>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU, MITSKI.
WILL, WILL, HOW'S IT GOING SO FAR?
>> IT'S GOING ALL RIGHT.
I'VE WORKED MY WAY THROUGH THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, EXCEPT FOR ONE
GENTLEMAN RIGHT OVER HERE WHO REFUSED.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT.
GOOD LUCK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME TO DO THIS.
>> Stephen: SEEK HELP.
( LAUGHTER ) MY NEXT GUEST STARS IN THE NEW
CBS SHOW, "PURE GENIUS."
PLEASE WELCOME MY OLD FRIEND DERMOT MULRONEY.
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
>> NICE.
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> HEY, IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU, TOO, STEVE GLEN YOU KNOW, I SAY
"OLD FRIEND" BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE BEEN FRIENDS.
>> THAT'S ME, TOO.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE WE WENT TO NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
TOGETHER.
>> AT EXACTLY THE SAME TAME.
>> Stephen: SAME TIME.
AND-- AND-- WE DID NOT BECOME FRIENDS.
WE WERE FRIEND ADJACENT.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
WE WERE ON A PARALLEL TRACK.
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: ONE OF US-- >> ONE OF US BECAME, YOU KNOW,
HAS HIS OWN COMEDY EMPIRE.
>> Stephen: YES, BUT WAIT A SECOND, WE BOTH AUDITIONED FOR
THE COLLEGE IMPROV SHOW.
>> LIKE A SECOND CITY KIND OF COMEDY SHOW.
>> Stephen: AND ONE OF US GOT IN, AND IT WEREN'T ME.
ME.
IT WAS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> IT WAS ME.
>> Stephen: I REMEMBER-- YEAH.
SO FANTASTIC.
PAYBACK IS A BENEFICIA BITCH, MY >> I KNOW.
IS THAT WHY MY SEAT IS SO LOW.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE FRIENDS WITH ALL THE COOL PEOPLE.
>> THE PART THAT YOU DON'T KNOW IS I WAS ACTUALLY IN THE COMMIT
THEY CHOSE THE REST-- NOT TRUE.
NOT TRUE.
>> Stephen: OH, THE FIX WAS IN, MAN.
>> NO, NO WE'D HAVE BEEN LUCKY TO HAVE YOU.
>> Stephen: GEORGE NEWBERG AND MARIETY DIPRIMA, THAT WHOLE HIP
CROWD PUP KNOW I'M RIGHT.
>> I DO.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW I'M RIGHT.
>> I DO.
>> Stephen: AND THEN YOU BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE
OUT OF NORTHWESTERN TO BE FAMOUS DO, FAMOUS STUFF.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HERE AT CBS ACTUALLY.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.
>> Stephen: YOU HAD YOUR FIRST-- WHAT WAS THE NAME OF
YOUR-- YOU DID SOME, LIKE, MOVIE.
>> IT'S A MOVIE OF THE WEEKEND.
IT WAS BACK WHEN THE NETWORKS HAD THOSE SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIES.
THIS ONE WAS CALLED "SIN OF INNOCENCE."
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS "SIN OF INNOCENOF"INNOCENCE ABOUT?
>> s THE GUY, TIM EYE EVEN REMEMBER HIS NAME, TIM, HIS DAD
MARRIES HIS GIRLFRIEND, WHO ALSO WHAT A HIGH SCHOOLER, BUT SHE'S
A GIRL AND NOW YOU HAVE STEP-MOTHSTESTEPBROTHER AND STEP
THE SAME HOUSE AND IT'S A MEAS.
LIKE A 1980s MESS.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE-- YES, WE CO.
SO THIS IS DERMOT MULRONEY MAKING HIS BROADCAST PREMIERE,
RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AS THE-- THE CHARACTER IS TIM.
AND THE CHARACTER'S BACK STORY IS THAT HIS NAME IS TIM.
>> THE BACK STORY IS HIS NAME IS TIM.
>> Stephen: VERY DEEP CHARACTER.
>> AND HE GOES TO HIGH SCHOOL.
>> Stephen: GOES TO HIGH SCHOOL, AND JIMMY.
>> THIS IS CRUEL.
>> THIS PERIOD IS UNSETTLING IN A LOT OF WAYS.
VICKI AND I HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXPECT EVERYONE TO ADJUST.
>> AND WE HAVE NO RIGHT AT ALL.
>> WHAT?
>> THAT'S HOW IT FEELS, DAD.
>> TIM, I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR.
>> WHAT I MEAN IS THAT THIS IS TERRIFIC FOR AND YOU VICKI, AND
I'M GLAD FOR YOU, BUT I DIDN'T ASK FOR IT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HEARTBREAKING.
