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Alan Thicke & Eric Braeden!

Film/Television icon and Emmy award winning actor, Eric Braeden, has starred as quintessentially the most popular character in daytime history as billionaire ruthless businessman, Victor Newman, on the #1 rated daytime drama series "The Young and the Restless" for nearly three decades which airs on CBS. He recently took a hiatus from the soap and suited up in a Stetson to portray a local legend that fights back to make the guilty pay as he seeks revenge at all costs on those who killed his family in a classic western story about one man who fearlessly stood against injustice as The Man Who Came Back.

Along with starring in this picture, Braeden has also taken a role behind the camera as executive producer. The film's outstanding cast includes the likes of Billy Zane, Sean Young, Peter Jason, Carol Alt, Jennifer O'Dell, James Patrick Stuart, Ken Norton, Academy Award winner George Kennedy and Emmy Award winner Armand Assante.

Alan Thicke, who many fans will recognize from the former ABC sitcom, "Growing Pains," will also stop by to talk about his book, as well as the newfound success of his son, Robin Thicke.

Duration:: 1h 9m
Broadcast on:: 06 Feb 2009
Audio Format:: other

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I'm your host, Navell J. Lee. We're going to have on two guests today. Our first guest is actually Willis right now. You may remember him as Dr. Jason Seaver from the former hit sitcom, growing pains. Mr. Allen is sick. How are you doing there, sir? Good morning. Just fine. Thank you. Good morning. Good morning. You sound like you're just getting out of bed and just stretching and just coming home. No, no, I get up. I'm on the west coast, but I have an 11-year-old in the sixth grade, so I'm up with him at about 6.30 every morning, and happy to do it. I can't even do that. Let me see. Now, you make me look bad. I'm 23. I was supposed to get up when the cows wake up, but I can't eat to do that. I'm sleeping until like 10 in the morning, though. You embarrass me, but that's good. That's good. Get this post to embarrass me, so that's good. I had some training at this many years ago. I have two grown sons from a previous litigation, and I went through this already, and then you know, you hit the empty nest syndrome where you think, you know, that was kind of fun. I missed those guys. Maybe we'll do this again, and before you know, you have an 11-year-old. Right. Because you did, you did a show when you were in Canada, and then you came here, and you did pick up the night before growing pains came on the scene. How did you get the role of Dr. Do's? Do you hear any of that? Well, I had been canceled from sick of the night, which was a big disaster. We went on against Johnny Carson and got my butt whipped for about a year. So, I heard that they were actually the funny line. They were looking for an Alan Fick's type, the death, at which point I had my agent call and say, "Hey, Schmuck. He's out of work now. He's been canceled. It's show-bombed. Why don't you get the real thing?" So, after they looked at about 100 guys, they called me and had me in, and put me in a little audition scene with Joanna Kearns, and when we had good chemistry together, and that was it. And it went out for a fantastic season. I grew up with the show, and I loved growing pains. I always had to turn on A.D.C. whenever it was coming out with a huge fan of the show, a very huge fan. Yeah, we liked that. Absolutely. And someone who I think was a huge fan of the show is actually my co-host who's internet wasn't working, but now it is now, and he's here. Matthew, how are you doing, sir? I'm doing great. You know, it is a really nice day out from the weather from what I can see, and technology still hates me, but guess what? We're all here, so I'm happy. Now, besides the size of the fact that you've done growing pains, you've also written a few books, and you've written, I think you did two of them. Is that correct? I do. The first one was called "How Men Have Babies," the pregnant father's survival guide. And so there's my plug for that one. I'm sure it's still available somewhere. Somehow, the second one is called "How to Raise Kids Who Won't Hate You." And I'm doing a sequel to that, so we're switching publishers, and there's some confusion I hear over where and how you can get that book, but I'd sure appreciate it if somebody tried. So it's gone very nicely, but as I said, I don't know if you go on Amazon or wherever. It's on Amazon, yes. Yeah, I'm not sure what publisher is handling it in this transition stage, but it was a fun book to write and did very nicely for me, and so I'm going to do it again. How did you come up with a title, "How to Raise Kids to Not Hate You?" It was very backstory to that as to how come you wrote the book. I learned a lot from my days on growing pains simply because they always had a consulting psychiatrist nearby. Not just because we were raising kids, but because I was playing a psychiatrist on the show, so they wanted to make sure that the things I said and did, especially outside the family, were appropriate in terms of their reputed advice I'd be offering. So we had a lot of smart people around, a lot of consultations available, and I absorbed some things, and then when I decided to write a book, I thought maybe gathering the expertise of some people who actually know what they're talking about would be a good idea. So I wrote and researched a lot of their stuff, and that it added my own hilarious anecdotes, my own personal spin, and that turned out to be a good combination. That's wonderful. And besides the books, what else do you have? What other products do you have going on now besides? Well, I do a lot of corporate dates, a lot of conventions where I go and do stand up or see their awards show and that kind of thing, and I enjoy that. It gets me out in front of the people and gets me to interact and interface in ways that allows you to know what your audience is thinking. And of course, I still act when they ask me. I have a little part in a Will Ferrell Jeremy Piven movie that's coming out in April called The Goods, and it's fun to do. I do a handful of episodics every year, how I make my mother and show called Till Death and that kind of thing. So I still enjoy doing that, but I started out as a writer, and so for me to be on my third book, and I've written a movie that is going to be produced next year about this time, and I like to do that. It allows me to stay at home and be a dad with my 11-year-old and go out once in a while and stay busy. Writing and acting is definitely something that I think is a dream of mine, so I have to say to do that is actually a really cool thing. So congratulations. Thank you. Yeah, it's made a real nice life. I mean, it's always interesting, challenging, fun, rewarding, and it's never the kind of thing you would advise you. Speaking of advice books for parents, it's not the kind of thing you'd advise your kids to do. I always said I wanted my kids to go into dentistry because gum disease is something you can count on, and show business is a little flaky, so if you really want your kids to have security, you don't tell them to become actors and writers. However, when it works out, and if they have success at it, that's really all you want for your kids, and it's a wonderful way to live