>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE HERE.
WE'RE HERE WITH MR. BOB COSTAS.
YOU HAVE INTERVIEWED EVERYBODY IN SPORTS OVER THE LAST 40 OR SO
YEARS.
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE MOMENT AND SPER VIEW YOU HAVE EVER
DONE.
>> IT IS HARD TO PICK ONE BUT THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
AND IT COMES TO MIND BECAUSE OF WHAT-- IS DOING NOW FOR THE
ANGELS FOR THE MODERN DAY BABE RUTH PITCHING AND HITTING, AND
AT THE TOP OF THE CLASS IN BOTH BUT THE FIRST TRUE JAPANESE
SUPERSTAR IN AMERICAN BASEBALL WAS ICHIRO SUZUKI WHO CAME OVER
HERE IN 200.
>> WONDERFUL GUY, MOSTLY WITH THE MAR IER INS BUT PLAYED
BRIEFLY WITH THE YANKEES AS WELL.
AND A VERY DEEP THINKER.
HE UNDERSTOOD MORE ENGLISH THAN HE LET ON.
I THINK STILL THIS INTERVIEW THAT I DID WITH HIM IN 2003 IS
THE ONLY FULL LENGTHENING LISH LANGUAGE INTERVIEW HE EVER DID.
IT WAS CERTAINLY THE FIRS AT AIM THA TIME AND HE HAD AN INTERMTER
WHO WAS A JAPANESE ACTOR AND HE WAS SO DRAMATIC, AND ICHIRO
HIMSELF WAS VERY REFLECTIVE.
SO I WOULD ASK HIM HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT AMERICAN BASEBALL AND
HE WOULD SAY OH, I LOVE MY MANAGER LOU PANELA BUT WHY WOULD
HE THROW HIS CAP OR BREAK A BAT.
A CRAFTSMAN MUST RESPECT HIS TOOL.
AND TOWARD THE END I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW HOW AN AMERICAN ANSWERS
THIS.
BUT WHAT ABOUT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
WHO WINS A FIGHT, KING KONG OR GODZILLA.
AND THIS WAS HIS ACTUAL ANSWER, THROUGH THE INTERPRETER.
OH, KING KONG IS FOR MIDDABLE, YOU KNOW, BUT GODZILLA BREATHES
FIRE.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE DECIDING FACTOR AS THE APE WOULD BE
CONSUMED IN THE CONFLAGRATION.
THAT IS WHAT ICHIRO SAID.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> THAT WAS THE SECOND TO LAST QUESTION.
LAST QUESTION I THREW OUT THERE JUST RANDOMLY, ICHIRO, WHAT IS
YOUR FAVORITE AMERICAN EXPRESSION.
AND I THOUGHT AT THAT POINT YOU KNOW, HE MUST HAVE HEARD
SOMETHING, WHAT UP DOG, OR WHATEVER PEOPLE WERE SAYING IN
2003.
SO I SAID ICHIRO, WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE AMERICAN EXPRESSION.
I WAVED OFF THE INTERPRETER, AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID.
>> IN KANSAS CITY IT IS HOTTER THAN TWO RATS [BLEEP] WITH.
>> THAT IS MY FAVOR RIS.
>> Stephen: AUGUST IN KANSAS CITY IS HOTTER THAN TWO RATS IN
A [BLEEP] SHOP.
>> WHICH ACTUALLY IS TRUE IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN NO KANSAS CITY IN
AUGUST, AND AFTER THE LAUGHTER FROM ME AND THE CREW SUBSCRIBE
SIDED HIS HE SAID I HAVE A BAD TEAMMATE.
I SAID THEY ARE EVEN WORSE THAN YOU THINK BECAUSE ICHIRO, THERE
IS NO SUCH EXPRESSION-- EXPRESSION AS THAT.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE HAD AMAZING INTERVIEW SHOWS OVER THE
YEAR, A HOST OF THEM.
NOW YOU HAVE BACK ON THE RECORD WITH BOB COSTAS ON HBO STARTING
JULY 309.
WHAT IS GOING BACK ON THE RECORD, BOB COSTAS.
>> WE'RE NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL.
THE FIRS SHOW HI FOR A DECADE OR SO IS ON THE RECORD.
NOW IT IS BACK ON THE RECORD.
THERE WILL BE IN-DEPARTMENT INTERVIEWS, I HOPE THEY ARE IN
DEPARTMENT, A LITTLE COMMENTARY, JOURNALISM, SOME PANEL
DISCUSSIONS, CHARLES BARKLEY THE LEAD OFF GUEST SHOULD CHECK BOTH
BOX, ENTERTAINING AND GUARANTEE-- GUARANTEED TO SAY
SOMETHING PROVOCATIVE.
>> Stephen: THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
BACK ON THE RECORD WITH BOB COSTAS PREMIERS FRIDAY JULY 309
ON HBO.
BOB COSTAS, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL ROOB BAITK.-- BACK.