Please welcome Cloris Leachman.

Okay, All right.

Now that is an entrance.

That is an entrance.

E think that should be required of all my guests.

Now come out.

Do a jig back.

Even if you don't want me to because I have to see you.

What are you doing?

Everything is perfectly planned.

Stop now I can see.

Oh, that's fine.

How are you, Jake?

Yeah, E.

Merv Griffin used to do that.

I find it would just lie down on the couch and talk to him this way.

With my head There.

Whatever is most comfortable for you.

It's most comfortable.

Anything you want, You know?

You look very nice tonight.

Thank you.

How do I look?

Forget it.

Sorry.

Sorry.

Very No, no, don't.

There's no backup.

Say, how do I look?

How do I look?

You look wonderful.

Alright?

Yes, thank you very much.

You could have slammed me, but you didn't.

I appreciate that.

Why would I want to do that?

To you?

I don't know.

Some people are mean and cruel.

I'm just filling you in on what they are.

I mean, they had slammed books When I was in sixth grade.

You studied them.

Mine was either shrimp, freckles, and the best was cute but silly and and out of silly came this tremendous comedian, World Famous s.

We'll get you a real cigarette if you want.

I forgot.

My blouse is supposed to go under here, so I'm going.

I'm going to be very If it shows too much, just go for us.

Anyone feel free just during the course of shoulders and I'll know.

Yeah.

Let me ask you about this Beverly Hillbillies movie.

It's coming out right now.

Is it out right now?

At this moment, I'm still thinking about this part.

Where did I get all right?

Beverly Hillbillies?

Yes.

Very hillbillies is coming out.

Yes.

Let me ask you about this would be I mean, we lie all the time about what they were doing.

The show Is this the right?

This is the right day.

Yeah.

This is all.

Really What day is it?

Everything about the show.

Israel.

Except my hair.

It's made of polyurethane everybody.

Um but it's coming out.

And I was gonna ask you, you play the role of granny movie and now you say that you had never seen the Beverly Hillbillies before.

Is that right?

But you you've never seen the movie before.

I mean, you've seen the movie.

You've never seen the TV show I flicked by it.

It's really a boring answer, though.

I mean, I couldn't tell it to you because I'm a big fan of the TV show.

I'm just surprised, but I just was cooking dinner washing dishes during those hours right now.

When you finally did see it, Did you like it?

Because I did.

I did like it.

I thought it was an ingenious show in Well, who knew until they sent me some tapes And of course, I saw them was very, very clever writing wonderful relationships and darling characters and people you just love and and I do love them.

And we got inside their skins and in their shoes.

And and, uh, I think we feel very connected buddy ups.

And he's a hero of mine.

Buddy Ebsen.

He's a hero.

Abraham Lincoln and Buddy Absence.

Well, they're both.

They're both freakishly long legs, and that appeals to me.

I'm sorry, but but but But when?

But you interpret Granny in your own way, I'm sure.

Well, I tried to be faithful to the original old faithful on.

I did pretty well.

I think I'm a closest is ah, Person wants to get or should get.

I think I started out with her just right on target.

And then you just do a little extra push pushing.

And when you do each scene, actually, you have to solve and decide how you're going to do the scene.

So in that way, you can solve it in a the physical aspect of it in which we did.

Right now, this is not to be, uh, you seem very young to play to play, Granny.

I'm way too young to be doing a lot of makeup, miss being a lot of makeup.

No.

What do you think about this trend of, uh, TV shows?

Look how I'm sitting.

Isn't it funny?

It's because of what I'm wearing.

If I were wearing other clothes, I'd be you know, more like this.

But this way it's more tea party time.

Don't you like this.

Do you like the chair?

I just love it.

I mean, isn't this a great chair?

It's what I'm wearing.

It's a bill, but it makes you wanna sit like this one.

Do you ever find that when you wear velvet, it makes you want to do this?

I wear I wear velvet underwear on this.

You know I do.

It makes me constantly feel comfortable and very sensual.

Please.

But when you have a suit on, then you sit up straight.

E do sort of sit up straight here.

You have to get your legs apart because it's just do that.

Seeing you, you have to get your spread glued Andy's leg like hey, had trouble doing that.

Oh, you ruined it.

Do it again.

Oh, stand up like this.

You go all right.

You can do it and you can dio.

