>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
MY NEXT GUEST STARRED AS GEORGE WASHINGTON IN THE ORIGINAL CAST
OF "HAMILTON". HE NOW STARS ON CBS'S "BULL."
PLEASE WELCOME CHRISTOPHER JACKSON!
♪ ♪ ♪
>> Stephen: I'M USED TO SEEING YOU IN SLIGHTLY MORE FORMAL
ATTIRE AS WASHINGTON.
DO YOU THINK, WITH WOULD HAVE GONE ON A TALK SHOW NOT WEARING
A TIE, CHRISTOPHER JACKSON?
>> MAYBE A CREVAT.
>> Stephen: DP YOU LEARN OR GET ANYTHING FROM GEORGE
WASHINGTON, BECAUSE HE WAS A MAN OF GREAT PROPRIETY.
>> HE WAS.
I LEARNED A LOT OF STUFF.
I LEARNED WHEN HE WAS 14 HE WROTE-- HE COPIED, BASICALLY,
THE RULES OF CIVILITY.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU SERIOUS?
YEAH.
>> Stephen: DID YOU KNOW THAT I HAD THAT?
>> I WAS TOLD THERE WAS-- >> Stephen: ONE OF MY
PRODUCERS GAVE THIS TO ME AND IT SITS ON THE BACK OF MY TOILET
TANK IN MY BATHROOM.
( LAUGHTER ) I READ-- THESE ARE THE LAWS
THAT-- THESE ARE RULES THAT GEORGE WASHINGTON WROTE DOWN.
"SHAKE NOT YOUR HAD THE, FEET, OR LEGS.
ROLL NOT THE EYES.
LIFT NOT ONE EYEBROW HIGHER THAN THE OTHER.
BEDO NO MAN'S FACE WITH YOUR SPITTLE BY APPROACHING HIM TOO
NEAR WHEN YOU SPEAK.
THIS GUY HAD A-- >> SURE.
>> Stephen: THIS GUY WAS REALLY-- HE HAD A STICK UP HIS
BUTT.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS A BIT OF A GERMAPHOB.
I DON'T THINK HE LIKED SHAKING HANDS.
THERE'S A LOT OF-- A LOT OF-- YOU READ A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT
HIM NOT BEING THE MOST FORTHRIGHT WITH THE SHAKING OF
THE HANDS.
>> Stephen: NOT-- HE WAS, LIKE, HOWIE MANDELL.
HE JUST DID THIS?
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: FIST BUMP.
GEORGE WASHINGTON?
NOW THAT YOU HAVE LEFT, THAT'S THE STORY OF THE CREATION OF OUR
COUNTRY TO A CERTAIN AGREE, THE BEGINNINGS OF OUR COUNTRY.
AND IT'S FULL OF TOWERING POLITICAL FIGURES.
IN TODAY'S POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT, WHERE DO YOU LOOK
FOR, FOR SOLACE, BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF TOWERING
POLITICAL FIGURES ANYMORE.
>> YEAH.
I WATCH-- I WATCH THE SHOW.
>> Stephen: YOU WATCH THIS SHOW?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: I'M NOT A POLITICAL FIGURE.
>> NO, BUT A GOOD INFLUENCE IS A GOOD INFLUENCE.
AND THEN I--
YEAH, RIGHT, RIGHT?
AND THEN I'LL WATCH-- I'LL WATCH THE NEWS, AND THEN I'LL GO IN MY
BASEMENT AND CRY.
>> Stephen: OH, OKAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I LIKE TO DO?
I LIKE TO WATCH THE "WEST WING" SOMETIMES.
IT'S POLITICS PORN.
YOU KNOW.
NONE OF IT'S REAL, BUT IT LOOKS PRETTY.
>> OH, MAN, AND IT MAKES YOU FEEL SO FULFILLED.
I ALWAYS SAY EYE ALWAYS SAY WATCHING THE "WEST WING" FOR ME
IS LIKE LISTENING TO MY FAVORITE ALBUM: YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING.
YOU KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
I HAVE SEEN THE SERIES PROBABLY 20 TIMES, EVERY EPISODE ALL THE
WAY THROUGH.
THAT'S THE ANTIDOTE FOR ME WHEN EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING.
>> Stephen: DID YOU SING IN CHURCH.
>> DI, I DCAROL BAFTIST CHURCH.
ONE OF THE FIRST SHOWS WAS "ARCH THE ANGEL."
>> Stephen: A CHRISTMAS PAGEANT?
>> YEAH, BUT WE DID THINGS A STEP ABOVE YOUR NORMAL NATIVITY
SCENES.
>> Stephen: WHO WERE YOU?
>> I WAS ARCH.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE THE AARCHANGEL.
>> AHCH, NOT ARC.
I RODE A SKATEBOARD IN.
THAT WAS MY ENTRANCE.
>> Stephen: THAT IS DOPE.
>> YEAH!
>> Stephen: YO, GABRIELLE RAPS.
>> A GLITTER-COVERED SKATEBOARD.
A BOMBER JACKET.
IT WAS-- IT WAS THE DEAL.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NICE.
MY FIRST APPEARANCE ON STAGE WAS IN A CHRISTMAS PAGEANT AS WELL,
ACTUALLY.
I WAS THE FOURTH WISE MAN.
>> OF COURSE, YOU WERE.
>> Stephen: IT WAS LATE.
