James Marsters: An Unexpected Guest

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2 жыл бұрын

James Marsters joins Billy and Dom to talk about his role as Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, his band Ghost of the Robot, favorite video games, getting his start in Chicago's theater scene, and offers awfully bland Lima Beans for Eat the World!
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James Wesley Marsters is an actor, musician and comic book writer. He is best known for his role as the British vampire Spike in the tv series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off, Angel. Since then, he has played the alien supervillain Brainiac on Smallville, Captain John Hart on Torchwood and terrorist Barnabas Greeley in Syfy's Caprica. He’s also plays in the band “Ghost of the Robot”
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@mithlenfinlass2040 2 жыл бұрын

“I may be dirt, but you're the one who likes to roll in it, Slayer.” Spike was so classic! 😊

@usern4metak3ns 2 жыл бұрын

Spike was an intelligent analysis of females and how they naturally fraternize with what they say they hate or call enemies. Hilarious character. Great concept that the foretold female vampire slayer gets slayed by multiple vampires. Heh.

@08sfoote 2 жыл бұрын

Marsters is hands down the best audiobook reader. Dresden Files is epic!

@SonsOfGondor1 2 жыл бұрын

He's certainly up there with Simon Vance, Richard Easton, and Michael Kramer/Kate Reading. Love his work on Dresden as well!

@amrys_argent 2 жыл бұрын

One thing I really appreciate about James Marsters is when he narrates an audiobook, he doesn't give the female characters ridiculous voices like a surprising number of men who read audiobooks do.

@pendafen7405 10 ай бұрын

You'd almost think he didn't used to n0nce (on poor Michelle Trachtenberg_

@aj7058 3 ай бұрын

@@pendafen7405?

@thomasferraro479 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, he was definitely the best character on Buffy

@PumpkinMozie 2 жыл бұрын

I think the reason why the Buffy musical episode worked while other shows didn’t was because the random musical numbers were able to be worked into the plot. There’s a magical demon explanation for why everyone is suddenly breaking out into song, so even though it’s ridiculous it still makes sense in that universe. It’s something you could only pull off in that kind of modern fantasy setting.

@Wungolioth Жыл бұрын

It also wasn't a throwaway episode, it moved the season story arc forward, and there were huge repercussions to all of the characters.

@StephiBauduhin 6 ай бұрын

I loved his character (Spike) so much on Buffy and I wasn’t even aware of why, but subconsciously I must have realized/ picked up on the fact that he is theatrically trained. But the more I learn about the actor behind the character the more I see James in Spike, but also the more I respect James, he’s truly inspirational. When no one believed in him he kept at it, he spoke his truth when no one wanted to hear it. And in the end he succeeded.

@Metallichick20 2 жыл бұрын

Spike was my favorite character on Buffy. I don't know how many times I've watched the musical episode. Spike's song was the best.

@nokapetzin 8 ай бұрын

Yeeeeees

@CarlMakesVideos 2 жыл бұрын

4:31 first ad break ends 18:41 second ad break ends 38:24 third ad break ends.

@rebelvalkyrie8621 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fangirling, this is a dream trio

@jantimatter60 2 жыл бұрын

agreed. they are a lovely bunch of gents!

@bitethepaintbrush3671 2 жыл бұрын

James Marsters has the most infectious laugh ever. I had no idea.

@natehans1832 2 жыл бұрын

I only know James Marsters from his incredible voice work on the Dresden Files. It's cool to learn about the rest of his career.

@codylamb6587 2 жыл бұрын

I've just binge watched this show episode 1 to now in four days. Worth it.

@aimeep3837 2 жыл бұрын

A bookkeeper keeps financial records, closer to an accountant than a librarian…i was shouting in the middle of the second riddle 😂 anyways love James and of course Spike. I wish they sang something together, or talked about James’ British accent. Thanks for having him as a guest.

