INTERVIEWS WITH THE STARS: CELL-PHONE POCKET- DIAL EDITION. BY JORY JOHN AND MAC BARNETT - - - - POCKET: (Dialing.) GEORGE LUCAS: Hello? POCKET: (Static.) GEORGE LUCAS: Hello? Anybody there? POCKET: (Rumbling.) GEORGE LUCAS: (Hangs up.) POCKET: (Dialing again.) - - - - POCKET: (Dialing.) TONY KUSHNER: Hello? POCKET: (Rustling.) TONY KUSHNER: Hello? Steve? POCKET: ... the kind I like to meet ... TONY KUSHNER: Are you listening to Roy Orbison? POCKET: (High-pitched squealing. Hangs up, dials.) - - - - POCKET: (Dialing.) GEORGE LUCAS: Steve, did you know you just pocket-dialed me? POCKET: (Muffled strains of Mama's Family theme song.) GEORGE LUCAS: Jesus. (Hangs up.) POCKET: (Dialing.) - - - - POCKET: (Dialing.) CAROLE KING: Hello? POCKET: (Five seconds of silence followed by rumbling.) CAROLE KING: Um, hello? POCKET: (Low hum punctuated by painful screeching.) CAROLE KING: I think you pocket-dialed me. POCKET: (Painful screeching.) CAROLE KING: Hello? Are you there? POCKET: (Dials GEORGE LUCAS.) - - - - OTHER McSWEENEY'S FEATURES: - - - - Interviews With the Stars: Cell-Phone Pocket-Dial Edition By Jory John and Mac Barnett Open-Mike Night, 1:15 A.M. By Mike Sacks Great Mugging Escapes—No. 204: The War on Terror By Pasha Malla Letter of Recommendation for Rick Stoeckel, Who Was Homeschooled By Rick Stoeckel Maslow's Hierarchy of Sandwiches By Andrew Neuendorf

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