From the NBC studios in Burbank, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Featuring Kevin Eubanks and The Tonight Show Van.
And me, I'm Ed Hall. Tonight Jay welcomes from Murphy Brown, Candace Bergen.
From Mad City, actress Mia Kershner. The music of Yanni. And Jay visits the South Park Kids.
And now, Jay Leno.
Welcome to The Tonight Show.
Thank you very much. Nice to have you all here.
Well, I guess the big story continues to be those septuplets. The seventh babies born in Iowa. God bless them. They all seem to be doing fine.
So that's good news. In fact, the doctor said today by the time the babies start to walk, the mom should be starting to walk too.
So that's good news. Good news. Yeah, the father said today he first realized something was up when his wife came out of the bathroom
with one of those home pregnancy tests and it blew up. And you're like, oh, this is going to be big. It's going to be big.
Yeah, yeah. They showed the dad on TV today. He seemed like a nice man. But you know, I think he's a very smart fellow.
He says they're going to wait a year before they have the next seven. You know, put some space.
You know, you want to put a little space between the kids so you get to spend a little time with them.
Seven kids. That's pretty amazing. Do you realize Tony Randall will be 83 before he has seven kids?
And I guess they're getting a lot of offers. I guess food stores are offering free groceries.
A Chevy dealer in their town gave them a new van. And the babies already got job offers when they turned six from a Nike factory in Indonesia.
Yeah, yeah, so it looks good.
No, this is true. I guess Procter & Gamble is offering diapers. Fisher Price gave them free toys.
And today Hooters offered to help out with the feedings. So I think, yeah, so that's...
Yeah, I think it's working out alright.
That doctor said tonight on the news, this is being called the second most amazing birth ever.
First of course being Michael Jackson fathering that one baby. Oh, that was...
Who would have believed? Oh my God.
Well, you see the new issue of Life Magazine? In the issue, Michael hints that his wife is pregnant with their second child.
Yeah, there you go. No, see, I think that's very smart. This way the first kid will have somebody to go to therapy with.
You know, kind of work out. Work out a heart form.
You know, there's something creepy. Authorities in LA are seeking extradition from Mexico of a man accused of stealing women's eggs and then selling them to infertile women.
Stealing women's eggs? Well, that's a pretty good pickpocket, huh?
Hey baby, how are you? Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, he took my egg!
Man, how does that work? Man, you got it.
You gotta be... I tell you, that...
You gotta be fast.
And some interesting documents were filed today in the Unabomber trial.
The government introduced entries in Ted Kaczynski's journal, his diary. It doesn't look good for him.
Did you see his diary? Show the... Can we show the footage from his diary there?
There's a diary there. Can we get in close so you can say, look, see...
Yeah, that looks good.
Yeah, that's...
Here's some music news.
A man by the name of Violent J. Do you know who he is?
Violent J. He is the lead singer of a group called the Insane Clown Posse.
I think John Tesh plays keyboard.
No, Violent J of the Insane Clown Posse has been charged with hitting a fan several times with a microphone, just belting the guy.
I feel sorry for his lawyers. I imagine making those closing arguments.
Your Honor, these charges are ruining the good name of my client, Violent J, of the Insane Clown Posse.
To think that he would do anything rude is...
Speaking of rock stars, Keith Richards tells Rolling Stone this month, and he got the new issue,
that he often goes days and days without sleep. Hard to believe he always looks so well-rested.
You see, it's so hard to believe. He should try to sleep more.
You know, maybe he should switch the new heroin PM, you know, the nighttime heroin formula.
You know, the regular heroin is keeping him up all night.
And according to the New England Journal of Medicine, margarine is a lot worse for you now than butter.
You know, I'm kidding. First it was butter was bad. Now butter's okay.
They say margarine increases your risk of heart disease by more than a third.
In fact, under the New Truth in Labeling Act, certain breads of margarine actually have to change their name.
Do you have the margarine? If I just saw this on the market, anybody seen this yet?
