WE BREAK DOWN THE FASHION TRENDS
TOMORROW ON "LIVE IN THE D."
>> Jason: HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO
TO PROVE YOU’VE STILL GOT IT?
THAT’S THE BASIS FOR MR. MAYOR.
TED DANSON RUNS FOR MAYOR AND
WHEN HE WINS, HE IS PROVING THAT
HE NOT ONLY HAS STILL GOT IT BUT
RUNS THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN
AMERICA.
>> I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE
STANDING HERE AND YOU DIDN’T
EITHER, RICK.
[LAUGHTER]
I’M NOT A POLITICIAN.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR, I WAS
HAPPILY RETIRED, PUTTING,
EXERCISING, NEVER USING MY
OUTDOOR KITCHEN.
I WAS QUARANTINING BEFORE IT WAS
COOL.
>> I KNOW.
>> TOO SOON MAYBE.
>> Jason: JOINING ME ARE TED
DANSON AND ACADEMY-AWARD WINNER
HOLLY HUNTER, THE STARS OF
"MR. MAYOR."
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OUR PLEASURE.
>> AND BY THE WAY, WE ONLY HEARD
THE VOICE BUT THAT WAS BOBBY
MOYNIHAN WHO IS JUST BRILLIANT.
HE WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR AND
YOU WANT TO START LAUGHING.
HE’S SO GOOD AT THIS.
>> Jason: THIS IS A TV GEEK
HONOR FOR ME, YOU’RE BOTH TWO OF
MY FAVORITES FOR MANY, MANY
ROLES YOU PLAYED OVER THE YEARS.
I SAW YOU IN CREEP SHOW BACK IN
1982 WITH LESLIE NIELSEN.
>> LESLIE, THAT WAS KIND OF A
HORROR SHOW ROYALTY.
STEPHEN KING, GEORGE ZAMARA.
>> Jason: IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
TELL US ABOUT THIS NEW SHOW.
EVERY TIME THE PROMOS RUN, WE
BURST OUT LAUGHING AT THE
PROMOS, THE TRAILERS, THE
COMMERCIALS FOR THE SHOW.
THE FIRST TIME WE SAW IT, I
SAID, THAT SHOW WILL BE A HIT.
THAT’S A "CAN’T MISS" RIGHT
THERE.
>> WELL, I HAVE TO SAY THE
WRITERS AN EXCEPTIONAL.
THEY’RE SO GIFTED THAT THEY
CREATED THEIR OWN GENRE IN A
WAY.
IT JUST FEELS LIKE A SHOW -- THE
MATERIAL IS -- IT GOES THROUGH
THEIR FILTER AND IT’S JUST NOT
LIKE ANYBODY ELSE’S.
IT’S NOT LIKE ANYBODY ELSE’S
CHARACTERS.
THEY CONTINUALLY SURPRISE ME
WITH WHAT MY CHARACTER IS GOING
TO DO.
I NEVER WOULD HAVE ANTICIPATED
AND I THINK AT THE SAME TIME THE
SHOW IS SO FRESH IN THAT IT’S
ABOUT THIS POLITICAL WORLD AND
NOT JUST ABOUT POLITICS.
IT’S ABOUT PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIPS AND COMPETITION
AND POWER AND FAMILY DYNAMICS.
TED IS HAVING TO PROVE SOMETHING
TO HIS TEENAGE DAUGHTER AND GOD
KNOWS, YOU CAN’T REALLY PROVE
ANYTHING TO TEENAGERS, SO HE HAS
THAT UPHILL STRUGGLE WITH HER.
HE HAS A TERRIBLE STRUGGLE WITH
MY CHARACTER.
>> Jason: TED, YOU’RE NO
STRANGER TO A LONG TV CAREER,
ALL THE WAY BACK TO CHEERS AND
CSI AND CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM AND
NOW MR. MAYOR.
AND YOU HAVE A GOOD SPIDEY SENSE
THAT YOU’VE GOT A HIT ON YOUR
HANDS, THE WRITERS ARE AWESOME
AND THE COSTARS FROM SNL ARE
AWESOME AND HOLLY IS OBVIOUSLY
AWESOME.
DO YOU HAVE THE FEELING THAT
"MR. MAYOR" WILL BE A HIT?
>> I’LL DO THE FALSE HUMILITY
ROUTE.
THAT’S NOT OUR BUSINESS.
OUR BUSINESS IS TO LIVE UP TO
THE WORDS, THE WRITING, OF TINA
FEY AND ROBERT CARLOCK AND HAVE
FUN WITH EACH OTHER.
AND SO FAR, OUR EXPERIENCE ON
THE SET, WE’RE OVERJOYED TO BE
ABLE TO DO THIS.
I LOOK AT THE TRAILER AND IT
MAKES ME LAUGH.
ALL OF MY FRIENDS, ALL OF MY
ACTOR FRIENDS IN THE SHOW MAKE
ME LAUGH, SO THE AUDIENCE WILL
DO WHAT IT DOES.
I MEAN, THE THING THAT YOU KIND
OF LEARN AS YOU GO ON OR SOME
PEOPLE NATURALLY KNOW IT WHEN
THEY START OUT WITH THEIR
CAREERS IS FIND THE MOST
CREATIVE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND
THEN ASK IF YOU CAN BE PART OF
WHATEVER THEY DO.
AND THAT’S MY MOTTO AND THAT’S
WHAT HAPPENED WITH TINA AND
ROBERT.
YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU’RE
GOING TO GO, JUST SIGN ON TO
BEING PART OF THEIR BRAIN AND IT
WILL BE A WILD TRIP.
>> Jason: THAT’S OUR WINDOW
BECAUSE THE SATELLITE WINDOW
ONLY LAST AS FEW MINUTES.
SEE YOU GUYS, IT WAS A LOT OF
FUN.
IT PREMIERS TOMORROW NIGHT AT
8:00 ON LOCAL 4.
KEEP YOUR EYES ON OUR COMMERCIAL
BREAKS FOR THE PROMOS FOR THE