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Michael McKean's Favorite Gadgets (Switched Questionnaire)

by Thomas Houston on February 13, 2008 at 12:22 PM



With an impressive range of acting and comedy work spanning the past three decades, Michael McKean has worked in television, film and on Broadway in productions as diverse as The X-Files, Saturday Night Live, Laverne and Shirley and many of Christopher Guest's films (This is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind). McKean, now starring in Harold Pinter's Broadway revival of The Homecoming, sat down with our tech questionnnaire. His answers are a hoot, so read on....


What gadgets do you always bring with you to the set?

I have my Altec Lansing speaker dock for my dear iPod.


What cell phone do you have right now and what do you love/hate about it?

It's a Samsung with a few years on it. It doesn't do much, but it does it pretty well.


Who's the last person you sent a text message to and what was it about?

Nicky Katt. Something rude about the New Year, I think.


Where do you go (site or service) pretty much every time you get online?

Linkswarm...PCL Linkdump...imdb...WFMU/Beware of the Blog...Slate (for Doonesbury, et al)...Huffington Post


What annoys you most about your iPod, cell phone, or laptop (or any other gadget)?

The hesitancy of AOL to get along with everybody else.


Name one thing you wish your iPod/cellphone/laptop could do that it doesn't do now?

Make coffee.


What upcoming gadget can you not wait to get your hands on?

Thought-controlled rocket belt (I'm patient)


You're stranded on a desert island: What gadget do you bring?

The iPod with the million-hour battery.


What's the most-played song or artist on your iPod?

Probably something by Bela Fleck or June Tabor


BlackBerry, Sidekick, or Treo?

Nope


Are you getting an iPhone?

I haven't decided yet.


What's the longest time you've ever spent playing a video game in one sitting and what game was it?

Ancient Sega PGA Tour golf; several hours per night on the Spinal Tap bus w/CJ Vanston, Chris Guest and the always-late Rick Parnell. We're talking 1992, here!


Mac or PC?

Got both, use both. Mac has the edge generally because of Garage Band.


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