OUR GUEST IS AN ACTOR, A MUSICIAN BUT SO MUCH MORE, AN
ALL-AROUND NATIONAL TREASURE.
HE'S ONE OF OUR ABSOLUTE FAVORITES, JEFF GOLDBLUM!
HOW ARE YOU, JEFF?
>> I'M VERY WELL, NOW THAT I SEE YOU.
>> James: YOU LOOK VERY WELL.
I DO?
>> James: YOU DO!
THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
YOU LOOK SPECTACULAR.
YOU LOOK LIKE A YOUNG, HANDSOME, SEXY PETER USTENOFF.
>> James: I'LL TAKE IT A MILLION DAYS OVER.
>> WHO, BY THE WAY, MY DAD USED TO THINK HE LOOKED LIKE HIM,
TOO.
SO YOU LOOK KIND OF LIKE A VERY YOUNG, SEXY VERSION OF MY DAD.
>> James: I'VE ALWAYS SEEN YOU AS A SECOND SON.
SO THIS IS VERY STRANGE.
( LAUGHTER ) NOW, THAT YOU CAN TO ME ABOUT
THIS ROOM WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, JEFF.
IT'S A CUSTOM ZOOM BACKGROUND ON YOUR COMPUTER OR IS THAT THE
ACTUAL WALL IN YOUR HOUSE?
>> I KNOW NOTHING OF A ZOOM BACKGROUND.
I'VE SEEN PEOPLE USE THEM.
THEY DON'T APPEAL TO ME.
THIS IS A GREAT BIG PAINTING, PART OF A GREAT BIG PAINTING IN
MY HOUSE, IN THE ROOM THAT I PARTICULARLY LIKE IN MY HOUSE,
THAT IS -- THAT WAS DONE BY MY SISTER AND HER HUSBAND, KIND OF
A BACKDROP.
IT'S NICE, ISN'T IT.
>> James: I LOVE IT.
FLAMINGOS, AND EVERYTHING.
>> James: IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
CAN I BE HONEST?
IT'S MY FAVORITE PAINTING WITH TWO FLAMINGOS, AND I CAN SAY
THAT WITH COMPLETE HONESTY AND SINCERITY.
>> YES.
>> James: MY WORRY IS, WILL PEOPLE ACCEPT SEEING JEFF
GOLDBLUM WITHOUT TWO FLAMINGOS POST-THIS PANDEMIC.
>> WELL, THERE ARE PEOPLE AS WE KNOW, YOU SEE THEM WALKING DOWN
THE STREET, SOMETIMES THEY'VE GOT A BIG SNAKE AROUND THEM.
INSTEAD OF A PARROT, LIKE A PIRATE, I COULD HAVE A COUPLE OF
FLAMINGOS, ALTHOUGH I'M AGAINST ANIMAL CRUELTY.
>> James: I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WANT THAT.
>> THAT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA, NO.
>> James: HOW IS EVERYBODY IN THE GOLDBLUM HOUSEHOLD?
>> WE ARE DOING WELL.
>> James: OH!
HOLD IT BACK A BIT.
OH!
>> SEE THEM?
>> James: YES.
THAT'S US.
WE'RE DOING OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU KNOW, BEING WITH EMILY NOW TEN YEARS AND MARRIED ALMOST
HALF THAT TIME, AND THE FACT THAT SHE WAS AN OLYMPIC ATHLETE
AND A PAN AMERICAN CHAMPION MEANS SHE SPECIALIZES IN
SELF-DISCIPLINE AND SYNERGY AND ENERGY AND GROUP EFFORT AND
GLOBAL COOPERATION, SO SHE'S THE EXACT RIGHT PERSON, I'M THE
LUCKIEST GUY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
WE'RE DOING OKAY HERE.
>> James: THAT'S GREAT.
LAST TIME YOU'RE ON "THE LATE LATE SHOW" AND I WASN'T HERE.
YOU ARE HOSTING THE SHOW.
HOUSHOW WAS IT?
THROUGH ARE!
LOOK AT THIS!
>> I HAVE IT.
YOU GAVE IT TO ME, YOU GUYS, BEFORE I LEFT THAT BEAUTIFUL
PLACE, THEY GAVE ME THAT.
I HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE.
IT WAS THE HIGH LIGHT OF MY ENTIRE SHOWBIZ LIFE AND REAL
LIFE AND NOT IN SMALL PART BECAUSE THE WHOLE TEAM YOU FROM
THE HEAD DOWN, SMELLED LIKE A ROSE.
>> James: YOU MUST HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A DIFFERENT BAND
BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER GONE NEAR THIS BAND AND THOUGHT THEY SMELL
OF ROSE.
