The Graham Norton Show - Season 18 Episode 10- Chris Hemsworth, Ron Howard, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Bridges, Blake, Dame Shirley Bassey
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00:00We need to start the new whaling movie, In the Heart of the Sea.
00:03Oh, wait a minute.
00:05There she blows!
00:10Let's start the show!
00:30Yes! Yes!
00:36Welcome, welcome all!
00:39Great show tonight, as well as Chris.
00:42It's the first time appearances from comic Kevin Bridges,
00:46director Ron Howard,
00:49and the comedy legend that is Lily Tomlin.
00:52So excited, yes.
00:54And we'll be getting in the Christmas mood
00:56with music from Blake and Dame Shirley Bassey.
01:00Yes?
01:03Your actual Dame Shirley will be over there and there.
01:07Well, no, seriously, it's Christmassy.
01:08Now, of course, Chris and Ron are here
01:10with the new film, In the Heart of the Sea,
01:13where Chris plays a fearless whale hunter.
01:16Mmm.
01:17The story takes place on a ship called the Essex
01:20and was the original inspiration for the novel Moby Dick.
01:23No, funny enough,
01:26if you Google the words Essex and Dick,
01:29this is what you get.
01:31Yes!
01:33Try it! Try it!
01:34That is what happens.
01:37It is a very exciting story.
01:38It really is a very exciting story.
01:40The whale sinks the ship
01:42and leaves the crew marooned in a lifeboat.
01:45Yes.
01:46To survive, they resort to cannibalism.
01:49Awful!
01:49Here's that lifeboat three weeks later.
01:51Oh, complete number sailor.
01:55And let's get my guests on!
01:57First off, at the age of only 29,
02:00this Glaswegian comedian
02:02has had a remarkable rise to success
02:04and last year sold more tickets
02:05than any other comic in the UK.
02:07Please welcome Kevin Bridges!
02:10There he is!
02:12Hello!
02:14How are you, Stephanie?
02:15Hi!
02:16You're very welcome.
02:17Very nice to see you.
02:18He went from Charles Starr
02:21to become one of the world's
02:22most successful directors,
02:23making Splash, Parenthood,
02:25Apollo 13,
02:25The Grinch,
02:26and A Beautiful Mind.
02:27Now he brings us
02:28in the heart of the sea,
02:29it's the Oscar-winning
02:30Ron Howard!
02:32That's Ron Howard!
02:34Come on!
02:35Hi!
02:36Good to see you.
02:37Have a seat, too.
02:38And this Australian heart drop
02:41exploded onto the big screen
02:43at a store
02:44and has gone on to
02:45incredible success
02:46with The Avengers,
02:47The Huntsman,
02:47and the James Hunt biopic,
02:49Rush.
02:49It is the fabulous
02:50Chris Hemsworth, everybody!
02:52What's up?
02:54Hello!
02:55How are you?
02:55How are you?
02:55How are you going to see you?
02:56How are you going to be back?
02:57Have a seat, too.
02:57This lady is one of
03:04America's greatest comedy talents.
03:06She's the star of
03:07Nashville 9 to 5,
03:09All of Me,
03:10seven Emmys,
03:11two Tonys,
03:11and a Grammy to her name.
03:12She's now Oscar-tipped
03:13for her new movie,
03:14Grandma.
03:15It is a huge pleasure
03:17to welcome
03:17the one and only
03:19Lily Tomlin,
03:20everybody!
03:21Hello!
03:26Hello!
03:27So,
03:36were you guys,
03:36did you all meet backstage?
03:37Was there kind of
03:38showbiz mingling
03:39behind a curtain?
03:40Quick,
03:40a quick mingle.
03:41Okay.
03:41A little bit, yeah.
03:42We got a lot done.
03:43Okay.
03:45I'm a project's line up.
03:46Yeah,
03:47lovely,
03:47lovely.
03:48No,
03:48because Ron,
03:49have you never worked together,
03:51Ron and Lily?
03:51We've never worked together.
03:52I met one time
03:53because I went to see
03:54a one-woman show
03:56that Lily did,
03:56many years ago.
03:58I don't remember
03:58the name of the show,
03:59but in it was this,
04:00you took this picture
04:01and you were playing
04:02this character.
04:02They went,
04:03soup,
04:03art,
04:04art,
04:05soup.
04:05What was the name
04:06of the show?
04:06The Search for Signs
04:07of Intelligent Life.
04:09Oh.
04:09Oh.
04:12You should really
04:13get in one of his films.
04:14Oh,
04:14I'm going to be
04:15in his next one.
04:16They do well.
04:17Ron Howard,
04:18do you know,
04:18off the top of your head,
04:19how much money
04:19your films have made?
04:20Well,
04:21I actually don't.
04:23Well,
04:23I can tell you.
04:25Ron Howard,
04:25this is incredible.
04:27Ron Howard's films
04:28have made,
04:29so far,
04:30three and a half
04:32billion dollars.
04:35Billion dollars.
04:37Sounds like I need
04:41a conversation
04:42with my lawyer
04:43and,
04:43you should start
04:45your own country
04:46or something
04:46because that's a lot
04:47of money.
