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  • seriously this interviewer is a draaaaaaag

  • Why is Daniel shaking so much ?

  • @clickswitchh i think it's just something he does now. or a reaction to having a camera on him / being interviewed because he seems to be doing it in all the recent stuff.

  • @TehGabe @clickswitchh I believe it's his meds.

  • Daniel "my life is a long road to my death" interviewer "ok"

  • At time Daniel seems painfully aware that this interviewer is a shithead, and he seems to really wanna be over with it.

  • fuck this interviewer

  • If I never meet Daniel Johnston I will consider my life a failure no matter what else I accomplish.

  • HAS THE THOUGHT CROSSED YOUR ONE WAY STREET MINDS THAT THE INTERVIEWER HAS HIS OWN STORY AND INTERNAL / EXTERNAL REASONS FOR BEING THE WAY HE IS...AT LEAST HE'S POLITE AND PATIENT...LETS THE GUY SPEAK ! ITS NOT ABOUT HIM ITS ABOUT DANIEL ANYWAYS BROS!!!

  • jesus, the interviewer may just be nervous but its an honour to get a chance to speak to DJ yet I see zero enthusiasm.

  • this is like watching a therapy session....the interviewer is nuts.

  • The funniest DJ interview I ever seen!! I feel like a monkey in the zoo in this place!!

    When Kurt Cobain died he insisted in being buried with that Hi How Are You t-shirt!!!!

  • Dan i love you !!

  • I don't know, Daniel just lightens my mood

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  • that reporter's acting like he's just interviewing someone who happens to play music and make artwork, not robert johnston. the man deserves more interest than that.

  • I have big inner conflict about that interviewer,he is quite uninterested,like "just doing my job",but he isn't trying to steal all the show. ..

  • what a space cadet

  • @shezzalena he's really mentally ill, cut him some fucking slack man...

  • I agree that this interviewer was rather monotonous, but fuck you all. He's not Oprah, but he was nice, quiet and polite and he let both Daniel and Gabriel speak about their projects without censoring or condensing the conversation, which is more than you can say for heavily tampered tv interviews. This was an interesting and justified interview nonetheless.

  • Yes this interviewer sucks....

  • worst interviewer EVER...

  • i like his humor :)

  • i didnt know anything about him or his mentality i heard his song on the movie KIDS and liked it .. i guess it all depends on your perception on what talent is... i appreciate all types of art especially the ones that are less common or go unnoticed rare like a gem amongst gravel which is easier to accept because we walk upon it everyday....

  • A unique and inspiring man exploited.

  • Another Fuck You to the interviewer - Utterly bereft of empathy and all the social skills of a dog turd.

  • When is the biopic movie coming out? Goddamn, I can't wait! :D

  • I actually hate that shit head interviewer.

    I don't like it when people baby him, but that guy isn't giving Daniel anything. Daniel is a funny and bubbly guy and that interviewer is just being an asshole!

  • Wow... I was going to post a comment about how terrible this interviewer was, but I see everybody else already did so, lol. Great minds think alike I guess. Daniel Johnston is an amazing artist, and this guy just seems to be going through the motions.

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  • "Yeah, ahuh, okay, I don't know how to respectably hold an interview with someone, yeah, ahuh, okay...."- Jason Gross. :^D

  • Seriously, this interviewer is a fucking piece of shit to be sitting THAT close to a fucking genius & just racing Daniel through the questions & not even giving a fuck -- you can tell he is like "Who the fuck is Daniel Johnston??" HE IS YOUR FUCKING LORD, BITCH! Now, kiss his fucking feet. UGH! It only makes it 100000 times worse that Daniel is like THEEEE happiest sweetest man alive on earth & this guy is such a fuck. UGH I hate violence but omg sometimes I just want to stab ass holes like him.

  • Oh, hi. I just dropped in to say how much of a fucktarded asshole that interviewer is, and that I hope he's fired by now and working in a post office or something.

    Ta-dah!

  • .....and another thing. daniel mentioned his life being a long road to his death and you(the interviewer) were too cool for life to recognize someone's emotional pain and just responded "yeah".

