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  • ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HAY, EVERYBODY.

  • WE'RE BACK WITH TOM HANKS.

  • NOW, YOU'RE GIVING US A NEW MOVIE FOR CHRISTMAS, "NEWS OF

  • THE WORLD."

  • AND IT'S SET FIVE YEARS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, AND YOU PLAY

  • SOMEONE NAMED CAPTAIN KIDD.

  • IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MOVIE.

  • IT'S SO RESONANT IN SOME WAYS OF OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.

  • TELL THE PEOPLE WHAT CAPTAIN KIDD DID.

  • WHAT'S HIS JOB?

  • >> CAPTAIN KIDD WAS THE ORIGINAL PODCASTER.

  • HE-- HE READS THE NEWS IN TOWNS THAT DO NOT HAVE NEWSPAPERS, NO

  • CONNECTION WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD.

  • SO IN A PLACE LIKE DALLAS OR SAN ANTONIO OR NEW ORLEANS, HE BUYS

  • ALL THE NEWSPAPERS THAT CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD--

  • "THE LONDON TIMES" THE "BOSTON HERALD," AS WELL AS LOCAL PAPERS

  • AND HE TELLS PEOPLE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD, RIGHT DOWN TO

  • HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE DEAD OF RUBELLA OR SCARLET FEVER.

  • WHETHER THE RIVER IS RISING.

  • WHETHER THE FERRIES ARE OUT.

  • BUT, ALSO, HE TALKS ABOUT A NEW BASEBALL ORGANIZATION THAT IS

  • NOW PAYING ITS PLAYERS IN THE-- IN THE GRAND METROPOLIS OF

  • CINCINNATI.

  • A TEAM CALLED THE RED STOCKINGS ARE GOING TO BE PROFESSIONAL

  • PLAYERS OF THE GAME OF BASEBALL.

  • AND THERE'S NOW AN EIGHT-STORY BRICK BUILDING IN BOSTON THAT

  • HAS A THING IN IT CALLED AN ELEVATOR, WHICH IS AN AUTOMATED

  • LITTLE PORTICO THAT TAKES YOU UP INSTEAD OF MAKING YOU WALK THE

  • STAIRS.

  • IT IS-- IT'S-- THERE ACTUALLY WERE THESE GUYS THAT DID THIS,

  • AND FOR 10 CENTS, YOU COULD SIT AND LISTEN TO FABULOUS TELLS

  • FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

  • AND EXPERIENCE A SHOW AT THE SAME TIME.

  • THAT'S WHAT HE DOES.

  • THAT'S WHAT HE DOES FOR A LIVING.

  • AND THE ADVENTURE OF THE MOVIE, HE COMES ACROSS A YOUNG GIRL WHO

  • HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY BY THE KIOWA TRIBE OF INDIANS AND RAISED AND

  • HE HAS FOUND HER AND HE NEEDS TO TAKE HER HOME TO WHATEVER FAMILY

  • SHE HAS.

  • >> Stephen: ACROSS SOME PRETTY ROUGH PARTS OF TEXAS AND THE

  • THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN TOM HANKS ON

  • HORSEBACK BEFORE.

  • WE HAVE NEVER SEEN A TOM HANKS WESTERN BEFORE.

  • WHY DID IT TAKE THIS LONG TO GET YOU WITH A PISTOL?

  • >> BECAUSE THEY DON'T MAKE WESTERNS, SIMPLE AS-- SIMPLE AS

  • THAT.

  • >> Stephen: THERE WAS A TIME WHEN EVERY ACTOR HAD TO DO A

  • WESTERN.

  • EVERYONE DID WESTERNS.

  • >> YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN SO MANY WESTERNS WERE MADE

  • THAT ACTORS ALWAYS RODE THE SAME HORSE IN EVERY WESTERN THEY

  • MADE.

  • YOU WANT TO HEAR A SHOW BIZ STORY, STEPHEN.

  • >> Stephen: I ALWAYS DO, I ALWAYS DO.

  • >> ALL RIGHT, I'M JUST GOING TO THROW OUT A NAME.

  • I'M GOING TO DROP A NAME NOW.

  • YOU TELL ME IF YOU RECOGNIZE IT OR NOT.

  • JIMMY STEWART.

  • YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE NAME?

  • >> Stephen: I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE WORK.

  • >> THROUGH A FATE THAT IS GRANDER THAN ANYTHING I EVER

  • COULD HAVE IMAGINED IN MY LIFE, I'M IN JIMMY STEWART'S HOUSE

  • GETTING MY PICTURE TAKEN WITH HIM FOR ONE OF THE MANY

  • INCARNATIONS OF "LIFE" MAGAZINE.

  • YEAH, I JUST DROPPED THAT.

  • THERE YOU GO.

  • >> Stephen: YEAH.

  • >> SO HE'S SHOWING ME-- HE'S SHOWING ME AROUND HIS-- HIS

  • LIVING ROOM, HIS PARLOR.

