Interview with Clue Heywood, Legendary Troll

Okay so we reached out to Clue Heywood, a Cubs fan currently based in Arizona. Here’s why:

Hilarity ensued for sure. Mr. Heywood was delighted to do a quick interview with us. Check it out:

1. What was your inspiration to carry out this epic troll job?

I’ve had the app for a couple of years to play songs at my local bar. It devolved into me playing terrible songs at the bar while I wasn’t there to troll my fellow regulars…I’d play Christmas songs in June, or bad 80s music, and I’d immediately get hateful text messages from friends who were there. It moved on to having my Twitter followers send me the name of the bar they were in–anywhere around the country–and I’d do the same to them. On my way to work Tuesday morning it dawned on me that I could use the app for more evil in support of the Cubs, and then I started playing “Go Cubs Go” at any St. Louis bar on the app. I tweeted what I was doing and it took off from there.

2. What were the first responses from Twitter interactions?

Initially it was just me and my followers laughing about it, imagining Cardinals fans getting a few beers before the game and all of a sudden hearing the Cubs song. I got a few retweets from friends, then a few more from some people with a ton of followers–like Freddie Prinze Jr., somehow–and it caught on. Cub fans have enjoyed it the most and have responded with “legendary” and “hero” and whatnot, but I’m just some dipshit with an app, an idea, and some money to waste. Cardinals fans have been good sports for the most part. It’s been crazy–I’ve done some interviews and have had to turn down national radio programs because I want to be anonymous. It’s been picked up and posted by ESPN and MLB. Most people have thought it was hilarious.

3. Have any of the bars or their patrons contacted you? What, if any, were their responses?

The bars themselves haven’t responded to me, though they definitely did hear the songs. Some reporters from Chicago and St. Louis followed up and confirmed the song played over and over before and during the game. As I said, responses even from Cardinals fans have been positive…I guess even in a loss they’re being good sports. Respect.

4. I saw you said that either LA or NY are next. Is this true? Have you done research on either team’s local bar scene?

I feel like I need to keep this going…I mean, I did it for two hours before Game 4 and the Cubs won, and sports fans are nothing but superstitious, right? So whoever the Cubs play next I’ll probably bomb their jukeboxes too. Only problem is, most of LA or NY probably doesn’t give a shit about the Dodgers or Mets. It was more fun imagining the hardcore, rah rah Cardinals fans getting progressively more angry at “Go Cubs Go” playing on their local pub’s jukebox. But some hipster in Silver Lake or Brooklyn? They probably don’t even know who’s playing.

I guess they’ll know the song at least, by the time I’m done.

5. This playoff run has been and can be one the ages. If they win it all, your interactions will definitely be remembered. How would you like to be remembered?

It’s been very exciting and unexpected for the Cubs to make a run this year–this was something that was a few years off in even the most optimistic Cub fan’s mind. So if it happens I’ll be happy and will pretend I played a little part in it. Of course I didn’t, but it’ll be my story to tell at a bar while some other team’s fight song plays. If the Cubs win I’d like to say I’d stop playing it and act like I’ve been there before…but everyone knows we haven’t been there before. That’s what makes this so damn fun.

Follow Clue on twitter @ClueHeywood

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