and work in success. There you go, exactly. And also, speaking of your kids, I am sure you get asked this a lot, and I'm going to continue that whole, because you have a son who is pretty much is being talked about, a bug among the nation, and I talk about it because he's absolutely phenomenal, and for those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, shame on you, Robin Fick. Robin Fick. Well, I'm thrilled that you feel that way about him. You obviously have good taste. The truth is that Robin's career, I do the same old crap every month. Robin's career is really exciting and different and new every week. He's just at that stage of life where it's just exploding, and a big part of the fun of my existence these days is just listening to him tell me what he's doing that week and following him around to enjoy his performances and to love the ride that he's on right now. And this week, in particular, is an exciting week. He's performing on the Grammy Sunday night with Lil Wayne as he wears a medley, and he's nominated for two. So I'm going to be there cheering and crying and doing whatever dads do, and it's a thrilling moment for both of us. It seems like Lil Wayne is just everywhere. Well, he had a big record this year. The Carter III record was huge, and it's really probably the most obvious and dramatic evidence of hip hop and rap into the mainstream music culture. The fact that the Stade Old Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has recognized this as an art form and is celebrating the success of this record. I think that's terrific. Absolutely. Congratulations to him, too. Congratulations, you too. I mean, you're doing so well and your son's doing so well. That's absolutely fantastic. Well, we're having a ball, and I hope you'll be watching the Grammy Sunday night. I will be. That Robin picks one up. I will be watching. And I know you've got so many more interviews to do today. Thank you so much for taking a few minutes. I hear that he's scheduled to stop by here. Well, my pleasure. Thanks for having me, guys, and good of work. Have a great weekend. And like I said, make sure you're checking out the Grammy. Absolutely. Thank you so much, sir. All right, guys. Thanks a lot. All right, thank you. Okay, bye-bye. Cool, so this is actually the first interview. I totally want to apologize. I was supposed to, you know, stir up the shit. I just should go out to the late start. But, you know, my internet, I'm telling you technology hates me. It was like I clicked on my... I was like wondering, I saw you, I saw you on the Switchboard, and then I was like, okay, he's not on the whole floor. So maybe I better go ahead. Yeah, so the drill is trying to, like, telepathically tell you. But, you know, I'm here, so it's all gravy. I got you, I got you. So, yeah, we had it for a little 10-15 minute spot today from Amethyst. So, within a half hour from now, Eric Brain is going to be joining us. He's actually going to be calling me in at 1215. So, we got a little half-hour despair for you guys. I hope for you guys to hold out. But I'm sure you can because, you know, there's lots of news that's going on around the bend that we definitely got to make mention of. And I have to say, the days of our lives, news, does not disappoint me. Amethyst disappoints me anymore. Because every time I wake up, that's like the first thing I see. Someone's fired. That's all I see now. It's just like someone's fired. I'm like, what else is new? I'm like, you don't, days of our lives will disappoint anymore. I mean, this is all that it's doing. It's firing people. And they're firing the bigger names. They're not firing those that should be off the screen. They're firing those that are fan favorites. So, go with about the wrong. I know that they need to save money. I know that they need to save money to keep itself on the air away from the brink of cancellation. But right now, I think they're killing the themselves either way by getting rid of people that everyone likes in order to spare itself. And in the long run, it's pretty much going to wind up kicking themselves in the air. So, well, yeah, I agree with you on that, actually, because I think the biggest mistake had to have been letting go get your haul and Drake Oakes Me. I mean, you have the show's matriarch and the show's most popular. That's like letting go Victor Newman, you know, and Eric King's. And all your main characters who have been nominated for Emmy Awards and who have been so popular with the fans. Absolutely. Yeah, it's, yeah. You know, this is, you know, I'm trying to say this in the nicest way possible. But it's like guiding life. Yeah, I know, I know, I know, you are guiding life in. I know that. I am one too. And I have to say, the reason I say that is because you heard the news that besides Grand Alexander coming back to bring it back, Chris to Tesbro. Yes, I knew that. Yeah. Okay, you just, you didn't know that. Okay. Oh, yeah. You know, I just Tesbro who is the original, who played the original Mindy Lewis on guiding life. And I am freaking ecstatic that she's coming back to the show because I have been a fan of Mindy as I can remember. I grew up with the character from the Linda Sulu and it's wonderful to come back to play this role. And I have a feeling it may be a contract role. Don't quote me on this yet. Don't quote me on this yet. They were smart and they definitely would. I mean, the Guardian Wing has been doing musical stunt and cast before where it's like, I think the last time we saw Krista was at Phillips so-called funeral, which we all know was alive because Phillip is coming back in February, later this month. So I think that if they're smart and they want to hook onto their fans, they better hook onto Krista. Right. And it's weird that they actually did this. Okay. Listen. They actually have a tombstone of Phillip. I mean, they showed a tombstone. I'm like, we knew he was dead. We knew that he wasn't dead. That same year when they said that he was dead because Grant had pre-tape scenes before he left the show. And it was basically of him and Alan in the psych ward and he's thinking that he's in a spalding meeting. Like, you've got to be kidding me. You actually are promoting this office. He has a tombstone. They think he's in the ground and then he's going to come back alive and get into- everybody knew he was alive in 2000- I'm putting myself on the spot here. In 2006. I think it was around that time. I think it is. And we did have a call. I believe this is our second guess. He played the ruthless victim human on TV at the time. We are joined by, I believe, Mr. Eric Braden, our user. It's nice to meet you. Hello? Yes. Hi, Mr. Braden. I'm nice to meet you. Thanks for coming. Oh, no. This is trawl Sherman. Oh, hey, Charles. How are you? Hi. So I'm going to- I'm probably going to have you call him at about 9.15 when I call- Charles. Is that okay? That's not great. I just want to make sure that the number stays confidential on this. I mean, right now, we're not on air, are we? We are, but you know what? No, we can hear it. So, okay. So if I give you the number at 9.15, will everyone know it? You know what? I'm able to take you aside and you can give it to me on the side so that we know and be able to hear it. Okay. Good? Yeah. Okay. Perfect. All right. Thanks, Charles. So I'll hug you back in about 20 minutes. I hope you enjoyed the movie. I did. Oh, my God. It