>>> WE ARE BACK WITH ONE OF
HOLLYWOODS AND OUR FAVORITE
COUPLES ON AND OFF SCREEN.
TED DANSON AND MARY STEENBURGEN.
>> "BEST SUMMER EVER".
>> A YOUNG COUPLE WHO FALL IN
LOVE AT A FINE ARTS SUMMER CAMP.
BACK AT SCHOOL, FOOTBALL STAR
TONY HAS TO HIDE HIS DREAMS OF BECOMING A DANCER.
BECOMING A DANCER. ♪
>> TED AND MARY, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> AWE, YAY.
>> -- GOT RID OF CRAIG TOO.
>> THIS MOVIE IS SO FUN.
I LOVE THE MUSICAL ASPECT OF IT.
BUT MARY, THERES ONE ELEMENT,
IT REALLY KIND OF CELEBRATES
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WITHOUT
OUTWARDLY CELEBRATING PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES.
I MEAN, THEY ARE JUST THERE AS
CHARACTERS.
WHY DID YOU WANT TO BE PART OF
SOMETHING SO MOMENTOUS?
>> YOU KNOW, IT IS A FIRST.
FIRST OF ALL, THE LAST TIME THAT
THIS MANY PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES WERE IN A FILM, IT
WAS IN 1932 AND THE NAME OF THE
FILM WAS --
>> WOW.
>> THIS IS A FILM THAT
CELEBRATES A MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITY.
AND ITS JUST NEVER COMMENTED
ON.
THERE IS PEOPLE WITH -- WITH AND
WITHOUT DISABILITIES, AND ACTING
TOGETHER.
AND THE SPIRIT OF IT IS SO
BEAUTIFUL AND FUN.
AND WERE HONORED TO BE A TINY
PART OF IT.
>> HOW --
>> YEAH.
THEY ARE FRIENDS OF OURS FOR
MANY YEARS.
WILL AND VANESSA HALBY AND HIS
BROTHER PETER STARTED A
COMMUNITY IN VERMONT CALLED ZENO
MOUNTAIN FARMS AND IT WAS TO
BRING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES
TOGETHER JUST IN FRIENDSHIP AND
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING PLAYING AND
FILMS EVER SINCE.
>> WHAT MADE YOU GUYS -- GO
AHEAD.
>> ITS RATED 93% ON ROTTEN
TOMATOES.
ITS GOTTEN RAVE REVIEW FROM THE
"NEW YORK TIMES."
ITS ACTUALLY A WONDERFUL, KIND
OF, CLASSIC SUMMER
ROMANCE/MUSICAL FILM AND WITH
STARS SHANNON DEVITA, THAT YOU
SEE ON THE SCREEN.
AND RICKIE WILSON AND EMILY
KRINKING.
AND THEY ARE INFECTIOUS, AND IF
YOU WANT TO FEEL AMAZED AND GOOD
AND PROUD OF HUMANITY.
>> PROUD OF HUMANITY, YES.
>> IT IS THE FILM TO SEE.
>> GREAT.
OF COURSE MARY YOU COME TO THIS
HONESTLY.
AND YOU ARE A SONG WRITER.
YOU JUST WRAPPED SEASON 2 OF
ZOES EXTRAORDINARY PLAY LIST ON
NBC.
AND TED YOU ARE GETTING READY TO
FILM SEASON 2 OF "MR. MAYOR"
WHICH IS A TERRIFIC SHOW AS
WELL.
DOING THIS, THAT SHOW, DID IT
GIVE YOU MAYBE A LITTLE APPETITE
FOR MAYBE THINKING ABOUT RUNNING
FOR OFFICE?
>> LET ME BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT
THAT.
NO.
>> AND IF HE EVER THINKS ABOUT
IT, IM HERE TO WHIP SOME SENSE
INTO HIM.
>> WERE LOOKING AT YOU GUY.
YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR
26 YEARS.
YOU RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, GRACED
THE COVER OF PEOPLE MAGAZINES.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE KEY TO
MAKING IT WORK?
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ALWAYS
ASK FOR ADVICE, OR PEOPLE WANT
TO HEAR ATDVICE.
>> OH BOY.
FIRST OFF, BE MADLY IN LOVE.
THAT HELPS.
LAST YEAR IS A BIG PART OF OUR
LIFE.
TELLING TRUTHS IS A BIG PART.
>> HE SMELLS REALLY GOOD.
>> OH.
>> WHAT DOES HE SMELL LIKE.
>> I THINK THATS IMPORTANT.
>> IT IS.
>> I LOVE IT.
>> SO WHAT COLONGNE ARE YOU WEARING TED?
WEARING TED?
>> ITS CALLED EAU TO TED.
THE OTHER THING IS SURVIVE BEING
ON THE COVER OF PEOPLE
MAGAZINES MOST BELOVED PEOPLE.
BECAUSE THAT IS THE KISS OF
DEATH.
>> THAT IS HISLARIOUS.
AND MARY YOU ARE HELPING PLAN A
WEDDING.
CONGRATULATIONS.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
>> NOT MUCH.
AND BY THE WAY, WERE DOING
NOTHING.
I DID GO FOR A FITTING
YESTERDAY.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THEY ARE
VERY MUCH ON TOP OF IT.
AND WE LOVE HER.
>> SO MUCH.
>> AWESOME.
>> SHES AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOUNG
WOMAN IS ON THE OUTSIDE, SHE IS
EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL ON THE
INSIDE.
>> AWESOME.
>> SHES A FRIEND OF THE SHOW.
WEVE HAD HER ON QUITE A FEW
TIMES.
>> YEAH.
SHES AMAZING.
>> WELL WE LOVED TALKING TO YOU
BOTH.
SEEING YOU TOGETHER.
YOU FIRST CAME ON, SAW PUT YOU
ARM AROUND EACH OTHER.
JUST SO REALLY SWEET.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
THIS MORNING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.