THE SUB LIME ALLISON JANNEY IS HERE.
LOOK AT YOU.
ALLISON JANNEY, NOW I'VE GOT SOME HUGE NEWS TO SHARE AND I
DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU THOUGH THIS.
TODAY YOU'RE BEING HERE, YOU HAVE BROKEN THE RECORD.
>> WHAT.
>> James: OF THE PERSON WITH THE MOST APPEARANCES ON THE
"LATE, LATE SHOW."
THIS IS YOUR-- I KNOW, I KNOW.
>> ARE YOU SERIOUS.
>> James: I KNOW, 11 APPEARANCES.
>> THAT CAN'T BE-- THAT CAN'T BE.
HOW MANY, 11.
>> James: 11 APPEARANCES ON THE SHOW.
>> 11, DID YOU SAY 11.
>> James: 11.
>> THAT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE NUMBERS, THAT IS A LUCKY NUMBER.
SO I CAN NEVER APPEAR AGAIN.
>> James: ON A LIST-- ON A LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS, HERE IS
LIKE THE ACADEMY AWARDING S.
AND HERE IS I DON'T KNOW, LIKE TRIPPING OVER IN A STORE, WHERE
DOES IT RANK.
REALLY?
I KNEW IT.
IT'S BIGGER.
>> WERE YOU GOING THAT WAY, I AM GOING THIS WAY, I AM OUT OF
FRAME, THAT IS HOW HIGH IT IS.
>> James: OUT OF FLAME.
>> OUT OF THIS WORLD.
I'M SO HONORED.
YOU ARE SUCH A DEAR FRIEND AND I LOVE YOU.
AND I'M-- I'M PROUD TO HAVE THIS DISTINGUISHED ARK IN MY CAREER.
>> James: WELL, I'M PROUD.
I'M ALSO LOVING THAT I ALWAYS KNEW, I ALWAYS KNEW THAT ALLISON
JANNEY HAD A GRAND PIANO IN HER HOUSE.
DIDN'T YOU, GANG, YOU FELT IT, YOU FELT IT, YOU FELT IT.
>> WELL YES, YOU SEE, I HAVE A PIANO THERE BECAUSE PIE FATHER
WHO YOU MET A COUPLE TIMES AGO, HE PLAYS THE PIANO.
AND I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS WHO PLAY THE PIANO AND I LIKE THEM
TO COME OVER AND PLAY IT I PLAY ONE JONI MITCHELL SONG AND
THAT'S IT.
LAST TIME I SAW RICHARD, AND I'M VERY GOOD AT IT.
BUT IT IS THE ONLY SONG I KNOW HOW TO PLAY AND A LITTLE BIT OF
MOONLIGHT SONATA.
BUT I JUST LIKE TO HAVE RESTAURANTS AROUND FOR FRIENDS
WHO ARE TALENTED.
>> James: I DON'T THINK THAT IS THE ONLY REASON BECAUSE YOU
FORMED A BAND.
DO PEOPLE KNOW THIS.
WE HAVE A PHOTO HERE.
I NEVER KNEW HOW MUCH I NEEDED THIS.
YOU FORMED A BAND, THIS IS YOU-- TALK US THROUGH WHO IS IN
THIS BAND.
>> OKAY, WELL TO MY RIGHT IS COURTENEY KOKS WHO IS PLAYING
THE PIANO THERE.
AND ME IN THE CENTER.
DOING SOMETHING STRANGE.
>> AN THERE IS MARY McKORMIC WHO IS THE LEAD SINGER.
AND WE DECIDED JUST FROM ONE NIGHT TOGETHER THAT WE NEEDED TO
FORM A BAND AND MARRY McKORMIC CAME UP WITH THE NAME BROKEN
DOLLS.
>> James: WHICH IS A GREAT NAME FOR A BAND.
>> THAT IS WHAT WE THOUGHT TOO AND I THINK SOMEONE ELSE WAS
USING THAT NAME SO WE HAD TO CHNG IT TO EITHER HASHTAG BROKEN
DOLLS OR BROKEN DOLLS WITH A Z OR SOMETHING, DON'T KNOW.
BUT WE HAVE ACTUALLY ONLY PLAYED ONE SONG TOGETHER.
WE HAVE NEVER REHEARSED.
WE PLAYED LADY GAGA,'S A MILLION REASONS.
>> James: GOOD SONG.
>> AND THEN I'M WORKING, AND THE PROBLEM IS I DON'T REALLY KNOW
HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR.
SO I AM LEARNING, AND I STARTED TO LEARN AND THEN THE PANDEMIC
HAPPENED AND I, YOU KNOW, PUT DOWN MY GUITAR AND NOW I'M
AFRAID I WILL GET KICKED OUT OF THE BAND.
>> James: I DON'T THINK THEY ARE GOING TO KICK YOU OUT OF THE
BAND.
>> THIS IS GUITAR FOR DUMMIES.
