{"id":5482,"date":"2012-10-12T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/?p=5482"},"modified":"2012-10-12T06:00:10","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T11:00:10","slug":"jimmy-cavanaugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/?p=5482","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Cavanaugh"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is a translated transcript of <\/em>The Overnight Show originating from the Buntoohn Room on level 343 of Kunwaq Station.\u00a0 Content is approved for dissemination by Conclave Order BX\/J5873.<\/em><\/p>\n

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GIXO: Welcome back, gentlebeings. Our first guest tonight is a Peregrinator, one of those who can move easily between the \u2018branes as well as across them. He\u2019s older than everyone on our crew here —\u00a0combined —\u00a0<\/em>and he\u2019s been a lot of places and seen a lot of things. If you\u2019ve heard of him, and not many have, you may have been at a very exclusive party where his food was featured. A magnificent chef, a tastemaker, and popular with ladies of every<\/em> species, please welcome Jimmy Cavanaugh!<\/p>\n

(Applause. Cavanaugh comes onstage, is greeted by Gixo and both sit facing one another.)<\/p>\n

GIXO: Glad you could come by, Jimmy.<\/p>\n

CAVANAUGH: Thank you for inviting me. It\u2019s nice to be here.<\/p>\n

GIXO: You have a book coming out, don\u2019t you? We should get that out of the way.<\/p>\n

CAVANAUGH: Well — no, actually — I don\u2019t. I\u2019m not sure where you got that from.<\/p>\n

GIXO (chuckles): I can see it\u2019s going to be one of those interviews. (Audience laughs. Host tosses his cards over his shoulder and a sound effect plays — a crashing starship. More laughter.) All right. All right, if you were going to write a book, would it be about all the personalities you\u2019ve cooked for? Or would you write more of a travelogue?<\/p>\n

CAVANAUGH: Gixo, I — I really don\u2019t have any desire whatsoever to write anything. My recipes are mine and anyone who tried to duplicate them — and there\u2019ve been a few here and there — just wouldn\u2019t be successful.<\/p>\n

GIXO: Why?<\/p>\n

CAVANAUGH: (winks) It\u2019s a secret.<\/p>\n

GIXO: (leans forward) So you use a secret ingredient? Or a special tool or technique?<\/p>\n

CAVANAUGH: No, no, no. Nothing like that. (Waits) Well, not really. (Smiles)<\/p>\n

GIXO: All right, all right. (Sits back and strokes chin) So talk about being a Peregrinator. It\u2019s accepted science that there are twelve dimensions and possibly more. What\u2019s it like to be able to move across the membranes of the universe with ease?<\/p>\n

CAVANAUGH: I can\u2019t really explain the process. It\u2019s just something that happens, and most times I can control where I want to go, but there are times when I\u2019m not sure where I\u2019ll end up. It\u2019s kind of a crapshoot, really.<\/p>\n

GIXO: Crapshoot?<\/p>\n

CAVANAUGH: Sorry. (Smiles) An old reference to a game of dice from home. It just means random.<\/p>\n

GIXO: Ah, I see. So, have you, in fact, been in all the dimensions?<\/p>\n

CAVANAUGH: No, not all. Most.<\/p>\n

GIXO: Do you gamble?<\/p>\n

CAVANAUGH: Only with close friends who can afford to lose the money. (Laughter)<\/p>\n

GIXO: I see, I see. Care to share any stories about any of them? For instance something about your time in the dimension of dreams?<\/p>\n

CAVANAUGH: (agape) Uh\u2026.<\/p>\n

GIXO: Ferrewl got your tongue?<\/p>\n

CAVANAUGH: Nooooo\u2026. I\u2019m just not sure — you seem to have an awful lot of information. You\u2019ve done quite a lot of digging, haven\u2019t you?<\/p>\n

GIXO: It\u2019s my staff. They are very good at their jobs. (To audience) And they\u2019d better be. I pay them enough! (Laughter)<\/p>\n

CAVANAUGH: It\u2019s true that I cooked for a king of dreams, once. But only the once. I — uh — I just did the one meal and moved on. I found it difficult to live up to the expectations of the household.<\/p>\n

GIXO: (nods, looks serious) So we visit the dimension in our sleep — those gentlebeings who do, indeed, dream — and I\u2019m wondering if the place was quite like it appears in our dreams? I mean, is the architecture crazy? Are strange combinations readily apparent? What was the food like? (Scattered applause)<\/p>\n

CAVANAUGH: I can tell you that the house I cooked in, populated by the king and some of his family at a very serious lunch meeting, was remarkable, and I did some very challenging dishes that were well-received. (Shifts in his chair) Look, I\u2019m not very comfortable talking about that kind of stuff.<\/p>\n

GIXO: (concerned) Then why did you come on the show? It\u2019s no secret that the Overnight Show — sponsored by Security Styles, where a gentlebeing can be transformed almost overnight — is the most popular show in the galaxy. You\u2019re a notable figure, it made sense to invite you.<\/p>\n

CAVANAUGH: I thought I\u2019d be doing a \u201cWho\u2019s in the kitchen with Dinah?\u201d–type segment. Not really sitting down for a chat.<\/p>\n

GIXO: Well, who\u2019d like to see Chef Jimmy cook for us? (Applause. Cavanaugh seems to relax and Gixo reaches over to grab Cavanaugh\u2019s forearm with one of his tentacles) Are you still willing? I mean we don\u2019t have to talk about the documentary unless you want to, that is.<\/p>\n

CAVANAUGH: What documentary?<\/p>\n

GIXO: We\u2019ll be right back after a word from our sponsor. Stay with us, gentlebeings!<\/p>\n

(Black.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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