DID YOU MAKE A PARTICULAR EFFORT GUYS, WHEN JEFF WAS HOSTING THAT
YOU'VE NEVER MADE FOR ME?
>> YES.
>> James: THERE YOU GO.
LOOK AT THAT.
AN AFFIRMATIVE YES FROM GUILLERMO.
>> GUILLERMO.
I GOT TO KNOW EVERYBODY A LITTLE BIT.
I WISH I COULD HAVE STAYED WITH THEM FOREVER AND EVER.
A DREAM TEAM AND I LOVE THEM.
>> ABSOLUTE JOY.
>> James: PUMP THE BRAKES, GUILLERMO.
LET IT GO.
WHEN JEFF SAYS, I WISH I COULD HAVE STAYED FOREVER, AND I HEAR
YOU MUTTER, YEAH, SO DO WE, THAT CUTS A LITTLE DEEP.
IT CUTS A LITTLE DEEP, OKAY?
>> THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID!
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: NOW, JEFF, YOU HAVE
BEEN ON THE THE SHOW MANY TIMES AS A GUEST.
YOU'VE ALSO BEEN ON THE SHOW WITH YOUR INCREDIBLE BAND
PLAYING MUSICAL NUMBERS, AND I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS
BECAUSE IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR -- OH, LOOK AT THIS.
I LOVE THE IDEA THAT YOU'VE GOT A PROP OR A PHOTO FOR EVERY
QUESTION.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> James: NOW, IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR, YOU PLAYED FOR THE
QUEEN IN ENGLAND, WHICH IS A VERY PRESTIGIOUS THING TO DO
PARTICULARLY FOR AN AMERICAN BECAUSE THE ENTIRE ROYAL FAMILY
WAS THERE.
HOW DID IT COME ABOUT?
>> IT WAS AMAZING.
YOU ARE GUESS OUR BAND WAS -- WE'RE WITH DECKER RECORDS OVER
NEAR YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS, TOM LEWIS, THEY'RE TERRIFIC OVER
THERE, I THINK THEY ARRANGED IT SOMEHOW.
I DON'T KNOW.
THEY MUST HAVE HAD SOME CONNECTIONS, BUT WE WERE HONORED
WITH THE INVITATION AND, MY GOSH, WHAT AN AMAZING, ONE IN A
LIFETIME THING.
YOU'VE PROBABLY PERFORMED THERE, SEEN THINGS THERE.
I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE.
>> James: IT'S A GLORIOUS SPACE.
>> AND WHAT A PRODUCTION TEAM.
THEY KNOW HOW TO FILM THE THING.
IT'S A WHOLE THING, AS YOU KNOW, AND YOU REHEARSE AND EVERYTHING
AND THEN, SURE ENOUGH, YES, THE ROYAL FAMILY IS THERE.
I DIDN'T MEET ANY OF THEM ACTUALLY, BUT --
>> James: COULD YOU SEE THEM?
WERE THEY LIT WHEN YOU WERE PERFORMING?
>> I THINK SO.
YEAH, WELL, FOR THE PURPOSES OF FILMING, I THINK THE WHOLE
AUDIENCE WHO ARE ALL NOT ONLY LUMINAIRES BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S
HONORING ALL THOSE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE FOUGHT.
SO DURING THAT DAY, BECAUSE I STAYED THE WHOLE DAY AND WE
REHEARSED THE DAY BEFORE, I MET ALL THOSE 90-YEAR-OLD, YOU KNOW,
MEN AND WOMEN WHO WERE AT D-DAY AND TOOK PICTURES WITH THEM.
I WAS WEEPY.
AS I TOLD SOMEBODY ALL DAY, IT WAS VERY, VERY MOVING.
IT WAS JUST AMAZING.
AND THEN WE PLAYED A SONG FROM OUR ALBUM LET'S FACE THE MUSIC
AND DANCE, WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS APROPOS, AND WE HAD A GREAT
TIME.
IT WAS JUST GREAT.
>> James: NOW, YOUR CAREER I THINK IS ONE OF THE MOST
EXTRAORDINARY CAREERS IN ALL OF SHOW BUSINESS.
YOU SORT OF FELL INTO ACT BIG STENT.
IS THAT RIGHT?
WHAT HAPPENED?
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST BIG BREAK.
>> I'LL TELL YOU EVERYTHING.
WELL, IT WASN'T BY -- IT WAS BY A MIRACULOUS STROKE OF LUCK.
I HAD MY HEART SET ON IT WHEN I WAS TEN, IN PITTSBURGH, WANTED
TO DO IT MORE THAN EVER.
I GOT INTO THE PLAY HOUSE WITH SANDY MIZENER.
