“I’m totally startled by it, frankly,” says the comedy troupe member.
“I would have lots of apprehension going into it as a comedy fan,” he says.
I’m totally startled by it, frankly."
Dave Foley in ‘Kids in the Hall’.Jackie Brown/Amazon
It was during the Trump administration.
I guess she was doing a show sort-of themed about people’s horror.
So that was my contribution.
‘Kids in the Hall’ troupe member Dave Foley says he’s surprised by the popularity of his ‘Doomsday DJ’ sketch.Jackie Brown/Amazon
Eventhen, I was startled [when] people got excited about it when we were prepping it.
I kept thinking, I just don’t get it, I don’t understand.
It just seemed perfect.
‘Kids in the Hall’ comedy troupe member Dave Foley on set for his sketch ‘Doomsday DJ’.Jackie Brown/Amazon
When you shot the sketches were you listening to the track all the time?
That’s not in the sketches.
This is a scoop Dave!I can’t believe I cut that out.
In one of the sketches we discover the DJ has a wife and twin mutant kids.
I saw someone on Twitter suggesting that this is just his fantasy.
What do you think about that theory?
[Laughs] Well, that’s a fine theory and as valid as any theory I have.
We also learn that the apocalypse has been brought on by “DNA bombs.”
The final sketch ends with the DJ running out of fuel.
I don’t know what I would do to advance his narrative, at least within sketch comedy.
Maybe it’s a short film.
I want to see afullfilm about this.
I want this to be Dave Foley’sFury Road!That would be fun.
The new season ofKids in the Hallis available to watch on Prime Video.
Watch the first “Doomsday DJ” sketch above and see the season’s trailer below.