Okay, everybody.

We're gonna have to go away for a second when we write back.

Cloris Leachman.

I did want to ask you this.

A lot of TV shows have become movies.

It's really hard.

Come on.

What do you want me to do?

I'm doing everything I can.

Are you comfortable this way?

Better All right, We're gonna get this one is What's so hard?

See?

What if I move forward?

Just wait.

Okay.

So anyway, thats is cozy.

This feels like Larry King.

So anyway, e just did show.

That's why I'm comfortable.

Okay, Good.

I'll get suspenders in five minutes.

This whole thing will be flying.

No, but ah, lot of shows have been.

A lot of TV shows are becoming movies now.

It's a big trend now is that Does that seem like a healthy trend to you?

Do you mind it?

You think it's fine?

It's just good fun.

Do I care?

Do you care?

Trend a trend?

Well, of course you care.

What if they turn the the old Mary Tyler Moore Show into a movie and someone else played?

Phyllis and uh said that they had never seen the original show and it could happen.

And yet, and yet they still called it the Mary Tyler Moore movie.

And even though Mary Tyler Moore wasn't involved, it's a very complex scenario I'm still working on.

I I probably play.

I probably play a Betty White's part in that they wouldn't let me play my own part.

I'm sure they will.

But knowing better she'd play her own part.

I could be a friend coming in to visit and all that.

Hello, everybody.

Good to say.

I think it's fun.

I really do all of it.

And I'm all for it.

E Think trends were good.

You heard it here first.

Everybody Well, they ask us questions.

The wheat.

Who cares?

I mean, I care deeply.

No, I mean journalists care because they have to write something.

I actually love all these old shows, though I actually dio I'm the acting part.

I do that, you know, we just get into the part, But to say then to get outside Is this a trend here?

Well, maybe Who cares?

I mean, who cares, right?

Bring on the good movies.

Since there's it's an old movie that's gonna be good.

Fine.

If it's a new movie that's never been done, fine.

Just, you know, make us feel good entertainment affect us, right?

I think this one is a, um luckily a very successful trend return.

Uh, it's just it's scoops up.

It's a great cast.

My son, Um, I hadn't seen him in a while.

He'd been away at school and when he came home, we went to out to dinner to an Italian restaurant and he chose the wine and it was really, really delicious.

He knew what he was doing and he he said, This this one, he just just jumps up in your lap and puts its arm around.

You said That's not your line, Morgan.

He said No.

But I said his dad and he said, Yeah, but the line is still good and it applies to the Beverly Hillbillies.

It just it.

Just sit down and you know you're in somebody's ladder and we really, really have fun.

Well, great.

You take your grandchildren, take your family and have fun all the way through.

Sounds like we did have, Ah, clip that.

I know that you wanted to set up first.

Is that right?

I love to set up clips.

I was born to set up clips.

It's pretty self explanatory.

We're in this lovely, um, limousine on our way to Beverly Hills.

The Clampett family and I stopped the car for a good sound reasons.

Here we go.

Take it away, Dr Car, Get a fresh kill in the road.

Can't just leave it there.

You're right, Granny.

Roadkill stew Sounds mighty good right now.

Oh, no, you don't show Coop.

I've seen it first.

Milburn, Whole West ex Security.

I'm sure there's enough first.

All?

Yes.

Oh, e would not have known that was you, like a, like, a lot of fun.

I'm sorry.

It's too bad because they're actually a bunch of other things I want to talk to you about.

Okay?

One thing quick.

Sure.

Oh, quick, quickly.

Phyllis.

Phyllis, I I'm sorry.

I mean, I was That was incredibly one line on Phyllis that I want to take credit for it.

It's the only one.

Okay, well, I'm such a fool.

Really.

Phyllis is And Mary.

So darling and so a play.

What do you call patronizing?

So I made up this and I said, Oh, Mary.

One time, some friends were leaving and and she was heartbroken.

She would never see them again.

Long term, they're gone now, and I'm consoling.

I say, Oh, Mary and I added this line.

Dear funny Mary, like she's such.

But I'm the one who sort of Oh, Mary, Dear funny Mary, Don't you know that all of life is just a long trail of leavings.

Great line for her.

I All right.

Well, listen, thank you very much for coming.

I know you have to leave, but thank you for being here, and we'll be right back.