my first guest tonight has starred in some very interesting Motion Pictures two of them
are bolero and the other one is Tarzan the ape man please welcome Bo Derek
nice to see you thank you very much these people are a little peculiar
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[Applause] I don't know what happened there uh you know I wanna I talked to you about
a year ago you had just finished a movie and uh we invited you to be on the show in New
York and you called me you were very nice to call back and say look uh I can't come
right now because we're busy working on the film and I assumed you were lying to me at
the time and then when we found out we were coming to California we heard that you would
be on the show and I just wanted to thank you for keeping your promise that was very
nice of you to do that well thank you and even when we're not busy we don't go to New
York I mean unless we absolutely have to now why is it no no we don't travel anywhere
no we don't go any place unless we absolutely have now where was the last place you went
and why did you go I guess to film The make the movie no you know the last place we went
Australia to catch a crocodile the biggest crocodile in the world and what do you what
do you do with it when you get it um we didn't actually get him and we were going with Arthur
Jones you know the man that invented Nautilus exercise equipment and he wanted the biggest
crocodile in the world at his farm in Florida and he called and said do you want to go and
we went it was fantastic are you friends with this guy and it was it a fun experience yeah
it was very fun and you brought the animal back safely no we didn't we didn't get to
the government at the last minute said that we couldn't but it was kind of fun to go off
to catch a crocodile yeah but because I thought it was I was already I thought this was going
to be Wild Kingdom I had my Safari clothes and I packed all the boots and the things
and he was in a cage already when we got there but it was still fun so you just drove by
and you were gonna pick it up at the pet store and we flew in his in in Arthur's Jet and
then um he was going to ride back with us you know as you go on your way to the to the
to the little girl's room you'd have to walk by him but uh well I'm glad they didn't let
us well I think that's good they should not be moving those things around don't you think
don't you think the animal deserves to stay where he was uh born he came from New Guinea
originally so also he'd traveled before he had traveled before on a big ship yes okay
now where where were you from originally are you a native California yes what part of the
state yes uh Redondo Beach in San Juan Capistrano all along the beach areas I grew up on the
beach and where did you go to high school um well when I went I went for a while
where was it that area Torrance area that area no no specific High School actually because
I lived someplace else and I was bus well now does this you were bust uh and she certainly
was um now this is something called the El Echo does that ring a bell with you no it
doesn't ring a bell with you no I didn't out of that school yes you did no I didn't yes
you did
you went to you went to this high school I'll bet you a hundred dollars okay how about you
all right you're serious you don't know if you went to this high school now where do
you think you would I call the all-nighter or something like that you don't even know
the name uh what was the mask well and apparently so uh but what was the high school mascot
I don't know and that's why my colors were green and gold I know that oh Bo you've been
sadly misled
what was your name in high school Mary now you're sure about that
I have a picture right here ladies and gentlemen and M Collins is that you right there
[Applause] yeah now you left school a little prematurely didn't you what what year did
you leave in that year 73 73. okay let me ask you a question have you heard have you
heard from this guy since you've been out
well he's here tonight Bo ladies and gentlemen no we gotta do a commercial [Applause] back
to find out just exactly where this woman did you uh well what kind of a person were
you in high school
um what kind of person a nice person nice person not not much of a student though I
gather no yeah do you remember any class that you did well in what kind of grades were you
getting well it depends actually what I was the
if I wanted to to get good grades I could have but I as I said I went to the beach a
lot and what did you do at the beach oh surfing and swimming and getting a sentence did you
really surf yeah were you a pretty good Surfer yeah you have knots on your knees Yes actually
I do with scars everywhere from from whatever else foreign
do you think maybe one day you'll go back and did you ever get a high school degree
a diploma no do you think maybe one day you'll go back and take the equivalency test or something
why well because it might be nice sometime if you're out looking for a job and they see
that you you don't you don't have a high school education you're going to get balanced you'll
end up uh you know scraping up burritos with fall over there no I've no I've learned a
lot since I've been out yeah but you would would you advise others to quit high school
and uh no it all depends on what they what they want out of life and what they're doing
I I wish I had while I went I put in a lot of hours and a lot of months and a lot of
years I wish I paid attention because I you might remember which school it was that's
