ALL-AROUND NATIONAL TREASURE.

HE'S ONE OF OUR ABSOLUTE FAVORITES, JEFF GOLDBLUM!

HOW ARE YOU, JEFF?

>> I'M VERY WELL, NOW THAT I SEE YOU.

>> James: YOU LOOK VERY WELL.

I DO?

>> James: YOU DO!

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

YOU LOOK SPECTACULAR.

YOU LOOK LIKE A YOUNG, HANDSOME, SEXY PETER USTENOFF.

>> James: I'LL TAKE IT A MILLION DAYS OVER.

>> WHO, BY THE WAY, MY DAD USED TO THINK HE LOOKED LIKE HIM,

TOO.

SO YOU LOOK KIND OF LIKE A VERY YOUNG, SEXY VERSION OF MY DAD.

>> James: I'VE ALWAYS SEEN YOU AS A SECOND SON.

SO THIS IS VERY STRANGE.

( LAUGHTER ) NOW, THAT YOU CAN TO ME ABOUT

THIS ROOM WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, JEFF.

IT'S A CUSTOM ZOOM BACKGROUND ON YOUR COMPUTER OR IS THAT THE

ACTUAL WALL IN YOUR HOUSE?

>> I KNOW NOTHING OF A ZOOM BACKGROUND.

I'VE SEEN PEOPLE USE THEM.

THEY DON'T APPEAL TO ME.

THIS IS A GREAT BIG PAINTING, PART OF A GREAT BIG PAINTING IN

MY HOUSE, IN THE ROOM THAT I PARTICULARLY LIKE IN MY HOUSE,

THAT IS -- THAT WAS DONE BY MY SISTER AND HER HUSBAND, KIND OF

A BACKDROP.

IT'S NICE, ISN'T IT.

>> James: I LOVE IT.

FLAMINGOS, AND EVERYTHING.

>> James: IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

CAN I BE HONEST?

IT'S MY FAVORITE PAINTING WITH TWO FLAMINGOS, AND I CAN SAY

THAT WITH COMPLETE HONESTY AND SINCERITY.

>> YES.

>> James: MY WORRY IS, WILL PEOPLE ACCEPT SEEING JEFF

GOLDBLUM WITHOUT TWO FLAMINGOS POST-THIS PANDEMIC.

>> WELL, THERE ARE PEOPLE AS WE KNOW, YOU SEE THEM WALKING DOWN

THE STREET, SOMETIMES THEY'VE GOT A BIG SNAKE AROUND THEM.

INSTEAD OF A PARROT, LIKE A PIRATE, I COULD HAVE A COUPLE OF

FLAMINGOS, ALTHOUGH I'M AGAINST ANIMAL CRUELTY.

>> James: I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WANT THAT.

>> THAT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA, NO.

>> James: HOW IS EVERYBODY IN THE GOLDBLUM HOUSEHOLD?

>> WE ARE DOING WELL.

>> James: OH!

HOLD IT BACK A BIT.

OH!

>> SEE THEM?

>> James: YES.

THAT'S US.

WE'RE DOING OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU KNOW, BEING WITH EMILY NOW TEN YEARS AND MARRIED ALMOST

HALF THAT TIME, AND THE FACT THAT SHE WAS AN OLYMPIC ATHLETE

AND A PAN AMERICAN CHAMPION MEANS SHE SPECIALIZES IN

SELF-DISCIPLINE AND SYNERGY AND ENERGY AND GROUP EFFORT AND

GLOBAL COOPERATION, SO SHE'S THE EXACT RIGHT PERSON, I'M THE

LUCKIEST GUY ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

WE'RE DOING OKAY HERE.

>> James: THAT'S GREAT.

LAST TIME YOU'RE ON "THE LATE LATE SHOW" AND I WASN'T HERE.

YOU ARE HOSTING THE SHOW.

HOUSHOW WAS IT?

THROUGH ARE!

LOOK AT THIS!

>> I HAVE IT.

