days of our livestwo scoopsWelcome back! Our drinks with Chelsea were fantastic. Turns out that she actually does have gills, thus she was able to breath in that swamp all those years ago. He had to get a few martinis in her, but Tony eventually got her to show us her scars! But, that’s not all that is cool about Tony. Here’s more of my interview with Mr. Two Scoops:
Tony on Tony …
Laurisa: While you play a scoops columnist in soap land, what do you do in real life to pay for all those vodka tonics?
Tony: Well, it’s nothing as glamorous as Two Scooping let me tell you! I work at a nonprofit research clinic doing all sorts “fun” administrative/HR type things. Yes, paper cuts are plentiful!
Laurisa: What company would find the most need for your talents: Titan, Mythic, Basic Black, Salem U Hospital, or the Salem PD?
Tony: I’d say the Salem PD. I don’t know much about police procedures so right off the bat I’d fit right in. I could definitely stumble into solving a crime with the best of them! And, if I did a bad job or didn’t do it at all, I’d probably be promoted. Besides, I can make a decent cup of coffee and am pretty verse in water cooler conversations therefore I could probably find out “whodunit” a lot quicker than the vets!
Laurisa: Have you had any brush with soap fame?
Tony: Actually I’ve had a few! I met both Dylan Fergus (Noah Bennett, Passions) and Van Hansis (Luke Snyder, As the World Turns) way before they were “soap stars” and I was introduced to Rebecca Herbst and Tava Smiley (Elizabeth Spencer and ex-Chloe Morgan, General Hospital) at an event in 2001 (one of them was very nice, the other not so much, ha-ha)! I’ve also seen the same several “soapsters” a few times randomly on the streets of New York including Colin Egglesfield (Josh Madden, All My Children), Bree Williamson (Jessica Buchanan, One Life to Live) and Kassie DePaiva and James DePaiva (Blair Cramer and ex-Max Holden, also One Life). My personal fav was seeing Ellen Wheeler (ex-Marley Hudson Another World, now Guiding Light’s Executive Producer)! I love her on AW so it was a real treat!
Laurisa: Excuse me while I trip over all those names you just dropped. Ok, back on track. What’s the one question that you hoped I wouldn’t ask? Just Kidding! What is your most anti-soap fan activity, the thing that people would be surprised to find out about you?
Tony: God, I feel so boring because I had to think long and hard about this! I guess the fact that I write isn’t a surprise, but I’m actually editing a book I finished last year with high hopes that, once I shop it around, it gets published! Fingers and toes are majorly crossed! Aside from that, I love “urban hiking,” as my friends and I call it. Basically we start out in the morning at Battery Park (the southern most point in Manhattan) and walk north until we hit Central Park and back again. Sometimes we ramble through the streets or simply head up the waterfront parks. It’s great exercise, fun to people watch and helps us discover cool, new places we’d otherwise probably never know about!
Tony on Randomness …
Laurisa: Well since our soap jobs are so hard, you obviously need to find time to relax. So, what’s your favorite comfort food?
Tony: I’m pretty comfort food fickle, and whereas it’s usually something chocolaty, lately it’s been Turkey Hill Lemon Duetto Ice Cream. It’s a basically creamy vanilla ice cream swirled with Italian lemon ice. So. Dang. Good!
Laurisa: Who would be the first person you’d vote out of your office? (you don’t have to reveal names, but chances are they don’t read your article anyway)
Tony: I got the most amusement out of this question! Ok, I’m not trying to be mean, but since I have the green light, I’d vote “Stinky” out of the office. Aside from having an ego the size of King Kong, maybe bigger, and aside from the fact that he always spells my name as T-o-n-i, even though my e-mail address is tonys…, I have an outgoing e-mail signature with my name spelled “Tony” in it and I’ve politely told him about this several times over the last two years – aside from ALL of that, he simply smells – very bad! Ok, maybe saying that does make me mean.
Laurisa: When traveling, what is the essential item in your carry on bag?
Tony: I have to have my Zune (Dell’s version of an iPod)! I’m far from antisocial, but I always get stuck next to a screaming baby or a “Chatty Kathy” with a fear of flying. Considering I have my own (minor) flight qualms, I don’t want to hear stories of gloom and doom while soaring through the friendly skies.
Laurisa: Do you have any strange fears, quirks, or phobias?
Tony: Don’t ask me why, but I have an irrational phobia of having my hand ripped off by a car engine. 100%, no clue where that stemmed from! Before I sold my car when I moved to New York, the gang at Jiffy Lube made a killing as I would go there for everything! As far as quirks that are less odd go, to quote you, “I write for an online soap site,” ha-ha. I also have to wear shoes when I write and never use black pens to edit. Like I said, I’m dorky.
Laurisa: Is there anything I forgot to ask?
Tony: You forgot to ask me how much I love working with you! SO much! And, because I gushed now, I used up all my nice points for the week therefore my next column can be extra catty! And, for that, I thank you!
As part of your ever faithful Two Scoops duo, Tony and I are always ready to share our thoughts on our favorite guilty obsession with you. We hope you'll do the same with us! We appreciate all the feedback that we can get!
Cheers!
Laurisa
