He says that after the filming of the now infamous television slot, a producer told him that his hair was messy and that he’d made some “mistakes.” He says he was asked if he wanted to film it over again, but he decided it was “perfect.”

(He then goes on to warn the reporter that his life is in danger from the same men who shot Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr., and that if the reporter comes to visit him, she should probably bring a rifle.)

Marceaux’s savviness or sobriety may have been under debate, but his knowledge of the science of Web hits is spot-on.