  • AND THERE IS NO SIGN OF JIMMY STEWART THE MOVIE STAR ANYWHERE

  • IN THIS THING.

  • ACTUALLY, THERE IS-- THERE'S SOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF A MAN, A

  • WOMAN, AND A DAUGHTER IN VARIOUS PLACES AROUND THE WORLD IN

  • PICTURE FRAMES, AND IT'S-- IT'S AN ELDERLY, BALDING MAN, AND--

  • AND A WOMAN AND-- SORRY ABOUT THAT.

  • ANSWER THAT!

  • ( PHONE RINGING ).

  • >> Stephen: DO YOU NEED TO TAKE THAT?

  • WE'LL WAIT.

  • >> NO, NO, NO, NO, IT'S THE...

  • HOLD ON.

  • >> Stephen: HELLO, HELLO?

  • >> HI.

  • >> Stephen: YUP.

  • >> OKAY, FINE, THANKS.

  • >> Stephen: YOU'RE WELCOME.

  • ( LAUGHING ) GOT IT.

  • >> WHERE WAS I?

  • THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF JIMMY STEWART.

  • EXCEPT HIM WITHOUT HIS PIECE.

  • >> Stephen: NO, I DID NOT KNOW HE HAD A PIECE.

  • THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

  • >> JOHN WAYNE DID.

  • SO HE'S SHOWING ME THROUGH-- AND THERE IS NO SIGN-- THERE'S MAYBE

  • A LITTLE FIGURINE OF HARVEY THE RABBIT, BUT OTHER THAN THAT,

  • THERE'S NOTHING FROM A CAREER.

  • THERE'S NOTHING FROM A MOVIE.

  • THERE'S NOTHING FROM-- NOTHING FROM "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE" OR

  • WHATEVER.

  • BUT THERE'S A PICTURE-- THERE'S A PAINTING OF A HORSE.

  • IT'S NOT BIG.

  • AND IT'S ABOUT THAT BIG.

  • AND I SAY, "OH, HERE'S A PAINTING OF A HORSE."

  • AND JIMMY-- I CAN'T DO A GOOD JIMMY STEWART, BUT HE SAID,

  • "YEAH, YEAH, HENRY-- HANK FONDA PAINTED THAT FOR ME.

  • HE PAINT, YOU KNOW.

  • HANK LIKES TO PAINT AND FANCIES HIMSELF AS A PAINTER.

  • AND WE MADE A COUPLE OF PICTURES TOGETHER.

  • WE MADE A WESTERN."

  • AND I SAID, "THE CHEYENNE SOCIAL CLUB?"

  • AND HE SAID, "YES, IT WAS THE CHEYENNE SOCIAL CLUB."

  • AND THAT'S THE PICTURE OF MY HORSE.

  • AND I RODE THAT HORSE IN ALL MY WESTERNS."

  • I SAID, "REALLY, YOU RODE THE SAME."

  • AND HE SAID, "YES, WE KEPT IT BY GRIFFITH PARK.

  • AND I RODE HIM IN ALL MY WESTERNS.

  • AND HENGRY WANTED TO GIVE ME SOMETHING.

  • HE JUST STARTED PAINTING.

  • AND HE SAID, "JIMMY, I PAINTED A PICTURE OF YOUR HORSE FOR YOU.

  • I SAID, THANK YOU, THAT'S LOVELY OF YOU.

  • WE WERE ROOMMATES IN NEW YORK, BACK IN THE DAY.

  • HERE WE WERE.

  • GAVE ME A WATERCOLOR.

  • AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW, A WEEK AFTER HE GAVE ME THE PICTURE,

  • THE HORSE DIED."

  • NOW, I'M SLAPPING MYSELF ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD FOR GETTING

  • THIS STORY FROM-- FROM THE GUY.

  • >> Stephen: YES.

  • >> AND OF COURSE I THOUGHT OF-- MY HORSE IN THIS MOVIE WAS NAMED

  • WIMPY.

  • HE WAS A VERY GOOD HORSE.

  • BUT HAVE-- DO YOU RIDE, STEPHEN?

  • >> Stephen: WHEN I WAS A KID.

  • I CAN-- I CAN GET-- I CAN PASS, BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE

  • I'VE RIDDEN, YEAH.

  • >> RIGHT, OKAY.

  • I THOUGHT I COULD PASS AS WELL.

  • I COULD CLIMB UP ON A HORSE.

  • THE THING YOU MIGHT NEED TO KNOW IS IF THEY WANT TO, HORSES CAN

  • KILL YOU.

  • YOU KNOW -- >> Stephen: I AM AWARE.

  • I HAVE BEEN DRAGGED BY A HORSE.

  • SO I UNDERSTAND.

  • >> THEY CAN KNOCK YOU OFF.

  • THEY CAN DO ANY NUMBER OF THINGS.