@Accountforstuff Жыл бұрын

Also, does a factoid question like that count as a riddle? Surely it's just a question 😅

@Nicole-yx8ms 2 жыл бұрын

James' laugh brings me such joy... Thank you always, beautiful souls! Xx

@thegingergyrl455 2 жыл бұрын

Ah Buffy’s best asset and my favorite Hobbits. It’s a good day.

@junietunes2148 2 жыл бұрын

Me yelling at the screen for 10 minutes "BOOKKEEPER!" lol. Fantastic episode, great guest!

@AMoniqueOcampo 2 жыл бұрын

I seriously thought it was boomerang at first.

@lemon98TV 2 жыл бұрын

I learned this "riddle" from an Encyclopedia Brown years ago. But come on, McKenzie Grammar, a bookkeeper is not another word for a librarian. It's more of an accountant.

@Heidi534 2 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@jean-paulaudette9246 2 жыл бұрын

I had already heard thet riddle before. Despite that, I still couldn't figure it out, until the 'starts with a B.'

@designtechdk 2 жыл бұрын

@@lemon98TV You think a young LA girl knows that? lol

@ravenyangluciferinfinite536 2 жыл бұрын

so bloody lucky JAMES MARSTERS is awesome and has aged incredibly well and SPIKE is my favorite character in BUFFY (the tv series)

@GGG-rb6if 2 жыл бұрын

Dom quietly whispering "get a room" as Billy and James compliment each other completely sent me

@atlanticvamp 2 жыл бұрын

Two of my crushes are together! However, I'm dying at James and Billy hating the lima beans, and Dom saying, "They're all right..." and munching away!

@oriricha 2 жыл бұрын

Another great episode. The thing I enjoyed the most was his laugh 😂

@miriamminor6072 2 жыл бұрын

Oh look, it’s my first three childhood crushes in one setting

@strongsarah 2 жыл бұрын

i liked james marsters as an actor when i watched buffy, and now i like him even better as a person, thanks for having him on the podcast. (i also don't eat lima beans!)

@tindotata70 2 жыл бұрын

I love James. Spike was by far my favoite charactor on Buffy. I am so excited that he is on the show. Love hearing stories, and learning more about people. I was also yelling Bookkeeper at you guys. I can't believe i got it before you.

@jackm8616 2 жыл бұрын

I cant get over how good billy is at riddles

@GravityCreations100 2 жыл бұрын

Was waiting for the episode. Dom and Billy are friendship goals! Big fan of both of you

@claracarmona5388 2 жыл бұрын

So happy to see Billy and Dom on The Friendship Onion, I'm always happy to see them 🙂😁. I love them ❤️ Happy Tuesday

@marucastro5208 2 жыл бұрын

Great interview Dom and Billy, I always love to see James Marsters. He's really a funny guy.

@katiesautmann 2 жыл бұрын

The sound of James‘ laughter always makes me smiling. And this show makes me smile until my cheeks burn and more! I didn’t know lima beans before - after all, they provide entertainment! 😏 Really enjoyed the show and will watch the next one tomorrow! Thanks for sharing! Bye bye 👋 Katie

@theeldritchlibrarian 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my God, this podcast/KZfaq channel gets better and better. Dom and Billy AND James Marsters?! This is the Christmas present I didn't even know I needed!

@user-id4vx7ss1s 5 ай бұрын

Okay, my head just exploded seeing this. LOST and BUFFY are my 1st and 2nd all time favorite shows. I've watched both through probably 20 times! Worlds colliding🤯🤯🤯

@laurajacobsson 2 жыл бұрын

I was going to watch/listen to these in order, but as soon as I saw the name James Marsters, my fangirling got the better of me. 4 episodes to go to catch up, but screw it. I'm watching this tonight.

@becki8000 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a surprise combination of people from two forever epic series 👌

@Junejane4 9 ай бұрын

OMG, thanks for this video! I watched James in Buffy and he was the only reason why I actually did it. He is such a talented actor, the best in this series. And his character always brings me joy, without him all this simply would not be interesting for me.

