Happy birthday to Joss Whedon.
And what better way to start June 23rd than to listen to a song that some Firefly fans came up with to say happy birthday to Joss. It's called "Can't Stop The Signal", go check it out.
And that's not all. Here's some of the best Joss interviews around (in absolutely no particular order at all).
The Onion AV interview part 1 part 2
In Focus magazine interview
IGN interview
The CulturePulp Q&A
Chud interview part 1 part 2
Salon interview
Dark Horse interview
Joss Is A Hottie
Oh and to pay tribute to Joss' love for comic books.
Joss chats to Neil Gaiman
Joss has a natter with Mark Millar
Joss and Warren Ellis square off in the comments section
Joss and Brian Bendis have a blether
June 23 2006
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m'cookies actual | June 23, 02:17 CET
Simon | June 23, 02:18 CET
Austin sold out, Raleigh sold out, Arlington sold out, Boston sold out but moved to bigger theater, Dallas sold out but added a second screen, Denver sold out, Los Angeles sold but moved to a bigger theater then sold out again and moved to venue's biggest theater and is poised to sell out yet again, and our early bird in Ann Arbor netted $1668.75 for Equality now.
theonetruebix | June 23, 02:20 CET
Happy b-day, Joss! You're still my Yoda. I'm anxiously awaiting well, anything you do. So much love to you and your family.
April | June 23, 02:45 CET
Paul_Rocks | June 23, 02:46 CET
gilesno1fan | June 23, 02:50 CET
whosflyingthisthing? | June 23, 02:53 CET
cheryl | June 23, 02:54 CET
joni | June 23, 02:54 CET
It is Pacific time here, and I won’t be able to sleep tonight because this time tomorrow I will be with several hundred Browncoats watching my favorite movie and enjoying the fact that our hard work helped someone.
Time to think about what shiny plans we will make next year. Bravo, Joss. Bravo
Livewire | June 23, 03:03 CET
MandyMouse | June 23, 03:05 CET
It's also the first anniversary of the second screening I saw of "Serenity" (or it will be tomorrow when it becomes today). It was a Thursday last year, and today is Thursday, so again, two day celebration!
I get a kick out of duality!
Happy Birthday, Joss! :-)
[ edited by Nebula1400 on 2006-06-23 02:02 ]
Nebula1400 | June 23, 03:06 CET
Fallen | June 23, 03:07 CET
Cider | June 23, 03:10 CET
electricspacegirl | June 23, 03:11 CET
Caroline | June 23, 03:15 CET
Happy Birthday, Joss. Glad you were born.
m'cookies actual | June 23, 03:17 CET
Tammy | June 23, 03:17 CET
You do realise you have to buy us all cake, don't you?
zz9 | June 23, 03:18 CET
Hoban Washburne | June 23, 03:18 CET
jenofthejungle | June 23, 03:25 CET
How amazing are you? I could count the ways...if I used other peoples' hands...and probably feet too. there are a lot of ways.
Joss, you are the boss.
InevitableTraitor | June 23, 03:27 CET
werealljustfloating | June 23, 03:28 CET
fortunateizzi | June 23, 03:28 CET
That's a pretty cool birthday song from the German 'coats, by the way. A bit of an '80s rock thing going on there. Good work guys and gals!
GVH | June 23, 03:43 CET
bobster | June 23, 03:52 CET
I wish all the best to the only man who has created a show that I have become obsessed with.........Rod Serling....Just kidding! It's all about you, Joss! Love ya and have an amazing day!
Weeza | June 23, 03:58 CET
Craig Oxbrow | June 23, 04:15 CET
Happy Birthday Hoppy Hoppy Bunny (or El Hombre or The Shadow-guy - well that is what your profile says you like to be called!)
catalyst2 | June 23, 04:24 CET
Lunakitty | June 23, 04:34 CET
stfletch2000 | June 23, 04:39 CET
A very happy birthday, Joss! =D
Skyla Dawn | June 23, 04:41 CET
I know you're a Newsies fan, so let me just say, "Seize the day!"
