Julie Andrews Challenges Stephen To Perform With A Mouth Full Of Grapes

>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
WE'RE HERE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE'RE HERE WITH THE LOVELY DAME
JULIE ANDREWS.
AND BEFORE THE BREAK, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT "MY FAIR LADY."
>> YUP.
>> Stephen: YOU, ALSO, ARE VERY FAMOUS FOR PLAYING MARY
POPINS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I UNDERSTAND-- I UNDERSTAND YOU
DID YOUR OWN STUNTS IN "MARY POPINS."
>> YES, I DID.
>> Stephen: AND WHAT STUNTS ARE THERE TO DO?
>> ARE YOU KIDDING?
WELL-- ( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: MOSTLY BUT NOT RIGHT NOW.
>> NO, FLYING UP IN THE CLOUDS, AND BALANCING ON PLATFORMS WITH
UNCLE ALBERT IN THE LAUGHING SCENE, AND FLYING --
>> Stephen: ALL PRACTICAL EFFECTS, YOU'RE ACTUALLY ON
WIRES AND STUFF?
>> YES, I WAS!
AND IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS DAY.
RIGHT AT THE END OF FILMING WHEN I WAS IN THIS EXROOSHATINGLY
PAINFUL HARNESS, AND I WAS HANGING AROUND UP THERE FOR THE
LONGEST TIME WITH THE UMBRELLA --
>> Stephen: EXCUSE ME, DID THEY SAVE THE STUNTS--
>> UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT.
>> Stephen: THE VERY END.
>> WELL, IF THERE HAD BEEN AN ACCIDENT I WAS DISPENSABLE
AFTER, THAT DISPOSABLE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S VERY NICE.
WE'RE SAVING ALL THE STUNTS FOR THIS SHOW, FOR THE LAST EPISODE.
>> THE REALLY DIFFICULT ONE.
I FELT MYSELF, AFTER HANGING AROUND UP THERE, TO JUST-- I
FELT-- I THOUGHT I FELT THE ROPE-- THE WIRE LEAD, DROP ABOUT
SIX INCHES.
SO I THOUGHT OH, GOSH.
YOU KNOW, TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT AT THE END OF THE SHOW LIKE THIS, I
WAS VERY NERVOUS AND VERY TIRED.
SO I CALLED DOWN AND I SAID, "SKEWS ME, WHEN YOU DO LET ME
DOWN, COULD YOU LET ME DOWN REALLY GENTLY BECAUSE I FELT
MYSELF SLIP, AND I JUST DON'T FEEL TOO SAFE UP HERE."
AND SO I-- THERE WAS A WIRE ON ME AND IT WENT ALL THE WAY
ACROSS THE BOOK OF THE STUDIO AND DOWN TO THE WEIGHTED SOOND
BAG SO THAT I WAS BALANCED.
AND WHEN-- THEY SAID, WHEN SHE COMES DOWN, JUST LET HER DOWN
REALLY EASY, JOE.
LET HER DOWN AS GENTLY AS YOU CAN."
AND I PLUMMETED TO THE STAGE.
I DID.
AND THERE WAS AN AWFUL SILENCE FOR A MINUTE.
AND I DID LET FLY WITH A FEW ANGLO-SAXON FOUR-LETTER WORDS, I
HAVE TO ADMIT.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
YEAH.
AND THEN-- AND THEN POOR JOE'S DISEMBODIED VOICE FROM THE OTHER
END OF THE STAGE SAID, "IS SHE DOWN YET?"
( LAUGHTER ) POOR GUY.
>> Stephen: WELL, NOW, YOU HAVE A NEW SHOW, A CHILDREN'S
SHOW ON NETFLIX CALLED "JULIE'S GREENROOM."
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHY WHEREYOU'RE STILL INTERESTED IN THE EXPARTS
GETTING CHILDREN INVOLVED AND EXCITED ABOUT BEING INVOLVED IN
