RALPH
RALPH WILL NOT BE MAKING, WELL, HE MAY BE MAKING ANOTHER
APPEARANCE BUT IT WON'T BE FOR
A LITTLE WHILE.
ENJOY THE SHOW.
>>> NEW YEAR, NEW GAME RIGHT
HERE ON WHAS 11, TONIGHT, THE
HUSTLER APPEARS NATIONWIDE AND
IS HOSTED BY AN AWARD WINNER
WHO IS CERTAINLY USED TO LATE-
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. MR. CRAIG FERGUSON IS JOINING
US THIS MORNING FROM SCOTLAND.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME.
NOW, WHAT IS THE PREMISE OF THE
HUSTLER?
HUSTLER?
HUSTLER? >> WELL, IT IS AN INTERESTING
GAME SHOW IN THE SENSE THAT IT
IS MORE LIKE CLUE OR A MURDER
MYSTERY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT IS NOT JUST A SIMPLE
QUESTION AND ANSWER SHOW.
FIVE CONTESTANTS ARE IN A ROOM
WITH ME, I'M THE HOST.
ONE OF THE CONTESTANTS IS THE
HUSTLER.
HUSTLER.
HUSTLER. IF THE HUSTLER CAN REMAIN
HIDDEN UNTIL THE END OF THE
SHOW, THEY GET ALL THE PRIZE
MONEY.
MONEY.
MONEY. IT
MONEY. IT IS A LOT OF MONEY.
OR IF THE REST OF THE PEOPLE
CAN GUESS WHO THE HUSTLER IS
THAN THEY SHARE THE PRIZE
MONEY.
MONEY.
MONEY. IT
MONEY. IT IS VERY TRICKY AND ANOTHER
TWIST IN THAT, TWO OF THE
CONTESTANTS ARE REMOVED BY THE
HUSTLER.
HUSTLER.
HUSTLER. IT IS A REAL MURDER MYSTERY
KIND OF VIBE TO IT AND ALSO IT
HAS THE ADDED ELEMENT OF YOU
ARE NOT JUST ANSWERING THE
QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS. WHEN YOU ARE WATCHING THE GAME,
YOU HAVE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT
WHO YOU THINK IS LYING.
IT IS LIKE WATCHING POLITIC,
REALLY.
REALLY.
REALLY. >> [ LAUGHTER ] THAT IS A GOOD
ANALOGY TO THAT.
NOW, I HAVE TO ASK, DO YOU
KNOW, YOURSELF, AS THE HOST
TUESDAY HUSTLER?
TUESDAY HUSTLER? >> I DO NOT AT ALL.
I LOVE THAT.
FOR ME, IT IS A VERY COOL PART
OF THE GAME BECAUSE I GET TO
PLAY IT WITH EVERYONE ELSE.
I GET TO HOSTED AND NOT WIN ANY
MONEY BUT I DO GET TO KIND OF
TRY AND GUESS WITH EVERYONE
ELSE WHAT IS GOING ON AND I
HAVE TO SAY SO FAR AND EVERYONE
WE'VE RECORDED, I'VE NEVER
GOTTEN IT RIGHT, NOT ONCE.
>> SO, IT IS GOING TO BE A
LITTLE BIT LIKE YOU SAID A
LITTLE BIT COOL CLUE A LITTLE
BIT MURDER MYSTERY BUT AT THE
SAME TIME IT IS PROVIDING US
WITH SOME LEVITY.
YOU, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS HOSTED
A LATE-NIGHT TALKSHOW, YOU KNOW
ABOUT POLITICS, YOU KNOW WHAT
IS GOING ON.
IS THE HUSTLER GOING TO PROVIDE
US SOME OF THAT LEVITY THAT WE
ALL NEED RIGHT NOW?
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. I
>> YES. I THINK THE REAL ATTRACTION AND
DOING THIS RIGHT NOW IS THERE
ARE NO POLITICS AND IT.