THEY CALLED THE PUBLIC THEATER, THE GREAT JOE PAP HEADED IT UP,
THEY CALLED THE SCHOOL AND SAY WE'RE ALREADY IN COMMERCIAL WITH
THE PERSON WHO WROTE "HAIR," BUT WE REALIZE WE NEED SOMEBODY TALL
AS A GUARD.
THAT'S ALL WE NEED.
DO YOU HAVE ANY STUDENTS THERE WHO ARE TALL?
AND THEY SENT ME OVER, AND I WAS IN A CASTING WAITING ROOM THERE
WITH ANOTHER TALL GUY, ONE OTHER TALL GUY, AS I VAGUELY REMEMBER,
AND WE WENT IN AND MET MEL SHAPIRO, THE DIRECTOR.
AFTERWARDS, IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES, THEY SAID, WELL, HE
CHOSE YOU, YOU'RE THE ONE, THERE YOU GO.
AND I GOT TO BE PART OF THE SHOW.
DURING THE REHEARSAL, THEY SAID, DO YOU SING AND DANCE BECAUSE
YOU SHOULD GO ALONG WITH THE CHORUS BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING
TOGETHER NUMBERS THEY'RE WRITING.
I DID.
IT WAS THE BEST HIT THEY EVER HAD.
IT WAS AN AMAZING THING.
BOY, I HAVE OTHER STORIES HOW MY PERSONAL LIFE KIND OF COMMINGLED
WITH THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I'LL TELL YOU THAT WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER.
( LAUGHTER ) IT WAS GREAT.
THEN I WENT TO BROADWAY AND UNDERSTUDIED SOME OF THE PARTS.
I WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO WENT ON TOUR THAT NEVER AUDITIONED
WITH A SONG OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
>> James: WOW.
I'M VERY, VERY LUCKY.
RIGHT AROUND THAT SAME TIME -- OF COURSE, THAT HAS A BRITISH
CONNECTION BECAUSE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, I BELIEVE, WAS FROM
AROUND YOUR PARTS, AND RIGHT AROUND THAT TIME MY MOVIE CAREER
STARTED WITH MICHAEL WENNER.
DO YOU REMEMBER MICHAEL WENNER.
>> James: YES, OF COURSE.
HE WAS THE FIRST AUDITION I EVER HAD.
I AUDITIONED WITH HIM FOR DEATH WISH AROUND THAT SAME PERIOD,
'72, '73, AND I GOT THAT.
>> James: LOOK AT HIM, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
OTHER TALL GUY.
>> WELL, AND MAYBE THERE'S A PARALLEL UNIVERSE IN WHICH HE
GOT THE PART AND GOT THE GUEST HOST FOR YOU, YOU KNOW.
( LAUGHTER ) AND I'M NOW DOING HIS LIFE,
WHICH IS SOME KIND OF CIRCUMSTANCES PERFORMER BEING SO
TALL, YOU KNOW, AS WE BOTH WERE.
>> James: NOW, JEFF, NORMALLY, THIS IS THE POINT IN THE SHOW
WHERE I WOULD TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT THEY
WANTED TO PROMOTE, BUT YOU, VERY KIND YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO
PROMOTE, BUT WHAT YOU DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS YOU WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THE L.A. FOOD BANK AND HOW PEOPLE CAN HELP AND WHAT THEY'RE
DOING AND TALK TO US ABOUT YOUR PASSION FOR IT AND WHAT
EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW AND HOW THEY CAN HELP.
>> MAY I?
YOU'RE SO KIND TO LET ME DO THIS.
I HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY INFLAMED WITH THE IDEA OF DOING WHATEVER
I COULD DO IN MY LITTLE WAY FOR HUNGER ACROSS THE WORLD FOR A
FEW DECADES NOW, AND I'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT I JUST HAVE TO
HELP MYSELF WITH BECAUSE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
>> James: OF COURSE.
LISTEN TO THIS -- BEFORE COVED, MORE THAN 2 MILLION
PEOPLE INCLUDING 450,000 KIDS WERE IN NEED OF FOOD ASSISTANCE
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND NOW THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO
DOUBLE.
OF COURSE, IT'S A PROBLEM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND CITIES AND
RURAL AREAS AND THERE ARE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO ARE
DESPERATE FOR FOOD HELP THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN AND THEY
NEVER IN THEIR ENTIRE LIVES EXPECTED OR ASKED FOR A HANDOUT.
THERE ARE GREAT GROUPS DOING WORK ON THIS BUT THE LOS ANGELES
FOOD BANK IS PROVIDING FOR HALF A MILLION PEOPLE EVERY MONTH,
AND $1 ENABLES THIS WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION TO SERVE FOUR
PEOPLE.