I can't believe I'm not dead.
And a new study says that Las Vegas will run out of water in the year 2007.
Hey, it could happen. They ran out of taste about what, 1953?
You know, I saw something odd today. I'm driving to work. I'm stuck behind a big septic tank truck, you know.
It says inside the truck, professional sewer cleaning.
You know, I'm thinking, is there anybody that does this as a hobby?
Oh, I'm not a professional. I just enjoy it. I just like to work. I'm no professional.
Anybody still talking about that 35-year-old school teacher, you know, the one who had the affair with a 13-year-old student?
That's creepy. Isn't that hard to believe?
Remember the old days when doing the teacher meant making an impression of her in the back of the head?
And all this week, the popular game show Jeopardy is in Washington now,
and they've got political analysts and politicians as the contestants.
And in the spirit of Washington, obviously they had to change certain categories.
Did you see it this week at all? Show the clip from last night. Show it. Here we go.
This is Jeopardy here. Now you'll see Alex in a second.
Welcome to the program. You're here playing for your favorite charity, so good luck to the three of you.
Take a look at the board. Here comes the Jeopardy round.
There's a category. There's bribes, illegal fundraising, famous bimbos, and of course, potpourri, ladies and gentlemen.
And the other story that won't go away is this new, more realistic Barbie they're coming out with.
Have you heard about this thing? They're making the new Barbie more like real women.
They're calling her the smaller bust Barbie. See, I think this whole thing is just a sales gimmick.
Well, you know, in a couple of months for like 39 bucks, they'll come out with the Barbie breast enhancement kit.
Oh, another TV. Oh, we have Candice Bergen on the show tonight, which I'm very excited about.
Remember on a recent show, remember her character, Smoke Pot, caused a lot of controversy.
So she's not just the diamond minute lady anymore. She's the diamond bag lady too now.
Oh, here's some good news. Listen to this, folks. June Allison announced this week she will star in her first new Depends commercial in over two years.
I am very, very excited about this. During the two years off, she said she did a lot of gardening.
So if she brings you some vegetables, you might want to wash them very thoroughly.
You know, I'm glad because I was getting tired of the old Depends. I'm excited that she's doing the new.
Kev, you want to go to the screening of the new Depends commercial? Oh, of course. We've got a screening next week.
OK, I'll set it up for you.
You know, I hope they get rid of that old Depends commercial. You know, the one with, remember the one where you heard the tearing Velcro, remember?
And she'd say, do you hear that? That's the sound of Depends working.
Let me tell you something. If there's one thing I don't want to hear, it's the sound of Depends working.
Just not my thing. Folks, let me ask you something. How many have seen this new cartoon series airing on Comedy Central called South Park?
Have you heard about this? It's like the hottest show on Comedy Central, very funny show.
It's about a bunch of four, what are they, eight year olds, eight year old kids who grow up in South Park, Colorado.
Well, I went to pay a visit to the youngsters at their school in South Park to talk to them about Thanksgiving.
Well, here's what happened.
OK, children, let's settle down. We have a very special guest today to tell us all about Thanksgiving.
All the way from the pagan state of California, Mr. Jay Leno.
Hi, young people. It's great to be here. Look, you know, I just flew into the Denver.
Whoa, check out his chin. Yeah, dude. It looks like he's a silicon.
Kenny wants to know if that's your real chin or if you had a silicon implant.
All right, all right, kids, very funny. Look, believe me, there is no chin joke you can tell me that I haven't already heard.
OK, so let's just put a stop to that. I bet you go through about 40 razors when you shave, huh?
All right, let's talk about Thanksgiving, shall we?
Did you have to check that into oversized baggage on the plane?
OK, that's enough, all right?
Now, does anybody know why we celebrate Thanksgiving? Yes, little boy.
Do you have to put your chin in a baby chair when you drive?
Hey, we're talking about Thanksgiving. I bet he does, totally.
