I imagine that many stars feel the same way about junkets. Sit through a full day of interviews and by the late afternoon, you could pretty much take the mic and conduct the full conversation with yourself.
So when I sat down with “Bones” stars David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel on Monday (September 9) afternoon and they learned they would be sharing a microphone for the interview, Boreanaz decided to do just that.
You might hear me at the very beginning announcing that I was out of a job, but I didn't ask a single question in the three-minute interview, in which Boreanaz did an admirably thorough job of touching on many of the points which, I must confess, I was probably going to inquire about.
The enthusiastic Boreanaz asks his co-star — Deschanel deserves some sort of award for being a good sport — most of the important questions about the upcoming 200th episode of “Bones,” how the FOX drama will follow up last season's eventful finale and, most importantly, what it's like kissing David Boreanaz. He also breaks news about David Boreanaz shirtlessness in the premiere and David Boreanaz's admiration for Zooey Deschanel.
Boreanaz is disturbingly proficient at this, which I suspect is a product of both two decades doing publicity as a TV regular, but also genetics. Boreanaz's father Dave worked as on-air talent for ABC affiliates in Buffalo and Philadelphia, serving as main weatherman for WPVI-TV in Philadelphia for 26 years.
Check out the interview above, which includes wackiness, manic energy and, if you listen closely, actual information about the 10th season of “Bones,” which premieres on Thursday, September 25 at 8 p.m. on FOX.
Now I need to find out if we owe David Boreanaz a freelancing fee.