BEEN RELEASED YET >> Jason: HE WAS PROLIFIC. WE HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT.
WE MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY WOULD
HAVE BEEN BETTY WHITE’S
100th BIRTHDAY.
AS PEOPLE REMEMBER HER FOR HER
LEGACY, WE WANT THE TALK ABOUT
CLASSIC TELEVISION, BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY SHE WAS PART OF SOME
MEMORABLE TV SHOWS.
JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THIS
ARE OUR FRIENDS, MARY LIZ
CURTAIN, OWNER OF LEON AND LULU
AND THREE CATS CAFÉ IN CLAWSON.
HEY.
>> HEY.
GOOD TO BE HERE.
DID YOU INVITE ME BECAUSE I’M
OLD AND OBNOXIOUS?
>> Jason: NO, THAT’S WHY WE
HAVE MIKE BONNER.
>> WHOA.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> Jason: MIKE BONNER IS WITH
US AND AUTHOR AND MOTIVATIONAL
SPEAKER MIMI BROWN.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING WITH US.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.
>> Jason: LET’S TALK CLASSIC
TV.
DO YOU MISS THEME SONGS YOU
COULD SING ALONG TO LIKE THE
GOLDEN GIRLS THEME?
IT USED TO BE LIKE A SHOW
STARTED, AND THE FIR 90 SECONDS
WAS ALL -- IT WAS A MINIPOP
SONG.
MARYLOU?
SONG. MARYLOU? >> OF COURSE YOU MISS THOSE
SONGS.
THEY STILL LIVE IN YOUR HEAD
FOREVER.
ONE OF MY FAVORITES, OF COURSE,
WAS THE TRAGIC END TO CHUCKLES
THE CLOWN.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT.
THE LITTLE SONG, A LITTLE DANCE,
A LITTLE SELTZER DOWN YOUR PANTS
THAT.
WAS THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW.
>> Jason: BONNER, DO YOU HAVE
A FAVORITE TV THEME SONG?
>>
♪ MOVING ON UP
THE EAST SIDE ♪
THE JEFFERSON’S, BABY, I LOVED
THAT SONG.
THAT WAS A GREAT SONG.
IT MOTIVATED ME TO BE WHO I AM
TODAY.
>> Jason: BONNER, DID YOU KNOW
THAT "SANDFORD AND SON" THAT
THAT THEME SONG IS A SONG TITLE
CALLED "THE STREET THEATER"
WRITTEN BY QUINCY JONES AND THE
FULL VERSION RUNS ALMOST FOUR
MINUTES.
>> RIGHT, RIGHT, WHAT’S GOING
ON?
YEP, GREAT SONG.
>> Jason: MIMI?
>> MY FAVORITE IS
♪ WEST PHILADELPHIA, BORN AND
RAISED
♪ ON THE PLAYGROUND IS WHERE I
SPENT MOST OF MY DAYS ♪
>> Jason: WAIT, WHO SINGS
THAT.
>> FRESH PRINCE OF BELL-AIR.
COME ON!
>> Jason: LET HIM SING IT.
I DID THAT TO TATI LIKE A MONTH
AGO
>> Tati: HE DID.
>> Jason: DO YOU WATCH CLASSIC
TV SHOWS ON RERUN OR DO YOU
STREAM THEM LIVE OR IN YOUR
MEMORY?
LET’S GO TO MARYLOU?
>> I VISIT THE GOOD ONES OVER
AND OVER AGAIN.
KWRP IN CINCINNATI, A LITTLE BIT
OF LES WESSMAN MAKES YOU HAPPY,
>> Jason: SEINFELD.
>> SEINFELD WAS FABULOUS.
SO I GO BACK AND VISIT THEM
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
>> Jason:
♪ BABY IF YOU EVER WONDERED,
WONDERED WHAT BECAME OF ME ♪
ARE YOU ON WKRP IN CINCINNATI?
I THINK MIKE’S FROZEN.
MIMI.
WHAT ABOUT WKRP OR DO YOU HAVE
ANOTHER SHOW FROM THAT ERA?
>> I’M A "GOLDEN GIRLS" FAN.
THEY SAID THE "THANK YOU FOR
BEING A FRIEND" THEME SONG IS
NOW MORE POPULAR THAN WHEN IT
WAS LIVE ON AIR.
SO I’M ALWAYS ABOUT THAT.
>> Jason: ALL RIGHT.
DO YOU HAVE... ASIDE FROM
"GOLDEN GIRLS," DO YOU HAVE
ANOTHER FAVORITE, LIKE "FRIENDS"
OR SEINFELD OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT?
>> I’M IN LOVE WITH "FRIENDS."
IT’S CLASSIC, LIKE THOSE SHOWS,
BECAUSE I THINK WHAT THEY DO IS
THEY TAKE REAL-LIFE ISSUES THAT
PEOPLE FACE EVERY DAY AND THEN
PUT LIKE A CURRENT SPIN ON THEM,
AND SO THEY’RE ALWAYS GREAT TO
GO BACK AND RELIVE.
>> I HAVE TO ASK YOU, HODA KOTB
THE OTHER DAY ON THE 70th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE "TODAY" SHOW
WAS ROCKING WINTER WHITE AND SHE
GOT HER HAIR DID.
WERE YOU INSPIRED BY HODA.
BECAUSE YOU’RE FIRE TODAY.
YOU’RE 10-10.
>> IF HODA CAN DO IT, I CAN DO
IT, TOO.
>> Jason: MARYLOU, ANY
THOUGHTS ON CLASSIC TV VERSUS
TODAY?
>> THE OLD ONES ARE FABULOUS,
IT’S REALLY, REALLY FUN.
THERE IS SOMETHING COMFORTING
ABOUT THOSE.
I’M OUT FOR THE LAUGH.
>> Jason: THAT’S WHY WE HAVE
YOU ON.
YOU BRING IT.
MIKE BONNER IS GONE.
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
REAL QUICK, ALL TIME, FAVORITE
TV SHOW?
MARYLOU?
GO!
MARYLOU? GO! >> I THINK IT’S "MARY TYLER
MOORE."
>> Jason: THAT’S HARD TO ARGUE
WITH THAT.
MIMI?
>> THE BEL-AIR IS ONE OF MY
FAVORITES.
>> Jason: HAVE YOU SCANDALIZED
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A SINGLE
EPISODE OF FRESH PRINCE OF
BEL-AIR.
>> YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND YOU
DO IT RIGHT AFTER THE SHOW.
WE NEED A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
>> MIMI, HE’S GOING TO IDENTIFY
WITH CARLTON.
>> Tati:
[LAUGHTER]
>> Jason: I’M SO IN TROUBLE
WITH MIMI.
I KNOW THIS.