our first guest is a two-time Academy Award winner up until right now this is going to
work just great uh she her most recent films Mrs Doubtfire and Forrest Gump have earned
over a zillion dollars her mini series a woman of independent means debuts February 19th ladies
and Gentlemen please welcome back to the program Mrs Gump herself Sally Field how are you Sally
the crowd goes crazy thank you that's nice let's talk a little bit about the weather you I believe
and correct me if I'm wrong originally from Southern California yes I am born and reared
there yes yes uh born in Pasadena yeah raised in the San Fernando Valley well that's nice it's a
good life for a kid isn't it well yeah but when was the first time you saw an actual snowfall
oh my God that's a good question you know that day
let me think now I saw it on the ground yeah right but an actual snowfall oh it actually came out
like we have here tonight you know I think I was a grown-up oh so then you were a little uh deprived
something yeah I think I was some you know in my 20s yeah that was a great question wasn't it
snowing
and it was snowing and and I'll never forget it it was wonderful did you ever gave away all my pants
now did you ever participate in that kind of
foolishness no no no I never did I I was doing The Flying Nun at the time
and you know
now when you did that and and forgive me here no you started out you were Gidget
for a while right how long were you Gidget uh you know you asked
me this question last time too and I remember what I answered in my heart
always well that's all we want shall I say that again yeah in my heart always
actually Gidget for or for 36 episodes how did you get that job
I know [Applause]
it's been red and tested in red intestine yeah and then and then you went on to become uh The
Flying Nun shortly thereafter now not at the time maybe but looking back on it now those
are two kind of jobs that might have suggested less than a stellar future and great career you
know what I mean oh yeah a lot of people might not have been able to go on to be other things
than the Flying Nun and Gidget that's true were you concerned about that at the time no
I I I wasn't really concerned about it at the time I I knew I knew I had other things
ahead of me I knew that someday I would see snow falling from the sky going nowhere fast
but when you were the Flying Nun and that was like two years right and the deal oh no that
was three three years the deal on that was you were a woman a novice were you a fool yeah I was
a with the whole deal on that was I was little I was very little tiny little person and that's
what I am exactly sure it makes perfect sense and it was supposed to be that those uh the
French cornets that they had that you know that one like that it would lift me and I would fly
because I was so little the wind would come yeah and you would just go all over the world
now did you did you have to make like public appearances dressed as the film oh
I tried not there oh my goodness yes
there's this one story now I actually I don't think I've ever told this story
before so all right don't tell anybody get up really close to the sets now kids
there was this one time you're doing an open award shows I mean award shows are coming what
was it what was the award show this was I believe it was the second uh Golden Globes Golden Globe
it ever was and it was held at the Coconut Grove and it was the second year a hotel kind of thing
the famous Coconut Grove no I really don't no well I remember no well it it was this big
this big Hollywood thing it's a landmark yeah and they tore it down of course but
um this was the second year of the Flying Nun and I was trying very hard to learn to say no to
things because I was like opening supermarkets and I was being used to death and I was tired so they
they had this really good idea and they said they wanted me to fly across the Coconut Grove over the
heads of all these fabulous famous people and present best newcomer award well I you know I'd
gotten to the point where I I was really working on saying no so I said no yeah to the outfit
I said I said no I would not wear the flying outfit so I flew across
the Coconut Grove wearing a pink taffeta culotte outfit
so it made me exactly right so instead of being the flying none it really was Sally Field
the parking lot absolutely absolutely ringlets all over my head I don't know who who I thought I
was was it was it well received this entrance well I'll tell you how well received it was
there it was John Wayne the late John Wayne on the stage about to receive me going 35 miles an hour
hahaha because we hadn't rehearsed this because I didn't say no to that too oh
well so I remember Mr Wayne looking at me and going this look and and this big man sort of
like planting himself and I hit that man I'm not exaggerating going about 35. oh and he
you know he sort of received me and he held me there because what else was he going to
do so here I am in my pink taffeta culotte outfit God forbid someone should see up my
dress you know it probably would have been the greatest thing that ever happened to me
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so Mr Wayne held me in his arms and I presented the best newcomer award to Dustin Hoffman for
