LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOLKS, MY
FIRST GUEST IS AN EMMY-WINNING
ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM SHOWS LIKE
TRAVELERS."
PLEASE WELCOME ERIC McCORMACK!
>> Stephen: NO, PLEASE, PLEASE
HAVE A SEAT.
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU.
MAY I JUST SAY ON A PERSONAL
NOTE.
>> Stephen: YES, SIR.
>> THANK YOU FOR GETTING MY WIFE
AND I THROUGH THE LAST TWO
YEARS.
>> Stephen: OH, YOU'RE VERY
NICE.
VERY NICE.
( APPLAUSE )
WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
YOU JUST HAD SOMETHING GREAT
HAPPEN HERE.
AND THIS THING RIGHT HERE.
YOU JUST GOT YOUR DAMN STAR ON
THE WALK OF FAME.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
IT SEEMS-- IT SEEMS LIKE ABOUT
DAMN TIME.
IT SEEMS LOOK A LONG TIME COMING
HERE.
>> GOD BLESS.
IT'S A STRANGE THING.
IT'S OF COURSE AN INCREDIBLE
HONOR BUT IT'S ALSO YOUR NAME IN
STONE, IN COLD STONE ON THE
DIRTY GROUND.
YOU KNOW.
AND I FELT-- I FELT LIKE --
>> Stephen: IT DOESN'T SOUND
THAT GOOD.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A GRAVE MARKER.
>> EXACTLY.
I FELT LIKE SCROOGE.
IMENTED TO THROW MYSELF ON IT
AND SAY, "I'M NOT THE MAN I WAS.
I'M NOT THE MAN I WAS!"
>> Stephen: WHEN YOU DIE
YOU'RE BURIED UNDERNEATH TRIGHT?
>> I HOPE SO.
>> Stephen: THEY LOWER YOU
HEAD FIRST INTO HOLLYWOOD BFLTD.
>> DEBRA MESSING'S STAR IS RIGHT
BESIDE ME.
>> Stephen: IS THAT TRUE?
>> IT'S TRUE.
>> Stephen: DID SHE GET HERS
FIRST?
>> SHE GOT HERS FIRST.
>> Stephen: WOW, HOW DID THAT
FEEL?
HOW LONG AGO DID SHE GET HER
STAR?
>> IT WAS HUMBLING, STEPHEN.
IT WAS A YEAR AGO.
>> Stephen: A YEAR!
A YEAR MORE FAMOUS THAN YOU!
>> YEAH, A YEAR MORE FAMOUS.
HOW ABOUT THIS?
THEY TOLD ME MAKE SURE YOU DO
SOMETHING WITH IT.
IT'S ONLY A HALF-HOUR CEREMONY,
DO SOMETHING GREAT.
SO I ASKED MICHAEL DOUGLAS TO
PRESENT MY AWARD TO ME.
>> Stephen: HE JUST GOT HIS
STAR.
>> THAT'S THE THING.
I GOT MINE A MONTH BEFORE HIM.
NOW HOW DOES THAT MAKE ANY
SENSE?
>> Stephen: BEFORE?
YOU GOT YOURS BEFORE HIS?
HE'S BEEN A STAR FOR 50 (BLEEP)
YEARS.
HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?
THE FIX IS IN.
WHO DID YOU PAY OFF.
THIS IS NOT RIGHT.
GO AHEAD.
>> THE REASON I ASKED MICHAEL
WAS BECAUSE 15 YEARS AGO ON
"WILL & GRACE," IN ONE EPISODE,
HE PLAYED ONE OF WILL'S LOVERS.
AND HE HAD A GREAT TIME.
SO I ASKED HIM.
HE SAID YES.
IT WAS SO GREAT.
AND A MONTH LATER HE ASKS ME TO
HIS.
SO NOW THIS IS WHAT WE DO.
ALL RIGHT, THIS IS OUR
ONCE-A-MONTH DATE IS TO GO TO
EACH OTHER'S CEREMONIES.
BUT HE GOT UP AND HE WAS
INTRODUCING PEOPLE IN THE
AUDIENCE DISPP HE SAID, "A LOT
OF OLD FRIENDS HERE TODAY.
I GOT ANDY GARCIA HERE.
WE DID "BLACK RAIN" 30 YEARS
AGO.
AND, OF COURSE, ONE OF THE-- ONE
OF THE GREAT LOVE INTERESTS OF
MY CAREER IS HERE, TALKING OF
COURSE ABOUT ERIC McCORMACK."
WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT EVERY
MAN REALLY --
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> DREAMS OF HEARING.
>> Stephen: SURE, YEAH.
HE'S THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT.
>> HE IS THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT.
