Kyle's Korner | Episode 7

Welcome back to Kyle’s Korner, a solo series from Kyle filled with memorabilia, music obsessions, and beautifully unnecessary conversations. This week, Kyle talks about his extra special William Shakespeare statue before transforming into his alter-ego Lyle to answer YOUR hard-hitting questions about the differences between art films and blockbusters, the Blue Velvet chicken walk, Ohio, and constellations. Kyle also shares the artists who have been soundtracking his week which you can check out on his iHeart playlist, Kyle’s Jimmie Jams.

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Art by Danica Robinson
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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
What do we even do? What do we even doing? Hello?
All of you out there, it's Kyle's corner here, I
don't know. We talk, I answer questions, maybe more. You

(00:25):
get the idea, what do we even doing? Hello? In
good afternoon? Well, we don't know what time it is
when you're listening, but this afternoon for me. Today, we're
going to look at some of the stuff on my shelf,
in particular the statue of William Shakespeare, or who we
believe is William Shakespeare. And here he is, oh, and
he's pondering his next line. Perhaps that line is exit

(00:50):
pursued by a bear. We don't know. I love Shakespeare
while I was in school, actually I studied Shakespeare, went
to the Ashland Shakespeare Festival in Oregon, and I fell
in love with the verse so much so that years later,
when I developed a wine company, I named the wine
Pursued by Bear, which is a stage direction from the
Winter's Tale, Act three, Scene three. So Shakespeare figures fairly

(01:12):
prominently in my life. And for God's sake, click at
the guy's calves. I mean, this is something right. So yeah,
So I love Shakespeare, and because of that, he has
a special place on my mantle. Also, I've actually worked
on Hamlet in two thousand with director Michael Almereta, with
Ethan Hawk playing Hamlet. I played Claudius.

Speaker 2 (01:34):
Oh, Hamlet, Where is Polonius?

Speaker 1 (01:40):
That's supper? We shot here in New York City, also
with an incredible cast Julie Stiles, Sam Shepherd, Bill Murray
And if you haven't seen it, it's a great way
to come into Shakespeare because it's really more accessible because
we shot it modern day with verse. Take a look

(02:00):
then doing Okay, it's time for mail bag Lyle. This
is going to be so interesting. What's going on this week?
What do we have? I'm looking forward to the one
about Ohio? Ohhio. I've never been to Ohio. This is
comedy gold right here? Do you see edits? People make
of you? Not that much online except for right now.

(02:23):
Maya's come with an edit twin Peaks that looks like
Dunish Secondly City those are really fun to see. They've
forgotten so much of that. Here's another one inside Out.
I like that, you know, you feel sort of will

(02:44):
someone really took the time to cut all this together
and put it to music. That's really it's really nice.
I like seeing it like quick like that, you know,
kaud of, It's like you see it, then it is over.
It's like a highlight reel. I like it. What's the
biggest difference between working in an art and a blockbuster
block fallout? You know, an art film you get to

(03:04):
paint and draw, and a blockbuster is fun because you
just play with blocks all day and you get to
build stuff. So really, those are the two major differences
of two I'll stop being silly now. The pacing between
an art film and let's say a big film is different. Yeah,
there's slower on a large film, takes longer to shoot

(03:26):
the day. Our film's usually got no time and no money.
But you have artistic intentions. We never know what an
art film is. I mean, you could make a film
that you think is an art film and it could
turn into a blockbuster, and you could make a blockbuster
and maybe it's considered art. I'm not even sure where

(03:47):
the term blockbuster comes from. Blockbuster couldn't mean that the
audience goes around the block to get into the film.
They busted up the blocks with long lines of patrons,
So you see, I was close. Did you play Super
Mario games on Nintendo sixty four, which was your favorite

(04:08):
at No Love got Underscore oh one, feel sad for
No Love. I did play Super Mario. I love Getting
the Mushrooms. But the game that I really responded to
was Mega Man. I played Mega Man all the way
to the end over two days with my brother. I

(04:29):
can hardly remember what it was, but you go through
a series. You have to go through a series of challenges.
You have to get a skill that and then you
have to make it all the way through the maize
and if you get knocked out, you have to go
back and start again. So you had to get all
the way through. Then you have to beat the monster
with what you've got. This is what I remember, and
I remember there's one. I think it was like the
frog with the rain and you have to keep dodging

(04:50):
and you have to keep hitting it and hitting it
and hitting and hitting it. Mind you, this was nineteen
eighty eight nineteen eighty nine, so I don't emperor, but
I remember it was fun. It was a challenge and
you had to like really know how to work the controller.
My brother and I were committed to doing this. So
there's a lot of pizza and a lot of beer.
Was it your idea to do the chicken walk to

(05:11):
Lord Durn in Blue Velvet? Yes, and no. I had
done the chicken walk to make David laugh. I think
I'd done it in front of Laura too, just for fun.
But the idea to put it in the scene in
Blue Velvet was entirely David's. The other chicken walk, what's that?