04:48And Kevin,
04:48I was saying
04:49in the introduction,
04:50I mean,
04:50your success
04:50is extraordinary.
04:51You know,
04:52I'm sitting beside
04:53the guy that's
04:53pulled on
04:53three and a half
04:54billion dollars.
04:57My success
04:57has been all right.
05:00Sorry to bring you
05:01down.
05:01You walk down
05:02here high as a kite
05:03and that's like,
05:04oh.
05:05But no,
05:06but you must get
05:07stopped in the streets
05:07and stuff like that
05:08now.
05:09Aye.
05:09Usually,
05:10by people
05:11collecting for charity.
05:13I'd ask to sign
05:1525 copies,
05:1725 pirate copies
05:19of my own DVD.
05:24Takes balls, man.
05:26Of course,
05:27I signed them.
05:28Of course you do.
05:29Now, Lily,
05:29can you understand
05:30anything Kevin's saying?
05:31No.
05:33I got something
05:34about balls
05:35at the end.
05:36Is that what he said?
05:37Yeah, he said balls.
05:38Yeah, he did say balls.
05:39No, can you seriously
05:40not understand?
05:41Not very much.
05:42I was going to kind
05:43of question him
05:44as he was going along,
05:45but.
05:47I actually tried
05:47the show
05:48in America
05:48on one gig.
05:50A guy complimented me,
05:52approached me
05:52after the set
05:53and he goes,
05:54hey, man,
05:54are you actually
05:55Scottish?
05:57And I said,
05:58yes.
05:59And he goes,
05:59fuck, man,
06:00your English
06:00Scottish is pretty
06:01good.
06:08Because we're not
06:09talking of Scottish,
06:10because Chris Hemsworth,
06:10you did Scottish
06:11in The Huntsman.
06:12Yeah,
06:13it was a Celtic
06:14vibe.
06:17I had a great
06:18reviewer tell me
06:19that it was the
06:20worst Glaswegian
06:21accent since
06:22The Fat Bastard.
06:22I wasn't doing
06:25Glaswegian though,
06:26so that was
06:26in my defence.
06:27It was your Celtic
06:28vibe.
06:28It was a Celtic
06:29fantasy,
06:30snow white,
06:30world,
06:31Scottish influence
06:32kind of accent.
06:33So that gives you
06:33a whole broad range
06:34to do whatever
06:34the hell you want.
06:36But that,
06:37I can,
06:37I hear little bits
06:38in there.
06:39You get it?
06:39Or understood
06:40little bits.
06:40It was pretty,
06:41yeah,
06:41it is.
06:42Understood little bits.
06:45The compliments
06:46are flying in.
06:48I just need to laugh.
06:51And that's why
06:51we die so young
06:52in Scotland
06:53because it's
06:54just exhausting
06:55the conversation.
06:57It takes so much
06:58more effort.
06:58You need to
06:59translate it
06:59in your head
06:59and then go,
07:00say it.
07:01Have you performed
07:01in Australia though?
07:02Yes,
07:03yes,
07:03I've done.
07:03We love you.
07:06I swear to God,
07:07I love you.
07:08I played Australia,
07:09I've not played
07:10Scotland,
07:11but I played
07:11Australia
07:12and by the reaction,
07:13I'm amazed
07:14that I went over
07:15at all.
07:16What do you mean?
07:17I'm just saying
07:18they seem to
07:18understand Kevin
07:19very well.
07:22But we're not
07:23in Australia now.
07:24Yeah.
07:26I understand that.
07:28And even
07:29I'm having trouble
07:30with Chris
07:30a little bit.
07:31I know.
07:33Can you understand me?
07:34I can understand you.
07:35Well, that's the main thing.
07:36I think there's references
07:41as well.
07:42You need to change
07:42certain references
07:43when you perform.
07:45Are you talking
07:46to me?
07:46Lily Tomlin,
07:56you bring us
07:57such a sweet,
07:59lovely,
08:00funny film.
08:01Grandma.
08:02It opens next Friday
08:03the 11th.
08:04And is Grandma
08:05quite close to you?
08:07Well,
08:08she could be.
08:09Yeah,
08:10many things about it.
08:10I drove my own car.
08:14Never late for work.
08:16No, no, right.
08:18No, it's a very funny,
08:21interesting,
08:22kind of important movie.
08:24So, in broad strokes,
08:26what is the story
08:27of Grandma?
08:28Well, the story is
08:29Grandma's a lesbian poet,
08:31feminist, lesbian poet,
08:33who's been,
08:34this is not a film
08:35that would become
08:35a blockbuster
08:36like in your terms.
08:37I'm not talking to you.
08:38and there's a lot
08:46of stuff that's going on.
08:47She's been in a relationship
08:48for 38 years
08:49and her partner
08:50has died like a year
08:51or so before,
08:52a couple of years.
08:54And her granddaughter
08:55shows up on her doorstep
08:57and has become pregnant
08:58and needs an abortion.
08:59and so then the story
09:01is kind of a road trip.
09:02I mean,
09:03the grandmother's
09:03very cantankerous
09:05and ornery
09:05and rails against injustice
09:08and all that stuff.
09:12It is.
