Thank you so much for
dressing up for us today. Oh, this old thing? I only wear this when I
don't care what I have on. But is-- how awkward
like is this? We're now like interviewing you. I'm sorry that I'm not just
sitting out there and watching you. What am I doing here? We have roped you in to
our wonderful talk show. It's like the first day of-- it's like the first day of the
pilot that we shot for this. I was sitting on a
bed in the motel, and looked up at you two
standing next to each other, and I wanted to cry. It was just too
sweet the two of you. And here you oh-- Oh. That's what I'm here
for, to make you cry. Well, this is good so how's
the interview going so far? You guys are amazing? Who are you? Yeah, I don't know, actually. That's a deep question that
I don't have an answer to. Do you-- Before we-- no that's OK. Whatever you want. It's your show too. That's good, you are the son. No, I usually get my way
because I am the elder. But what were you going to say? What do you think? Do the dog pants fit on the back
half, or the side of the dog? I'm going to go with
your father on this. What? The whole topless thing. You think topless thing? But they're wearing fur. If a dog wore pants. Thank you. What he wear them. OK fine it's now
two and two, Annie is the deciding factor in this. Well, he has four legs. No, I'm sorry, Eugene. Thank you. It's the back legs. Why would you want-- People in the audience
are also agreeing with me. Front legs to suffer. OK, listen, I'm wrong. I-- you know I'm actually-- I was going to say I'm a
cat person, but I'm not. When did we meet? Well it's been 45 years
since we've known each other, and I can tell you
the year that we met. What about the day? '72. '72, yeah. Right? I was in high school. And so was I. But I was there for 12 years-- I was in high school
you were in Godspell and my brother was dating
Gilda Radner, God bless her. And she got Robin Duke and
me tickets to Godspell, and we got to hang out with
you, the cast afterwards at the restaurant after. It was the most thrilling
thing for Robin Duke and me. And that's where
I first met you. And then you allowed me to be
cast alongside you when Gilda left Second City
theater, and I got to be in the theater with you. I have a follow up
question to that. When you first met him in 1972. Yes. Could you describe in
extreme detail his hairstyle? Was he wearing a mustache? What was going on aesthetically
with him at the time? Because it's gotten--
there's been some looks. Well this is-- Which we've seen. This is the best look. Wouldn't you rather peak
at your dad's age than now? Yes. OK, then look what you
have to look forward to? What a dream. But you're already [INAUDIBLE]. I can't wait when
you start peaking. Eugene had a giant Afro, and
mustache in Godspell, right? No, bigger. Way bigger. Bigger than that? Way bigger. That's part wig. Is that your real hair or is-- That's part wig. That was my real hair. And then you went at
Second City Theater before I got the cast
I was a waitress. I watched you from afar. And you had that
lovely Roman look. Excuse me? Oh I got, I was like-- I did, I did. I got cut of-- my hair was brushed forward. Brushed forward? I call it a kind of
a '60s Sinatra look. In your dreams. That sounds really intense. Yeah. For everyone. It was intense. And here we are all these
years later working together. I know. For those out there who
have not watched our show, I'm so sorry for you. But who don't
know, how would you describe the show and Moira? In about 10 seconds, go. Come on. they're a family who were
formerly really, really wealthy because it was a TV show--
not even a VHS business. Video. Yeah, yeah, big business. And they lost everything
because bad business manager, and they-- the only thing the
government leaves them with is the small town
they bought as a joke, they never even went
ant looked at it. They bought it as a
joke for their son. Correct. Earlier birthday,
teenage birthday. Never looked at it. And they only bought it
because of the name, Eugene-- Johnny bought it
because of the name. A joke. Saying that's all we have so
we live in two adjoining rooms in this motel. But we become a family. And to become a
family for this family is a whole new alien, beautiful
loving, alien experience. I can't wait to put a little
timer underneath all of this. That was way too long. That was a beautifully
encapsulated-- Oh, you're kind. Well, now you have to watch it. Speaking of our show. I forgot to say it's funny. It is funny, fortunately. Yes, there is humor. Speaking of our show,
and our TV family, the fourth member of the Rhodes
family will join us after this. So the audience doesn't know at
this point, but before the show we played a bit of
a prank on Annie. As one does on the Ellen Show. My question to you
is, on a scale of one to you're furious
with us, where are you right now in this moment? We're going to talk about
this after the show. OK. Well, Annie, you're, like
all of us, from Canada. Correct? Right. And-- Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And here we are
in like Hollywood, and like the kind of
Canadian thing is like, oh, here we are in Hollywood, eh? Is that the Canadian-- Well, yeah. Well I just sent the country
back maybe you know 40 decades. But what do you think
about LA and Hollywood? What's the vibe
like here compared to the vibe in Toronto. New to town, getting settled. Getting settled,
I'm new in town. I'm getting accustomed to it. But I've grown a lot
since my first experience here, because my
first experience-- Share it with everybody. I will. I was a young lady. I was probably 22. And hadn't been here before,
I didn't know anybody. And I decided it would be for
the best to go on Craigslist and live with a stranger. And so I found a stranger, a
perfect stranger on Craigslist, and she had this beautiful
apartment in West Hollywood. And I show up with all my
bags, and she opens the door, and she immediately
says, just so you know I am also a
writer and an actor and a director and a producer. And I will be doing a
film that will probably be getting funding in April. Oh no. It was January at this point. And she informed me that in
order to get into character, she would be playing an
American soldier in Afghanistan. OK. She would be sleeping
in her closet off the living room for
the duration of my stay. And she then escorted me over
to the closet, opened the door, and there was a little
cot, a little cot set up, and the walls were lined like in
the shining with post it notes, like character notes. Just like as far
as the eye can see. I hope that this is acting
as some sort of message to all of you to not do this. We have been very
lucky as a group. Our show started out
very, very small, and now we've had some
wonderful award nominations. Moira's favorite
season is awards. Do you now agree that her
favorite season is awards? That your favorite
season is awards? No. Awards mean the
world to everyone. Well, it was an exciting year
for us last year because we got to-- we actually got to go
to the Emmys, and that was-- We did. We got to lose at the Emmys,
which is a wonderful thing to do. But we it triumphantly. After this we are all going
to try to play a game, if you can imagine. OK. That is coming up, everybody. See you soon.
