The Henry Rollins Show

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The Henry Rollins Show
Format	Talk show
Created by	Henry Rollins
Starring	Henry Rollins
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	36 (as of July 27, 2007)
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Syndication, IFC
External links
Official website

The Henry Rollins Show is a weekly talk show hosted by Henry Rollins on the Independent Film Channel (IFC). The show features Rollins' monologues, interviews with celebrities and uncensored musical performances. The show is currently on hiatus following the wrap of its second season.

Contents 1 Sections 1.1 Teeing Off 1.2 Letters from Henry 1.3 Rollins Reconsiders 1.4 The Disquisition 1.5 Drawing Conclusions 1.6 IFC Soapbox 1.7 End Credits 2 DVD release 3 iTunes release 4 International Broadcast 5 Episodes 6 External links

[edit] Sections

Each episode features an interview and music segment. Rollins' monologues and other short segments are organized into several sections that are shown varyingly across the shows.

[edit] Teeing Off

Rollins gives a short social commentary at the beginning of the show.

[edit] Letters from Henry

Rollins does a voice-over of humorous/sarcastic open letters he has written to celebrities and politicians.

[edit] Rollins Reconsiders

Rollins gives a sarcastically exaggerated "positive" speech, interspersed with humorous imagery (often photo manipulations), in which Rollins "reconsiders" a fad or issue he actually disapproves of

[edit] The Disquisition

Comedian and political activist Janeane Garofalo shares her free-form musings.

[edit] Drawing Conclusions

One of Rollins' spoken word stories is shown with animated visuals depicting his jokes and performance.

[edit] IFC Soapbox

Individuals from both sides of a debate (example topics from the show include pornography and same-sex marriage) are given a soapbox on which they can express their views.

[edit] End Credits

Rollins draws attention to lesser-known facts regarding historical figures and/or the work of actors and directors.

[edit] DVD release

Season one was released as a three disc DVD Box set on June 5, 2007.

[edit] iTunes release

The first two seasons of the show are available for download from the iTunes Store as of February 12, 2008.

[edit] International Broadcast

• Australia: Movie Extra
• Canada: IFC
• Finland: YLE Teema
• Sweden: Sveriges Television
• New Zealand: Rialto Channel

[edit] Episodes

Season 1

Episode	Interview	Musical Guest
01	Oliver Stone	Sleater-Kinney
02	Chuck D	Jurassic 5
03	Werner Herzog	Frank Black
04	Ozzy Osbourne	Ben Folds
05	Bill Maher	Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
06	Jeff Bridges	Ben Harper
07	Paul Thomas Anderson	Aimee Mann
08	Eddie Izzard	Death Cab for Cutie
09	Penelope Spheeris	John Doe
10	Patton Oswalt	Damian Marley
11	Perry Farrell	Deadboy & the Elephantmen
12	Adam Carolla	Dashboard Confessional
13	Michael Chiklis	Dinosaur Jr
14	Billy Bob Thornton	Daniel Johnston
15	Peaches	Ringside
16	John C. Reilly	Thom Yorke
17	Kevin Smith	New York Dolls
18	Johnny Knoxville	Slayer
19	Stephen Gaghan	Ani DiFranco
20	Matt Dillon	Rollins Band

Season 2

Episode	Interview	Musical Guest
01	Marilyn Manson	Peaches
02	Ben Stiller	Ryan Adams and The Cardinals
03	John Waters	The Mars Volta
04	Iggy Pop	The Stooges
05	Luke Wilson & Andrew Wilson	Chris Cornell
06	Joan Jett	The Blood Brothers
07	Steve Buscemi	Billy Bragg
08	William Shatner	Peeping Tom (Mike Patton)
09	Don Cheadle	Rufus Wainwright
10	Iraq War veterans	Bob Mould
11	Gene Simmons	Queens of the Stone Age
12	Tim Roth	Robyn Hitchcock
13	Larry Flynt	Placebo
14	Serj Tankian and Tom Morello	Amen
15	Christopher Walken	Shane Macgowan
16	Russell Simmons	The Good, the Bad and the Queen
17	Gore Vidal	Gogol Bordello
18	Samuel L. Jackson	Manu Chao
19	Shepard Fairey	The Duke Spirit
20	Arianna Huffington	Sinéad O'Connor
21	Steven Tyler	None

[edit] External links

• Official site, includes streaming video and free audio downloads