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It's not easy making cable news programs look any sillier than they already are, but when you invite a well known Twitter wiseass on-air to talk about the issues of the day, it only brings out the absurdity. Although, at least in the eyes of the producers of HLN's The Daily Share, perhaps Jon Hendren, better known as @fart, may not have been famous enough to be considered a threat. Hendren, a "DevOps thought leader" in the Bay Area, (read about his antics here and here), was asked to come on the program this morning to talk about the emergence of Edward Snowden on Twitter.

"Why is Snowden any different from ISIS?" host Yasmin Vossoughian asked.

"He's a hero, he's doing what any one of us should've done in that situation," Hendren replied. "He's got a voice, he's been isolated for so long. He's got valid things to say, we should listen to what he says."

Of course, Hendren was talking about Edward Scissorhands the whole time. "I think to cast him out, to make him invalid in society, simply because he has scissors for hands, I mean that's strange," Hendren said. "I mean people didn't get scared until he started sculpting shrubs into dinosaur shapes and what not."

The host, oblivious to what Hendren was actually saying, continued on like a pro, letting him pontificate on the plight of Tim Burton's early-'90s creation.

I got in touch with Hendren after the broadcast to ask him how the hell that all happened.

ESQUIRE.COM: So why did they reach out to you in the first place?

JON HENDREN: I honestly don't know. I got an email last night asking if I wanted to come on and replied immediately saying, "Yes I absolutely would," before I even read the entire email.

Had you been tweeting about Snowden being on Twitter recently?

I think a couple years ago I tweeted something in support of him? I'm guessing they must have found it by searching for something. This maybe?

Haha. Do you get the sense the producers knew you were a "Twitter personality" or whatever? They didn't mention your handle at any point, did they?

I have no clue what they knew or didn't know about me. I really wanted to ask, but I didn't want to ruin it by asking how they found me. I think the word "@fart" appears on the screen at some point, or so they say. I haven't watched it myself.

Was your plan all along to pretend you were talking about Scissorhands? Did it throw you off that she never seemed to acknowledge it?

Yeah. I believe Edward Scissorhands is a hero and was unfairly treated by the American people. I was surprised that they didn't cut me off immediately, so I just kept rolling with it assuming at some point they'd hang up, and they never did for some reason.

Did you hear back after the call ended? Did they say, like, thanks for coming on?

Not at all. The producer came over the call and said "Thanks, we're clear," and hung up. It just sounded like business as usual on their end.

Where would you rank this in your oeuvre, as it were? Better than getting the Smash Mouth guy to eat all those eggs?

Oh, I have no idea. It was just something fun to do, we'll see how everyone likes it after the initial surprise wears off.

Do you think your brave stance here is going to help people see Edward Scissorhands in a new light? It's not his fault he was created that way.

Well he's innocent of any wrongdoing. People just got afraid when they saw what he was capable of. I would have done the same thing in his shoes. Or boots or whatever they were.

Are you still working in "DevOps"?

Yes, I'm a DevOps thought leader. I work at ScriptRock. We make software and do thought leading.

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