Everybody loves you.
There are so many people here at the show
that dressed extra nice today because of you.
So you knew I was coming right?
Yes, yeah.
No, I'm talking about the people that work here.
Everybody was really excited.
That's funny.
So we actually have known each other a long time.
Ages.
Yeah.
I think it was, like, '91 or so, I hung out at your house.
You were very young.
I remember it.
You used to come around to the house in Malibu.
And we'd have dinners and laugh a lot.
I remember that.
Yes.
Well, you know, I was a huge fan of yours and your husband,
Blake Edwards.
And I mean, I couldn't believe that I was hanging out
with these two amazing people.
The whole damn family.
It was really cool.
And I haven't seen you since Blake passed.
No, no.
It's great to see you again.
Thanks, my dear.
Because it's been a long time.
So let's talk about the book.
First of all, I didn't know you had written 30 books.
You've written children's books.
You've written a lot of books.
But this is amazing because you go into detail
about so many different things.
And you remember--
Well, I've lived an awful long time.
And I guess that is a lot of things.
But you remember it.
Like, you actually had diaries.
Well, I had help.
I mean, I did have diaries.
And I had date books.
And I had my lovely daughter, Emma,
with whom I collaborated on this-- who is
a far better writer than I am.
But it was very, very helpful.
Yeah.
But there are some things that you didn't pull any punches.
You talk about you and Blake meeting at therapy.
Yes.
That you'd crossed paths.
And you talk about Blake and his addiction and his depression,
which I'm glad that you talked about it, because I
think it's important.
Well I just wanted to be as honest as I could.
And I thought that there's no--
I'm a huge advocate of mental health
and emotional health and everything else.
And it seemed like, if it helps anybody else understand
what it's like-- and it's not the main thrust of the book.
No.
But I did include some of that, yeah.
But you were both huge stars, and this was the '60s and '70s.
And there must have been some wild parties.
I mean, I want to hear--
what are some of the--
You want to hear only about the good stuff right?
I want to hear, like, what is the wildest thing that
happened during?
Because the two of you must have gone to crazy parties
in the '60s and '70s.
No, we didn't really.
We didn't actually go out an awful lot, Ellen.
But when we did, it wasn't too crazy.
There was one party that actually was manufactured
for the movie "10."
And I think my character in "10" had to look through a telescope
and see that my boyfriend, sweet Dudley Moore, was in fact
invading a neighbor's house where they were having an orgy.
And I must say, there was a day when
Blake was shooting the orgy, and he said, Julie,
you've just got to come on over here.
It's an unbelievable sight.
[LAUGHTER]
So I went dashing over, of course I did.
And what Blake had done was hire an awful lot of people,
who really are very at ease doing orgy films, I guess.
And I walked in, and everybody was stark naked
and lying around very happily and casually,
and treating it totally normally.
And there was sweet Dudley in the middle of it all.
And you know, he wasn't very, very tall.
And Blake put him between two enormously statuesque ladies.
And so he was completely naked, and these two ladies
were naked.
But their bums were up here, and little Dudley's was down there.
It was so sweet.
Oh, my God.
So sweet.
Well, it was more adorable than anything else,
because Dudley was so adorable.
Yeah.
Oh, man, that movie still holds up.
I watched it recently.
Did you?
Yeah.
That really still holds up.
You are really good friends with Carol Burnett.
I know Carol is the--
I am, yeah.
--godmother to your daughter.
Listen, congratulations, by the way, with Carol
and being the first recipient of the Carol Burnett Award.
Thank you.
[CROWD CHEERING]
I think it's wonderful.
I know.
Yeah, pretty crazy.
Well, she's special anyway.
We both know that.
She's my daughter's godmother, and great friends
with you and me.
Yes.
I see her.
And do you visit her in Monticeto often?
Yeah.
Not often.
We're always doing this somehow and missing each other.
But when we can get together, we really do.
And it's as if we've never really been apart.
Well, next time you're up in Monticeto, let me know.
Because I see her-- we both go to dinner at, like, 4:30,
so I see her a lot.
Really?
Yeah.
You have a home up there?
It's sad.
Yes.
That's not sad, that I have a home.
No, I get that, yeah.
All right.
We're going to take a break, and more with Julie after this.