OUR FIRST GUEST IS AN
AWARD-WINNING AND KNIGHTED ACTOR
WHO, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP,
TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO
KNOW ABOUT RUNNING A CITY AND A
STARSHIP.
ALMOST 20 YEARS AFTER SAYING
FAREWELL TO STARFLEET AND HIS
CREW, HE RETURNS TO THE ROLE OF
JEAN-LUC PICARD IN "STAR TREK:
PICARD."
>> AND YOU THOUGHT I WAS A
DESPERATE OLD MAN, QUIXOTIC, I
WANT A SQUADRON.
OUT THERE IN THE SYSTEM, RIGHT
NOW, BEINGS WHO HAVE AS MUCH
LIFE AND LIBERTY AS YOU AND I
ALL COMMAND DATA OF BEING HUNTED
DOWN BY AN ENEMY WHO SEEKS TO
EXTERMINATE THEM.
>> JEAN LUC.
>> YOU ARE A WASTE OF SPACE!
>> NEW EPISODES OF "STAR TREK:
PICARD" STREAM THURSDAYS ON CBS
ALL ACCESS.
PLEASE WELCOME
SIR PATRICK STEWART.
[CHEERS AND
APPLAUSE]
♪
>> THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE THRILL.
I GOT TO GET THIS OUT UP FRONT,
I AM A HUGE STAR TREK FAN, I
ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.
I WAS A KID, COME HOME FROM
SCHOOL AT 4:00, MY FRIEND WOULD
COME OVER AND WE WOULD
RELIGIOUSLY WATCH EVERY EPISODE.
WHEN "GENERATIONS" CAME OUT, I
WOULD WATCH IT, AND THEN THERE'S
HALLOWEEN EVIDENCE FROM 1995.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, I REALLY MEAN
IT.
SO I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY, AT
LEAST AMONG EVERY MAYOR I'VE
KNOWN, I'M ABOUT AS BIG A STAR
TREK FAN AS CAN BE.
I GATHER THERE ARE A LOT OF
FIGURES IN POLITICS WHO ARE BIG
FANS.
>>
>> MAY I CALL YOU PETE?
>> OF COVEURSE.
>> I HAVE KNOWN ONE PRESIDENT,
TWO CHAIR MEN OF THE JOINT
CHIEFS OF STAFF ONE OF WHICH
ASKED ME, MAY I SAY THE IN YOUR
CHAIR AND MADELINE ALBRIGHT WAS
A HUGE FAN.
SO WELCOME TO THIS COMPANY.
ONE DAY, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD
HAVE AN EVENT OF WE'LL GATHER
ALL THESE PEOPLE TOGETHER.
IT WILL BE A KIND OF STAR TREK
CONVENTION, BUT OF A DIFFERENT
SORT OF NATURE.
>> I LOVE IT.
SO LET ME SAY THIS.
YOU'VE, NOT JUST THE CHARACTER
BUT YOU HAVE A COMMANDING
PRESENCE, I THINK IT'S SAFE TO
SAY, TO THE POINT THAT SENIOR
MILITARY OFFICERS WOULD WANT TO
CHECK FOR YOUR PERMISSION BEFORE
SITTING IN A CHAIR.
SO MANY FIGURES FROM
ENTERTAINMENT ARE IN POLITICS,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UKRAINE,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
HAS ANYBODY SUGGESTED THAT YOU
GO TO PUBLIC OFFICE?
>> IT HAS NEVER CROSSED MY MIND,
BUT YES, THERE HAVE BEEN
PROPOSALS AND SUGGESTIONS, ONE
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE LABOR
PARTY FOR 35 YEARS, AND I
COMMITTED MY FIRST ACT OF CIVIL
DISOBEDIENCE WHEN I WAS 5 YEARS
OLD AT THE POST WORLD WAR II
GENERAL ELECTION IN 1945, WHEN,
OF COURSE TO EVERYONE'S
AMAZEMENT, WINSTON CHURCHILL WAS
THROWN OUT, AND I HAVE BEEN A
LEFT WING MAN EVER SINCE.
WHICH SOMETIMES --
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IT CAN CREATE A LITTLE PROBLEMS
SOMETIMES IN THE UNITED STATES,
BUT I WOULD GET A LOT OF FUN OUT
OF IT.
THERES A KNNOTHING LIKE SITTING
AROUND A BEVERLY HILLS DINING
TABLE WITH A LOT OF GUESTS AND
TELLING THEM YOU'RE SOCIALIST.
AH, DON'T COME NEAR ME!
YEAH, SO, BUT I HEARD ABOUT YOUR
AFFECTION FOR STAR TREK WHILE
WERE YOU CAMPAIGNING.
>> OH.
>> EARLY ON IN THE CAMPAIGN, I
HEARD ABOUT THAT.
SO I TUNED IN TO YOU.
YOU'RE TERRIFIC.
>> WELL, THANK YOU.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> AND YOU, YOU HAVE A QUALITY
OF SPEECH MAKE BING, WHICH IS GG
TO STAND YOU IN GREAT STEAD.
BECAUSE IT'S SPONTANEOUS,
IMMEDIATE, IT'S NATURAL.
IT DOESN'T SOUND PLANNED IN ANY
WAY.
>> ARE YOU SAYING I MIGHT HAVE A
FUTURE IN LATE-NIGHT TELEVISION?