was so intense. It was a pretty intense film. Yeah. It was an intense film. I mean, and it hit close to home for me, but I have to say it was fantastic. I enjoyed every minute of it. And just so you know, Eric, you know, executive produced it, starred in it. He was involved in all aspects of the production. Absolutely. He did a fantastic job. You can't wait for that. Great. Okay. We'll call you back in a few. Okay. Okay. All right. Thank you, Charles. That was interesting. Charles is a man. Charles is a man. I'm like, I'm like, you guys are having conversation. I'm just like, I don't know what they're talking about. It's pretty cool. I think it's pretty cool to hear that. Charles is a man. I'll tell you that much. Charles is a man. For those of you guys who are talking about, which is what we're going to be talking about, within the next 20 minutes from now, Eric Braden, executive producer, and starred in the movie, The Man Who Came Back. It's set in the 1800s during the bloody labor strike. And it's a true story. He plays the character Reese Paxton in the film. And the reason why I said it hit close to home, because the movie, I don't want to get too much away, but I can't give away the first scene. The first scene starts off with, I don't know, I'm pretty sure Brandon is in the chat room. He knows who this guy is. James Patrick Stewart plays in this movie as well. And he used to play the role of Will Cortland on All My Children. And it starts off with him coming on in the horseback. It's set in the racist town. And you see a bunch of African Americans. They're pretty much still doing slavery, even though this is after they got their freedom. This is four years after the Civil War, I believe. And I don't have any bad times to implement it. And then he just gets the lashings. He just starts getting the lashings when they go against James Patrick's character. And it's just absolutely intense. And for those of you who don't like those kind of country westerns that show that kind of bloodshed, if not for you, but I advise you to get this movie, because it will keep you glued into the end of the movie. That's all I have to say about it. It's absolutely and utterly fantastic. It's a very interesting and intense. I wouldn't take controversial movie, but it definitely won me over. I can't say enough about it. Yeah, it definitely sounds interesting. So hopefully I can check it out somehow. Maybe Netflix, I don't know. You can try Netflix the best way to search for it is on Amazon. That's always my, that's always where I go. That's like your day to your place. That is the go-to place. So definitely check out amazon.com. It's called The Man Who Came Back. It's the star of the Eric Gray and James Patrick Stewart, a man of Santee, and George Kennedy. It's a very, it's a very, it's a very well-placed movie. And he did great work on Eric. I mean, this was nine years of the making. Pretty cool. I just can't believe we get to be talking to a legend in the soap business. I mean, everybody knows who Victor Newman is. So I think that's exciting. Ray does often be the Eric Gray and everywhere. I mean, he's done the Titanic. He's done the cult classic rad pack. I mean, what has it been done? That's the thing. What has it been done? Too funny. Well, I cannot wait to talk to him. Like, just a reminder again, he will be calling in at around 12-15 Eastern Standard Time. But all you PSTers, everything is 915. So if you're on the other coast of us, that's 915. And a little bit. It mostly about like, what, 25 minutes or so? About 20 minutes maybe. Right there. And there's a lot of others in the chat room. And she's also saying this thing I was about. It was a great movie. And I was like, yes, it is. I mean, I can't agree anymore in that. I mean, it's absolutely fantastic. It's wonderful. So I, I, I have so much to say about it. I don't know if I can heat my head on. That's just how great it is. You know, you have a lot to say about that. But I have a lot to say about Y&R because this show has been pretty good lately. Haven't it? Did you watch yesterday? Tell me you watched yesterday. I have not had time to watch it. But, you know, I'll definitely watch it today probably. You got to see it. See, now that you haven't watched it, I can't talk about what happened yesterday. You suck. You can totally tell me. Okay. All right. Now that, now that I got your permission and you don't mind it, this is, oh, I heard about Brad. That's what I heard about. Yes. We, we finally got to see what happened to Brad's body. That was in yesterday's episode of everybody. Everybody found out that Brad did die when he saved Noah. So everybody found out in the repercussions of what happened after that. So definitely, definitely tuned into yesterday's show. Someone possibly killed him, right? Somebody killed him. No. No, he drowned. Yes. He fell in the eye. Yeah. But here's Robert in there. There were rumors going around that, oh, someone's going to kill him. It was all in like the magazines. It was all in the blogs. Come on. There were rumors going around how they were going to get rid of the character of Brad's. And this is how it happened. He died while he was hating somebody. There was no rumor. It's very involved. Nothing. It just, he was just doing a, a self-less act. And he started for it in a process. That's basically what happened. That's it? Well, no more no less. Yeah. I got to go back and do some editing for, for something else then. Yeah, you do. There are also rumors that there wasn't going to even be a body, but once it came out that there was a body because Canada is able to get the show a day ahead of us. So they're actually able to see that episode happen on Wednesday and we got the picture of Zavani that night. So, you know, when we saw that, that was like, oh, and it's pretty gruesome. So it's a pretty gruesome picture. And it's a pretty gruesome scene when you see it. So definitely definitely lost off of that. Pretty cold. The chairman is definitely buzzing with what's going on in our show. I'm definitely happy to see that you can have some. Maybe he's not happy that Sharon and I could do it indeed. I am. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm not, I'm, I like, I really. I am. I am. I am a Sharon. I am a Sharon. I'm a, I'm a, I'm a Phyllis and Nick fan. A thick fan. I really like them together. They have so much chemistry together. They're great. Yes. And I'm just, I'm just so happy that they're going to try to get back together, at least in my eyes. I'm not sure. But I am, I am excited that they did do the deed. I'm not, I was never a thick fan. I liked it when it was affair. I like it when it was affair. I did not like it when it was no longer affair. Really? No. Quite interesting. I never liked it when it wasn't the affair. When they finally settled down and they finally got married and everything, then it became boring. But when it was the affair, it was exciting. I was there. And now that they actually sat together, Sharon and Nick finally sat together, it, it, it seemed like it was like this was finally, this finally happened. This was about a half a minute and something I've been wanting for months, many years, couple of years. And I think, I think I'm going to do it. I think I'm going to do it. I really do. Well, in movie news, just like I said, there's a finally, a new number one movie out there. I'm so happy that it's not that