Reno 911!: Miami
Interview: Jim Dangle (Thomas Lennon) on Reno 911!: Miami
“We’re under constant pressure,” said Dangle. “We’re in a constant state. Our adrenaline’s up. When you’re facing death every 45 seconds, you know your adrenaline’s up and you basically are constantly working with an erection of terror which leads to a lot of the goofs and things that you see happen.”
One of those mistakes may have been blowing up a dead whale on the beach. “You have to look at it like this. To the Eskimos, giving someone blubber is like the best thing you can do. Even though we made it rain down a little bit, it has been taken out of context. And people are also upset about the chicken, that we fired 800 or 900 rounds of ammunition at a chicken. The glass is half full because we also never hit it. Ever. Take that, Pam Anderson.”
In the film, Dangle is offered a position in Aspen, but returns from the job unsuccessful. Dangle filled in the gap the film could not include. “Here's what happened. I went briefly, I was at the Aspen sheriff's department briefly and you know they have kind of a strict policy on what they would consider homosexual sort of pranks. Is that fair to say? I can feel you eyeballing me right next to me. Not everybody gets me. I thought at Aspen they do kind of group showers. I thought it was group showers. I should have known when I saw one shower head and one guy in the shower, maybe they shower solo. So I jump in the shower with this fella, kind of a big fella, and I started singing, ‘The Rhythm is Going to Getcha' and I was doing the thing like I was pinching him with lobster claws like I'm the rhythm, you know. You understand how, if you don't know me and I'm relatively nude and possibly have a ¾ semi on, and I do ‘Rhyhtm is Gonna Getcha’ with lobster fingers, if you don't know me, you might think that I'm weird.”
Besides, Aspen would have been way too chilly for Dangle’s shorts. I find it chilly everywhere. That's why I wear control top pantyhose sometimes. They also fix some of my problem areas.”
Wherever he is though, Dangle will always have his moustache. “A mustache is like finding your spirit name. Basically you kind of have to go on a walkabout and it finds you. One day you wake up and it found you.”
With the distinctive look it provides, Dangle hopes to expand his horizons from police work into the pornography industry. “Oh my goodness gracious, I would love to make a difference in the community doing something like that. I'm also involved in the Washoe county community theater. A lot of people saw me there last year as the Ghost of Christmas Future. The Ghost of Christmas Future has no lines. He's the one that points at Scrooge's mossy grave. People thought it was very eerie when I did it.”
Reno 911: Miami opens February 23.
For the trailer, stills, poster and more movie info, go to the Reno
911!: Miami Movie Page.
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