Robert Maschio ("The Todd")

IGN: So what is up with The Todd? Is he gay? Is he straight?


Robert Maschio: I think he's not homosexual. He's not bisexual. He's try-sexual. He'll try anyone. I think "The Todd" would go for the hot girl at the party first, and then as the night goes on, if I may say, he may go for the fat girl, and then when he strikes out there, he's gonna go with the dude who's been eyeing him all night. Just take him home and say, "Just finish that off. As long as I don't touch your ears, it's not gay." That's how I take it. He's a hedonist. He's a sensualist. He's addicted to pleasures of the flesh. How 'bout that? Is that a good answer?


IGN: I'm from IGN…


Maschio: Are you enjoying the blog? And I have started to make video blogs instead, because people are responding to it. I get a lot of mail off of the blogs; they find my website and they email me and say how much they like the blog, so I think I'm going to try to keep doing it. In other words, I'm going to try to continue to provide you with free content.

IGN: You will slowly take over IGN.

Maschio: I don't know. Sure - why not?

IGN: We can just call it Todd.com.

Maschio: Todd has a very cultlike following, and people love it. there's no limit to how far I can go with the stuff I write, so it's really fun and I enjoy doing it.

IGN: Have you ever actually had success in real life with a Todd line?

Maschio: Never. No. The guy's out of control. It's way too much bravado, self-assuredness, and it's overbearing, I would say.

IGN: Do they give you the chance to make up your own?

Maschio: Absolutely. There's a lot of one-liners, like sometimes we'll just do a series, and I'll do 5 different variations on the line that they recommend, which is great. I mean, if I was in a scene, you can't improvise that way, but if you just come in for the blow, I can totally do that. And they just pick the best one in editing.

IGN: Is it difficult to do just the drive-by one-liner, because your whole performance is in that one moment?

Maschio: I know, I know. Tell me about it. It's tricky. They make fun of me on the set, the other actors, because I'm literally always in the corner rehearsing my one line. And I won't talk to any of them. I just want to come in and nail it. Hopefully, I do.

IGN: Are you going to try any tonight at the parties?

Maschio: Yes. I'm gonna go crazy tonight. I'm gonna tell everybody, "I'm not at all like my character, with one exception: both Robert Maschio and The Todd are hung like a hog." And I think that's going to be my opening.

IGN: That's a strong opening.

Maschio: Yeah. And then I'm gonna whip it out, and that's gonna be my "closing".

IGN: What is your all-time favorite moment in television history?

Maschio: On All in the Family, when Meathead and Gloria move away. That moment for me, I'll never forget that moment.