All right, we're back with Jim Parsons.
That was a clip from your new show,
Hollywood from Ryan, the brilliant Ryan Murphy.
Tell everybody about Hollywood.
Hollywood is a seven episode period
piece set in 1940s Hollywood and about midway through fact
starts turning more into fiction's fantasy,
and it's really a show about some
what ifs-- what if certain decisions have been made?
I don't want to give too much away,
but it's just about choices that weren't
made at the time due to skin color and sexuality
and things like that.
And we make a few--
the people involved in this, these characters
make some different choices and sort of begs the question,
what would have happened-- what would life be like now
had Hollywood done things like this 80 years ago?
So there's a party scene--
there are a lot of naked extras.
Yes there were.
Yeah, what was-- how was that?
How comfortable were you with that?
Oh, not very.
I mean, I've gone to a lot of gay clubs in my time,
and I've never seen that many naked people at once, ever.
Well, I mean, I don't think that's legal in most places.
But it was really awkward and shocking at first to have--
we were surrounded by--
if this doesn't get people to watch the show,
nothing will-- we were surrounded
by so many naked people.
And I just kept trying not to look,
but there really came a point--
I mean, it hours we were doing this.
And I stopped not trying to look at some points,
I was just like, you know what?
What I really feel is admiration,
to have that kind of relationship with your body
that you're able to just walk around naked in front
of the huge crew, and all these other actors and everything,
in and out of the swimming pool.
I was like, I am in awe.
That is the healthiest, I think, type of to be like, yes,
so what?
Now, I want to add there wasn't a bad looking one in the bunch.
So, they worked for that confidence or born with it,
I don't know.
Yeah, it's easy to walk around like that when
you have a perfect body, I assume, I don't know.
That's, I would feel that, yes.
Do you know what I find interesting, Jim, is that you
say you can't do anything longer than 30 minutes
and yet you said hours and hours around those guys.
Interesting, very interesting.
When duty calls, I don't know.
Yeah, well, you're just a hard worker is what it is you--
I am, I am.
--the commitment to your craft.
All right, we have a little challenge for you,
and we're trying to help people raise money for charity.
Since your show is called Hollywood,
here's we came up with.
I am going to name some famous Hollywood celebrities, movie
characters, people like that, you do an impression of them,
Shutterfly will donate $1,000 to your charity.
What charity are you playing for?
Well, I am playing for GLSEN, which
is an alliance of straight and LGBTQ students.
That's great.
All right, here we go.
Clint Eastwood.
I'm not good at impression--
Clint Eastwood.
Go ahead, make my day.
Wow, wow.
What if--
Almost the same.
Don't patronize me.
All right, all right, Marilyn Monroe.
Happy birthday to you.
Oh, this is so--
I'm sweating, I'm so embarrassed.
Right, Mr. President?
Happy birthday to you, oh God.
Mhm, right?
I'm trying to think who that sounds like, and it's not her.
All right, Forrest Gump.
My mother always said, life is like a box of chocolates.
Well, that's good.
That's really good.
That was good.
Thank you.
That was a good--
I think I felt more confident about that one,
for whatever reason.
That was good.
Here's one that you're going to do well, Cher.
Do you believe in life after love, after love, after--
right?
That's pretty good.
Yeah, that was closer to Marilyn Monroe.
All right, Oprah.
You get a car, you get a car.
I love bread.
There right?
Yes.
Nailed it.
You know what, I'm so glad--
All I'm doing is proving I know these people.
All I'm doing is proving, oh, I've heard of them, yeah.
Yep.
It was good and Shutterfly likes supporting organizations
like GLSEN, so they want to round it up to $10,000.
God bless them.
$10,000 going to GLSEN.
And Hollywood will be available on Netflix starting Friday.
If you like to see naked people, you're going to like it.
And it's--
There's more to it.
No, I know there's more to it.
It just-- I'm trying to help sell it because, you know,
people like to see naked people.
It sells, exactly.
The bodies.
It really does, but it's a Ryan Murphy,
how can it not be great?
All right-- and you, Jim.
All right--
Ellen.
--take care of yourself.
It was good to see you.
Love you.
Thank you, you too.
Bye, Jim.
Love you.
Hi, I'm Andy.
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Ah, [BLEEP].
God [BLEEP].