stupid, tall, whatever, security cop movie. I can't even say the name without just, you know, one of the vomit in my mouth. But yeah, taking starring Ray Fines is actually the number one movie. But the reason why I want to bring up the box office, my movie, my favorite, my favorite movie of 2009, my buddy Valentine 3D is actually still on the running for the top 10. It's the number nine last week and so far has grossed $45 million. I think it's pretty good. I haven't seen any movies lately. I can't really pay much. I have it. I really haven't. It's been the time for movies, especially 3D movies. So if you're going to go see, you guys are actually really funny. The only movie I saw was Eric's movie. That's the latest I've seen. I haven't thought the need to get out of my house and go see a movie because one I'm not going to send 10 bucks to the TV movie. Ten bucks. Go to a name. It's been like four early in the day, man. I don't even want to do that. It was actually very interesting. I don't know if you guys watched as the real terms. If you do watch ATWT, they actually mentioned in my lifetime. I was like, that's so cool that they actually mentioned MVP 3D. Allison was talking about it. Yeah, that movie we were talking about Star Lea and Neeson. Not Ralph. Me and Neeson? Yes. Really? Okay. Yeah. The Lea and Neeson. I thought they were really fun. They look alike. They totally look alike. Wow. That's bad. What? That's not what they look alike. They look alike. And just to let you know, but how we've launched it in that movie. So how can you go wrong? I'm sure she's a small part, but that's the only thing you're worried about is Hollywood. That's a shame. Not at all. Not at all. Not even you can lie about that one, but I also want to do a thing because only because we had on to the stars of this film, the comedy duo friends Ella, he's just not that into you. It's coming out today. Eric came out today. So it is in theaters. So if you want to see a movie and you want to spend all that money, see this one. Do see this one. So are you going to go see it, Navell? Since we're talking about you going to two movies? I'm not saying anything positive, but you know, you never say never anymore. Well, I'm definitely actually going to see the new Friday 13th remake. I think it looks really interesting because I'm a big F-13 fan. So can't wait to see, you know, make sure it's just done Friday 13th part. I believe it would have been part 12 maybe or part 13 possibly. Well, it's a good thing you said that too because now that's another thing you should mention. All in escapada now have to be finally got him back on the show. We'll be on tonight at 1030. So he's in the movie, the new Friday 13th movie, and I still cannot get over the fact that they said in the email that he is a black guy who makes it towards the end of the movie. Well, it's a freak. Oh, no, it's really funny. Why are they going to call him out like that? I mean, my God, I felt all I have to say is this. If you watch the trailer carefully, it looks like his character is going to get axed in the back of the head, just saying. Well, here's my name. When do they not get waxed off in the back of the head? Well, there's been some, there's communications. I mean, I'm a big horror fan. So I mean, I can't say there's a, you know, there's a few African American characters in my buddy Valentine. I don't know what kids say if they get it or not. You have to go watch that. Everybody's cracking up about that comment when I said that in the about the email. He's a brother who survives or it's so wrong. It's right. And I'm like, my God. It is wrong, but you know, maybe that's just part of the, part of the trailer. Maybe his character like moves out of the waitress in time. I don't know. I don't know. I'll definitely go watch and find out, but I can't wait to ask him about that. That's just too funny. Exactly. I can't wait to see the movie in general and also find out what it was like buying the scenes. And besides Y&R, what else have you been watching? Have you been checking out anything else? Well, I love, I have to say, you know, aside from daytime, I'm a huge prime time fan and one of the shows, which I have thought has been so funny lately, you guys have not been watching it. It cracks me up all the time. It's the show 30 Rocks, driving Tina Fey in Tracy Morgan. It is hilarious. I mean, it's so funny. And also the office. So, I think that that whole like little common block of the office in 30 Rock and NBC, it really does sort of in a way bring back first in a television of whenever it was so, so much fun to watch NBC and Thursday night. That's why I'm checking out. Absolutely. And I do want to mention this. I mentioned this before. I want to mention it again now that I am reading the such report about this. On January 31st, one of my favorite afters, as well as many from when I live, formerly from when I live, Clint Richie, he plays the original Clint Buchanan on the show. He passed away on January 31st at the age of 70. Executive producer Frank Valentini said in the statement, "We are deeply saddened by the death of our dear friend Clint Richie. He will always have a special place in our hearts and one life legacy. This creation on the roll of Clint Buchanan helps to bring life one of the most memorable families in the show's history. The one like to live family will always hold dear to the memories of the man we've followed and referred to as Blocke. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends. Meanwhile, Emi Ware, Erica Spleazak, who plays the role of the geek, offered her sympathies on her super couple co-star. It was incredibly sad to learn that my colleague and friend, Blocke, passed away. Clint and I worked together for nearly 20 years and shared some wonderful stories together. Clint will be missed by me and if Emi hear her at one like to live." "Very touching." "I can't even get over it." "That's a shame." "And, you know, I've watched those since I was five years old and I pretty much remember Clint and Vicki together. It's just a sad thing. We had so many soap deaths within last year. I hope this doesn't happen this year. I really don't." "Yeah, I know. I know." "And while I'm going to actually take a little breather, Matt, you are going to take over while I'm going." "Oh, great. Okay, that's something good to me. Of course, let's talk about the news. If you guys have not already been on top of the news, then you should know about Michael Phelps. Michael Phelps was actually looking at the news page right here. He has been asked to possibly step down from his sort of position as an Olympics. And because of that, because he was, there was a pitcher taken of him with smoking a bong. I believe it's correctfully hit the bong. And yeah, so Michael Phelps did, he had a statement saying he was apologizing and he apologized to that he made mistakes. But that's another thing is the Obama administration is, it's only been like two, I think it's been like what? It's his first two weeks. And some big stuff has been happening. If you guys don't already know, some tax payers have been going under, sort of have been, you know, have been, what was the word before? They have been caught in a way and a lot of his staff members have not been paying taxes. So it's not, it's not, you know, it's just not looking good. It's not looking good and also in a recent poll that his approval rating has gone