GREAT
GREAT DAY. >> [ MUSIC ]
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>> [ CHEERS ] >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO
GREAT DAY HOUSTON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANK YOU,
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, IT IS FRIDAY.
[ LAUGH ] AND, LOOK, WE HAVE
HOUR RED HAT SOCIETY WOMEN
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. GO
HERE. GO COUGS, RIGHT?
YOU CAN WATCH THAT RIGHT HERE
ON KHOU 11.
OUR HOUSE HAS BEEN HERE ALL
WEEK, THEY ARE FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DURING HIS SEVEN YEAR TENURE ON
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, MY FIRST
GUESS GRATE SOME OF THE MOST
PHYSICALLY CUDDLY CHARACTERS ON
THE SMALL SCREEN.
>> DON'T YOU TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
>> PLEASE WELCOME ALWAYS FUNNY
AND JUST A LITTLE BIT CRAZY,
CRISCO TAN.
CRISCO TAN. GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO GREAT
DAY ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING,
HOW ARE YOU?
WELCOME TO HOUSTON, SIR.
>> THANK YOU.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW YOU WERE
BORN, A LOT OF PEOPLE GO TO
CALIFORNIA HOPING TO GO TO THE
BUSINESS, YOU ARE BORN SMACK
DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
BUSINESS.
BUSINESS.
BUSINESS. >> A LITTLE BIT.
MY DAD WAS IN THE BUSINESS FOR
A LITTLE BIT AND HE DID MOVIES
LIKE BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S --
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> HE WAS NOT A BIG CHARACTER.
HE DID VOICEOVERS AND THINGS
LIKE THIS.
LIKE THIS. >> MY MOM WAS A MODEL AND SHE
WAS ALSO IN HARD DAYS NIGHT
WTH THE BEATLES. WHAT?
>> THAT IS HIS MOTHER.
STOP THAT.
STOP THAT. IS THAT WHY YOU ARE SAYING OH?
IT IS NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE.
>> IT IS HIS MOM.
>> DID YOU ALWAYS THINK YOU
WOULD GO INTO THE BUSINESS OR
WAS IT SOMETHING ELSE YOU
WANTED TO DO IT FIRST?
>> I WANTED -- I WANTED TO GET
ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AND INTO
THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT WAS TO
JOIN A GROUP.
>> LOOK AT YOU.
>> THAT IS WHERE I WANTED TO
GET ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.
AND I AUDITIONED WHEN I WAS
FOUR YEARS OLD AND THEY SAID,
WELCOME YOU HAVE TO WAIT A
LITTLE BIT.
LITTLE BIT. JUST A LITTLE BIT.
>> SOMETIMES YOU FALL INTO
THINGS THAT OUR PARENTS ARE
DONE BECAUSE IT IS NORMAL FOR
US.
US.
US. OTHER
US. OTHER TIMES, WE FIGHT AGAINST
IT AND FIND IS DOING IT
ANYWAYS.
ANYWAYS.
ANYWAYS. >> THAT IS SO TRUE.
I WAS A LITTLE BIT HIM ON THE
BUSINESS BUT MY DAD WAS A
COMEDIAN AND I WANTED TO -- IF
YOU ARE IN THE GROUNDLINGS,
THERE WAS AN IMPROV COMEDY
TROUPE AND I WANTED TO GET INTO
THAT TROOP AND IT TOOK A LONG
TIME TO GET INTO IT AND THAT IS
WHEN I WAS PULLED OUT FROM
SUTTER NIGHTLIFE.
SUTTER NIGHTLIFE. >> WHICH IS PERFECT TRAINING
BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY SO MANY
DIFFERENT TYPES.
DIFFERENT TYPES. THEY DO THE SAME THING EVERY
SINGLE NIGHT AND THEY HAD THAT
GUY IN THE AUDIENCE.
WHEN YOU GO WITH IT --
>> I WAS NOT DOING STANDUP AT
FIRST.
FIRST.
FIRST. I
FIRST. I WAS DOING CHARACTER WORK AND
IMPROVISATION, BECAUSE THE
GROUND RANGE PEOPLE WHO CAME
WERE LIKE KRISTEN WADE AND
MELISSA McCARTHY AND ALISA
KUDROW AND PHIL HARTMAN.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >> NONE OF US HAD A CHANCE TO
EXPERIENCE IS THAT WHAT WAS
THAT LIKE TO ACTUALLY GO
THROUGH THE INTERVIEW FOR
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE WHICH IS
HAT'S AN INSTITUTION ON TV?
