[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >>> AND WERE BACK WITH
FIVE-TIME EMMY-WINNING ACTOR AND
PRODUCER NEIL PATRICK HARRIS.
WE JUST LOVE TO HATE HIM AS COUNT OLAF IN THE NETFLIXAS
COUNT OLAF IN THE NETFLIX SERIES, "A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE
EVENTS," BASED ON THE BELOVED
CHILDRENS NOVELS, AND LUCKY FOR
FANS ABOUT TO RETURN FOR SEASON
TWO.
TWO.
TAKE A LOOK. >> OH, BLESS YOU.
>> THANK YOU, PRETTY LADY.
AS I MUST BE ALLERGIC TO
SOMETHING IN THIS ROOM THAT IS
NOT TO ADULT PEOPLE.
>> ORPHANS, PERHAPS.
>> ORPHANS?
>> ORPHANS?
YES, IM ALLERGIC.
>> THEIR DUST.
>> YES, YES, THEIR ASHES.
IT CLOGS UP MY WHOLE, UM, WHAT
IS THE WORD FOR IT? >> GLANDS.D FOR IT?
>> GLANDS.
>> LIFE.
>> OKAY.
THIS HAS GOT TO BE A DREAM JOB.
YOU GET TO DRESS UP, YOU GET TO
DO ACCENTS.
THIS HAS GOT TO BE LIKE YOUR PERFECT ROLE.TO BE LIKE YOUR
PERFECT ROLE.
>> ITS BEEN A SUPER EXCITING JOURNEY, FOR SURE.R EXCITING
JOURNEY, FOR SURE. BARRY CREATED THIS WORLD, AND HE
HAS SUCH A WONDERFUL VISION, AND
NETFLIX GAVE US A NICE BUDGET TO
DO IT.
DO IT.
WERE BEING AS FAITHFUL TO
DANIEL HANDLERS NOVELS AS WE
CAN.
AND SO ITS THIS UNBELIEVABLE SAND BOX, AND EVERY BOOK I GET
TO DON A RIDICULOUS DISGUISE.
>> COME ON.
>> THATS GUNTHER. >> ARE YOU AD LIBBING?
>> NOT OFTEN.
>> EVERY NOW AND THEN?
>> I DONT LIKE TO VEER TOO FAR
FROM WHAT THE WRITERS DO OR HAVE
WRITTEN.
WRITTEN.
BUT WELL TRY SOME ALTERNATE
TAKES IF WE NEED TO.
>> DO YOU EVER TEST DRIVE THE ACCENTS ON YOUR TWINS, YOURHE
ACCENTS ON YOUR TWINS, YOUR 7-YEAR-OLDS, TO SEE IF IT GETS
THEM?
THEM?
>> THEY LIKE -- I SEE THEM A LOT, BECAUSE WE FILM ON THE WEST
COAST IN VANCOUVER AND WE LIVE
HERE IN NEW YORK.
SO WERE MOSTLY FACETIMING
DURING THE DAYS SO THEY SEE ME
IN OLAF RANDOM DISGUISES ALL OF
THE TIME.
THE TIME.
THEY DONT LIKE WHEN I TALK IN THE VOICES.IKE WHEN I TALK IN
THE VOICES. PAPA, TALK LIKE A NORMAL PERSON.
HELLO, CHILDREN, ITS NICE TO
SEE YOU!
SEE YOU! THEY SAY NO, NO, NEVER DO THAT
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
WHATS UP, KIDDIES?
NO, DONT DO THAT AGAIN. >> THAT IS -- DO YOUR KIDS --
THIS IS KIND OF A LITTLE DARK.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> FOR 7-YEAR-OLDS, IS IT TOO
MUCH FOR THEM, DO YOU THINK, TO
WATCH?
>> I DONT THINK SO.
I THINK THAT KIDS SEEM TO GRAVITATE, AT LEAST OURS DO, BUT
I THINK MOST DO, GRAVITATE
TOWARDS DARKER MATERIAL.
I THINK KIDS LIKE SCARY STORIES.
AND THEY LIKE GHOST STORIES.
AND THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT
THERES SOMETHING POTENTIALLY
BAD THAT COULD HAPPEN, EVEN
THOUGH IT DOESNT REALLY HAPPEN. UNFORTUNATELY, WITH "SERIES OF.
UNFORTUNATELY, WITH "SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS," ITS BAD
AFTER BAD AFTER BAD.
>> SO WHEN YOU GO HOME AT NIGHT
AND PUT THE KEY IN THE DOOR AND
YOUR KIDS ARE THERE, DESCRIBE
WHAT THAT SEEMS LIKE WHEN YOU
STEP IN YOUR HOUSE AT HOME AT
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
>> I JUST -- I -- I AM INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL AND LUCKY
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. THE KIDS ARE 7 YEARS OLD,
THEYRE IN THE FIRST GRADE.
THEYRE BOTH HEALTHY AND HAPPY.
MY HUSBAND IS A SPECTACULAR MAN,
ACTOR, CHEF, PERSON, PARTNER.
AND SO ITS A GOOD TIME.
