MY NEXT GUEST IS A CO-CREATOR AND STAR OF "SCHITT'S CREEK."
PLEASE WELCOME, DAN LEVY!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪
>> THIS IS SUCH A THRILL!
>> Stephen: WELL, IT'S A THRILL TO HAVE YOU!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) NOW, YOUR SHOW, AND I'M NOT
GOING TO SAY THE NAME RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I SAID IT IN THE
INTRO -- >> DO YOU GET IN TROUBLE FOR
THAT?
>> Stephen: I DON'T.
CBS WILL ALLOW ME TO SAY THE NAME OF YOUR SHOW AS LONG AS WE
PUT UP THE LOGO OF YOUR SHOW -- "SCHITT'S CREEK" -- WHEN WE SAY
IT.
>> DO YOU MIND IF I TRY IT?
>> Stephen: GO AHEAD.
THE NAME OF THE SHOW IS CALLED "SCHITT'S CREEK"
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I HEAR IT'S A
GREAT SHOW.
THE SHOW STARS YOU, YOUR SISTER SAY RAY, YOUR FATHER THE GREAT
LEVY AND YOUR MOM KATHERINE O'HARA.
HERE'S YOUR FATHER RIGHT HERE.
HE'S GOT ENORMOUS -- ( APPLAUSE )
>> IT LOOKS LIKE A PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO.
THAT LOOKS LIKE HIS BID FOR THE PRESIDENCY.
>> Stephen: IF ONLY THIS WAS OUR PRESIDENT.
>> COULD YOU IMAGINE -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU EVER BEEN OVERSHADOWED BY HIS LEGACY, BY
THAT I MEAN HIS EYEBROWS?
BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOME EXCELLENT EYEBROWS.
>> I HAVE TO TRIM MINE BACK.
HE JUST GOES INFLAGRANTE WITH HIS.
>> Stephen: I DON'T SPEAK SPANISH.
>> UNBRIDLED HAIR GROWTH.
I THINK MY HEAD IS TOO SMALL FOR THE PROPORTION.
THE VOLUME GROWING OUTWARDS WOULD NOT BE --
>> Stephen: YOU'RE SAYING GOD GAVE YOU MORE EYEBROW THAN YOUR
SKULL CAN HANDLE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
MY HEAD WOULD JUST SORT OF WEIGH FORWARD IF IT WAS UP TO THE
HEAVENS.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOUR DAD WAS ONE
OF THE CREATORS AND STARS OF SCTV, ONE OF THE COOLEST COMEDY
SHOWS EVER MADE.
DID THAT IF MY WAY MAKE HIM COOL TO YOU AS A CHILD, OR IS THAT NO
WAY FOR A FATHER TO BE COOL?
>> IT WAS A VERY STRANGE THING GROWING UP, LIKE, TRYING TO SORT
OF LOOK AT THE SHOW AND LOOK AT, LIKE, THE SCHMENGY'S, FOR
EXAMPLE, AND LOOK AT MY DAD AND TRY TO RECONCILE HOW THOSE TWO
EVER CAME TO BE BECAUSE, IN PERSON, HE IS A VERY SERIOUS
MAN, AND THEN TO SEE THESE CHARACTERS, IT'S THE WEIRDEST,
STRANGEST, GOOFIEST PEOPLE.
>> Stephen: IN ANY WAY UNDERMINE HIS AUTHORITY AS A
CHILD, LIKE I CAN'T LISTEN TO THIS GUY BECAUSE HE'S AN IDIOT?
>> HE WAS A VERY SERIOUS PARENT AND, WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO IT,
WAS TRYING TO EMBARRASS ME AS BEST HE COULD, LIKE ANY PARENT
DOES OFTEN.
>> Stephen: DID HE SUCCEED?
YES, OFTEN.
I WAS A VERY INTROVERTED KID AND GROWING UP MY DAD WOULD DO
EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO DRAW ATTENTION TO ME, BE IT TELLING A
RESTAURANT IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY AND YOU WOULD HAVE THE SONG AND
DANCE COME OUT AND THEY WOULD BRING THE CAKE.
>> Stephen: WAS IT YOUR BIRTHDAY?
>> NO, IT WAS NOT MY BIRTHDAY.
MY BIRTHDAY'S IN AUGUST.
IT WAS, LIKE, SEPTEMBER OR SOMETHING.
THERE WAS A WHOLE RESTAURANT WITH A SPARKLER.
>> Stephen: CAN YOU GET BACK AT HIM NOW?
BECAUSE YOU'RE THE CROW CREATOR OF THE SHOW.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: CAN YOU CREATE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU -- SCENES
THAT YOUR FATHER IS IN TO EMBARRASS HIM?
>> THERE IS A VERY INTERESTING POWER SHIFT HERE BECAUSE I GET
TO WRITE WHAT HE DOES, SO I'M ABLE TO HAMMER HOME HIS
SENSITIVE SPOTS.
ONE WOULD BE HIS HAIR.
HE HAS A LOVELY HEAD OF HAIR, DON'T TOUCH IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW THAT.
YOU CANNOT TOUCH HIS HAIR.
IT'S A PERFECTLY COIFED HEAD OF HAIR.
>> Stephen: IS IT REAL HAIR?
YES, OF COURSE, JUST DON'T TOUCH IT.
THE SECOND EPISODE OF THE FIRST SEASON, I WRITE A DRIP THAT
HAPPENS IN THE FIRST SCENE THAT MAKES HIS HAIR SOPPING WET, AND
I REMEMBER MY DAD READING THE SCRIPT AND SORT OF CALLING AND
GOING -- (CLEARING THROAT) -- I'VE READ THE DRIP STORY AND I
HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
( LAUGHTER ) HOW WET WILL THE HAIR BE?
SOPPING.
THE HAIR WILL BE SOPPING WET.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU DONE ANYTHING SO OVERT HE KNOWS IT?
>> THE SECOND SEASON I HAT HIM RUN THROUGH AN ENTIRE SCENE FULL
FORCE.
>> Stephen: DOES HE NOT RUN -- HE'S NOT THE MOST ATHLETIC
PERSON.
HE DOES HIS MORNING WALKS.
I DON'T THINK HE'S RAN IN 35 YEARS, SO THAT'S A FIRST, AND
YOU CAN SEE IT ALL ON "SCHITT'S CREEK."
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THANK YOU, DAN.
"SCHITT'S CREEK" AIRS WEDNESDAY ON POP TV!
DAN LEVY, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!
"SCHITT'S CREEK"!