all right Brooke Shields she is also a sophomore at Princeton University this
year she's the star of a television movie which airs on another Network don't they
all on October 28th entitled duet gold please welcome Brooke Shields [Applause]
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thank you very much
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I just have one question sure letter man or Letterman see now you're making fun of
me because I didn't know well sometimes it's confusing with the S it's Brooke
Shields isn't it I'm sorry it was just uh and then Steve turns the TV off just before
I'm about to come on I'm really I'm yeah and then on top of it you know I thought
well I you know I'd really make it the day that I get to go to the 17th floor
and never got to go yeah I know you're having a tough life aren't you [Laughter]
for a minute now this is your second year right yes uh has it been easier or more
difficult this year socially it's easier but academically it's more difficult now
how were your grades of the first year I got all A's and a b all A's and a b
I got the band philosophy though that's very impressive wow I didn't even take philosophy
uh now now you say socially it's a little easier why is it easier socially this year well I'm more
acclimated I have more friends I don't feel so I know the people that and I've met people that I
really like and now I can go back and I feel much more comfortable it was really difficult in the
first now where did you live the first year where you were there I lived in a dorm in a dorm on the
campus right yes with three three other roommates three roommates and what was that like were they
just Spellbound the whole time that the Brook Shields was their roommate and I don't think they
liked it too much I really don't now they just I think it was difficult for them if people were
always coming to my dorm and people were always knocking on the door what kind of people well
um people that were not students you know people that had sort of traveled but nice folks sometimes
they were nice other times they weren't that nice and it was it was difficult for my roommate so it
just created a strain for you in the roommates yeah so now this year where do you live I have a
single on campus so it's it's easier because I'm not really a bother to anybody else and I also
have my own friends that I like to go see yeah uh and you're you say it's harder academically
this year now why is it harder well I think the courses get more difficult you're not taking
introductory courses anymore you're starting to have to specialize in a department you
um you're not a freshman anymore so you can't say I don't know what I'm doing I'm a freshman I mean
now you're oh I use that all four years okay at graduation I was still saying I have no idea
what the hell I'm doing here um but academically it's a bit more challenging of courses are getting
now what are you studying what is your major I'm taking I'm French French now
if you weren't uh in in a show business what would you do with your French degree
I don't really know if I'd be a French major if I wasn't in Show Business really probably
be something like a Psychology major or something so why in Show Business do you want to be a French
major because I get to travel and I work a great deal in Europe and I work with people that speak
French and English and it I think it's just it you know it's helpful can I try a little French on you
[Applause] I also have to say this is the only the only French expression I know is that close
juice means
gigantic gigantic yeah well gigantic wait a minute you're studying foreign
that's right I think I'm a gigantic duck that's all I know um boy that's a beautiful ring thank
you that's a lovely ring Brooke we want to uh you know Steve Martin is here and he's not feeling
well so he's upstairs taking it easy let's go up and and see how he's doing Steve how are you
yeah Steve how are you feeling Steve excuse me Steve you know it's really fun to go down there
after the uh Steve hey why how you doing good you know it's amazing how quickly one of these
things goes away I think it was like a 35 minute thing [Laughter] so you're feeling a little better
then that's good I feel okay you know hey Dave yeah can I talk to Brooke for a second
yeah I feel okay I'm not gonna give you anything or anything like that
come on up it's a ball up here having a ball aren't we all right I'd love to thank you yeah
I can't really hear you I'm so much fun here okay well uh the place is filled up with the
deadbeats yeah it was awfully nice of him um now you know the last time you by the way you
said you're missing a class actually to be on the show what class are you missing you're missing an
acting class and Alan and I'm Brian I want to thank you very much they let me out of my are
they pretty understanding about stuff like that well I I told them it was you and they you know
they really weren't gonna let me go yeah I don't blame them I after I took a lot of convincing and
I said I'd put in some extra hours later and they said okay now that must be pretty intimidating for
those folks and the other people in the class to have you as a student in one of their acting
sessions I don't think so I think it would almost work in Reverse I think um we're very much on the
same level in that class and every time that I'm called to do some sort of an improv or
something I just get sick to my stomach as well as everybody else but I try it's very different when
you're not in a situation where you have all the support if when I'm making a film or if I'm doing
something I really have the support of everybody that's there but when you're in an acting class
everybody's sort of out for themselves tell me about your allowance the last time you're here
you also said you were getting ten dollars was it a day or a week no no no that was a week that was
what two ten dollars a week two years ago it was two years ago two years ten twelve twelve now I've
got a raise you're not getting twelve dollars a week are you actually you know it's funny even
though when I work and I make money the money is put into a trust so I don't get to have that yeah
now you'll get that money at what what point 21 21 and so you're actually on it on a weekly allowance
well I am basically at school I don't really need any money because we live it you know we live
in the dorms and waited cafeteria we don't have time to do anything else yeah but if you wanted
to go out and buy a brand new Buick full power and everything you just start peeling them off
um but you look terrific thank you very much for being here and and continued success on
your education as well as your career this is a very difficult thing for somebody to be
doing and you're doing it quite well thank you nice to see you Brooke well I tell you
what we have only a few seconds left let's go once more up to my office and see how uh Steve
Martin is feeling you know he was a little a little ill earlier and [Laughter] there Steve
oh Steve
apparently feeling a little better I just wanted to say good night if I got Steve
well we'll get to Steve in a minute uh let me thank everybody who was here tonight of course
Brooke Shields obviously there with Mr Martin and uh Steve Martin himself everybody who helped out
tonight with stupid pet tricks now immediately following this particular program we will be
on again and our guests will be Liberace and Bob Dylan and of course tomorrow will be on
the Today Show as well uh thank you very much folks have a good night we'll see you again
thank you