JH: What was it like working with ARTIE the chef? JT: He was a good actor. I remember shooting the scene where he slammed me into the wall after I caught him in the walk-in with Angela. We had to shoot that scene like 15 times because the director wasn't satisfied with the first few takes. By the time we were done, my back ached!! I swear he just kept doing it cuz he enjoyed seeing me get thrown around (Laughs). JH: Was there lots of other stuff filmed for the movie but cut out? JT: There was some. The baseball game was a lot longer...and the scene where I am talking to Mozart ("Mind Over Matter") was originally a LOT longer...I told Robert that it was too long and that made it boring. JH: Rumors have said that there was an ending where Angela got taken off to jail...? JT: Not that I know of. I wasn't there for all the shooting but I still dont remember knowing of that.

Jonathan gets his mack-daddy groove on while on the set of Sleepaway Camp

JH:		Tell us some other cool facts about Sleepaway Camp!
JT:		The killer's hands...they were MINE!! Angela was the killer but the director thought her hands looked too feminine and it would give it away! So all those scenes where you see the killer's hands...they are actually mine! You know that scene where the guys are getting stoned by the lake? They really did get stoned before they shot that scene...that is why it looks so realistic.
JH:		Was camp actually going on during filming?
JT:		No, that camp was closed down even before we started shooting.
JH:		It is still around?
JT:		I dont really know.
JH:		What did you do on the set for fun?
JT:		Well it was mostly night shooting so we slept a lot during the day...and then at night after filming we went Bowling all the time! There was a 24 hour bowling alley near where we stayed.
JH:		What about the classic shocker ending? Was that Felissa standing behind a dummy-made body?
JT:		No...That was actually a college kid that wore a plaster mask of Angela's face over his...and had his body shaved. I remember he didn't want to do it...it was very cold that night...and he was like crying...but he needed the money.
JH:		How did You get involved with Sleepaway?
JT:		I went in for an audition that my Agent got me...and I knew after reading for it I got the part! I never felt so right about a part before. The director told me to cuss him out! I was like WHAT? He said to cuss him out...so I was like okay, you asked for it...(laughs).
JH:		Did you see Sleepaway at a movie theater when it came out?
JT:		Yes.
JH:		How many times?
JT:		Once. It was funny because my older brother who I never got along with suddenly thought I was cool since I was in a movie.
JH:		Have you seen any of the Sleepaway sequels?
JT:		NO. My agent was furious when they came out! I didn't really care though.
JH:		It must be weird for you to know you have all these fans years later. What do you think of that?
JT:		I think it is cool how everything comes back...the whole retro thing.
JH:		And now the question that we are all DYING to know...If You were asked to reprise your role as Ricky in a future Sleepaway Camp sequel...would you do it?
JT:		DEFINITELY!!
JH:		AWWWW Yeaaahh!!!

Well there you have it! Ricky: still alive and kicking! When this interview was conducted in 1999, Jon was fronting the band BAMBI'S APARTMENT, which has since disbanded. He is now the singer/songwriter/lead guitarist of the alternative-rock band TEN TIERS.