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(BAND PLAYIN
(CHEERSAPPLAUSE)
>> Dave: OUR NEXT GUEST IS THE
CREATOR OF THE VERY POPULAR
NNICAM WEB SITE, WHICH
TELEVISES THE LIFE INSIDE HER
APARTMENT, 24 HOURS A DAY, LIVE
ON THE INTERNET.
PLEASE WELCOME JENNICAM'S OWN
JENNI.
(APPLAUSE)
(BAND PLAYING)
JENNI?
>> Dave: WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
>> THAN■S.
>> Dave: THANK YOU VERY MU F
BEING HERE.
>> NOT A PROBLEM.
>> Dave: NOW, IS THIS DEAL WE'RE
DOING GHT HERE, IS THIS ALSO
LEVISED ON THE JENNICAM?
HAVE YOU GOT A CAMERA ON YOU,
SOME HOW?
ACTUALLY, RIGHT NOW, WHAT YOU
GET TO SEE IS MY EMPTY
APARTMENT.
>> Dave: SO, IT'S JUST EXACTLY,
THIS IS LIFE.
THIS IS YO LIFE.
WHEN YOU'RE THERE, YOU'RE THERE.
WHEN YOU AIN'T THERE, YOU AIN'T
THERE.■
>> EXACTLY.
>> Dave: YOU KNOW, I WANT TO
TELL YOU SOMHING.
THIS, TO ME-- OH, NICE NAILS--
THIS TO ME...
(LAUGHTER)
...AND I'VE HEARD A LOT OF STUFF
ABOUT THE INTERNET, A T OF
YEAH, YOU KNOW, YADDA,ADDA,
YADDA ABOUT THE INTERNET.
AND I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE
INTERNET.
THIS, TO ME, IS LIKE THE PERCT
IDEA FOR THE INTERNET.
DON'T YOU THINK?
>> I THINK SO.
I MEAN, YEAH, I MEAN, IF YOU
LOOK AROUND ON THE INTERNET,
THERE'S SO MUCH THAT, LIKE, AS
FAR AS BROADCASTING GOES, IT'S
JUST LIKE TV ON THE INTERNET.
I THINK WHAT IT NEEDS IS TO HAVE
SOMETHING THAT MADE FOR THE
MEDIUM.
>> Dave: THIS WILL REPLACE
TELEVISION AS WE KNOW IT NOW.
THIS WILL REPLACE TELEVISION.
THIS IS REALLY ALL PEOPLE WANT.
THEY JUST... PEOPLE ARE LONELY
ANDESPERATE.
(LAUGHTER)
THEY'RE LONELY, DESPERATE,
MISERABLE HUMAN BEINGS.
THEY'RE REACHING OUT, THEY WT
TO SEE LIFE SOMEWHERE ELSE
TAKING PLACE.
IT'S COMFORTING, DON'T YOU
THINK?
>> I THINK THE THING IS THAT IF
YOU TURN ON THE TV, YOU CAN SEE
"WILD AMERICA," AND YOU CAN
WATCH LIONS AND BADGERS AND
ANTELOPE EATING AND SLEEPING AND
DOING WHAT THEY DO.
BUT FOR SOME REASON, WANTING TO
SEE PEOPLE DOING THE SAME THG
IS CONSIDERED SICK AND PERVERSE.
>> Dav RIGHT.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT,
EXACTLY.
(LAUGHTE
BUT, ARE YOU THE FIRST?
WAS THIS YOUR IDEA?
YOU CREATED THIS?
NOBODY ELSE HAD DONE THIS BEFORE
YODID IT?
>> RIGHT.
BEFORE ME, THERE WAS THE
COFFEEPOTCAM, AND WHERE I GOT MY
IDEA FROM, THEISHCAM.
>> Dave: AND THIS IS AN
AQUARIUMSOMEBODY'S GOT HIS
CAMERA ON THE AQUARIUM 24 HOURS
A DAY, AND PEOPLE WATCH THAT?
IS THAT WHAT IT WAS?
>> EXACTLY.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW
FISH, BUT THEY'RE INTERESTIN
FOR, LIKE, FIVE MINUTES.
>> Dave: THAS RIGHT, THAT'
RIGHT.
>> SO, I THOUGHT IF PERSON
WERE TO DO THIS, THAT WOULD BE
MORE INTERESTING.
>> Dave: NOW, YOUR LITTLE THING
THAT YOU'VE GOT GOING IS MUCH
BETTERHAN THAT AQUARIUM THING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Dave: DON'T WORRY ABOUT A
THING.
YOU'VE GOT NO PROBLEM WITH THOSE
FISH.
NOW, HAVE OTHER PEOPLE STARTED@
DOING THIS SINCE YOU DID IT?
>> THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER
PEOPLE DOING THIS NOW, YEAH.
>> Dave: AND, HOW ARE THOSE
DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU DO?
AND, DOES IT WORRY YOU THAT
YOU'VE GOT THIS KIND OF
COMPETITION?
>> I DON'T EVEN CONSIDER IT A
MPETITION, BUT THE VAST
MAJORITYEMALMOST ALL OF
THEM, ARE EIER PAID STRIPPERS,
OR...
