>>> FROM TO MOVIES TO BROADWAY, HE IS A MAN OF MANY TALENTS.
>> WE LOVE HIM.
EMMY AND TONY WINNER, NEAL
PATRICK HARRIS.
PATRICK HARRIS. IT HAS ALMOST BEEN 30 YEARS
SINCE THE BREAK OUT ROLE AND
CHILD PRODIGY.
CHILD PRODIGY. DOUGLY HOUSER.
DOUGLY HOUSER. IS THAT 30 YEARS?
>> CAN YOU SEE THE WIG TAPE.
>> HERE STARRED IN "HOW I MET
YOUR MOTHER" PLAYING THE
LEGENDARY PLAYBOY, BARNEY
STINSON AND COUNT O LAUGH IN A
SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.
>> HE’S ONLY DOING THAT FOR THE
MONEY.
MONEY. >> NETFLIX?
>> NETFLIX? >> WITH ALL THAT FREE TIME, NEAL
IS WRITING BOOKS AND BACK WITH
THE SECOND STORY IN HIS SERIES,
THE MAGIC MISFITS.
>> HAVE YOU REHEARSED THIS?
VERY IMPRESSIVE.
VERY IMPRESSIVE. YES, THE MAGIC MISFITS IS A
FOUR-PART SERIES THAT I HAVE
WRITTEN, MAINLY FOR MY KIDS WHO
ARE 8 AND A LITTLE BIT OLDER.
THEY WILL BE 8 IN OCTOBER.
THE FIRST BOOK DID REALLY WELL
AND THE SECOND COMES OUT SOON.
THE GROUP OF FIVE KIDS AND THEY
ALL HAVE MAGICAL SKILLS.
NOT ABILITIES LIKE CRAZY MAGIC.
REAL MAGIC.
REAL MAGIC. HE TEACHES TRICKS WITHIN IT.
>> YOUR KIDS ARE INTO MAGIC?
>> THEY ARE INTO ME DOING MAGIC.
THEY WANT TO MAKE THINGS APPEAR
FROM THE EARS.
OTHER THAN WAX.
THEY DOLL A QUARTER BEHIND THE
EAR TRICK.
EAR TRICK. THEY JUST WANT TO GET RICH.
>> YOU HAVE ALWAYS LOVED MAGIC,
EVEN AS A CHILD.
IT’S NOT A NEW THING.
>> IT’S NOT.
I WROTE AN AUTO BIOGRAPHY AND
HAVE BEEN READING PICTURE BOOKS
TO THE KIDS AND THAT’S A COOL
POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH
KIDS ABOUT INCLUSIVENESS AND
FEELING OUT AS A MISFIT AND
ENJOYING FORCES IN THE POWER OF
COOPERATION AND DOING SO, IT
WOULD BE FUN TO TEACH MAGIC
TRICKS WITHIN THAT.
SECRET CODES.
SECRET CODES. >> WHAT AGE WOULD YOU SAY IS THE
BEST?
BEST? >> I WOULD SAY ONES THAT CAN
READ UP THROUGH ONES THAT HAVE
CATARACTS.
CATARACTS. >> HOW DO YOU INSTILL THOSE
IDEAS TO YOUR KIDS, MINUS THE
BOOK?
BOOK? THAT’S SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN
THINKING ABOUT WITH HALEY.
>> IT’S THE CONSTANT
CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION. I FEEL LIKE WHEN THEY ARE
YOUNGER, YOU ARE REPRIMANDING
THEM IN A WAY TO MAKE SURE THEY
ARE WALKING AND NOT FALLING.
ONCE THEY WELCOME
SELF-SUFFICIENT, YOU ARE TRYING
TO INSTILL LARGER MORALS AND
HAVE MARCHES AND BE CONSIDERATE
AND NOT SO MUCH THAT IT FEELS
LIKE YOU ARE ANGRY WITH THEM ALL
THE TIME.
THE TIME. HONORING THE FACT THAT THEY’RE
KIDS AND LET THEM PLAY AND BE
SILLY.
SILLY. I THINK MANNERS ARE IMPORTANT.
>> THEY ARE.
THE THING IS,, TOO, WITH KIDS,
IF THERE IS A GLUT OF BOOKS FROM
TWO TO SIX, THIS IS AN
INTERESTING AGE BEFORE THEY
BECOME INTO THE YOUNG ADULT
SERIES.
SERIES. >> LEARNING TO READ IS SO
EXCITING BECAUSE THEY’RE READING
WITH YOU AND YOU CAN TALK THEM
THROUGH, BUT AT A CERTAIN POINT,
IT CLICKS.
IT CLICKS. THEY STARTED SECOND GRADE AND
YOU CAN SEE IT CLICK AND THEY
GET EXCITED THAT THEY CAN READ
ON THEIR OWN.
THEY CAN PICK THEIR OWN BOOKS
AND READING THE BOOK TO THEM AND
WE ARE UP TO CHAPTER 4 AND THEY
HAD TO GO TO BED.
THEY ARE SAYING PLEASE, PAPA,
ONE MORE CHAPTER.
I FELT SO GOOD AS AN AUTHOR AND
A PARENT AND A NARCISSIST.
>> THOSE ARE YOUR SWEET SPOTS.
>> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE FOR
HALLOWEEN?
HALLOWEEN? HAVE YOU PICKED A COSTUME?
>> WE HAVE AN YET, BUT WE ARE
REALLY EARLY.
REALLY EARLY. WE LIKE TO DO A GOOD FAMILY
PICTURE.
PICTURE. WE HAVE SOMETHING FUN WE HAVE
PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR.
>> WE WILL BE SHOWING IT.