I enjoyed the conversation with Scott that was published on the website yesterday. There are some intriguing differences between his 2003 remarks in this thread and his latest remarks, with some bearing on Scott's 'suspicion he says has grown over the years that his ending on the show was engineered, perhaps unfairly'.
2003:
if u listen reeeel careful u can hear my advisers telling me to walk foward after i landed, thats what got me...
2026:
"I remember hearing someone in my earphone - a grown-up voice - tell me to take two steps forward. Things did happen quickly, and it's hazy, but I'll go to my grave swearing that I heard it."
2003:
funny part is that when we were back in the room after i had croaked, Merlin came wondering in and gave us a lil telling off for making him spending an hour in make up for nothing
2026:
"They whipped John Woodnutt into the room in full gear as Merlin, who told us he had two splendid riddles but wouldn't tell us what they were."
I'm not trying to discredit Scott: memories can change and falsify over time, even if we'd like to believe otherwise. I wonder how Scott's advisors recall John Woodnutt being when he met them after the quest.
Still, there must have been appetite for a Gretel or equivalent at some point. (Which makes sense, if there's two jesters.)
Interview dropping shortly.