Speaker 3 (05:44):
That's kind of interesting.

Speaker 1 (05:46):
In fact, I was surprised. I didn't even know he
was paying attention. The fact that he thought that would
be the right thing to drop into the scene at
that moment because of what it would potentially do, makes
Laura laugh, breaks the mood. Kind of a funny moment,
shows quirky, I am. The thing about David was he
just was always open to ideas, thoughts, regardless of where

(06:10):
they came from, whether it was from one of the actors,
one of the crew, his own mind, or even accident,
an accident on the set. Lights are flickering, Let's use it.
Can't move this car, let's use it. It just it
was always part of the process. It was a yes
and process for David. Hello, Kyle, could you please give

(06:34):
your opinion on Ohio? I visited Cleveland with my friend Joel.
We drove there from Pennsylvania in fact, and he lives
in a place called Shaker Heights and it was very nice.
The other thing about Ohio is it's the home of
the Bengals. How do you like football? And something called
Cincinnati spaghetti. So they've taken spaghetti to another dimension because

(06:57):
it includes beans and things. I am fine with it.
I think it could be great. It could be in
a big bowl, just all mashed up, you know, with
cheddar cheese and stuff. That could be awesome. What mentality
do you need to be in for the roles you
take on? Is each role different? Hmmm? Crazy? Each role

(07:19):
requires a different vibe. But it's a combination of things.
You know, you read the material. I can feel my
body alter a little bit. My interior starts to alter
a little bit. I start to think about the character.
I start to think about it both what the character
is going through and I also get visions of what
the character looks like. And then I just work on
the scenes and let them tell me what to do.

(07:43):
I really follow the script. The script is the blueprint.
Then once you have that down path, then you can
kind of go off on that and then you get
to the set, and then the director's influences there. The
other actors have influence on you. This the environment has
an influence on you, The clothing has an influence on you.
Everything can affect the performance. And it's and that's part
of the fun. And that's all I'm going to say

(08:04):
on that. I dreamt about you, and you embodied my
therapeutic journey. You said, quote, your music is your unconscious
end quote at DPC g RT nine seventy four four
G eight three eight operators are standing by your music

(08:27):
is your unconscious. What could I possibly have been referring to? Well,
I think that's very nice, what a wonderful thing. Your
music is your unconscious because it should be. That's where
you want to create from, right, or at least get
your ideas from again David Lynch. See it all comes
back to David Lynch. Cut it beautiful, kill beautiful. Do

(08:49):
you have a favorite constellation? Yes? Is there a Dionysus constellation?
Anything to do with wine? Oh? I know I know
the constellation a constellation I love. Yes, it's called you
know if no if this is called the wine glass constellation.
And it's actually if you look in the sky. You

(09:10):
can make out a wineglass and the bottle of wine,
and then you see the stars kind of pouring out
of the bottle into the glass, and you have to
kind of squint to see it, but it's there, definitely there.
I don't know which sign of the zodiac it is,
but you'll see it. What's a random fact about you?

(09:31):
Most fans don't know. I think everybody knows everything about me. Now,
for goodness sakes, after this podcast, we are back with
the segment. This is the segment, and this is a segment.
We created a game. We're wearing snorkels. Well. I think
most people understand that I have a silly side, inspired
initially from my grandmother on my mom's side, because she

(09:52):
was very silly. I remember one time she accidentally sprayed
my grandfather in the face with ready whip. It was
that Thanksgiving. He didn't think it was finne, he didn't
have whole lot of sense of humor, but she thought
it was hilarious and his face was covered with wedding
whip radio I can't even say it, wady whip, wady whip.
So it started with her, and then I found money Python.
When I was in high school and well in high school.

(10:14):
I actually it was it was it was Carol Burnette
and Harvey Korman and Tim Conway.

Speaker 3 (10:19):
Starlet I love you that that down is gorgeous. Thank you.

Speaker 1 (10:24):
I sat in the window and I just couldn't resist it.
They're pretty silly. And then it was uh, then it
was you have money Python and that was really my Uh,
that was it?

Speaker 3 (10:36):
That kind of humor, mister Nesbitt, Would you stand up please?
Mister Mesbitt has learned the first lesson of not being
seen not to stand up. However, he has chosen a
very obvious piece of cover.

Speaker 1 (10:52):
Just sent me right on my way. I said this,
These are my people, this is my tribe. Silliness. Okay, everybody,
before we go, we'll have our musical moment this week.
I'm listening to Pink Pantherus Noises and show Day by
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Speaker 2 (11:32):
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Speaker 1 (11:43):
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