>> ONLY IF YOU WILL INVITE ME
ONCE A MONTH.
>> DEAL.
DONE.
ALSO I HAVE TO SAY, I ALSO HAD
THE GREAT PLEASURE OF SEEING YOU
AND SIR IAN McKELLEN IN NEW YORK
IN WAITING "WAITING FOR GODOT."
>> WHY DIDN'T YOU COME BACK
STAGE?
>> I WONDER, WHEN YOU
COLLABORATE WITH A CLOSE FRIEND
IN SUCH AN INTENSE, PROFESSIONAL
ENVIRONMENT, DOES THAT
STRENGTHEN THE FRIENDSHIP, TEST
IT?
WHAT'S IT LIKE WORKING SO
CLOSELY AND INTENSELY WITH A
GOOD FRIEND LIKE THAT?
>> IT DOES BOTH, PETE.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE A
MARRIAGE.
SIR IAN MARRIED MY WIFE AND I.
HE PERFORMED THE CEREMONY.
HE BECAME QUALIFIED ONLINE OF
COURSE.
YOU CAN DO ALMOST ANYTHING
ONLINE.
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE GREAT
PRIVILEGES OF BEING MAYOR, YOU
CAN MARRY PEOPLE.
>> JUST LIKE THAT?
>> AS LONG AS IT'S WITHIN OUR
COUNTY IN INDIANA.
I WAS TRYING TO AVOID PEOPLE.
THE STAFF HADN'T COME IN, AND
THIS COUPLE POPPED OUT OF THE
ELEVATOR.
WE'RE SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE, AND I
WAS THINKING, WHAT DO YOU NEED?
TURNED OUT THEY WERE ON THE WAY
TO THE HOSPITAL.
SHE WAS GOING TO GET A
C-SECTION.
THEY WANTED TO BE MARRIED SO
THEY COULD TELL HER PARENTS THAT
THEY WERE MARRIED WHEN THEY ALSO
GAVE THEM THE NEWS ABOUT THE NEW
LITTLE ONE.
SO WE JUST WENT AHEAD, TOOK A
RIBBON, MADE IT INTO A RING, DID
IT ON THE SPOT.
IT WAS GREAT FUN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
BUT I GOT TO SAY, I MEAN, I
CAN'T IMAGINE THAT I WOULD HAVE
PERFORMED THE OFFICE NEARLY IN
AS MUCH STYLE AS SIR IAN WOULD
HAVE DONE.
>> HE WAS WONDERFUL.
OF
THERE WERE ACTUALLY TWO
CEREMONIES, WHICH IS NOT
GENERALLY KNOWN, BECAUSE WE, WE
WERE IN BERKLEY, WHERE WE WERE
DOING THE INTERPLAY, OH, FORGET
IT.
AND WE LEARNED THAT HE COULD NOT
USE HIS CREDENTIALS IN NEVADA,
WHERE WE GETTING MARRIED.
MY WIFE IS FROM RENO, AND WE
WERE IN CALIFORNIA WHERE THE
CREDENTIALS WERE ACCEPTED.
SO IN OUR LAST WEEK, ONE NIGHT
AFTER THE SHOW, WE INVITED IAN
AND OUR TWO OTHER GUESTS AND A
DIRECTOR TO A MEXICAN RESTAURANT
FOR DINNER OF AND IT WAS REALLY
CLOSING DOWN WHEN WE GOT THERE.
IT WAS VERY LATE.
AND IAN HAD BROUGHT WITH HIM A
KIND OF ROBE, BUT OUR GUESTS HAD
NO IDEA WHAT WAS HAPPENING, AND,
IN FACT, WE WERE FORMALLY
MARRIED IN A MEXICAN RESTAURANT.
>> A DIFFERENT KIND OF WIZARDRY.
I LOVE IT.
>> SO HE MADE A SPEECH AT THE,
SUPPOSEDLY AUTHENTIC WEDDING,
WHICH WAS SO MOVING.
I LOOKED OUT, AND THE AUDIENCE
WERE WIPING THEIR, MEN AND
WILLI
WOMEN, IT WAS SO EMOTIONAL.
IT WAS VERY POWERFUL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME WE
HAVE, THESE THINGS GO VERY FAST.
FOR YOU.
>> OH.
CAN I OPEN IT NOW OR?
>> PLEASE, YES, OF COURSE.
>> OH, MY GOODNESS.
AN ORIGINAL "NEXT GENERATION."
[ APPLAUSE ]
LOOK AT THAT, OH, THAT WILL HAVE
PRIDE OF PLACE.
WONDERFUL.
>> IT'S NOT JUST AN ORIGINAL,
BECAUSE THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, IT
THERE ARE SCORES AND SCORES OF
COPIES.
BUT THIS IS MY WORKING SCRIPT.
YOU SEE?
>> WHAT A TREASURE.
>> PICKARD IS ON THE LINE.
AND THERE ARE MY HANDWRITTEN
♪S.
>> THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE TREASURE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SIGN IT?
>> OH, YES, ABSOLUTELY.
RIGHT THERE.
OH, THAT'S WONDERFUL.
WELL, WE ABOUT TO --
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WE ARE ABOUT TO TEST MY FANDOM
IN A NEW WAY WHEN WE COME BACK.
PATRICK STEWART AND I ARE GOING
TO GO HEAD TO HEAD IN STAR TREK
TRIVIA WITH A SPECIAL GUEST.