YOU GAVE IT TO ME, YOU GUYS, BEFORE I LEFT THAT BEAUTIFUL

PLACE, THEY GAVE ME THAT.

I HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE.

IT WAS THE HIGH LIGHT OF MY ENTIRE SHOWBIZ LIFE AND REAL

LIFE AND NOT IN SMALL PART BECAUSE THE WHOLE TEAM YOU FROM

THE HEAD DOWN, SMELLED LIKE A ROSE.

>> James: YOU MUST HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A DIFFERENT BAND

BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER GONE NEAR THIS BAND AND THOUGHT THEY SMELL

OF ROSE.

DID YOU MAKE A PARTICULAR EFFORT GUYS, WHEN JEFF WAS HOSTING THAT

YOU'VE NEVER MADE FOR ME?

>> YES.

>> James: THERE YOU GO.

LOOK AT THAT.

AN AFFIRMATIVE YES FROM GUILLERMO.

>> GUILLERMO.

I GOT TO KNOW EVERYBODY A LITTLE BIT.

I WISH I COULD HAVE STAYED WITH THEM FOREVER AND EVER.

A DREAM TEAM AND I LOVE THEM.

>> ABSOLUTE JOY.

>> James: PUMP THE BRAKES, GUILLERMO.

LET IT GO.

WHEN JEFF SAYS, I WISH I COULD HAVE STAYED FOREVER, AND I HEAR

YOU MUTTER, YEAH, SO DO WE, THAT CUTS A LITTLE DEEP.

IT CUTS A LITTLE DEEP, OKAY?

>> THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID!

( LAUGHTER ) >> James: NOW, JEFF, YOU HAVE

BEEN ON THE THE SHOW MANY TIMES AS A GUEST.

YOU'VE ALSO BEEN ON THE SHOW WITH YOUR INCREDIBLE BAND

PLAYING MUSICAL NUMBERS, AND I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS

BECAUSE IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR -- OH, LOOK AT THIS.

I LOVE THE IDEA THAT YOU'VE GOT A PROP OR A PHOTO FOR EVERY

QUESTION.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> James: NOW, IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR, YOU PLAYED FOR THE

QUEEN IN ENGLAND, WHICH IS A VERY PRESTIGIOUS THING TO DO

PARTICULARLY FOR AN AMERICAN BECAUSE THE ENTIRE ROYAL FAMILY

WAS THERE.

HOW DID IT COME ABOUT?

>> IT WAS AMAZING.

YOU ARE GUESS OUR BAND WAS -- WE'RE WITH DECKER RECORDS OVER

NEAR YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS, TOM LEWIS, THEY'RE TERRIFIC OVER

THERE, I THINK THEY ARRANGED IT SOMEHOW.

I DON'T KNOW.

THEY MUST HAVE HAD SOME CONNECTIONS, BUT WE WERE HONORED

WITH THE INVITATION AND, MY GOSH, WHAT AN AMAZING, ONE IN A

LIFETIME THING.

YOU'VE PROBABLY PERFORMED THERE, SEEN THINGS THERE.

I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE.

>> James: IT'S A GLORIOUS SPACE.

>> AND WHAT A PRODUCTION TEAM.

THEY KNOW HOW TO FILM THE THING.

IT'S A WHOLE THING, AS YOU KNOW, AND YOU REHEARSE AND EVERYTHING

AND THEN, SURE ENOUGH, YES, THE ROYAL FAMILY IS THERE.

I DIDN'T MEET ANY OF THEM ACTUALLY, BUT --

>> James: COULD YOU SEE THEM?

WERE THEY LIT WHEN YOU WERE PERFORMING?

>> I THINK SO.

YEAH, WELL, FOR THE PURPOSES OF FILMING, I THINK THE WHOLE

AUDIENCE WHO ARE ALL NOT ONLY LUMINAIRES BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S

HONORING ALL THOSE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE FOUGHT.