Come on, kids, I want to know what you children are thankful for this season.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Besides the fact that you don't have my chin.
I'm thankful for cable television because you can say words like,
**** off and kiss my ****. Yeah, and stop ****ing my ear, you ****ing bastard.
Why don't you take your **** and wrap them around your ****, in case you live like a little monkey?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, Mr. Garrison, you let them talk this way in school?
Oh, I can't control them. The little **** will say whatever the **** they want.
Now, children, let's talk about what we're thankful for, OK?
That's what Mr. Big Shot Hollywood is here for.
I'm thankful for stuffing and pie. You would say that, fat ass.
I'm not fat, I'm big bone.
No, Jay Leno's chin is big bone. You are a big fat ass.
Instead of a bitch, I'll kick you in the ****.
Hey, hey, listen up. I don't want to come down here and talk you foul-mouthed little brats,
but those Indians at NBC, those executives, they say, cute kids get us big ratings.
You understand? You mean money in my pocket.
Shut the hell up. You talk about the joys of Thanksgiving, damn it.
Now, yo, yo, the fat kid.
I'm not fat, I'm big bone.
I don't care. What does Thanksgiving mean to you?
It symbolizes the Pilgrim's Dinner, when they ate with the Indians,
who taught them how to plant and harvest food,
and they gave thanks for the food and for the Indians.
Hey, good. But one little thing, the politically correct term is
Native Americans.
Whoa, Pilgrims ate Native Americans? Cool.
No.
If the Pilgrims would have had Jay Leno's chin, they could have plowed their fields with it.
Hey, hey, that's it. Screw you little bastards. I'm going home.
Hey, oh my God, Jay Leno's chin killed Kenny. You bastard.
Oh, who cares? He dies every damn episode. Look, I'm out of here.
Whoa.
I had no idea Jay Leno's chin had such magical powers.
Boy, Hollywood people are weird.
Well, we've got a great show for you tonight.
All three of my guests are making their first appearances here, the three virgins tonight.
Uh-oh. Look out.
I'll be general. My first guest star is Murphy Brown.
She's back in the news. Of course, we're talking about the smoking marijuana show.
She is just the best. Well, here she is explaining how to hold a joint.
Here, take a look.
Let me show you. Look. Cigarette, cigar, joint. Cigarette, cigar, joint.
The director, Brandon Bergen, is here.
And from the new movie, Mad City, with John Travolta and Dustin Hoffman, actress Mia Kirchner.
Mia Kirchner is here as well.
And a man who has sold over 15 million albums. Yanny will perform as well.
Of course, we'll be right back with a very bizarre jaywalking.
Right after this, say hello to Kevin Eubanks and the Ty Cho Man.
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Well, there it is. The first 4x4 that performs like a Mercedes.
I get to follow an act like that.
I want to expose these people.
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Music
Folks as you know, next week Thanksgiving, the official start of the holiday period
where people start to eat perhaps less than sensibly I think.
So we thought we'd take our cameras over to the Pavilion Market
right over here down the street in Burbank and see what people were buying.
You know we just went to talk to people and sometimes things get out of hand.
You know what I'm saying Kev?
Sometimes someone is introduced and you go,
wait this isn't what we started out doing but alright let's see what happens.
So here we are. Take a look.
How are you doing Jay? How are you doing?
Now sir it looks like you have a shopping list there.
I certainly do.
Can we ask you what some of the items are you supposed to get?
Sure. I got bread, orange juice, milk.
Oh that's pretty good.
Oatmeal, raisin, cookies.
Oatmeal, raisin, cookies. Uh oh, are those for you?
Those are for me.
Now do you do much exercise?
Yeah. I work as a lifeguard at the beach. I just got through swimming my...
You work as a lifeguard at the beach?
I work as a beach lifeguard. I just got off my 24 hour shift.
So you're kind of the real David Hasselhoff?
Uh, loosely speaking, yeah.
Now do you have a personal trainer?
