J2 Sunday panel - 26th May 2024 - Purgatory Con Düsseldorf (part 1)
(from memory and from the second question onwards, I had some support)
Jared: Guten Morgen
The whole audience: Guten Morgen
Jared is baffled and turns to Jensen: Did you hear that?
Jared: Guten Morgen
The whole audience: Guten Morgen
Jared: This is my new favourite moment of all time!
(Note from me: In school, at the beginning of every class, the teacher says “guten morgen” (good morning) to the pupils and the whole class answers “guten morgen”. It’s kind of indoctrinated…)
Fan 1: I love Radio Company. When do you play a concert in Germany?
Jensen: We’d love to. There has been some talking about a tour but we don’t have any plans yet.
Jared: But only if David Hasselhoff is the opener.
Jensen and the whole crowd laugh)
Jensen: I’d open for the Hoff!
(Here starts the word-for-word script)
Jensen: My favourite song from Radio Company? Oh. Oh, they’re all kind of uniquely special but um, I probably listen to either ”Quarter to” or “City Grown Willow” the most. (crowd cheering) Thank you.
Fan 2: Hi, my name is Pia and um me and my friend play Mario Kart a lot lately…
Jared: Oh, on which system?
Fan 2: On the switch.
Jared: Okay.
Fan 2: And we wondered what characters Sam and Dean would take in Mario Kart and how good they would be.
Jared: I know mine because I've been this character for all time and
it's kind of appropriate. I'm Yoshi.
(crowd cheering)
Jensen: So I'm growing the ocean.
Fan: That's a good character.
Jared: Thank you. I know.
Jensen: Uhm, I’m the Shy Guy.
Jared: Um, Who are y'all?
Fan 2: Um, I'm the King Boo, the ghost with the crown.
Jensen: King Boo, yeah.
Fan 2: My friend plays Rosalina.
Jensen: My daughter plays Rosalina. I'm gonna kick the shit out of her, so it's done. It's not good yet. Well, my eleven-year-old, however… She's she could beat me now. I don't like it. I kick her off the couch. (Makes a massive kick motion)
Jared: Thank y'all so much for your time.
Jensen: Thank you.
Fan 3: Hi, my name is Sadina and I want to ask…
Jared: Deanna?
Fan 3: Sadina.
Jared: I wanted to say Dean meat Deanna, Deanna meet Dean.
Fan 3: I want to ask how your experience in Germany is so far and if you want to see something.
Jared: It's been fucking terrible. (audience laughs) Awesome. I love it. We've been able to meet some of our German fans over the years and they're always wonderful and kind and loving and it's always so funny. To think so. Part of my Heritage, my mother's father is 100% German so I'm 25% German.(audience cheers) I know a little German, he’s over there! His name is Franz… I’m sorry. Top secret joke. The movie Top Secret, not a secret. But uh, what time is it? It’s great to be here. I love it here, had a great time. Love it. I will come back anytime, y'all invite me? (audience cheers)
Jensen: I've always had a good time here. Like a uniquely cool fun time when I come to Germany, haven't been in a few years so it's nice to come back. I haven't really had the opportunity to kind of explore the town walked around a little bit on Friday when I arrived, but Yeah. I’d love to love to turn this into more of a vacation date next time. So…
Jared: Bring us back.
Jensen: Definitely like to come back.
Fan 4: Good morning. First one. Uhm, did you borrow Dean’s leather jacket?
Jared: Dean’s leather jacket? No. Someone did. Someone borrowed Dean’s leather jacket. No. I didn’t. I certainly would give it giving it back to him.
Jensen: No, I mean, you know, that jacket got stolen, right?
Jared: Yes, yeah. Yeah.
Jensen: That’'s really sad cuz it was like, it was the one of a kind, the jacket that was picked out. It was only one of them, it was from Warner Brothers wardrobe lockup. So it was a vintage coat. And they mailed it from the center of Vancouver mailed it back down to LA…
Jared: We went to do a photo shoot.