>> James: I KNOW THAT BOOK VERY WELL TRK SITS OVER 3
UNDERNEATH TIM.
>> REALLY.
>> James: IT SITS UNDERNEATH TIM EVERY SHOW, BEFORE A SHOW I
SEE HIM FLICKING THROUGH THAT, JUST GETTING SOME TIPS.
WILL WE EVER GET TO SEE BROKEN DOLLS PERFORM LIVE?
>> WELL, WE DON'T HAVE A LABEL YET.
WE'RE LOOKING.
WE'RE SHOPPING AROUND AND WE WILL PERFORM LIVE WHETHER IT'S
IN SOMEONE'S BACKYARD OR AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL IF THAT HASN'T
BEEN DETERMINED YET.
BUT I, LISTEN, IT'S BEEN-- WHO DOESN'T HAVE SECRET DREAMS TO
WANTING TO BE A ROCK STAR MUS IG, DON'T YOU, JAMES.
>> James: NO, I DON'T REALLY ENJOY SINGING.
>> YES, YOU DO.
THAT IS A LIE.
>> James: I'M JOKING.
I THINK THERE IS A WOLF WALK WAKING BEHIND NEW YOUR HOUSE, A
WOLF JUST WALKED THROUGH.
I MEAN I'M UP FOR GOING TO SEE THE BROKEN DOLLS BUT I WILL SAY
THAT IS A LOW BAR BECAUSE I WILL GO AND SEE ANY CONCERT RIGHT
FLOW.
WHAT WAS THE LAST CONCERT YOU WENT TO, ALLISON.
>> OH, SWEETIE, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY OH, THAT WOULD BE VEGAS,
2019, OCTOBER, JANET JACKSON RHYTHM NATION.
>> James: WHAT A NIGHT.
>> IT WAS OFF THE CHARTS CRAZY.
I WENT WITH MY GIRLFRIENDS.
IT WAS GIRL TRIP TO VEGAS.
AND WE, I WAS ALL EXCITED, WE GOT PASSES TO THE AFTER PARTY
AND WERE GOING TO GO BACKSTAGE STAGE.
BY THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS THAT MY FRIEND KEPT GETTING ME DRINKS
AND IN VEGAS THEY ARE LIKE SLURPEE SIZE.
AND THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, VODKA SODAS, AND WE DANCED OUR ASS OFF
AND WERE DRINKING VODKA -- SLURPEES INVOLVE CA SODAS AND
I WAS IN NO CONDITION TO GO BACK AND SEE JANET JACKSON.
WE WENT TO THE AFTERPARTY.
AND SHE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THERE, I DON'T REMEMBER.
>> James: VERY WISE, VERY WISE OF YOU NOT TO GO BACKSTAGE.
I WISH I HAD THAT JUDGMENT WHEN I WAS DRUNG.
IF I'M DRUNK, I WAS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO LOVE TO SEE ME.
AND I WILL GO YOU DON'T HAVE A PASS.
AND I WILL GO LET ME IN!
JANET.
JANET!
NOW IN FRIDAY ALLISON, YOU ARE PARTICIPATING, THIS FRIDAY IN A
WEST WING CAST REUNION, A FUNDRAISER FOR THE ACTORS FUND.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT IT.
>> IT IS STARS IN THE HOUSE, AND IT IS SELT AND HIS HUSBAND JOE,
WE WILL BE ON THERE, I THINK TAKING QUESTIONS FROM FANS AND A
LOT OF THE BAND IS BACK TOGETHER FOR THIS PERFORMANCE, AT 8:00 ON
EAST COAST, 5 P.M. WEST COAST.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
IT WILL JUST BE ALL OF US ON A ZOOM AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND
BEING RIDICULOUS TOGETHER WHICH IS USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE
WEST WING CAST GETS TOGETHER.
>> I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
AND MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT JEN PSAKI IS GIVING OFF MAJOR CJ
CREGG VIBES WHAT DO WE THINK ABOUT IT.
>> I AM INCREDIBLY FLATTERED THAT YOU WOULD-- PUT US
SIDE-BY-SIDE LIKE THAT I THINK SHE IS-- SHE IS THE REAL LIFE CJ
CREGG, SHE IS THE REL HERO.
I SO ADMIRE HER TRK IS LOVELY TO SEE SOMEBODY IN THAT OFFICE AS
THE PRESS SECRETARY BEING FRIENDLY TO THE PRESS, BEING SO
SMART AND CAPABLE.
AND I'M JUST, I JUST AM IN LOVE WITH HER.
I LOOIC TO THINK THAT MAYBE SHE GREW UP WATCHING WEST WING SO I
HAD A LITTLE BIT OF AN INFLUENCE IN HER CAREER PATH.
>> James: I THINK YOU DID.
I THINK, I DON'T KNOW, IS SHE THANKFUL LIZ AT THE AT THE END.
>> IS SHE THANKFUL AT THE END?
