WELCOME BACK!
WELCOME BACK TO THIS LIVE "LATE SHOW"."
WELL, FOLKS, SHE'S THE EMMY- WINNING ACTRESS YOU KNOW FROMBA
"THE COMEBACK" AND, OF COURSE, AS PHOEBE FROM "FRIENDS."
HER NEW MOVIE IS "TABLE 19."
>> STAND UP.
>> NO.
>> STAND UP RIGHT NOW, PLEASE.
>> WHY?
>> I WILL GIVE YOU 20 UNHYPOTHETICAL DOLLARS IF YOU
STAND UP RIGHT NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT.
OKAY.
WHAT?
>> HONEY.
>> OH.
>> WHAT A CHAMP.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.O >> HOW LONG HAVE YOU WORKED
HERE?
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME LISA KUDROW!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪
>> OH!
THANK YOU.
OH!
>> Stephen: HI.
>> HI!
>> Stephen: THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: I DIDN'TIGATE CHANCE TO SAY HI TO YOU BEFORE
THE SHOW BECAUSE WE WERE WATCHING THE SPEECH.
>> YOU WERE LIVE.
YOU WERE BUSY.
>> Stephen: DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO WATCH THE SPEECH
YOURSELF?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: I'LL CATCH YOU UP.
EVERYTHING'S GREAT.
>> OH!
>> Stephen: THE WIND IS AT AMERICA'S BACK OR SOMETHING IS
BEHIND US AND CATCHING UP WITH US REALLY QUICKLY.
>> OKAY.
THAT'S EXACTLY THE REALITY I LIKE TO LIVE IN.
>> Stephen: EVERYTHING IT FINE.
>> DENIAL IT'S FINE.
>> Stephen: WE'RE ON A LIVE SHOW AS I SAID BEFORE.
YOU'RE A LIVE PERFORMER.
YOU STARTED OFF AT THE GROUNDLINGS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: IN LOS ANGELES.AL WAS THAT THE LAST TIME YOU WERE
UP AT MIDNIGHT PERFORMING LIVE?
>> YEAH ARCT THEIR NEW YEAR'S SHOW.
>> Stephen: YOU DO A NEW YEAR'S SHOW?
>> I DID A NEW YEAR'S SHOW.
>> Stephen: I DID NEW YEAR'S SHOW AT SECOND CITY ALL THE
TIME.
I LOVED TO DO IT BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO PRETEND YOU WERE
HAVING A GOOD TIME.
>> I DID IT ONCE.
I'M SORRY, BUT THEN AFTERWARD, YOU HAVE TO HAVE NEW YEARS WITH
THE AUDIENCE.
>> Stephen: OH, NO.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW THEN.
>> Stephen: NO!
GET OUT!
>> IT WAS REALLY AWKWARD.
I DIDN'T WANT TO DO.
>> Stephen: WE WENT BACKSTAGE AND HAD A SIX-PARK PAC WITH OUR
FRIENDS.
>> WE HAD TO.
>> Stephen: YOU HAD TO.
>> I GUESS THAT WAS PART OF THE ALLURE.
"YOU GET TO CELEBRATE NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH THE CAST."
>> Stephen: SO THEY PIMPED YOU OUT.
OH, WOW.
>> I'M USED TO IT.
>> Stephen: HOW LONG WERE YOU THERE?
HOW LONG WERE THRU?
>> I DON'T REMEMBER.
>> Stephen: OH!
>> BUT I REMEMBER I LEFT WHEN I WAS ON "FRIENDS."
>> Stephen: OH, THAT'S NICE AIR, PLAY TO GO TO AFTER THAT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: DID I HEAR THIS CORRECTLY THAT YOU STUDIED
BIOLOGY.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AT VASSER.
>> YES.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> BIOLOGY! Y WOO!
DID YOU THINK YOU WERE GOING TO BE A BIOLOGIST?
WHAT DID YOU HOPE TO DO WITH YOUR BIOLOGY DEGREE?
>> FIRST I WAS GOING TO GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL BUT THEN REALIZED
THIS WOULD NOT BE GOOD FOR ME.
>> Stephen: I WOULD LOVE TO GO TO DR. KUDROW.
>> MY DAD IS DR. KUDROW AND MY BROTHER IS DR. KUDROW.
>> Stephen: YOU STUDIED SOMETHING ABOUT HEADACHES.
>> MY FATHER, WHO IS RETIRED, WAS A HEADACHE SPECIALIST AND
NOW MY BROTHER IS A HEADACHE SPECIALIST.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT HEADACHES?
>> I DO.
>> Stephen: WHAT CAUSES HEADACHES?
>> OKAY, I'M NOT A DOCTOR.
I HAVE TO SAY, THAT RIGHT?
I HAVE TO SAY THAT.
>GLI DON'TKNOW IF YOU HAVE TO.
>> I THINK I SHOULD.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE NOT UNDER OATH RIGHT NOW.
>> AND I'M NOT SURE -- >> Stephen: SO PROBABLY BEING
A DOCTOR WAS NOT THE BEST CHOICE.
( LAUGHTER ) BUT YOUR DAD CERTAINLY TALKS
ABOUT THIS.
WHAT CAUSES A HPPED ACHE?
IS IT DEEM NONS MY SKULL TRYING TO SCRATCH THEIR WAY OUT?
