♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY,
WE'RE BACK WITH THE HOCHT OF "THE DREW BARRYMORE SHOW" DREW
BARRYMORE.
FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW, IT SEEMS YOU PLOP DOWN IN A CHAIR
AND INTERVIEW PEOPLE.
TERE ARE SO MANY MOVING PARTS TO A SHOW LIKE YOURS.
I KNOW THAT.
YOU GUYS STARTED WORKING ON THIS IN FEBRUARY AND THEN IN MARCH
HAD TO LEAVE.
THIS IS THE ONLY SHOW I KNOW OF LAUNCHING IN THE MIDDLE OF
COVID.
WHAT HAS THIS BEEN LIKE DOING THIS WITH LIKE BARBECUE FORKS
FROM A DISTANCE?
>> WE ACTUALLY, IN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, MADE A
DOCUMENTARY CALLED, "MAKING UP."
I MADE IT WITH MY COLLABORATOR OMAR LOGDA.
I WORKED WITH HIM FOR 15 YEARS.
THIS IS WHAT'S WEIRD, TOO, ABOUT SOMETIMES SHARING THINGS WITH
PEOPLE.
YOU CAN ONLY DO IT IN A SAFE AND INTIMATE WAY IN ORDER TO PUT IT
OUT.
I FELT SAFE ENOUGH WITH THE PEOPLE AROUND ME TO SORT OF TAKE
PEOPLE ON THIS JOURNEY BECAUSE IT IS RATHER-- IT WAS RATHER
FASNAGHTS TO ME TO SEE HOW WE PULLED THIS OFF.
AND SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH PEOPLE.
BECAUSE I AS A CONSUMER ALSO FEEL LIKE-- I JUST SEE THINGS
PRESENTED IN FRONT OF ME, AND I DON'T KNOW THE JOURNEY OR THE
BACKISTIC EVEN IN THESE NOT UNPRECEDENTED TIMES.
THERE'S A WEIRD MARKETING CAMPAIGN AND SOMEONE GETS THROWN
OUT THERE.
OKAY, I GUESS THERE WAS A LOT OF THOUGHT BEHIND THIS AND A CHOICE
AND NOW I'M GOING TO SIGN UP FOR IT OR NOT.
AND I THOUGHT THAT A BETTER ENTRY POINT WOULD BE TO SHOW ALL
THAT WORK THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT DOES GO INTO IT-- AND
I'M USED TO WORK.
I WORKED IN DIAPERS AT 11 MONTHS OLD.
I HAVE AN INFALLIBLE WORK ETHIC, AND THIS IS REALLY A BIG THING
TO ACCOMPLISH, TO LIFT, TO PUT TOGETHER.
IN SOME WAYS IT'S SO LIMITLESS THAT IT'S-- LIKE, YOU ALMOST
WANT A BUMPER RAIL, A BOUNDARY HERE AND THERE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE SO MANY RESTRICTIONS.
AND THEN, REALLY, I JUST THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO MAKE THE SHOW
OF TODAY AND WE'RE ALL FORCED ALMOST INTO A YESTERDAY
MENTALITY AND LIFESTYLE BECAUSE OF COVID.
AND I WAS, LIKE, WE SHOULD MAKE THE SHOW OF TOMORROW BECAUSE
THERE IS NO RULES AND THE RULE BOOK IS ON FIRE.
AND THAT WAS SORT OF LIKE WE HAD NOTHING TO LOSE.
AND I FELT A RESPONSIBILITY TO CREATE A TRANSPORTIVE EXPERIENCE
BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE STUCK AT HOME.
AND SO IT MADE MEANTIME TO BE AN OVERACHIEVER FOR EVERYONE OUT
THERE TO HAVE A DESTINATION, A PLACE, AN ACTUAL PLACE TO WORK
AND TO GO WHEN-- YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY SO CHOOSES TO EVEN WATCH
THE SHOW.
I'M SUCH AN AASSUMING PERSON.
BUT I SWEAR TO GOD I WAS DETERMINED TO BUILD SOMETHING
THAT I THOUGHT HONORED KIND OF SOME OF THE GENTLENESS OF OLD
TELEVISION, SOME OF THE COMEDY WE ALL LOVE.
AND TO GO A LITTLE TECHNOLOGICAL, WHICH FOR A BOHO
WEIRDO HIPPIE LIKE ME WAS TOTALLY UNPRECEDENTED IN MY
LIFE.
BUT I THOUGHT WE HAVE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD
FROM HERE AND THE PRODUCER AND ME ALSO WANTED TO FIGURE THIS
OUT.
IT'S NOT THAT THE SHOW MUST GO ON.
IT'S THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GET TO HAVE A JOB IN THIS TIME AND I
WANTED TO HONOR THAT WITH THE GRATITUDE AND THE INNOVATION
THAT IT DESERVED.
>> Stephen: WELL, DREW BARRYMORE, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY
NO ONE IN THE WORLD LIKE YOU.
ALMOST ALL OF THE ANSWERS YOU'VE GIVEN TO ME TONIGHT I WANT
WRITTEN ON TO VELLUM AND ILLUMINATED BY MONKS.
THEY'RE SO POSITIVE AND FORWARD THINKING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
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DREW BARRYMORE, EVERYBODY.
I'LL SEE YOU SOON.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY LANG LANG.