THE ARTS, THAT IT'S YOU EXPLAINING TO KIDS BACKSTAGE
ABOUT HOW THE THEATER WORKS.
>> IT'S ACTUALLY EXPOSING THEM TO THE WONDERS AND THE JOY OF
THE ARTS.
BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT I SUPPOSEDLY, I'M MISS JULIE, WHO
RUNS A LITTLE TINY REGIONAL THEATER.
AND I TEACH CLASSES.
AND IT'S A CHARACTER I PLAY.
IT'S NOT ME, JULIE, BUT MISS JULIE.
AND THE THING IS THAT MY STUDENTS ARE THE HENSON PUPPETS,
BRAND NEW ONES INVENTED FOR THE SHOW.
>> Stephen: OH!
>> AND THEY ARE ADORABLE.
THEY ARE WONDERFUL.
AND THE PUPPETEER IS SO BRILLIANT.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A LITTLE CLIP RIGHT HERE.
>> DO WE!
THAT'S GREAT!
PRINCESS APPLE READY?
>> HOW MANY PEOPLE.
>> I THINK WE HAVE A MALFUNCTION.
>> SHE'S GOT STAGE FRIGHT!
>> NO, NO, DARLING, LOOK AT ME.
THERE IS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
ALL THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE LOVELY.
THEY WANT TO ADORE YOU.
THEY'VE COME TO ENJOY THE WHOLE SHOW.
CAN YOU BE READY?
>> ( INHALES DEEPLY )
READY TO GO.
>> CUE THE OVERTURE.
>> Stephen: THE STAGE IS STILL YOUR LIFE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: IN AUSTRALIA YOU DIRECT A PRODUCTION OF "MY FAIR
LADY."
>> I DID!
I FELT I KNEW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
>> Stephen: THERE'S A FAMOUS SCENE WHERE HENRY HIGGINS IS
PUTTING MARBLES IN ELIZA DOOLITTLE'S MOUTH.
>> YES.
YOU CAN'T REALLY USE MARBLE S.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU USE?
>> YOU USE, LIKE, JELLYBEANS-- I USED TO HAVE JELLYBEANS, YEAH.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE-- WE HAVE A BOWEL BOLL OF GRAPES HERE.
>> WELL, ACTUALLY-- OH, YOU COULD USE GRAPES YOU.
>> Stephen: COULD USE GRAHAMS.
I WAS HOPING THAT YOU COULD TRY TO GET ME TO SAY A FEW THINGS.
>> ALL RIGHT, BUT -- >> Stephen: WHILE YOU FEED
GRAPES INTO MY MOUTH.
>> NO, LET ME PUT THEM IN ONE PIE BY ONE.
OPEN YOUR MOUTH.
ONE...
TWO...
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THREE...
FOUR... AND FIVE.
OKAY.
NOW, WITHOUT CHEWING THEM-- DON'T CHEAT-- SAY "WITH BLACKEST
MOSS."
( MUMBLING ) WITH BLACKEST MOSS.
>> THE FLOWER POTS WERE THICKLY CRUSTED ONE AND ALL.
>> Stephen: THE FLOWER POTS WERE THICKLY CRUSTED ONE AND
ALL.
>> NOT BAD, REALLY, NOT BAD.
NOW YOU CAN EAT THEM.
CAN I HAVE ONE?
( LAUGHTER ) >> AREN'T THEY GOOD?
I WISH WE HAD, HAD GRAPES.
MUCH NICER THAN JELLYBEANS.
>> Stephen: THIS IS THIS IS A CHOKING HAZARD.
JULIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> OH, IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: "JULIE'S GREENROOM" IS AVAILABLE ON
NETFLIX MARCH 17.
DAME JULIE ANDREWS, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH CHRISTINA HENDRICKS, STICK AROUND.

Julie Andrews Challenges Stephen To Perform With A Mouth Full Of Grapes

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