>> Stephen: HELLO!
SO NICE TO MEET YOU IN THE FLESH.
>> I KNOW!
>> Stephen: I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU ON THE PHONE BEFORE.
YOU DID A COUPLE OF BITS ON THE OLD SHOW.
SO NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> YOU, TOO.
>> Stephen: I'M A LONGTIME FAN.
>> AND I, AS WELL.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO "MURPHY BROWN" WENT OFF THE AIR 20 YEARS AGO.
IT WAS AN ENORMOUS CULTURAL ARTIFACT OF ITS TIME.
LIKE, IT WAS AN IMPORTANT SHOW BECAUSE IT WAS GROUNDBREAKING IN
ITS MIXTURE OF POLITICS AND TOPICAL NEWS OF THE DAY AND A
WEEKLY SITCOM.
WHAT IN TODAY'S POLITICS COULD YOU POSSIBLY FIND TO TALK ABOUT?
( LAUGHTER ).
>> IT'S A DESSERT.
WHAT CAN I SAY?
WE-- WE-- WE WOULDN'T HAVE COME BACK IF THE ELECTION HAD GONE
DIFFERENTLY.
SO IT'S REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT I OWE THE PRESIDENT IS...
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: OH, OKAY.
HE MIGHT CALL THAT IN.
HE MIGHT CALL IN A FAVOR.
>> WE'RE HOPING HE WILL.
>> Stephen: HOW HAS THE TELEVISION LANDSCAPE CHANGED IN
THE LAST 20 YEARS, DO YOU THINK?
>> WELL "MURPHY BROWN," THERE WAS NO SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> Stephen: OF COURSE.
>> AND PEOPLE STILL HAD RESPECT FOR THE PRESS.
THEY WEREN'T THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE.
SO THAT'S A BIG CHANGE.
AND SO WE'RE KIND OF TRYING TO RESTORE THE RESPECT FOR THE
PRESS FOR CERTAIN PARTS...
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: SURE, SURE.
NOW, THIS IS THE-- THE NEW SHOW IS A MORNING SHOW, RIGHT?
>> YES, MURPHY AND HER COLLEAGUES-- IT'S THE SAME CORE
CAST FROM 30 YEARS AGO.
WE WENT OFF THE AIR 20 YEARS AGO.
AND WE'VE ADDED SOME THREE NEW CAST MEMBERS.
WHO ARE-- ONE OF THEM IS TYNE DAILY, AND JAKE McDORMAND, AND
THEY JUST FIT RIGHT IN IMMEDIATELY.
>> Stephen: NOW, MURPHY GETS INTO A TWITTER WAR IN THE VERY
FIRST EPISODE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
YES.
( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: NO, NO, BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY THE MOST PLAUSIBLE
STORYLINE I CAN THINK OF.
>> YEAH.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: WELL, YOUR CHARACTER, MURPHY, ALSO IN THE
STORY HAS GONE ON A DATE WITH DONALD TRUMP.
BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY A STORY FROM YOUR OWN LIFE, I UNDERSTAND.
DID YOU GO ON A DATE...
( LAUGHTER )
TRUMP? -- >> Stephen: AND I REMIND YOU,
YOU'RE UNDER OATH.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> I WAS VERY YOUNG.
( LAUGHTER )
>> I WAS ABOUT 18.
AND WE'RE-- TRUMP AND I ARE ABOUT THE SAME AGE.
OR AS HE WOULD POINT OUT, I'M ABOUT SIX MONTHS OLDER.
AND IT WAS WHEN I WAS AT PENN, AND I REMEMBERED THAT IT WAS-- I
MIGHT HAVE INVENTED THIS BECAUSE IT'S SO PERFECT.
BUT I THINK HE WAS WEARING A BURGANDY SUIT WITH BURGANDY VEST
AND BURGANDY PATENT LEATHER BOOTS, AND WAS IN A BURGANDY
LIMOUSINE.
SO IT WAS KIND OF A SYMPHONY IN BURGANDY.
>> Stephen: HE LOOKED LIKE A BIG BRUISE.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> I WAS HOME VERY EARLY.
>> Stephen: HOW DID IT COME ABOUT?
DON'T LEAVE OUT ANY DETAILS.
SO... SO HE WAS AT PENN, TOO, RIGHT?
>> NO, HE WAS NOT-- HE WAS NOT A STUDENT AT PENN YET.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
SO HOW DID YOU MEET HIM?
HOW DOES A CANDICE BERGEN MEET A DONALD TRUMP?
>> YOU KNOW, HE WAS NOT DONALD TRUMP THEN.
HE WAS DONALD TRUMP.
BUT HE WAS JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, A-- A GUY.
>> Stephen: DID YOU MEET HIM AT A PARTY?
>> I THINK HE MUST HAVE CALLED ME.
I DON'T REMEMBER, REALLY.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T-- OKAY.
HE'D BE SO INSULTED TO HEAR THAT.
( LAUGHTER )
DEMOCRATIC WITH HENRY KISSINGER, RIGHT?
>> OH, GOD, IT'S LIKE "THE WORLD'S GREAT CONSERVATIVES."
>> Stephen: HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT?
>> THAT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE FRIENDS OF MY PARENTS HAD A VERY
SMALL DINNER FOR FRANK SINATRA AND HIS DATE, AND HENRY
KISSINGER, AND I WAS HIS DATE, BECAUSE THEY WERE FRIENDS OF MY
PARENTS.
