Michael Bolton Loves Music, Comedy And... Teaching Softball?

FOLKS, MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS A
GRAMMY WINNER WHO HAS SOLD MORE THAN 65 MILLION ALBUMS
WORLDWIDE, AND NOW HE'S STARRING IN HIS OWN VALENTINE'S DAY
SPECIAL ON NETFLIX.
♪ AS WINTER SLOWLY GOES AWAY.
♪ OUT COMES MR. SUN ♪ ♪ IT'S SUCH A NICE REMINDER TO
GET OUR SHOPPING DONE ♪ ♪ PEOPLE SAY IT'S EARLY ♪
♪ BUT I MUST DISAGREE ♪ ♪ JUST TEN MONTHS TILL
CHRISTMAS ♪ ♪ THAT'S WHAT VALENTINE'S DAY
MEANS TO ME ♪ >> HO, HO, HO!
SANTA!
CAN I GET A BOWL OF JELLY!
>> NICE TO SEE YOU, BOY.
I NEED YOUR HELP.
SOMETHING GOT INTO THE ELVES AND THEY MADE WAY TOO MANY TOYS.
>> SO YOU WANT ME TO KELL THE ELVES --
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME MICHAEL BOLTON!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪
>> Stephen: DO YOU ACTUALLY KILL ANY ELVES IN THE SPECIAL?
>> NO ELVES WERE KILLED IN THE MAKING OF THE SPECIAL.
>> Stephen: I REALLY LOVE THE STORY OF THIS SPECIAL BECAUSE
IT'S A STORY WE CAN ALL UNDERSTAND AND RELATE TO.
IT TURNS OUT THAT THERE AREN'T ENOUGH BABIES FOR ALL THE TOYS
THAT SANTA'S MADE.
>> THE ELVES WENT CRAZY.
>> Stephen: AM I GIVING ANYTHING AWAY WHEN I SAY THE
POINT OF THE SPECIAL IS FOR YOU TO GET PEOPLE ALL SEXIED UP SO
THEY'LL MAKE BABIES ON VALENTINE'S DAY SO THERE WILL BE
ENOUGH CHILDREN TO GIVE PRESENTS TO NINE MONTHS LATER AT
CHRISTMASTIME.
>> OR TEN MONTHS, YOU'RE CORRECT.
>> Stephen: WELL, IF IT'S THE FIRST BABY, IT COULD BE LATE.
>> THAT'S NOT MY JOB.
THAT'S NOT MY AREA.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW HOW BABIES ARE MADE, MICHAEL BOLTON?
>> I JUST KNOW WHAT SANTA TOLD ME.
>> Stephen: WELL, YOU WERE -- I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE BEEN
A MUSICAL ICON SINCE THE 1980s, BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE
YOUR FIRST HIT TILL YOU WERE 34 YEARS OLD.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING UP TO THAT POINT?
>> STARVING.
>> Stephen: HOW WERE YOU PAYING THE BILLS?
>> I WAS SIGNED WHEN I WAS 16 TO EPIC RECORDS, AND I THOUGHT I
MADE IT.
MY MOTHER HAD TO ACTUALLY SIGN THE CONTRACT.
I WAS TOO YOUNG.
AND I GOT TO NEW YORK AND I SAW CBS RECORDS, AND I THOUGHT, I
MADE IT, AND THEN 18 YEARS LATER, I HAD MY FIRST HIT
RECORD.
>> Stephen: WOW.
I WAS OFF BY 18 YEARS.
>> Stephen: DID YOU THINK LIKE, NOT GOING TO HAPPEN?
>> I DIDN'T HAVE A PLAN B.
>> Stephen: SAME HERE.
I THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE -- I HAD A PANIC IN MY LATE 20s BECAUSE
IF THIS DIDN'T WORK OUT MY LIFE WOULD BE SCREWED.
KANYE LIKED YOUR WORK.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO SING WITH PAVAROTTI?
ONE TO HAVE THE GREATEST VOICES EVER.
>> I THINK OF ALL TIMES.
GREATEST TENOR.
>> Stephen: DID YOU THINK OF YOURSELF, HE'S A SEX SYMBOL AND
HE WEIGHS A LITTLE MORE THAN I DO, KILLED YOU EVER THINK MAYBE
I COULD JUST EAT A LOT OF FETTUCCINE ALFREDO BEFORE I GO