Jensen: We went and did a photo shoot and then it never returned. I mean, I don't know if somebody stole it or it just got misplaced or what but it was searched for quite a long time. It was never found. So we had just kind of getting rid of a jacket.
Jared: Yeah. Plus I sweat in t-shirts. So if went to anonymous and it’s something I could wear, but if I ever find it, I'm gonna take it back and give to this, dude.
Fan 4: Yes, it was my idea.
Jared: I would love to. If anybody finds Dean’s leather jacket for sale on eBay or something. Please buy it and we'll reimburse you and everything. Yeah. Notify your authorities. Yeah.
Fan 5: My question is if you had a chance to reshoot an episode or assume, what would it be and if you want to change anything?
Jared: To reshoot an episode or a season?
Fan 5: If you have a chance to be shooting an episode or a season.
Jensen: Bugs.
Jared: Bugs. I don’t want to reshoot that with a bunch of bees.
Jensen: We shot that and we changed that aspect.
Jared: Right. Fair.
Jensen: Not because they… they ended up using the bees, the live bees that we were having to work with. They didn't show up on camera.
Jared: So they had a visual…
Jensen: They had a visual professional, like, put 'em in, with the computer, which we could have from the get gun!
Jared: Also, before we shot the episode with the bees and like you said, we had like 60 000 bees in that building with us in the room in the house or whatever and so a couple of weeks ahead when they were making sure we could do the episode, they were like, hey, we're gonna do a bee allergy test to make sure you're not allergic to bees like. Yeah, sure, cool. And so a couple of days later this guy shows up and he's like, hey, I'm here to give you a bee allergy test. I'm thinking it's like, you know, a swab or something like no, they have a little mesh guard and they put it on your arm and they take the bees with a tweezer and make the bees sting you. I was like, fuck this! No! Literally, you have this little kind of a sleeve on you and they grab a bee and put the stinger into you. That was strange for sure. You know, if I could reshoot a season it would be season four and I wouldn't change anything. I had a great time that year, not that obviously because I've met my wife but I love that season. I feel like if it was a dryer, like I just feel this great memory of that 2008 / 2009 season like I can still smell of winter and it was dry and it was it was crazy good time. So I'd like it back then. And also the house was there, you know, you and hired all. It just was really cool.
Keeping track of every dice song sung by 5sos on their 5 seconds of summer show tour 💘 (none of the videos are mine, except, god willing, the paris one!)
(7/19) Buenos Aires N1: Heartache on the Big Screen (1)
(7/20) Buenos Aires N2: Voodoo Doll (1)
(7/23) Rio de Janeiro: If You Don't Know (1)
(7/25) São Paulo: Heartache on the Big Screen (2)
(7/27) Santiago: If You Don't Know (2)
(7/30) Bogotá: If You Don't Know (3)
(8/01) Lima: Show Canceled
(8/10) Uncasville, CT: Heartbreak Girl (1)
(8/12) Boston, MA N1: Wrapped Around Your Finger (1)
(8/13) Boston, MA N2: English Love Affair (1)
(8/15) Toronto, ON: Voodoo Doll (2)
(8/16) Clarkston, MI: Wrapped Around Your Finger (2)
(8/18) Bristow, VA: If You Don't Know (4)
(8/19) Philadelphia, PA: If You Don't Know (5)
(8/21) New York City, NY: Voodoo Doll (3)
(8/23) Chicago, IL: Voodoo Doll (4)
(8/25) Cuyahoga Falls, OH: Heartache on the Big Screen (3)
(8/26) Cincinnati, OH: Wrapped Around Your Finger (3)
(8/28) Minneapolis, MN: Heartbreak Girl (2)
(8/30) Indianapolis, IN: Heartache on the Big Screen (4)
(9/01) Franklin, TN: Heartache on the Big Screen (5)
(9/02) Alpharetta, GA: Wrapped Around Your Finger (4)
(9/03) Raleigh, NC: If You Don't Know (6)
(9/06) Hollywood, FL: Voodoo Doll (5)
(9/09) The Woodlands, TX: English Love Affair (2)
(9/10) Irving, TX: If You Don't Know (7)
(9/13) Phoenix, AZ: Wrapped Around Your Finger (5)
(9/14) Inglewood, CA: Heartbreak Girl (3)
