That's the whole point though -- if you only see someone in media or on a stage, then you never know them at all. I personally believe that they are acting to

That's the whole point though -- if you only see someone in media or on a stage, then you never know them at all. I personally believe that they are acting to an extent -- I would be very surprised if Mike were actually a scumbag who abused his best friend and that Jay is either too stupid or too sadistic to have empathy. You can see glimpses of their actual interpersonal dealings if you watch the special feature on the Space Cop blu-ray call 'How Not to Make A Movie' which is a kind of documentary-style collection of them behind the scenes starting when they first mean up with Jay in the 90s. They seem like normal mid-western white boys who like weird films and probably got a bit bullied in high school. That said, I remind myself that even though it is tremendously fun sitting and watching them and thinking that we would probably have a great time being friends, they are real people with real faults and I already have great friends who have those. The difference is that if I met not sets of those people on the street one of those sets would have no idea who I am and the other would be my actual friends.