I met Sam and Max at a coffee shop near their Brooklyn-based headquarters. Sam ordered a double-sized jelly donut, hot chocalate and a bendy straw; the straw was for the donut. Max had a bowl of cold cereal and two hard boiled eggs, which he mouthed-juggled, then swallowed whole. I had no appetite.
How did you two form the Freelance Police?Max: It was easy once we filed the monolithic heap o'documents with the local government. They didn't even notice that in the paper work I claimed to be a nine-foot hamster and referred to myself as The Scatman.
Sam: Do you know that anybody can walk into a store and buy a real police badge? It really comes in handy when you want to enter the homes of people you don't know.
What's the toughest case you've ever cracked?Max: You mean besides the exciting saga that takes place in SAM AND MAX HIT THE ROAD, the hilarious new animated adventure from...
Sam: Shut up, Max. Anyway, I guess the toughest case we cracked was the time I lost the car keys and we went as far as to have Max's stomach pumped before I realized they fell down behind the radiator. Next.
What special skills do each of you bring to the job?Sam: Well, I have the ability to drive a car, enjoy a home cooked meal and get lost in a good book simultaniously.
Max: I can open a can of tuna fish with my own face. It's really something to see. I was on Star Search!
Sam: No, you weren't!
What's the strangest place a case has taken you?Max: Ancient Egypt; the Moon; Beaver Creek; Ohio; the locker room of professional wrestling.
How does it feel to have your own computer game?Max: It hurts! Ow! I'm being digitized! Yoww!
Sam: It's fine, except they keep making my nose too big. Oops, gotta go! Somewhere there are criminals to be humiliated!
Max: We fight evil because--we care. Hey keep in touch!