>> Dave: HOW DO YOU GET THOSE?
(LAUGHTER)
(CERS AND APPLAUSE)
IS THAT ON A THING?
YOU KNOW, I THOUGHITAS
STUPID, AND I KNEW FROM THE
BEGINNINTHAT IWASN'T GOING
TO GO, THIS THING ABOUT TWO
I KNEW THAT WAS A LOAD OF CRAP
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
AND IT TURNED OUT IT WAS.
IT WAS A SCAM, IT WAS A SHAM, IT
WAS A FRD.
PEOPLE TRYING TO STEAL MONEY.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THE
JENNICAM?
>> ABOUT TWO AND HALF YEARS.
>> Dave: SO, DO YOU MIND IF I
ASK HOW OLD YOU ARE, BECAUSE I'M
NOT SURE, BUT LOOKING AT YOU,
YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE VERY YOUNG.
I WOULD SAY MID-20'S OR SO.
>> ALMOST 22.
>> Dave: 22 YEARS OLD.
SO, YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE
YOU WERE... AND THIS STARTED IN
COLLEGE, RHT?
>> MY JUOR YEAR OF COLLEGE,
YEAH.
>> Dave: NOW, YOUR FRIENDS
PROBABLY THINK THIS IS A HOO
THEY JUST LOVE THIS, DON'T THEY?
>> ACTUAY, LAST SUMMER, I HAD
A PARTY, AND I WENT OUT FOR A
BEER RUN, AND WHEN I CAME BACK,
ALL OF MY FRIENDS WERE MOONING
THE CAMERA.
>> Dave: YEAH.
(LAUGHTER)
THAT HAPPENS HERE OCCASIONALLY.
THE BAND, THE HORN SECTION GETS
CRAZY AND...
(LAUGHTER)
...NEXT THING YOU KNOW.
NOW, DO YOU GET IN TROUBLE?
>> Dave: NOW, CAN WE SEE YOU
NAKED ON THIS OCCASIONALLY?
>> IF I HAPPEN TO BE NAKED, THEN
YES.
>> Dave: WHOA.
(CHEERS AND APPLSE)
WHAT ABOUT... DO YOU HAVE
BOYFRIEND?
>> I SURE DO.
>> Dave: NOW, DOES HE LIVE THERE
WITH YOU?
>> FOR NOW, HE DOES.
>> Dave: WELL, SEE, NOW THAT'S
NOT GOOD.
WE DON'T WANT HIM IN THE PLACE.
(LAUGHTER)
>> I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE
COMPLAINING...
>> Dave: NO, GET HIM OUT.
WE DON'T WANT HIM.
WHAT'S THIS GUY'S NAME, DOUG?
>> GEOFFREY.
>> D GEOFFREY.
GEOFFREY.
NO, DON'T WANT GEOFFREY...
(LAUGHTER)
GET OFEY A ROOM DOWNTOWN.
WE DON'T NEED GEOFFREY AT THE
HOUSE, YOU KNOW?
HE'LL UNDERSTAND.
>> HS ACTULYUST STING
WITH ME UNTI FINDS A PLACE
OF HIS OWN
>>ave: THANK GOD.■
(LAUGHTER)
D, WHAT ABOUT INTITE
MOMENTS?
INTIMATE... YOU KNOWHAT I'M
TALKING ABOUT.
>> GEOFFREY'S NOT COMFORTABLE
WITH THA
SOMETIMES HE KIND OF LOOSENS UP
A TTLE BIT, BUT MOST OF THE
TIME, WE TURN OFF THE GHTS AND
PULL UP THE COVERS.
>> Dave: UM HMM.
BUT, IT WOULD BE FINE WITH YOU
TO HAVE AN... INTITE MOMENT ON
THE CAMERA.
>> SURE.
>> Dave: REALLY?
>> IF I'TRYING TO PORTRAY REAL
LIFE, THAT'S PART OF REAL LIFE.
>> Dave: BUT NOW, YOU'RE TKING
ABOUT PORTRAYING REAL LIFE.
ARE YOU PORTYINGL FE, OR
IS IT RE LE?
>> WELL, IT IS REAL LIFE.
I'M TRYING TO... MAYBE "PORTRAY"
WAS THE WRONG WORD.
>> Dave: SO, IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE
AN INTIMATE MOMENT ON THE
JENNICAM, YOU WOULD FEEL THAT
SOMEHOW, THE EXPERIMENT WAS A
FAILURE?
>> NO, IEAN, I UERSTD THAT
RIESYBODY'S GOT THEIR OWN
LIKE, I'M GOING TO DUMP
GEOFFREY JUST BECAUSE HE'S GOT A
LITTLE SHY STREAK IN HIM.
>> Dave: WELL THINK ABOUT IT.
(LAUGHTER)
>> YOU'RE GOING TO VOLUNTEER?
>> Dave: I WOULD, YEAH.
I'D BE HAPPY TO.
I'LL COME OVER, WE'LL SEE WHAT
GOES.
