I hung out with Maddox and his girlfriend last night, and I have to admit, he is a solid guy. Much cooler than I expected him to be. The night was pretty funny in some ways.

I was in Utah for Sundance, and since he lives in Salt Lake City, I invited him out. The girl I am with and I show up at the restaurant around 7. I look at their beer menu, and I don't see Fat Tire (it's my favorite beer, but its not available east of the Mississippi), and I haven't seen it since we got to Utah, so I ask the waiter:

Tucker "Do you have Fat Tire anywhere in the state?"
Waiter "I don't even know what that is."
Tucker "It's a beer. I bet they don't even sell it in this state because of the ridiculous liquor laws. Those fucking Mormons are fucking me again!"
Waiter "Maybe you'd be more comfortable without a Mormon waiter."

Whoops. My food is going on the floor before it gets to my table, that's for sure. Whatever--fuck him.

Tucker "No, that's fine. Just get me a Polygamy Porter." Yes, that's a real beer.

Maddox shows up with his girlfriend. He looks pretty much like he does in his pictures, and I will give him credit: his girlfriend is hot, and from what I could tell last night, she is a cool girl.

And the girl can eat. She is Asian and has one of those amazing bodies that Asian girls have, but over the course of the night ate two plates of salad, one dessert, and two entire entrees; prime rib AND a half-chicken. I was staring in disbelief at the second bar when she got her second meal, they both started laughing and she goes, "And I'm not even bulimic!"

The funny part is that she really doesn't understand what he does or how big of a cult following he has. At one point I had to spend like 10 minutes explaining to her why her boyfriend spends so much time at the computer writing or answering email. I mean, she is not stupid, she knows in an intellectual sense what he does, but I don't know if she'd ever heard from anyone else how famous (even though it's just internet fame) her boyfriend is. I guess Maddox isn't as rabidly narcissistic as I am. Everyone around me had better know how famous I am or I am going to make sure they are informed.

He also brought some of the new material he is working on, and I have to admit, it is really good. He is doing a comic that is funny, and that should end up good, but the other thing he is doing is fucking awesome. I legitimately laughed out loud reading it at the bar; I don't want to give it away in any way, but I think I convinced him to put it up on a separate site. Hopefully we'll see it soon.

And the kid can drink a little bit. I was worried that he was going to try and keep up with me and get buried, but he did fine. This is us like 12 drinks into the night. And I have to admit--I am not taller than him, we are almost exactly the same height, I just got pissed when I stood up to get this pic that he was not shorter than me, so I got on my tip toes. Yeah...I was drunk.

Probably the funniest part of the night was when we were talking about what our parents think about what we're doing. Maddox was talking about his mom, and that after she saw the site, she told him, "I wish I would have died and not raised you." Awesome.

Anyway, I had a great time hanging out with him, Maddox is a smart kid who really gets it, and even though I knew he had talent before I met him, after meeting him and seeing it in person, I am sure he is going to be big someday; it's only a matter of time.

Posted by Tucker Max at 2:47 AM

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