a little bit down. But hopefully, you know what, we can change this. I don't know. Can you talk about change? Hopefully we can change this. And also another more political news, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she recently was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. So our thoughts and prayers go out to Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She will, she will be, hopefully she can beat it. I know that I've read another music for it, that she has actually beat cancer before. So hopefully she can, you know, hopefully they can, they can, she can beat that. I think it's really sad to never read that here about that. So yeah, of course, but if you guys have any other news reports that you want to talk about, like what's going on with the news, you can definitely end the chat room. It's open. Talk to us. Talk to me, tell me what you think about the news. I think we have some of the chat people are actually, let's see, they're actually talking about the hypotenuse with Michael Phelps. How do you guys feel about that? I mean, he did get suspended. Yes, he did. That came out. I was kind of surprised by it because I didn't expect it, but there needs a break. He needs to get out of the limelight right now. He needs to be a load and the way from that. Yeah. And I'll see you hear about the obama news. I wasn't sure if you heard about the obama news. I've read about it. Yeah, that's, yeah, you know, I kind of, I hope, I hope you, I hope you pull through this, especially with the, I think there was Tennessee and in the first major storm, major storm, I guess, that happened. So hopefully we can, we can pull through this. Yeah, I agree. But, you know, I'm a huge obama supporter anyway and I support whatever he does and how he's going to get out. I mean, at least he admits his mistakes. I'll grant him that. At least he admits his mistakes. So we didn't have the president before who did that. So that struck him 10 times more than our previous president, who shall remain nameless, because I don't like to mention his name on this program. Well, on the next thing, you know, we're not going to make this in the medical protocol. Don't let it go to pay. I think that's, that's a good thing. Yes, we should. No, no. Just stay away from that a little bit. Yeah, just a little bit, just a little bit. Yeah. So what else, Navell, what, what else can we talk about? Hello, Navell. Do I lose my co-host? Or is my co-host yet? I don't know, hopefully he's still there. I, you know, but hey, just let you guys know. And a little bit, Eric, we'll be calling him the show. So yeah, if you guys, hopefully it gets really early for me, you know, definitely. I don't know why, but it's actually, it's pretty no. Can you hear me now? Yeah, we can. Sorry, sorry, my phone. I was talking about the early this. I, this was like, you know what, it was really, it's really early. I mean, like, I just woke up, sorry, my, my signal faded. So I had the call right back in. So no, you were having, you were having technical issues. I was having the phone issues. It happened a long live radio, folks. So, and I just heard he's going to be calling it about six minutes. So he's going to be calling in, in six minutes. So you guys stayed for it. And no, someone asked if we're going to imitate him. That's not. No, no, we're not. And no, he's, he's not, too. So it's a big, I could even imagine on this program at all. So it was imitated a little bit. And Eric, I pretty much went on out this again. I said this on post. I had an out in the beginning of the show before everybody arrived. And I'm going to announce it again. And this pretty much was an agreement with myself, Matt, and Charles. We will not be accepting any calls in into the show for Eric. They did not want that. So, and I also did not want that. So we pretty much respected their wishes as well as ours. So we're pretty much going to be going ahead and running with this. Because they pretty much are skeptical. They don't know what's going to happen if the callers do call in. So I just wanted to put that forth and out there just so you know. So, well, we're about chat questions. I don't know, are we allowed to ask some chat questions? Is that cool? I think it's not a problem. It's just that we better be very meticulous in what we ask. That's what, that's what he told me. So I just wanted to let that be known. It's Victor Newman. You have to be. It's almost like interviewing the president of daytime. It kind of is. It kind of is. And I was asked this previously, and they just asked in the chat room, are we intimidated? You know what? Is Nelson Bronco, who has done this business, for gosh, knows how long, and he's intimidated by Eric Grady himself. Yeah, that's. No, I thought this is going. I'm intimidated only because this is Eric Grady. No, no, no, I think it's going to be like, it's going to be just like friends talking, but I think the only thing I'm intimidated in, I was like, my question never can happen. Like, I would say, I'm a little, I'm a little bit intimidated because it's Eric Grady and I'm a huge fan of his, you know, he's. We want him to come back. We like him to come back to the show. I guess we would, so. Yes, absolutely. So that's, that's, that's my answer to the question. I'm excited. I, it is an honor and pleasure to be able to talk with this man. So, yeah, I was actually probably, you know, the most nervous to meet my idol who is on that show. Tracy Griffin, that was for me. That was like, oh, that was in my wow moment. Like, I was pretty good about that. I know you loved, you loved Tracy. And for me, it was Cali Monaco. Yeah. It was Cali Monaco. I heard so much from that interview because I got so many emails. They're all going, you were drooling. I said, I was. Was it that noticeable? God. All right. All right. Let's take this phone call right here. Here you go. Thanks. I think it's a New York caller. How are you? Hello? Hello? Yes. Hi. Hey, what's going on? Welcome to the show. Hello? Yes. Is Eric Braden on today? Well, he will be calling in in a little bit. So, if you go to the chat room and he, that's a good way to ask your questions there, okay? Okay. Or I'll call back. All right. Thank you. Bye-bye. Okay. You guys, well, that's pretty good. We're getting the pre-Eric Braden, you know, the lives. It's, it's definitely, definitely going to be there. Pretty cool, huh? Mm. They're starting to fill up. Now, I'm not that they know he's going to be here in like two minutes ago. Of course. They are starting to come in there now. So, I am watching out for him. It was a New York caller, by the way. Oh, so, just wanted to let you know. Yeah. Oh, yeah. And is this the guy who called him to, oh, we better be and look out for this guy. Yeah. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. We know. We know what number. We know. We know on top of it. We're totally on top of it. When people tell me to watch out for stuff, I take the numbers down. So, exactly. Pretty cool, pretty cool. Thanks. Oh, so, you're like, you're like my top dog in that. So, whenever you let me know, I know about this. I know. I would take them down. And that's the advice that gives the other blog talk radio host, too. Always get their numbers if they're the weird ones that people have been talking about. Well, you know, you know, yeah, you know. Let's talk like good stuff, like Jung and Melissa said in that new movie. Can't wait. That's going to be fun. I really am anticipating talking to him about this movie. I know. I know they want to talk about the movie, the majority of the conversation. So, we will, we'll be taken to the topic of the movie, but we will begin to line on there, too. So, you really don't want to talk about the movie first. So, and the beginning of this movie, the man who came back, we are here with this star and executive producer of the movie, one of my favorite actors in the daytime world, Mr. Eric Braden. How are you doing, sir? Hey, mama. How are you doing? I'm doing very well. And I was just mentioning to the listeners out there that this movie, the man who came back, you starred and executive produced this movie, which I did get to see. And it's absolutely fantastic. It's a wonderful, it's a wonderful movie. It's a true story, if I'm not. Well, I appreciate that. Well, that's, that's nice. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes, a lot of work involved. It was nine years in the making, if I'm not mistaken. Is that right? More or less, but most of those years were spent in, in trying to get the script right, you know. And that's always one of the most difficult parts of the whole process of making a film is to get the script right. Exactly. And you play Reece Paxton in this film. That's right. You play Reece Paxton in this film, who is basically set out for revenge, because you were committed to the crime, you were tried for a crime, you did not commit. Well, it seems you were a crime right, exactly. And my wife and my, my son, and I come back, he sent me to prison, some pretty awful things happened, and then I come back and I wreak havoc. Okay. Yeah. And it's also, and it also hit close to home because this movie was set in the 1800s during the bloody labor strike. It's something that happened in American history. It's not the most talked about. It's Robert. It's not, it's, it's a movie that said in 1800s during the, the, the labor strike, something that happened in American history. That's not the most talked about. No, from what I've been talking about. This is, this is during reconstruction. This is after the Civil War. This was the, the, in the second part of the 19th century. And what they have done is, when slaves were nominally freed after the Civil War, they perpetuated the indentured servant status by issuing a law that said, if you owe money to the company store, meaning each plantation had his own store, then you're not free. So they would then arbitrarily raise the prices as, as they felt like it. And so people were never free. So they're perpetuated slavery by different means. And they formed a union in, in, in New Orleans, the 1870s. And it was started by railroad workers who worked on a railroad from New Orleans to Texas, and then they extended the membership to people who worked on plantations. And within the short time, there are 10,000 members. And they announced a strike in Tippito in Louisiana in 1887, I think. And the owners got together, and the plantation owners, and they kept the militia from New Orleans in Shreveport and Lafayette. And they got a bunch of Gatlin machine guns, and they mowed down 300 of the strikers one night. And so that's all based in history. And the rest, to be honest, with you, is based on a book that I read about five years ago called Without Sanctuary, a shocking book. And it's a pictorial history of some of the things that went on in the South during the time, and it's, it ain't pretty. So that's a part of history that people don't often talk about, and, but I think they need to talk about it, and to realize how far, how incredibly far we have come. Well, now after watching, after watching the film, hopefully they will talk about it, because it definitely seems like something very interesting. Right, right. And aside from action as we'll view executive produced, how hard was that to go into that, into that field? Was it a very, very difficult process? Or not difficult at all. I enjoyed it enormously. I, you know, when you've been in the business for as long as I've been, then you, you know more than you realize. And you also know to get the best people possible. And never assume that you can do things on your own. You just, you know, appear to the best people in each field and try to get all of them. Camera man or editor or director, whoever they are. So no, that wasn't difficult at all. I enjoyed that enormously. Composing the music, I had nothing to do with that, but I certainly over sawed in the sense that I liked it or disliked it sound mixing. I mean, there's so much that goes on when you make a film. And you, when you just watch a film, you just sort of take things for granted. You don't realize how difficult it is sometimes to, to get into the point where it is, you know. Exactly. And you had wonderful actors in this movie. You had among the 17, George Kennedy, James Patrick Stewart, you were acting opposite of that. Wonderful. Fantastic. They were just, well, I might tell you. And George Kennedy is now, George must be, well, 83, 84, as you know, has one Oscars and would have wonderful actors. That's a great respect for him. And Billy Zane and I worked in Titanic. And Santi, who's a great actor, was brought by the director. And Sean Young, who from Blade Runner and various other films, was great to work with. And Carol Alt, who recently, I think, was a centerfold and played one magazine. Carol Alt, I have no reason for her. And she was great. Peter Jason, Ken Norton, the old fighter, you know, he beat Ali twice. And he was in it. So it was a wonderful cast. We had a great time with a few financial constraints, but a great time trying to keep the budget as low as possible because it's difficult to compete in today's market. But there you are. So for a while, we won number one in non-theatrical rentals, DVD rentals. And that was very encouraging. So, yeah. Definitely. I see that you guys filmed in Texas. Was it pretty hot filming in Texas? I mean, you have the Western, you know, way back when, in 1800. What was it like to film in Texas? We filmed out of out of Santa Houston, an area for Conroe. And the one of the producers, Chuck Walker, who also did the original screenplay, well, he lives in that area. And he was a boxer in the 1976 Olympic boxing team with Sugar, Elena, and all those guys. And so he's from that area and he knew a lot of people who had done films before. So a lot of them in that area worked on the film. Very auspicious, but people are very nice. And then later on we filmed in Brackenville, which is two and a half hours west of San Antonio, on John Wayne's old Alamo set. John Wayne in 1959 had done the Alamo in that same set where we played the prison scenes. And on a ranch when you had a 360 degrees view and no obstructions, it was ideal for filming. And we used that as a prison, the old Alamo set. It felt pretty cool. Yeah, it was very cool. So people were very nice, very cooperative. Just did this film with a lot of people giving up themselves. So I never forget it. It was one of the most joyous experiences I think I've ever had in this business. It was tough, but it was wonderful. Very challenging. Very challenging. Can you say would you like to go back and is that you can produce any more films or any more films? I would do it. I would do it as soon as we make money with this film. I'll do it. There you go. What