@nokapetzin 8 ай бұрын

Me too!

@samuelleask1132 2 жыл бұрын

Seeing James Marsters on this show made me SO HAPPY! I’m such a fan of his work with the Dresden Files

@TheBralessDiaries 2 жыл бұрын

I only know James as the narrator for The Dresden Files. He will always be the voice of Harry Dresden for me!!!

@samuelleask1132 2 жыл бұрын

Yes yes yes

@bruceismyhero 2 жыл бұрын

I just discovered how many times I can yell, "BOOKKEEPER!" at my phone

@DJSpinczar Жыл бұрын

james does NOT get enough credit for his voice acting on dragon ball super - zamasu was one of the best characters in the entire series

@pixel.catcher 2 жыл бұрын

My dog was wondering why I was randomly yelling "bookkeeper" at the screen, that was painful to watch 🤣

@Haruckio 2 жыл бұрын

Happy there's going to be a part 2, great episode

@aaronporter4586 2 жыл бұрын

I never watched buffy nor did I know who James was but this turned out to be one of my favorite episodes. Cheers

@kellbell34893 2 жыл бұрын

I wanna rewatch Buffy now

@liss72 2 жыл бұрын

James Marsters making Spike Epic👏👏💖💖He is so awesome in everything 💖Thanks again for an awesome interview 👏💖

@MariaLaura-xj6ul 2 жыл бұрын

Delightfull!! The three of you together are simply perfect!

@kousetsuhana 2 жыл бұрын

three of my favourite people all together, what a treat! thank you guys 😙

@steinover 2 жыл бұрын

This was wonderful! The Lord of fantasty films and one of the greatest TV shows in one podcast! For the people not familiar with "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" I suggest to watch some of the episodes (cause they really are among the greatest of TV episodes). Like "Innocence" and "Becoming Part 1&2" from season 2, and "Earshot" and "The Wish" (S3), "Hush" (S4), "The Body" (S5) and the musical one they mentioned "Once More With Feeling" from Season 6.

@Fjeldbeth 2 жыл бұрын

Love Tuesdays with my favoritt guys. This was another fantastic episode. Looking forward to next week alredy.

@AnotherBrownAjah 2 жыл бұрын

Another delightful episode

@jaytrean1 Жыл бұрын

I've been listening to the audio book for the Dresden files james does a fantastic job

@mtaukiri 2 жыл бұрын

The farthest James has been for a con is NZ! lol Though probably very easily forgotten because it was a tiny Buffy con 20 years ago with Brian Thompson and Emma Caulfield and a bunch of rabid Scoobies. I remember they teased the musical episode, which he was brilliant in. He was awesome and Spike immediately became my favourite character, I already liked Spike, James made me LOVE Spike.

@moonstone___ Жыл бұрын

australia is further from california than NZ is :)

@mtaukiri Жыл бұрын

@@moonstone___ That's a really good point and you are obviously 100% correct! I suppose I was thinking from a flight time perspective and the 1 time I flew to the US (many moons ago)I had to wait in Sydney for a couple of hours. Air New Zealand has direct flights to LA but I couldn't afford them lol. I also didn't take into consideration my own skewed view of only flying the other direction (via Asia/Middle East). Thanks for the geography lesson moonstone 😃✈🗺🌏

@mathildestrunge 2 жыл бұрын

Great to relax and Watch you guys talk. I have exams this week so its Nice to not Think about Them. 💛😄

@Gr8saiyaman88 2 жыл бұрын

“Scrubs” had a great musical episode; arguably one of the best!

@fuzzypickles1659 2 жыл бұрын

Love this episode. Marsters seems like such a great guy. Loved your guys' discussions and interactions about games and whatnot. Awesome stuff. Keep up the amazing work gents.