SO DURING THAT DAY, BECAUSE I STAYED THE WHOLE DAY AND WE

REHEARSED THE DAY BEFORE, I MET ALL THOSE 90-YEAR-OLD, YOU KNOW,

MEN AND WOMEN WHO WERE AT D-DAY AND TOOK PICTURES WITH THEM.

I WAS WEEPY.

AS I TOLD SOMEBODY ALL DAY, IT WAS VERY, VERY MOVING.

IT WAS JUST AMAZING.

AND THEN WE PLAYED A SONG FROM OUR ALBUM LET'S FACE THE MUSIC

AND DANCE, WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS APROPOS, AND WE HAD A GREAT

TIME.

IT WAS JUST GREAT.

>> James: NOW, YOUR CAREER I THINK IS ONE OF THE MOST

EXTRAORDINARY CAREERS IN ALL OF SHOW BUSINESS.

YOU SORT OF FELL INTO ACT BIG STENT.

IS THAT RIGHT?

WHAT HAPPENED?

WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST BIG BREAK.

>> I'LL TELL YOU EVERYTHING.

WELL, IT WASN'T BY -- IT WAS BY A MIRACULOUS STROKE OF LUCK.

I HAD MY HEART SET ON IT WHEN I WAS TEN, IN PITTSBURGH, WANTED

TO DO IT MORE THAN EVER.

I GOT INTO THE PLAY HOUSE WITH SANDY MIZENER.

THEY CALLED THE PUBLIC THEATER, THE GREAT JOE PAP HEADED IT UP,

THEY CALLED THE SCHOOL AND SAY WE'RE ALREADY IN COMMERCIAL WITH

THE PERSON WHO WROTE "HAIR," BUT WE REALIZE WE NEED SOMEBODY TALL

AS A GUARD.

THAT'S ALL WE NEED.

DO YOU HAVE ANY STUDENTS THERE WHO ARE TALL?

AND THEY SENT ME OVER, AND I WAS IN A CASTING WAITING ROOM THERE

WITH ANOTHER TALL GUY, ONE OTHER TALL GUY, AS I VAGUELY REMEMBER,

AND WE WENT IN AND MET MEL SHAPIRO, THE DIRECTOR.

AFTERWARDS, IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES, THEY SAID, WELL, HE

CHOSE YOU, YOU'RE THE ONE, THERE YOU GO.

AND I GOT TO BE PART OF THE SHOW.

DURING THE REHEARSAL, THEY SAID, DO YOU SING AND DANCE BECAUSE

YOU SHOULD GO ALONG WITH THE CHORUS BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING

TOGETHER NUMBERS THEY'RE WRITING.

I DID.

IT WAS THE BEST HIT THEY EVER HAD.

IT WAS AN AMAZING THING.

BOY, I HAVE OTHER STORIES HOW MY PERSONAL LIFE KIND OF COMMINGLED

WITH THAT OPPORTUNITY.

I'LL TELL YOU THAT WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER.

( LAUGHTER ) IT WAS GREAT.

THEN I WENT TO BROADWAY AND UNDERSTUDIED SOME OF THE PARTS.

I WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO WENT ON TOUR THAT NEVER AUDITIONED

WITH A SONG OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

>> James: WOW.

I'M VERY, VERY LUCKY.

RIGHT AROUND THAT SAME TIME -- OF COURSE, THAT HAS A BRITISH

CONNECTION BECAUSE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, I BELIEVE, WAS FROM

AROUND YOUR PARTS, AND RIGHT AROUND THAT TIME MY MOVIE CAREER

STARTED WITH MICHAEL WENNER.

DO YOU REMEMBER MICHAEL WENNER.

>> James: YES, OF COURSE.

HE WAS THE FIRST AUDITION I EVER HAD.

I AUDITIONED WITH HIM FOR DEATH WISH AROUND THAT SAME PERIOD,

'72, '73, AND I GOT THAT.

>> James: LOOK AT HIM, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE

OTHER TALL GUY.

>> WELL, AND MAYBE THERE'S A PARALLEL UNIVERSE IN WHICH HE

GOT THE PART AND GOT THE GUEST HOST FOR YOU, YOU KNOW.