  • I've said this in an earlier comment, but FUCK YOU interviewer, you contributed nothing to this and did nothing to make daniel feel comfortable or relate to anything he talks about...you almost seem to have a "I'm too intelligent and professional for this interview". go file fuckin papers in an office dude.

  • agreed, Daniel is golden, great answers and communication. The interviewer is a prick.

  • I hate this interviewer SOOOOOOO MUCH.

  • Fucking hell, tough crowd, give him some support!!

  • would it kill the interviewer to laugh at one of daniel's jokes?

  • the interviewer is a cop

  • "I feel like a monkey in a zoo in this place."

    "... okay..."

    Fuck you, Jason!

  • Vincent Van Gogh, Brian Wilson, Daniel Johnston. You cannot be normal and acheive this level of artistry. Also I'm not impressed with the actor/ I'm thinking Brian and his psychiatrist

  • it's a bit sad that it seems like a bunch of people are trying to capitalize off of Dan, even though they are nice to his face, just because of his condition.

  • i woulda liked it better if Nardwuar was the interviewer, that guy sux

  • It's really a marvel who Daniel Johnston is, how he conquered his inner demons and never gave up on his one true love. Artists like Kurt Cobain or Ian Curtis sadly cracked under the pressure and killed themselves. Daniel may have been in an asylum for a while there, but he never killed himself. And in modern times, he's doing so much better; you can just tell. He's stronger than other artists. I think that's why I like him and his music so much. He's just a great person over all. :)

  • I love his laugh.

  • Damn. That's one shitty interviewer.

    I would laugh with him, being funny and pretty much not being an ass.

    Like holy shit, you're interviewing a fucking legend here!

  • I would like to get to know Daniel Johnston.

    His lightness of being seems somehow precariously balanced by a 'veiled' and painful depth.

    I suspect that he's the sort of person that one would find difficult, if not impossible to 'peg'...and the truth is, why would one want to?

  • This is condescending, if I had 20 minutes with Daniel Johnston I would be asking him where he gets his inspiration, whats it all about ?

  • The interviewer is horrible. He condescends his responses with his monotonous uhuh's, yeah's, mhm's, okay's, and right's. He seems completely uninterested in his interview, like he's going through the motions.

  • "and when he died he insisted to be buried in the shirt.. hee hee.. nah im kidding....**akward silence*..... im...sorryy"

  • It's sad that these leeches have convinced Daniel to do this stupid movie. The kid shows him very little respect in this interview, in my opinion.

  • I wish that interviewer would stop fucking saying "uhuh", he has such a dead personality. Daniel is the man :D

  • @SebbeSucksBawlz yeah he doesnt expand on any of his questions, its just onto the the next question. 5:43

  • "Obviously YOU KNOW about the documentary that was done about you" haha

  • I think I'm starting to get why everyone think's he's brilliant. He really does get it.

  • daniel must be on so must medication..it's hard to concentrate on a deep conversation especially when someone is asking you deep questions..those meds destroy people, but also save them. excellent that daniel still feels motivated and creative!!!! ^_^

  • that interviewer is so dry and like might as well be a computer..he's like a really bad unemotional psychiatrist. PLAH

  • this interviewer is a turd

  • Mr Gross is interviewing Daniel as if he were a normal intellect, when in fact Daniel is a genius naturally. The kind of artist that doesn't give a shit about money , just his art .

  • 14:50 - 15:20 ... FAP FAP FAP!

  • @sodajerksteve Yawn

  • "when he died he insisted on being buried in the shirt...im kidding.......sorry"

    ahhh daniel you're the greatest

  • "It's like Forrest Gump mixed with Hunter S. Thompson..."

    i highly disagree.

  • that 'jason gross' is a really terrible interviewer, who would ever hire such a sterile jerk.

  • "Et vs. Jaws"...this film needs to be made. As Jaws chomps into ET, he bellows, "ouch!"

  • @nikoli7. Totally agree. I hope that this actor doesnt play Daniel.

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  • the interviewer is fine stop over reacting

  • i wish the interviewer was reacting in ways other than "okay" and "right" and "yeah whatever fag"

  • If I was Daniel I would of left the table that dude on the left is pissing me off...

