LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST IS AN EMMY
AWARD-WINNING ACTOR YOU KNOW AS PHIL DUNPHY ON "MODERN
FAMILY."
HE NOW VOICES A CHARACTER ON THE ANIMATED SERIES, "DUNCANVILLE."
PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," TY BURRELL!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> THAT'S ALL.
THAT'S ALL.
THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE ME STAND.
THAT'S ALL.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR WEARING CORD ROY.
>> YEAH, I KNOW.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T SEE ENOUGH CORDUROY SUITS ANYMORE.
>> I CAME WITH ALL MY CORDUROY, ALL OF IT, EVERY BIT I HAVE.
>> Stephen: AND SOOTHING EARTH TONES.
YOU'RE CALM MEG DOWN TO LOOK AT YOU.
>> THIS IS THE OREGON IN ME.
IT'S ALL DIRT AND TREES AND NEEDLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> Stephen: I DON'T AS MUCH AS I SHOULD ABOUT OREGON.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE FROM OREGON OTHER THAN YOU'RE FROM
OREGON?
WHAT'S THE CHARACTER OF OREGONIANS?
>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW -- I'LL PROBABLY GET A LOT OF FLACK FOR
THIS, BUT I THINK PART OF BEING OREGONIAN IS A LITTLE BIT OF
BEING SORT OF UNIDENTIFIABLE.
>> Stephen: YOU MEAN LIKE NO FINGERPRINTS OR WHAT DO YOU
MEAN?
>> LEAVE NO TRACE, THAT'S THE STATE MOTTO.
>> Stephen: WE WERE NEVER HERE.
>> WE WERE NEVER HERE.
>> Stephen: THIS CONVERSATION NEVER HAPPENED.
IS THERE A LOCAL ACCENT OR ANYTHING?
>> NO, THERE'S NONE.
THE MOST REMARKABLE THING ABOUT OREGON IS HOW UNREMARKABLE THE
ACCENT IS.
THERE'S NO LILT, THERE'S NO TWANG.
WE'RE BASICALLY A STATE OF NEWSCASTERS, AND I --
( LAUGHTER ) WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, I
BASICALLY THOUGHT, LIKE, PETER JENNINGS, DAN RATHER, I THOUGHT
THEY WERE ALL OREGONIANS.
>> Stephen: THEY WERE IN TRAINING.
IT'S NATURAL FOR YOU.
>> I THOUGHT THEY WERE BROADCASTING DOWN THE STREET.
>> Stephen: YOU AND I SHARE SOMETHING.
THIS IS A RIGHT OF PASSAGE FOR ANY ACTOR EVER LIVING IN
NEW YORK, LEGALLY AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO BE ON "LAW AND
ORDER."
>> IT'S LIKE GOING TO THE DMV.
YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO, YOU HAVE TO GO TO
DMV TO GET YOUR I.D. AND GO TO "LAW AND ORDER" TO BE A GUEST
STAR.
>> Stephen: I WAS A MURDERER, I BLEW UP OLD WOMEN WITH LIVE
BOMBS THROUGH THE MAIL.
THEY SAY THEY WROTE IT WITH ME IN MIND.
( LAUGHTER ) >> ARE YOU SERIOUS?
>> Stephen: WE THOUGHT OF YOU, IS WHAT THEY SAID.
>> OH, MY GOD!
>> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU DO ON LAWEN ORDER?
>> I DID THE SHOW THREE TIMES.
>> Stephen: WHAT?!
LET ME TELL YOU THIS, THIS IS TELL US WHAT MARK I MADE ON EACH
PERFORMANCE.
THEY CAST ME -- FIRST OF ALL, I DID THE SHOW.
A YEAR AND A HALF LATER, THEY CAST ME AGAIN AND I'M CONVINCED
THE CASTING DIRECTORS DIDN'T REMEMBER WHO I WAS WHEN I WAS ON
THE SHOW.
>> Stephen: NOT THE SAME CHARACTER.
>> NO, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CHARACTER.
