Laurie Metcalf Battles Stephen In 'The Late Show's New Vocal Warmups'

>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK!
MY NEXT GUEST IS AN EMMY AWARD WINNER YOU KNOW AS JACKIE ON
"ROSEANNE."
SHE'S NOW BACK ON BROADWAY AND NOMINATED FOR A TONY.
PLUS, SHE'S GOING TO BE JACKIE ON "ROSEANNE."
PLEASE WELCOME LAURIE METCALF!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: YOUNG LADY.
THERE YOU GO.
NOW, JUST FOR THE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, I JUST
REMINDED THEM IN YOUR INTRO RIGHT THERE, THAT "ROSEANNE" IS
COMING BACK.
>> IT IS COMING BACK!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I KNOW!
>> Stephen: HOW LONG IS IT BETWEEN SEASONS, THEN?
>> BETWEEN -- OH, WOW, 20 YEARS.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
>> WELL, MY SON'S 23, AND HE WAS BORN ON THE SHOW.
>> Stephen: HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT?
HOW DID SOMETHING THAT'S GONE OFF THE AIR 20 YEARS AGO COME
BACK LIKE THAT?
>> JOHN GOODMAN WENT ON "THE TALK" AND THEY DID, LIKE, A
30-SECOND PARODY.
IT WENT WELL.
THEN WHEN HE WENT ON TO ONE -- ONE OF THE ANCHORS ON THE SHOW
ASKED JOHN IF HE WOULD CONSIDER DOING A REUNION.
HE SAID, OF COURSE, I WOULD.
AND THAT GOT SARAH THINKING.
SARAH MADE CALLS TO EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY SAID YES.
SO IT CAME TOGETHER REALLY FAST.
>> Stephen: SO THIS COMING FALL?
>> WELL, WE'RE GOING TO TAPE IT IN THE FALL, SO I GUESS IT WILL
BE ON IN 2018.
>> Stephen: HARD TO GO BACK INTO A CHARACTER AFTER THAT
LONG?
DID YOU HAVE A HOOK FOR JACKIE?
WHAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN GETTING BACK INTO THE
CHARACTER?
>> I THINK OF BARNEY FIFE, I GUESS.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: ONE BULLET?
JACKIE WAS JUST TRYING TO DO SO WELL AND COULDN'T ACCOMPLISH
THINGS EASILY.
>> Stephen: WELL, YOU HAVE.
YOU'VE GOT THREE EMMYS.
THIS IS YOUR FOURTH TONY NOMINATION FOR "A DOLL'S HOUSE,
PART 2".
>> YES.
>> Stephen: I KNOW THAT YOU LIVED IN -- I KNOW YOU LIVED IN
CHICAGO FOR MANY YEARS.
DID YOU GROW UP THERE AS WELL?
>> NO, I GREW UP IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS BUT I FEEL LIKE I'M
FROM CHICAGO BECAUSE WE STARTED STEAN WOLF THEATER.
I THINK IT'S IN ITS 40th SEASON.
I WAS AROUND THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE.
>> Stephen: DID YOU ALWAYS WANT TO BE AN ACTRESS?
>> NO, I WAS MUCH TOO PRACTICAL TO THINK I WOULD EVER BE ABLE TO
MAKE A LIVING AS AN ACTOR.
SO I WAS A GERMAN MAJOR.
( LAUGHTER ) THINKING THAT THAT'S THE WAY IN.
>> Stephen: THAT'S SAFE?
YEAH, PLAN A.
>> Stephen: SURE, EXACTLY.
( LAUGHTER ) AND THEN I --
>> Stephen: WHEN DID THAT OCCUR TO YOU NOT BEING --
>> UM, WELL, THAT I WASN'T GOING TO MAKE IT AS A GERMAN
INTERPRETER?
I ENDED UP NOT -- I GOT SIDELINED BY MEETING THE
STEPPING BOFL PEOPLE AND WE FORMED OUR THEATER IN HYDE PARK
AND IT'S STILL GOING STRONG WHEN WE MOVED INTO CHICAGO.
>> Stephen: YOU WENT TO ANTHROPOLOGY?
>> YES.
IN HINDSIGHT, I WAS TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING WHERE I COULD
OBSERVE MAIFER AND ALSO INTERPRET.
WINDING UP AS AN ACTOR, I GET TO GO BOTH THOSE THINGS.
>> Stephen: FROM ANTHROPOLOGY TO ACTING IS NOT THAT BIG OF A