SOME OF IT WAS INTIMIDATING
BECAUSE YOU HAD TO DO FOUR
CHARACTERS, THREE CHARACTERS,
AND TWO IMPRESSIONS AND YOU
HAVE THE GOODNIGHT STAGE WHEN
YOU'RE ON SNL AND NOBODY WAS IN
THE AUDIENCE, SO YOU DO NOT
HAVE ANY FEEDBACK AND NOT
KNOWING HOW YOU WERE DOING THE
WHOLE TIME.
WHOLE TIME. I DID THIS GIBBERISH GUY CALLED
PHIL FORRESTER, A SUBSTITUTE
TEACHER AND YOU CANNOT
UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS SAYING.
>> DO IT FOR US.
>> HE WOULD GO LIKE GOOD
AFTERNOON, IAM YOUR SUBSTITUTE.
SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER ME IN
PHOTOGRAPHY. I DO NOT SEEM TO
RECOGNIZE YOU.
RECOGNIZE YOU. >> TELL US ABOUT THE MOMENT
WHEN YOU FOUND OUT YOU GOT THE
JOB.
JOB.
JOB. >>
JOB. >> IT WAS ACTUALLY A COUPLE
MONTHS LATER.
MONTHS LATER. IT WAS NOT IMMEDIATE.
WELL GOT THE JOB -- WHAT IS
HAPPENING?
HAPPENING? >> YOU ARE HAPPENING.
>> THERE IS THE ROCK.
THERE I AM, DOING PULL-UPS.
>> THEY CALLED YOU LATER.
>> THEY CALLED ME A COUPLE
MINUTES LATER AND THEY WERE
IKE, YOU KNOW, DO YOU STILL
WANT TO GET ON THE SHOW?
I WAS LIKE, YEAH, I DO.
YOU KNOW, BUT I ONLY WANT TO DO
A SKETCH WITH J LO.
>> AND YOU HAD SO MANY COOL
SKETCHES LIKE MR. PAPERS.
WHEN YOU DID THIS, DID THE
WRITERS HAND YOU STUFF THAT WAS
IN IT PART OF FORMING THOSE
CHARACTERS?
CHARACTERS? >> I CAME ON THE SHOW WITH THE
TRUCK OF CHARACTERS WHICH I
CREATED AT THE GROUNDLINGS.
LIKE MR. PAPERS AND THE ROXBURY
GUY, SO WE HAD THOSE SKETCHES
FROM THE BEGINNING.
AND THE GIBBERISH GUY AS WELL.
THE GIBBERISH GUY I DID ON THE
FIRST SHOW THAT I STARTED AND
IT WAS THE FIRST SKETCH OF THE
NIGHT, WHICH IS VERY RARE FOR A
FUTURE PLAYER TO ACTUALLY GET
THE FIRST SPOT , SO IT WAS
REALLY COOL.
REALLY COOL. >> WHAT IS SO GREAT ABOUT S&LS
I REMEMBER WATCHING IT WHEN I
WAS A KID, AND YOU DID WHEN
YOU WERE A KID AND MY SUN
WATCHES IT AND THEY KIND OF
GET THEIR QUEUE OF HOW THEY'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE AS HOT TEENAGERS
AND SO THEY TRY WALKING UP TO
GIRLS GOING --
>> OH, YEAH, THEY DO?
>> LIKE THE ROXBURY GUYS,
SETTING THE TONE FOR A WHOLE
GENERATION OF YOUNG TEENS THAT
DO NOT KNOW ANY BETTER.
>> AND IT DOES NOT HELP.
IT DOES NOT HELP TO DO THIS.
>> THEY THINK IT DOES IS LONG
-- THERE YOU GO.
AS LONG AS IT KEEPS THE GIRLS
AWAY FROM HIM, I'M GOOD WITH
THAT.
AWAY FROM HIM, I'M GOOD WITH THAT.úI KEEP TELLING THEM THIS
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO EVERY
GIRL.
GIRL.
GIRL. SPEAKING OF NOT FEELING GOOD,
WHEN YOU ARE ON DANCING WITH
THE STARS YOU REVEALED LIKE YOU
HAD AN ENGINE INJURY.
>> I DO NOT REALLY COME OUT AND
TALK ABOUT IT THAT MUCH BECAUSE
-- THERE YOU GO.
IT WAS A FUN SKETCH BUT, YOU
KNOW, IT IS ACTUALLY PRETTY
GOOD.
GOOD.
GOOD. LOOK.
LOOK.
LOOK. THAT IS NOT BAD.
THANK YOU, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WAS
LOST WATCHING THIS.
>> WHEN YOU'RE DOING IT, YOU DO
NOT SEE IT.
WHEN YOU SEE IT, IT IS A
DIFFERENT THING.
DIFFERENT THING. >> IT WAS NOT SO BAD.
