Since we last visited our hero, Lunch Menu Man (CSotD
pick in early May) he has been interviewed by Newsweek, People Magazine
and Entertainment Weekly, made numerous T.V. and public appearances,
and inked a book deal with Scholastic -- all as a result of doing one
thing and doing it well: reading lunch menus. CSotD is
honored to present a man destined to become one of cyberspace's first
folk heroes, David Price, a.k.a. Lunch Menu Man. After you visit his
favorite sites clean your plate and find out who this week's
[Quiz Winners]are and who the next
[AGENT of CO2L] will be.
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Lunch Menu Man dished up a few choice morsels in a recent interview
with Agent of Cool's Wes Kilgore.
AOC: How did Lunch Menu Man begin?
LMM: Part of my job at the Concord Tribune was to personally update several of the lines on a 24-hour information system and I knew I couldn't do much creatively with the obituary line, and the lunch line was equally boring - yet there was room to play there.
AOC: Do you recall your first menu?
LMM: Yes. Lifeless and boring to tears, thus prompting the change to a brighter more exciting lunch menu.
AOC: What has been your favorite menu reading thus far?
LMM: Usually they were the same every Tuesday, or every Wednesday etc., you know. Like every Thursday they had fish sandwich, macaroni and cheese salad, fruit and a roll! Every week. Then one week they added hushpuppies out of the clear blue sky. It was Great!!
AOC: Are any food groups problematic?
LMM: Never met a menu I can't master, or tolerate.
AOC: Are you lactose intolerant?
LMM: No. In fact, milk is a regular item on my menu.
AOC: What advice would you give to kids out there considering a career in menu reading?
LMM: Kids, I reccomend studying HARD!! Learning each and every item of the menu so perfection of pronuciation will be much more effective.
AOC: Is there a Lunch Menu Woman in your life?
LMM: Yes, but I can't say her name. Nah, a wife, Cathie, of five years and two little girs, Maria, 3 1/2 and Kara, 2.
AOC: Where have you been invited to read your menus?
LMM: American Lung Association, hundreds of schools, local restaurants. National T.V. -- Hard Copy, Day and Date, The George and Alana show, several functions for local businesses, car dealers, etc.
AOC: So, when are we gonna see the long-awaited Christmas album?
LMM: Vol. 2. will be available for pre-order October 1, 1996.
AOC: What's in the future for Lunch Menu Man?
LMM: I Just signed a book deal with Scholastic Books. I'm adding more and more cities every day for next school season's menus. What I hope for most is Lunch Menu Man -- THE MOVIE. As far as me, I'll go as far and wide as I can in spreading my message of staying in school. And yes, I'd like a movie as well. Shoot, even a talk show.