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We just wrapped it up with a few from Yahoo! Accessibility, with Nate, and, uh, Ted.
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They interviewed me, well, I interviewed them, and they interviewed me.
They asked a bunch of questions too.
(Ted) Can we turn the tables and ask Tommy questions?
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(Ted) Getting back to being the Blind Film Critic.
(Tommy) Right.
(Ted) I wanna know, what is the worst film you've watched.
(Tommy) The worst one I think I reviewed was "Bad Teacher".
I just - I hated that movie. Oh my god.
Bad Teacher. Well, they got half the title right.
You know, I'll tell you what was a disappointing movie? What's it called?
Pineapple Express? When Tom [beep] makes a cameo.
[buzzer, groans]
(narrrator) Tropic Thunder.
Who left the fridge open?
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(Tommy) The thing about that - it was great. It was a lot of fun.
Fun, fun, fun, fun fun.
Until the climax of the movie, and then it's all silent.
So I have no idea how it ended.
I'm sorry, can we cut?
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(Ted) In the morning, or something like that, when I'm getting ready,
I look at a bunch of different websites to see what's new, and
I'm curious if you have a routine of like, checking out different resources?
(Tommy) You know, I don't use any of that stuff. Like the RSS reader, and stuff.
I'm very old school. I like the radio.
(Ted) Ahah, that's true.
(Tommy) You know, and that's what I do for a living, right?
So, in the morning, I'll put on 1010 WINS,
Which is the all-new station here in town, in New York.
You know, and I'll look at Twitter, I'll look at some of the Twitter feed,
and look at some of the news organizations that, you know, I follow on Twitter, and stuff.
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(Ted) You told us earlier about one of your favorite practical jokes,
but what other kind of ways do you, uh, do you like to play off your blindness?
(Tommy) Well, one of my favorite practical jokes is such a classic.
It's just so old, but it works all the time.
We'll be driving in the car, and who is ever driving, and will be like,
"Now where is this place now? The address, it says over here"
and I'll just go, "Oh! There it is! Look! Right over..."
And they look, every time.
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(Tommy) Look. See, look. There's Braille right here.
Is there?
(Tommy) Sure. He's got his number, right?
9-P-96
And that's his contact, TLC. Dial 311.
(driver) Try to not to ever do that.
(Tommy) Alright, I won't do that.
(driver) No no, you explain that. Tell him that one too.
It can, you can smash somebody's, uh, breath, from,