(9/23) Lisbon: English Love Affair (3)
(9/24) Madrid: Wrapped Around Your Finger (6)
(9/26) Assago: Voodoo Doll (6)
(9/27) Stuttgart: If You Don't Know (8)
(9/28) Düsseldorf: Heartbreak Girl (4)
(9/30) Laeken: If You Don't Know (9)
(10/01) Amsterdam: Voodoo Doll (7) (the boys' pick)
(10/03) Glasgow: English Love Affair (4)
(10/04) Manchester: Voodoo Doll (8)
(10/05) London: English Love Affair (5)
(10/07) Esch-sur-Alzette: Heartbreak Girl (5)
(10/08) Paris: Wrapped Around Your Finger (7) (and i took that personally)
So, tour's over, it seems (at least, until Mexico). I've been catching up a bit every now and again on Instagram, even if I don't think I've heard a song top to bottom. Got a bit disappointed there were no "Übers Meer" nor "Du hast Kein Herz" on the setlist though... Read some people saying how good the whole show was, how the band got tighter as the tour progressed, others being disappointed on Till going on playback mode at times and the keyboard player, Constance, responding to people accusing her of not playing live.
From the spectacle point of view, I had a few issues with all the cakes and especially the fish that were thrown every night (guess I'm not rock n' roll enough), not only it looked disgusting (🤢), but it was a complete waste, even if Till looked adorable having fun with his fish-thrower toy (on the last show, apparently, there was only plush cakes and fish. Nice souvenir to take home).
I'm not sure if all the sex and genitals he shoved on people's faces through the screens is my cup of tea (not a puritan here, I just think it takes a bit of focus from the musical aspect and it's just too much, it seemed to me), but I gotta say this: really loved the female energy on the band, especially Constance Antoinette (great name, btw)! ❤ On the other hand, not a big fan of Joe Letz...
All in all, I'm happy this project makes Till happy, but I honestly think he's a better musician when he's with the other 5 in Rammstein and I hope this tour reinvigorates him to get back in force next year.
Love on tour 2nd night dusseldorf Düsseldorf fur coat, Matilda, fan sign Lloyd Wakefield should I text him, mocking bestie. helping a fan 2 fans come out they requested slow and dirty coming out music. crowd chanting medicine you asked for it. Mocking fan’s reaction, happy pride
Dominik Hees, Rum Tum Tugger in the German tent tour 2010–12 and the Vienna revival 2019–21.
In June 2021, at the end of season 2 of the Vienna revival, he announced that he won't be returning for season 3 (starting in September), and reflected on his history in the role. English translation below the cut.
(My translation: if anybody wants to improve it, since I don't actually speak German, feel free to comment!)
In the summer of 2010 my agent Doris Fuhrmann, who has sadly left us recently, sent me to Düsseldorf to audition for Cats.
Me: "Cats?? Are you mad? What would I do in Cats?" Her: "Trust me and just go for it! There's a role which is perfect for you!"
So I watched the DVD and said that everyone encouraging me to audition for it was insane, and eventually let them talk me into it. I was 21 years old, didn't know what a pirouette was (which was very embarrassing in the audition), and got a stomach ache at the thought of stepping out onstage in a 'full-body condom'!
Now I'm 32, a husband, a father... many things in my life have changed since then. So has my relationship with the stage and what we create there, the way I work and the whole way I deal with the "business".
One thing hasn't changed to this day, though, and that's the love and the love for this show and the incredible joy and energy that rise in me, when I'm waiting backstage for my first entrance as the Rum Tum Tugger!
It is with deep fondness that I say goodbye once again to this wonderful character, after around 750 performances! I hope we meet again sometime! I am proud to be part of the family.
Thank you to all my colleagues. Danke Doris, and thank you Chrissie [Cartwright] ❤.