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THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US.
NOW YOU BOTH KNOW EACH OTHER.
>> YEAH.
>> James: YOU KNOW EACH OTHER, YOU GO BACK, YOU WERE BOTH IN A
PLAY SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
SARA, WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE?
>> WELL, WITH HE WERE IN THAT PLAY CALLED EXONERATED.
JEFF WAS VERY GOOD IN IT.
>> James: OF COURSE.
>> WE-- WE WERE IN REHEARSALS AND JILL CLAYBERG WHO WAS THE
ACTRESS IN IT-- DID I SAY.
>> OH NO, NO, NO YOU ARE JOGGING MY MEMORY.
>> I LOVE JILL HER.
>> SHE WAS FRIENDS WITH MERYL STREEP, SO ONE DAY DURING
REHEARSEELS SHE SAID OH I INVITED A FRIEND OF MINE TO COME
WALK AND MERYL STREEP WALKED IN.
AND I WAS LIKE-- YOU KNOW, THAT IS NOT JUST LIKE A FRIEND,
THAT'S LIKE-- THAT'S LIKE I'M GOING TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK.
SO I, WE DID THE REHEARSAL AND I WAS SO NERVOUS THAT I WAS
TERRIBLE, LIKE THE WORST PERFORMANCE I'VE EVER GIVEN.
AND THEN SHE WENT UP TO PEOPLE AT THE END AND WAS TALKING TO
THEM.
SHE DIDN'T TALK TO ME.
BUT THEN WHEN WE DID THE PLAY, WE ENDED UP GETTING GOLD REYOU
HAVES AND IT WENT WELL AND I THOUGHT OH, WHY DIDN'T MERYL
STREEP SEE THIS, SHE SAW LIKE THE TERRIBLE REHEARSAL.
>> I'M SURE WERE YOU FANTASTIC IN IT.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER?
>> NO YOU KNOW THAT SONG, TRY TO REMEMBER, THE TIME IN SEPTEMBER
WHEN WERE YOU THE PLAY AND MERYL STREEP AND CAME-- .
>> James: MY BIGGEST QUESTION IS THIS, WHO INVITES MERYL
STREEP TO REHEARSALS OVER BREAD, THIS IS OUTRAGE US BEHAVIOR.
>> WHY, SHE IS A CREATIVE PERSON, I'M SURE IT WAS
WONDERFUL HAVING HER THERE.
I BET WERE YOU GREAT, JUST HAP STANCE THAT SHE DIDN'T SEE YOU
THAT NIGHT, AND I BET WERE YOU GREAT THAT NIGHT NAY DIFFERENT
WAY YOU WERE GREAT THAN THE OTHER NIGHTS I VEY STOAREE, ONE
OF THE LAST TIME I SAW MERYL STREEP, WE DID A READING
TOGETHER.
>> SEE THAT IS WHY HE DIDN'T REMEMBER BECAUSE HE JUST SEES
HER ALL THE TIME.
>> NO, NO, I DON'T SEE HER ALL THE TIME BUT I WAS ENROLLED TO
DO THIS READING AND I LOST MY VOICE.
AND, REALLY, I WAS JUST-- SO I HAD TO-- YES, YES, AND SO THIS
IS THE ONLY TIME MERYL STREEP HAS EVER SEEN ME ACT, YOU KNOW.
AND I-- I DID THAT.
IT WAS HORRIBLE.
>> James: WHAT WERE YOU READING SOME MOVE YE SCRIPT, A
MOVIE SCRIPTED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
>> WELL, I'M GLAD IT HAPPENED TO YOU TOO.
>> IT DID.
SHE'S A JINX, THAT IS WHAT I THINK.
WHENEVER SHE'S AROUND, YOU ARE JUST TERRIBLE.
>> James: THAT IS WHY SHE IS SUCH AN AMAZING ACTRESS THAT SHE
PARALYZING ALL THE ACTORS AROUND HER, AND SHE IS GREAT, EVERYONE
ELSE IS TERRIBLE, HE COULDN'T TALK, SHE WAS TERRIFIED.
>> I KNEW THERE WAS A KEY TO HER SUCCESS.
>> James: YOU WILL BE PLAYING MUSIC FOR US YOU HAVE BEEN
PLAYING PIANO SINCE YOU WERE 12-RBGS PLAYING SINCE WERE YOU
VERY YOUNG.
HE YOU USED TO GET JOBS PLAYING PIANO IN COCKTAIL LOUNGES IN A
VERY CLEVER WAY.
WILL YOU EXPLAIN TO US.