IT'S HEARTBREAKING.
HEARTBREAKING, DERMOT.
>> IT STILL RESONATES TODAY.
>> Stephen: THAT'S BILL BIGSBY.
HE'S THE HULK.
LET ME ASK YOU, THIS DERMOT.
THE NEW SHOW ON CBS, YOU'VE COME BACK TO THE FOLD.
>> I HAVE.
>> Stephen: IT'S CALLED "PURE GENIUS."
>> "PURE GENIUS."
>> Stephen: ARE YOU THE GENIUS?
>> I'M ONE OF THE GENIUSES BUT A TECH MILLIONAIRE OPENS A CUTTING
EDGE HOSPITAL.
WHAT YOU GET WITH "PURE GENIUS" IS A GREAT MEDICAL DRAMA BUT
IT'S FULL OF THIS TECHNICAL GIZMOS AND NEWFANGLED STUFF.
THAT'S THE TECHNICAL TERM.
>> Stephen: THAT'S THE CUTTING EDGE IS THE NEWFANGLED, IS WHAT
EVERYBODY IS LOOKING FOR.
>> INNOVATIONS.
>> Stephen: HE'S THE MAVERICK BILLIONAIRE.
YOU'RE THE MAVERICK SURGEON.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: AND TOGETHER YOU MAVERICK THINGS.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
SO HERE IT IS, HERE'S SOME CAN TH"PUREGENIUS."
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO IT.
>> YOU'RE THE BEST THERE IS.
YOU'LL NAIL IT.
>> THIS ISN'T PROGRAMMING A COMPUTER.
THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO REMOVE THE TUMOR AND A MILLION WAYS IT
COULD GO WRONG-- MY SCALPEL MISSBY A MILLIMETER I COULD
PUNCTURE HER HEART AND WE'VE LOST MARGOT AND THE BABY.
>> WHAT IF I GIVE YOU A MILLION CHANCES TO GET IT RIGHT?
( APPLAUSE ).
>> 3D PRINT OUT A HEART.
>> Stephen: BUILD A HUMAN BODY OUT OF LEGGOS.
>> THEY BUILD A HUMAN BODY.
IT'S A GREAT SHOW.
IT AIN'T NO "SIN OF INNOCENCE," BUT IT ONLY TOOK CBS 30 YEARS
TO-- TO RECOGNIZE THAT I HAD SOME VALUE YOU.
>> Stephen: HAD A FALLBACK POSITION BECAUSE YOU'RE ALSO A
CELLIST.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> YEAH, I'M A PROFESSIONAL CELLIST.
>> Stephen: I WAS GOING TO SAY.
PROFESSIONAL CELLIST.
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE KNOWN FOR.
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE KNOWN FOR NECESSARILY.
BUT YOU'VE BEEN IN MOVIE SCORES.
IS THAT TRUE?
>> EVEN NEXT WEEK I HAVE A DATE ON "LOS ALAMOS."
I'M A UNION MUSICIAN WHO GETS CALLED IN.
I PLAYED ON "UTOPIA" "INSIDE OUT" ALL THE "MISSION
IMPOSSIBLES" "PLANET OF THE APES" "DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE
APES."
"JOHN CARTER" WAS A GREAT SCORE.
NOT A GREAT MOVIE.
>> Stephen: DO YOU EVER HEAR YOURSELF AND GO, "WOOO!
THAT'S ME."
>> NO, I CAN'T EVEN TELL THAT STORY.
IT WAS BAD ONE TIME.
HERE IT GOES REAL QUICK, STEPHEN.
I'M IN THE SCORING SESSION, IN THE ORCHESTRA AND I WAS IN THE
MOVIE AND THE DIRECTOR THOUGHT IT WOULD BE COOL.
THE VIDEO FREEZES.
THE WHOLE STUDIO BREAKS DOWN AND STOPS AND FREEZES ON A SCENE
WHERE I'M NAIKED FROM BEHIND.
>> Stephen: HOW LONG AGO WAS THIS?
>> THIS WAS ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> IN MY ADULT LIFE.
>> Stephen: GOOD.
>> WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT IT?
HOW COULD THAT BE GOOD?
>> Stephen: IF SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO SEE MY BUTT ON CAMERA,
I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT THE BUTT FROM 10 YEARS AGO.
YOU CAN PLAY US OUT AS WE GO OUT TO THE COMMERCIAL BREAK?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: DERMOT, LOVELY TO SEE YOU.
WATCH "PURE GENIUS" ON CBS STARTING THIS THURSDAY.
DERMOT MULRONEY, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.