just this guy, you know?

What do you get when Mediasharx asks me ten questions, and I answer them?
Why, you get Taking The Bat: Ten Questions With Wil Wheaton, of course.
Dive into the deepest recesses my my mind, and swim around Too Much Information like:

5. If you could have a love child with anyone besides Anne, who would that be and why?
Jenna Jameson. However, I’m not as much interested in the having the child part, as I am in the making the child part.

When you’re done, be sure to read Taking The Bait With Dr. Quinn of SEALAB 2021. I am a huge fan of [adult swim] on Cartoon Network, and I think that SEALAB 2021 is the crown jewel of their original programming. Check out Dr. Quinn’s interview, and you just might agree.

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  4. If you ever had any babies or small children of your own, you’d realize that trying to keep them quiet or still in a restaurant is like trying to keep a kitten in a shoebox. I guess instead of taking the “I don’t eat at your playground so don’t play at my restaurant” route you should consider it a little payback for the way I’m sure that you were in a restaurant at age 0-10. I’m sure little Willie could run around and holler with the best of them! 😉 Would you have rather that your parents just stayed home or would you have liked them to have went out and had a good time while they were still in the prime of their lives raising future humans to buy your books?
    Just wonderin’
    Ignatz

  5. You can pick up JUST A GEEK at fine retailers everywhere, just hopefully not stuck in the sci fi section.
    Hah! Love it!
    I can’t say I blame you for the “wandering around the set” thing. I’d have pretended it was real, too.
    I agree about the children in restaurants, too. Fair enough, not every child is a silent little angel, but there’s a difference between a child being noisy and being told by their Mum or Dad to pipe down, and a child running rampant around the restaurant while their parents ignore the disruption they’re causing. If I’d behaved like that, I’d have been taken straight home.

  6. I don’t know, Wil. I LOVE Sealab 2021, but have you seen the Venture Brothers yet???? I laughed so hard at this week’s episode I’m sure I woke up my neighbor.
    “Brock, I think I figured out what made the plane crash! It was piloted…by skeletons!!!!”
    🙂

  7. Now I know that anything is possible. If you’d asked me ten years ago (hell, if you’d asked me yesterday) I’d have answered, “Definitely no! Impossible!” But it’s happened. Wil Wheaton has tricked me into thinking about his thighs. Thanks, Wil, you sick bastard. 😉

  9. Sorry Ignatz, but I must disagree. While it can be difficult to control small children in a public setting, it is *not* impossible. Yes, I have had one, who is 13 now and learned at an early age how to behave in restaurants and such places, even if he wasn’t perfect. As Christy said, it’s the parents whose kids run and scream and who *do nothing to even try to control it* that piss off people like her and me, and apparently Wil.

  12. Being the proud owner of both a 1999 and a 2002 model, I can tell you that it’s different with each kid in a restaurant setting. My 5 year old KNOWS that she needs to be quiet in a restaurant and she KNOWS that she’ll get in trouble when she gets home but she loves to run around and scream in a restaurant. She will not sit still. My mom says that I was the same way. We are very attentive parents and are pretty strict and we have absolutely no problem at home (or with the 2 year old) but she has trouble controling herself in quiet settings. All I’m asking is, have a little heart next time you see it because lots of times it’s just the way that particular kid is, it’s not a reflection of the parents parenting ability. Have a couple of your own and we’ll talk !
    Ignatz

  13. Jenna Jameson – dangerous comment = dangerous ground. What does Anne say to that comment? I just finished JAG, great read. Everything I thought it would be and more. I think I read to fast…but when’s the next book coming out? How are the auditions going?

  16. Jenna Jameson? Hell no! Talk about “old and busted.” Not to say SHE’S old and busted, but that whole perception of hotness is old and busted. I woulda picked Mila Kunis, and I bet you could have gotten a few more good laughs had you said Ashley Judd.
    Still, a goofy bit of fun! Right on! Well, I’m off to go see “Yet another movie that would be better if Wil Wheaton were in it,” this time it’s “The Notebook.” Talk about an obvious chick flick…

  17. My daughters, now 15 and 13, and my son, who’s about to turn 12, had problems restraining themselves in public places when they were younger.
    They didn’t believe us when we said we would take anyone who couldn’t behave with relative decorum (for their age) at table out to the car to sit while the remaining parent & children finished their meal.
    We weren’t expecting Victorian manners, just staying in their seats and not screeching or throwing food – not disturbing the dinners of those around us.
    It took two or three of those long, humiliating walks to the car to sit with Dad while Mom & the other kids had dessert, but they got it. We’ve *never* had problems with them in public since.

  18. I am looking forward to Linucon in October. As a “Guest of Honor” you no doubt have the big-time celebrity hook-ups for where to eat and what to see in Austin. But if you want any tips of things to do in Austin (with the probably 36 minutes of free time you’ll have) just ask.
    My wife just started reading JaG “to see what kept you up until 2AM Saturday night.” She’s loving it too.

  20. “…first you get the money, then you get the power, and then you get the women.”
    ::dies laughing:: Way to channel Homer!