the graduate oh my God now this is oh yeah that was wonderful yeah being held by John
Wayne here you are here's you know are you still are you still are you off the ground
now you're not you haven't landed yet because he was a very big man and so then the award is
over congratulations to Dustin Hoffman and he sits down and Mr Wayne goes to put me down and
leave except my feet don't touch the ground no I have to take my shoes off to do it my feet don't
touch the ground and I'm going [Laughter] you're still just hung there that's no good
oh Mr Wayne I'm gonna have a hold of his jacket the very tail end of his jacket oh Mr Wayne ah
man that's funny I don't know why I didn't shoot myself after that no but that's the
kind of great stuff that you remember later on I have a good laugh about it yeah we have
a snowball either do me a favor throw it at the band really don't throw it if you want you don't
have to but don't throw it at the audience because well the audience will throw it back
and they won't throw it back at you they'll throw it back at me
you don't have to but over there if you want to if you don't we'll just put it away we got a ton of
them here I feel like I'm being handed some moral decision here well yes in a certain way you are
do you want to throw that at the band or not
there we go
oh she's digging in look out yeah [Applause]
all right good shot no it wasn't admitted well for your first time yeah
well you can hang around after the show and tell them all right practice
it's nice of you to come back on the program oh thank you what was it were you okay were
you comfortable after the first time around I had a very good time but I I I felt very bad for you
letter really yes because right after I did the show they they they wrote all these articles about
you saying what a shame you'd Gone So Soft you lost that edge that ever famous fabulous
Edge and then they used me as the example no yeah that I had been too nice to you
yeah that you'd been too nice to me and I felt really bad and I I was going to write you this
letter that said you could kiss my butt anytime you like but then that doesn't sound right whoa
well you know so to speak yeah uh uh but then I I I I'm back here now and I just want to say
that you can go ahead and be mean well I have no reason to be mean to you but you
can be for like uh 12 years people said that I was mean to the guests well no sharp and Edge
yeah but I never really felt that I was mean to them unless they cause trouble you know if
somebody has to you know what I mean so you mean if I were if I were giving you
some trouble you'd put an end to it well no no of course not but I have no reason to be mean to
you now I had no reason to be mean to you then so I have no idea what they were talking about
well I don't know either well we could call them that's another great
question wasn't it see they're gonna write about you now they're going to
say you were soft you went nowhere with it you know who needs them now
something occurred to me the other day uh you were in this movie man
these movies are Mrs Doubtfire and then for Mrs Doubtfire with Robin Williams
you go right into uh Mrs Gump Forrest Gump's mother with Tom Hanks and I'm thinking to
myself this is interesting and I guess it's uh more than a little tribute to you and your uh
abilities as a thespian you played Robin Williams uh wife yeah white and and Robin Williams and and
Tom Hanks are about the same age roughly yes and then you also played his mother yes so
that's a real good range of uh characters don't you think yeah yeah yeah I think it
is I think Tom next time is going to play my mother is kind of a combination of both movies
do people come up to you and talk to you about Forrest Gump because this thing has just taken
over the world hasn't it uh yeah it's kind of taken over the world uh Lord if they do they a
lot of people ask me do I have sayings that I've lived because mama always says mama is the life
is like a box of chocolates stupid is this stupid because and she's sort of the instigator of all of
those gumpets so do you have some that you can shoot back to people when they come up to you
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[Laughter] uh tell us about the TV show when does it come on now is it next week I don't
know [Laughter] no I I I got it right here Sally uh debut is February 19. two weeks and two weeks
two weeks it's like a six hour mini series it's a six hour mini series yeah and it's
um uh let's see what's a woman of independent means it's a woman of independent means
am I giving you a hard time don't make me turn your lights out
I know you can now now uh we have to go here and once again I want to thank you
for your time it was great fun I had I had more fun this time than the last
time where are we going we have to do a commercial oh you've seen Television right
I say life is like a box of chocolates yes
exactly you want to leave another one of the boys or not
there you go look out here we go now don't hurry right over there
we go
yeah very nice Sally Field ladies and gentlemen great shot thank you
very much brother nice to see you again [Music]