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The Craig Kilborn Show March 14, 2003 |
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Craig Kilborn shows a clip from "Boomtown". It's from the episode,
"Sinaloa Cowboys" where McNorris is sitting at the bar getting drunk and
Ray starts taunting him about his wife leaving. It ends with McNorris lunging for Ray and falling off the stool. CK: So, here he is - the star of Band of Brothers and Minority Report, getting critical raves for his part in Boomtown. NM walks out, dressed in black - black pants, black shirt and black jacket that he kept buttoned the whole time. NM: I don't know how you do it, but you get the best audiences every time. (audience cheers) CK: A lot of the girls are staring - yes, he used to be a male model, ladies. Now, he's an actor - Boomtown... NM: Yeah, Boomtown - it started out a little slow but the last few months have been fantastic. Thanks to the fans, it's really catching on. NM asks audience: Do you want Boomtown to come back next year? (Lots of cheers and clapping) CK mentions USA Today. NM: Robert Bianco of USA Today and Matt Loush with TV Guide - because of those guys, literally, we are doing much better in the ratings. We're doing quite well now; we owe them so much. CK reads from an article something about NM's chilling stare as David McNorris and asks him to demonstrate it, which he does. And he asks his fiancee, who's somewhere off-camera if that's his chilling stare. CK: St. Patrick's Day is coming up. NM: Yes. As an Irishman, it's a big day and I met Ruve (pronounced Roo-vay) on St. Patrick's Day three years ago. It was the first night I was in London filming Band of Brothers. My buddies are like 'what are we doing for St. Patrick's Day, are we going crazy?' and she's like 'where are we going for our anniversary?' I'm looking forward to it, though. CK: So, the boys - you won't see the boys then. You'll see her? NM: I'm like, 'Honey, what are we going to do?' I admit it - she runs the show. CK: You proposed to her recently - got engaged. NM: Yeah, it was on Christmas Day...back on Cape Cod...this little Mom and Pop church that we have...I got down on my knee in front of the church and it was great. It was a magical day. Audience: Awwwwwwwww CK: What a fairy-tale life! NM: Yeah, it is. Last time I was on the show - a few years ago - I was saying I couldn't get a job. Now, with Band of Brothers, Minority Report and now, Boomtown - it's been a great swing and the best part about it is I met her. Audience: Awwwwwww NM: Oh, stop! CK: You seem like a guy who's always upbeat but were you bummed when you weren't getting work? NM: Yeah, I was literally at the point of just second-guessing what I was doing. CK: Show us your depressed look. NM looks depressed. Audience laughs CK: Okay, he's got it all! NM: Was that good? CK: Yeah. NM: It's in the bag of tricks. I can pull it out any time! CK: So, you were bummed. Now, let me ask you this. Did you not want to get committed to someone when you weren't working as much? And now, you get work and you say, okay, now, I can settle down. NM: Yeah. When you're not doing what you want to do in life...nothing is just working...it was a horrible time. And then, for some reason, when Band of Brothers hit - everything just started to crank in. I'm a lucky cat - I know that! CK: Boston is your home town, right? NM: Boston is my home town. Some people in the audience cheer. NM points to them, laughing and says...something...maybe, they like it...? CK: So, you go back there all the time. NM: Yeah. We went back last week. We played a celebrity hockey game back there and it was great. All my family was there and Ray Bork(?) was playing and Cam Neely(?) was there - all my heroes growing up. CK: What other celebrities were there? NM: Denis Leary was playing. CK: Oh, he's a big-time hockey player. NM: He's a good hockey player - a good guy. It was fun. I scored the winning goal with two seconds left, flipped the puck to Ruve in the audience. It was quite a day! CK: What a charmed life! NM: Yeah, it was pretty good. CK: What was the score - something like 12-11 or something? NM: It was 11-10. Good guess. It's always within one goal - you know what I mean? It was just fun; I had a great time. CK: They notice you more back there in Boston? NM:The great thing about going back to Cape Cod now is - I've been doing this for so many years now and now that it's really starting to pay off, all my buddies back home or people I don't even know - kids who are going through high-school now who are trying to be actors. They see me and are like - wow, you really can leave your small town and go out to Hollywood and be successful. So, it's really nice to go home and have that with those people. CK: Did you tell a lot of them, though, that it's probably not going to happen for them...because of the numbers? Everybody laughs. CK: Just be honest... NM: Yeah, that goes over big in Hyanis. Stay home, stay at the gas station, you're not going to make it. CK: It's tough, though. It's very tough....This is odd... You are a Star Trek fanatic, a Trekkie? NM: A Star Trek fan. CK: Not a trekkie? NM: There's so many things - any Star Trek fans here? (Scattered applause) Neal starts pointing and counting: One, two, three.. CK: Whoa, just a smattering - that's odd. NM: You know, doing Star Trek: First Contact was my first big film and I had a great time doing it. But, as a kid, I thought Shatner was, like, "The Guy". CK: He still is. I interviewed him. He's still "The Guy". NM:When I was 9 years old, I met my hero, George Brett. My Uncle Al introduced me to George Brett and I couldn't say a word. CK: Baseball player, for those who don't remember him. NM: When I met Ruve, my pick-up line to Ruve was 'Gee, you're tall'. Horrible, horrible... CK: Yeah, that's a good one. NM: And then I was in New York doing a show a little while ago and William Shatner was in the room and I couldn't say a word. I couldn't get it out - because I was such a fan of Shatner growing up. CK: What were you going to say? Gee, you're short? Everybody laughs. CK: He's handsome, man. NM: There you go. I could have said that. CK: And he's the perfect height. He has the voice. NM: He's got the voice. CK: Do you do an impression of him, like everybody does? NM: I don't really do an impression of Shatner. You do a good one. CK makes an abrupt movement with his hands and his body jerks forward. NM: That's good. Audience agrees. CK: Nah. I don't have to do anything, man. CK: Well, I tell you what - you seem like a good guy. I've seen you out; you're always likable; you're nice to me; Ruve is tall... NM: Ruve is tall. CK: She's a giant. NM: But kudos to you. I saw the movie and you did a great job in it. CK: Old School. NM: Old School. Anybody see Old School? Audience claps and cheers. There's a quick shot of Ruve, standing off to the side. NM: Not only is he the best late night talk show host, now he's taking our acting gigs, too - you know what I mean? CK: No, no. By the way, for those of you watching at home, that was a shot of Ruve. There's another shot of Ruve, smiling and waving. NM: Hi, Hon! (He waves to her.) CK: Boomtown, Sunday nights on NBC. Nice to see you again. Big hand for Neal McDonough. They shake hands. NM: Thanks. CK: You were great. THE END |