>> Stephen: DO YOU GET
ANYTHING THAT COMES WITH IT?
CAN YOU PUNCH A GUY ON THE
STREET ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD
AND NOT GET ARRESTED OR
ANYTHING?
YOU'RE LIKE ONE OF THE MAYORS OF
HOLLYWOOD NOW.
>> I'M CERTAINLY THE MAYOR OF
THAT LITTLE STRIP.
AND IT'S A GOOD STRIP AND I'LL
TELL YOU WHY, MESSING AND I ARE
RIGHT OUTSIDE THE SHAKE SHACK.
>> Stephen: THAT'S QUALITY.
THOSE ARE QUALITY FANS.
>> YOU CAN GORGE AND YOU CAN
THROW UP ON WILL AND GRACE AT
THE SAME TIME.
>> Stephen: WOW, WOW.
I'VE GOT TO-- I'VE GOT TO--
SHAKE SHACK.
ACTING RUNS IN YOUR FAMILY,
RIGHT?
>> WELL, AS IT TURNS OUT IT
DOES, BUT I NEVER-- I NEVER KNEW
THAT DISPLI THOUGHT YOUR DAD
WAS-- I HEARD YOUR DAD--
>> YOU HEARD THAT ABOUT THE SAME
TIME I DID.
BECAUSE MY FATHER WAS NEVER-- HE
WAS A FINANCIAL ANALYST FOR AN
OIL COMPANY, JUST A TYPICAL
SUBURBAN DAD.
HE'D COME AND SEE MY PLAY.
HE NEVER SAID ANYTHING--
REQUESTED GET PLAY, SON."
REAL DAD STUFF.
I CHOSE, I MY OWN DOING, A
UNIVERSITY IN TORONTO CALLED
REQUIRE SON THAT HAD A GREAT
THEATER PROGRAM.
"SURE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO
DO."
AND IN MY SECOND YEAR I
DISCOVERED A JAP BOOK DEDICATED
TO MY FATHER'S YEARS AT
RYERSON'S, GRADUATED IN 1952.
NEVER TOLD ME.
>> Stephen: HE WENT TO THE
SAME SCHOOL YOU DID AND DIDN'T
MENTION IT WHEN YOU WENT OFF TO
TO SCHOOL?
>> YES!
WE HAD A TEACHER, AND JACK
McALLISTER, GOD REST HIM,
TAUGHT MY FATHER SPEECH HERE,
AND 30 YEARS LATER.
AND HE NEVER SAID ANYTHING.
WHEN I CONFRONTED HIM HE SAID,
"I WASN'T AS SERIOUS AS YOU
ARE."
AND YET SOMEHOW, NOW THAT THE
CAT WAS OUT OF THE BAG, HE'D GO
TO SEE A PLAY AND HE'D HAVE
NOTES AFTERWARDS.
>> Stephen: WELLING HOW DID HE
FEEL-- DID YOU EVER ASK WHAT HIS
DREAM WAS, WHAT WAS THE PLAN
WAS.
>> I TRIED BUT HE SHUT THAT
DOOR.
>> Stephen: WHEN YOU BECAME
FACE, WHEN YOU BECAME WILL ONE
OF THE MOST CELEBRATED COMIC
ACTORS IN SITCOM WHAT, DID HE
SAY?
>> PROUD, VERY PROUD, BUT JUST
TOOK-- WITH EVERY YEAR HE TOOK A
LITTLE MORE CREDIT.
AND, YOU KNOW, HE'D--
( LAUGHTER )
HE'D COME TO SEE A TAPING OF
"WILL & GRACE," AND AT THE PARTY
AFTERWARDS HE'D BE LIKE, "CHIP
OFF THE OLD BLOCK."
AND I'D BE LIKE, "I DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW THERE WAS A BLOCK!
YOU NEVER TOLD ME THERE WAS A
BLOCK!"
>> Stephen: DID YOU THINK YOU
WERE GOING TO BE, LIKE, IN
COMEDY, OR WERE YOU GOING TO BE
LIKE ACTOR.
>> THAT'S THE THING, I PURSUED
THEATER.
I WAS IN THE SHAKESPEARE
FESTIVAL FOR FIVE YEARS.
FOR ME IT WAS-- BUT WHEN I LOOK
BACK NOW I REALIZE MY INFLUENCES
WAS WATCHING SITCOMS WITH MY
DAD.
WATCHING "ALL IN THE FAMILY" AND
"MASH" AND WATCHING HIM LAUGH AT
ALL THOSE SHOWS, AND MONTY
PYTHON.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT
INFLUENCED ME PROBABLY MORE THAN
ANYTHING.
