Cringe Humor: How great was it watching Eminem doing your entire "I got mail" routine on the MTV Movie Awards?

Jim Florentine: It was amazing. I'm a big fan of his so it was extra special that he knew my work. Thank God it was someone I like. If Rosie O'donnell did it I would have crawled up in the fetal position and cried.

CH: You & Eminem recently teamed up to record some calls for an upcoming season of Crank Yankers. How was it working with perhaps the world's most famous entertainer?

JF: It was really cool working with him. He was nice and didn't pull any star attitude at all. He's a real funny guy too. Very quick on his feet with ad libs on the calls we were doing. I was telling him about some of the calls I did were the cops came to my house and broke down my door. he told me that I'm out of control. I thought that was such a compliment that Eminem thought I was out of control.

CH: Your standup act is completely different from your beloved Special Ed character. How do people usually react when they don't get to see everyone's favorite retard?

JF: I usually address it right away when I go onstage for the first minute or so and then I go into my stand up. I haven't got any complaints. Then again, my stand up is pretty retarded anyway.

CH: We are highly anticipating the release of your hidden camera DVD. What type of hijinks can we expect to see on it?

JF: Let's just say that I showed some of the stuff to my manager and he said, "Don't expect to get any leading man roles in films after this comes out." I told him, " With my looks the only leading man role I might get is if they made a remake of the movie, "Mask" as Rocky Dennis. It's alot of crazy uncomfortable moments of fucking with people. Stuff me and my friends have been doing for years. Let's just say that everyone will know what an upper Decker is soon.

CH: You shared an apartment with Jim Norton for quite a long time. Of all the sick & twisted shit he did there, what incident sticks out the most in your mind?

JF: He actually was pretty normal to live with. He liked eating chips in the kitchen every night at around 5 am after he was done with a hooker. My bedroom door was right there and it sounded like there was a a fucking Squirrel in my house. As far as sick things, we used to leave logs in the toilet for each other. It was our way of showing affection towards each other.

CH: How did you get into standup comedy?

JF: I got into stand up because I wanted to be able to say whatever I want whenever I want and nobody can tell me that I have to be politically correct.

CH: Who were your biggest influences when you decided you wanted to become a comedian?

JF: Andrew Dice Clay and Rodney Dangerfield.

CH: If you weren't a comedian, what would be your day job?

JF: I have no idea. I have nothing to fall back on which is good in a way because you could lose your motivation.

CH: Is being a comedian all about the pussy?

JF: It was for me especially in the beginning. When I was cutting lawns for a living chicks wouldn't even look at me. All of a sudden I'm onstage and I'm getting laid. When you're a comedian you don't have health insurance so you get to bang hot chicks instead. That's your health insurance. Getting girls that wouldn't give you the time of day if you had any other job.

CH: What advice would you give a young lad (or a lady) who is interested in becoming a comic?

JF: Don't be jealous of other comics because you think you're funnier then them. Nobody cares about that but you. Just do your own thing. If you work hard you'll get there. And if you're a female, if you give me oral I can get you a spot at the New York Comedy Club

We would like to thank Jim for taking the time out of his busy schedule to answer our lame questions. Be sure to catch Jim Fri & Sat July 18 & 19 at The Nasty Show at Caroline's on Broadway. Also, check out http://jimflorentine.com to order his hilarious cd's and get the latest news on his upcoming DVD release.