OUR CLOCKS WEREN'T WORKING AND WE GOT THERE LATE, AND THERE
WERE ALREADY THREE KIDS ON STAGE.
AND MY TOM MOM SAID, "GO UP THERE."
I SAID, "THERE ARE ALREADY THREE."
AND SHE SAID, "GO UP THERE."
SO FOURTH WISE MAN.
>> SO YOU DID.
>> Stephen: I'VE BEEN WRONG SINCE THE BEGINNING.
"BULL," "BULL" IS THE CBS SHOW WITH MICHAEL WEATHERLY.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WE ALL AND KNOW LOVE MICHAEL WEATHERLY.
HE PLAYS BULL.
YOU PLAY CHUNK PALMER, FORMER ALL-AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER,
CURRENT FASHION-CONSCIOUS STYLIST WHO FINE TUNES CLIENTS'
APPEARANCES FOR TRIAL.
YOU KNOW, A SEAMLESS TRANSITION FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON.
>> COME ON!
COME ON!
>> Stephen: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WHAT DOES YOUR CHARACTER DO?
>> SO WHAT WE DO ON OUR SHOW, DR. BULL HAS THIS TEAM, AND
WE'RE TRIAL CONSULTANTS.
AND SO A CLIENT WILL COME IN, AND THEY'LL NEED HELP AND, YOU
KNOW, MAYBE THEY'RE-- THEY'RE, YOU KNOW-- THEIR TEENAGED SON IS
ON TRIAL FOR A CRIME HE DIDN'T COMMIT.
NOW WE HAVE TO PRESENT HIM IN A WAY THAT MAKES HIM LOOK A LITTLE
BIT BETTER AND MAKES HIM SOUND A LITTLE LESS TEENAGE-Y.
>> Stephen: IS EVERYONE ON THIS SHOW INNOCENT OR ARE YOU
GETTING GUILTY PEOPLE OFF?
>> I HOPE THEY'RE ALL INNOCENT.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T KNOW.
>> I JUST DISTRESS DRESSTHEM, STEPHEN.
I JUST DRESS THEM.
>> Stephen: DOES BULL KNOW?
>> OF COURSE, HE DOES.
>> Stephen: SO YOU DON'T KNOW.
BULL JUST TELLS YOU TO HELP THIS PERSON, EVEN IF HE KNOWS THEY'RE
A MURDERER.
>> OH, WE'RE NOT-- WE'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH MORAL AMBIGUITY
IN OUR WORLD TODAY?
>> Stephen: I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO I'M SUPPOSED TO CHEER
FOR.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> I DIDN'T BUILD THIS WORLD.
I JUST LIVE IN IT, GLGHT HERE'S THE THING-- YOU ARE A FANTASTIC
SINGER.
YOU HAVE A LONG BROADWAY CAREER.
20 YEARS SINCE YOU JOINED THE CAST OF "THE LION KING."
>> YEAH.
WE JUST CELEBRATED THE 20th BIRTHDAY ON BROADWAY.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE GREATEST
SHOWS OF MY LIFETIME ON BROADWAY.
IT SEEMS LOOK A SHAME THAT SOMEONE OF YOUR TALENT NEVER
GETS TO SING ON THAT SHOW.
IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT THERE COULD BE "BULL, THE MUSICAL."
>> IN NMY DOWN TIME I'M WORKING ON SOMETHING.
WE HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING SOMETHING ON CBS.
>> Stephen: AND YOU AND I REHEARSED IT.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU READY TO DO IT NOW?
>> I THINK SEE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT THE PREMIERE OF "BULL,
THE MUSICAL."
♪ IN THIS CRAZY MIXED-UP WORLD OF LEGAL SOUND AND FURY
A MAN WILL RISE ♪ HE'S NOT JUST THE JUDGE
INSTEAD, HE WORKS THE JURY ♪ YOU CAN'T BELIEVE THE
COURTROOM TRICKS HE'LL PULL ♪ I'M PROUD TO CALL HIM LEADER,
FRIEND, THAT AMAZING MAN NAMED BULL
♪ MY CHARACTER, CHUNK PALMER, HELPS HIM OUT WITH GRACE AND
SKILL ♪ AND DID YOU KNOW THAT BULL IS
BASED ON A YOUNG DR. PHIL?
♪ NOW THE SHOW'S A MASSIVE HIT, BOTH NATIONAL AND REGIONAL
♪ 'CAUSE IT'S A FUN NEW TWIST ON THE ARED A CLASSIC LEGAL PROCEDU
♪ HE'S A LAWYER NAMED BULL!
♪ WAIT, LET'S BE CLEAR HE'S NOT A LAWYER, TECHNICALLY!
♪ HE'S STILL NAMED BULL!
♪ BUT HE'LL GET YOU OFF BOTH LEGALLY AND SEXUALLY
( APPLAUSE ) ♪ HE'S THE WORLD'S MOST EXULTANT
JURY CONSULTANT ♪ IT'S JUST A SHAME
HE DOESN'T HAVE A FIRST NAME >> IT'S JASON, ACTUALLY
>> Stephen: OH, OKAY.
♪ JASON BULL WILL MAKE YOU CONFESS
♪ TUESDAYS AT 9:00 ♪ OR WATCH IT ONLINE
♪ ONLY CBS ♪
>> Stephen: "BULL" AIRS TUESDAYS AT 9:00 ON CBS.
CHRISTOPHER JACKSON, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY BLEACHERS.