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>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) FOLKS, YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST AS
ONE OF THE STARS OF "RENO 911" AND THE WRITER OF THE "NIGHT AT
THE MUSEUM" MOVIES.
HIS FIRST NOVEL COMES OUT TOMORROW.
PLEASE WELCOME, THOMAS LENNON!
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>> Stephen: PLEASE, NO!
DON'T GET UP FOR ME!
YOU'RE THE GUEST, SIT!
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE IS WRITER OF THE "NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM."
>> COUPLE OF THEM.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE WRITTEN OR BEEN A SCRIPT DOCTOR.
>> MM-HMM.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS A SCRIPT DOCTOR?
>> SOMETIMES THEY'LL START MAKING A MOVIE AND THEY DON'T
KNOW IT'S ALREADY TERRIBLE.
>> Stephen: THEY'RE ACTUALLY SHOOTING IT.
>> THEY'RE SHOOTING IT, YES.
>> Stephen: GOING THIS IS NOT GOOD.
>> THIS IS NOT WORKING.
SOMETIMES MY PARTNER THAT I WRITE FILMS WITH BEN GRANT,
THERE WAS A MARTIN LAWRENCE MOVIE WE WERE DOING A REWRITE
FOR CALLED "REBOUND," THANK YOU --
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>> Stephen: YEP.
AND BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY SHOOTING, THEY SAID, JUST DON'T
CHANGE ANY OF THE EXTERIOR SCENE HEADINGS.
SO JUST LEAVE IT LIKE EXTERIOR GYM, INTERIOR GYM AND THEN
CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THAT'S HOW HE WON
THE OSCAR.
THE DOCTOR CAME IN AND FIXED EVERYTHING!
>> WHEN YOU WRITE THE KIND OF FILMS I WRITE, YOU CONSIDER
AWARD SEASONS JUST SKI SEASON.
>> Stephen: SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY WRITE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO
WRITE.
IS IT COMPULSIVE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE SHINING -- >> Stephen: SURE, SURE,
HILARIOUS SCRIPT, THE SHINING.
>> ONE TO HAVE THE FUNNIEST SCRIPTS YOU WILL EVER SEEN.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S COMPULSIVE.
I CERTAINLY HAS SOME OCDs AND KNOCK ON WOOD.
I GOT HYPNOTIZED TO STOP SMOKING.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO THEY DO?
IT WAS A WOMAN IN VANCOUVER.
I WENT IN, AN HOUR AND 45 MINUTES LATER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
SHE SAID, I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION, BUT I LITERALLY
WALKED OUT AND NEVER SMOKED A CIGARETTE AGAIN.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: REALLY?
NOW, THERE'S A SLIGHT CHANCE I'M A SLEEPER CELL, YOU KNOW,
I'M A VANCOUVER CANDIDATE AND ONE DAY I'LL SNAP IF YOU SHOW ME
THE QUEEN OF HEARTS, OR SOMETHING.
>> Stephen: I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
>> THANKS.
>> Stephen: BE A GOOD MOVIE.
VANCOUVERIAN CANDIDATE?
>> Stephen: YEAH.
URE.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE YOUR FIRST NOVEL.
>> I WROTE A NOVEL.
>> Stephen: WHAT DROVE YOU TO WRITE A NOVEL?
>> I WANTED TO WRITE A NOVEL FOR A LONG TIME, BUT I HAD AN IDEA I
THOUGHT WOULD SUSTAIN A NOVEL.
I'M A BIG DOUGLAS ADAMS FAN, HITCHHIKER GUIDE.
IT'S A FANTASY BOOK.
>> Stephen: TAKES PLACE IN IRELAND, HAS LEPRECHAUNS.
>> IT DOES.
>> Stephen: IT'S CALLED "RONAN BOIL AND THE BRIDGE OF RIDDLES."
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
>> AS A YOUNG INTERN -- I THINK WE HAVE A CLIP.
