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INTERVIEW WITH: JOHN WESLEY SHIPP
JULY 26, 1998
INTERVIEWED BY: SUSAN HUNTER

Q: Being the only male cast member who's over twenty-one, do you find yourself giving out a lot of advice?

JS: [Laughs] No, no, no, no - I avoid that at all costs. That would be insufferable - what could be worse than the only male cast member over twenty-one going around giving advice, "Let me tell you how it is, sonny..." No, the truth is that the young actors are so intelligent and on the mark that, if anything, we exchange information. It's a real ensemble cast with kind of a goofy feel. It's fun.

Q: Do you have a favorite episode from last season?

JS: Definitely the hurricane episode ["Blown Away"] because obviously that's where the parents' story all came to a head. We had some really intense scenes to play. Mitch finally came out of the dark, was hit over the head with the hammer of his wife's infidelity, and actually had the opportunity to respond and react with a little bit of Œpunch' and anger. Expect to see more of that this season, which I'm very excited about, because [the infidelity storyline] did so well with the viewers that Mitch and Gale Leery are going to have a little more to do, with more controversy, this season.

Q: Help us clarify something - what exactly does Mitch do for a living? What's up with that aquatic restaurant?

JS: That's a question that was often raised, by me, over the course of last season. [laughs] I'm looking forward to the fact that Mitch actually gets a job this year! I'm not sure I can reveal what, but it's going to be something that will tie him into the other stories, and it should be fun. Hopefully it's the last we've seen of the aquatic-themed restaurant. Mitch swept the model of it to the floor [in "Blown Away"], and Dawson put it best, "Dad, this idea gets worse everyday." [laughs] So, Mitch'll be doing something else.

Q: How is it working with Mary-Margaret Humes?

JS: Mary-Margaret...if we could just get her to grow up a little. [chuckles] I'm not going to mention the cucumber episode but, you know, she's pretty wild!