( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> James: THANK YOU BOTH FOR
BEING HERE. THANKS FOR COMING TO SEE US.
LOVELY TO SEE YOU. LONG TIME NO SEE, JAKE.
YOU WERE JUST IN LAS VEGAS. >> YES.
>> James: WHAT WERE YOU DOING THERE?
>> MY BROTHER AND I WENT TO SEE THE NEW BAND, CHICAGO.
WE'RE BIG FANS BUT WE WEREN'T SURE IF IT WAS GOING TO BE FUNNY
OR AWESOME. >> James: I KNOW WHAT YOU
MEAN. >> AND WHEN WE GET THERE,ETH AN
OLDER CROWD. A LOT OF 70-YEAR-OLD LADIES IN
THE FRONT ROW GOING NUTS. AND THE SINGER GOES I'M NOT
GOING TO TAKE YOU TO THE MAGICAL '80s, AND BOY DID HE.
IT GOT SO GOOD MY BROTHER AND I WERE, LIKE, IN OUR CHICAGO
SHIRTS BEING, LIKE, THIS IS FUN TO BEING, LIKE, YES!
>> James: I LOVE THAT! THEY KILLED IT.
>> James: THAT'S A DREAM. YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT'S ALWAYS A WORRY WHEN YOU GO SEE A BAND YOU LOVE, I DON'T
WHICH SIDE IT'S GOING TO FALL. >> I DON'T KNOW WHICH GUYS IT'S
GOING TO BE AND THEY HIT A GROOVE IN THE MIDDLE WHERE IT'S,
LIKE, YOU STILL HAVE IT. >> James: JAY, DO YOU GET TO
SPEND MUCH TIME IN VIOLATION. >> I WAS JUST THERE THIS
WEEKEND. >> James: YOU WEREN'T.
LITERALLY, ILL HAD NOT BEEN AROUND THAT MANY PEOPLE IN ABOUT
TWO YEARS, THE COVID THING. SO I WAS OUT THERE AND SAW THE
JAB WALKIES. >> James: I'M NOT COMPLETELY
FAMILIAR WITH THE JAB WALKIES. >> NEVER HEARD OF THEM.
>> James: I'VE HEARD THE PHRASE.
>> YEAH. >> James: BUT I DON'T KNOW
THAT I'M COMPLETELY FAMILIAR. WHAT KIND OF VIBE WAS IT?
>> IT WAS LIKE THIS EXPLORATION INTO HIP-HOP MUSIC WHICH WAS
KIND OF REALLY DOPE. I'M NOT A DANCER OR A SINGER SO
I CAN APPRECIATE THAT KIND OF STUFF.
>> James: DIDN'T SHAQ DO THAT A LITTLE BIT?
>> I DON'T KNOW, BUT HE'S MASSIVE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS. >> YEAH, SHAQ DANCED WITH THE
JAB WALKIES AT AN N.B.A. ALL-STAR GAME.
HE WAS GOOD. WE USED TO BE A BREAK DANCER
WHEN HE WAS GROWING UP AND THEN HE WAS ALL OF A SUDDEN SEVEN
FEET TALL. >> NO HEAD SPINNING WHEN YOU'RE
SEVEN FEET TALL. ( LAUGHTER )
>> James: SOMETHING I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, AND LADIES IN
THE BACK OF THE AUDIENCE WILL AGREE WITH THIS, VERY EXCITED
BECAUSE YOU, JAKE JOHNSON, YOU'VE BECOME QUITE THE SEX
SYMBOL. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
YOUR NEW SHOW "MINX" STARTED AIRING AND IT'S GONE NUTS!
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF ALL THIS NEW-FOUND ATTENTION?
THE ONLY THING THAT WAS WEIRD ABOUT IT WAS ON TWITTER I GOT
SLIT SHAMED FOR THE SHIRTS MY CHARACTER WEARS.
>> DEEP V? YEAH, IT'S A '70s SHOW AND
SOMEONE WROTE JAKE JOHNSON IS ENTERING HIS ERA, AND IT REALLY
HURT MY FEELINGS, AND I THOUGHT, I'M NOT ENTERING MY ERA, BUT
THEN IT STARTED SETTING IN AND IT STARTED LOOKING AT OTHER GUYS
WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THEIR PHASES.
>> YEAH. WE WERE ON A FAMILY VACATION
TO ARIZONA BY THE POOL AND I SAW DADS IN SHORTS AND TANK TOPS AND
ALL I THINK IS, YOU. >> YEAH.