THE FIRST TIME I DID LAWEN UPORDER WAS MY FIRST TIME DOING
ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THEATER, MY FIRST SCENE OF TELEVISION, AND
WHAT YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND AND A LOT OF GUESS ACTORS UNDERSTAND
IS BEING A GUEST ACTOR ON A PROCEDURAL IS THE HARDEST JOB IN
TELEVISION, THERE IS NO HARDER JOB IN TEFERLINGS.
WHAT YOU DO AS A GUEST, THE SERIES REGULARS, BLESS THEM,
THEY JUST CAN'T CARRY THE LOAD EVERY NIGHT BECAUSE THEY'RE
THERE 16 HOURS A DAY.
>> Stephen: FOR 12 YEARS.
FOR 12 YEARS.
AND THE GUEST ACTORS SHOW UP AND THEY HAVE TO DO ALL THE
EXPOSITION, DO THE CLIMAX, DO EVERYTHING.
SO THE SCENES ARE BASICALLY LIKE THE LEAD WILL SAY SOMETHING
LIKE, WHEN DID YOU SEE HER LAST?
AND THEN THE GUEST ACTOR HAS A TWO PARAGRAPH MONOLOGUE ABOUT
WHERE THEY WENT TO SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT.
THEN THE LEAD WILL GO, WAIT, SO YOU'RE SAYING SHE KNEW RICKY
SERVELLI?
AND THEN THERE ARE TWO PARAGRAPHS ABOUT HOW THAT ALL
ESCALATES.
>> Stephen: AND TEARS.
AND THEN TEARS.
SO MY FIRST SCENE WE SHOT OUT OF ORDER, MY FIRST SCENE WAS THE
TEARS, THE EMOTIONAL CLIMAX OF THE WHOLE THING.
MY FIRST SCENE EVER ON TEFERLINGS.
I'M COMING FROM THEATER, I'M THINKING OF MY DEAD GRANDMOTHER
TO GET THERE EMOTIONALLY.
MY SCENE WAS WITH REST IN PEACE, JERRY ORBAK, LOVELY MAN.
( APPLAUSE ) LOVELY MAN BUT, BY THIS POINT,
TIRED.
>> Stephen: SURE.
TIRED.
YOU KNOW, HE'D BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.
>> Stephen: HE'D DONE THE WORK.
>> HE'D DONE THE WORK.
MY SCENE IS ME SOBBING.
IT FEELS RIGHT AFTER LUNCH.
HE HAD NOT FINISHED HIS LUNCH.
SO HE'S OFF CAMERA, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS
SOMETIMES.
ONE OF THE ACTORS IS BASICALLY NEAR THE CAMERA WHILE THEY'RE
FILMING THE OTHER ACTOR.
I'M ON CAMERA SOBBING, AND HE'S FINISHING HIS SANDWICH.
>> Stephen: LIKE A NEW YORK CITY DETECTIVE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> I GUESS.
BASICALLY THE SCENE STARTS AND IT'S, LIKE, ACTION!
AND HE'S LIKE, MR. BARNS, CALM DOWN.
AND I'M, LIKE, OH, MY GOD!
YOU GUYS HAVE GOT TO DO MORE, YOU'VE GOT TO DO MORE!
AND HE'S SORT OF, LIKE -- ( LAUGHTER )
-- WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN.
AND IT GETS TO THE END WHERE HE'S BASICALLY PICKING STUFF OUT
OF HIS TEETH, AND I'M STILL SOBBING, AND I CAN SEE HIM SORT
OF BASICALLY, LIKE, LOOKING TO SOMEBODY OFFSCREEN, LIKE, DID I
ORDER MAYO ON THIS THING?
( LAUGHTER ) SO, BASICALLY, LIKE, THE TEARS
WERE REAL, BUT THEY WERE ABOUT MY LOSS OF INNOCENCE IN THE
WORLD.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WELL, HOW MANY
SEASONS OF "MODERN FAMILY" HAVE YOU GUYS DONE NOW?
>> 11.
>> Stephen: 11 SEASONS.
THIS IS THE FINAL.
COMING UP APRIL 8th, I THINK, LAST ONE.