7 IS GREAT.
I REGRET BEING FAR AWAY FROM
THEM, RIGHT?
THEM, RIGHT? BECAUSE I MISS THE DAILY.
SO IM EXCITED.
WERE FINISHING SEASON THREE OF
THE SHOW, AND THEN IM DOING THE
GENIUS JUNIOR GAME SHOW AT THE
SAME TIME.
SAME TIME.
BUT WHEN I GET TO COME HOME AND
HANG OUT WITH THEM, THEY MAKE ME
LAUGH.
THEIR LAUGHS ARE INFECTIOUS. >> IVE SEEN THESE PROMOS.US.
>> IVE SEEN THESE PROMOS. AND THESE ARE -- THESE KIDS, I
DONT KNOW WHERE THEY HAVE COME
FROM, BUT THEY ARE BRILLIANT.
GIVE US THE CONCEPT OF THIS
SHOW.
SHOW. >> WE FOUND AN UNBELIEVABLY
INTELLIGENT KIDS FROM AROUND
AMERICA, WENT ON A BIG CASTING
SEARCH.
SEARCH.
ITS TWO TEAMS OF THREE THAT COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER TO
BECOME THE GENIUS JUNIOR
CHAMPIONS.
CHAMPIONS.
NOT ONLY DID WE FIND A WIDE
ARRAY OF KIDS WHO ARE INCREDIBLY
SMART AND GIFTED, BUT THEYRE
ALSO REAL KIDS AND REALLY
INTERESTING PEOPLE.
AND WHAT I THINK IS NICE ABOUT
THIS IS ITS -- ITS A
LEGITIMATE CELEBRATION OF EDUCATION. CELEBRATION OF
EDUCATION.
AND WE ARE IN A NEW CYCLE OF ON THE CONSTANT WHERE ITS WHAT BAD
THING IS HAPPENING, WHAT BAD
THING HAS BEEN SAID.
AND RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY --
GIVEN THE MARCH THAT JUST
HAPPENED, I THINK THIS NEW
GENERATION DESERVES TO BE
RESPECTED FOR WHAT THEY DO WELL.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND THIS SHOW IS ALL ABOUT THEIR BRAINS AND WHAT THEY CAN
DO WELL, WHICH ARE ACHIEVABLE
GOALS, RIGHT?
GOALS, RIGHT? >> THESE KIDS ARE SO MUCH
SMARTER THAN US.
WILL YOU GUYS COME OVER IN ONE
SECOND?
SECOND?
WERE GOING TO PLAY ONE ROUND OF
THIS GAME.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS IS A CHALLENGE ON THE SHOW.S A
CHALLENGE ON THE SHOW. AND I ASK PEOPLE TO SPELL WORDS.
BUT IM GOING ASK YOU TO SPELL
THEM BACKWARDS.
THEM BACKWARDS. 60 SECONDS.
60 SECONDS.
>> SO I GET THE FIRST ONE, AND --I GET THE FIRST ONE,
AND --
>> IM GOING TO ASK YOU ALL OF THEM. GOING TO ASK YOU ALL OF
THEM.
IF YOU DONT LIKE THEM, YOU CAN PASS.U DONT LIKE THEM, YOU CAN
PASS.
>> ILL PASS TO SOMEBODY. >> WE HAVE TO SPELL ITY.
>> WE HAVE TO SPELL IT BACKWARDS?
BACKWARDS?
>> ONLY BACKWARDS. >> OKAY.BACKWARDS.
>> OKAY.
>> IM GOING TO GIVE YOU THE WORD. GOING TO GIVE YOU THE
WORD.
>> 60 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK. >> OOH!ECONDS ON THE CLOCK.
>> OOH!
>> OH, MY GOSH.
>> GO.
>> 60 SECONDS, AND YOUR TIME STARTS NOW.DS, AND YOUR TIME
STARTS NOW. HODA, SPELL RADAR BACKWARDS.
>> CRAIG!
>> CRAIG!
>> R-A-D-A-R. >> CORRECT.R.
>> CORRECT. >> OKAY, GO.
>> HODA, SPELL BURRITO
BACKWARDS.
BACKWARDS.
>> THATS A HARD ONE.
>> DYLAN!
>> ME?
>> IM HELPING.
>> O-R-R-I-T-U-B?
>> INCORRECT.
>> SAVANNAH? [ BUZZER ]H?
[ BUZZER ] >> ITS O-T-I-R-R-B.
>> KARAOKE.
>> KARAOKE. E-K-O-A -- NOW IM JUST --
O-R --
O-R --
>> O-R-A-K.
VERY CLOSE.
ALL RIGHT, AL, SPELL MICROSCOPE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> E-P-O --
>> C, S --
[ BUZZER ]
>> IT WAS HARDER.
>> IS THAT IT?
>> TIMES UP.
>> WERE IDIOTS!
>> KIDS ARE BRILLIANT.
>> THESE KIDS WILL SAY -- ILL
SAY, SPELL OMNI DIRECTIONAL
BACKWARDS.
>> D-U-D.
>> WE LOVE YOU.
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