No, no personal trainer.
Would you like to have one?
No, I don't think so. I'm uh...
Actually I have a personal trainer I think would be great for you.
Richard, come on over here.
Oh my goodness! Hi! Grandel!
How are you doing Richard?
How are you?
Good, thanks for having me.
Alright.
Okay, now just get your feet started.
Okay, now take the hands. Now spread your legs a little bit.
Alright, now we're going to take it like this.
Okay.
Now have you been eating sensibly?
Uh, we're trying.
We're trying. Yeah, it looks like you're eating very sensibly.
You know, if there was just one, it might not be so bad.
Well it's a buy one get one free.
Buy one get one free. It looks like buy one get 25 free. Do you work out?
Uh, not really.
No?
Not as much as we should.
Yeah, do you do dancing?
Yes, we do ballroom dancing.
Oh, you're a ballroom dancer?
Mm-hmm.
Ballroom dancing is really one of my specialties. We're going to start off with a tango.
Ready? Ha! Where did you grab this from? Ha! It's done. Go!
This is Richard. Do you know Richard?
Hi!
He's a quiet little kiddo.
What did you have yesterday?
Yesterday I had oatmeal in the morning.
Uh-huh.
I had fruit.
Oatmeal in the morning, fruit in the afternoon.
I can't take it.
No, wait a minute. Wait a minute.
You can't take it either.
Wait a minute.
He just dragged you nuts, doesn't he?
I thought I liked you.
He just dragged you.
Well you can't.
Just a little, please.
Do you do the gavotte?
Yes, I do.
Minuet?
Yes. What do you want to do?
Can you do the minuet?
You bet. I do a mean minuet.
Okay.
Let the woman walk.
Can we see what you bought? What kind of food?
I just bought some wine today.
Some wine. It looks like you bought like a six pack of...
Oh yeah, you got 10% off.
Six pack of wine. Are you married or single?
Single.
Single. So this is pretty much dinner.
I mean, do you have a big afternoon planned or what?
Going back to work.
You're going back to work with six bottles of wine.
Hi.
Hi, Richard.
Hi. What did you find out?
Well, for lunch he's having six bottles of wine.
Six bottles of wine? Is that all you came here for?
No, I came here to pick up a prescription.
A prescription? It's sounding like Valley of the Dolls.
Add a little bit, because come on, if you had some wine,
he would be doing this a little bit better.
Come on now, come on.
Hi. Hi.
Richard, how's it going?
Well, how you doing?
You have a perfect body.
Sure, yeah.
Don't you think?
Wait, why don't you get into that later, Richard,
and talk to him about some dancing.
I'm just, I was talking about anatomically that you work out.
Ah! Get ready!
Okay, let me see.
Go ahead.
Hey!
Wait, I think I hurt myself.
Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!
Hi, what are you guys doing here in the parking lot?
Oh, we're here shopping for the food for the day.
Oh, food for the firehouse.
Richard!
Oh my!
We have a personal trainer.
It's my dream! How did you know?
It's your dream, three firemen.
To be, no, not three.
I always wanted to be a fireman. Hi!
Hello.
Hi!
How you doing?
Hi!
Richard can help you with your calisthenics.
I always wanted to be a fireman.
Did you see the full Monte?
We're looking for some hot stuff, baby, this evening.
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Welcome back.
Candace Bergen is on her way out from Newby Mad City.
Meera Krishna is here as well.
And Yanni will perform here for the very first time ever.
Okay, my first guest, an Emmy-winning actress.
In fact, she holds the record for most Emmys for best actress.
She stars on Murphy Brown, which is airing next week on Monday at 9 o'clock.
on another network, CBS.
Please welcome the lovely Candace Bergen.
She's been a good time already.
Well, thank you for coming.
Thank you for having me.
No, I know, I know, because I know you don't do these type of things.
It's not my skill.
See, that's odd to me, because you're so skillful, you're so natural on the show.
What seems hard? What is awkward?