SHOWING OFF YOUR LITTLE ARMS, YOU.
>> YEAH. COVER THOSE FEET, YOU!
JUSTING IT UP! >> DADS.
YEAH, DADS. GREAT NAME FOR A BAND.
GOING TO SEE DADS. >> AND THEY STILL ROCK.
DADS GOT IT, BABY. >> James: THEY ENOUGH GOT IT.
WHILE YOU WERE FILMING MAGNUM P.I., YOU SAVED A GUEST
STAR'S LIFE, WHICH IS AN AMAZING THING!
TALK ME THROUGH IT, TELL ME THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED.
>> I'LL GIVE YOU THE SHORT VERSION BECAUSE IT'S QUITE LONG.
WE WERE DOING THIS SCENE AND THE ACTOR IN THE SCENE HAD TO EAT A
PIECE OF MEAT, LIKE A PEACE OF STEAK.
HE CUT THE PIECE OF STEAK OFF WHICH WAS ACCIDENTALLY GIGANTIC.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW HE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO FINISH THIS PIECE
OF MEAT. PUTS IT IN HIS MOUTH AND HE WAS
TRYING TO GET IT DOWN AS HE WAS GOING THROUGH THE SCENE.
IT GETS STUCK, LEGITIMATELY STUCK.
AND IT WAS REALLY REALLY BAD. I WANT TO PREFACE THIS BY SAYING
HE'S OKAY. BUT IT GOT STUCK AND THE MEDIC
HAD TO COME OVER AND DO THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER.
SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH THE MEDIC, HE WAS ABOUT TO PASS OUT.
SO I JUMPED IN, DOING THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER, AND ME AND
SALIVA AND ALL THIS STUFF IS GOING ON, BUT HE EVENTUALLY GETS
ENOUGH OUT TO WHERE HE CAN BREATHE AGAIN.
PARAMEDICS SHUT DOWN, THIS CRAZY THING HAPPENS.
NEXT DAY, I'M SCOUTING BECAUSE I'M DIRECTING THE FOLLOWING
EPISODE. >> RIGHT.
I GOT A CALL FROM THE COVID DEPARTMENT AND THEY'RE LIKE I
HEARD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, PRETTY AMAZING YOU
HELPED SAVE THIS GUY'S LIFE. THAT BEING SAID, THE ACTOR JUST
TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID, SO YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE
COVID TOMORROW. TWO DAYS LATER I GET A CALL, I
GOT COVID. SO, I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE
DAY, THOUGH, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT, YOU GET IT TRYING TO
SAVE SOMEBODY'S LIFE -- ( APPLAUSE )
>> COME ON, KID! YOU SAVED HIS LIFE?
>> YEAH. HE GIVES YOU COVID?
THAT'S HOW THE KID SAYS THANK YOU?
>> HE DROPPED THE COVID. IT WASN'T JUST ME --
>> OH, THAT IS A COVID NIGHTMARE.
>> IT'S BIOLOGICAL WARFARE IS WHAT IT WAS.
>> James: JAKE, WE HAVE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR
BRILLIANT NEW SHOW MINX "MINX" N HBO.
>> IT TAKES PLACE IN 1972, ABOUT THE START OF PLAY GIRL AND I
PLAY A PUBLISHER WHO TAKES A YOUNG FEMINIST AND WE MAKE THE
FIRST MALE NUDE MAGAZINE. >> James: AND IT'S YOU AND
OPHELIA. >> THE CAST IS DEEP, EVERYBODY
IS TALENTED. THE WRITING IS GREAT.
WE CAME OUT ON HBO MAX AND WE WERE FIRED UP.
>> James: THE SHOW HAS A PENIS MONTAGE.
WHEN YOU READ THAT IN THE SCRIPT, WHAT WAS YOUR ORIGINAL
REACTION. >> SHOCK.
CAN I READ IT. >> James: YEAH.
DO YOU MIND? >> James: IT'S ON THE SHOW.
LET'S HEAR IT. >> I WAS READING A SCRIPT FOR A
PILOT AND I SAW THIS, HEY, IT'S A ( BLEEP ) MONTAGE.
( BLEEP ) ALL THE ( BLEEP )N EVERY COLOR.
TINY, HUGE, CURVED, STRAIGHT, CUT, UNCUT, ONE SO HAIRY IT GETS
LOST. ( LAUGHTER )
>> James: SIGN ME UP!