09:12But the idea of having
09:14a funny, sweet
09:15abortion road movie
09:16is so unlikely.
09:18And yet it is.
09:19It's a new genre.
09:21It is.
09:21It's kind of a new genre.
09:23Yeah.
09:24It is.
09:24Never to be repeated.
09:25I love the film.
09:28It's very wonderful.
09:29No, it really is.
09:30And you are terrific in it.
09:31This is a little clip
09:32and this is the start
09:34of the road trip
09:34where there's a problem
09:35with the car.
09:37Oh, God.
09:38I didn't wake you up again,
09:39did I?
09:41No.
09:42Oh, good.
09:43So glad.
09:46She's already pregnant.
09:48Grandma.
09:49Just saying.
09:49I see the hormones popping.
09:52No ideas.
09:53We're good.
09:54Here, give it a try.
09:55Ah, it's working.
10:00Nice tunes.
10:01Listen, thanks.
10:03Make it to the shop
10:04and get it checked out.
10:05It runs good.
10:07Hey, congratulations.
10:12Very good.
10:16Now, I don't want to jinx it.
10:18That's a terrible thing.
10:18You must hate this.
10:19But with Grandma,
10:21Yes.
10:21There is that terrible phrase
10:23Oscar buzz about it,
10:26which you must be aware of.
10:27Yes, I am.
10:29Yes.
10:29I mean, I've certainly
10:30been exposed to it.
10:31Yes.
10:32So how do you manage
10:33your expectations?
10:35Well, I don't have
10:36any expectations, truly.
10:39What I would like to do
10:40if I did get nominated
10:42and I did win,
10:45assuming I'll be there,
10:47I would like to have a,
10:48you know,
10:49I'd be very humble,
10:50of course.
10:51Of course.
10:51And I'd have a box built
10:53with, you know,
10:55they'd wheel the box out
10:56and I would open it up
10:58and there'd be
10:58everything else in there.
11:00Emmys and Tonys
11:01and boxes.
11:02And what's the other
11:05thing that's in there?
11:06Grammys.
11:07Grammy.
11:07Only one Grammy.
11:09And so then I would,
11:10but I would open it
11:10and there'd be a niche
11:11prepared in there.
11:13And I'd take the Oscar
11:14and put it in there.
11:17But I don't think
11:19it's going to happen.
11:23And Jane, your partner,
11:24you've written together
11:25for years.
11:27Well, Jane is really
11:28the writer.
11:28I'm not,
11:29not much of a writer.
11:30Is she a bit miffed
11:31that you've now wandered
11:32off and made a film
11:32with somebody else?
11:33No, she's quite pleased.
11:36She's quite pleased
11:37because it's pretty
11:38successful.
11:38But working with people
11:39you're close to,
11:40like Chris,
11:40you and Liam,
11:41are you finally going
11:42to be in a film together?
11:43Your brother Liam,
11:43obviously.
11:44Uh, well,
11:46I don't know,
11:46we're looking.
11:47It'd be nice.
11:47If the right thing
11:48came along, sure.
11:49Oh, so I read
11:49that you'd found something.
11:50You haven't found something.
11:52No.
11:52No.
11:53Why?
11:54What have we found?
11:55Wrong?
11:58No, no.
11:58It's an abortion road movie.
12:00Two brothers.
12:05Who's the father?
12:07And now,
12:08was he also up for Thor?
12:10He was, yeah.
12:11I auditioned
12:12and then didn't get the part
12:14and then they auditioned him
12:16and he basically got down
12:17to last like four people
12:18and then didn't get it
12:20and then I came back in
12:21and...
12:22And how was that at home?
12:23No.
12:23That's like real sibling rivalry.
12:29That's like, yeah.
12:31Was it all right?
12:32It must have been a bit weird.
12:33A bit orcs.
12:33Oh, we still don't talk that much.
12:37But we never did.
12:38No, no.
12:38It was fine.
12:39Yeah, I don't know
12:39whether he's bitter or not
12:41but he did post this picture
12:42of his...
12:42This is real.
12:43This is his dog
12:44with a chew toy
12:45which looks familiar.
12:47Oh.
12:50And he'd be honest with us.
12:52Look at that.
12:52Yeah.
12:53That hammer was delicious.
12:54It was.
12:56Because, Ron Howard,
12:58you work with your family
12:59like all the time.
13:02Whenever I can.
13:03My brother Clint's an actor.
13:04My father, Rance,
13:05is still acting in his 80s
13:08and working all the time.
13:09I love to work with him.
13:10And your mom sadly
13:11is no longer with us
13:12but she did get a part in...
13:14Was it Apollo 13?
13:15Apollo 13, she had a really nice role
13:18which almost didn't happen
13:19because I got this call from my dad
13:22and he said,
13:25you know,
13:25I just read the rewrite
13:26on Apollo 13
13:27and I said, yeah.
13:29And he said,
13:29there's a new part in there.
13:30I said, yeah, there is.
13:31Jim Lovell's mother.
13:32I said, yeah,
13:33she's got a nice scene.
13:34I said, yeah.
13:35You know who would be
13:35really good for that?
13:36Who do you think, Dad?
13:37Your mom.
