so many others, yeah

...

Garry Marshall, and Marion Ross, and Anson, and Donny, and, uh, Erin, bless her soul.

I mean, th- there was an entire cast.

We were really soaring in the, in the ratings.

It wasn't broken.

This would be a slap in the face.

Really?

Um, what was she like when you were working with her? What went through your mind when you heard she had died?

Okay.

So uh, the first time I met her was in my office, [coughs] excuse me, at Paramount.

She came because, uh, she was going to see if she wanted me to direct the movie.

We sat for five minutes, and then she said, "I'd like you to direct my movie." And I went, "That's it.

I have all my notes.

I have all my ideas." She was then the way she was for the last moment on this earth.

The person you first met- ... was the person you met every time you met her decades later.

Hmm.

And all you do when your child is in the stratosphere, you just make noise.

You make poetry through sound.

"Oh.

O- O- Oh, uh, uh, uh-huh.

Yeah.

I- you sound so angry.

[laughs]

What was that experience, though, like now that you reflect back on it?

You know what? It was one of the greatest things I was ever part of professionally because it was, first of all, a job.

But here we were taken by NBC all through Asia, all through Germany and Spain and Morocco.

And we never knew what we were going to do when we got there.

The producers set up all these experiences and George had a knack.

He was great when he didn't want to participate in something.

He was great at falling asleep.

I know this probably seems like a strange question, but did you have any inkling at all that that film was When you did it back in 95, 96, I think it came out in 96, when you did that movie, Scream would be such a part of the pop culture experience, especially in the horror world.

... or you used your Fonz perks to, to do something cool.

No.

Okay.

So I did use a Fonz perk.

I had, when there was Happy Days money, I had tickets to the L- tickets to the Lakers.

We sat, uh, uh, not in the first row, not on the floor, not in that first section, in the second section.

Had great seats.

Do, do you go to the games?

... or you used your Fonz perks to, to do something cool.

No.

Okay.

So I did use a Fonz perk.

I had, when there was Happy Days money, I had tickets to the L- tickets to the Lakers.

We sat, uh, uh, not in the first row, not on the floor, not in that first section, in the second section.

Had great seats.

Oh.

What did that mean?

Okay.

So on the one hand, I really do understand.

My parents came from Nazi Germany.

They left everything behind.

They started a new life.

They st- a new language, a job.

Oh.

Okay.

I did that.

I did all of the water skiing except for the jump.

They wouldn't let me do a stunt.

Because you're the star.

Yeah, and there was no replacement.

You know, there was no understudy.

Can the audience hear?

up.

Not say a word.

Then I produced a comedy show, which unfortunately didn't work, but we took Tim Conway around the country and he would become like a policeman on the street and stop people because he didn't like their fashion.

Again, we had boxes built where the cameramen were hidden.

Oh, my God.

What a man.

What a man.

being.

Um, what-

You know what? Here's what...

Here it is.

For the last seven days, I've traveled everywhere in the country, and, uh, I've been, uh, to the East Coast, I have been to the Midwest, I've been here on the West Coast.

People have said to me, "I haven't laughed this hard in a long time.

I nearly peed myself," and I now carry extra underwear for my fans.

[laughs]

"But inside, you are powerful.

I just found out I

watched it outside when or inside when we would go and make an entrance through the the sliding door or the sliding.

I'm swinging doors of Arnold's.

There was a piece of plywood.

And I would put my coffee cup down, everybody a bottle of water, and then you would make your entrance.

And on that piece of wood, I would write down things.

We're starting our seventh season.

Look at that.

Yes.

But then I got asked to be in this, uh, 250th celebration, and I get to play one of the Founding Fathers in a scene with Larry.

I mean, again, I heard, yeah

...

I dared, I dared to ad-lib a line.

And we did it the second time, and I said to Larry, "Hey, can I say that one line again?" And he said, "No."And I knew immediately I shouldn't repeat it.

[laughs]

Okay.

Hello.

This is, um, Sadie.

Hi, Sadie.

So I'm invited to do this TV show.

Three young people, two directors, a, a man and a woman, they're not married, they're just, uh, a, and the writer-producer, met in school.

So what kind of advice would you give, and what are your hopes for the future of young America?

Now, you worked in a movie with Katharine Hepburn.

Yes.

That was, uh, One Christmas.

Uh, it was a, a, a short story, a novella, by, uh, Capote.

And it was an amazing experience.

Uh, now, the, the, the real truth is that at that time, uh, Katharine's memory was going, uh, and her, uh, ability was, uh, a little less than, um, up to snuff.

But for the most part, she was the dynamic, um, powerful woman, uh, we had come to know in the movies and the stage.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

And then it comes up in your mind, like the Magic 8 Ball.

An answer comes and then your tummy knows if... "Is that answer right? Um, it's not...

It's an answer, but I'm not feeling it." The reason it took me so long, uh, to say it, right, uh, because I, uh, I was suppressing a burp.

Yes.

So, I said that I learned through my ears.

So, listening, because our children, if you give them a little bit and you say, "You know what? I think you're gonna help figure out what the, the, um, punishment or the consequence is gonna be for what you just did." Mm-hmm.

"Or, uh, you're gonna figure out what your curfew is.

And, and in the last decade, you've shed some?

Because, you know, uh, uh, unless you, uh, actually do some work, that...

You are who you are.

And that doesn't go away no matter what changes.

Your age, your, your, your physicality.

It...

The inside pretty much stays the same.

That-

Tell, tell us about this.

It was devised by a dad in Holland for his children who are dyslexic.

I believe he himself is dyslexic.

What he has done is the, the C, uh, the opening of the C is farther apart than most Cs.

It, the, the, the ink is heavier.

The words are weighted.

The, uh, extension of the F is longer.

Yeah.

That-

28 novels about a little boy.

Uh, me.

Uh, now...

Okay, great.

Great story.

P.S. 87.

And I thought, "I'm gonna go home and write what they're asking for." (laughs)

You're too young to dream.

here it is you are never too young to dream because i never let that dream out of my mind wow and here i am with you and did you instill that in your kids when you they were growing up that they're never too young absolutely and uh each one of them jed zoe and max max told us at 10 that he was going to be a director i took him to see west uh wes anderson's bottle rock oh And he turned to me and he said, I'm going to do that.

And I thought, as a father, don't you want to be a doctor first? I know how difficult this is.

But you didn't say that to him,

She might want to eat her.

Oh, my goodness.

There you are.

Aww.

Yeah.

So Brandi Carlile is there, and, uh, uh, v- she has friends on the stage with her.

One of them is Joni Mitchell.

And I have...

I cannot leave without hugging Brandi Carlile.

This is the second time we have seen her, Stacey and I, but I see when I'm hugging her that there is a, um, uh, uh, an open doorway, and it's Joni Mitchell sitting in a chair.

And I excuse myself, and I go over, and I say, "Ms.

Oh, you sketched it out in advance so you know there's six, et cetera?