has it been a moment? There you go. I like that. But I don't know if you always belong to young investors, so. Oh, and I'm a huge fan of yours on me on the rest of this. I grew up with Victor Newman since I was five. Oh my God, I said that loud. And one of the most powerful and ruthless men in the history of the daytime television, and it's wonderful to be seeing you play that part again now. It's absolutely fantastic. And for you to be working alongside I mean Davidson again, it's wonderful, wonderful chemistry. It's great to work with. They're all ready to work with. We have a very good cast on one. I must say we have a damn good cast. I respect them all. I'm very grateful to the show, very loyal to it because it's given me a chance to do all kinds of things as an actor that you normally don't get a chance to do. And so I'm a loyal man, so I'll stay on it. But if I now have a chance to do another film, I will do it. But only if you're not not as an actor. I don't want to do just as an actor. I want to produce the damn thing as well. What is it? What are you doing there? Yeah, I mean, there's a reason why Y&R is definitely number one. But I want to know what how has, in your opinion, soaps been around for so long, how they survived, especially Y&R? Well, I think in our case, I can't speak for the others because I don't really watch them. But in our case, I think it's always been good storytelling. And right now, it's a very good storytelling. I think Maria Bell, who's the head writer, and some of the other writers she had have done a hell of a job getting back to what used to work on the show. You know what I mean? It's for far there were some writers who tried to be away from it who tried to impose their own thing on the show. And I mean, why play with it? Why tamper with it? And Maria Bell, the new head writer, understands perfectly well that what works on the show. And that's what she's dealing with now. And I think the ratings have gone up again. I think with the only show where the ratings have even gone up again, although we have been number one for 20, I think almost 25 years now, and which is extraordinary, has never happened before in the history of Hollywood that the show has been number one for that long. So I think it has to do with the writing. You know, in the end, that's the most important. And then you have, I mean, what makes the show successful? What makes the film successful? It says, so if you could bottle it, if you could, you know, find a way to streamline that, a lot of shows will be successful. You can't. It's sort of a lucky confluence of actors and writers and producers and music written. I mean, it all comes together. And the mix is what makes it all. It's not one thing. It's not one actor. It's not one writer. It's a confluence of things. We just have been very lucky, you know, very lucky. And I'm a lucky man, having worked in this business. But I've been out of many, many years now, over 40 years now, but on that show for 29 years. So 29 years, I saw it when I was two. A role that was not even supposed to last that long. You know, you know, how they grow so quickly on the show. They do, they get sourced. Victor sends his children to Switzerland. Yes. And I said, it's a combination of Swiss cheese and yearling that makes people grow so quickly. They come back and plenty hair softer. So I'm sure you get to eat it after this a lot. What is, what has been your favorite Victor storyline? Oh boy. Oh boy. Oh boy. I would say, this goes way back. I knew then that I would stay and that I had asked Bill Bell the original writer of the show to explain somehow in the writing why Victor Newman was who he was, why he was a staff, why he was as hard as why he was as ruthless. And I said, give him a background that that that I can sort of understand because no one is, he's that way without a reason. So they came up with this wonderful storyline that he and he started in a, he was left at the doorsteps of an orphanage when he was seven years old. And once Nikki and I played that scene, this was Christmas time, I forget when many years ago. And somehow when I played that scene, I said, now I'm going to stay. Now I have touched the audience. I know I did because it touched me when I did it. And it's a very sad story. It's a story that obviously is repeated in real life by a lot of boys and girls who, you know, drop an orphanage and it's tough. So it leaves its indelible marks. So Victor never trusted ever since that time. He just doesn't trust anyone really. He's a loner basically and obviously has difficulty with his relationships. He's been married here many times. So, but there's a reason for it. And once he wrote that story, I said, now I'm going to stay. And I knew that it would catch a chord in a lot of the people in the audience. He's a Victor new man. I love that story how he was Victor. He was a new man. He recreated himself. That's right. Exactly. So that storyline, this is another one where his mother visits him. He doesn't realize this is mother. He doesn't trust her. He thinks she's after his money. She left him when he was seven years old. And he doesn't recognize her. And then she says something during the scene that only she could have known. She talks about a hole in the sweater, in the sleeve. And only she could have known that. And I had no idea I was going to play that scene before we did it. And it was just a mixture of enormous anger and sadness and everything mixed into one, that I would say is still the most memorable scene I've ever done. I think. But then there were many others. You know, a lot of fights with Jack Abbott and a lot of great scenes and Peter Bergman was a wonderful actor. And great scenes with Melody Harmskop who plays Nikki and goes on and on. Too many to count, to be honest with you. I've enjoyed it, enormously. So, is there anything you can tell us what's coming up with Victor on the show? Well, we can look forward to because of it. Well, I fasten your seat bells because not all stuff is coming up. And it's, it's, it's, he's after his old ways again, you know. He's getting even. He's getting even. Good. He's taking care of it. Oh, yeah. That's good. He's like, you know, then going after people that he hates. So what? We like, we like it. We like it when Victor even goes after people he hates. Yes. Yes. Yes. I like it too. So anyway, it's, he is getting even with some people in a big way, in a big way. So just something to look forward to. Yeah. And one final, one final before we let you go. How excited are you at Mr. Barack Obama's in the house? Well, I wonder if you were going to ask me that question. And I want you to ask that question because I am very excited. And then I initially, to be honest with you during the election, I was for Hillary Clinton, because I didn't know him. Yeah, I didn't know he never thought Obama. I did not. And then Hillary Clinton, I thought, was the most qualified off all the candidates to be quite frank with you. Be sure I think she had the most extensive experience. It's a very bright lady. And then as the election went on, I thought the campaign went on. I thought she is making some, Regis mistakes. When she started talking about landing in Bosnia, and, you know, and the bullets of, of, I thought, what the hell is she talking about? That is so easily traceable. And I think someone who accompanied her said the only stress they felt is trying