you know ladies and gentlemen let me tell you something there is no hotter film star
than our first guest tonight I happen to know that his last film Ace Ventura detective made
over a trillion dollars his new film entitled The Mask will probably make
enough money to shut Hollywood down forever it opens on Friday ladies and Gentlemen
please welcome the always personable the very talented Mr Jim mccarrie this series
the place Goes Wild
congratulations there this must be very thrilling your head just must be spinning
because of the the constant and overwhelming praise in adulation that you're generating
for yourself because of the films it's an amazing thing I don't know exactly what's
happened I've I've gotten very popular and uh and and but it's nice to know your roots
and it's nice to know what happened you know and I really think it's responsible
you know what's responsible for this whole thing is is my subliminal motivation tapes
ah
I had no money and no education now I have script approval and the power to green light a
movie Project I can even throw a tantrum and lock myself in the trailer while the whole crew Waits
yeah you're being silly oh well I'm a little um is it difficult to keep a level head with all of
this though well I'm a little pissed about this oh I'm sorry what do you have there I
found this in a pothole outside uh but you know I just want to warn people did I see that well
in in a second okay I just want to you know I just I want to tell people that if you if
you go to a newsstand and you read about me in these Rags you know 90 of what you're reading
is absolute garbage it's total fabrication check it out we're now now that's one of that's one of
the worst offenders right there that icky Newsweek yeah check this out can't believe a thing you're
reading usually check this out man and what about the London Times there's another one
going through the garbage you know check this uh Jim Carrey is reported to be making seven million
dollars a picture I don't know where they got that number Seth I wouldn't even rehearse for
less than nine uh then they get into my personal life and they can eat that check this out check
this out said to be romantically involved with Dumb and Dumber co-star Lauren Holly
now I don't know where they dream this stuff up I mean so we sleep together four or five
times a week does that mean we're romantically involved of course no no we're just good friends
sleeping buddies this is the worst one though this is the worst one of
his competition Carrie says I hope they choke on their own vomit and leave the good scripts
for me die die die hurry up and die now that was supposed to be off the Record
garbage garbage
I'm sorry you have to endure that kind of thing when you're this big
you uh you started out your career when I was first aware of you back in Los Angeles you were an
impressionist yes from from Canada you're Canadian right yeah it it actually started out with uh
it started out with just voices that I'd hear at night oh I see
just just voices would come to me and I think it was my conscience you know
a lot of people have you know the little whispry voice that that comes into their
head and says I think you might be taking yourself a little too
seriously but my conscience is like Broderick Crawford and born yesterday
thank you I like that hunks like you are a Diamondbacks
that's the kind of thing once you stop I'll be saying that now the
rest of the week looks like you were a diamond resident
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commercials
I'm gonna do something with a band yeah go ahead would that be great yeah
the movie you know you know maybe get dinner afterwards sure make something up
it's a day you know you were talking there you're talking about the magazine articles
about and about money and stuff and I know for uh maybe this hasn't been your experience but from
my experience and that of many other men and women in stand-up comedy they work for years
and years and years literally just making pennies and then all of a sudden you hit it big and your
paychecks increase enormously yeah and and is that any kind of pressure any kind of problem
for you do you I'm I'm I'm completely all right with that it's it's just it seems to have uh
I seem to have relaxed into it nicely now uh uh I uh it's a bit of pressure
I noticed that it changes you in little ways like it's changed the way I laugh
at parties oh really I used to go I used to go that's really funny you know now I go oh
have you guys heard this one oh
you laugh that way because you know you're wealthy is that very
wealthy that's that's odd that's how wealthy people I wouldn't have gone
looks like you're a guy but doesn't oh
they're getting frighteningly good I love it
I love it it's better if you turn around before it though
you gotta turn around I can hardly wait for the show to be over so I
can go upstairs and say this to everybody in the office do you have it do you have a
clip do you have anything in the film you want to show did you bring a clip yeah I
actually brought a clip I didn't bring a clip of the film I brought something else
uh because you know at this point a lot of things are coming out that I did before the
success of Ace and uh and you know people are trying to capitalize on things I've done and
we've done a little of that Rob Reiner was here the other night and we showed videotape a film
of him singing blowing in the wind with the Gomer Pyle on the Gomer on the Marines the uh the Gomer
Pyle show whatever that was really yeah and it was fun it was fun to look at but it was like
something like it's something like that and it's it's just just remember when you see this that
I was young I was hungry and uh and I was I was frankly I was desperate so you're showing this now
so we don't embarrass you by showing well that's pretty good I think you guys want to bring it out
and let it you know let the people see and judge for themselves how long ago was it uh about uh
five years okay well this would be fun thank you very much for sharing this with us Hal if you have
the videotape in there of Jim Carrey five six years ago all right I'm Mike Wallace I'm Marley
safer I'm Ed Bradley and I'm Jim Carrey these stories and Andy Rooney tonight on 60 Minutes
that's not so bad
that's you know that's really not that bad I feel so filthy
oh can you can you forgive me yeah I think we can so the the film opens is it this week I'm
not quite sure yeah Friday Friday and and this is one of those I as uh what I've seen
of this movie I've seen little bits and pieces here and there and it looks like a really good
combination of special effects and you just being a complete bonehead you know it's it's
just like a nice combination of that thing we definitely have the bonehead there you go in
there yeah yeah so you must be very excited about it I'm very excited well I hope it's
a big big hit for it it was a pleasure to have you on the show Jim thank you have a
lovely summer and come back anytime thanks a lot man ladies and gentlemen right here