Nothing, nothing. You make it so easy.
I even got a Yanni CD. I'm so happy.
You did, you did.
Baskets of food and candles. I had no idea.
Bath oils, whatever you need.
I'll be back next week.
Now, your show is in the news again.
I mean, it's pretty amazing.
Over a 10-year run that this show has been on, every couple of years you guys manage to break into the news again.
Are you surprised by all the controversy over this latest thing?
Yeah, we were a little surprised at the amount of it, but certainly it was a little controversy.
Well, we should explain.
I mean, we did the joke in the monologue, but your character, because of the breast cancer, he has smokes marijuana for medicinal purposes, as most people in California do.
Thank you, Jim.
So, I mean, did you get, was it like, did you get the crazy mail?
Or did you just find so much?
Mostly the response we got was how moved they were by the episode, because the episode was very touching at the end, and wonderfully written.
And then we had, you know, the DEA, the drug czar spoke out, but he had not seen the episode, and Dan Quayle weighed in also, because...
Did he call again? Didn't he learn the last time? You're going to get burned.
For the rest of my life, I'm going to get mail from him.
It's something to look forward to.
Do you think this was bigger than the first Dan Quayle thing, or small?
Oh, no. No, the first one was pink.
Yeah, that was pink. And it went for months.
Yeah, it did go on for a long time.
Because in this one, you looked like you kind of inhaled in the shell.
Yeah, well, of course, it was herbal.
Herbal, right, herbal.
Actually, you know, I brought something, but you mentioned the basket.
I did get this for your character, and I just got you some twinkies, and there's some ding-dongs, and just some lovely things to take back.
Munchies, I guess. You people called them. I think you called them munchies, you people?
Me!
The kind of you hippie-type people? No.
That's so considerate of you.
Well, there you are.
Now, Quayle, another rumor here, because all over the Internet, the rumor is, oh, my God, it's ten years the show's been on.
Looks like it might be the last one. They're going to kill her off.
Murphy is going to fall into a meat cleaver or something. You're supposed to die. Is any of this true?
No, you know, what an insane choice to make.
I know, but that's the rumor.
We could just shoot ourselves in the foot.
No, Murphy certainly isn't going to die. No, we're going to go out with a big bang.
Murphy's a survivor. A big, we're going to go out with some noise.
With some noise?
Yeah, but it won't be good. No.
No, it's going to, no, it won't be a funeral thing. No, that's good.
No, absolutely not.
Because you want to do that big reunion show in like 20 years.
Is this definitely the last?
Oh, I swear to God. I swear.
But I mean, CBS, you know, it's a huge show. It does well. They back the truck up.
Okay, listen, we got to have you here. Whatever you need.
Here's a ton of dough. There you go. Free, you know, things in the cafeteria.
Whatever you want. I mean, can't be persuaded?
No.
Really?
No, it's so great to go out on this kind of high, as it were.
Yeah.
Thank you.
You might not even be aware the show is over yourself.
Because, you know, you watch the show and it does look like sort of a well-oiled machine.
I mean, everybody, the characters are so ingrained. Everybody knows their part.
Do things go wrong? Do you have those sort of...
They rarely go wrong, but sometimes when the deck is stacked,
sometimes when we used to work with a lot of kids,
sometimes things would go wrong.
Sometimes we've had the odd animal on the show,
sometimes we've had more than the odd animal,
sometimes we've had lots of animals on the show.
Now, they sent us over an outtake. What is this clip? Do you know what this is?
This is about the odd animals. This is a herd of pigs that we had once in Corky's apartment.
And then our director, Peter Bonners, can be heard over the clip,
telling Joe Rigalbuto to stroke the pig because the pig won't stop squealing.
And understandably. So this is that clip.
And just a sort of your average scene.
Okay, here's a... Let's take a look at an outtake here.
Go ahead and move your body.
Here we go.
...
Stroke it, Joe. Stroke it.
...
Gee, gee, Frank.