I THOUGHT IT WAS BAD IN MY HEAD
AND I WAS LIKE THIS IS NOT
WORKING OUT.
WORKING OUT. THE WHOLE TIME.
AND NOW I AM WATCHING IT AND --
>> SPEAKING OF WATCHING IT
>> WHAT WAS THE QUESTION?
I AM LIKE A DOG.
>> I AM ONTO THE NEXT QUESTION.
IT IS NATIONAL PUPPY DAY.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
ALSO, YOU KNOW THIS BUT I
BROUGHT -- I HAVE A LITTLE FAN
CLUB.
CLUB.
CLUB. I
CLUB. I AM THE HEAD OF A CULT AND I
BROUGHT MY CULT WITH ME.
LADIES AND RED HATS.
>> THEY ARE REPRESENTING TODAY.
>> THEY HAVE BEEN PART OF MY
CULT FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
SINCE I WAS THAT YOUNG AGE.
>> SINCE YOU ARE WATCHING
DANCING WITH THE STARS, YOU
HAVE NOT SEEN IT. WITH THE SNL
SKITS YOU DID, DID YOU EVER
LOOK BACK AND REALIZE HOW
PHYSICAL AND HOW FUNNY IT IS?
>> DEFINITELY, I THOUGHT --
PEOPLE SAY FROM SNL THAT I WAS
THE MOST PHYSICAL GUY ON THE
SHOW EVER, I DID MORE PHYSICAL
STUFF THAN ANY OTHER PERFORMER,
WHICH IS KIND OF NEAT.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> BUT I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS
THAT I TALKED ABOUT, LIKE A
BOOK COMING OUT MAY 7, CALLED
BABY DO NOT HURT ME A BIOGRAPHY.
>> [ SINGING ] BABY, DO NOT
HURT ME NO MORE.
>> I RECOMMEND IT.
IF YOU WANT TO BE IN COMEDY, I
WANT TO RECOMMEND IT.
>> IT IS A GROUNDWORK LIKE IF
YOU WANT TO DO THIS AS A
LIVING?
LIVING?
LIVING? >> DEFINITELY, IT IS ABOUT TIME
THE SCENES ABOUT SNL AND A LOT
OF TRUTHS , THINGS THAT WOULD
NOT BEEN SAID BEFORE, FIND THE
RED CURTAIN AS I SAY.
>> AND COMEDY IS TOUGH.
WE ALWAYS SEE THE END RESULTS
WHEN WE ARE LAUGHING BUT
GETTING THERE CAN BE TOUGH.
>> DEFINITELY.
>> DEFINITELY. YOU KNOW, DO STAND UP NOW A LOT
OF THAT AND THAT IS WHY I AM IN
HOUSTON, ACTUALLY.
HOUSTON, ACTUALLY. I WILL BE AT THE JOKE JOINT
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AT 8:15 PM
AND 10:30 PM, SAME THING
SATURDAY.
SATURDAY.
SATURDAY. I AM DOING FOUR SHOWS AT THE
JOKE JOINT IN HOUSTON.
>> I WILL WRAP UP WITH COMEDY
IS BIG BUSINESS FOR REASON.
WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT THAT WE
ALL HAVE IT IN LIFE?
>> I THINK IT IS BECAUSE IT IS
A WONDERFUL ESCAPE, YOU KNOW,
LIKE MUSIC.
LIKE MUSIC. WHATEVER YOU HAVE IN YOUR HEAD,
AND YOU ARE BOGGED DOWN BY
WHATEVER FEELING, YOU DO NOT
FEEL SO GOOD OR YOU ARE
DEPRESSED OR YOU ARE
OVERTHINKING SOMETHING, COMEDY
IS A GREAT RELEASE.
LAUGHING IS SO HEALTHY.
>> AND WE NEED IT.
>> YES, AND THIS IS HEALTHY,
TOO.
TOO.
TOO. 2
TOO. 2 THAT ROXBURY CHARACTER, I'M A
BLACK WOMAN, HELLO.
>> YOU ARE A BLACK WOMAN?
REALLY?
REALLY?
REALLY? >> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. THAT CHARACTER WAS MY CHARACTER.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> BY THE WAY, WE ALL KNOW THAT
J LO HAS A BOOTY.
BLACK GIRLS HAVE HAD A BOOTY
FOR YEARS.
FOR YEARS. >> I GOT TO SWAT HER BEAUTY.
I JUST GOT INTO IT.
I JUST GOT INTERESTING.
>> CHRIS KATTAN IS PERFORMING
AT THE JOKE JOINT COMEDY CLUB
AND YOU CAN FIND OUT ABOUT IT AT
GREATDAYHOUSTON.COM.
GREATDAYHOUSTON.COM. WHERE IS MATTHEW