  • Has Daniel publicly released any of his comic books? I'd love to see them.

  • Please don't let this kid do a movie about you Dan. Your documentary was perfect just as it is, if you want to share more of your life and who you are, please let it be with someone who is not on the schmooze like this kid. Please. You and your life mean more to your fans than someone like this.

  • The interviewer is a shithead...... Yeah? huh? really? huh?

  • @Neoherrera He sounds like a doctor responding to someone in for a check up. What a fuck.

  • maybe he didnt want to talk about kurt because hes dead but he didnt seem to appreciate the gesture

  • Dan looks good here. Those med. are bad what they did to some of my friends and family. I wish they had another way to treat mental illness it's hard to watch as they try to stabilize can take years of different meds. the toll on the body and mind can make things worst I'm happy Dan has love(fans) & support. Bless Dan

  • This interviewer is hilarious... just look at him. But i love Daniel, deserves all the good that could be received on this Earth.

  • whats up with this interviewer? he is like my school councilor.

  • @littlejimmyjames lol hilarious i was thinking just the same!

  • @grandmasterdeafchild the dude is cold like ice. lol i met daniel once and he almost stole my lighter. but we had a smoke and a chat. i gotta say he was a bit of a charmer to my ex girlfriend. everyone at the festival followed him round like the pied piper. he would break into song and people would just sit then follow. amazing!

  • @littlejimmyjames Thats just magical lol just picked up the album with all the covers+originals on it pretty sweet.

  • @grandmasterdeafchild yeah that ones a keeper. he seems to get better with age. nice to see him playing with a more consumate guitarist these days as he kinda sucks a guitar. in a nice way ofcourse.

  • retarded ugly pig...!!!

  • no wonder he feels like a monkey in a cage. he gets treated like a lesser human being and it makes him nervous.

  • Jason Gross is a massive douche.

  • @ambpianno Watch his film. It will change your mind.

  • @hellomynameisdf

    movie=good

    music=bad

  • what a dumb fat untalented slob

  • very dull interviewer...as for Daniel...he's great!!!

  • I agree. Jason Gross has all the charm and grace of a turnip. This was like watching the guy from 711 (not the one at the register, but the one who sweeps up because he's stupid) asking a truck driver to tell about his trip from Fresno.

  • "I feel like a monkey in a zoo in this place."

    BAHAHA

  • "my friends made me feel famous"

    daniel is a beautiful man.

  • I thought that Jason Gross did absolutely fine. I thought it was a good interview, and I don't see what everybody is talking about, that 'oh, if it was a different interviewer, it would've been so much better!' Nice job Jason. I'm looking forward to the completion of this movie they're talking about!

  • @parkt6792 all he does is fire off questions to get it over with and responds with "uh huh" and "ok" fuckin worthless interviewer for daniel.

  • Best song writers of all time....Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, and Daniel Johnston! You're the man, Daniel! Come to cincy for a show! I'll Open!

  • Jason Gross licks balls

  • Psychotropic meds suck! Look at what they have done to a genius like Daniel...

  • @HeninBerlin if he wasnt on these drugs he would be completely incoherent and out of control, and I appreciate Daniel for what he does but Im not so sure about the genius . . he can express his feelings and thoughts,, but genius? thats a little strong

  • @clayjammusic everyone is entitled to their opinion, but, listen to some of his early albums and there's no doubting he is a creative superpower. genius is only a label placed on him by others but saying he can "express his feelings" is really trivializing his talent, his body of work is as, or more impressive than a lot of other folk artists that have been placed in the same category

  • The interviewer is a dud. "right." "yup." It's DANIEL JOHNSTON. Let me interview him!! It would be a fun interview. It seems like the interviewer is scared or something...

  • who the fuck did this guy sleep with to become a journalsit

  • ".... i wanted that money so i could spend some time and buy some soda pop...."

    he's fucking BRILLIANT

  • A Great true artist and a great dumb interviewer.

  • @misomercy You think spend some time might mean spend time with hookers?

  • He's bipolar, not schizophrenic!

