- OUR NEXT GUEST IS A 14-YEAR-OLD PIANO PRODIGY
WHO HAS ALREADY PLAYED CARNEGIE HALL.
FROM MONTREAL, CANADA,
PLEASE WELCOME DANIEL CLARKE BOUCHARD.
- [singing] HE SAYS, "SON, CAN YOU PLAY ME A MEMORY?
"I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW IT GOES
"BUT IT'S SAD AND IT'S SWEET AND I KNEW IT COMPLETE
WHEN I WORE A YOUNGER MAN'S CLOTHES"
- YOU HAVE A LOT OF NAMES. YOU HAVE THREE NAMES.
- YEAH, QUITE A LOT. - YEAH.
DID YOU WANT TO ADD MORE TO THAT, OR IS THAT PLENTY?
- I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH. - YEAH, THAT'S ENOUGH.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING PIANO?
- I'VE BEEN PLAYING SINCE I WAS FIVE, OFFICIALLY, SO--
- OFFICIALLY. - YEAH.
I WANT TO SAY I WAS THREE, BUT, OFFICIALLY, FIVE.
- ALL RIGHT. - YEAH.
- I THINK YOU HAD TO PLAY PIANO, IF YOU DRESS LIKE THAT.
YOU HAVE NO CHOICE. - YEAH.
- DID YOU START DRESSING LIKE THAT FIRST, AND THEN PLAY PIANO?
- NO, NO, I'VE DECIDED I WANTED TO LOOK FLASHY, SO--
- WELL, YOU DO. YOU LOOK VERY FLASHY.
AND IT GOES-- 'CAUSE YOU'RE VERY GOOD.
I MEAN, CARNEGIE HALL, THAT'S-- - THAT'S AMAZING.
- IT SURE IS AMAZING, YEAH.
I MEAN, YOU'RE HOW OLD AGAIN, 14?
- YEP, 14. - WOW, THAT'S AMAZING.
AND WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE STYLE? WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO PLAY?
- WELL, I LOVE PLAYING CLASSICAL MUSIC,
BUT I'M STARTING TO GET INTO JAZZ,
AND I COMPOSED THIS PIECE, A BOOGIE-WOOGIE,
FOR JUST, LIKE, WHEN I'M HAPPY, YOU KNOW, I'LL PLAY IT,
AND SO THAT'S--THAT'S--
I'M TRYING TO GET INTO JAZZ, HOPEFULLY, AND--
BUT I'M CLASSICAL, OF COURSE, LIKE, THAT'S MY FOUNDATION.
- THAT'S YOUR FOUNDATION. - YEAH.
- AND HERE'S WHAT MAKES--
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD OTHER KID PRODIGIES ON THIS SHOW
THAT ARE AMAZING PIANO PLAYERS,
BUT YOU HAVE A HOBBY THAT I-- IT REALLY SURPRISES ME.
YOU PLAY PIANO, AND YET, YOU ALSO PLAY HO--
IS IT HOCKEY?
- YEAH, I PLAY HOCKEY, LIKE, AS A HOBBY.
KIND OF IS WEIRD, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
I LOVE IT. GO ALL THE WAY, YOU KNOW?
- YEAH. JUST GO ALL THE WAY.
AND SO YOU-- SO WHO DO YOU FOLLOW?
WHO ARE YOUR FAVORITE TEAMS?
- WELL, MY FAVORITE TEAM IS THE LOS ANGELES KINGS.
[cheers and applause]
THAT'S MY--GO, L.A.! ALL RIGHT.
- WOW. - YEAH.
- EVEN BEING FROM MONTREAL... - YEAH.
- YOU GO FOR THE KINGS.
- WELL, I LIKE THE MONTREAL CANADIENS, BUT L.A.'s THE BEST!
- YEAH, IT IS. - YEAH, ALL RIGHT!
[cheers and applause]
- SO--AND WHO'S THE GOALIE FOR THE L.A. KINGS?
- JONATHAN QUICK. - AND YOU LIKE JONATHAN QUICK?
- LOVE HIM. - IS HE FANTASTIC?
- AMAZING. - YEAH.
SO THAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL--
WOULD YOU RATHER GROW UP TO BE LIKE JONATHAN QUICK,
OR WOULD YOU RATHER BE A PIANO PLAYER?
- OH, THAT'S HARD. OH, NO.
I THINK BOTH, IF IT'S A CHOICE--
LIKE, IF IT'S A AND B, I HAVE TO SAY BOTH,
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANT TO BE A PIANIST,
BUT I WANT TO BE AN AMAZING HOCKEY PLAYER TOO, HOPEFULLY.
- ALL RIGHT. WOULD YOU PLEASE PLAY FOR US?
- OF COURSE, NO PROBLEM. - THANK YOU.
- YEAH! WHOO-HOO!
[cheers and applause]
[bouncy piano music]
[cheers and applause]
YEAH!
- VERY IMPRESSIVE. - ALL RIGHT.
- VERY IMPRESSIVE.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, I KNOW THAT YOU SAID JONATHAN QUICK A LOT,
AND WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD INVITE HIM TO MEET YOU TODAY,
IN CASE YOU'D WANT TO-- JONATHAN, COME ON OUT.
[cheers and applause]
- THAT WAS AMAZING. - OH, WOW.
- OH, MY GOD. - OH, MY GOD.
HOLY COW.
- THERE WE GO.
- SO COOL. - THAT WAS AMAZING.
- THAT'S COOL. - LOOK AT THAT.
- WOW. - AND JONATHAN--
BY THE WAY, HI, HOW ARE YOU?
[laughter]
SO--AND BASICALLY, WHENEVER HE'S IN TOWN,
HE CAN COME SEE A GAME, RIGHT?
- ABSOLUTELY.
NEXT TIME YOU'RE IN TOWN, WE GOT TICKETS,
AND JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH. - ABSOLUTELY.
- YOU'RE THE BEST! - ALL RIGHT, FANTASTIC.
- THE BEST! ALL RIGHT, YEAH. - GOOD LUCK IN THE PLAYOFFS.
- WHAT'S THAT? - GOOD LUCK IN THE PLAYOFFS.