Or just relax. You deserve it!
valgal | June 23, 04:45 CET
*insert witty remark and/or huge praise for all that you do here*
Damn, I suck at commenting :(
Highvanhoe | June 23, 04:47 CET
CaffeinatedSquint | June 23, 04:49 CET
billz | June 23, 04:52 CET
You da man.
Rogue Slayer | June 23, 04:54 CET
katsmeow | June 23, 04:58 CET
Willowy | June 23, 04:59 CET
Silent Night | June 23, 05:08 CET
TamaraC | June 23, 05:12 CET
Serefina716 | June 23, 05:13 CET
Oh well.
Hey, is that cake I smell? Sweet!!
(Oh yeah, I remember... Happy Birthday, Mr. Sweden!) ;)
Haunt | June 23, 05:22 CET
What did you wish for?
phred | June 23, 05:33 CET
ariana75 | June 23, 05:45 CET
escapist_dream | June 23, 05:50 CET
The beauty of birthdays is that you set a personal best every year - all you have to do is live through it. All the awards, scripts, brilliance, etc is just showing off. Not that I mind.
You'll no doubt be honoured to know that you almost share a birthday with my son.
jcprice | June 23, 06:03 CET
What a Joyous day. Enjoy.
Numfar PTB | June 23, 06:23 CET
obsessed | June 23, 06:30 CET
Becka | June 23, 06:32 CET
NickSeng | June 23, 06:32 CET
barboo | June 23, 06:42 CET
Happy Birthday big guy!
alexreager | June 23, 06:49 CET
:)
wouldestous | June 23, 07:09 CET
You're an evil genius.
Reddygirl | June 23, 07:12 CET
BluPhEoNiX22 | June 23, 07:19 CET
Big Damn Flan | June 23, 07:20 CET
The Dark Shape | June 23, 07:22 CET
I bet I cry again!
XanFan32 | June 23, 07:35 CET
Happy Birthday Joss. In 20 minutes on this coast.
eddy | June 23, 07:40 CET
Happy Birthday Joss Whedon!
- Adriano
ChosenOne5376 | June 23, 07:43 CET
theonetruebix | June 23, 08:04 CET
Some believe the Browncoats a cult... they're wrong. They're family. Thank you for all that you do to keep all of us fans happy, angered and inspired- mostly at the same time. =)
dpwac | June 23, 08:15 CET
-- From a little girl with long black hair
ShadyLane | June 23, 08:17 CET
"Day" is a vestigial mode of time measurement based on solar cycles...and it's very applicable. =D
Not original. I know, but I just watched "Out of Gas".
[ edited by Samira327 on 2006-06-23 06:25 ]
teachndoc | June 23, 08:22 CET
Thank you for amazing television!
faith21 | June 23, 08:23 CET
Cool, bold!writing. It's like we're special or something.
ormaybemidgets | June 23, 08:54 CET
bobster | June 23, 09:03 CET
[ edited by Arabchick on 2006-06-23 07:05 ]
Arabchick | June 23, 09:05 CET
CaffeinatedSquint | June 23, 09:13 CET
icyone | June 23, 09:37 CET
slayermuch | June 23, 09:37 CET
Yorick | June 23, 09:41 CET
sweet mameloschn | June 23, 09:42 CET
Keep fighting the good fight!!!
Hero of Canton | June 23, 10:08 CET
With 6 Screenings Reporting
$7247.46 (Est.)
Note: That's 6 out of an eventual 47.
Happy birthday, boss. ;)
theonetruebix | June 23, 10:17 CET
the Groosalugg | June 23, 10:19 CET
Happy Birthday, Joss! You just know the Sydney crew are going to raise a glass (or twelve) to toast your ongoing genius.
Thanks for everything you've created, and for the family that I have found because of your work.
Here's to many more Joss creations, and many more Joss birthdays!
