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Lego is Freaking Awesome – Paul Killam

Welcome to the continuing series “Lego is Freaking Awesome”, where we look at people’s early and continuing experiences with Lego. Today’s guest, San Francisco’s own Paul Killam. Paul is arguably one of the funniest people you will ever meet. He’s also a talented improvisor, a man of endless knowledge, and very tall.

Paul Killam

What was the first Lego set you remember playing with?

I’m an old dude, so sets were VERY different. I remember being confused when the themed sets started arriving. I didn’t even have the lego people in the sets – mine were pretty basic. In fact, I remember getting my first thin grey platforms and thinking: Wow! These will be so helpful… The platforms we had before then were 1 brick thick and not very wide.

Perhaps something like this

1968_set

What was the coolest Lego set you remember?

There was this train set with a powered motor…

We’re guessing, but here’s a train from 1968

1968 train

How much Lego did you have as a kid?

LOTS! My parents used to take us on trips, and we had this big suitcase (well it seemed big) full of Legos – we’d get in the hotel room, and start building stuff…

When was the last time you built something with Lego?

Last Christmas. My nephew (6 years) is a lego boy, and he saves stuff to build with me.

Have you seen any Lego sets recently caught your eye?

The Indiana Jones Temple of Doom-y thing (I don’t know if that’s the “name”)

We think perhaps Paul means this set. This again is a guess, but it’s arguably the coolest Indiana Jones set out there.

indy_temple_escape

Tell us a little bit about yourself for the readers.

I’m an actor/improvisor, and I teach at the College of Marin in Northern California. I perform regularly with BATS Improv, and have performed and taught all over the world. I play the ukulele – mainly early Talking Heads and Bowie tunes.

Brickwares is a big fan of BATS improv, and if you’re in the Bay Area, you should be too. Check them out at http://www.improv.org/Home.aspx

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