>> YOU KNOW WHAT, I AM WEARING MY VERY FIRST TIE SINCE MARCH

19th CUZ I KNOW YOU DRESS UP.

>> James: WOW, YOU HAVE DONE THIS FOR ME, YOU GOT DRESSED UP

FOR ME.

>> EITHER YOU OR THE DOG.

>> James: WELL, I WILL TAKE IT.

BECAUSE THAT IS, THAT IS SOMETHING I WILL TREASURE FOR A

LONG, LONG TIME.

IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.

HENRY.

IT IS OBVIOUSLY A FRAUGHT TIME.

WE'RE ALL FEELING VERY STRANGE.

HOW WAS YOUR ELECTION DAY, HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?

>> OKAY.

SO TODAY I'M DOING A LOT BETTER THAN I WAS YESTERDAY.

>> James: YEAH.

>> YESTERDAY NIGHT WE WERE SITTING WATCHING AND WENT TO BED

AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP SPOKE.

COHERENTLY TO THE COUNTRY AND WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND FELT A

LITTLE BIT BETTER.

AND NOW I AM FEELING A LOT BETTER.

>> James: OKAY.

I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH, CALM DOWN EVERYONE.

CALM DOWN.

IT AIN'T OVER TILL IT'S OVER, OKAY.

IT JUST ISN'T.

WE'RE ALL A BIT.

>> OH, I THOUGHT THEY WERE APPLAUDING ME.

>> James: THEY WERE.

THEY-- YOU KNOW, (APPLAUSE)

THEY'RE ALL WRAPPED WITH THIS OPTIMISM.

BUT THAT IS THE SAME OPTIMISM EVERYBODY LEFT WITH ON MONDAY

NIGHT LIKE IT'S BUILDING TO BE A BLUE WAVE, A LANDSLIDE, I'M JUST

SAYING, I'M WITH YOU, PUMP THE BRAKES.

NOW I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO YOU

WERE PART OF A HAPPY DAYS REUNION TO RAISE MONEY FOR

WISCONSIN FORB THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN WISCONSIN STATE.

I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW DID IT FEEL TO SLIP BACK INTO THE

FONZ'S LEATHER JACKET?

>> CAN I JUST SAY IT WAS AMAZING.

YOU KNOW, RON CALLED ME AND ASKED AND I SAID YES.

AND THEN DON AND ANSON, MARION SAID YES, WE HAD A REHEARSAL.

MARION DOESN'T DRINK ENOUGH WATER.

SHE GOT DE HYDRATED.

SHE HAD TO WATCH ALL OF A SUDDEN DOROTHY CARDEN FROM THE GOOD

PLACE, AND THEN YOU KNOW, YARA FROM BLACK-ISH, READ JOANIE AND

IT WAS, AND THEN MY GOD DAUGHTER PAGE, RON'S DAUGHTER READ

EVERYBODY ELSE.

IT WAS AMAZING.

>> James: BUT DID YOU FEEL, DID IT FEEL LIKE IT ALL CAME

BACK, THE WHOLE THING?

>> YEAH.

>> James: REALLY?

ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS LIKE WE WERE DOING IT LIKE 40 YEARS AGO.

>> James: THERE HE IS.

I MEAN BECAUSE IT WAS AWHILE AGO NOW.

I CAN'T QUITE BELIEVE THIS AND I WAS SHOCKED.

WHEN I READ IT YOU TURNED 75 ON FRIDAY.

75.

>> IS THAT TRUE.

>> James: YES, AND YOU LOOK SO INCREDIBLE.

CONGRATULATIONS, HOW DID YOU CELEBRATE YOUR 75th

BIRTHDAY?

>> OKAY, WELL, FIRST OF ALL LET ME SAY 74 WAS SO EASY.

>> James: RIGHT.

>> IT WAS EASY, YOU KNOW.

WHEN YOU SAY 74 AT THE DROP OF A HAT, SAYING 70-- BUT WE HAD A 13

WINKLERS AND THE WHOLE FAMILY WAS ON SEPARATE BLANKET, HAD

SOME PASTA A LITTLE STEAK.

THE SUN WENT DOWN, THEY WENT HOME, I WAS HAPPY.

>> James: THAT SOUNDS SO WONDERFUL.

AND REALLY I MEAN I KNOW THIS, YOU ABSOLUTELY LOVE WORKING.

YOU LOVE ACTING, YOU LOVE THE WRITING THAT YOU DO.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ALL HUGE FANS OF BARRY HERE IN THE

STUDIO.

YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO START THE NEW SEASON IN MARCH.

AND YOUR PERFORMANCE IN THE SHOW, DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'LL BE

BACK?

DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU WILL BE BACK?

AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH THIS DOWN TIME?

>> I HAVE HEARD THAT IT IS VERY POSSIBLE WE ARE NOT GOING TO

SHOOT UNTIL NEXT OCTOBER.

>> James: WOW.

>> AND IT IS, BUT YOU KNOW THEY ARE BEING VERY SAFE AND WAITING

FOR A VACCINE THAT WORKS, YOU KNOW WITH YOU THAT MIGHT BE TRUE

AND IT IS SO LONG.

WHAT HAVE I BEEN DOING.

I PLAY WITH MY DOG.

I DO SOME ANIMATION.

I DID A MOVIE FOR A YOUNG LADY, YES, STEPHANIE LANG.

I GOT THREE CELL PHONES, A MAN FOR AN HOUR HAD ME PUT WIRES

INTO SO MANY BLOCKS, I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT AND I LITERALLY DID

SCENES WITH AN AMAZING CAST, JUDY GREER AND ANNDOWNS, IT WAS

AMAZING.

>> James: I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DO SOME OF THAT, THAT YOU

THRIVE ON BEING BUSY AND WORKING AND I SAW A TWEET JUST THIS

WEEK, WELL, YOU MENTIONED A SAD PASSING, THE LEGENDARY, SEAN

CONNERY WAS ONE OF YOUR ACTING HEROES.

>> IT IS REALLY TRUE.

>> James: DID YOUR PATHS EVER CROSS?

>> YES, BEFORE I LEFT NEW YORK I SAW HIM DO A SPECIAL CALLED THE

SPECIES OF MAN.

AND HE PLAYED THREE DIFFERENT MEP, THREE DIFFERENT

PERSONALITIES.

I WAS ENCHANTEDDED.

AND THAT WAS WAY BEFORE, IN THE '70S BEFORE I LEFT NEW YORK TO

COME HERE TO HOLLYWOOD.

AND THEN I GOT A, I GOT MYSELF ON THE SET OF MET YOR, NOT A

GREAT MOVIE BUT I GOT TO SHAKE HAPPENEDS WITH SEAN CONNERY.

AND THEN I WAS DIRECTING ALAN AND BILLY CRYSTAL IN A SCRIPT

THAT BILLY CRYSTAL WROTE AND HE WS WALKING BY.

AND ALAN KING WAS THE KING OF EXTRAS.

WHO KNEW ALL THE STARS.

AND I SAID MR. CONNERY, WOULD YOU JUST SAY HELLO TO ALAN ON

FILM FOR ME.

HE AND HE DID.

>> James: WOW, HOW TERRIFIC.

NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR BRILLIANT NEW BOOK ALIEN

SUPERSTAR, LIGHTS, CAMERA, DANGER.

FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW, TELL US WHAT IS THE BOOK ABOUT.

>> OKAY.

SO THIS, MY WRITING PARTNER LYNN AND I LYNN OLIVER HAD, THIS SOUR

35th NOVEL.

IT IS THE 2nd OF ALIEN SUPERSTAR.

AND IT IS AN ALIEN, A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LINE.

HE LANDS ON THE ONLY ADDRESS HE KNOWS IN AMERICA WHICH IS

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS.

HE LANDS ON THE BACK LOT, WHO IS GOING TO QUESTION A ROCKET SHIP.

AND HE GETS A JOB, WHO KNEW, ON A SITCOM AS AN ALIEN.

HE HAS ALREADY GOT THE COSTUME.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, IT IS BEING AN OUTSIDERMENT I HAVE

ALWAYS FELT LIKE AN OUTSIDER.

AND ALL OF OUR CHARACTERS ARE LIKE KIDS ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING

IN, WANTING TO BE ON THE INSIDE.

>> James: DID YOU EVER THINK THAT ONE DAY YOU WOULD BE A NEW

YORK TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF NOT ONE ABOUT 35 BOOKS?

IT IS A TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT.

>> I NEVER DID.

BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THIS I A LESSON THAT I LEARNED IN MY

LIFE WHICH IS YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH UNLESS

YOU JUST TRY.

UNLESS YOU PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER.

YOU KNOW, A MAN NAMED ALAN BURGER SAID TO ME WHY DON'T YOU

WRITE BOOKS ABOUT YOUR DYSLEXIA, AND I SAID BECAUSE I'M DYSLEXIC,

I THINK I'M STUPID, I CAN'T.

AND BINGO, HERE WE ARE WITH ALIEN SUPERSTAR.

>> James: WELL, THE BOOK IS BRILLIANTLY FUNNY.

I THINK IF WOULD MAKE THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THE HOLIDAY

ALIEN SUPERSTAR, LIGHTS, CAMERA, DANGER IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.