  • SO WIMPY-- I WAS TOLD WIMPY WAS A LOVER.

  • HE LIKED INFECTION.

  • SO I'D THROW MY ARMS AROUND HIM EVERY MORNING AND SAY, "WHO'S A

  • BIG WIMPY?

  • WHO IS A GOOD HORSE?" I WOULD KISS HIM.

  • AND THEY HAVE THE EYES ON THE SIDE OF THEIR HEAD, AND THEY

  • WOULD JUST KIND OF LOOK AT YOU LIKE THIS...

  • YOU KNOW, THOSE BIG, DEEP BROWN EYES.

  • AND I GOT THE DISTINCT FEELING THAT WIMPY WAS DECIDE WHROOG TO

  • PUT UP WITH ME TODAY.

  • >> Stephen: SURE.

  • >> YOU KNOW.

  • AND BY AND LARGE HE DID.

  • BY AND LARGE.

  • AND I ACTED LIKE I KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING.

  • I LEARNED HOW TO RIDE, WHICH IS GREAT.

  • WIMPY WAS A REAL HORSE.

  • BUT IT ADDS-- IT AS A WHOLE DIFFERENT-- DIFFERENT THING TO

  • THE DAY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WIMPY'S GOT TO BE INTO IT A

  • LITTLE BIT.

  • >> Stephen: AND YOU'VE GOT TO MATCH THE RHYTHM OF THAT HORSE.

  • WHATEVER THE HORSE'S RHYTHM IS THAT DAY, THAT'S YOUR RHYTHM.

  • >> YEAH, YEAH.

  • AND WIMPY-- HE DOESN'T LIKE WALKING IN FAKE RAIN.

  • HE DOESN'T LIKE WALKING IN FAKE MUD.

  • BUT HE DOES, YOU KNOW.

  • BUT YOU JUST GOTTA COAX HIM ALONG A LITTLE BIT.

  • >> Stephen: HAVE YOU GUYS STAYED IN TOUCH?

  • >> WIMPY AND I FACETIMED JUST EARLIER TODAY.

  • >> Stephen: GOOD, GOOD.

  • >> HE'S GOT THAT-- HE GOT THAT BIG HOOK --

  • >> Stephen: YOU'RE ON ZOOM.

  • YOU'RE ON MUTE!

  • WIMPY, YOU'RE ON MUTE.

  • >> HE DOES THAT ALL THE TIME.

  • "WIMPY, WIMPY, WIMPY."

  • I POINT ON THE MICROPHONE.

  • >> Stephen: TOM, I AM TOLD WE HAVE A CLIP HERE.

  • >> THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS CLIP.

  • THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE SOME EXTREMELY BAD GUYS ARE

  • THREATENING MYSELF AND MY CHARGE, WHO IS PLAYED BY HELENA

  • ZENGEL, A FABULOUS YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS AN EXTRAORDINARY ACTRESS

  • AT THE SAME TIME.

  • AND THIS IS US DEALING WITH A PROBLEM.

  • >> Stephen: JIM.

  • >> YOU'RE GOOD FOR A MAN OF YEARS!

  • MAKES YOU SO DAMN TIRED!

  • FOR IT TO END LIKE THIS WHEN YOU CAN JUST JOIN US!

  • RICH PICKINGS FOR SOME.

  • SLIM PICKINGS FOR THE REST OF US.

  • SLIM PICKINGS FOR THE REST OF US.

  • >> YOU GO.

  • TAKE THE HORSES AND GO!

  • I SHOOT, YOU GO.

  • >> THERE YOU GO.

  • YOU KNOW IT'S A WESTERN WHEN ONE OF THE LINES OF DIALOGUE IS,

  • "YOU TAKE THE HORSES AND GO."

  • THAT'S-- THAT'S-- YOU'RE MAKING-- YOU'RE MAKING A

  • WESTERN.

  • UN, I WILL TELL YOU THIS.

  • I'VE NEVER MET AN OLDER ACTOR WHO MADE-- WHO HAD BEEN IN THE

  • BUSINESS FOR A WHILE THAT WOULD NOT WALK THROUGH HELL-- WALK

  • THROUGH HELL IN A GASOLINE SUIT TO MAKE A WESTERN.

  • YOU ARE OUTSIDE ALL DAY LONG.

  • YOU'RE IN THE ELEMENTS.

  • THE WARDROBE IS FANTASTIC.

  • THE PEOPLE ARE GREAT.

  • AND YOU-- I MEAN, WE SHOT THAT UP ON THE EDGE OF A CLIFF THAT

  • WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET UP TO.

  • AND THEN WE DID WHAT WAS REQUIRED, AND TALKED ABOUT

  • HORSES.

  • >> Stephen: TOM, WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK FOR THIS WORD FROM

  • OUR SPONSORS, BUT STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY.

  • WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE TOM HANKS.

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