Tell the readers of Epods officially unofficial Hugh Riminton site something about you that none of them would ever guess :
[Hugh] I don't own a TV set and I'm mad for Japanese poetry.