NO, SHE DOESN'T SAY THAT.
>> James: I WISH YOU WOULD HYDRATE YOURSELF MORE.
>> IT IS MY ONE WORRY FOR YOU, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE
TACKING IN ENOUGH FLUIDS.
AS YOU DRINK FROM A-- WHAT IS THAT.
THAT IS A CAR FULL OF WATER, IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE DRINKING FROM?
>> I WAS HESITANT TO PICK IT UP BECAUSE IT SO CLASHES WITH MY
SUIT BUT I REALLY DON'T DRERK ENOUGH WATER.
>> James: YOU HAVE A WATER BOTTLE FOR EVERY OUTFIT YOU
WEAR.
YOU ARE LIKE GUYS I'M WEARING GREEN, GET THE GREEN VAT OF
WATER.
THIS.
>> THIS IS JUST TO ENCOURAGE ME TO DRINK, IT HAS LITTLE THINGS,
I'M ONLY AT OH [BLEEP] I'M ONLY AT 10 A.M., MI SUPPOSED TO BE
AT-- WHAT TIME IS IT?
8 A.M. IT SAYS READY, SET, DRINK AND 10 A.M. IT SAYS YOU'VE GOT
IT AND THEN AT 12 P.M. IT SAYS KEEP DRINKING.
AND THEN AT 2 P.M. IT SAYS HALFWAY.
THERE AND THEN FOUR P.M., NO EXCUSES.
6 P.M., A LITTLE BIT MORE.
8 P.M., YOU MADE IT.
>> James: WOW, ST WOULD ONLY BE GOOD IF AT 5 P.M. YOU IT SAID
[BLEEP] HAVE A GLASS OF WINE.
THAT IS THE BEST THING IT COULD DO.
YOU'VE DONE WELL, HAVE A.
>> MY LITTLE SECRET IS THIS IS FILLED WITH-- THIS IS VODKA,
SO-- .
>> James: NOW SORRY, WE WILL JUST LET YOU HYDRATE A LITTLE
MORE.
I WISH THEY WOULD-- I WISH IT WAS UPSIDE DOWN OFF FRAME AND
HAD TO DRINK IT LIKE A HAMSTER.
>> IT DON'T EVEN COME OUT THAT WAY, IT DOESN'T COME OUT THAT
WAY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT LIKE THAT, ANYWAY.
>> James: LET'S TALK ABOUT MUM MOM.
THE END OF AN ERA, SERIES ENDING AFTER EIGHT SEASONS.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
YOU'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THIS ONCE BEFORE OF DOING A SHOW THAT
HAS COME TO AN END.
I KNOW HOW FOND YOU ARE OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE AND
WORK ON THE SHOW, DO YOU KNOW HOW THE SERIES IS GOING TO WRAP
UP?
HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT IT ENDING?
>> I'M SAD, I WISH WE HAD AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR FOR THE
WRITERS TO AT LEAST HAVE THAT TIME TO RAMP UP FOR THE ENDING.
WE SORT OF FOUND SOWT SOONER THAN WE THOUGHT WE WOULD.
WE THOUGHT SMEURLY THEY ARE GOING TO WANT MORE "MOM."
THEY DECIDED NOT.
THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS FOR THAT, MOST OF THEM PROBABLY
MONEY, I KNOW THAT CHUCK LORI IS WRITING THE FINAL EPISODE AND WE
ARE RIGHT NOW FILMING THE THIRD TO LAST EPISODE.
AND YOU KNOW, I JUST HAVE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF MOMENTS WHERE I
AM STANDING ON SET AND TAKING IT IN AND LOOKING AT ALL THE SPACES
I HAVE LOOKED AT FOR EIGHT YEARS, IT IS REALLY LOVELY TO BE
A PART OF A SHOW, AS AN ACTOR, YOU DON'T GET TO DO THAT VERY
OFTEN.
HAVE I BEEN SO LUCKY.
SEVEN YEARS ON WEST WING, EIGHT YEARS ON MOM, AND I HAVE A REAL
COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE THAT I LOVE.
AND IT IS GOING TO BE VERY HARD TO HAVE IT ALL OF A SUDDEN GONE.
AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH I PREPARE MYSELF FOR IT, I KNOW I WILL BE
IN TEARS, BUCKETEDS OF TEARS BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN SO
INCREDIBLE.
ALL THE AMAZING LETTERS I GET FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE
PROGRAM OR PEOPLE WHO GOT SOBER WITH US.
AND IT IS REALLY BEEN A GREAT SHOW TO BE PART OF.
AND WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND IT AFFECTS PEOPLE IN A
POSES TIFF WAY, OUT IN THE WORLD T IS JUST, YOU KNOW T MAKES ME
SAD BUT ONWARD, YOU KNOW.
>> James: YOU SHOULD BE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE SHOW.
YOU ARE SO AMAZING IN IT, AS ARE YOU IN EVERYTHING.