HEY, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME BACK.
LEAD LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'M HAPPY TO SAY
MY GUEST TONIGHT IS AN OSCAR-WINNING GREAT BIG MOVIE
STAR.
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," TOM HANKS!
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OH MAN.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHAT A PLEASURE IT IS TO BE IN THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER HERE
BECAUSE LOOK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS, STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: GO ON.
>> I'M IN A MOVIE CALLED ELVIS-- ELVIS, ABOUT ELVIS, THE
PRESSLEY ONE, AND THIS ACTUAL PLACE PLAYED VERY LARGE IN OUR
TOWN BECAUSE I PLAY CORONEL TOM PARKER, I DON'T NEED TO
IMMEDIATELY START HOCKING MY PRODUCT BUT I WAS OUT EARLIER.
>> Stephen: GETS TO THE HEAT OF THE MEAT.
>> SHOW THE CLIP AND I'M GOING HOME, THANKS EVERYBODY.
>> Stephen: PUT SOME ASS IN THE SEAT.
>> BUT THE NIGHT AFTER ELVIS PERFORMED ON THE ED SULLIVAN
SHOW, 60 MILLION AMERICANS WATCHED HIM ON-- I THINK THERE
WERE ONLY 60 MILLION AND TWO TV SETS IN AMERICA.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU NOT JOKING, IT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY
NUMBER.
>> IT WAS HUGE.
AND THE VERY NEXT DAY COLONEL TOM PARKER REALIZED THAT
EVERYBODY IN AMERICA IS TALKING ABOUT ELVIS PRESSLEY SO HE IS NO
LONGER GOING TO APPEAR FOR FREE ON TV.
AFTER THAT MOMENTS YOU HAD TO EITHER BUY A RECORD OR A TICKET
TO HIS SHOW OR A TICKET TO ONE OF HIS MOVIES OR LISTEN TO HIM
ON THE RADIO FOR WHICH COLONEL TOM PARKER GOT A FEW CENTS EVERY
TIME IT PLAYED.
>> Stephen: ELVIS GOT SOMETHING, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN,
HE GOT $50,000 TO APPEAR THREE TIMES ON THE SULLIVAN SHOW WHICH
WAS CRAZY AMOUNT OF MONEY BACK THEN.
>> BECAUSE ED WOULD GO OFF, HE UNDERSTOOD IT WAS WORTH PAYING
MONEY AND AFTER THAT, AS COLONEL TOM PARKER HIMSELF SAID WELL, I
WILL BE HAPPY TO PUT MY BOY ON TELEVISION PROVIDED THEY PAY THE
PRICE AND THAT PRICE IS $50,000.
AND NOBODY WANTED TO PAY THAT.
THERE IT IS.
>> Stephen: THERE IS ELVIS PERFORMING ON THE ED SULLIVAN
SHOW OCTOBER 28th, 19 A 6.
>> IT WAS SOMEWHERE, RIGHT AROUND THERE, IS WHERE.
>> AND YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST LIKE A SOFT LIGHT SHINING DOWN ON
THAT LITTLE SPACE.
>> Stephen: NOT ONLY THAT BUT THERE IS KIND OF INTERESTING AM
BACK THEN THE BIG VACCINE PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT WAS POLIO VACCINE,
THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE BUT PEOPLE WERE NERVOUS ABOUT IT.
BACKSTAGE ON THAT NIGHT, FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD, HE GOT VACCINATED
AT THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW.
>> FOR THE COMMON GOOD.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
I LOVE THE NEW MOVIE ELVIS, YOU PLAY COLONEL TOM PARKER AS YOU
WERE SAYING BEFORE.
I ALWAYS KNEW THE COLONEL WAS THERE.
>> YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE.
>> Stephen: I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE, WHAT HE SOUNDED
LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE DID.
WHO WAS THIS.
>> COLONEL TOM PARKER WAS NOT A COLONEL AND HIS NAME WASN'T TOM
AND HE WASN'T EVEN A PARKER.
HIS REAL NAME WAS ANDREAS VAN KISS, HE JUMPED SHIP FROM
HOLLAND, HAD NO AMERICAN PASS PORT, JUST WANTED TO GET INTO
THE CIRCUS BUSINESS, WHICH HE WAS.
AND HE REPRESENTED A FEW, HE REPRESENTED EDDIE ARNOLD
PROMOTING HIS CAREER THEN ONE DAY HE HEARD ABOUT THIS YOUNG
GUY WHO WAS RIPPING UP THE RECORD THAT EVERYBODY WAS
LISTENING TO.
HE THOUGHT HE WAS BLACK.
TURNED OUT HE WAS WHITE.
AND THEN HE HAPPENED TO SEE HIM PERFORM ONE DAY ON, IN LOUISIANA
AT THE LOUISIANA HAYRIDE AND PAID NO ATTENTION TO WHAT, MY
BOY, HE PAID NO ATTENTION TO WHAT THE BOY WAS SINGING.
HE LOOKED AT WHAT THE EFFECT WAS ON THE AUDIENCE.
AND IT IS ONE THING TO SEE YOUNG GIRLS TO BE EXCITED BY THE LIKES
OF ELVIS PRESSLEY BUT WHEN THEIR 40 YEAR OLD MOMS ALSO ARE
LITERALLY HAVING FEELINGS THAT MAYBE THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE IN
PUBLIC, HE SAID HMMMM, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME MONEY AT
THIS.
CUZ MA'AM, WHAT WAS IT THAT WAS SO-- OH HONEY, IS HE JUST A BIG
HUNK OF FORBIDDEN FRUIT, FORBIDDEN FRUIT IS SOLD AT A
PREMIUM IN MOST SUPERMARKETS IN ERCK MA.
HE WAS A DIABOLICAL GENIUS IN EVERY WAY, INCREDIBLY PRESH ENT,
KIND OF LIKE INVENTED MODERN SHOW BUSINESS AND MODERN
RECORDING BUSINESS AND NO SMALL PART OF MAKING SURE THAT HIS BOY
REMAINED EXCLUSIVE, YOU KNOW.
YOU HAD TO DECIDE TO PAY TO SEE OR HEAR ELVIS PRESSLEY.
IT WAS A GREAT, THERE WAS A GREAT, SOME GUY IS ASKING HIM DO
YOU THINK, MR. PARKER, DO YOU THINK THAT ELVIS' POPULARITY IS
BASED ON HIS SO CALLED SEX APPEAL, HIS SHAKING AND
WIGGLING, WELL, LET ME TELL YOU THAT I HAVE A VIVID IMAGINATION
MYSELF AND I HAVE LISTENED TO MR. PRESSLEY'S RECORDS AND TO
THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, I AM NOT ABLE TO SEE HIM WILLING.
SO I ACTUALLY HAVE A FEELING IT MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF
ARTIST THAT WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT AND HE WAS ABSOLUTELY DEAD
SOLID.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE, IF YOU AS COLONEL PARKER
AND AUSTIN BUTLER AS ELVIS, WHAT IS HAPPENING.
>> THIS SAY PRESSURED MOMENT, THIS IS THE MOMENT WHERE THE
CULTURAL ZEITGEIST OF WESTERN SOCIETY CHANGED FOREVER.
I WASN'T FOOLING WHEN I TOLD THEM I WOULD BUY THEM A CADILLAC
ONE DAY.
>> MY BOY, WITH ME YOU WILL BUY THEM TWO CADILLACS.
>> AN AIRPLANE.
>> A ROCKET SHIP.
>> MY MAMA IS GOING LIKELY TO FLY.
WHAT BUT, MR. PRESSLEY.
ARE YOU READY?
TO FLY?
>> YES, SIR.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> READY TO FLY.
AUSTIN BUTLER, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH.
>> EXTRAORDINARY.
>> >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A
LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK, RIGHT BACK WITH MORE MR. TOM HANKS,
STICK AROUND.