@4ir4m 2 жыл бұрын

Hi guys! Love all you're doing with the podcast, not only as a LOTR fand but also the huuuge amount of things you talk about each program: literature, music, riddles, anecdotes and so on... though I don't see but listen on Spotify on my way to work which is the reason I'm writing this here. I'm an English teacher in Spain and you can't make an idea how the podcast has been giving me ideas and content to present to my groups just to make the lessons spicier (not to mention your accents which I absolutely love!!)... keep doing your thing, since we not only entertain ourselves but also learn! Cheers from Tenerife!

@annjohnson8437 2 жыл бұрын

He is so right. The musical episode was such a surprise and phenomenal!

@simom931 2 жыл бұрын

'Once more, with feeling' is THE musical episode!

@mysticalmegan1412 2 жыл бұрын

I was screaming BOOKKEEPERRRRRRR lol as if they could hear me through the screen! Great episode, lots of giggles which i love!

@kotiklawyer1354 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for the lovely episode 🥰

@brenguzo 2 жыл бұрын

A combination I didn't know I needed!

@ScriptedSamurai 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! My day just got better.

@DougUnfunny Жыл бұрын

The sun light beam on James's head makes me think that Billy wanted to see if James would catch on fire or turn to ash.

@diannawoodlands8200 2 жыл бұрын

Well done. Looks like you have got lots of lovely gifts.😊😍

@thenerdfaraway 2 жыл бұрын

Where else can I laugh hysterically about lima beans? Love your show, Billy and Dom! Still want to challenge Dom to a belching contest...wish he'd take me up on it. I have a good chance of winning.

@shippoolproductions9934 2 жыл бұрын

I love when Dom says would you say leema or Lima and Billy says I'd say Lima and Dom says well you haven't been and the laughter from Billy and Dom is so infectious. I rewatched way too many times 😁

@lumiegames 2 жыл бұрын

Dom casually looking for backup before he makes fun of Billy’s pronunciation 😂 that bit got me too!

@jasonstamwitz6928 2 жыл бұрын

Love this interview with taking so long to talk about Lima beans, LOL! Such a different style of interviewing.

@harthiostheadventurer9030 2 жыл бұрын

Splendid!

@crazynanaailese Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy I found this channel

@Velour_Rose 2 жыл бұрын

You guys were hilarious on Stephen Colbert’s show!!! Great to see you with the LOTR gang again!

@carols.8103 2 жыл бұрын

31:12 James' unintentional Vision cosplay

@davidlazore6525 Жыл бұрын

Love it when its talks about rpg games,precious

@StephiBauduhin 6 ай бұрын

this poscast is hilarious! I’m hooked ❤

@dillonthekid 2 жыл бұрын

Love this 🔥

@lumiegames 2 жыл бұрын

Looking at Dom's face at the beginning, I could feel that "get a room" coming 😂

@samuellascari8056 2 жыл бұрын

From Mexico! I've tried thinking about something that would capture a piece of Mexico that i grew up with that would work on Billy and Dom eat the world. PULPARINDO is a tamarind candy that i think you guys would love and now comes in popsicle and ice cream version as well!!!!

@MothGirl007 2 жыл бұрын

That sounds great.

@samuellascari8056 2 жыл бұрын

@@scott3429 its amazing, but i feel like theyve maybe tried Marzipan since its not exclusive from Mexico. And they like spicy stuff! 😁

@patriciak8936 2 жыл бұрын

The Dennis Potter series were musical. The American musical series was called Cop Rock.

@topilepojarvicomposer6157 2 жыл бұрын

Jeff: --- TV never abused and insulted me. Unless you count Cop Rock. Abed: Cop Rock. Sounds cool. Jeff: Doesn't it? From Community

@leora8278 2 жыл бұрын

The Fosters and the Magicians had good musical episodes but Buffy will always be my favorite

@sarahwhite796 2 жыл бұрын

1:15:29 - "Bean pie? Are you mental?" "Yes!" Incredible

@tinad8561 2 жыл бұрын

They served Lima beans at my primary school. They managed to make them simultaneously tough and slimy. Haven’t eaten any since.