  • Love Johnston and i love Hunter Thompson but i don't see any similarities.. did Daniel do alot of drugs as a kid? Are the going to go into detail about his delusions?

  • @CurleysPizzeria Yes. A lot od LSD and MJ.

  • @kashzone yeah i just saw The Devil and Daniel Johnston last night... but I still don't see them being similar

  • @CurleysPizzeria Meh. Hunter S. Thompson-style, not that they're similar.

  • @kashzone well thats what i dont get.. i dont see the twos styles being at all comparable, but at the same time that kid isnt calling the shots, he just wants to be like HST

  • Oh my god.....4:00-4:15. poor dan. :( I would've smiled of smiled at his joke if I was there.

  • he looks like he's doing better. more coherent and less nervy.

  • I couldn't disagree more....I believe the interviewer was very polite and respectful.....

  • interviewer is a huge twat, get involved - disinterested and disrespectful. So uncharasmatic........

  • interviewer is a huge twat, get involved - disinterested and disrespectful

  • This Jason Gross guy is such a douche, Dan is such a genuinely nice guy and incredibly endearing. Mean while douche ma gouche, acts like he is talking to a leper. When Dan is being funny how about you laugh asshole.

  • The interviewer is sh!t. Id try and use a more descriptive word or one with more tact but "sh!t" fits this particular interviewers style.

    Jesus Christ an interview is supposed to be conducted as if youre asking questions you really want to know the answers to.

    Not a "Im asking these questions and dont give a fuck about your answer so lets crack on". The guy is a 1st class cock jockey.

  • the involuntary hand tremors was because of his medications..

    but he looks fine to me.

    will be looking to his genius in his The Devil and Daniel Johnston documentary!

  • the involuntary hand tremors was because of his medications..

    I am checkin out his The Devil and Daniel Johnston documentary

  • fuck the guy interviewing daniel

  • @rendej0 what a shame, he's reading all these great things about him by heart and still finds the balls to patronise him, what an asshole he should get raped by lions

  • Daniel Johnston should not be treated any differently than the next man. I am aware of his mental condition. I am sure he is quite aware of it as well. Daniel gets to go home and laugh at this douchebag interviewer himself (if he chooses). He doesn't need anyone to defend his music or anything else he does. If this were me being interviewed over my crappy life you all would laugh. He is quite aware of human behavior. You all treat him as if he were a child. FUCK SOCIETY, FUCK NORMALITY. FUCK YOU

  • daniel johnston is a genius. jason gross is just a twat!!!

  • He's asking questions he already knows the answers to *sigh*

  • Although the interviewer blows Doberman Pincher. This interview helps Daniel stand out and help many fans feel Daniel's sincere personality, which makes fans love him all the more. Thank you for that Mr. Interviewer Douche-bag with a beard and a hat who says "really" and "uh-huh" and "okay" a heck of a lot. So, I guess, I hate the interviewer because he failed journalism, for sure. And, that it's great to be living during Daniel. Peece.

  • Daniel Johnston is a musical genius and someone such as this douchebag does not appreciate an interview such as this one. Regardless of whether you know the artist or not you should have a little more class and decency when interviewing them. This was obviously low budget because they could not afford a better and more outgoing interviewer. It saddens me because I would have loved to meet someone as brilliant and as genuine as Daniel Johnston but instead this dumbass is being arrogant and rude.

  • I hate the man who interviewed him. He don't give any piece of shit what Johnson has to say. 'Ahum' 'Okay..' 'ahum' Damn, shut up with that sort of answers..

  • As I'm watching this interview and as I'm being annoyed the hell out of by both of these two guys, I keep asking myself, "How would I act if I got to talk with Daniel Johnston?" To try to be too sincere might lead me to be too serious like the guy on the left and to be too loose like the guy on the right would be to come off like a cocky brat. lol maybe I shouldn't be so annoyed with these guys if the only "right" way to act is generic.

  • Poor Jason he looks a bit terrified.

  • this is ridiculous.

    No-one cares what that other guy has to say..

