Finally, an interview with the third Stella. I feel like I can finally close that chapter in my life. I can at least stop stalking comedy shows and hanging out in gay bars.

For those of you who are out of the fun-and-awesome loop, let me explain. Michael Ian Black, who you may know from the now-defunct MTV sketch comedy show, "The State" (or if you're my mom, probably from the TV show "Ed") is also one third of a comedy triple-threat called Stella. With Michael Showalter and David Wain, he has made several short films and introduced the world to some funny, funny shit, often incorporating corpse-fucking and/or dildo-slapping. It's up to you to decide whether they are funny because of or in spite of this fact. Regardless, Black is a rare comic talent with his fair share of groupies.

If you still don't know who I'm talking about, and you don't recognize the photo above, well, fuck you and get off my site, Dad. You probably also haven't seen him in the best summer-camp comedy ever, WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER, which I have reviewed at length right here on this little ol' website. I asked Michael if we could interview him, and also why he thought so many people were finding kittenpants via the google search "Michael Ian Black gay." His response:

Who is this 'we' you keep referring to? As in, 'We'll send you some questions.' Your little rinky-dink web site is obviously the product of one person, you, and boasting of this immense staff is not going to fool or impress anybody. As far as the person who searches your site for 'Michael Ian Black gay,' that was me. Mystery solved."

Awesome.

cm: Do your friends call you Michael or Mike or Michael Ian? Mike Black sounds like "right back". Why not Michael Black? What about Special Dark?
mib: My friends generally call me Mitch or Magic.

cm: Do You like Billy Crystal?
mib: I have complicated and conflicted feelings about Bill. But we have a long history. We came up together in the seventies. In fact, when we were starting out at the Comedy Store in L.A., Billy, me and Robin Williams used to all room together. Billy was a terrible snorer, as you probably know, and he had a habit of giving unwanted hand jobs.

cm: Do you know you're good looking?
mib: Are you making a pass at me?

cm: Do you wear shorts as short as the ones you wore in Wet Hot?
mib: No.

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