Jeff Blumenkrantz

Jeff

D.O.B. - 3rd June, 1965

Home Town - Long Branch, New Jersey

Profession - Actor/Writer/Composer

Qualification - Jeff wrote the musicals Woman with Pocketbook and Precious Little Jewel as well as the song I Won't Mind for the Audra McDonald album How Glory Goes. As an actor, Jeff has appeared on stage in Damn Yankees and in such TV shows as Just Shoot Me, Will & Grace and Law & Order. Jeff Blumenkrantz is a thoroughly nice guy. How do I know this? Because he was kind enough to grant me an interview. (circa 2000)

The Blumenkrantz Interview

BoJ: What is your favourite word?
Jeff: Extraordinary

BoJ: What is your least favourite word?
Jeff: Anyways

BoJ: What turns you on?
Jeff: Cleanliness - clean lines, clean skin, clean bed, clean smell

BoJ: What turns you off?
Jeff: Dishonesty

BoJ: What is your favourite curse word?
Jeff: Fuck

BoJ: What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Jeff: Landscape design

BoJ: What profession other than your own would you not like to participate in?
Jeff: Historian

BoJ: If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
Jeff: Congratulations, you made a difference

BoJ: Who's your favourite musician or band?
Jeff: Ben Folds

BoJ: What's your favourite ever movie?
Jeff: Pulp Fiction

BoJ: What's your favourite colour?
Jeff: Any shade of blue

BoJ: What are you enjoying on TV?
Jeff: Will and Grace, West Wing, Survivor

BoJ: Do you have any pets?
Jeff: No - allergic

BoJ: Do you ever get people spelling Jeff wrong (e.g. Geoff)?
Jeff: Very rare, although oddly enough, my nickname in high school was Geo-fry, pronounced gee-oh-fry. Sometimes people will misspell Jeffrey (i.e. Jeffery) but that's about the worst of it. My last name on the other hand...

BoJ: Has anyone ever complimented you on having a really good name, first or last?
Jeff: Some people do compliment me on my last name, but I think those people are so shocked by the length of it that they feel like they have to say something. The name Jeff is pretty common, I think, especially for people my age. I have been told that I seem like a Jeff, although I have no idea what that means.

BoJ: Would you ever consider calling a child you might have Jeff Jr.?
Jeff: No way. Nothing against the name. I'm very happy with my name, first and last, for the record. But having been raised Jewish, it would never occur to me to name my child after myself.

BoJ: Do you believe in evolution, astronomy and other such unproven sciences because people tell you they make sense?
Jeff: I don't know if I believe in them, but I don't question them. I am a total pragmatist/realist, and I generally deal in things that can be proven or things that I have witnessed or can bring into existence myself. Those unproven sciences have not captured my attention too much.

BoJ: Did you do well in school and/or college?
Jeff: I'd say yes

BoJ: Do you think Elvis is really all that great?
Jeff: I have never been in the Elvis-worshipping camp. I think younger Elvis had a charm and swagger to him, and he sang well, but I'm not sure how he earned the title The King

BoJ: Who is your favourite person named Jeff?
Jeff: It seems foolish to pick myself, and it seems foolish not to pick myself. I'm going to rephrase the question. My favourite Jeff other than myself is Jeff Bridges.