I'm on Russian TV -- in my Loki hat! MY PLAN TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD HAS BEEN SET IN MOTION! Unlike with past attempts (Napolean, cough, Hitler, cough cough), I survived the Russian winter. Thus, I am one of Earth's most powerful schemers and the obvious choice to be Loki's number-one ally in planet conquest. Seriously, Avengers would have ended differently if Loki had invaded St. Petersburg and not New York City.
I only today was made aware that a clip that had been shot of me saying "I don't understand" in Russian, which was part of a mini-interview I did with a reporter back in November, has been in use as the opener for a segment on a Russian early morning news show about things foreigners can't understand about Russia. I thought my interview had been discarded because I insisted on asking a difficult question (Why are there posters with lines from Keats in the metro?). Not so! I may never get the answer to this question (really, why? and just the same stanza, oddly enough my favorite, from Ode to A Nightingale, in every single metro station), but I do get my .15 minutes of fame!
To see the whole thing in context, click any one of the most recent (first listed) 12 videos on this page! http://www.5-tv.ru/video/morning5/custom%20such/?page=0
