Vanilla's Interview With Frogger

This past week i caught up with a special somebody who allowed me to take a few moments out of his busy life to conduct an interview. The following is how it all went down.

Vanilla Assassin:

Good evening Frogger. How are you?

Frogger:

Excellent thank you.

Vanilla:

I appreciate you allowing me the time to talk to you.

Frogger:

Well i have a few moments to spare.

Vanilla:

First of all i want you to know that i am a huge fan of yours. You are a legend in the gaming biz and i can't believe i'm actually here, beside you.

Frogger:

Why thank you

Vanilla:

So Frogger, as a tadpole, what made you decide to star in a video game?

Frogger:

As a tadpole i did not want to star in a video game. As a matter of fact, i did not even know what a video game was. I always wanted to become a Jazz musician.

Vanilla:

Really??

Frogger:

Yes really. It was all actually accidental. You see back in the early 80's Konami was looking for somebody to star in a new game they had created called "Highway crossing Frog". After much search, them chaps happened upon me at a quaint little coffee shop over on the upper east side. What they told me was that as soon as they had seen me, they had made up their minds that i was the perfect frog for their game.

Vanilla:

Wow i didn't know that..You said the game was called "Highway Crossing Frog?"

Frogger:

Ah yes. I thought it was a bit rubbish so i demanded that they change the name to Frogger. After all i am the star.

Vanilla:

That you are. How did you like your time at Sega?

Frogger:

Oh it was fabulous.

Vanilla:

Were you and Qbert friends?

Frogger:

Ah, dear sweet Qbert. He was a bit of a piss. I mean i wanted a snake in my game, so he demanded a snake in his game. I jumped in the game so he demanded that he jump in his game. Those were good times. A little feud of sorts.

Vanilla:

How about Mario?

Frogger:

What about Mario?

Vanilla:

What do you think of Mario's success?

Frogger:

Let me tell you about Mario. I met him a couple of times when we did some work for Atari. I didn't care for him too much. I gave him pointers on what to do. He looked up to me. My game was supposed to transcend time. I was breaking barriers for all those amphibians you see out there and along comes this pissant upstart and takes the spotlight. He was a greedy little man.

Vanilla:

You'll still be second best in my heart Mr Frogger.

Frogger:

Hrmph

Vanilla:

You did some tv work didn't you? 

Frogger:

Ah yes, i did some work on Supercade with Pitfall Harry and Sheldon the turtle. I also starred in an episode of Seinfeld a few years ago.

Vanilla:

How about today? Whats goin on in your life?

Frogger:

Well i'm retired now but i do some bits here and there. I've worked with the folks at World of Warcraft. I was also a fill in for that movie..ohh... "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button". When Brad Pitt was a baby. I was one of the fill ins. I also keep an eye on the many Frogger clones out there.

Vanilla:

Great. Thanks alot for your time Mr Frogger. Like i said you are a legend in this biz. You broke down certain barriers. You paved the way for the younger amphibians. You helped change gaming for the better.

Frogger:

Thank you sir. All the best to you. Cheers.