AND HE WAS LATE PICKING ME UP BECAUSE THE SECRET SERVICE
COULDN'T FIND BEVERLY HILLS.
( LAUGHTER )
KNOW, WAS, OF COURSE, HIGHLY INTELLIGENT, VERY CHARMING.
AND IT WAS A-- THE DINNER WAS JUST SORT OF LIKE A MANO A MANO
BETWEEN KISSINGER AND SINATRA.
"I'M THE MOST."
"BUT I'M FRANK."
AND THAT'S WHAT IT WAS, AND THEN I WAS HOME.
>> Stephen: WHO WAS A BETTER DATE, TRUMP OR KISSINGER?
>> KISSINGER.
>> Stephen: ANOTHER ALL RIGHT.
( APPLAUSE )
HOW TO ADVERTISE THINGS.
AND YOUR NAME-- YOU-- YOU INSTAGRAMMED OR TWEETED THIS
THING OUT.
YOU SAID, "ANOTHER SO I'M ON THE FRONT OF 5,000 OF THESE SUCKERS,
AND FRIENDS ARE COMPLAINING THAT I ALMOST HIT THEM."
( LAUGHTER )
LOT OF TOURISTS WILL SEE IN NEW YORK.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> IT'S-- IT'S OVERWHELMING.
( APPLAUSE )
COMPLAINING?
>> I'VE GOTTEN SEVERAL EMAILS FROM PEOPLE, AND MY DAUGHTER
GETS THEM FROM PEOPLE.
AND ONE OF THE BUSES WAS STOPPING IN FRONT OF OUR
APARTMENT BUILDING THE OTHER DAY, AND I ASKED MY DRIVER,
PAULEY, I SAID, "PAUL, STOP, I WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THE
BUS."
AND SO I JUMPED IN FRONT OF THE BUS.
( LAUGHTER )
JUMP.
AND SO I SAID TO THE DRIVER, "THAT'S ME ON THE BUS!"
AND SHE GOES, "SO?"
( APPLAUSE )
SHE SAID, "GET OUT OF THE WAY!" >> Stephen: THAT'S WHAT I LIKE
ABOUT NEW YORK.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
SO MUCH RESPECT.
>> Stephen: WELL, YOU MUST HAVE A CERTAIN-- AT AN EARLY AGE
COME UP WITH A BLASE ATTITUDE TOWARDS FAMOUS FACES BECAUSE FOR
THOSE OF YOU, FEW PEOPLE OUT THERE, WHO MAY NOT KNOW, YOUR
FARTHER WAS EDGAR BERGEN, WHO WAS THE MOST FAMOUS
VENTRILOQUIST IN THE WORLD AND A COMEDIAN IN HIS OWN RIGHT.
>> HE WAS ALSO THE ONLY VENTRIL QUEST IN THE WORLD.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT A GROWING PROFESSION.
>> Stephen: HE PERFORMED HERE IN ED SULLIVAN, RIGHT, BACK IN
THE DAY.
>> HE DID, HE DID.
>> Stephen: AND YOU HAD A CHILD HOOPPED FILLED WITH FAMOUS
PEOPLE.
THIS IS YOU AS A LITTLE GIRL WITH ONE OF YOUR FATHER'S
DUMMIES.
( LAUGHTER )
>> THAT'S CORRECT, YES.
>> Stephen: IN THE BACKGROUND RIGHT THERE.
SO AT WHAT POINT DID YOU REALIZE YOU HAD AN UNUSUAL CHILDHOOD?
>> ACTUALLY, THE OLDER I GET, THE MORE I'M OVERCOME WITH A
KIND OF NOSTALGIA FOR IT.
PROBABLY NINE OR 10.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS THE SORT OF-- TRIGGERED IT FOR YOU "NOT
EVERY KID HAS THIS?" >> WELL, FRANKLY, AS I GOT OLDER
AND OLDER, PEOPLE WOULD SAY, "YOU MEAN, FRED ASTAIRE CAME TO
YOUR HOUSE AND DANCED WITH THE GUESTS?"
AND I SAID, "WELL, HE WAS A GUEST AT THE PARTY."
AND REX HARRISON WAS IN TOWN FILMING "MY FAIR LADY," AND HE
CAME TO THE HOUSE FOR A PARTY.
>> Stephen: AND I UNDERSTAND WALT DISNEY WAS ALSO A GUEST.
>> WALT DISNEY WAS A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, AND WAS A
LOVELY MAN.
AND HE HAD A TRAIN IN HIS BACKYARD-- WELL, IT WAS LIKE
EIGHT ACRES, SO IT WAS MORE THAN A YARD.
AND IT WAS-- IT WAS LIKE A TRAIN THIS HIGH.
AND YOU WOULD SIT ON IT, AND IT WAS ON REAL TRACKS ALL OVER
AROUND HIS GARDEN AND A TRESTLE BRIDGE, AND YOU WOULD SHOVEL
COAL INTO THE LITTLE ENGINE.
AND ADULTS WENT NUTS OVER THIS TRAIN.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: I KIND OF WANT YOUR CHILDHOOD.
NOW.
>> IT WAS GOOD.
IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
>> Stephen: WELL, CANDICE LOVELY TO MEET YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
"MURPHY BROWN" RETURNS TOMORROW AT 9:30 ON CBS.
CANDICE BERGEN, EVERYBODY!