>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
MY NEXT GUEST IS A MUSICAL ARTIST, TELEVISION HOST, THE
STAR OF "CHICAGO" ON BROADWAY, AND SCARY SPICE.
PLEASE WELCOME, MEL B!
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
>> THANK YOU!
>> Stephen: THANK YOU.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU, TOO >> Stephen: EVERYBODY IS VERY
EXCITED TO SEE YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS FOR BEING BACK ON BROADWAY.
THIS IS NOT YOUR FIRST TIME.
YOU WERE HERE FOR "RENT."
>> THAT WAS 12 YEARS AGO.
I WAS A LITTLE BABY 12 YEARS AGO.
NOW I FEEL I'M A LITTLE MORE MATURE AND I'M A LITTLE BIT
NICER.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE A NICER PERSON?
>> YES, I APPRECIATE DOING BROADWAY SO MUCH MORE THIS TIME
AROUND.
AND ESPECIALLY BEING PART OF THIS PARTICULAR SHOW.
BECAUSE IT'S THE LONGEST ONE SHOWN ON BROADWAY, 20
YEARS-PLUS.
I FEEL-- >> Stephen: AND YOU PLAY ROXY,
WHICH IS A GREAT PART.
>> YEAH, SHE'S A BIT SAUCY.
>> Stephen: YEAH, YOU GET TO DANCE AND MURDER PEOPLE, RIGHT?
>> EXACTLY, NAWL TWO AND A HALF HOURS.
>> Stephen: NOW, YOU'VE MOVED TO NEW YORK TO DO THIS PART, OF
COURSE,.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: ARE YOUR KIDS WITH YOU?
>> TWO OF MY KIDS ARE WITH ME, MY YOUNGEST, MY FIVE-YEAR-OLD
AND MY NINE-YEAR-OLD.
>> Stephen: HAVE THEY SEEN THE SHOW BECAUSE IT'S A MATURE SHOW?
>> HAVE THEY SEEN THE SHOW?
THEY ARE BREATHING AND LIVING THE SHOW.
I'M FROM ENGLAND SO I DON'T HAVE AN AMERICAN ACCENT--
>> Stephen: I NOTICED.
>> YOU NOTICED.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
>> SO MY KIDS WOULD HELP ME REHEARSE MY LINES BECAUSE THEY
HAVE GREAT AMERICAN ACCENTS AND TRYING TO GET ME TO SOUND LIKE
THEM, EVEN THOUGH THE TEXT ISN'T VERY KID FRIENDLY, SOME OF IT,
KILLING PEOPLE.
>> Stephen: SO, LIKE WHAT LINES ARE YOU RUNNING WITH YOUR
CHILDREN?
LIKE, WHAT ARE THEY-- A FIVE-YEAR-OLD IS SAYING WHAT?
>> "SCREW YOU, YOU SON OF A BITCH."
BUT IN CONTEXT OF THE SHOW!
THEY WERE HELPING ME WITH MY "R"s BECAUSE MY "R"s ARE
REALLY BAD.
I DON'T DO AN AMERICAN ACCENT THAT WELL YET.
>> HAVE YOU HAD TO SAY TO THEM, "VERY WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
PLEASE DON'T REPEAT THIS OUTSIDE THE HOUSE."
>> NO, THEY KNOW THAT IT JUST IS FOR MOMMY ON STAGE FOR A SHOW,
THAT IS AN ADULT SHOW.
AT DINNER THEY WILL RECITE SOME LINES.
( LAUGHTER ) LIKE...
>> Stephen: LIKE?
>> THERE'S, LIKE, A SCENE WHERE THE SIX LADIES ARE EXPLAINING
HOW THEY KILLED THEIR SPOUSES.
AND THERE'S ONE PARTICULAR SCENE THAT MY FIVE-YEAR-OLD CAN JUST
SAY WORD FOR WORD ABOUT THE GUY THAT CAN KEPT ON POPPING HIS
GUM, AND HE RAN INTO HER KNIFE 10 TIMES AND IT WASN'T HER
FAULT.
SO, YEAH, SHE DOES RECITE THAT AT DINNER.
I'M LIKE, "OH, GOD, I HOPE NOBODY'S HEARING."
>> Stephen: I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T SEEN THE SHOW.
ARE YOU DOING THE SHOW WITH YOUR ORIGINAL ACCENT OR ARE YOU DOING
A CHICAGO ACCENT?
BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY SPECIFIC AMERICAN ACCENT.
>> CAN I BE REALLY HONEST WITH YOU?
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT ACCENT I'VE GOT.
IT'S JUST-- IT'S JUST THERE.
>> Stephen: WELL, HERE, HERE'S A CHICAGO SENTENCE.
OKAY.
HERE'S A CHICAGO SENTENCE.
LET ME HELP YOU WITH THIS.
BECAUSE I LIVED IN SHOULD GO FOR 11 YEARS.
"I PICKED UP SOME RATS FROM THE OSCO FOR THE BEARS GAME."
>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> Stephen: THE JEWEL GROCERY STORE, THE DRUGSTORE CONNECTED
TO IT IS THE SAME COMPANY, YOU CALL IT THE OSCO-JEWEL.
I PICKED UP SOME BRATS.
>> BRATS.
>> Stephen: BRATS.
>> BRATS.
>> Stephen: FROM THE JEWEL.
>> FROM THE JEWEL.
>> Stephen: FOR THE BEARS GAME.