...
Gee, Frank, I thought you said you just had a couple of cats.
Well, you know Dana.
She's got such a great heart.
...
You know what's interesting? I always wonder about this,
because when I was a kid, obviously, like I'm in my forties,
so everybody knew about your dad, of course, Edgar Bergen,
before they knew about you.
Now I think it's sort of the other way around.
Because we have a lot of interns. I mentioned you on the show,
and I said, you know, her dad was Edgar Bergen, and they kind of knew.
How many people know, don't know, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy?
Not too many.
But the famous... Your father was probably the most famous, wasn't he?
Van Trollenquist?
Yeah, it wasn't a crowded field, but the fact that...
...
Well...
I don't mean to demean it, but he was really more famous for creating a character
that became an icon that was sort of like Mickey Mouse,
Charlie McCarthy at the time, and for writing, for wonderful writing,
and to be a Van Trollenquist on radio, which was kind of a...
Yeah, interesting. Show this still. Show that we have this picture.
There we go. And now your dad, obviously, on the right.
Now, is it true?
I used to hear these things that, like, Charlie, the dummy,
like had a bedroom in the house, like, bigger than yours.
Is that true?
Well, first he had my room, and then when I was born,
he was moved to the room next door, which was the guest room.
And so, yes, it was true, and he had a desk in my father's office,
and he had a wardrobe, and assorted heads with different facial expressions.
I was thinking of Michael Jackson's kid. Oh, my God.
I mean, did you think it was like a brother when you were little?
Did you think it was your brother? Daddy's going in to talk to Charlie?
Was it like that?
Well, I was always called Charlie's sister.
I thought that his head would be taken off, and he would be laid in the trunk,
and I was always a happy time for me.
Did you think that would happen to you?
Daddy, please, don't take my head off. I mean...
And you were a dancer as well, right?
Yeah, well...
A ballerina?
Oh, no, we have some wonderful footage here.
Sure you would.
Show that wonderful footage of the ballerina.
There you are. Look at that. Notice the natural grace.
That's a good one.
Certainly not on marijuana in that photo.
No, just white.
And you did modeling?
Yeah, for a minute.
And I believe there was some nude modeling, wasn't there?
Oh, jeez.
Do we have the nude?
There you are.
So, what's left to do?
You know, you're doing a terrific show.
You know, I think, in one sense, I will miss your show.
But I think it's real smart.
Here you go out the tenth year of the show,
and the writing is as smart and as bright as it ever been.
And you're just a wonderful actress, and congratulations.
I see why you've won more Emmys than anybody else.
The show will be on this Monday, 9 o'clock.
All right, now you have to go now, don't you?
Okay, Kenneth, thank you very, very much.
Be right back with me, a personal letter, after this.
Yeah, thank you.
Yeah.
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My next guest is a beautiful and talented actress.
She's currently starring in the film Mad City.
Please welcome Meera Kirshner.
Hello.
Hi, Meera, how are you? You look great.
You know something? You look like Audrey Hepburn.
Oh, my God.
No, that's good. When you walked out, I said...
That's my wife's favorite actress.
Really?
Yeah, with the hair and everything.
I can't believe that I'm here.
I was standing backstage and I was like, this is such a trip.
Because when I was a kid, I used to watch the show.
That was with Johnny?
No, well, I mean, no, I used to...
Well, I've been doing it six years.
So you're like 21, right?
Yeah, I used to...
You're like 14?
Well, I used to sit on the couch.
I used to pretend that I was you.
And then I was me and I would ask myself questions.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
It's like I dreamed about being on the show.
Did you do a monologue or anything?
No, I couldn't do the monologue.
Well, here you are.
I know, man.
And we're gonna send it...
We sent a car for you because a lot of times people want to drive themselves.
But you were gonna take the bus, is this right?
Well, I like taking the bus because I'm like the world's worst driver.
I remember the first time I was in driver's ed.
I don't know if you guys have been through driver's ed.