13:39And I, boy, I don't know.
13:42I'd have to audition her.
13:45And he said, well, fine.
13:47And so,
13:49and my mom was all for that.
13:51And she said,
13:51I don't want to do it
13:52if Ronnie doesn't think
13:53I can do it.
13:55I went over to their house
13:57and we worked through the scene
13:58and she was great
13:58and we did it
13:59in a couple of takes
14:00and she was,
14:01I've never been
14:02prouder
14:02and she even got written up
14:04in the New York Times review
14:05and it was a,
14:06wound up being a great moment.
14:07She played Jim Lovell's mother.
14:09It would have been worse
14:09if you hadn't given her
14:11the part after the audition.
14:12Yeah, this isn't going
14:13to work out.
14:14I'll tell you,
14:14it was really bad.
14:15My dad's an actor.
14:16I cast him whenever
14:17it's appropriate, you know.
14:18And here's the call
14:19I've had to make to him.
14:20Hey, Dad,
14:21you know,
14:21you did great
14:23but, you know,
14:25the movie was a little long.
14:26And next would be,
14:30am I in it at all?
14:34Maybe in the extended DVD cut.
14:38So that's a tough call.
14:39But he's an old war horse,
14:41you understand.
14:41And Kevin,
14:43your dad,
14:43because you started so young,
14:44your dad was really kind of
14:45important in your career.
14:46My dad,
14:47I used to drive me to the gigs
14:48because I was,
14:49I was too young.
14:50He performed in the clubs
14:51so they'd make,
14:52for long as I brought along
14:54a parent,
14:54which is pretty uncool.
14:57Having to bring a note in
14:58saying that you're all right
14:58to go on stage
14:59in these comedy clubs.
15:00And he used to drive me
15:02everywhere,
15:02all over Scotland.
15:03But you've been very nice.
15:04You've rewarded them
15:05handsomely.
15:06You gave your parents
15:06a lovely trip.
15:07Was it the Orange Express
15:08you sent them on?
15:09Aye, my dad's always
15:09had to hang for trains.
15:11He always wanted to go
15:11on the Orient Express.
15:12So for their anniversary
15:13a couple of years ago,
15:14I got them the trip.
15:16And my dad is the only guy
15:17who's ever missed the train.
15:21He got off
15:23at Innsbruck Station
15:24to send me a text.
15:26And he's used to
15:26talking to me on the phone
15:27when I've been on trains.
15:29And going,
15:29Dad, I'm on the train.
15:30The signal's pretty bad.
15:31So he presumes
15:32that you cannot send
15:33a text from a train.
15:36What I mean is
15:37I'm driving through
15:38like cross country.
15:39So he gets off
15:40before the train's
15:41due to depart
15:41and he starts sending me
15:42this big long text.
15:44Just going,
15:44Son, we've been
15:45wind and dined.
15:46I'm gazing at the
15:47Tirellian Mountains.
15:48And he's done
15:48the spell check on
15:49Tirellian.
15:51And I'm reading this text
15:52and I'm kind of
15:52filling up just going,
15:53Oh, he's really had
15:54a good time.
15:54And it just goes,
15:55Shite.
15:59And it's meant
16:00the train has just left.
16:01Can you call me,
16:02son?
16:03So I'm like,
16:04there's a wind up
16:04so I've ignored it.
16:05And then another text
16:06came in going,
16:07Call me,
16:08son.
16:09So I phoned him.
16:10It does the
16:10international ringtone.
16:12And he's going,
16:12Oh, I just got off
16:13to send that text.
16:14Your mum's on there.
16:15She's got the passports
16:15to work.
16:17And I was going,
16:19Well, you need to go
16:19to information
16:20and try and explain
16:21to somebody.
16:21And he goes,
16:22Oh, but they don't
16:22know what I'm saying.
16:24I don't speak any German
16:25or English.
16:29So they're just thinking,
16:30it's just an exciting
16:30Scottish guy
16:31that's seen the
16:32Orient Express.
16:32eventually he's explained
16:37what's happened
16:37and they got in a taxi
16:39and they contacted
16:41somebody on the train
16:41to pull in at this
16:42kind of regional stop
16:44and my dad was a
16:45high-speed sort of chase.
16:47He managed to catch
16:48the train
16:48and they got on
16:49and they get a
16:50standing ovation.
16:50Oh, thank you.
16:52Chris and Ron,
17:00your movie,
17:01as I was saying
17:01to you back there,
17:01it's such an epic tale.
17:03It's a real beast
17:04of a film.
17:05In the Heart of the Sea,
17:06it opens here
17:07on Boxing Day,
17:08the day after Christmas.
17:09Yes.
17:10And obviously
17:11it's a Ron Howard film,
17:13but this was your baby,
17:14Chris.
17:14You had this script.
17:15So how did this happen?
17:17We had just done Rush
17:18and I had
17:19in the Heart of the Sea
17:20with Paula Weinstein,
17:22brought it to myself
17:23and my manager,
17:24Will Ward,
17:24and we basically
17:26were looking for a director
17:27and I think we were
17:29in the ADR booth
17:30and you said,
17:31if you have anything else
17:32you want to do,
17:32let me know.
