our next guest one two MTV movie awards for her performance in the crush do you
know what that is it's a movie okay uh and I believe she's also got a
special Academy Award for that Aerosmith video I think our latest film is called
Clueless and it opens on Friday ladies and gentlemen here she is Alicia Silverstone
how are you good welcome to the show this is Pam Cox she's from Oklahoma you ever been to Oklahoma
no oh it's a beautiful state you ought to go down there yeah ever been ever been to Texas [Applause]
originally you're from San Francisco is that correct yes and I tell people a little bit
about yourself how did you get into Show Business you're very young how old are you 18 or so oh man
you've had a pretty nice career so far don't you think yes yeah well how did this begin
um I was when I was like three and four I would dance to Olivia Newton John on
my coffee table and I do you did yeah and the next thing you know CBS gave me a show
I used to think that my mom was Olivia Newton John you know wait a minute this is interesting
this sounds like some deep-seated psychological disorder yes you thought your mother was Olivia
Newton-John but she's not is she no no but she was a stewardess so she was always away flying
and I think when she left she was going to do a concert and yeah and I also thought that they
were aliens and they were all gonna kill me one day it was really so it was an unpleasant
childhood just very creative mind I guess so from dancing around the house on the coffee table and
believing that your parents are aliens and Olivia Newton-John could be one of the same I guess
then how did you go from that I mean because kids do that that's what kids do you know they
just goof around and stuff how did you go from that to being like in big time show business
um I just came out to LA and started auditioning everything what was your first audition
oh I did well not the first one was Domino's Pizza Domino's Pizza commercial yeah yeah and
I did a Wonder Years where I met Fred Savage oh yeah that was a pretty good show wasn't it
yeah it wasn't that show and I I was so I turned bright red when I met him and I was
dying for Fred Savage and actually he got my phone number and there was this big accident
because I've had a fax machine on my phone and for my father and he never got my number so I
mean he had my number and he called but he never thought he never got me so wow another mix-up yes
uh and and now tell us about clueless you play the part of a young girl who attends Beverly
Hills High yeah yes and I understand you also went there yourself yes I went there I was a
total loser there no nothing like Cher really I just watched what was it like what is Beverly
Hills High like it's nutty everyone dresses very fashionable to go to school and they're very
you know like that well they're like that yeah and I was just a little swearing sweats and was not
appropriate so did you graduate do you have a high school diploma I took my GED got emancipated and
so I'm done with school you done for congratulations thank you now you uh
uh all right so anyway the movie Clueless you play the part of Cher named for the actor slash
singer Cher my best friend in the film Dion we were both named after singers from the Past who
do now who now do infomercials so and we both totally understand each other because everyone's
jealous of us so we understand how it feels to have you know that pressure I have no idea what
you're talking about I know it's hard for me to relate uh and then the videos that they got to
give you quite a bit of recognition didn't they the Aerosmith videos yeah and how did those that
come to be um Marty calner and John kladner saw the crash and wanted me to do their video
and there you go will you do other videos do you think maybe yeah do you like being in those kind
of videos they're so much fun it's just getting paid to run around and punch people punch Stephen
Dorff it's great um kind of stuff yeah and let me see let me see your fingers this is a very unusual
shade of well perhaps it's not unusual look at that they say how would you describe that what sky
blue my toes too well it looks like it could be a circulatory problem but we'll see it's Skye and
Earth all right so that I'm grounded cam do you have any questions uh do you get to meet the band
Yes I met them really just one yeah you know she got to meet your husband as well yeah I know it is
yeah are you married are you married you have a family Mary
really yeah um no do you have a boyfriend I have a dog but you must leave us guys
must just be uh all around sleeping in the yard at your place huh no I don't
know I guess it's because you're homely [Laughter] [Applause]
uh so you must be very excited about things now huh yes yeah the movie is uh doing well
has it opened yet um it opens Wednesday everyone's very excited about it it's a
very fun movie yeah it's great Amy heckerling directed of course I think better best known
perhaps for Fast Times at Ridgemont High which was also a very entertaining film
yeah and what are you gonna do for the rest of the summer um hang out with Samson and Samson
is your adult what kind of dog do you have he's a he's like an affectionate little thing doesn't it
uh well uh Alicia it was very nice to meet you and good luck with your career and I'm
very happy you could come by here this evening all right you have a nice time all right good
Alicia Silverstone ladies and gentlemen we'll be back with Cindy Lauper [Music] foreign [Music]