to find a restaurant. So she lost me then to be frank with you. And I think another mistake was made in her campaign, Berkeley, who I like very much, he showed up too much. In other words, it was essentially antithetical to what she wanted to prove, knowing that she has a woman could do it on her own, and I am sure she can. But he kept on appearing in the background. He kept on insinuating himself into the campaign. That was an enormous mistake. And then I began to watch Barack and just realized, well, extremely tough guy he is. He's a tough guy. He is very tenacious. He is a not easy rouse to anger. He's a very controlled person. He's extremely bright. And I obviously then jumped on that bandwagon very quickly because I realized this is the man we need. He's essentially, I think, non-ideological. I think he's essentially non-partisan. He just wants to solve problems. And I think he is intellectually equipped to understand the entire scope of the problems we face, economically, internationally in politics. I mean, we are facing, as you know, enormous problems. And I really have a very, very good feeling that he understands the entire scope. Obviously, people are going to take part shots. The right wing is already doing that. And back to how that doesn't interest me. He is tough and she is very impressive. She won me over when she had an interview on Larry King. And I thought, whoa, what a composed, what a basically healthy woman. You just get a feeling that they're both healthy people. Do you know what I'm saying? You just get a good feeling, a wholesome feeling, they're healthy and they're bright. And although they're bright, went to some of the best economic institutions in America, they kept their feet on the ground and two beautiful children. I mean, I can't say enough. I just hope that the reality is not so overwhelming that it's going to be difficult to get things done. And Congress, obviously, I mean, would like to throw out the whole pack sometimes with their party political bullshit. It drives one crazy. We need to solve problems right now. And we need not to bicker about what advantage one party will gain over the other. It is, I think, people are so utterly fed up with that. It's extraordinary. So if anyone can mend fences, I think it is broad. So I have great hope. I'm very happy about it, extremely happy about it. So let's see what happens now. It's going to take some time, but I think he's going to be able to do it. So I really do. To be frank with you, I think it's going to be if some of his programs will be initiated and start working. I think in 2009 is going to be rough, I think, but we will see beginnings of things changing. And it's just so nice to see, you know, this very bright man, very eloquent gentleman, you know, receiving foreign heads of government. And she is so warm and nice. I mean, it's to be honest with you, it warms my heart to see it. That's all this to it. For sure. So, but we have a lot of work out of ourselves. We sure do. We really do. We'll solve it all on the why and all. Hopefully, right. Just on right now. Well, I have to say, I didn't say it was an honor to talk to such a legend in the business. I mean, like Navell said, we did, we've grown up watching you. And I just want to say thank you so much for coming on to the show. And your show is on right now. So we're going to go and check it out. Hey, remember that. All right. All right. I much and I enjoyed it. And is it where are you back east of New York or are you? We are in back. We are eastern center side. Yes, we are. Where are you? It's on from Pittsburgh and Navell was from Jersey. But you are now. Where are you doing the show from? From Pittsburgh and Jersey. Yeah. Off and both. I see. Yeah. Modern communication. Well, it is colder than a which is, you know what? How cold is it back there? Oh, it's freezing. All I guess. All right. It's like 12 degrees. It's really cool. A little bit. I'm going to stay powerful there for a while. Thank you. Have a good day. I appreciate it. All right. We'd like you to come back any time. Thank you. Anytime. Bye bye. Bye bye. Wow. I'm sweating. Really? I'm sweating. I'm sweating. I can't see right now. I'm like, I said, you know, you can't see me right now, but I'm totally high-fiving you. Totally high-fiving. Why? It was a really, it was a really, didn't really get in real. I think everybody was just awesome. So, hey, I just, that's the end of the show, right? Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. What's this? Oh, I'm sweating. I love this man. If I didn't know him before, I love him now. Wow. That was amazing. So, so it's something that I would like to ask. Never our guest leaves. Where are we on next? We're on again tonight at 10.30. PM Eastern Time. Really? We're three. Who do we have on tonight? Arlen Escarpada from the Duke right at the 13th movie. The guy, the black guy who makes it towards the end of the movie. I'm sorry, but that, that, that, that sticks out in the email so much, it's funny. Oh, obviously, that's a trailer question. No, that's hilarious. But I have to tell you what, I can't wait to ask him about that. That's, that's going to be like my first question. How does it feel to be the only black guy to make it towards the end of one of these kind of movies? I mean, really, I mean, how can, how can you not have something that that has presented to you? And we're going to be on again next week on the 10th, February 10th, which is a Tuesday. We're going to be joined by big brother 10 winner Dan Giefling. So, he's going to be enjoying us. Yeah. And I believe we worked on having on the 12th of February, which is Thursday, next Thursday, Crystal Chappelle from The Guiding Light. She plays the role of Olivia. And we're going to be talking to her about the little Otalia pairing, which is getting a lot of buzz right now. So, I definitely want to explain to you a spokesperson, a spokesperson totally said that they're just going to be good friends. What's that? I think that person a long time ago totally said that they're just going to be good friends. Who said that? Long time ago, it was said. Who said that? The spokesperson from Guiding Light. Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Good friend. They did that. They did that. That's right. That's right. But it was called out, but it was called out that it was going to be a little thumbs on. So, I'm looking forward to talking about that a little bit. Hey, I want to thank my co-host for pulling this off. Can't believe you did a good job for you. That's awesome. You know, making proud to be your co-host on this show. I want to thank you for the chat room. I want to thank everybody who listened and who was listening. I want to thank everybody who called on the show. Mr. Egg Brayden, he was a wonderful guy. I was sick. Yes, man. And Charles Sherman, who called in. I want to thank him for calling in and surprising the crap out of me. But, like Charles, it's awesome. So, definitely, definitely. Thank you guys so much for tuning in. Thank you so much, Matthew, for being my co-host. And from all of us here at Buzzworthy, we'll see you guys later on tonight at 10.30 p.m. Eastern. And always get the latest Buzzworthy, we'll see you guys later on. I'm totally going to say the ending next time that you totally have been saying it. I have been, but, you know. Just kidding. Just kidding. All right, guys. Thanks a little . . .