IF I WAS DOING LATE-NIGHT TALK
I WOULD HAVE TO STILL.
BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU I'M
EVEN TIRED OF THE PEOPLE I
AGREE WITH.
AGREE WITH. THE WEIRD THING IS WHEN YOU
DON'T TALK ABOUT POLITICS,
EVERYBODY THINKS YOU ARE
SECRETLY ROOTING FOR THE OTHER
SIDE.
SIDE.
SIDE. IT
SIDE. IT MAKES EVERYBODY MAD.
BUT THIS IS KIND OF A BREAK
FROM THAT.
FROM THAT. >> I GREW UP IN SCOTLAND.
SO, GUESS THE POTATO, ROLLER
POTATO, DRESS-UP THE POTATO.
MOSTLY POTATO.
MOSTLY POTATO. >> I'M SENSING A THING.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE HUSTLER,
THOUGH, FOR YOU, THAT IS THE
MOST FUN?
MOST FUN?
MOST FUN? >> DEFINITELY THE READING OF
THE PEOPLE.
THE PEOPLE. THE IDEA THAT SOMEONE IN THERE
IS NOT WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE.
YOU KNOW, HAVING WORKED IN
HOLLYWOOD FOR A LONG TIME I
THOUGHT I WOULD BE READ READ
READING WHO WAS FULL OF IT BUT
I GUESS I'M NOT.
I MEAN IT IS FASCINATING TO
WATCH AS IT IS REVEALED WHO
THIS PERSON IS, JUST HOW CLEVER
PEOPLE CAN BE.
>> NOW, EARLIER BEFORE YOU AND
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK, I
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO
A CLIP OF AN INTERVIEWER
INTERVIEWING YOU BEFORE I GOT
TO INTERVIEW YOU AND ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT I KIND OF GUESS
JUST FELL INTO WAS YOU TALKING
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE BELIEF
THAT PEOPLE, YOU EXPERIENCED
ALL THESE AMAZING THINGS WHEN
YOU'RE YOUNGER BUT YOU WERE
SAYING, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M
WRONG, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO
END AT A CERTAIN POINT, NO
MATTER WHERE WE ARE IN OUR LIFE
IN TERMS OF AGE, WE CAN FIND
THE LIGHT, JOY AND AMAZING
THINGS NO MATTER WHAT.
>> NOT ONLY CAN YOU DO IT, YOU
HAVE TO DO IT, I THINK.
I MEAN I THINK FOR YOUR OWN
SANITY, YOU HAVE TO DO IT.
REALLY COME WE WERE TALKING
EARLIER ABOUT THE MOVIE I MADE
WITH KATHY LEE GIFFORD EARLIER
THIS YEAR THAT WAS ABOUT A
WIDOW WHO GETS A SECOND CHANCE
AT LOVE AND THAT BROUGHT UP THE
CONVERSATION AND WE HAVE, YOU
KNOW, WE HAVE ABOUT THIS IDEA,
I THINK BECAUSE, I DON'T KNOW,
BABY BOOMERS OR SOMETHING, WHEN
EVERYONE WAS YOUNG THEY FELT
LIKE OLD PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW,
THEY ARE DONE BY THE TIME THEY
ARE 40 WHICH THAT IS JUST
ABSURD.
ABSURD.
ABSURD. >> BUT I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER
THINKING THAT AND NOW LOOKING
BACK, I JUST GO, I MEAN IT IS
LITERALLY JUST A NUMBER.
SPEAKING OF PROJECTS IN
ADDITION TO WHAT YOU ARE DOING
WITH THE HUSTLER, THE MOVIE, IN
YOUR MEMOIR, LETTING THE
ELEPHANT WHICH I ENCOURAGE OUR
VIEWERS TO READ.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT BUT YOU
EXPLAINED WHY YOU WALKED AWAY
FROM THE LATE, LATE SHOW.
CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THAT?
ABOUT THAT? >> WELL, I THINK THAT FOR ME
DURING THE LATE-NIGHT SHOW,
DOING A SHOW LIKE THAT EVERY
DAY, I THINK IT BECAME LESS
JOYFUL.
JOYFUL.
JOYFUL. LESS JOYFUL THAN IT WAS WHEN I
WAS REALLY LOVING IT.
THE IDEA OF DOING YEARS AND
YEARS AND YEARS DAY IN AND DAY
OUT OF DOING THE SAME THING WAS
KIND OF THE REASON I GOT INTO
SHOW BUSINESS TO AVOID THAT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS A KID, YOU
KNOW, I WAS YOUNG, A PUNK
ROCKER AND STUFF AND THEN I
FOUND MYSELF DOING EXACTLY
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> I ALSO ENCOURAGE OUR VIEWERS
TO WATCH.
TO WATCH.
TO WATCH. THERE IS A REASON WHY YOU WON
THE PEABODY.
THE PEABODY. BUT NOT JUST FOR THAT
INTERVIEW.
INTERVIEW. I MEAN, SO DESERVED BUT I THINK
IT IS REALLY A MAGICAL
INTERVIEW BUT LASTING, CAN YOU,
CRAIG, JUST SHED A LITTLE BIT
OF LIGHT ON WHAT ROLE
ARCHBISHOP TUTU KIND OF ROLLED
AND SETTING YOU FREE IN AWAY?
>> HE IS A REMARKABLE HUMAN
BEING AND OBVIOUSLY, WHAT HE
SAID TO ME WAS AS CERTAIN POINT
DURING THE INTERVIEW HE SAID
YOU KNOW, CRAIG, YOU ARE CRAZY
AND I SAID WELL, THAT IS RICH
COMING FROM YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE
MET A LOT OF CRAZY PEOPLE WHICH
HE HAS AND HE SAID NO BUT YOU
ARE THE KIND OF CRAZY WE NEED.
YOU SHOULD BE AS CRAZY AS YOU
WANT AND GIVEN HE IS ARCHBISHOP
DESMOND TUTU I FIGURED THAT WAS
AS CLOSE TO THE MESSAGE THAT I
CAN BE AS CRAZY AS I CAN WANT
TO BE THAT I COULD GET.
THERE WAS SOMETHING VERY
LIBERATING ABOUT THAT BUT I
THINK THAT IS JUST BECAUSE HE
IS A REMARKABLE MAN WITH A LOT
OF SPIRITUAL ENERGY.
>> ARE YOU ABLE TO BE THAT
CRAZY, AND I'M GOING TO CALL IT
THAT GOOD CRAZY NOW WITH YOUR
CAREER?
CAREER?
CAREER? REALLY WITH YOUR LIFE IN
GENERAL?
GENERAL?
GENERAL? >> I DON'T KNOW IF I'M CRAZY.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT CRAZY.
I'VE GOT CHILDREN.
I WOULD EMBARRASS THEM IF I
WENT CRAZY BUT I'M CERTAINLY A
LOT LESS AMBITIOUS IN A CAREER
WAY THAN I USED TO BE.
I THINK MORE ABOUT OTHER THINGS
RATHER THAN JUST KIND OF THE
NEXT THING IN THE NEXT THING.
WHEN I STARTED IN LATE-NIGHT
PEOPLE WOULD SAY WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO NEXT?
I WOULD SAY I JUST GOT THIS
JOB.
JOB.
JOB. IT
JOB. IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW,
EVERYTHING KIND OF RUNS TOO
FAST AND IF THERE IS ANY GOOD
TO BE TAKING TAKEN FROM THIS
TERRIBLE PANDEMIC IS MAYBE A
REMINDER TO ENJOY IT WHILE YOU
CAN.
CAN.
CAN. >>
CAN. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING
YOUR TIME.
YOUR TIME.