17:33And I said,
17:33actually, yes, I do.
17:35Hand him the script
17:36and said,
17:37yeah, if you're not sick of me,
17:38let's go again.
17:39And we did.
17:40But I would say,
17:41I don't have great work,
17:42I think.
17:42I think I would have
17:43read this script
17:43and thought,
17:44it's very good,
17:44but it sounds really hard
17:45to make.
17:48Well, I really
17:49could up the arse.
17:50I actually,
17:50I'm sure,
17:53I, you know,
17:54there is an ambitious
17:56streak that I have
17:57and that I,
17:58and that I,
17:58and that I follow
17:59and look,
18:00this was kind of
18:01a life experience
18:03making this kind of movie
18:05and it's sort of
18:05a personal adventure.
18:07I'm not a very naturally
18:08adventuresome person,
18:09but the movies take me
18:11into these places.
18:12I learn a lot
18:13that I wouldn't otherwise.
18:14And I actually,
18:16when I first read it,
18:17I sort of thought,
18:18well, this is,
18:19this is,
18:19they're just trying
18:19to sort of find a way
18:20to kind of reboot
18:21Moby Dick
18:22and it is very hard
18:23and very challenging
18:23and I didn't realize
18:25it was based on relevance.
18:26So when I did
18:27and I started thinking of it
18:28and I said,
18:29well,
18:29it's not a monster movie.
18:31This is,
18:32this whale
18:32is not like
18:34the shark in Jaws,
18:35it's not a predator.
18:36This is more like
18:37King Kong.
18:38This is like
18:38a force of nature
18:39awakened by man,
18:41mad greed.
18:41And I felt like
18:43there were a lot
18:44of themes
18:44that were contemporary
18:46and very relatable,
18:48surprisingly relatable
18:49and yet also
18:50the big epic
18:51adventure story.
18:52Well,
18:53the clip really
18:54captures the scale
18:56of the film.
18:57This is Chris Hemsworth
18:58taking on
19:00the whale.
19:00Never seen a whale
19:09do that.
19:09Mr. Lawrence,
19:10take the wheel.
19:10Mr. Ramsey,
19:11you are the other end
19:12of the line
19:13to the format.
19:14Aye, sir.
19:15As I live and breathe,
19:16he's mine.
19:17You are the other end
19:47I think other stuff happens as well.
20:15That will be enough, you go home.
20:17thank you very much that was very good that's just a turning point extraordinary so is that a real
20:22whale no no cgi whale no whales were were injured or pestered so uh so that was a model that was
20:32made it was a complete cgi what you know look technology was such a factor in this movie a lot
20:37of things we shot in the way that that you know that movies have been made for for a hundred years
20:41but i wouldn't have have tackled this movie if you had to use a giant puppet or something like
20:46that where the audience has to kind of suspend their disbelief yeah after seeing life of pi i
20:51realized that this technology was there and that and that and that we could make a movie that was
20:56totally immersive and let this character have its due let it be a living breathing force and for
21:01chris it must be odd you hear about all the cgi and you're thinking cgi my ass i did all this i
21:05you really had to do it you went to jump and yeah swim and yeah it was one of the i think the most
21:12sort of physically challenging things i'd ever done i mean we had to um probably as you see all kinds
21:18of action and so on and and then navigating the ship and learning to row the whale boats and so on
21:24and throw harpoons and then there was the weight loss sort of thing we're all going oh yeah this picture
21:29this picture's been everywhere the this of you uh who's that that's liam and so
21:43he likes to drink but to get down to that weight so what are you you know i read something was it 500
21:51calories or something we started at one diet and then slowly each week dwindled down to about five
21:57600 calories by the and what is that like physical what are you what are you eating that is five
22:01600 calories a day like a piece of fish and some lettuce or if you have like it's funny you do all
22:07this sort of trade-offs you'd be like if i had this piece of chocolate then i won't be able to have
22:11the fish but then i can have this and it's all this like crazy kind of insanity which which happened
22:16and of course kevin you can relate to this film because you actually you own a boat don't you
22:20you own a boat yes i thought you were going to say because i've seen free willy before
22:28i do have a boat i'm fully aware of the dangers of the sea man i had to make a distress call this
22:33summer in lock lomond because we got a big we got a bag of cans wrapped around the propeller on the
22:41boat we were having a few beers it was a maiden voyage and then my mate complained that his
22:48beers were room temperature which is obviously potentially fatal on a boating trip and then
22:56my other buddy suggested that we tie the bag of beers onto one of the ropes and throw it off the
23:01boat into the water great idea and then we forgot about the beers we're driving off in the engine field
23:06we never knew why had to phone up the sos did he can he dives under his back up going there's a box of
23:15magnus and an odd bench background
23:23now kevin bridges ladies and gentlemen hey has a dvd out now it's out now it's called a whole
23:29different story it is and is this the joy that you're just finishing yes just finishing up that so
23:35there's 11 more dates 11 more dates to go and so don't buy it before you go to see one of those
23:4011 dates yeah you're not supposed to say that graham but aye don't buy it before you
23:45that's how i had to lose weight to fit into the eye
23:50you'd be kevon
23:57it was recorded in glasgow two months ago oh right and it's very much the story of how your life has