  • This guy is destined not to be famous, you can't commercialize Daniel Johnston no matter how much he wants it

  • this is bs.. get another interviewer and send this asshole to mcdonalds

  • @conkerr420 you cant even send him to mcdonalds. thats where daniel started he is not good enough for that. just let that interviewer live in mediocrity

  • Jason Gross IS A LOSER.

  • At 18:11 the kid sound exactly like a young Daniel. Hopefully this movie'll be good.

    I hopefully will have high hopes.

  • The Last Honest Artist.

  • The guy interviewing Daniel is brutal! What a monotonous voice. Listening to him say 'uh huh' to everything is so painful.

  • at 14:50 daniel starts masturbating..... thats mean i really love his music

  • The interviewer may be nervous but he lacks humour, very stale and uncomfortable interview.

  • "okay...mmhmm..*nods head*..okay"- Jason Gross is a beanbag...If i were interviewing Daniel Johnston I would have a lot more to say the mmhmm

  • Yeah this interviewer is lame. He should learn how to interview people.

  • Jason Gross, what a dickhead.

  • As a radio personality, I would be fired for treating a guest like this. So much disinterest and disrespect. He's treating Daniel like he's retarded. Anyone interested in the interviewee would be extremely offended that a production would disrespect a guest this way. Disgraceful.

  • @ARDudichPhotography I was thinking the same thing before I even read your comment. The interviewer is a douche.

  • Great footage!

  • Dude, this interview's not even that bad. Calm the fuck down.

  • that fat guys a doucher.

  • This interviewer fucking pisses me off that all he says is "Uh huh" "ok" at least make Daniel feel like your interested, fucking tool with nothing to respond with.

  • @mellowtonen i totally agree

  • Stop saying devour, you American bell-end.

  • I hate these guys...

    Daniel is such lovable BRILLIANT person who definitely deserves better than this...

    "Like a Monkey In a Zoo!" no one laughs. These douchebags don't even get the reference. GOD this pisses me off.

    Daniel gives very interesting interviews. He speaks simply, but there is depth in every story. Try to find quality interviews, these guys are imbeciles.

  • "uh-huh" "yeah" "right"

    get someone with personality and who actually looks like they give a shit especially when talking to a musical pioneer such as daniel....fuck.

  • @xbazookatoothx i totally agree

  • @xbazookatoothx i totally agree

  • @xbazookatoothx i totally agree, he asks a question and then when Daniel answers him all he can say is "uh huh oh ok", it seems like he doesnt even listen to what Daniel is saying but he just keeps saying "uh huh uh huh really" until he hears a pause so he can ask the next question.

  • @xbazookatoothx total agreement. thi guy kinda pissed me off

  • @xbazookatoothx

    He sounds like a counselor.

  • There was nothin' really local...except my piano

  • Daniel Johnston is amazing!!! I love this guy!!! He seriously is the best songwriter ever! I'll fight anyone who disagrees

  • Screw both of those guys. I love daniel johnston.

  • LAWL He had me going about Kurt dying in his shirt. I'm like WOW really? ...Wait what?

  • Daniel is actually saying some of the most sane, confident, joking, and reasonable stuff he's said in years (despite the other guy's disinterest). It's one thing to create brilliant music, but to hear the musician talk INTELLIGENTLY is compelling and satisfies the other half of me.

    Good line: "My songs are kind of weird," he admits. And we all know they're not "normal", and of course we also know they're great, and it's great to have him acknowledge it and be okay with it as his saner fans are.

  • "I feel like a monkey in a zoo in this place"~brilliant comment (they're all talking and probably not even paying attention to him)

  • i think the people who are treating the 'mentally-ill' are 'ill' in the head themselves. look at this guy. doesnt look like the people who work in the 'mental health' BUSINESS are doing a very good job. on the other hand, look where a lot of his fame came from. being a 'crazy person' in and out of the loony bin is half of why hes famous. look at the piece of shit actor next to him. look at the people he surrounded himself by in his documentary. just seems like a very fucked up situation honestly

  • these people are treating dan like shit. this is horrible. where do they get off getting all high and righteous just because the person they're talking to is "mentally ill?" This is exactly why dan always stressed the point "don't feed the ego." everyone should take a note from dan's book and perhaps we wouldn't be so crazy after all.