( LAUGHTER ) >> James: NOW, MO, WE ALL KNOW
YOU AS A CBS CORRESPONDENT, BUT YOU STARTED YOUR LIFE IN SHOWBIZ
IN MAYBE THE MOST WONDERFUL WAY I THINK YOU COULD DO IT, TOURING
SOUTHEAST ASIA IN THE MUSICAL "GREASE."
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> James: WHAT WAS THIS LIKE?
YOU ALL SAW ME IN THAT?
>> James: WE ALL SAW IT.
HOW COULD WE FORGET?
>> James: IS THERE A BIG MARKET IN SOUTHEAST ASIA FOR
"GREASE"?
>> THE WAY WE MARKET IT, IT WAS THE MID '90s, STANDING ROOM
ONLY IN JAKARTA.
I PLAYED THE YOUNGEST OF THE GREASERS.
I'M A DUTY.
BUT THE POSTERS THE PRODUCERS PUT UP SHOWED JOHN TRAVOLTA AND
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN.
PEOPLE BOUGHT TICKETS AND SHOWED UP AND SAW ME.
>> THE ORIGINAL FIRE FESTIVAL.
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: YOU WERE ALSO ONCE A
ROLLER SKATING WAITER A FRENCH RESTAURANT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
>> James: WHAT A LIFE, MO.
WHAT A LIFE.
>> YOU DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO.
>> James: HOU HOW WAS THAT?
WHAT DID YOU HAVE TO DO THIS?
>> I'LL SAY I NEVER DROPPED A PLATE.
WE USED TO HAVE TO CARRY HOT FRENCH ONION SOUP.
>> BETTER THAN COLD.
YEAH.
THE RESTAURANT WAS CARPETED, WHICH WAS NOT REALLY A SMART
THING SO THE CARPET WOULD SNAG.
I WOULD PICK THE ROLLER SKATES UP AND STEP LIKE THAT, IT WAS
EASIER.
>> James: THAT'S HOW I ROLLER SKATE.
>> THE HEAD WAITER WAS ON ROLLER GLADES WHICH HAD JUST COME IN
THEN.
TOTALLY EARLY ADOPTER AND THAT WAS PRETTY INTIMIDATING.
>> SOUND LIKE YOUR LIFE IS A MAD LIBS.
( LAUGHTER ) EVERY SPECIFIC FROM THE STORY
YOU SAID WAS TOTALLY RANDOM.
( LAUGHTER ) >> NO, JUST GENERATED THESE
STORIES BACKSTAGE.
>> THAT'S COOL.
I ONCE WAS BORN IN A FORTUNE COOKIE.
( LAUGHTER )