But I mean, I was just happy that somebody let me in the car.
And so it's my first day and I'm so happy to be there.
I turn on the stereo.
It's like Madonna Express yourself.
And suddenly I see this cop car behind me.
And I'm like, well, it can't be for me.
And then I realize the siren's on.
And then my driver instructor's like, you pull over.
And I forgot how to pull over.
And I forgot how to brake.
Wait, wait, wait, you forgot how to brake?
Well, it was my first day on the car.
So like I'm trying to find the brake.
But instead I'm accelerating.
And I'm going faster and faster.
And the cop car is going faster and faster.
So finally after my cop chase, he pulls me out of the car.
And he's like, young lady, you were speeding and you almost hit a pedestrian.
And I had just taken a law class.
So I was like really cocky.
And I learned that in order to commit a crime, you need to have the mental intent and the physical intent.
And I said, but officer, I didn't commit the crime because I didn't mentally mean to speed.
And he was like, you're going to court, young lady.
Oh, did you go to court?
I went to court.
Was this before or after he hit you with the nightstick?
He pulled me into court because of my cockiness.
Oh, now you see.
Well, there, I hope you learned an important lesson.
Never talk back to the officer.
Never talk back to an officer and never dress like that on a bus in L.A.
Now you're from Canada, right?
Yes.
That's a beautiful place.
Montreal.
Oh, Montreal.
Oh, yeah.
Canadians in the house.
I love the Canadians.
Montreal is the most beautiful city in North America.
Yes, thank you very much.
It's a lovely place.
So what was your first big, I mean, you're only 21 and you've been in a lot of major films.
So what was your first big acting break?
A film called Love and Human Remains.
And when I got the part, I thought it was going to be like, I didn't want to tell my parents what it was because I play a dominatrix in the film.
And it's not exactly the type of thing they want their daughter to be in.
So that was my first big role.
That was your first, you're sure?
Yeah.
Because I thought your first big role was a thing called the bicycle test, the Canadian bicycle test.
Oh, my God.
You know what I'm talking about?
Maybe I'm mistaken.
Maybe this is another, do you know what I'm talking about?
Yes.
I think we have a clip from the Canadian bicycle test.
Wait, wait, no, let's see.
Let's see, do we have a clip?
Let's run the Canadian bicycle.
Here you are.
You're not going to turn signal, but she wants to make a left hand turn.
Question nine, is it true or false?
Rather than signaling turns, cyclists should keep both hands on the handlebars for control.
I can't believe you did that.
There you are.
Oh, my God.
Now, okay, now, do you...
And that, you know, I really felt...
I really felt if you were pedaling, like you were pedaling a bicycle there.
Well, when I got that part, I thought that I was going to be famous after that.
I was working as a popcorn girl at a movie theater.
And I thought I was going to be famous after that.
I was working as a popcorn girl at a movie theater.
And I thought with the national bike test and a popcorn girl that I would be famous.
So after I did that, I used to walk down the street thinking everybody was looking at me
I used to walk down the street thinking everybody was looking at me
because I was in the national bike test.
Now, but that shows you how kids think.
You figured you'd get in movies by running the popcorn machine.
Totally.
At a movie theater. I mean, that makes sense.
Well, I thought I would meet somebody in the movies.
Because I thought that was the one.
I didn't know because none of my family was in the movies.
Boy, I would love to meet you when you first came to town.
Oh, no.
You're like shooting fish in a barrel.
You understand, boy?
Like Coco in Fame.
Oh, man. Well, you're lucky. You're a terrific actress.
No, but I am lucky because there are a lot of other young actresses out there.
Oh, yeah. It's terrible.
And you're in this film with Hoffman and Travolta.
Now, we have a clip from Mad City.
This is, if you haven't seen it, I love this film, by the way.
Thank you.
And you play a young intern.
And Dustin Hoffman is this terrible reporter.
If you hate reporters, you will like this movie.
