DID YOU EVER COME ACROSS THE BEACH BOYS.
>> YOU KNOW, I DID.
IT WAS REALLY WEIRD.
I WAS ABOUT 12 YEARS OLD.
AND IT IS A LONG TIME AGO-- .
>> James: NO, GO ON.
>> YEAH.
>> James: 10, 12 YEARS.
>> YEAH, HI BEEN DROPPED OFF TO DO A VOICEOVER OR A COMMERCIAL
OR SOMETHING.
SO I WAS, YOU KNOW, WALKING DOWN THE HALLWAYS, KNOCKING ON DOORS
AND STUFF.
AND I COULD HEAR THIS MUSIC COMING FROM ONE ROOM.
AND I FOUND THE PLACE WHERE I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO BUT I WAS A
LITTLE BIT EARLY AND THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT LATE.
SO THERE WAS NOBODY THERE.
AND I JUST STARTED WANDERING AROUND.
AND I WALKED IN THE DOOR OF THIS PLACE.
A WATCHED THEM DO THIS SOFNLGT AND I STARTED TO LEAVE AND ONE
OF THEM SAID NO, ITS' OKAY.
LISTEN TO THIS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS.
THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY PLAYING FOR, IT WAS A 13 YEAR OLD KID, 12 OR
13.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS-- I THOUGHT I RECOGNIZED THE SOUND.
AND THEN IT WAS THE BEACH BOYS.
AND THEY WERE EITHER REHEARSING OR RECORDING OR DOING SOMETHING.
AND IT WAS EITHER BARBARA ANN OR-- HELP ME RHONDA.
AND-- CUZ I HEARD IT.
>> James: THAT IS CRAZY.
>> BECAUSE THREE, FOUR MONTHS LATER, I'M IN SCHOOL AND I HEARD
THE NEW BEACH BOYS SONG AND I WAS SITTING THERE IN MY CLASS,
AND I WAS LIKE, I SAW THEM DO THIS.
>> James: I'M SO OUT OF THE LOOP HERE.
CAN I TELL YOU HOW MANY BEACH BOYS STORIES I'VE GOT?
(LAUGHTER) >> IT WAS JUST WEIRD.
>> James: ZERO BEACH BOYS.
I CAN REMEMBER THAT TIME I WAS-- YEAH, NO, I CAN'T.
ANY OTHER MUSICIANS YOU HAVE COME ACROSS IN YOUR LIFE?
>> MY STORY IS DEFINITELY NOT AS COOL AS THAT.
BUT I WAS DOING A MUSICAL, A CHRISTMAS CAROL MADISON SQUARE
GUARD ANSWER WHEN I WAS LIKE 12, 13, SO I HAD A PATH TO GET FLOO
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN WHICH WAS THE BEST BECAUSE I COULD SNEAK
UP TO THE ARENA TO WATCH SPORTS OR MIX.
AFTER THE MUSICAL, I WOULD GO UP THERE.
SO MY MOM TOLD ME THAT HOOTIE AND THE BLOW FISH WAS PLAYING
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
AND I WAS 12 OR 13 AND I LOVED HOOTIE.
AND I WAS GREAT, OKAY, SO AFTER THE SHOW, SO I WENT UP THERE.
I GET INTO THE ARENA.
IT IS DEFINITELY NOT HOOTIE AND THE BLOW FISH ON STAGE.
A LOT OF SMOKE COMING MY WAY, SORT OF EARTHY, FLORAL, A LOT OF
PEOPLE LIKE DANCING WITH LONG HAIR.
TURNED OUT IT WAS THE BAND PHISH WHICH-- MY MOM JUST ASSUMED THAT
MEANT HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH SOIVMENT WAS LIKE-- .
>> James: PROBABLY SOME BLOW THERE YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
SO NOW ONE OF YOUR FIRST MOVIES YOU EVER MADE WAS WITH ELVIS
PRESSLEY.
WE HAVE A PICTURE HERE OF A YOUNG KURT RUSSELL AND ELVIS
PRESSLEY THERE.
LOOK AT THAT PHOTO.
>> OH MY GOD.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> WOW.
>> James: INCREDIBLE.
WHAT WAS HE LIKE?
I MEAN DID HE GIVE YOU ANY ADVICE?
DID HE EVER TELL YOU ANYTHING?
>> HE WAS A REALLY NICE GUY.
HE WAS 27 YEARS OLD THERE, AT THAT TIME.
AND WHEN I PLAYED HIM, I WAS 27.
AND I KIND OF REMEMBERED, YOU KNOW, JUST-- HE WAS ONE OF THOSE
VERY MEMORABLE PEOPLE.
AND HE WAS JUST A REALLY NICE GUY.
I WILL SAY THAT THE FIRST TIME I EVER SAW A BRUSH WITH REAL CELEB
RESULT, WHEN HE CAME ON THE SET FOR THE FIRST TIME, THIS WAS AT
THE WORLD'S FAIR IN 1962.
AND THERE WERE THOWS OF GIRLS OUT THERE.
AND KIND OF BEHIND THE ROPES AND WATCHING, WHEN HIS CAR CAME UP
TO DROP HIM OFF, THEY JUST LIT OUT AND BURIED THAT CAR.
AND HE HAD TO GO BACK.
AND I WILL JUST NEVER FORGET THAT THE FIRST TIME I WAS LIKE
WHAT IN THE HELL WHAT IS GOING ON.
AND IT WAS SHOCKING.
IT WAS KIND OF SCARY BUT THE FIRST TIME A KID HAD EVER
SEEN-- I HAD NEVER SEEN ANYBODY FAMOUS.
>> James: YEAH.
>> AND THAT WAS-- HE WAS, YOU KNOW.
>> James: NO YOU CAN'T-- DID HE SAY ANYTHING TO YOU?
>> YEAH, WE WORKED TOGETHER FOR LIKE A WEEK THERE.
>> James: YOUR LIFE IS AMAZING.
>> YOU KNOW.
>> James: AND BACK DROP.
I CAN'T TAKE IT.
GENUINELY CAN'T TAKE IT.
>> YOU KNOW.
>> James: WHAT DOES ELVIS PRESSLEY SAY TO A 12 YEAR OLD
KID.
>> WE PLAYED CATCH AND STUFF.
>> James: CATCH?
>> I USED TO PLAY PING PONG WITH WALT DISNEY, DOES THAT COUNT?
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) FUN STUFF. YOU HANG AROUND LONG
ENOUGH, I'LL TILL WHAT, PAUL.