>> IT WASN'T SO CLEVER BUT ITS WITH A SCHEME, ITS WITH A
HUSTLE.
I WAS 13, 14, 15, HI BEEN TAKING LESSONS AND DISCOVERED JAZZ,
THOUGHT I COULD PLAY A LITTLE JAZZ.
SO I WENT INTO A ROOM IN OUR OFFICE, THIS OFFICE AND I LOCKED
THE DOORMENT DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO BREAK IN, I GOT THE YELLOW
PAGES, COCKTAIL OWNINGS FROM A TO Z STARTED A, COLD CALLED THEM
LIKE SOME KIND OF SALES PERSON AND SAID HEY, I UNDERSTAND THAT
YOU ARE LACKING FOR A PIANO PLAIR.
MOST OF THEM SAID NO YOU ARE MISTAKEN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU
GOT THAT.
SOME SAID JEERKSZ I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GOT THIS NUMBER BUT WE
HAVE A PIANO.
I GOT A COUPLE OF JBS THAT WAY.
MY PARENT WAS DRIVE ME TO THE GIG.
I MET A COUPLE LADY SINGERS AND THEY WOULD REHEARSE AT HIGH
MOUSE AND DRIVE PLEA TO THE GIG, 15, 16.
>> VERY INDUSTRIOUS.
>> James: DID YOU HAVE ANY SUCCESSFUL SCHEMES WHEN WERE YOU
A CHILD.
WHAT WAS YOUR HUSTLE.
>> MY HUSTLE-- HUSTLE-- .
>> James: MINE WAS THEFT.
>> I NEED TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.
>> James: IT WAS JUST BASIC SHOPLIFTING BUT WHAT WAS YOURS.
>> SURE, SURE.
THIS IS TERRIBLE IT WASN'T CAREER RELATED LIKE YOURS
ACTUALLY MAKES YOU LOOK GOOD.
MINE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AT SOME POINT, IF YOU HAD A CERTAIN
GRADE COULD YOU GET OUT OF TAKING THE FINAL.
AND I DIDN'T QUITE HAVE A GOOD ENOUGH GRADE.
BUT COULD YOU DO EXTRA CREDIT.
SO THERE WAS A LIST OF PROJECTS YOU COULD DO.
AND ONE WAS MAKE A SOLAR OVEN AND I GAVE ANOTHER KID SOME
CLASS TO MAKE A SOLAR OVEN.
IT IS TERRIBLE.
I WAS JUST LIKE I CAN'T MAKE A SOLAR OVEN.
>> James: MY THING IS YOU MAKE A SOLAR OVEN, WHEN ARE YOU GOING
TO USE THIS.
>> WHAT DID YOU NEED TO USE THAT SOLAR OVEN FOR PARTICULARLY IN
LIFE.
I WOULD SAY YOU DID THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE THAT KID SOWT
THERE NOW GOING I CAN MAKE A SOLAR OVEN AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE
NO, COOL, I HAVE AN OVEN, I DON'T NEED THAT.
>> I WOULD SAY TWO THICKING ABOUT THAT.
FIRST OF ALL, ONCE AGAIN I THINK YOU MISJUDGED YOURSELF.
I THINK YOU HAVE A TALENT FOR DELEGATION WHICH SERVES YOU
WELL.
>> SURE.
>> ALSO, I DISAGREE WITH YOU, LET ME AGREE TO DISAGREE WITH
YOU, ANYTHING SOLAR, ALL OVENS AND ANYTHING INCLUDED. I'M
ABOUT TO DO THIS AL GORE THING TONIGHT.
WE ARE IN DEEP TROUBLE, WE MUST FIND ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO POWER
OURSELVES.
>> James: THIS' GREAT.
I THINK ARE YOU COMPLETELY RIGHT.
>> I KNEW IT.
>> James: I WILL INVITE YOU AROUND FOR DINNER ON THURSDAY.
AND I WILL SAY I'M JUST PUGHTD THE SOLAR OVEN ON.
ARE YOU COOL TO STAY UNTIL MONDAY WHILE I COOK THIS PIECE
OF FISH?
>> STOP IF YOU WILL, I BELIEVE OUR NEW TECHNOLOGIES WILL
OUTPACE AND OUTPERFORM ALL THE ANCIENT WAYS SOON ENOUGH.
>> James: BUT NOT MY SOLAR OVEN.
I WOULD LET SOMEONE ELSE BUILD THE SOLAR OVEN AND BUY IT IN A
HEARTBEAT.
I DON'T WANT SARA GILBERT'SES, NO DISRESPECT.