ZuckerBaby | June 23, 10:22 CET
Kiddo | June 23, 10:26 CET
D'oh, wrong website.
nixygirl | June 23, 10:38 CET
JediJuggler | June 23, 10:45 CET
kispexi2 | June 23, 11:10 CET
The Do That Girl | June 23, 11:13 CET
non sequitur | June 23, 11:18 CET
RachVG | June 23, 11:27 CET
Screw that! It's Serenity Day, wooooooooooooo!
KIDDING. Happy birthday, Mr. Sweden.
paintingthief | June 23, 11:29 CET
Oh and have a oh so good b'day
havok | June 23, 11:38 CET
I saw Serenity on Joss's last birthday, but our copy of Serenity is sadly with my wife in another state right now, so I must spend the time watching Firefly and Angel instead. Like it's a trial or anything!
kishi | June 23, 11:46 CET
Happy Birthday Joss! I hope you have your bestest year yet, with lots of cake.
I'm hungry.
lone fashionable wolf | June 23, 11:50 CET
Loads of love and best wishes from Bangladesh! Hope you have the greatest day ever!
Ameer | June 23, 12:00 CET
Garim | June 23, 12:10 CET
May your days be fruitful and...fruity...or something.
Andrew Tom | June 23, 12:14 CET
Yours is the art of animating the artificial, arranging pictures and sounds into a story like no other. I keep wondering how you do it.
Thank you for everything. And I hope you´ll have many, many more happy years.
Restless Guy | June 23, 12:45 CET
Make sure you eat lots of cake and thanks for everything. Looking forward to the serenity day screenings in your honour and so psyched about new issue of astonishing coming to my comic shop. im PSYCHED. Is 'psyched' still a cool word or am i living in the early 90s?
we love ya xoxo
diska | June 23, 12:51 CET
Hmmm... Even better, Wansui!
Either way, Joss, I hope your life is long and your birthday happy!
(100 years/10,000 years)
cabri | June 23, 12:59 CET
Many, many happy returns of the day, Mr. Fendendo (did I spell that right??) And while I'm at it, thank you for all the wonderful things you've brought into my life.
Happy Birthday, Master! (but not bator!)
SangChaud | June 23, 13:00 CET
daylight | June 23, 13:12 CET
21 x 2 which means you can legally drink twice as much (even in America). It's the law. Well, it's a rule anyway. Maybe more of a guideline. Err, friendly advice ? ;)
BTW, now that you've reached the magic number tell us, what's the meaning of life ?
(and also, to everyone involved, just a quick good luck for the screenings tonight, hope they're packed to the gunwales and raise a load of cash for a good cause)
Saje | June 23, 13:17 CET
Happy birthday, man, and thanks for everything.
Geekmafia | June 23, 13:35 CET
Gag Halfrunt | June 23, 13:44 CET
(No, I've no idea what this post means either. There's a bit of cheese man in it).
gossi | June 23, 13:53 CET
Saje | June 23, 13:54 CET
gossi | June 23, 14:06 CET
And I can't tell if that's a joke or not ;)
Grounded | June 23, 14:28 CET
Have a good one!!
joH40 | June 23, 14:30 CET
Bloody sassanachs ! ;-).
(unless you were kidding, in which case, bloody me ! and stop reading here, if not before ;)
Haggis is made from sheep's heart, liver and lungs mixed with onions, barley and various spices then boiled in the animal's stomach (though not usually anymore, some EU regulation). It's much nicer than it sounds (honest ;) and is especially eaten by Scots on Burns night (Jan 25th, the anniversary of the poet Robert Burns' birth) with champit neeps and tatties (mashed turnips and potatoes) but it's not a real animal.
(it would've been great if Joss birthday was on the 'Glorious 23rd' though ;)
Saje | June 23, 14:33 CET
You’ve inspired a lot of people here, I’ve become a novelist because of your brilliant story telling and I’m dyslexic! Thank you.
(Joss' Birthday to hagis, how'd that happen.) Don't eat hagis stick to the traditional cake.