@kimberlyvb2332 2 жыл бұрын

I really like lima beans! Not overcooked and plain, but with a little salt and/or butter. Marsters really was an unexpected guest for me but a good one! Always a high quality podcast. 😀

@vesnalukic9898 2 жыл бұрын

"It's almost completely eatable".. Best comment of the show. Nice done, James :D

@SaschaBuster 2 жыл бұрын

James is so down to earth, id love to meet you. Come back to Australia :) Lima beans are gross...lol

@jstathon84 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't realize it was Tuesday, until I saw the notification :)

@milliereeves2215 2 жыл бұрын

I come for the anocdotes, I stay for the random hand holding. Good riddles/puzzles this week

@jasmineoldham2989 2 жыл бұрын

Love This AMAZING

@WreckageandDisaster 2 жыл бұрын

My dad hates chilli con carne I hope I spelt it right. And boiled cod in milk. My dad refuses to eat them to this day. It must be the 60s,70s,80s where food was made 3-4 times a week and you get sick of the same stuff. My hated food is crumpets can't stand them haha

@kianawetherbee5616 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Billy and Dom! I will have to say I love this podcast!! I love all of your works, and most definitely love the Friendship Onion!! If you are interested in Old American West stuff and have never been to the Southwestern part of the US, then you are missing out!! I am from the town of Alamogordo, New Mexico (mostly known for the Manhattan Project) the surrounding area is also known for Smokey the Bear, “Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires” Logo, and for Billy the Kid!! This is the Land of Enchantment (or as we locals like to call it, the Land of Entrapment...because once you're here you don't want to leave) and There have been many movies filmed here in the Alamogordo area from John Wayne Classics, to Transformers 2! If I were to offer you a suggestion for your eat the world moments , since it seems you both like spicy....Try the Hot Hatch (Only from NM) Green Chile!! You will love it!!! Green Chile goes on EVERYTHING!! I'm not joking...

@tamara4888 2 жыл бұрын

OMG this was a wonderful interview and what i wouldn't give to sit around and play video games with these guys for an afternoon!!! (Go League! lol) I've also wanted to know where the band name come from so thanks!

@stewmott3763 2 жыл бұрын

19:02 "I like to play against a computer programme that is very finely tuned to let me win." James Marsters and I have the exact same attitude to gaming. As my trail of broken PS3 controllers will attest.

@valkyrie757 2 жыл бұрын

Here in the southern US, Lima beans are cooked with smoked meat like ham hocks or bacon. Delicious!

@danaondrackova3431 2 жыл бұрын

Damn this cant be any better

@Squishcat 2 жыл бұрын

I love when you guys talk about league of legends it makes me so happy

@snowytyler3793 9 ай бұрын

Omg bookkeeper I’m dying 😂 she almost had to say the whole word first!!

@JonathanRossRogers 7 ай бұрын

1:07:57 Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He moved to Delaware with his family when he was about eleven years old.

@BiGPiSH 2 жыл бұрын

27:01 the evil villain laugh LOL

@johncunnigham9321 2 жыл бұрын

I love lima beans and ketchup. My grandpa taught me to eat them that way and I've done it my whole life.

@metal_hobbit 2 жыл бұрын

I'm from Mississippi and butter beans are a staple food here.

@forrestmiller2925 2 жыл бұрын

Wish MASH did a musical episode

@misterhoads 2 жыл бұрын

“If I found that on the beach I would put it on a necklace!” 😂

@tannerdavisr 2 жыл бұрын

Even though everyone thinks of librarians when they hear "bookkeeping", bookkeeping is actually synonymous with accounting. So sadly, Ms Grammar wasn't quite giving them correct hints. Loved this episode!