THAT'S WHAT IT FEELS LIKE SOMETIMES.
>> THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE DISCOVERED, YES. D
NO, BUT THERE ARE NINE DIFFERENT HEADACHE TYPES.
AND I THINK MOST OF THEM ARE BLOOD VESSELS DILATE AGO.
>> Stephen: I'M PICTURING THE BUZZFEED QUIZ, WHICH HEADACHE
ARE YOU?
ARE YOU A CLUCHTER HEADACHE.
>> CLUSTER HEADACHE WAS MY DAD'S SPECIALTY.
IT'S THE WORST THING.
IT'S HORRIBLE.
IT'S REALLY HORRIBLE SUFFERING.
IT FEELS LIKE A RED POKER BEING FORTHED THROUGH YOUR EYE.
IT'S REALLY BAD.
>> Stephen: AND CAN WE DO ANYTHING FOR THAT NOW?
>> WELL, YES, WE CAN.
( LAUGHTER ) I FEEL LIKE WE'RE DOING A
COMMERCIAL.
>> Stephen: IT'S A E PHARMACEUTICAL COMMERCIAL.
>> THEY NEED MORE!
>> Stephen: SIDE EFFECTS OF THIS INTERVIEW, MAY INCLUDE DRY
MOUTH.
MY MOTHER SAID TO ME WHEN I WAS-- WHEN I WAS A KID, I TRIED
TO NOT GO TO SCHOOL BY SAYING, "I HAVE A HEADACHE, MOM."
MY MOM WOULD SAY, "I HAVE HAD A HEADACHE EVERY MORNING OF MY
ADULT LIFE.
YOU'RE GOG SCHOOL."
ALL I COULD THINK OF IS, "KILL YOURSELF.
HOW CAN YOU DO THIS?" IT WAS SUCH A BLEAK PICTURE OF
ADULTHOOD.
SPEAK OF BLEAK, "TABLE 19"-- >> SPEAK OF BLEAK?K
YEAH.
>> Stephen: NO, BECAUSE-- >> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: IT WAS DESCRIBED TO ME-- TELL ME IF I HAVE THIS
RIGHT-- IT'S ABOUT GETTING SAT AT THE LOSER TABLE.
WHAT IS THE LOSER TABLE LIKE AT A WEDDING OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT?
>> A WEDDING, TABLE 19 IS POPULATED WITH WANT PEOPLE YOU
WERE HOPING WOULDN'T COME.
>> Stephen: THE COUSIN YOU HAD TO INVITE?
>> YEAH, STEPHEN MERCHANT PLAYSA THAT GUY, HE'S IN JAIL IN A
HALFWAY HOUSE WHEN HE COMES.
WHO ELSE ARE YOU GOING TO GUESS?
IT'S A FUN GAME.
JUNE SQUIBB, IS IN IT.
SHE'S THE NANNY.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU EVER SAT AT THE LOSERS' TABLE.
>> I'M NOT A LOSER.
I DON'T THINK OF MYSELF AS A LOSER.
BUT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AT THA TABLE AT EVERY WEDDING I'VE BEEN
TO.
AND ONLY AFTER I DID THIS MOVIE DID I REALIZE--
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THAT'S WHERE THEY
PUT YOU?
>> YEAH, BECAUSE I WAS ALWAYS SO HAPPY.
AYE GO LIKE, "OH, I'M FAR FROM THE BAND.
I'M NOWHERE NEAR THE BRIDE AND GROOM.
I'M NEAR THE BATH DISPRIEM CAN LEAVE WHENEVER I WANT.
NO ONE SEES ME.
THIS IS THE BEST."
NOT REALIZING THEY DON'T WANT ME.
I'M NOWHERE NEAR THEM.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE ALSO THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF A SHOW ON
TLC CALLED, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?"
WHAT IS THAT?
THE WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?" DID YOU IT.
DID YOU SKIP GATES' SHOW.
>> Stephen: "FACES OFO AMERICA."
YOUR GENEALOGY.
WHO DID YOU THINK YOU WERE?
DID YOU FIND OUT SOMETHING ABOUT YOURSELF?
DID YOU PUT YOURSELF UNDER A MICROSCOPE?
>> I DID.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU WHO YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE?
>> I'M STILL ME, BASICALLY.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, THERE'S EPISODE ONE.
>> IT FAILED!
>> Stephen: AND COURTNEY COX IS COMING UP, RIGHT?
>> COURTNEY COX IS THIS SUNDAY.
>> Stephen: WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS GIMEAN, SHE'S THE BEST
PERSON I KNOW.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) SHE'S GREAT.
SHE'S SWEET.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN TELL ME FAIRLY QUICKLY BECAUSE WE'RE
LIVE AND I'M COMING UP ON A HARD BREAK.
>> SHE WAS HOPING PERFAMILY WAS GOOD PEOPLE AND NO ONE MURDERED
ANYONE, AND IT TURNED OUT HER ANCESTORS MURDERLET KING OF
ENGLAND.
THAT'S GLAWL WOW!
WL, IF YOU'RE GOING TO MURDER SOMEBODY, GO CLASSY.
>> GO ALL THE WAY.
>.>> Stephen: LISA LOVELY TO MEET YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
"TABLE 19" OPENS THIS FRIDAY.