TO BED AND EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY?
>> THAT NEVER CROSSED THROUGH MY BRAIN.
I WAS TERRIFIED BUT IT WAS SO EXCITING.
>> Stephen: WHERE?
HIS HOMETOWN.
IT WAS PAVAROTTI AND FRIENDS.
PRINCESS DI WAS IN THE FRONT ROW.
IT WAS AN UNFORGETTABLE, SURREAL NIGHT, AND HE GAVE ME THE BIG
NOTES.
HE WAS VERY GENEROUS, AND HE APPRECIATED THAT I HAD WRITTEN
EVERYTHING OUT PHONETICALLY.
HE SAID I SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS VERY AMUSING, I LIKE THIS,
YES.
AND I WAS JUST WHATEVER YOU SAY, WHATEVER YOU WANT.
HE SAYS, YOU TAKE THESE NOTES, IT'S GOOD.
HE WAS LIFE ALTERING FOR ME.
>> Stephen: OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE KNOWN FOR YOUR VOICE, BUT YOU'RE
ALSO KNOWN FOR HOW LOW YOU UNBUTTON YOUR SHIRT.
WHY IS THE SHIRT SO LOW?
YOU TRY TO OPEN IT UP BUT THE SINGING BURSTS THE BUTTONS WHEN
YOU GO OUT THERE?
>> THE POWER TO HAVE THE LUNGS.
>> Stephen: THE BUTTONS BURST OPEN WHEN YOU DID THAT?
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED.
>> Stephen: YOU DO A LOT OF COMEDY.
>> CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
THAT IS THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
BUT THE THING IS IN COMEDY, YOU NOTICE COMEDIANS DON'T SHOW AS
MUCH SKIN AS THIS.
>> THA TRUE?
>> Stephen: I'M WEARING A SUIT AND I FEEL LIKE YOU CAN SEE TOO
MUCH OF MY BODY.
>> YOU'RE DOING ALL RIGHT.
I'LL GET SOME ADVICE FROM YOU AFTER THIS.
I LOVE COMEDY, THE JACK SPARROW I VENT OPENED DOORS FOR ME TO DO
SOME PRODUCTION AND THE VALENTINE'S DAY SPECIAL WITH
NETFLIX.
IT WAS AMAZING TO WORK WITH.
>> Stephen: SO YOU'VE DONE MUSIC, COMEDY, AND SOME PEOPLE
WANT TO KNOW THIS, BUT YOU'VE ALSO DONE SPORTS.
YOU'RE VERY COMPETITIVE ABOUT SPORTS.
WE FOUND THIS OUT, IN 1993, YOU PUT OUT -- AND I THOUGHT THIS
COULDN'T BE TRUE AT FIRST -- YOU PUT OUT AN INSTRUCTIONAL
SOFTBALL VIDEO, MICHAEL BOLTON'S WINNING SOFTBALL.
WE HAVE A CLIP RIGHT HERE.
>> THIS IS TRUE.
HE TIME TO PUT ALL THE ELEMENTS TOGETHER,
EVERYTHING DAVE HAS TAUGHT US.
THE POWER ZONE, THE PATIENCE, THE WRIST SNAP AND THE EXPLOSION
THROUGH THE BALL.
MAKE IT WORK IN BATTING PRACTICE AND IT WILL WORK FOR YOU IN YOUR
GAME.
>> Stephen: THE OBVIOUS QUESTION IS --
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) OF COURSE, OF COURSE.
>> THEY APPROVE.
>> Stephen: OF COURSE, THEY DO.
THE OBVIOUS QUESTION IS WHY, MICHAEL BOLTON, DID YOU MAKE AN
INSTRUCTIONAL SOFTBALL VIDEO?
WAS THERE A HUGE CALL FOR THAT IN THE 1990s I DON'T REMEMBER?
>> I STARTED THE BOLTON BALL GAME WHERE WE USED TO CHALLENGE
RADIO STATIONS.
>> Stephen: DID THE VIDEO SELL WELL?
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ON MY WALL AS PLATINUM
ANYTIME SOON.
I KNOW YOU DIDN'T BUY A COPY.
>> Stephen: NO, I THINK WE STOLE IT OFF THE INTERNET.

Michael Bolton Loves Music, Comedy And... Teaching Softball?

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