really terrible I don't remember that at all that name I don't remember at least make up
a school so you have a good answer no I know the name was narbon I remember the name of
the school Narbonne yeah that's right but I don't remember that at all and was it shortly
how old were you when you quit High School 16. boy just a kid well I didn't really mean
to quit well what happened I'll tell you what happened another mix-up no I was I got caught
for not going to school I got caught well your folks must have been steamed about all
of this yeah oh my mom was really mad yeah but I went for like a month without going
to school I went to the beach and I got caught and then I've been it was really good for
me because I got very bored with going to the beach every day so then I started going
back to school and I was really enjoying it and paying attention and I was really enjoying
learning all those things and then um I went to go do this film with John in Greece and
then you know we're traveling all over the world and and doing things and we're not I
never went back see this is a pretty sizable leap you know uh uh most most kids in high
school are going on uh you know uh excursions outings to see how Dentures are made and that
kind of thing you're going off to make films in Greece well it was a shock to me too but
how did that happen I don't know I just I met John and he hired me for the film and
how did you meet John let's start right there John Derek the man you're married to now right
okay how did you meet this guy um I was in an agent's office because I had met an agent
because my mother worked for a Margaret for a lot of years just sort of everything a right
hand yeah and then so I was backstage once and I met an agent I don't even remember meeting
him either and then why should that detail be any different from any of the others no
and then he called and said that I should meet John he's looking for a girl in the film
and I did and I got it it was it was shocking and uh did you and John date at all did you
was there oh no we hated each other then yeah we hated each other then and how soon thereafter
were you married about two years after two years so you got married at 18 19 I think
well because I wanna I met you don't even remember the date do you no you don't remember
no it's coming up it's uh well of course I know what's coming up no we're not those kind
of holidays and things like that were not very sentimental about no you should be now
see you're missing a lot here what you don't travel you don't you celebrate Halloween I
do travel uh uh no I don't celebrate Halloween I grew out of bed I guess you grew out of
that uh oh I know well living where we live too you know it takes miles before you reach
into the house to trick or treat
now now where do you live you don't live in Hollywood no we live north of uh Santa Barbara
we live about a hundred miles from here yeah why don't you live in Hollywood oh I hate
it why do you hate it look out look outside it's ugly it's
ugly is it not ugly it's ugly no there's some there's some very pleasant very lovely surroundings
here where no we live we live at a ranch we have trees and fresh air horses and dogs we
have uh 10 horses yeah and six dogs and four cats and it's beautiful do you do you ever
I'm very fortunate do you ever go out and do anything by yourself do you have girlfriends
that you go out with uh like once a week once a month or so you go out and do anything no
when was the last time you were away from uh John to just on your own do you ever do
anything like that yeah I had to go to Germany to do something I went with my sister yeah
was that but we're rarely apart the only reason I went by myself was because he hates traveling
even more than I do and I had to go so you spend a lot of time with a guy yeah yeah does
he ever get on your nerves no no we're only together because we want to be together yeah
uh but sometimes you think geez wouldn't it be fun if me and some of my girlfriends from
the old high school
could you know just go out and go to a movie or go bowling or something no I'd rather do
that with John yeah okay now what are you doing tonight what's on your agenda this evening
drive home yeah and then what watch some TV yeah what will you watch what's what's on
tonight Monday night I'll be awake to see this show I go to sleep too early yeah what
time you go to bed go to bed or go to sleep [Applause] um no we go to bed when it depends
on what time of year whenever the sun goes down we're pretty much in bed and we watch
the TV and read sometimes and that kind of thing and fall asleep I don't know but I'm
up with a son and now the Sun's Up you know at 5 30. so you get up and do chores around
the farm yeah no you don't I do do you really yes I do I don't muck stalls much anymore
no these you have not been mucking anything with these hands no no look at this look the
cat got me here the Roses got me here and here and here well yeah but a cat and Roses
are a lot different no but no because in between we have some good people working on the ranch
now but when we don't that means me mucking out all the Stalls and everything you do drive
by in a truck on a hot day and yell at the help [Laughter] [Applause] yeah in my red
dump truck yeah and yelling at them that you didn't go to High School uh you know uh um
it's it's real nice to meet you and I hope you don't mind me just goofing around here
you're upset you're not upset are you oh did you have a nice time yes yes we had a very
nice time come back [Applause]