SO, PLEASE, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME GO TO L
AFOODBANK.org AND VOLUNTEER BECAUSE THEY NEED ALL THE HELP.
AND ACROSS THE UNITED STATES YOU CAN FIND YOUR LOCAL FOOD BANK
ONLINE.
THAT'S ET IT.
WE'VE GOT TO DO IT, YOU KNOW.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, TO FEEL LIKE -- TO DO SOMETHING, ANYWAY,
DURING THIS TIME, THE VIRUS AND THE CONFUSION AND THE CHALLENGES
ARE ONE THING, BUT NO ONE NEEDS TO BE HUNGRY DURING THIS TIME.
>> James: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN AND PLEASE JOIN ME.
>> James: THANK YOU, JEFF.
THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE THING TO COME ON THE SHOW.
TO SUPPORT THE L.A. FOOD BANK, LAFOODBANK.org.
IF YOU CAN HELP, WE KNOW TIMES ARE TOUGH, BUT IF YOU CAN,
PLEASE DO.
WE'VE BEEN ASKING ALL OUR GUESTS TO SHOW US SOMETHING FROM THEIR
HOUSE, FOR OUR "LATE LATE SHOW AND TELL."
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US, JEFF?
>> I I HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING, AND IT TIES INTO A STORY OF HOW
THERE'S A POTENTIAL SILVER LINING PART TO THIS CYCLE WHICH
IS THAT WE CAN CONNECT WITH PEOPLE IN THEIR REAL WAY AND
SOMETIMES IN WAYS THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN IN OTHER
CIRCUMSTANCES.
MY SISTER, FAMILY, OF COURSE, IS DEAR TO ALL OF US, MY SISTER PAM
IS A GREAT SUCCESSFUL PAINTER, AND JUST PRIOR TO THIS CYCLE, I
SHOULD COME OVER HERE AND POSE FOR HER AND SHE'D DRAWN SOME
PICTURES OF ME, AND THEN I TOOK SOME PHOTOGRAPHS DURING -- NOW
THAT SHE CAN'T COME OVER AND SHE'S CONTINUED TO DO THIS
LITTLE PROJECT THAT WE CALL GOLDBLUM VARIATIONS -- SOMEBODY
MORE CLEVER THAN ME CAME UP WITH THAT.
ANYWAY, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU FIVE --
>> James: OH, LOOK.
SHE'S DONE A BUNCH.
BUT THERE'S ONE.
LOOK AT THEM.
I THINK THEY'RE VERY SOPHISTICATED.
>> James: OH, YEAH.
AND SOULFUL.
THEY SORT OF GET ME IN A WAY I THINK --
>> James: OH, IT'S EVERY SHADE OF GOLDBLUM.
IT'S ALSO THE NAME OF MY FIRST BAND.
LOOK AT THIS!
>> AND THE LAST ONE SHE SENT ME LIKE THAT.
>> James: OH!
MAGIC BEANS, I BELIEVE, OF SOME KIND.
>> James: BECAUSE HE HOLDS THE MAGIC IN HIS HANDS, AND WE
ALREADY KNEW THAT.
THAT IS BEAUTIFUL!
>> PAM GOLDBLUM, ISN'T THAT SOMETHING?
WE'RE REALLY GETTING A KICK OUT OF THIS.
WE'RE INSPIRED BY EACH OTHER.
I JUST ADORE HER AND ADORE WHAT SHE DOES.
>> James: I ADORE PAM GOLDBLUM AAND -- AS MUCH AS I ADORE ANY
GOLDBLUM.
REGGIE, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR GUEST THIS EVENING?
>> Reggie: YES, TONIGHT'S QUESTION GOES TO MR. JEFF
GOLDBLUM.
>> James: OKAY.
>> Reggie: WAS THE TALL GUY FUN TO FILM?
>> THE ANSWER IND INDUBADABLY IS YES, IT WAS A BLAST TO FILM.
I WAS IN LONDON IN NOTTING HILL.
RICHARD CURTIS, THE FIRST SCREENPLAY AND I LOVED THE PART
AND IT WAS EMMA THOMPSON'S FIRST MOVIE.
SHE'S SPECTACULAR.
ONE OF THE GREAT PEOPLE ON PLANET EARTH, I ADORE HER, AND
ROANE ATKINSON WAS IN IT.
I LOVE IT.
>> James: REGGIE?
>> Reggie: THAT'S CORRECT.
>> James: NOT ONLY IS IT CORRECT, I ALSO THINK IN 782
SHOWS, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE EVER ASKED A QUESTION
WHICH GENUINELY IS ABOUT SOMEONE'S WORK OR BACK CATALOG.
THIS IS A HUGE MILESTONE IN THE SHOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
JEFF GOLDBLUM, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH JAMES BLAKE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.