BUT FIRST, MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS A GOOD FRIEND OF THIS SHOW.
HE STARRED AS SAM BECKETT ON "QUANTUM LEAP" AND
CAPTAIN JONATHAN ARCHER ON "STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE."
HE NOW STARS AS SPECIAL AGENT DWAYNE PRIDE ON "NCIS: NEW
ORLEANS."
PLEASE WELCOME, SCOTT BAKULA!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> THANK YOU!
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> THEY JUST EASE YOU OUT HERE.
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IT'S OVER.
>> Stephen: I'VE GOT TO ASK YOU THIS, DID YOU SEE THE HORSE?
>> SO HERE'S THE DEAL ABOUT THE HORSE.
WHILE YOU AND PRATT HAVE BEEN SCREWING AROUND -- THREE DATES
AND A PHONE NUMBER.
>> Stephen: YOU GOT THE DIGITS FROM THE HORSE?
>> I HAVE BEEN RIDING THE HORSE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THAT IS A
METAPHOR.
>> YEP.
YOU TELL ME -- >> Stephen: LEGALLY ON CBS, I
CAN'T.
>> ALL RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, DONALD WOULD KNOW IF THAT WAS A METAPHOR OR NOT.
>> Stephen: HE WOULD.
WHAT DO YOU THINK HE WOULD SAY?
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU THINK DONALD WOULD SAY?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: MY MANE IS MORE HANDSOME THAN THAT HORSE.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
SOMEBODY GIVE ME AN APPLE.
( LAUGHTER ) I TOLD YOU LAST TIME WHEN YOU
WERE ON THE SHOW WITH THE "QUANTUM LEAP" BIT.
YOU WERE MY SAVIOR IN "QUANTUM LEAP."
I WATCHED THAT SHOW INCESSANTLY.
I LOVED IT.
THERE USED TO BE MARATHONS OF IT ON TBS OR TNT, AND I WAS SO
UNEMPLOYED, I WOULD WATCH YOU ALL DAY LONG.
MY WIFE WOULD COME HOME AND SAY, WHAT DID YOU DO TODAY?
NOT, THIS I PROMISE.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU ARE ALSO CAPTAIN ARCHER FROM
THE ENTERPRISE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU SURPRISED BY THE GLOBAL REACH.
>> YES, THERE IS NOT A CORNER OF THE EARTH THAT IS SAFE FOR ME.
YOU WOULD THINK IF I WERE IN INDIA, I WOULD BE OKAY, BUT IT'S
NOT TRUE.
>> Stephen: PEOPLE HAVE COME UP AND GIVEN YOU STORIES ABOUT
HOW YOU INSPIRED THEM WHEN YOU WERE ON THE ENTERPRISE.
>> THE BEST STORIES ARE WHEN PEOPLE SAY I WATCHED THE SHOW
WITH MY FAMILY AND IT BROUGHT US TOGETHER.
THAT'S THE BEST STORY.
BUT THEN THEY'RE FROM RUSSIA OR ISRAEL.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU DONE GONE TO THE CONVENTIONS.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
CONVENTIONS ARE FUN.
THEY'RE WEIRD BUT THEY'RE FUN.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WHAT ARE MORE OF
THE WEIRDER THINGS?
>> IT'S NOT EASY TO SEE YOUR FACE TATTOOED ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S
BACK.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
YEAH, LIKE WHEN I HAD YOURS REMOVED -- IT'S PAINFUL, BUT YOU
GET TIRED OF THAT.
>> Stephen: WAS IT A GOOD LIKENESS?
>> OKAY.
OKAY.
THE THING WAS THAT THERE WERE OTHER FACES ON THE BACK, ALSO.
>> Stephen: UH-HUH.
WHO WERE YOU SHARING THIS BACK WITH, DO YOU REMEMBER?
>> OTHER FOLKS FROM THE SHOW.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
O I KNEW THEM.
>> Stephen: ALL JUST CAPTAINS?
YES, AND WE WEREN'T ENGAGED IN ANY ACTIVITY.
>> Stephen: IT WASN'T FAN FICTION?
>> I SAW A PICTURE TODAY -- NO, I'M NOT GOING TO TELL.
>> Stephen: WHAT?!
( AUDIENCE REACTS ) >> IT'S NOT VERY SMART OF ME TO
DO THIS, BUT I DID A PLAY GIRL A HUNDRED MILLION YEARS AGO.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE IN "PLAYGIRL"?
>> YES.
( CHEERING ) >> I WAS DOING A RADIO SHOW AND
THEY HAD PICTURES GOING UP, BEING GENERATED AS I WAS TALKING
AND I LOOKED UP AND THEY SAID -- THEY WERE ASKING ME ABOUT THIS
FUNNY STUFF ABOUT THAT, AND I LOOKED UP AND THERE I WAS, AND I
LOOKED AT THE PICTURE AND I WAS IN TIGHTY WHITIES, AND MY BODY
WAS KIND OF LAYING OUT, AND I THOUGHT, THAT'S NOT ME!
THEY PHOTOSHOPED -- SOMEBODY PHOTOSHOPED MY LOWER HALF TO MY
BODY.
>> Stephen: WHY DID THEY NEED TO REPLACE YOUR LOWER HALF?
( LAUGHTER ) >> WE'RE NOT GOING THERE.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
NO.
IT WAS BIZARRE.
>> Stephen: WHAT ISSUE?
WHAT YEAR ARE WE LOOKING AT?
>> WE'RE NOT.
IT'S NOT A SECRET I DID THIS, BUT PEOPLE CAN DO ANYTHING, YOU
JUST HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT -- >> Stephen: BE CAREFUL IF YOU
POSE FOR "PLAYGIRL," YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL!
( LAUGHTER ) DID YOU AT LEAST LOOK AT IT AND
GO, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD I HAD A PHOTO TAKEN OF ME WHEN I HAD A
BODY LIKE THAT.
I DID A NUDE SCENE ON TV, LIVE ON STAGE, WHEN I WAS 19.
THE DIRECTOR SAID WOULD YOU DO THIS, AND I THOUGHT, I DON'T
THINK IT WILL GET ANY BETTER, I SHOULD DO IT NOW.
( LAUGHTER ) SPEAKING OF BEING IN GOOD SHAPE,
YOU'VE GONE VEGAN.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> Stephen: IT'S NOT A DRAG AT ALL.
>> OH, YEAH.
I'M WORKING IN NEW ORLEANS NOW, IT'S A DRAG.
>> Stephen: SPEAKING OF WHICH, YOU'VE COME TO LOVE MUSIC AND
THE CITY.
>> YEP.
>> Stephen: JOHN IS FROM NEW ORLEANS.
>> I'M AWARE OF THAT.
YOU'RE PLAYING PIANO AND SINGING.
>> Stephen: DO YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE BAND?
>> SURE.
>> Stephen: SCOT BAKULA, EVERYBODY!
♪ ♪
>> Jon: HEY, COME ON, Y'ALL!
♪ ♪
(AUDIENCE CLAPPING WITH MUSIC) ♪ I GOTTA GIRL FROM NEW ORLEANS,
LITTLE LIZA JANE ♪ PRETTIEST LITTLE GIRL YOU EVER
DID SEE, LITTLE LIZA JANE ♪ I GOTTA GIRL FROM NEW ORLEANS,
LITTLE LIZA JANE ♪ SHE SURE LOOKS GOOD WHEN SHE
PUTS ON HER JEANS, LITTLE LIZA JANE
♪ OH, LITTLE LIZA, LITTLE LIZA JANE
>> Stephen: SCOT BAKULA, "NCIS: NEW ORLEANS"!