[ edited by Aurey09 on 2006-06-23 21:10 ]
Aurey09 | June 23, 14:58 CET
[ edited by impalergeneral on 2006-06-23 13:09 ]
impalergeneral | June 23, 15:08 CET
specialcase | June 23, 15:25 CET
Sätan | June 23, 15:26 CET
Addicted Eve | June 23, 15:40 CET
AnotherFireflyfan | June 23, 15:50 CET
Simon | June 23, 15:58 CET
May all your wishes, hopes and dreams come true. xxoo
bloodflowers | June 23, 16:01 CET
killinj | June 23, 16:03 CET
Enjoy your day Joss!
[ edited by zeitgeist on 2006-06-23 15:37 ]
crazybread | June 23, 16:03 CET
Enjoy your day!
Lioness | June 23, 16:04 CET
And, of course, thank you for the brilliant writing and directing that has inspired us, excited us, terrified us, comforted us, made us cackle with joy and weep with dismay, but most of all, made us think. For all the reasons above, this wacky little community of like-minded peeps was born, and is frequented by some of the smartest, funniest, kindest people I know. So much so, that I 'met' my life's great love on these pages, and just last month, we closed the 1,300 mile distance to be together for good, all living-in-sin-like.
Wow. Lots to thank you for, boss-man. We apprentice at your stylish, but affordably-clad feet. (It makes us talk and write a little funny -- the grown-ups squint their eyes and cock their heads at our syntax and homemade words, and we wouldn't have it any other way.) Happiest of birthdays, sir.
[ edited by barest_smidgen on 2006-06-23 14:12 ]
barest_smidgen | June 23, 16:09 CET
Hope it's been a great one!
Demon-X | June 23, 16:17 CET
[ edited by Lioness on 2006-06-23 14:34 ]
Lioness | June 23, 16:20 CET
batmarlowe | June 23, 16:22 CET
The Love Thread(tm)(c)(r) shoots, it scores! Well done, young Whedonesquers.
gossi | June 23, 16:36 CET
Numfar PTB | June 23, 16:38 CET
Brisco | June 23, 16:49 CET
-Melanie
Miko | June 23, 16:57 CET
barest_smidgen | June 23, 17:20 CET
I've met and befriended (and been befriended by) such a staggering cast of wonderful characters (in this case I mean the posters and mods/admins of this very weblog [no I'm not letting you call it a message board, even on your birthday, sir!]). Thank you for all of this and for being the reason that I met the love of my life while posting about a movie and some tv shows that touched my heart and soul.
p.s. - you don't wear the cheese, Joss, the cheese wears you!
p.p.s. - well, okay, on your birthday you can wear the cheese... just don't sniff it afterwards, 'cause that? That would be gross.
zeitgeist | June 23, 17:43 CET
Remind me never to use words.
[ edited by Nebula1400 on 2006-06-23 17:15 ]
Nebula1400 | June 23, 17:46 CET
nina | June 23, 18:03 CET
Thanks for all the things you've given us, and I hope you appreciate what we offer you: a world-wide army spread out thorugh all levels of society, ready and willing to do your slightest bidding. Hope it fits!
C. A. Bridges | June 23, 18:11 CET
Este | June 23, 18:12 CET
Hope your day is shiny, wonderful, and "rockin' like Dokken!"
; )
Syren | June 23, 18:27 CET
Jossfan_21 | June 23, 18:36 CET
Septimus | June 23, 18:44 CET
Scotto | June 23, 18:57 CET
Happy Bizzle-day! :)
nickyrat | June 23, 19:00 CET
zeitgeist | June 23, 19:09 CET
So yeah, I don't think it's too much of an exaggeration to say that all good things flow from the loins of Joss. Um, ew... nevermind, rephrase that.
Anyways, let's all celebrate the glorious day! Numfar, do the dance of joy!!
(Personally, I want to slay the haggis.)