And you're in the bank who is, uh,
being made, who the story is being done about.
Yes.
A hostage situation. Let's take a look here.
Scene from Mad City.
Oh, my God.
What happened with that guard?
What? What do you mean?
You lost the camera and you went to help him.
Well, he was hurt.
Yes, so why didn't you take the camera if you're gonna be so humane?
Because I can't...
What?
Because I can't hold a camera and help somebody at the same time.
And I can't do this footage that nobody else would have had.
You see, you have to make a decision
whether you are going to be part of the story
or whether you're going to be there to record the story.
Max, it's Lou.
I want you with me from the beginning of the story
to the end of the story.
That's a great job.
So what was it like working with, uh...
I mean, Dustin Hoffman and...
That's pretty good. I mean, was that intimidating?
That sounds so corny. It was like a dream come true.
I mean, I had published a book called
The
Haul along with a
terrific
come true. I mean I have posters of John all over my dorm room wall and I like
you know every line from like Tootsie and Saturday Night Fever and Dustin used
to sit in the trailer doing imitations of Tootsie so I was like I felt like
this big fan on the set all the time. Yeah, that's great. I probably wasn't very
professional of me. No, no but you did a great job in the movie. Really? Just terrific.
Yeah, you have a wonderful career ahead of you so will you come see us again
sometime? Oh I would love to. Thanks, thanks a lot. Thank you. We'll be right back with music of Yanny right after this.
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My next guest has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide. He has a
special on PBS December 2nd and he has a new CD this one here called Tribute.
Please welcome Yanni.
Thank you.
How are you? Have a seat. Good to see you. Hey that was great. Wow. You know I was looking at your album here.
I was like wait why don't you get a shot of this? Can you get out? Don't you look
something else? See there's the regular Yanni and then you have the El Nino Yanni.
El Nino Yanni. See the hair. Isn't that nice? The wind is blowing. It was nice to me that day. Yeah there you go.
What a coincidence. You know how many pictures you have to take to get a
picture like that? To get every hair in place. 3,000 photographs.
Now I am told piano was not your first was not your first instrument. Yes.
What was your first? I rarely admit this but it was the accordion. Accordion? Oh
you want to get women accordion. That doesn't. Yeah in fact I quit the
accordion when I was about 12 years old. It was about the age when I became
strong enough to get it off of me because when I was young you know
accordions are very heavy. They put it on you. They put it on me it came out to
here. My little hands came out on the side and they would leave the room and I
couldn't I had to practice they made me practice the accordion. Did you ever sing?
Are you kidding? No I don't know. I don't know. I hate my voice. Did you try singing
and then people went? Sure people left the room. Yeah. So between the
accordion and the voice. It started really bad. It started really bad.
Actually I was watching my my older brother was a year older and he was
playing the piano and every time he played the piano you know all the girls
came around here and I was saying how about me I'll play the accordion and
everybody left. So I'm not stupid I learned how to play the piano. Yeah there you go.
Now you recently did the Taj Mahal was this true? Yes. That seems like it'd be a tough gig to get to.
Yes. Yes it took it took two two and a half years. A lot of work it was the
toughest thing I've ever done in my life. No I know I'm thinking you know two and
a half years that's a that's a bad up to a lot of connecting flights apparently.
Actually you know the Taj Mahal is a treasure in that country. They don't just
let anybody walk in there and sort of put some. Well that's what I thought I
didn't even think you could you know I thought they were really protective so
that's they are very protective and they had to feel certain that the
presentation was also going to be appropriate. Right. And it's it's
nerve-racking because we went live on Indian television it was like a hundred
and fifty million people watching us live and it's art you know you don't
know how the public is going to react and I want to respect the monument you
know I was there to honor the monument. Well that was great well that's terrific
well congratulations you have your special coming up on PBS December 2nd
and congratulations on the new CD this is it here called tribute. Yanni thank
you good to see you. Say hi to Linda for us. Be right back right after this.
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