DEAL.
NOT THAT MUCH OF A SWITCH, I SUPPOSE.
LIKE GOING TO A NATIVE TRIBE AND IMPERSONATING.
( LAUGHTER ) THE ENTIRE CAST IS NOMINATED FOR
"A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2".
>> YES.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THIS IS KIND OF AN
INTERESTING IDEA.
IT'S AT THE GOLDEN THEATER ON BROADWAY AND AGAIN IT'S UP FOR
THE TONY ON JUNE 11, HERE ON CBS, THE TONY AWARDS.
YOU HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOUR TIMES, NEVER GOTTEN A TONY YET.
>> NOPE.
>> Stephen: ME, EITHER.
( LAUGHTER ) AFTER 138 YEARS, THERE'S A
SEQUEL TO IBSON'S PLAY, A NORWEGIAN DRAMATIC PLAYWRIGHT,
AND YOU GET TO FOLLOW IT UP.
>> I FIND THE TITLE SO CHEEKY HE WOULD -- NAME IT "A DOLL'S
HOUSE, PART 2" PICKING UP WHERE HENRY GIBSON LEFT OFF.
BUT THE TITLE IS MISLEADING BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE MAY THINK
YOU NEED TO KNOW THE ORIGINAL BUT YOU DON'T.
IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A DRAMA, A PERIOD PIECE, AND IT MIGHT BE
DATED AND STUFFY, AND IT'S NOT THAT EITHER.
IT'S VERY FRESH AND FUNNY.
>> Stephen: IBSON, THE ISSUES ARE CONTEMPORARY.
"A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2" IS ABOUT MARRIAGE IS A TRAP FOR
WOMEN.
AND PEOPLE ARE CALLING OUT INDUSTRY FOR POISONING THE TOWN.
IT'S HIP AND FRESH.
>> IT'S FUNNY!
>> Stephen: IT IS.
WHAT DO YOU DO TO WARM YOURSELF UP FOR THE SHOW?
>> THIS SHOW IN PARTICULAR IS VERY GLIB.
I GO TO THE THEATER EARLY AND ON TO THE SET BEFORE THE AUDIENCE
COMES IN AND IT'S JUST EMPTY AND I DO ALL MY MONOLOGUES VERY
QUICKLY AND WALK AROUND THE SET BY MYSELF, THEN I GO BACK UP TO
THE DRESSING ROOM AND RUN MY PART OUT LOUD IN MY DRESSING
ROOM ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
>> Stephen: DO YOU EVER DO ANY TONGUE TWISTERS OR ANYTHING LIKE
THAT?
>> I HAVEN'T.
>> Stephen: NO?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO SOME NOW BECAUSE WE'VE PREPARED A FEW.
>> YES, BECAUSE I NEED THE VOCAL WARMUP BEFORE THE SHOW.
>> Stephen: WE DO THIS OCCASIONALLY WHEN WE HAVE STAGE
ACTORS ON WE LIKE TO DO VOCAL WARMUPS TO GIVE THEM ANOTHER
TOOL TO USE.
YOU LOOK AT THAT ONE AND I'LL LOOK AT THIS ONE.
>> OKAY.
>> Stephen: READY?
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS "THE 'LATE SHOW'S' NEW
VOCAL WARM-UPS"!
( TRUMPET ) WANT TO GO FIRST?
>> I'LL GO.
THE FIRST ONE IS -- BILLY CRYSTAL PISTOL WHIPS
HILLBILLIES SILLY.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THAT'S NICE.
( APPLAUSE ) DON CHEADLE DOWNS CHEETOS WHILST
DONNING TORN CHINOS.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
MM-HMM.
>> PAVAROTTI'S MASERATI PROPELLED HIM PROMPTLY TO THE
POTTY.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: DUMPS McGUMPS SUMP-PUMPED FOR
FUN AND LOUDLY BUMPED MUMFORD AND SONS.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
VOCAL WARMUPS!
YOU CAN SEE HER IN "A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2" ON
BROADWAY, AND AT THE TONYS, JUNE 11 ON CBS.
LAURIE METCALF, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH APRIL RYAN.

Laurie Metcalf Battles Stephen In 'The Late Show's New Vocal Warmups'

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