>> Stephen: CONGRATS ON THE
"WILL & GRACE" REVIVAL.
AT THIS POINT, IT'S NOT A
REVIVAL.
YOU'RE GOING ON TO SEASON THREE
IT'S ALREADY BEEN ANNOUNCED.
RIGHT?
THAT'S NOT A REVIVAL.
THAT'S A REAL THING.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHEN A REBOOT
JUST BECOMES A BOOT AGAIN.
IT'S LIKE A SNAKE EATING ITSELF.
>> Stephen: YOUR NEW SHOW IS
CALLED "TRAVELERS."
>> YES.
>> Stephen: ON NETFLIX.
IT'S SCIENCE FICTION.
WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
>> I SHOT THE FIRST SEASON OF
"TRAVELERS."
THERE ARE TWO ALREADY ON
NETFLIX, AND THE THIRD ONE COMES
OUT IN A COUPLE WEEKS AND IT'S--
I WAS SHOOTING IT BEFORE "WILL &
GRACE" CAME ALONG SO I'VE BEEN
LIVING THIS DOUBLE LIFE.
>> Stephen: BEFORE THE BOOT?
>> BEFORE THE BOOT WAS RE'D.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS SHOW.
IT'S AN ALL-CANADIAN SHOW.
WE SHOOT IT IN VANCOUVER--
( APPLAUSE ).
>> THANK YOU WE'RE TAKING OVER,
STEPHEN.
JUST AS THE CANADIANS HAVE ILL
FILL TRAITED THIS AUDIENCE,
"TRAVELERS" HAVE COME FROM A
VERY DYSTOPIAN AWFUL FUTURE BACK
BACK TO THIS TIME BECAUSE THEY
FIGURED OUT THIS IS THE WHEN IT
ALL WENT WRONG, APPROPRIATELY.
>> Stephen: TIME TRAVEL.
>> YES, IT'S A TIME-TRAVEL SHOW
AND WE --
>> Stephen: IS THIS LIKE TIME
MACHINE?
>> IT'S NOT IN THAT OUR BODIES
DON'T COME BACK.
IT'S JUST OUR CONSCIOUSNESS, AND
WE TAKE OVER THE BODIES AND
LIVES OF PEOPLE LIVING RIGHT
NOW.
YOU COULD BE-- YOU COULD BE A
TRAVELER RIGHT NOW.
I WOULDN'T KNOW IT.
YOUR WIFE WOULDN'T KNOW IT.
>> Stephen: I WOULDN'T TELL
YOU, BECAUSE THEN YOU WOULD KILL
ME.
>> EXACTLY RIGHT.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP
HERE.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> THIS IS THE FIRST EPISODE OF
SEASON THREE WHICH I DIRECTED.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
AND-- ONE MONTH BEFORE MICHAEL
DOUGLAS.
I'M JUST ADDING THAT.
BUT THIS IS THE TRAVEL VERSION
JUST FOUND OUT THAT PERHAPS
THEIR COVER IS BLOWN WORLDWIDE.
>> Stephen: AND THE PEOPLE
WORLDWIDE KNOW THEY MIGHT BE
TIME-TRAVELING BODY SNATCHERS.
>> EXACTLY RIGHT.
>> Stephen: JIM.
>> WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE OUR
SISTERS STRAIGHT SO WE CAN ALL
GET BACK TO OUR PROTOCOL FIVE.
>> OH, THIS IS ABOUT PROTOCOL
FIVE.
>> THAT'S THE MISSION.
>> NOW YOU CARE ABOUT THE
MISSION!
>> WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO
MEAN?
>> YOU RISKED THE ENTIRE
TRAVELER PROGRAM FOR HER.
AND YOU DID THE SAME.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, YOU CAN JUST
UNDO ALL OF THIS, JUST PUT IT
ALL BACK INTO A BOX?
>> WE TRIED.
YES.
THE EXPOSURE WAS IMMINENT
BECAUSE EVERY MAJOR INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY WORLDWIDE C.I.A., F.S.B.,
INTERPOL.
THE POINT IS WHAT HAPPENED WAS
INEVITABLE AND NOW THERE IS A
PLAN IN MOTION TO DEAL WITH
THAT.
MEANTIME, WE STICK TO THE
PROTOCOL S.
>> Stephen: YOU GUYS ARE
SCREWED.
YOU GUYS ARE SCREWED.
NEVER GOING TO WORK.
NEVER-- YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY--
YOU'RE BLOWN, BABY, YOU'RE
BLOWN.
SEASON THREE OF "TRAVELERS"
PREMIERES DECEMBER 14 ON
NETFLIX.
ERIC McCORMACK, EVERYBODY!