>> FOR THE BEAR GAMES.
THAT'S WHAT THAT SOUNDED LIKE TO ME.
>> Stephen: YES!
YES!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) PERFECT!
IT'S PERFECT!
>> YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT MY ACCENT IS LIKE ON THE SHOW.
>> Stephen: WOW, OKAY.
LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE SPICE GIRLS BECAUSE THAT IS
CERTAINLY HOW, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE PEOPLE HERE KNOW YOU AND ARE
EXCITED ABOUT.
CHEAPER HOW DID-- HOW DO DALL OF THOSE NAMES COME ABOUT?
I KNOW YOU GUYS SORT OF-- YOU GUYS HAD A MANAGER HOSAID LET'S
CREATE A SUPER GIRL BAND.
>> IT WASN'T HIM.
WE ACTUALLY CREATED IT OURSELVES S.
>> Stephen: I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
>> WE CREATED THE MUSIC OURSELVES.
>> Stephen: I THOUGHT YOU WERE LIKE THE MONKEES.
>> THE ORIGINAL STORY IS THERE WAS AN ORIGINAL AUDITION FOR A
GIRL GROUP.
THE GUIN GOOIF WOULDN'T SIGN US, SO WE COLLECTED OURSELVES
TOGETHER.
WE LIVED ON THE WELFARE AND WE KIND OF WORKED OUR MUSIC AND
CREATING OUR FIRST AND SECOND ALBUM BY PROMISING PEOPLE THAT
WE'D PAY THEM BACK, AND WE NEVER DID.
( LAUGHTER ) AND THEN --
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW WE'RE BROADCASTING THIS, RIGHT?
>> I KNOW.
BUT THEY GOT THEIR MONEY AT SOME POINT.
>> Stephen: WHERE DO THE NAMES COME FROM.
>> WE FOUND SIMON AND THE WHOLE BAND ERUPTED.
AND I GUESS GIRL GROUPS WEREN'T VERY POPULAR.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE BOY GROUPS.
WE HAD THIS ONE JOURNALIST WHO I GUESS WAS EXTREME LAZY, COULDN'T
BE BOTHERED TO REMEMBER ALL OF OUR NAMES AND GAVE US NICKNAMES.
THAT ONE IS A BIT SCARY, THAT ONE IS A BIG POSH, THAT ONE IS A
BIT BABY.
AND THEY KIND OF STUCK.
>> Stephen: IN THIS INTERVIEW HE COULDN'T REMEMBER YOUR
NAMES-- >> HE COULDN'T BE BOTHERED.
HE SAID SHE'S SCARY, SHE'S THIS-- IN HIS OPINION, IN HIS
MIND.
IT KIND OF JUST WORKED.
I WAS LIKE, "WELL, I LIKE MINE BECAUSE AT LEAST I'M SCARING
PEOPLE BEFORE I EVEN WALK IN THE ROOM, SO WATCH OUT."
IT'S EASY.
>> Stephen: CAN YOU EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO ME?
>> GO ON.
>> Stephen: THIS IS FOR ONE OF MY PRODUCERS WHO WORKS ON THE
SHOW IS IS, LIKE MANY PEOPLE HERE, A HUGE FAN OF THE SPICE
GIRLS AND OF YOURS.
SHE LOVES "SPICE WORLD" THE MOVIE.
>> SHE'S PROBABLY ABOUT A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT DO.
I LOVE IT.
>> Stephen: SHE SAID IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES SHE'S
EVER SEEN.
IT WAS AN AMAZING MOVIE.
I THINK SHE WAS NINE WHEN SHE SAW IT.
>> BLESS HER!
>> Stephen: AND THEE PARTICULARLY LIKED THIS BUS
RIGHT HERE.
YOU HAD A BUSING YOU LIVED ON.
AND YOU HAD YOUR OWN LITTLE AREA.
IT'S A VERY LARGE BUS, YOU CAN TELL.
SHE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL WHY THERE WAS
A STRIPPER POLE ON THE BUS, AND HER MOTHER REFUSED TO EXPLAIN TO
HER WHAT THAT POLE COULD POSSIBLY BE.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ALL THE LITTLE GIRLS OUT THERE WHY THERE
WAS A STRIPPER POLE ON YOUR BUS?
>> IT WAS ACTUALLY-- INSTEAD OF WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS, YOU'D
GO DOWN THE FIREMAN'S POLE.
SO LIST WHAT REASON FOR IT.
>> Stephen: OH, A FIREMAN'S POLE.
YOU GUYS FOUGHT FIRES, DID YOU?
>> WELL, KIND OF BUT, ALSO, YOU KNOW, FIVE GIRLS TOGETHER, WE
LIKED TO KIND OF SPIN AROUND A POLE EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, WHO
DOESN'T?
NO?
IS IT JUST ME?
>> Stephen: I NEVER HAVE.
I SHOULD GIVE IT A TRY.
UN WHAT, BABY STEPS.
IT WAS LOVELY TO MEET YOU, MEL.
>> IT WAS LOVELY TO MEET YOU.
NOW I FEEL LIKE I EXPOSED MY INNER STRIPPER.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE WELCOME.
"CHICAGO" IS AT THE AMBASSADOR THEATRE THROUGH FEBRUARY 19.
MEL B, EVERYBODY!
STICK AROUND, GILBERT GOTTFRIED IS COMING UP.
THANK YOU