S IT IS A BOOK BUT WE HAVE A CLIP.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S THAT MEAN?
IT'S A BOOK.
>> DID MY PUBLISHERS SEND -- THEY DID.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CLIP IS BUT IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE
MORE IMPORTANT SCENES FROM THE BOOK.
( LAUGHTER ) I GUESS SHOULD WE WATCH THE CLIP
AND IT WILL EXPLAIN EVERYTHING, MAYBE?
( SINGING ) >> DID YOU HEAR WHISKEY RUINS
YOUR SHORT-TERM MEMORY?
>> WHO'S MALONEY?
I DON'T KNOW!
HAPPY MARDI GRAS!
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>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: THAT WAS TERRIBLE.
THERE'S NO WAY THAT'S A SCENE IN YOUR LOOK.
>> IT'S NOT WORD FOR WORD WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE BOOK.
>> Stephen: I DON'T BELIEVE YOU.
THAT'S TOTAL NONSENSE.
IT'S JUST TWO IRISH GUYS DRESSED LIKE LEPRECHAUNS SINGING MAKING
FART SOUNDS AND GETTING HIT IN THE NUTS.
( LAUGHTER ) I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU.
>> FINE.
I'M SURE WE HAVE ANOTHER CLIP THAT THIS ONE WILL MAKE IT MAKE
MORE SENSE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S OUT OF CONTEXT.
>> THIS WILL MAKE IT MAKE A LITTLE MORE SENSE.
IF YOU SEE THIS, IT WILL EXPLAIN THAT SCENE.
I DIDN'T GET THE JULIANNE MOORE CLIP EITHER.
( LAUGHTER ) IT'S OUT OF CONTEXT.
SO CAN WE SEE THIS OTHER -- DO WE HAVE ANOTHER CLIP?
( SINGING ) >> MALONEY, DID YOU HEAR ABOUT
THE UNICORN WHO WAS A KNEE LIFT?
>> NO.
HE WAS SKEPTICAL LIFE HAD MEANING.
>> I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
HAPPY MARDI GRAS!
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( APPLAUSE ) >> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: THAT WAS EVEN WORSE.
YOU'VE HELPED WRITE MULTIPLE BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES, RIGHT?
>> THAT SCENE IS, LIKE, ONE OF THE PIVOTAL SCENES, LIKE THE
SECOND BOOK IS BASED ON THAT SCENE THAT YOU JUST SAW.
I'M A LITTLE BIT BUMMED BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE WE'VE GIVEN AWAY
ALMOST THE WHOLE PLOT OF THE BOOK.
>> Stephen: WHAT PLOT?
YOUR CHARACTER DOESN'T SEEM TO KNOW HE'S EVEN MALONEY.
>> IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, IF WE'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE
EVERYTHING AWAY IN SPOILERTOWN, IS THERE ANY OTHER CLIP FROM THE
BOOK?
MAYBE FINALLY.
>> Stephen: WAS THIS THE ENDING?
WHAT ARE WE ABOUT TO SEE?
>> THIS COULD BE -- I THINK THIS IS BASICALLY THE CLIMAX OF RONAN
BOYLE AND THE BRIDGE OF RIDDLES.
>> MALONEY, I JUST REALIZED -- I'M MALONEY!
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( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: OKAY, I APOLOGIZE.
I APOLOGIZE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: THAT ACTUALLY DOES MAKE SENSE NOW, I UNDERSTAND THE
STRUCTURE THERE.
IT'S A LOT OF CALLBACKS.
>> I READ A BOOK CALLED SAVE THE CAT.
I READ IT.
IT WORKS.
>> Stephen: PLEASE COME AGAIN.
( LAUGHTER ) I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE.
>> MAYBE MORE CLIPS.
>> Stephen: I HOPE SO.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> Stephen: RONAN BOYLE AND THE BRIDGE OF RIDDLES IS IN
STORES TOMORROW.
BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY BEBE REXHA!