>> YEAH ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: HOW HARD IS IT GOING TO BE FOR YOU TO LET PHIL
DUNPHY GO?
>> A LOT OF IT IS HARD BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS.
IT'S SIMILAR WITH YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE EACH OTHER EVERY
DAY, BUT THE PARTS THAT I WON'T MISS SO MUCH MAYBE ABOUT THE WAY
PEOPLE SORT OF ASSUME YOU ARE THE CHARACTER.
>> Stephen: MM-HMM.
I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO DO A TON OF PHYSICAL COMEDY OVER
THE LAST ELEVEN YEARS, AND I GENUINELY LOVE IT, BUT THIS KIND
OF CURIOUS THING HAS HAPPENED OVER THAT TIME WHERE I'M
ACTUALLY A CLUMSY PERSON, LIKE, I AM A CLUMSY PERSON, AND ABOUT
SEASON FIVE, MAYBE, I WOULD TRIP ON A CURB AND SOMEBODY WOULD GO,
LIKE, YEAH -- YEAH -- >> Stephen: OUT IN THE WORLD.
OUT IN THE WORLD.
>> Stephen: ACTUALLY FALL DOWN AND HURT YOURSELF.
>> YEAH.
OR I'D TAKE MORE OF A STUMBLE AND PEOPLE WOULD BE, LIKE, YEAH,
YEAH, THAT GUY.
( LAUGHTER ) AND THIS IS A TRUE STORY, ON
FRIDAY NIGHT OF THIS PAST WEEKEND --
>> Stephen: JUST THREE DAYS AGO.
>> -- JUST THREE DAYS AGO, I WAS OUT WITH MY FAMILY FOR DINNER
PLAYING CHASE WITH MY DAUGHTERS ON THE SIDEWALK AND I TRIPPED
OVER A GRATE AND TOOK A HARD FALL.
FOR 52, I WAS WORRIED FALL, ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO FLIP OVER ON
THE STREET.
AND I LOOK UP AND MY OWN FAMILY IS LOOKING AT ME LIKE DADDY JUST
LOVES ATTENTION.
( LAUGHTER ) THIS GUY, HE JUST CAN'T GET
ENOUGH!
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: YOUR NEW SHOW IS
CALLED DUNCANVILLE, IT'S ON FOX.
WHAT'S IT ABOUT AND WHO DO YOU PLAY?
>> IT'S A VERY, VERY FUNNY SHOW CREATED BY MIKE AND JULIE
SCULLEY AND THE BRILLIANT AMY POLAR
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ABOUT A SPECTACULARLY AVERAGE
TEENAGER TOYS VOICED BY AMY, YOU KNOW, AND HIS FAMILY.
I PLAY HIS INCREDIBLY EMOTIONAL FATHER, AND THEN AMY ALSO PLAYS
THE MOTHER.
AND I FIND AMY JUST VERY FRUSTRATING AS A PERSON.
>> Stephen: WHY?
SHE'S A LOVELY PERSON.
>> WELL, THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM IS I, FOR YEARS, ONE OF
THE MANY WAYS I USED TO JUSTIFY NOT BEING A GENIUS IS THAT I'M
LOVELY TO WORK WITH, I'M VERY, LIKE, SWEET AS PIE.
AND TO BE A TRUE GENIUS, YOU'VE GOT TO BE COMPLICATED, AND AMY
IS TRULY A GENIUS AND THE SWEETEST PERSON IN THE WORLD,
AND I HATE HER FOR IT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: I CAN UNDERSTAND
THAT.
I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
YOU SEEM VERY PLEASANT.
>> I HOPE SO.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SEEM?
YOU SEEM OREGONIAN.
>> THANK YOU!
THANK YOU!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: TY, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING HERE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( PIANO RIFF )
"DUNCANVILLE" AIRS SUNDAY NIGHTS ON FOX.
TY BURRELL, EVERYBODY!
WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL BE TALKING SUPER TUESDAY WITH
POLITICAL ANALYST AND FRIEND OF THE SHOW, JOHN HEILEMANN.