( LAUGHTER ) AND I'M NOW DOING HIS LIFE,

WHICH IS SOME KIND OF CIRCUMSTANCES PERFORMER BEING SO

TALL, YOU KNOW, AS WE BOTH WERE.

>> James: NOW, JEFF, NORMALLY, THIS IS THE POINT IN THE SHOW

WHERE I WOULD TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT THEY

WANTED TO PROMOTE, BUT YOU, VERY KIND YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO

PROMOTE, BUT WHAT YOU DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS YOU WANT TO TALK

ABOUT THE L.A. FOOD BANK AND HOW PEOPLE CAN HELP AND WHAT THEY'RE

DOING AND TALK TO US ABOUT YOUR PASSION FOR IT AND WHAT

EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW AND HOW THEY CAN HELP.

>> MAY I?

YOU'RE SO KIND TO LET ME DO THIS.

I HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY INFLAMED WITH THE IDEA OF DOING WHATEVER

I COULD DO IN MY LITTLE WAY FOR HUNGER ACROSS THE WORLD FOR A

FEW DECADES NOW, AND I'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT I JUST HAVE TO

HELP MYSELF WITH BECAUSE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

>> James: OF COURSE.

LISTEN TO THIS -- BEFORE COVED, MORE THAN 2 MILLION

PEOPLE INCLUDING 450,000 KIDS WERE IN NEED OF FOOD ASSISTANCE

IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND NOW THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO

DOUBLE.

OF COURSE, IT'S A PROBLEM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND CITIES AND

RURAL AREAS AND THERE ARE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO ARE

DESPERATE FOR FOOD HELP THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN AND THEY

NEVER IN THEIR ENTIRE LIVES EXPECTED OR ASKED FOR A HANDOUT.

THERE ARE GREAT GROUPS DOING WORK ON THIS BUT THE LOS ANGELES

FOOD BANK IS PROVIDING FOR HALF A MILLION PEOPLE EVERY MONTH,

AND $1 ENABLES THIS WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION TO SERVE FOUR

PEOPLE.

SO, PLEASE, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME GO TO L

AFOODBANK.org AND VOLUNTEER BECAUSE THEY NEED ALL THE HELP.

AND ACROSS THE UNITED STATES YOU CAN FIND YOUR LOCAL FOOD BANK

ONLINE.

THAT'S ET IT.

WE'VE GOT TO DO IT, YOU KNOW.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, TO FEEL LIKE -- TO DO SOMETHING, ANYWAY,

DURING THIS TIME, THE VIRUS AND THE CONFUSION AND THE CHALLENGES

ARE ONE THING, BUT NO ONE NEEDS TO BE HUNGRY DURING THIS TIME.

>> James: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN AND PLEASE JOIN ME.

>> James: THANK YOU, JEFF.

THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE THING TO COME ON THE SHOW.

TO SUPPORT THE L.A. FOOD BANK, LAFOODBANK.org.

IF YOU CAN HELP, WE KNOW TIMES ARE TOUGH, BUT IF YOU CAN,

PLEASE DO.

WE'VE BEEN ASKING ALL OUR GUESTS TO SHOW US SOMETHING FROM THEIR

HOUSE, FOR OUR "LATE LATE SHOW AND TELL."

DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US, JEFF?

>> I I HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING, AND IT TIES INTO A STORY OF HOW

THERE'S A POTENTIAL SILVER LINING PART TO THIS CYCLE WHICH

IS THAT WE CAN CONNECT WITH PEOPLE IN THEIR REAL WAY AND

SOMETIMES IN WAYS THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN IN OTHER

CIRCUMSTANCES.

MY SISTER, FAMILY, OF COURSE, IS DEAR TO ALL OF US, MY SISTER PAM

IS A GREAT SUCCESSFUL PAINTER, AND JUST PRIOR TO THIS CYCLE, I

SHOULD COME OVER HERE AND POSE FOR HER AND SHE'D DRAWN SOME