24:04changed yes with success because you're now you live in quite a ritzy area now yes well yes not quite
24:12la or anything no i love in glasgow but i love in a nice little bit of glasgow
24:18this we've got a very quick tip this is you they're talking about some of the people you meet in your
24:23new neighborhood they call me mr bridges the kids and mastery i don't feel intimidated
24:29physically i feel intellectually intimidated by the gangs of youth in my street mr bridges mr bridges
24:36how are we how are we mr bridges the family and i sat down to one of your performances on the television
24:42over the festive period mr bridges a tad course in places
24:47however i would be lying if i said i didn't allow myself a chuckle mr bridges
25:02i never knew you were going to show a clip or they wore a different suit
25:08now lots of people have tough gigs lots of stand-up comments talk about tough gigs but you've played
25:12prisons haven't you or at least a prison yes at the start a very tough like these days you're playing
25:17to like what's that 10 000 people so somebody's gonna laugh but at the start a prison that's right
25:25i had a guy a guy stood up was a gig for inmates in this prison in scotland and a guy stood up about
25:3110 minutes into the show and just went back to his cell so that's like
25:44oh this guy's shape probably to finish my life sentence
25:50that's right a gig in a prison but no because then he's on and you've also done a gig in a prison
25:55i have many times no because you would you would have scary times in prison well i they were they
26:05could be construed as scary i mean what happened is uh one time i was playing at a a women's prison in
26:12in california in the they wore regular clothing so you didn't know who was an inmate or who wasn't you
26:18know uh and and jane was with me my partner and she's very chatty and gets to talking to everybody
26:26and she was having a a long conversation with a woman who killed her boyfriend over a peanut butter
26:31sandwich and she found that out toward the end of the conversation but and i had you had to play for
26:37the newcomers who've been in like 15 days or less and they're just like civilians and then you play for
26:44the hard timers at the end of the night that's brutal and then you uh play for the psychiatric
26:50in the middle of the day like in a sun room i'd stand on the table almost you know and try because
26:55there was no stage or anything and uh there were people there was a woman sitting there she'd like uh
27:00she's smoking and and then she'd go all of a sudden she'd be watching me or listening to me and she'd go
27:08and she'd get up and there were two doors it was like a farce she'd run out that door next she'd come
27:13back in this door and sit on that side of the house and do the same thing in a few minutes so
27:17anyway that was mild compared to the hard timers but there was a young girl with a pleated skirt and
27:23brown hair long heavy rich you know rich girl's hair like i feel that people have and uh she says
27:34uh lily i'm gonna review you for the prison paper
27:38and i said oh my gosh well okay and uh she said don't worry i'll be kind
27:48and she turned out to be one of the manson women
27:52and i have her review still in my files oh and was it kind no
27:56not in my book not coming to enough no no why were you in prison chris habsworth
28:07that's the question that you start the show
28:11uh no it's research i did a movie about a guy it was research i'm in for research
28:18research do you have a story to tell because i i'm still taken i'm trying to listen to kevin
28:29and a couple of stories back you kept it was the story about uh i don't even know what the story was
28:34you were saying like you kept saying beals beals so what is that what bills bills beers beers beers
28:48all right so that was about beers okay that's a bill
28:53and then just now when you're talking about uh playing a prison yes you said
28:58and this day i can't imitate it it's sad no i can't it's like i'll try i'm going to try but it's
29:03going to be you can go through chris and you can try your celtic
29:10and this gay this gay stands up and i'm thinking well you must say a gay person stood up oh no no
29:15where's that guy i finally got that it was a guy a guy yeah one vowel away
29:22it was prison maybe it was prison gay
29:26actually quite a good gig in the prison i had quite a good show because i used to have a routine about
29:30but you're looking at me the way the dog looks at me
29:36is he saying ouch is he saying treat i've done this joke about how like the attempted murder you get a
29:45lesser sentence than you get for murder but you still tried it just because you weren't very good at it
29:52in my opinion she'd get double the sentence for making an arse of it right
29:59and there's these murderers pointing over at attempted murderers going ah that's you mate
30:05that's strange so what did i just say there chris if you just want to
30:09what models to awake when murders did you murder no i didn't get that
30:18you said murders that it was like murderers
30:20morda
30:22morda
30:22morda
30:22morda
30:23morda
30:23morda
30:24morda
30:25morda
30:25morda
30:26morda
30:26why were you in prison chris
30:27why are they going to prison so you know i was researching a film
30:38and we had to go in and uh basically see what the inside of the prison look like and
30:43speak with prisoners who are willing to talk to us and um and i walked in and i remember thinking
30:50and i had my ponytail long blonde hair and i had a hat on and the wardens
30:58lily knows where this is going
31:01so i spent the night
31:03and the warden said you can't wear your hat and so on and i said okay no worries and i thought oh
