come with us. we re heading for the valley. going where? did you say? mexico. all the way down. you going all the way to mexico tonight in this old heap of junk? reckon the town will get along without us tli monday? oh, i reckon. i was young enough to bounce that far, i d go with you. the last picture show was a movie that, however old i was when i saw it, i said, oh my god this movie is about me. this movie is about us. this movie is about america as we are right now, here in the mid- 70s, not as we were back in the early 1950s. do you think the last picture show is a john ford type movie? no. i think it s a peter bogdanovich type movie. peter bogdanovic loved movies, had a sense of movie history, but had a very strong sensibility. he spoke to a new generation, both visually and emotionally. orson welles read the script. and i said, i d like to get that depth of feel, everything being sharp, the way you did in citizen kane, touch of evil.
come with us. we re heading for the valley. going where? mexico. all the way down. you going all the way to mexico tonight in this heap of junk? reckon the town will get along without is till monday? oh, i reckon. i was young enough to bounce that far, i d go with you. the last picture show was a movie that, however old i was when i saw it, i said, oh my god this movie is about me. this movie is about us. this movie is about america as we are right now, here in the mid- 70s, not as we were back in the early 1950s. do you think the last picture show is a john ford type movie? no. i think it s a peter bogdanovich type movie. peter bogdanovic loved movies, had a sense of movie history, but had a very strong sensibility. he spoke to a new generation, both visually and emotionally. orson welles read the script. and i said, i d like to get that depth of feel, everything being sharp the way you did in citizen kane, touch of evil. he said, you
Host. Thanks for watching. Thank you for being here. Its very nice. I appreciate that. Were living in a tumultuous time. Theres a lot going on, not much of it good. Today i want to start the show with something light, something fun. Are you up for that . [ cheers and applause ] so this was the closest thing i could find. A group of turkish archaeologists claimed theyve uncovered the final resting place of st. Nicholas, old st. Nick. What youre seeing is santas grave. [ laughter ] i told you. How do you explain that to kids . I have some good news about santa and some bad news. [ laughter ] good news is he was real. Live laugh [ laughter ] santa is real, and santa is dead. Of course santa is dead, you force a guy to eat a billion cookies in one night what do you think is going to happen . They found this tomb below the st. Nicholas church in anatalia. They believe the body inside is the fourth century saint the church is named after which makes sense. One of the archaeologists said, we
Host. Thanks for watching. Thank you for being here. Its very nice. I appreciate that. Were living in a tumultuous time. Theres a lot going on, not much of it good. Today i want to start the show with something light, something fun. Are you up for that . [ cheers and applause ] so this was the closest thing i could find. A group of turkish archaeologists claimed theyve uncovered the final resting place of st. Nicholas, old st. Nick. What youre seeing is santas grave. [ laughter ] i told you. How do you explain that to kids . I have some good news about santa and some bad news. [ laughter ] good news is he was real. Live laugh [ laughter ] santa is real, and santa is dead. Of course santa is dead, you force a guy to eat a billion cookies in one night what do you think is going to happen . They found this tomb below the st. Nicholas church in anatalia. Ey believe the body insideshe church is named after which makes sense. One of the archaeologists said, we will reach the ground and maybe
Uhhuh. [ laughter ] did you wear Something Like this to your high school . This is normally what you would wear to a High School Prom, right . Yeah. Where was your High School Prom . It was in craduck. Craduck . Yes, where i was living at the time. [ laughter ] where is excuse me, tom, where is craduck . Its in virginia. Craduck, virginia. [ applause ] who did you take to your High School Prom . Her name was glena joyce quinn. Where do girls in the south always have three names. Its like kitty ann litter. [ laughter ] [ applause ] glenus no glena joyce. Her name was sam actually. Whatever happened to her . That evening . Its not fair im laying the monologue off on tom tonight. Tommy tommys a great musician but for excitement, i mean tommys idea of a big saturday night is go down to rolfs market, pick up 11 items and sneak in the express line. Just to cause trouble. [ laughter ] are we in august all right . All right. And you were standing outside . Yes. I think its about 98 out here in