YOKNOWHAI'M SAYING
GIVE IT A SHOT.
(LAUGHTER)
>> Dave: AND, WHAT ABOUT YOUR
FALY?
HOW DID THEY RESPOND TO THIS?
ESCIAL TS ASPECT OF IT,
BECAUSE IN A CERTA SENSE, IT
REALLY IS KIND OF AN INVASION OF
YOUR LIFE, ALTHOUGH YOU'RE
CONTROLLING IT.
>> RIG.
WELL, MY FILY'S VERY
SUPPORTIVE OF ME.
AT FIRST, THEY KIND OF ASSUMED
IT WAS SOME KIND OF ***
THING, WHICHOST PEOPLE ASSUME
RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
BUT, I KINOF EXPLAINED IT
THEM, D YOU KNOW, OVER THE
LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS... MY
M THINKS THAT I SHOULD BE
CHARGING $20 MONTH, AND MAKING
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, SO SHE'S
DISAPPOINTED IN THAT EFFECT.
BUT, OTH THAN THAT, MY PAREN
ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE.
>> Dave: WHAT ABOUT YOUR DAD?
YOU' DAD'S OKAY WITH THIS?
WHAT'S HE THINK OF GEOFFREY
SHOWING UP?
(LAUGHTER)
MY DAD LIKES GEOFFREY.
MY DAD HAS NEVER VISITED MY
SITE, AND I DON'T THINK HE EVER
WILL.
>> Dave: WELL, THAT'S KIND OF
TOUCHING, ISN'T IT?
IT'S SORT OF LITTLE SAD FOR DAD.
AND U'REOT GOI TO DO THIS
THST OF YOUR LIFE, ARE YOU?
>> WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I
THGHT THERE WERE THREE
POSSIBILITIES: I'LL QUITHEN I
GRADUATE, I'LL QUIWHEN I MOVE
IN WITH SOMEONE, OR I'LL QUIT
WHEN I DIE.
SO, I GRADUALASTEAR, AND
GEOFFREY MOVED IN IN MAR, SO
WE'VE GOT ONE OPTION LEFT.
>> Dave: WELL, MY GOODNESS.
IT'S... SOCIOLOGICALLY, ■T'S
FASCINATING, DON'T YOU THINK?
>> I THINK SO.
>> Dave: WELL, GOOD FOR YOU.
AND YOU JUST CONSIDER YOURSELF,
OTHER THEN THIS, A NORMAL
AMERICAN KID?
>> ABSUTELY.
I THINK IF I WEREN'T NORMAL, IT
WOULDN'T BE NEARLYS
INTERESTING.
>> Dave: AOU GET A LOT OF
POSITIVE RESPONSE TO THIS?
>> I DO.
E OF MY FAVORITE E-MAILS LAST
YE, I GOT A MESSAGE FROM A GUY
SAYINGE WAS IN COLLEGE, IT WAS
A FRIDAY NIGHTAND ALL OF HIS
FRIENDS WERE OUT, AND HE FELT
LIKE A LOSER BECAUSE WE WAS
SITTING AT HOME.
>> Dave: OF COURSE HE IS.
(LAUGHTER)
(CHES AND APPLAU)
>> WELL, YOU CAN'T SAY THAT YET.
BUT HE TUNED INTO NNICAM, AND
WAS THERE, ON FRIDIGHT,
DOING MY LAUNDRY.
SOHE SD IT MADE HIM EL
BETTERBECAUSE HE KNOWS I'M
POPULAR.
>> Dave: A COUPLE OF LOSERS.
>> YEAH.
THAT'S RIGHT, A COUPLE OF
LOSERS.
SO HE'S NOT ALONE.
(LAUGHTER)
>> Dave: AND DO YOU MAKE ANY
MONEY ON THIS THING?
YO BE MAKINGIKE A
BILLION.
YOU'RE MOM'S RIGHT.
YOU SHOULD BE MAKING AILLI
DOLLARS.
>> NO...
WHAT'S THAT COST?
LIKEEN BUCKS TO SEE YOU NAKED?
NOW, DO WE SEEOU GETTING IN TO
THE SHOWER, OR DO WE SEE YOU
GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER?
>> (LAUGHS)
IT DEPENDS.
>> Dave: C WE SEE YOU IN THE
SHOWER?
YOU GOT A CAMERA IN THE SHOWER?
>> NOT YET.
NOT YET.
BUT...
>> Dave: AND YOU SLEEP WITH THE
LIGHTS ON, STHE CAMERA CAN SEE
YOU IN BED AT NIGHT.
RIGHT?
>> YUP.
>> Dave: WOW.
NOW HOW DO YOU GET ANY SLEEP AT
ALL?
>> I CAN SLEEP WITH LOUD MUSIC
AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON.
I'M A HEAVY SLEEPER.
>> Dave: ALL RIGHT.
WELL, GOOD FOR YOU.
I THINK IT'S, LIKE I SAID
BEFORE, I THINK THIS IS THE BEST
IDEA I'VE HEARD FOR THAT SILLY
INTERNET THING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Dave: NICE MEETING YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.