>> STEPHEN: WE'RE BACK WITH BILLY CRYSTAL.
YOU AND I HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON IS WE BOTH LOST OUR
FATHERS WHEN WE WERE QUITE YOUNG >> OH, THIS IS GOING TO BE A FUN
SEGMENT.
>> Stephen: I'M NOT NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT THE
LOSS.
I WAS TEN.
>> I WAS 15.
>> Stephen: AT ANY AGE IT'S TERRIBLE, YOU'RE STILL
DEVELOPING AS A PERSON, HOW YOU COMMUNICATE WITH THE WORLD.
COMEDY DEFINITELY BECAME A WAY TO KEEP MY MOM HAPPY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
BUT IT STARTED OUT BEFORE THAT.
YOU START OUT TRYING TO MAKE YOUR PARENTS LAUGH.
I THINK WE ALL TRY TO DO THAT.
SO IF I COULD DO THAT WITH HER IN THE DARKEST OF THOSE DAYS,
SORTO OF CHIP AWAY AT IT, IT WAS GREAT FOR BOTH OF US.
FOR ME IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF FOR MYSELF.
>> Stephen: HAS A PURPOSE, TOO YOU FEEL KIND OF LOST, WHAT DOES
ANYTHING MEAN.
>> YEAH, AND SHE WAS AN AMAZING WOMAN.
SHE WAS A WONDERFUL DANCER, THE VOICE OF MINNIE MOUSE IN THE
MACY'S DAY PARADE FOR YEARS.
♪ I'M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES ♪ SO SHE HAD THAT KIND OF SPIRIT.
>> Stephen: DID SHE GIVE YOU NOTES?
>> YEAH.
EARLIER, BECAUSE MY DAD WORKED TWO JOBS SO HE WASN'T AT HOME A
LOT AT NIGHT, SO WHEN THE OSCARS WOULD BE ON, AND FOR SOME REASON
, EVEN WHEN WE WERE KIDS, THAT SHOW WAS SO DAMN LONG, AND
I WOULD HAVE TO GO TO SLEEP BECAUSE I HAD SCHOOL THE NEXT
DAY, SO I'D GO TO SLEEP AROUND 10:00, AROUND DOCUMENTARIES --
( LAUGHTER ) -- BUT WHEN I GOT UP TO GO TO
SCHOOL, IN MY CEREAL BOWL WAS A NOTE SAYING, GREGORY PECK BEST
ACTOR, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, WHOEVER WON, AND THAT WOULD BE
FROM HER.
I DID FOUR STRAIGHT AND I TOOK THREE YEARS OFF AND I CAME BACK
AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I DID THE OPENING FILMS AT THE WE DID.
IT TOOK EVERYBODY BY SURPRISE.
AND THE LAST LITTLE PIECE OF THAT FILM WAS FROM THE ENGLISH
PATIENT, AND LET MINERAL WAS IN THE PLANE COMING TO KILL ME IN
THE DESERT.
IT WAS AMAZING.
HE WAS A GREAT SPORT.
HE CRASHES HIS PLANE INTO ME AND THEN I RAN TOWARDS THE CAMERA.
FOR THE AUDIENCE THEY'RE SEEING IT ON THE SCREEN, I RAN RIGHT
THROUGH THE SCREEN.
IT WAS A SCREEN THAT WERE REALLY SLATS AND THEY WERE SHOCKED.
THEY STOOD UP, AND ALL I WAS LOOKING FOR WAS MY MOM.
WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND I JUST WENT LIKE THAT, SHE WENT
LIKE THAT, AND I KEPT THINKING OF THE CEREAL BOWL AND WHERE
STUFF STARTS, YOU KNOW.
AND THAT WAS, I THINK, THE HIGH LIGHT OF MY OSCAR EXPERIENCE
WAS JUST THAT ONE LITTLE LOOK WE HAD WITH EACH OTHER IN THE SAME
ROOM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS AWESOME.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELL, YOU ARE
RECEIVING THE FRIARS CLUB ENTERTAINMENT ICON AWARD ON
MONDAY NIGHT.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S GOING TO BE FUN.
I HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT OVER.
>> Stephen: I'LL TRY.
IT'S FROM 6:00 TO 11:00 -- ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: WELL, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, WHILE
THAT'S A BIG DEAL, AND OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF OTHER AWARDS
, THE BIGGEST AWARD ANYONE CAN GET HERE AT THE SHOW IS MY
FORMER ASSISTANT NOW PRODUCER, SHE ACTUALLY PUTS TOGETHER A
HUNK OF THE DAY, AND YOU WERE THE VERY FIRST HUNK OF THE DAY
EVER HERE AT "THE LATE SHOW."
HARRY MET SALLY.
TODAY'S HUNK IS YOUNG BILLY CRYSTAL.
BUT SHE COULDN'T LET IT GO.
SHE WAS SO HUNKFIED ON YOU, THREE DAYS IN A ROW, SHE SAID I
WILL HAVE WHAT SHE'S HAVING IF IT'S A HEAPING HELPING OF BILLY
CRYSTAL.
SHE PUT UP YUM-YUM, I WANT BILLY CRYSTAL A LA MODE BUT NOT ICE
CREAM ON TOP, STRAWBERRY, NOT VANILLA, ICE CREAM -- IF NO ICE
CREAM, THEN WHIPPED CREAM.
IF NOTHING THEN BILLY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> OH, I LOVE IT!
>> STEPHEN: BILLY WILL RECEIVE THE ENTERTAINMENT ICON AWARD
FROM THE FRIARS CLUB THIS MONDAY NIGHT.
BILLY CRYSTAL, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND.