( APPLAUSE )
REYNOLDS AND ROB McELHENNEY FROM "WELCOME TO WREXHAM."
HOW MUCH-- HOW MUCH DID THIS-- HOW MUCH ARE WE TALKING?
HOW MUCH DID THIS COST YOU GUYS? >> WHAT HAPPENED WAS THERE WAS
THIS COMPANY CALLED INTERCIRCLE SPORTS, WHICH IS IN NEW YORK
CITY. AND THIS MAN NAMED STEVE
HOROWITZ WHO BROKERED THE LIVERPOOL DEAL, A YANKEE
PURCHASE, THE RED SOX. AND I JUST CALLED HIM AND I
SAID,"YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF ME BUT YOUR SONS PROBABLY HAVE."
HE HAD TWO SONS. HE SAID I'LL CALL YOU BACK.
AND HE CALLED ME BACK THE NEXT MORNING, SATURDAY MORNING, AND
HE SAID,"I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU."
>> Stephen: DID YOU TELL HIM ABOUT HIM AT THAT POINT?
>> I DIDN'T CALL HIM UNTIL STEVE TOLD ME HOW MUCH MONEY IT WAS
GOING TO COST. >> Stephen: OKAY, HOW MUCH
MONEY-- >> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD IT COST-- IF I WERE GOING
TO BUY A TEAM, HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST?
>> SO MUCH MONEY. >> YEAH, SO I'VE BEEN VERY
SUCCESSFUL. I'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE, BUT I
DO WORK IN BASIC CABLE LATE-NIGHT COMEDY TELEVISION.
SO I'VE GOT TV MONEY. >> Stephen: SURE.
>> I NEEDED MOVIE STAR MONEY. I NEEDED SUPER, SUPERHERO MONEY.
>> Stephen: YOU NEEDED "OWN MY OWN CELL PHONE MONEY."
>> IT TURNS OUT THE GYM COMPANY IS WORTH MORE THAN THIS ENTIRE
NETWORK OF THIS SHOW.
>> Stephen: I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO GO WITH IT.
>> YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING. >> JUST KEEP TALKING, ROB.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: THAT IS REALLY TASTY.
LET'S JUST SAY YOU BOUGHT IT AND IT COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS,
OKAY? >> POUNDS.
( BLEEP ). YEAH, POUNDS.
>> REMEMBER, POUNDS ARE MORE THAN-- POUNDS ARE MORE THAN
DOLLARS. >> TURNS OUT POUNDS ARE HEAVY.
POUNDS ARE HEAVY. >> I WAS HOPING DRACHMAS UPON.
>> Stephen: OR LIRA. YOU GOT THE TEAM NOW.
WHAT DO YOU THEN DO? WHEN YOU GO TO TAKE OVER A TEAM,
DON'T YOU HAVE TO GET TO KNOW THE FANS?
DON'T THE FANS HAVE TO TRUST YOU?
DON'T YOU HAVE TO GET TO KNOW THE PEOPLE IN THE TOWN?
OTHERWISE YOU'RE CARPETBAGGERS WITH A FUNNY IDEA, LET'S BUY A
TEAM. HOW DO YOU CONVINCE THEM YOU'RE
SERIOUS ABOUT THIS? >> FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WE
PROMISED-- AND THIS IS THE TRUTH-- THAT WE'LL ALWAYS MAKE
FUN OF OURSELVES BUT WE'LL NEVER MAKE FUN OF THE SITUATION.
THESE PEOPLE TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY, AS THEY SHOULD.
IT'S THE BEATING HEART OF THEIR COMMUNITY.
WE KNEW IF WE DID SOMETHING LIKE, THIS THE COMMUNITY WOULD
COME FIRST. WE WEAR OUR HEARTS ON OUR
SLEEVES, AND WE DO WHAT WE SAY. >> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP OF
WHAT THE TEAM MEANS TO THE TOWN. ANYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW BEFORE
WE GO TO IT? >> THIS IS HEART OF WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO DO WITH THE SHOW ITSELF, TOO, TO DEMONSTRATE THAT
SPORTS ISN'T JUST FOR SPORTING PEOPLE.
STORTS IS STORYTELLING AND YOU'LL SEE HOW THESE PEOPLE LOVE
THEIR CLUB. >> Stephen: JIM.
>> IN LIFE, I HAVE JUST A MEMORY.
IT JUST BASICALLY IS. THAT'S WHY YOU GET INTO THEM SO
MUCH WHEN YOU'RE IN THEM. >> I LOOK AT MY KIDS, AND
THEY'RE JUMPING UP AND DOWN, AND I'M, LIKE, HOLDING THEM IN THE
AIR. I WILL JUST TAKE THE TIMES WHILE
I CAN. .>> YOU WANT TO CREATE MEMORIES
FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND HAVE SOMETHING THEY CAN TELL THEIR
YOUNG KIDS AND THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT.
( CHEERING )
WATCHING IT. >> Stephen: ME, TOO.
ME, TOO. WE HAVE TO ATTACK A BREAK.
STICK AROUND. WHEN WE COME BACK, I WILL ASK
THEM HOW THEY ARE MARKETING THEIR NEW WELSH FOOTBALL TEAM.
STICK AROUND.