Right Before They Were Stars: Austinist Interviews the Cast and Crew of The Intergalactic Nemesis

But seriously, who's the best performer in the cast? Don't pull punches. Our readers want to know.

LEE: Oh. Was the last question not serious? I feel a little used. So cold. So very cold.

BUZZ: The great thing about this cast is that everyone thinks that they are the best performer in the cast. They are all the best on one medium level, but the best performer in the cast is very obviously Buzz Moran, and that's not just my ego talking; all of the other performers' parents have told me so.

HILARY: I personally think LB Deyo makes this show. His energy and wit and attitude and style draw people in and get them into the show. Without him we'd just be a bunch of junior high drama club geeks snorting into microphones and cracking ourselves up.

LEE: My Mom loves LB. She saw the show and would not stop talking about him and I know why. LB can charm the pants off an already nude nudist.

This is the first show of a national tour, right? How are you guys getting around the country? Do you have a bus like a rock band? Who's rooming with who on the road? Is it like school trips, where no one wants to be with the teacher (in this case, the director)? Is anyone trying to hook up with their secret crush?

LB: Nobody wants to room with the director, but everybody's trying to hook up with him.

HILARY: I predict David Higgins gets TONS of ass on the road. The rest of us are married. Or celibate. Or both.

BUZZ: We will be traveling by steam-powered velocepide. Also, the director says we aren't allowed to use the mini-bars in the hotel rooms, so there are a lot of new "sound effects" we're taking on the road that look and sound just like bottles of booze.

Hidden affection aside, you've got work to do. How hard is it to tour a show like this -- to perform in new venues you're unfamiliar with? What sort of places are these? More venues like the Hogg Auditorium?

LB: We're playing in some monster arenas. Believe it. This is the next big thing. Next year kids won't even remember that rap music; they'll have posters of Buzz Moran and Hillary Thomas on their walls.

JASON: I'm pretty nervous about the whole thing.

Who is more bald, Shannon McCormick, or Jason Neulander?

JASON: Me. The hair that you see is actually a custom made around-the-head male bald pattern toupee.

HILARY: Hands down, Shannon McCormick. If you want to know who's the most bald out of the whole cast, you'll have to ask after we've spent a few nights together in hotel rooms.

BUZZ: Jason, I'm told, has a full head of hair. He apparently shaves just the top so he'll look "more grownup."

There's a lot of foreign accents in the show -- what'd you use as inspiration to get the voices just right?

LEE: When we don't do it right, we get a firm beating with a Foley tool of Neulander's choice.

BUZZ: A powerful Midwestern work ethic.

JASON: A gun and a whip.

You make all the sound effects live, right? What's your favorite sound? How do you make it?

BUZZ: The sound effect that cracks us up the most is the flashlight from the future. We just go up to the microphone and say "Woo" in a high voice.

HILARY: I love it. It's hard not to laugh afterward and give Buzz a high-five.

BUZZ: Who's to say that flashlights in the future don't sound like a human voice saying "Woo"?

JASON: Wooo.

LB: My favorite sound effect is the gunshot. Buzz makes it by firing a gun.

What is it about this show that makes it so damn popular?

LB: It’s good.

LEE: It wears the latest fashions and dates the hottest boy.

HILARY: The fact that I have no lines whatsoever.

The Intergalactic Nemesis
Hogg Auditorium
Friday, Sept 8
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