31:07shit they're gonna they're gonna know who i am then i thought they don't get thor in here they're
31:11not gonna watch movies and i don't know i've never been to prison so i assumed that and the
31:16moment i started walking through the cells and it's like h block of this thing and it's all just
31:22kind of the you know cell upon cell and so on and i just start getting heckled and it's
31:27like yo yo thor's here man no thor yo thor shit thor where's your hammer man and i'm trying to like
31:36blend in and you know research and just getting heckled left and right about you know come spend
31:41some time in my shell baby
31:45i got my long hair you'll do yeah yeah
31:51anyways that was uh it wasn't a whole lot of research more just kind of
31:56you survived it yeah and listen very very we're running out of time uh ron we must we must mention
32:02where we found you first uh happy days because you weren't in it for the whole time it ran for
32:13years but you well i i i stayed with it through my contract but by then i knew i wanted to be a
32:18director and i saw i left to pursue that full time at the end of my contract which was seven and a half
32:22seasons wow oh god but it ran for what nine going on another four seasons after that wow and what's
32:30odd now is that one of the things it's it's really remember for is coming up with that phrase jumping
32:35the shark ah yes so if people don't know uh can you explain the jumping the shark episode well you know
32:42the show had gone and become uh really a you know number one hit very successful and along with it
32:51there's sort of a culture around it and and the sort of the mythology of the fonzie character that
32:57started off as kind of a normal guy and he kept getting more and more powerful tapping on jukeboxes
33:03snapping his fingers girls would run everything that happened and and but audiences loved it and it
33:08was really working and so finally they decided that they would start off season i think it was probably
33:14season five or six with the biggest thing ever fonzie was going to water ski and
33:21jump over a white shark and you know so he had henry out in his jacket i did i loved it because i was
33:29driving the boat i thought driving the boat was fun and henry happened to be a very good skier and loved
33:35skiing we did it but uh people tended to think years later that that was the point where the show had kind
33:43of gone beyond the pale and and and and so then they started saying you know that's that was the happy
33:49days is jumping the shark was the moment where it sort of reached its high and um and and and and
33:55sort of came down the reality is it remained a number one show for a long time and after i left
33:59the show it was a top ratings getter and so i don't know i don't know how accurate it was but jump the
34:04shark no it is awful where a tv show just drags on for series after series i think that's really bored to
34:10death time for music all christmasy now this is the first little bit of christmas on the show uh this
34:18year best-selling classical boy band blake have done something really special to perform a beautiful
34:24new version of christmas song they've teamed up with a musical legend ladies and gentlemen please welcome
34:31blake and dame shirley bassy
34:45chestnuts roasting on an open fire
34:54catroats nipping at your nose
34:56hilltide carols
35:01hilltide carols being sung by a choir
35:08and folks dressed up like eskimos
35:15everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe
35:20helps to make the season bright
35:31tiny tucks
35:32with their eyes on a globe
35:37will find it hard to sleep tonight
35:43to see if reindeer really know how to fly
35:47to see if reindeer really know how to fly
36:07see if reindeer really know how to fly
36:18and so i'm offering this simple praise
36:20to kids from one to ninety two
36:26although it's been said
36:32many times
36:34many times
36:36many ways
36:38merry christmas
36:40they know
36:51they know that
36:53he's loaded
36:54lots of toys
36:55lots of toys and goodies
36:55lots of toys and goodies on his
36:57say
36:59and every mother's child
37:01is gonna
37:03he's gonna
37:05spy
37:06to see if reindeer really know how to fly
37:14and so i'm offering this simple praise
37:20the kids from one to ninety two
37:28although it's been said
37:30many times
37:32many ways
37:36merry christmas
37:38merry christmas
37:40merry christmas
37:42merry christmas
37:54Oh!
37:55Oh!
37:56Oh!
37:57Oh!
37:58Oh!
37:59How special!
38:00Blake and Dave's Ready Bouncy, everybody!
38:01Come and join me now!
38:02Come on over!
38:03Hello, sir!
38:04Very nice to see you!
38:05Hello!
38:06Very nice to see you!
38:07Oh!
38:08Step!
38:09Step!
38:10Step!
38:11Oh!
38:12Hello, my darling!
38:13Hello!
38:14Hello!
38:15Hello!
38:16Hello!
38:17Hello!
38:18Hello!
38:19Hello!
38:20Hello!
38:21Hello!
38:22Shirley Bassey, everybody!
38:24I love you!
38:26Sit inside Kevin.
38:27Go round, go round.
38:29You're blending with the character.
38:31Sit in there with the boys.
38:32Hello!
38:33Hi!
38:34Thank you very much.
38:35Now that's James Shirley Bassey, you'll now greet you all.
38:37Lovely!
38:38Lovely!
38:39Lovely!
38:40Lovely!
38:41Lovely!
38:42Lovely!
38:43Lovely!
38:44Lovely!
38:45Lovely!
38:46Lovely!
38:47Lovely!
38:48Lovely!
38:49Lovely!
38:50Lovely!
38:51Lovely!
38:52And I know there's an Ollie.
38:53I'm Ollie.
38:54Steve.
38:55Steve.
38:56It's a bit dull after the Ollie and the Humphrey.
38:57Steve!
38:58Steve!
38:59And the Shirley!
39:00Steve!
39:01And James Shirley Bassey.
39:02And now, you're James Shirley Bassey, but I bring this drink, thank you very much.