  23. I love adult swim. Bless Futurama, and Sealab 2021, and Family Guy. I loved the ten questions. I remember you mentioning the teenager equation on the other interview (SQEE! I’m okay now). about #7: I wanna sit in Picard’s chair…lucky stiff. about #8: You’ve left behind this broken heart by getting married. about #9: oh, mental image good *drools*. about #10: I love you for many reasons, but yeah…that one’s right up there.

  24. Wil, that was great! I know, I know, I read you every day, so I’m not surprised, but that was simply outstanding.
    BTW, at Borders Bookstores they put your book in the TV/Movie people autobiography section, not in the scifi section.

  26. Good interview Wil. What did Anne say when you mentioned the person you would have the lovechild with? (Smack ya upside your head with a copy of JAG?)
    heh
    Bryan

  28. This is what I get for posting before reading the other responses…sorry Wil! Of course she loves your sense of humor! But seriously ask her if she thought about picking up a copy of JAG or Dancing Barefoot and thought about hittin you with it ever…….
    Bryan

  29. Your link calls the article “Taking the Bat” the article however is called “Taking the Bait.” Nothing really, its just ‘taking the bat’ sounded like an agressive, kind of in-your-face type of interview. ‘Taking the bait’ sounds like they offered you free passes to a strip club in exchange for the interview. So i guess what i’m saying is… got any spare passes left over?

  30. Okay, I just don’t get this Jenna Jameson thing. Hubby has 5 of her ‘movies’ and I just don’t get the attraction.
    I also don’t get why people (especially those of the DINK persuasion) think that small children have to behave like little adults in public. They are kids and kids and should be allowed to act like kids while they can still get away with it. On the other hand, parents DO need to keep their behavior under control…parenthood is a double edged sword, no?

  31. I can’t stand kids running around and screaming in CHURCH when you’re trying to find a little peace and quiet and meditate. I’ve learned, if you can’t beat ’em, don’t join ’em–avoid ’em. I go to chruch early, like 6:30 a.m. and there are no kids.
    Freeman

  33. I discovered when my own son was a wee tyke that a restaurant was the last place I wanted to be with him! Kids do not like restaurants and there is no really great excuse for bringing them. My son always ended up hiding under the table to my extreme embarrassment. does this make sense?

  35. “Jenna Jameson? Hell no! Talk about “old and busted.” Not to say SHE’S old and busted…”
    Um, actually, she IS old and busted. Seriously. Skank-pit city.

  36. And there I was thinking you were about to plug the start of the new series of the Hitchhikers guide radio play on BBC Radio 4 tonight. The continuation of the original series which I’m sure you know came before the book, and which will feature the disembodied voice of Mr Adams as Arajag 🙂
    (well, someone had to plug it, those not in the UK can listen to it via the bbc site after the broadcast)

  37. *l* One of the best interviews Ive read in a long time (once I killed the bazillion popups, but then, thats what I get for not using Mozilla)
    I really should avoid funny stuff while working in the lab, i get looks from people :\
    Mleh, yer not alone Vanessa, I dunno who Jenna is either…

  38. Wil! In 1988 I spent all my babysitting money on Bop magazines because I thought you were so wholesome and charming. A porn star? You’re joking, right?

  39. to echo Kate, I was thinking the same thing. My concept of Wil has been slightly smudged by this new revelation of his taste in women. Now, could this just be his idea of a joke? Let’s decide that is the case. He really can’t even come up with a fantasy girl, so he just stated someone whom he thought would be the typical sexy fantasy? Except: he does like Hooters girls. And he used to like Samantha Fox. So. it’s hard to come to grips with all of this, isn’t it?

  40. There weren’t a billion pop-ups: there was one pop-under at most. How do I know? Because I run the site.
    The site’s gotta pay for itself some way…
    But, thanks for reading the interview!
    Marcus

  41. “Zaphod’s just this guy, you know?”
    Here’s my HHGG-based assessment of my perception of Wil.
    I don’t think of you as resembling Zaphod. You may have been more like Zaphod as a teen, where you were an overconfident jerk.
    Then, you were kind-of like Arthur Dent, wondering what the hell was going on in your life, when you were experiencing bewildering problems and adversity.
    Now you come across as kind of like Ford Prefect, where you’re happy with who you are, and you just roll with things and it all works out.
    42!

  42. Ew… you want to have sex with a porn actress who is probably all stretched out and has probably had thousands of men worth of stink and stick on her? Yuck, yuck, yuck.

  43. Great ten questions. And, since no one else mentioned it, I loved the way they called out EW for that BS they printed. Great stuff.
    And I always thought Wil’s fascination with porn stars was well documented. Why are you all so surprised at the Jenna Jameson remark? 😉

  46. I also don’t get why people (especially those of the DINK persuasion) think that small children have to behave like little adults in public. They are kids and kids and should be allowed to act like kids while they can still get away with it.
    That’s why they invented things called playgrounds– a place for kids to act like kids with no problems.
    A restaurant is not a playground. And childhood is a time where parents are to teach their kids what type of behavior is appropriate in different settings. Perhaps the kids should be acting like kids– but parents should act like parents and stop the disruptive and obnoxious behavior.

  48. I have to second the recommendation of Venture Brothers – they have a lot of wet-your-pants-laughing kind of funny in that show.

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