TEMPERATURE A.M.
LOCAL 4.
WELL, HER VOICE WAS
UNMISTAKABLE, SHE WAS AN ICON, A
LEGEND, THE QUEEN OF SOUL,
ARETHA FRANKLIN.
HER MUSIC WILL LONG OUTLIVE HER
AND HER SONGS WILL BE SUNG FOR
GENERATIONS TO COME AND IT’S IN
CELEBRATING HER LIFE THAT WE NOW
GET TO SEE HER GENIUS COME TO
LIFE IN THE NEW SERIES BASED ON
HER LIFE ON NET GEO.
♪
>> VERSE.
♪ PROMISE MYSELF AFTER YOUR
FIRST DAILLANCE, THAT I WOULDN’T
GIVE YOU NO SECOND CHANCE ♪
>> DAILLANCE.
>> WHAT?
>> YOU COULD FIND A BETTER WORD.
>> BECAUSE YOU DON’T WANT TO GO
OVER TED’S HEAD.
>> THAT’S NOT FAIR.
>> YOU KNOW THAT PHRASE, THE
KIDS ARE SAYING IN THE STREET,
SOCK IT TO ME.
>> WHAT?
>> SOCK IT TO ME.
>> SOCK IT TO ME, SOCK IT TO ME,
SOCK IT TO ME.
♪ HEY, SOCK IT TO ME, SOCK IT TO
ME, SOCK IT TO ME ♪
>> Jason: WHAT A JOYFUL SCENE
THAT REHEARSAL.
JOINING ME, REBECCA JONES AND
PATRICE COVINGTON, WHO PLAY
ARETHA FRANKLIN’S SISTER, IRMA
AND CAROLYN.
WHAT IS GOING ON, LADIES?
>> Guest: SO, SO EXCITED, IT’S
AN EXCITING TIME.
>> Guest: OH YES.
>> Jason: I LOVE THAT CLIP.
IT MAKES ME WANT TO WATCH THE
SHOW JUST THE 30 SECONDS WE
WATCHED, COMPOSING "SOCK IT TO
ME," THE WAY THAT CYNTHIA SITS
AT THE PIANO AND THAT LOOKS ON
HER FACE, SHE CAPTURES THE
ESSENCE.
IT’S CRAZY.
PATRICE, I WASN’T TO START WITH
YOU, YOU PERFORMED WITH STEVIE
WONDER AND MOTOWN LEGEND, AND
NOW HERE YOU ARE IN A MOVIE WILL
ARETHA FRANKLIN.
IS THERE ADDED PRESSURE BECAUSE
YOU WORKED WITH PEOPLE WHO KNEW
HER VERY WELL?
>> Guest: NO, LET ME TELL YOU,
DETROIT, I LOVE Y’ALL.
I HAVE BEEN LIKE FIRST OF ALL,
YOUR MUSIC, EVERYBODY’S FAVORITE
MUSIC COMES FROM MOTOWN.
I WAS ALSO IN MOTOWN, THE
MUSICAL ON BROADWAY, SO I CAN’T
GET AWAY FROM Y’ALL AND I DON’T
WANT TO.
I’M SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO
PORTRAY ANOTHER LEGEND FROM
DETROIT.
I’M PROUD AND HONORED TO ALWAYS
SHED LIGHT ON YOUR CITY.
>> Jason: WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE
THE PORCH LIGHT ON FOR I.
YOU’RE WELCOME ANY TIME.
WE GO OUT AND LISTEN TO SOME
GOOD MUSIC ONCE WE GET PAST ALL
THIS COVID NONSENSE.
REBECCA, WHAT DID YOU LEARN
ABOUT ARETHA DOING THE SHOW?
>> Guest: I LEARNED SO MUCH
ABOUT ARETHA.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE ARETHA’S
VOICE IN OUR EARS AND AS OUR
PERSONAL SOUND TRACK FOR OUR
LIVES, YOU KNOW, SO MANY OF HER
SONGS TAKE US TO A SPECIFIC
PLACE AND TIME.
AND I HAVE TO ADMIT, BEFORE
WORKING ON THIS PIECE, I DIDN’T
KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT HER, AND I
CERTAINLY DIDN’T KNOW THAT MUCH
ABOUT CAROLINE FRANKLIN OR IRMA
FRANKLIN AND SO YOU KNOW, I
LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT HOW MUCH
THEY HELD HER UP.
YOU KNOW, WE’VE TALKED A LOT
ABOUT SISTERHOOD AND HOW MUCH
THAT WAS AN ASPECT OF ARETHA’S
RISE TO STARDOM.
OF COURSE, SHE HAD THIS TALENT
THAT WAS UNDENIABLE, BUT YOU
KNOW, SHE -- AS PATRICE HAS SAID
THIS A LOT TODAY, YOU KNOW, WE
HER,HER SISTERS, WE HAD HER BACK
FIGURATIVELY AND EMOTIONALLY.
WE WATCHED HER KIDS WHILE SHE
WAS ON TOUR AND WHILE SHE WAS
PERFORMING.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE SANG BACKUP FOR
HER.
WE WROTE HER SONGS.
SO I LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT THESE
WOMEN AND ABOUT ARETHA HERSELF
AND HOW MUCH SHE OVERCAME TO BE
THE GENIUS THAT SHE WAS.
>> Jason: ALL RIGHT.
REBECCA, LET’S STAY WITH YOU.
GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT,
FAVORITE ARETHA FRANKLIN SONG.
>> Guest: UNTIL YOU COME BACK
TO HELP.
>> Jason: ALL RIGHT.
SO -- TO ME.
>> Jason: ALL RIGHT.
PATRICE, YOU HAD THE UNFAIR
ADVANTAGE OF KNOWING THE NEXT
QUESTION.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ARETHA
SONG?
>> Guest: WELL, THE CRAZY
THING IS, THAT’S WHAT I ALWAYS
SAY TOO, I LOVE THAT SONG.
IT’S THE LYRICS FOR ME.
THIS LADY SAID, I’M GOING TO SIT
THERE AND TAP ON YOUR WINDOW
UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME.
THAT’S IT.
I LOVE THAT.
>> PATIENT, PATIENT THAT WOMAN.
>> Guest: PERSEVERANCE.
>> Jason: I’LL THROW OUT
THERE, MY FAVORITE ARETHA SONG
IS FROM SPECIFICALLY THE BLUES
BROTHER SONG TRACK, THE UP TEMPO
SONG "THINK."
WHAT A GREAT MOVIE MOVIE STOPPER
THAT SHOW.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TELL FOLKS
ABOUT THIS SHOW EITHER OF YOU.
>> CALLER: IT’S A RIDE, GET
READY, BUCKLE UP, YOU’RE GOING
TO LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT ARETHA
FRANKLIN, THE GENIUS THAT SHE
IS, UNDERSTAND HER GOD-GIVEN
GIFTS AND TALENT AND KNOW WHY
SHE WAS THE QUEEN OF SOUL.
>> Jason: WELL, WE’LL END IT
RIGHT THERE.
LADIES, THANKS FOR THE TIME.
IT WAS GREAT TALKING TO YOU.
>> Guest: THANK YOU.
>> Guest: NO TOWN LIKE MOTOWN.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Jason: GENIUS.
ARETHA IS ON NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC.
YOU CAN SEE DOUBLE STACKED
EPISODES OVER FOUR NIGHTS.