Haunt | June 23, 19:17 CET
Buffyfantic | June 23, 19:25 CET
Razor | June 23, 19:28 CET
Sassafras | June 23, 19:31 CET
doodles | June 23, 19:42 CET
skeezycheeses | June 23, 19:48 CET
I've "met" some remarkable people through Whedonesque, truly wonderful peeps. We're all so lucky here. *virtual group hug, everyone*
Harmalicious | June 23, 19:50 CET
From your devote spanish friends!
Angel TheVampire | June 23, 19:55 CET
I came late to Buffy, but it's filled my imagination and inspired me, as it had so many others, to write some stories. Thanks for all the hours of staring at the blank page thinking of the right way to say something, Joss! You're
the bestneatocool!lycoming | June 23, 20:00 CET
With 9 Screenings Reporting
$10,334.16 (Est.)
theonetruebix | June 23, 20:11 CET
Joss rules! | June 23, 20:22 CET
ASassyKat | June 23, 20:50 CET
alexreager | June 23, 20:59 CET
I am happy to be going to the NYC screening tonight and bringing a total Whedon newbie with me. We will be there to have a good time while donating to a worthy charity. Although the fans/organizers are directly responsible for doing this, and should get huge kudos, it is ultimately your inspiration that makes such things happen.
Thank you.
Oh, and speaking things being Joss’s fault , congratulations zeit and smidge on your living in sin-ness. May it be a long and happy union full of all the things you both want the most.
newcj | June 23, 21:01 CET
Joss: wishing you a wonderful birthday with as many awesome miniature onions as you'd like.
Also:
Tote Board As Of June 23, 2006
With 9 Screenings Reporting
$10,334.16 (Est.)
See what we can do? See you all in Pasadena.
blutortu | June 23, 21:02 CET
Jona | June 23, 21:50 CET
xanderheartwillow | June 23, 22:18 CET
Princessofdarkness | June 23, 22:48 CET
Thanks GVH, glad you like it.
Also thanks again to Simon.
And of course a Happy Birthday to Joss again. Hope you have a great day.
Kessie | June 23, 22:55 CET
svetulka | June 23, 22:59 CET
Thank you for all of the stories you've given us. Happy Birthday seems so inadequate - but it's all I got - so it'll have to do.
Znachki | June 23, 23:03 CET
Emma Frost | June 23, 23:07 CET
Just saw Serenity again last night, and you are still so totally my master now.
UnpluggedCrazy | June 23, 23:35 CET
nyghtpet | June 24, 00:01 CET
Revello | June 24, 00:01 CET
Revello | June 24, 00:02 CET
angelusiredspike | June 24, 00:08 CET
And here I thought all the Haggis were farmraised these days. It's good to see that there are still some places where the ancient traditions are honored.
So they really do use that word in Scotland.
[ edited by barboo on 2006-06-23 22:17 ]
barboo | June 24, 00:16 CET
Have a delightful, fun and fantastically memorable 42nd natal anniversary (woo!) surrounded by family and all your loved ones (in the flesh or otherwise), and may Fortune bless all your endeavors from now into perpetuity.
Just keep doing what you love, and we'll keep loving what you do. Promise.
[ edited by Wiseblood on 2006-06-24 06:35 ]
Wiseblood | June 24, 00:29 CET
MrArg | June 24, 00:54 CET
Anything like Pop Rocks?
theonetruebix | June 24, 00:55 CET
flightofserenity | June 24, 01:05 CET
Eden | June 24, 01:14 CET
buffyfanatic18 | June 24, 01:19 CET
Gill | June 24, 01:57 CET
theyarescientists | June 24, 02:05 CET
(Crickets)
Nobody gets me.
giles (yes, it is my real name) | June 24, 02:46 CET
Happy Birthday Sir Joss!
gorramit | June 24, 06:04 CET
asterizk | June 24, 07:45 CET
Happy Birthday
ssick | June 24, 09:21 CET
Ceslas | June 25, 00:15 CET
Looking forward to a new year pf Joss!
sasja | June 26, 12:48 CET