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Bonus! Just In! Here is some raw footage from the reality show metioned in the article by Adam called Life After Skippy. Just click on the links to watch - give 1-2 minutes for movie to load and page to open. [Movie 1 ] [Movie 2] [Movie 3] [Movie 4 ] [Movie 5 ] [Movie 6 ]

This interview was conducted on Jan 22, 2004 at the Golden Days TV and Movie memorabilia at the American Legion Hall in Bayside, NY.

We thank Adam for the time he took with us.

LWS.com: Adam, it's been a number of years since we had a chance to speak to you. We've had a number of LWS fans who've asked us for updates on the one and only Adam Felber, to all you LWS fans, Gummy Binkman. Adam, how have you been?

AF: I've been just great. Lots of exciting things going on for me these days. It's like a little Adam Felber resurgence.

LWS.com: That's sounds great. We would like to hear some details.

AF: Well, what would you think if I mentioned an Adam Felber reality show?

LWS.com: Really?

AF: Really. I was recently approached by a European production company about doing a show based on yours truly. The title that has been thrown out there is Life After Skippy.

LWS.com: Life After Skippy. Interesting.

AF: We think it is really going to be great. It basically takes a camera and follows me around. Going to auditions, Meetings. Power lunches. Dealing with the fans. I think there are some public misconceptions about the life of a working actor.

LWS.com: Now, if I remember correctly, speaking of working, you have a day job? Selling office cleaning products if I recall. Would the cameras also follow you there?

AF: New Concepts Marketing. The cameras might be there as well. All the details haven't been worked out yet. You're probably not aware of a screenplay that I have been working for the last year. It's about a NYC salesman, working in an office much like New Concepts, who is enlisted by the CIA to defend the country against a race of killer androids. So, my work at New Concepts is essential research. See what I mean?

LWS.com: Right. So getting back the your reality show. What is it about the adult Adam Felber that will keep people glued to the TV sets?

AF: While I think that I may not be as famous as, say, Liza Minelli, I think my life is much more interesting. Besides, I think that there is a place in TV for a show like ours. When I talk to the fans, the one thing that they tell me over and over again is that there is not enough reality shows on TV. "Adam, why don't you do a reality show" is what they tell me.

LWS.com: On a slight different topic, I recall that you did some commercials in a chicken costume. What was that about?

AF: Ah, yes. Chickaroo. I play Sir Chix-A-lot. Well, to be honest, I haven't donned the costume for quite some time. The chicken market has been pretty bad. With Mad Cow and Chicken Pox running rampant, people are just not eating chicken. However, I am in touch with Abdou. He's the owner of Chickaroo. We're talking about working together again. The timing has to be right.

LWS.com: We're all keeping our fingers crossed. Any other projects?

AF: I have been doing some charity work.....for Unicef and Unesco. I think it's the job of, for want of a better word, celebrities to give back. We've been given so much. Let's give back.

LWS.com: What exactly do you do for Unicef?

AF: Well, just off the top of my head...I've conducted acting workshops with homeless children in third world countries. Many of these children live off of what they get from begging. We've been helping with some of those skills. Begging is really just another form of acting when you think about it.

LWS.com: I see. A question just came to mind. I have been meaning to ask this since the last time we met. If memory served, you were hired to star in a feature film in the late 80's "sort of an updated version of Life With Skippy." However, this type of film was a real departure for you. Can you share that experience with us.

AF: Sure, I was hired to do an updated Life With Skippy film. To be quite honest, it was closer to what you call an adult film. However, using that label "adult film" is a bit misleading. One could call it an art film. It was pretty edgy stuff. However, we didn't want to disappoint the Life With Skippy base.

LWS.com: Fascinating.

AF: The movie basically had the feel of the original Life With Skippy Episodes "but with sex"..a lot of sex.

LWS.com: Was the movie released? I don't think I ever seen a copy of it.

AF: No, in fact the movie was not quite finished. Let's just say I had some problems with my role. I don't know how to describe this. Put me in front of a camera and I'm fine. However, with the particular tasks I was given for that movie there was a fright element and I couldn't perform the part adequately. It was ironic when you think about it.

LWS.com: Adam, could you tell us about the Life With Skippy convention you organized a number of years ago. From what I heard, it did not go well.

AF: Not true. It was a success although a modest one. There were some problems. I'll admit it. When we announced that we were having a Skippy convention, we didn't anticipate a lawsuit from the peanut butter company. The legal cost set us back a bit. We couldn't spend the type of money on the convention that we originally intended but all and all, it turned out great.

LWS.com: I had heard that the fans who attended the show wanted their money back. A friend described the riot that broke out outside the show.

AF: It wasn't a riot. It was,"you know,"fisticuffs that broke out. A glorified bar fight. There were a few who wanted their money back but they were in the minority. They weren't the real fans. Sometimes a scuffle breaks out but it was not a riot. A riot is what happened in L.A. when Martin Luther King got beat up. Ours was a simple disagreement.

LSW.com: Well, Adam. I know you have to leave in order to make your bus back into the city. I want to thank you for spending some time with us.

AF: My pleasure. I want to remind the fans out there to check out my website- www.adamfelber.com or you can email me at fanmail@adamfelber.com

LWS.com: Take care.

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