39:05Can I just say, I don't mean to slag off the other guests, but no one else brought
39:08drinks.
39:09This is your cocktail, James Shirley.
39:13It's a cocktail named after me.
39:14Absolutely.
39:15James Shirley Bassey cocktail with champagne, vodka and strawberries.
39:19Raspberries!
39:20I think he said rat poison.
39:21I was like, yeah.
39:22That's quite a cocktail, yeah.
39:23We had it.
39:24We had it.
39:25We had it.
39:26We had it.
39:27We had it.
39:28We had it.
39:29We had it.
39:30We had it.
39:31We had it.
39:32Of course, for your finger.
39:33Yes.
39:34Yes.
39:35We had it at our album launch, so we thought we should have a drink.
39:37Yes.
39:38You know, appropriate.
39:39And they created this.
39:40Can we drink now?
39:41Yes.
39:42Can we drink now?
39:43Yes.
39:44Can we drink?
39:45Now.
39:46Can we drink?
39:47Yes.
39:48There you go.
39:50Sorry, Audrey.
39:51Sorry.
39:52You can have a sip of mine, if you like.
39:55If you're quick.
39:57Now, that single, that single is out on the 18th of December.
40:08And this is special, because if God was good, and it did become a number one, a Christmas
40:13number one, it would be your very first Christmas number one?
40:16Yes.
40:17I've never done a Christmas carol ever.
40:19Have you never done a Christmas song before?
40:20No.
40:21It's my very first.
40:22You've missed a trick there.
40:24The record company, for some unknown reason, every time I said, please, can I do a Christmas
40:32album?
40:33And even when they had number one and number two in the hit parade, they said, no.
40:37And I think they were afraid because of the voice.
40:40They didn't, they couldn't imagine me singing Silent Night.
40:43Silent Night!
40:45Silent Night!
40:47But here's, here's also what's special.
40:52You are both raising money for charity, which is record, aren't you?
40:55Yeah, we are.
40:56So, Blake, who are you raising money for?
40:57Well, we are very, we're ambassadors of variety of the children's charity, which is
41:00an amazing charity.
41:01And Dame Shirley is Noah's Ark in Cardiff, which, both charity for children.
41:05Yes, my charity, our children's hospital in Cardiff.
41:08They have room for parents to stay overnight.
41:11Oh, that's really special.
41:12Well, good luck with this single.
41:13I really hope, I really hope to get you the next single number one.
41:18It'd be terrific.
41:19Hey, before we go, just time for a visit to the big red chair.
41:22Who's there?
41:23Hello, sir.
41:24Hi there.
41:25Hi, what's your name?
41:26It's Ricardo.
41:27Okay, what do you do?
41:28I am a facilitator on creative thinking and innovation.
41:30Hmm.
41:31Oh, I just had a good enough chair.
41:37Okay.
41:38Okay.
41:39Let's try another one.
41:40Who's this?
41:41Who's this?
41:42Oh, hello.
41:43Hello.
41:44Hi, what's your name?
41:45Hi, I'm Joe Popham.
41:46Joe Popham.
41:47Okay.
41:48That is your first day man's surname, right?
41:52Yes.
41:53Okay, good.
41:54Otherwise, it's a really weird name.
41:56Joe Popham Smith.
41:57So, Joe Popham.
41:59Where are you from, Joe Popham?
42:04Bookham in Surrey.
42:06Joe Popham at Bookham.
42:07What do you, what do you do?
42:10Uh, well, primarily a mum of three teenage kids, but also cabin crew or flight attendant
42:16for the Americans.
42:17Uh-oh.
42:18Does your story involve anyone on our couch?
42:21Nope.
42:22Okay, good.
42:23Let's go.
42:24How do you go with this story?
42:25Uh, so quite a few years ago, back in the 90s, um, we were on a flight and we were told
42:32we were expecting a VIP passenger.
42:34And the VIP's manager came on board into the premier cabin, obviously, and to prepare the seat for his employer.
42:43And with that, uh, we were told it was Michael Jackson's manager.
42:47So he brought on all his things, was getting everything ready for him, and he had the red thriller jacket.
42:54And he hung it up in the first-class wardrobe, and we were told to make sure to look after it and that nobody unauthorised came on board.
43:01So when he went off, I was always a bit naughty, and I thought it'd be really fun to get the jacket out of the wardrobe.
43:08And as I was dancing around the cabin doing the thriller dance, the manager and Michael Jackson came back on board early in that perspective,
43:19and caught me dancing around the cabin in the red thriller jacket.
43:22That's a good story.
43:24You rock, you rock.
43:26Well done, everyone, if you'd like to join in on the show.
43:33Happy birthday, you rock, that goes via our website at this very address.
43:37And that is it for tonight.
43:39Please, a huge thank you to my guests, Blake and Dame Shirley Bassett!
43:45Kevin Bridges!
43:49Ron Howard!
43:51Chris Hemsworth
43:54and Lily Tomlin
43:57Join me next week with pop phenomenon
44:01Sia, acting great, Kurt Russell
44:03Oscar winning director, Quentin Tarantino
44:05and comedy superstar, Tina Fey
44:07I'll see you then, good night everybody, bye bye
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